Taken down by a single Colony Ship?
They really couldn't rule out that possibility!
Fine, to be safe, he should tell Tote and the others not to respond rashly and wait until he arrived.
That thing might have been a product of a Black Hole Civilization three tiers above the Federation, but before a Fifth Tier Black Hole Lifeform, it should still be useless.
The problem was that neither the Divine Radiance Civilization nor the Gem Empire had even a single Second Tier being, while the Federal Fleet Tote had brought only had him, a Third Tier being, with the remaining ten all at the Second Tier.
With that level of strength, if they went head-to-head, the outcome really was hard to predict.
Even if the other side was only a single Colony Ship!
"Contact Tote. Tell them to avoid it for now. We both have ninth-generation Black Hole Engines; if we don't want to fight, they can't do anything about it!"
"Understood!"
Liang Xue nodded and went to relay the order.
However—
After the order reached Tote, the news that came back was far from good.
Aches and Lan Vitlin had actually led their fleets directly to meet it.
And they had already been deployed for twenty minutes. The two sides were about to make contact?
Lin Fan was speechless.
They were about to make contact already. What could he do now?
Since they insisted on going in, he might as well let them. It would be a good opportunity to probe the capabilities of that Colony Ship.
"Tote, record the battlefield, but do not enter it under any circumstances. Wait until I arrive before doing anything!"
"Yes, Marshal!"
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Outside the Celanto Universe, at a distance of 42 Standard Black Hole Units.
An enormous, even bloated-looking spacecraft was