Chapter Twelve: Captured, Silver Star Civilization!

Then.

After Liu Zhi confirmed that the Guardian of the Mountains and the other ships had completed their evacuations, and that not a soul remained aboard them,

the Dark Peng first approached the Guardian of the Mountains and docked with it.

Tens of thousands of assault troops, already standing by, poured out of the Dark Peng.

They quickly boarded the Guardian of the Mountains, now an empty ship.

Using the control permissions the Shannan Kingdom commander had fully unlocked before abandoning ship,

they took firm control of the Star Destroyer!

Then.

The Dark Peng showed no intention of turning against them.

Instead, it chose to tow aboard the lifeboats floating in the surrounding space,

one by one,

and took control of the Shannan Kingdom crew members who were lined up to disembark.

There was no need to worry about whether the Dark Peng could accommodate so many people.

With the Starshine-class Space Folder aboard,

the Dark Peng's internal space far exceeded that of an ordinary Kindling Warship!

Nor was there any need to worry about having enough assault troops to protect the Dark Peng itself.

Even before its evolution was complete,

the assault force aboard the Dark Peng had already begun expanding its ranks.

And before this operation,

with the Grand Duke's cooperation,

the Dark Peng had also temporarily recruited another batch of assault troops!

Most of these troops were elite personnel from other warships in the Black Stone Duchy.

Their numbers reached as high as two hundred thousand!

Forget simply taking control of prisoners.

Even if they had launched a direct assault on the Guardian of the Mountains in a boarding action,

they would still have had a good chance of winning!

After all the prisoners had been taken in and all the Shannan Kingdom warships secured,

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