It was not only the commanders whose expressions had turned somewhat grave; Archer King had also grown curious.
"What is going on with this Earth Civilization?"
"If I remember correctly, District Ten of the Orion Arm is an area without a fully established ruling civilization, isn't it?"
"And what is the situation in Ninth District? From what you just said, did the Massim Civilization and the Iron-Blood Civilization lose to this civilization called Earth Civilization?"
Archer King looked at the speaking commander with an uncertain expression.
Those remarks naturally pushed that commander into the center of attention.
The countless other commanders present were all watching him.
Yet this commander showed no fear at all.
He calmly met Archer King's gaze and answered.
"Archer King, this is the intelligence we received, but the exact situation will require further confirmation."
"After all, that region is quite far away. Investigating it will take some time..."
That explanation was acceptable.
Every star district in the Orion Arm spanned at least six thousand light-years.
Some even stretched to around ten thousand light-years.
From Sixth District to District Ten and Ninth District, there was already a distance of over twenty thousand light-years.
Making a round trip with a Fourth Generation Warp Engine would consume enough energy to cover an early Level 3 Cosmic Civilization's actual annual energy expenditure.
Leaving aside those travel costs.
Opening an Interstellar Communication channel across such an immense distance was also extremely costly.
Moreover, intelligence gathering was not the Archer Civilization's specialty.
Because of their race's unique nature, their enormous physiques made them far too easy to identify. They simply could not conduct large-scale disguise and infiltration operations.
They could only obtain intelligence on target regions through third-party intelligence agencies.
All of that came at a cost.
Including, but not limited to,