The dark clouds of war hung over every region of the Orion Arm except for the first few star districts.
So far, Li Chen's Earth Civilization had conquered District Ten, Ninth District, Eighth District, and District Seven.
The civilizations of those four star districts now all belonged to the Earth Civilization Alliance.
They had originally thought that after conquering District Seven, they could temporarily coexist peacefully with the Archer Civilization.
Everyone could catch their breath, develop their technology, consolidate their strength, and expand it further.
Yet the Beastman Civilization had chosen this very moment to invade.
For a time, every civilization was on edge.
This was a powerful civilization from Fifth District.
Moreover, it was exceptionally skilled at using schemes against its targets, frequently employing tactics such as Feint Attacks and luring the tiger from the mountain.
Thus, after receiving Li Chen's intelligence warning and combining it with the intelligence they had gathered themselves, none of the civilizations dared let down their guard.
Li Chen made key deployments in advance, heavily reinforcing the defensive line across Earth Civilization's territory.
Yet he still felt deeply uneasy, so he hurriedly contacted King Maxim to confirm the latest intelligence.
He also ordered Noah to focus on analyzing the intelligence they had obtained earlier, worried that he might have overlooked some crucial detail.
Meanwhile, in the Archer Civilization.
Naturally, the Archer Civilization had also received the relevant intelligence by now.
As old rivals for countless centuries, it was impossible for them to remain completely unaware of the Beastman Civilization's activities near their border.
In Archer King City, the Archer King immediately summoned his ministers and senior generals for a meeting after learning the news.
"Archer King, the Beastman Civilization has played this sort of trick on us many times before. Every time, we thought