King Maxim pursed his lips imperceptibly when he heard Li Chen's question.
"I don't know, Master."
"They followed us on their own. In about half a minute, they'll enter our defensive range."
Half a minute was enough time for a Seventh Civilization fleet to travel an extremely, extremely great distance.
Li Chen nodded at this.
"Tell Kerrison Tengsen to come see me directly once he arrives!"
Li Chen had formed a plan.
Just as he finished giving the order, news came from the enemy side shortly afterward.
"Master, there has been no response from the enemy, but we're certain they received our invitation."
King Maxim reported to Li Chen.
"So they're refusing to cooperate?"
"Looks like it! Master, should we issue an extermination order against them?"
"These enemies refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit. There's no point in keeping them around!"
"Why not recycle them all into energy, then use that recovered energy to create a batch of Artificial Life?"
King Maxim was spouting his outrageous theories again.
Li Chen's lips curled upward disdainfully, but he did not care.
He calmly took a sip of tea, then casually waved his hand.
"Our current Artificial Life is not particularly perfect yet."
"Life forms that evolved naturally over millions, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of years are the truly perfect beings."
"It would be too wasteful to simply kill these Seventh Civilization soldiers."
"Besides, we'll let Kerrison Tengsen deal with them next!"
Li Chen said with an amused smile.
Upon hearing that last sentence, King Maxim's heart stirred slightly.
"I see. I understand, Master!"
King Maxim stepped back and said no more.
Soon, Kerrison Tengsen arrived aboard Li Chen's Galaxy Overlord.
"Master..."
"I have completed the task you gave me and brought an army with 80 Million