Crushing Through the Ancient, Part Two

"Everyone, I've just received word that an unrecorded fleet, suspected to be a secret fleet the Crete Empire had never made public, arrived here via Hyperspace Navigation just moments ago!"

"That's right. Just as we were discussing how to break through their border, they launched an attack on us—and they deployed only five billion warships!"

"Everyone, this is a provocation—a provocation directed at all sixteen of our civilizations!"

After ending communications with his subordinates, Sanhe Sen swept his gaze around the room and spoke to everyone present in an extremely furious tone.

To him, this was perfect timing. He had been racking his brains over how to make this group cooperate more instead of constantly delaying matters over petty gains right in front of them.

And then—

The Crete Empire delivered itself right to his doorstep!

Everyone present was a senior commander from the upper echelons of their respective civilizations. Who could tolerate a civilization they were about to destroy provoking them with a mere five billion warships?

"Bastards! Those gray-skinned freaks are courting death!"

"That's right! They're trying to humiliate us! We absolutely cannot allow this!"

"Dispatch the fleet immediately! Wipe them out on the spot, then storm their homeland and slaughter the entire Crete civilization!"

"Right, that's exactly what we'll do!"

In an instant, the entire combat hall erupted with fervor.

Seeing this scene, the corners of Sanhe Sen's mouth curled into a faint smile.

It worked!

"Everyone, please quiet down!"

"Although the Crete Empire's sneak attack was very sudden, you should all remember that from the very beginning of our assembly, I arranged for a full one hundred billion warships to be divided into two groups and take turns performing sentry duty!"

"The moment I learned that the Crete Empire actually dared to launch a sneak attack,