Continuing the Layout (Part 2)

In the virtual hall, the leaders of countless civilizations stared at Anit with disbelief written across their faces.

Everyone hoped this was merely a joke, but clearly, they could all sense from Anit's "serious" expression that this—

Was no joke!

"Lord Anit, what exactly did you obtain from that ruin?"

After a moment of silence, someone finally spoke.

Yes, this was an extremely important question. Almost at the same instant, everyone perked up their ears.

"A fleet from a Ninth Order Civilization—five billion fully intact warships!"

"What?!"

The moment Anit finished speaking, everyone below erupted into shocked cries.

"Anit, if you had such power, why didn't you reveal it sooner?"

"Reveal it sooner? Would any of you have done that in my place?"

After the initial shock, people immediately began accusing Anit. However, he had long anticipated this reaction, and a single rhetorical question plunged the entire hall back into silence.

That was right. If it were us, would we have revealed such a trump card outright?

Obviously not!

Although Anit's sudden revelation of his secret during this crisis had instantly given the allied forces the means to contend with Crete's mysterious fleet, not a single civilization leader present looked any better because of it.

If anything, their expressions had turned even uglier.

The Crete Empire alone had already been troublesome enough, and now the Heisen Republic had emerged with an equal level of power.

On top of that, every civilization had lost eighty percent of its main warships. How were they supposed to keep playing this game?

No matter whether the Crete Empire or the Heisen Republic ultimately won, the remaining side would absolutely have the power to wipe out every civilization here and unify the Bosnia Supercluster.

In other words, their civilizations had been reduced to nothing more