Bad News

Ask: how quickly could a massive fleet numbering in the trillions of warships collapse?

The answer was that it had nothing to do with the size of the force. No matter the civilization or race, all possessed a Herd Mentality.

And under the influence of that mentality, only a small portion of the fleet, a small number of people, initially panicked and fled.

But after losing Lavoisier's command, that panic quickly spread.

Perhaps not even five minutes had passed before the massive United Fleet descended into a total rout. Although everyone knew that with hyperspace and spatial transmission both disrupted, there was no escaping through Sub-light Speed Travel.

They all understood it.

But—

The total rout still happened.

That was the terror of Herd Mentality. Under its influence, one could even see a few warships chasing tens of thousands of warships into flight. They had even forgotten to fight back, doing nothing but fleeing before being hunted down and destroyed.

The annihilation battle lasted a full five hours. After all, although the United Fleet did not even resist, the sheer number of warships was simply too great.

When the curtain finally fell, Aierfei released Lavoisier and allowed him to return to his own warship.

At this point, neither Lavoisier nor the Blue Radiance Republic had any way to turn back. They could only follow the Federation down this path to the bitter end. Therefore, Aierfei was not worried that Lavoisier would cause any trouble after being released.

However, when Lavoisier returned to his warship and contacted Tarz, the leader of the Blue Radiance Republic, once more, the call was not answered immediately as before. Only after the communication request had been sent for quite some time did someone finally respond.

What appeared before his eyes was still Tarz's office. But