Several tens of trillions of combat power had vanished at once, and it had been their most important core strength.
Li Chen truly found this difficult to bear.
Even the preliminary battle plan they had drawn up had to be altered because of this sudden development.
Because conventional combat power simply could not effectively deter the enemy.
The speed disadvantage of the Seventh Generation Warp Engine alone was enough to leave Li Chen's main forces helplessly watching the enemy from afar.
Even at maximum speed, crossing a distance of one hundred million light-years would take at least several hours.
That was enough time for the enemy to make any necessary arrangements.
Even if the enemy chose to flee, there would be nothing they could do...
Still, if there was one piece of good news.
It was that every one of the recalled fleets, from their commanders down to their lowest-ranking soldiers, belonged to Li Chen.
And Noah had made it clear that, whether it was the Dengfeng Civilization Group or the Shura Civilization Group.
Those seemingly incomparably powerful civilization groups did not possess an antidote capable of nullifying the effects of the Special Potion.
So there was no need to worry that the troops Li Chen had already controlled with the Special Potion.
Would be exposed by the intelligence troops of the Dengfeng Civilization Group or the Shura Civilization Group.
In fact, the recalled fleets might not necessarily be a bad thing. They might even be a good thing...
"And you?"
As he thought about it, Li Chen reluctantly pulled himself together and looked at Aurora.
"The Shura Civilization Group must have put pressure on you too, right?"
"Why didn't you take your fleet back?"
He looked at Aurora with a half-smile, clearly intrigued.
Hearing the pointed implication in his