A flash of white light passed, and the empty universe fell dark once more.
Only a pool of molten iron left on the spot proved that a spaceship had once been there.
The power of the Super Laser Cannon had exceeded every country's expectations.
They had thought it would at most punch a hole in the spaceship. No one had expected the entire vessel to turn into a pile of molten iron in an instant.
One shot, one spaceship.
People around the world watching the live broadcast in real time erupted.
Their fear of extraterrestrials vanished in that instant.
Before they knew it, human civilization had already become this powerful.
Although there would always be someone stronger, human civilization had only just emerged from Blue Star.
But looking back over human history, one could not help sighing at how humanity seemed to have activated a cheat from the modern era onward.
In just a hundred years, humanity had advanced from the Iron Age to the Steam Age, then to the Electrical Age, the Atomic Age, the Information Age, and finally the current Interstellar Era, in which anyone could enter space.
The speed of humanity's technological progress over the past century could no longer be described as miraculous when viewed across the entirety of human history. It had practically taken off like a rocket.
If civilizations had protagonists, then human civilization was absolutely one of them—the child of fortune.
Unlike ordinary people, those at the top thought further ahead.
It was not that ordinary people could not think of deeper matters. What difference would it make if they did?
They simply had no ability to change anything.
The only thing they could change was themselves, adapting to the times.
Without a doubt, Zero directly took control of the remaining nine spaceships