"Cannon fodder? You can put it that way. Given the situation now, do you have any other choice? If you refuse, you'll die right here!"
Looking at Shabake's conflicted expression across from him, Wang Yong spoke coldly.
Hearing Wang Yong's words, Shabake fell silent. Before long, he finally made up his mind, raised his head, and said firmly, "I agree to all your conditions. From now on, our fleet belongs to you!"
"Very good. Since you've joined us, we're allies from now on. In a moment, I'll send someone to escort the rest of your fleet to Space Force Headquarters. Our Commander-in-Chief, Marshal Du Kao, will arrange your missions from there!"
With that, Wang Yong waved to signal the soldiers beside him to cut the connection, then ordered them, "Send someone to take the Giant Wolf Fleet to Space Force Headquarters. Also notify all fleets to withdraw!"
"Yes, Vice Wang!"
A soldier immediately stood up, saluted Wang Yong, and began relaying the order to the other fleets.
Aboard the Giant Wolf flagship, Shabake stared silently at the blank screen before him. After a long while, he raised his head and glanced at the dispirited people around him.
He spoke to reassure them, "Don't be so pessimistic. Since Taotie King Shi Hao dared to use us as cannon fodder, it means he's already abandoned us. So what if we join the Earthlings? What does it matter to him?"
"Besides, after this battle, I don't think they'll have much chance of defeating Earth Civilization."
"But we're still a civilization under Death God Karl. We surrendered to the enemy on our own this time, and this is the first surrender in the history of the Great Wolf Civilization. Do you think Death God Karl will..."
No matter how well Shabake put it, the people aboard the flagship still feared Death God Karl more than they feared death. Thus, quite a few of them remained worried that Karl would settle accounts with them afterward.
"Don't worry. In any case, we're part of the Huaxia Civilization now. They can't just stand by and let us be killed, unless they don't want prisoners anymore!"
At this point, Shabake could only reassure them this way. Although he had no idea whether the Huaxia Civilization had the strength to resist Death God Karl, they had no other choice now.
Shabake then continued, "Relay the order to all warships: shut down every weapons system and leave only the engines of the warship systems operational. Someone will come to take us to the Space Force Headquarters of the Huaxia Civilization. Tell everyone else to stay quiet and not cause trouble for no reason!"
"Understood, Commander!"
After answering, everyone immediately began notifying the various warships.
An hour later, a huge mobile space base arrived before the Giant Wolf Fleet. At the same time, a familiar voice rang out inside the Giant Wolf flagship. It was Wang Yong's voice from his recent negotiations with Shabake.
"Commander Shabake, bring your warships and station them aboard this mobile space base. Then I'll take you to Space Force Headquarters!"
After receiving the order, Shabake quickly directed the nearly hundred warships remaining in their fleet toward the vacant mobile space base.
It took nearly another hour to bring all the warships inside. Afterward, Shabake and the other senior officers of the Giant Wolf Fleet followed a soldier to the command room of the mobile base.
"Shabake, hello. My name is Wang Yong, Deputy Commander of the 119th Sub-Fleet, Second Fleet of the Huaxia Space Force. Come with me!"
"Once the safety inspection is complete, I'll take you to Space Force Headquarters to meet Marshal Du!"
As soon as he entered the command room, Shabake saw Wang Yong standing before him with his hand extended. He quickly raised his own hand and shook it.
Shabake looked around. Seeing that there were not many guards nearby, he frowned and asked, "Your security here is so light? Aren't you afraid we'll escape?"
Unexpectedly, Wang Yong burst out laughing. "You can try. Since I dared to let you come aboard, I'm not afraid you'll run!"
"Besides, this is practically the center of the Huaxia Civilization. Even if you escaped, where could you go?"
Wang Yong found Shabake's naïve idea rather amusing. He had no idea what was going through the man's head. They had already reached this point, yet he was still thinking about such unrealistic things!
"All right, come inside. I'll inspect you and see whether you're carrying any weapons."
As he spoke, Wang Yong pointed into the command room, then led Shabake and the others inside and had them all stand in the center.
Wang Yong then nodded to the soldier beside him. "Begin!"
"Understood, Vice Wang!"
The four soldiers in the command room tapped a few keys on the keyboards. A red laser then began scanning Shabake and the others.
"Scanning targets..."
A minute later, a mechanical voice rang out in the command room.
"Scan complete. Targets identified as super-modified beast bodies. Current status: no threat."
Hearing the results, Wang Yong also breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, Shabake and the others belonged to a civilization under Death God Karl. No one knew whether Karl had planted traps or weapons on them, so it was better to be cautious!
"How was it? There shouldn't be anything wrong with us, right? We handed over all our weapons. You're being far too careful!"
Shabake opened his eyes and looked at Wang Yong. He was still brooding over the inspection.
"It's always better to be careful. I'm doing this for our safety," Wang Yong replied expressionlessly.
"Since we've been cleared, let's get going. Marshal Du and the others should be getting impatient!"
Once the safety inspection was complete, Wang Yong turned and ordered the four soldiers, "We're leaving now. Head for Space Force Headquarters on the moon!"
"Yes!"
After the order was given, the mobile space base immediately began speeding toward the moon. At their current speed, they would reach the Space Force Headquarters on the near side of the moon in just a few minutes.
At the same time, at Earth's ground command center, Ling Chen Jiu of the Second Fleet had already severed contact with the center. Zhang Yu of the Third Fleet also began arranging the various matters that had to be handled after the battle in Giant Gorge City.
"Lin Jie, the aftermath work in Giant Gorge City will be left to your Giant Gorge Military Region. I'll be leaving soon as well. However, after today, the world may no longer remain this peaceful. So you troops stationed in the Capital Star military regions must train harder and prepare for a major battle!"
"Understood. We'll intensify our training from now on!"
Lin Jie naturally knew that Earth could no longer remain this peaceful, so he agreed to Zhang Yu's proposal without hesitation.