"They were a biological civilization that had developed to the extreme... They called themselves the Zerg. They possessed incomparable strength and numbers, and this race had only one goal: evolution. They traveled through the universe, searching for creatures of immense power on other planets, defeating them, and acquiring their strength to evolve themselves..."
Back at Joint Command, before all the higher-ups, the bespectacled woman had lost her previous high spirits, replaced by a face full of dejection. Although Milune had shown her only the tip of the Zerg's history, that fleeting glimpse alone was enough to make her tremble in fear.
"..."
Upon hearing the bespectacled woman's account, Joint Command fell into dead silence. No one spoke. Although they had long been mentally prepared, they had never expected these terrifying monsters to be so vicious. After a long while, the elderly man at the head of the table finally broke the silence with some difficulty.
"Then... why did it—why did that Zerg tell you all this? Does that mean they intend to declare war on humanity?"
"No..."
Faced with the old man's question, the bespectacled woman shook her head with an eerie smile.
"Perhaps none of you can believe it, but... in their eyes, humanity is simply beneath notice. We individuals possess no great strength, nor any special abilities. Those Zerg look at us the way we look at pebbles by the roadside. In their eyes, we have no value whatsoever. Their only purpose in coming here is those alien monsters fighting us."
As she spoke, the bespectacled woman even revealed a complicated smile.
"The irony is that it is precisely because humanity has no value in their eyes that they do not come looking for us... If we possessed any unusual powers or formidable abilities, those Zerg would devote