Guilty of a Non-War! (Chapter 520)

The raid failed.

Stone Tooth's heart trembled, his blood rushed to his head, and he almost fainted. That was the Devourer Imperium's most powerful fleet!

Even in the Battle of Eridanus, they were never completely wiped out by the enemy, let alone utterly defenseless and lost in space!

What kind of species are those life forms that suddenly appeared, with mechanical bodies but capable of changing shape?!

It didn't understand, how could such a creature exist?

In this interstellar warfare, those shape-shifting silicon-based life forms are practically like having a cheat code. They can accelerate in space at will, and their agile flight speed and nimble bodies allow them to completely evade the attacks of warships!

Once they get close, the fate of the warships is like that of lambs to the slaughter!

The steel hulls of the warships were no longer a defense protecting them, but rather like suffocating coffins, waiting to be peeled away layer by layer by those creatures and exiled into space, where they would desperately await their death.

The annihilation of the fleet means that the Devourer Imperium must wage its final war against the human invaders on the ground, right here!

However, the disparity in strength between the two sides was so great that even Stone Tooth, who never admitted defeat, felt despair.

The Devourer's ground forces have very little experience with such brutal, protracted warfare; they are far more adept at destroying enemies from space.

Instead of this... ancient warfare!

To say he could take on a hundred men is an understatement.

Every Space Marine a veteran who has fought for at least a century. The wars they have experienced are far more brutal than the Devourers can imagine, and their experience is far richer.

Under these circumstances, the three Chapter cooperated seamlessly, maximizing the advantages of teamwork!

Even a hundred devourers couldn't take down one of their opponents. How can such a vast difference be bridged?

The Devourer's AI provided a real-time win rate—10%!

This outcome plunged Stone Tooth into deep sorrow. If only the Supreme Council had accepted its proposed plan...

Perhaps this wouldn't have happened!

But time cannot be turned back!

"There's one last way—"

Stone Tooth's voice was hoarse, and he kept his head down, as if he were having a fierce internal struggle.

Although this was the last thing it wanted to do, it had no other choice now.

Countless lives were sacrificed to fill that bottomless sinkhole!

Human wave tactics—this is a term it learned from human history. Originally Stone Tooth down on it, believing that only inferior insects needed to use their lives to fill unequal gaps in war.

But now, it seems to understand.

Those who volunteered to die for a belief, for their country, are great heroes—and now it too must make such a decision.

Using sheer numbers, they built an ironclad defense line of blood and flesh to bridge the enormous gap between them and humans!

"If 100,000 isn't enough, then 200,000 will do!"

"If 200,000 isn't enough, then one million will do!"

At this moment, Stone Tooth seemed to have gone completely mad, his eyes bloodshot as he growled, "If one million isn't enough, then ten million, one hundred million, one billion! No matter the cost, we must hold on! This is the last hope of the Devourer Imperium! We are soldiers, we must not give up!"

"Master Yuan, according to your plan, it may lead to the death of more than 90% of the Imperium's population. Are you sure?" the AI asked.

"..." Stone Tooth was undergoing a soul-crushing ordeal. It growled in agony, biting its lip tightly. "We have no other choice. If we don't want the Devourer Imperium to be destroyed, we have to do this, even if it means sacrificing 90% of the population!"

However.

A message from the Supreme Council left it stunned, even in disbelief.

"Surrender?!"

Stone Tooth is hateful.

He is the supreme military Marshal of the Devourer Imperium. Although the surprise attack failed, it doesn't mean they have lost!

The war continues. As long as they persevere, they still have hope. The number of invading humans is ultimately limited. Even if it takes the lives of hundreds of Devourers to exchange for one enemy, it is worth it!

Once the invaders are eliminated, the remaining humans will pose no threat whatsoever to the Devourer Imperium!

However, at this critical moment, it received an order from the High Councilor to surrender!

This was unacceptable to Stone Tooth. Its eyes, bloodshot with rage, glared fiercely at the projection, letting out a near-roar, "Why? Why surrender? We haven't lost yet!"

"I'm sorry, Marshal Stone Tooth." The elder of the Supreme Council looked somewhat ashamed. "We cannot accept your plan."

Even if we achieve victory by sacrificing over 90% of the population, the Devourer Imperium will collapse. It's better to surrender to humanity than to do that.

"Yes, yes---" another elder stammered, as if in fear. "Besides, we are all a race born from the same mother planet. Even if we surrender, humans won't slaughter our civilization. At least they'll leave us a way to survive, right?"

"You, you..."

Stone Tooth was terrified, veins bulging in his eyes. "Foolish! Idiots! You are all utter fools! We must not surrender, or the Devourer Civilization will only become livestock for humans!"

"Do you even understand?" It smashed the command platform in anger, glaring at the projection of the Elder. "We treat humans as poultry, as food. Do you really think that if we surrender, humans will forgive us? No! They won't! They'll just kill us all and treat us like animals!"

However, no matter how it protested or roared, the High Councilor on the other side remained unmoved, even finally giving a cold look. "Stone Tooth, you are relieved of your post as Marshal. Now we will inform the entire Devourer Imperium of our decision to surrender."

Once again! Once again!

As the supreme military commander, he was easily dismissed from his post, yet there was nothing he could do about it!

In the Devourer Imperium, the elders of the Supreme Council hold supreme authority over the warships, and even if a warship wanted to rebel, it would have no power whatsoever!

"Aaaaaah!!!"

Overwhelmed with grief, Stone Tooth coughed up a mouthful of blood.

It collapsed weakly before the command platform, its eyes filled with despair as it gazed at the High Councilor, saying with resentment and sorrow, "You are sinners! Hahahaha, the ones who destroyed the Devourer Imperium, in the end, it was our Supreme Council! I—I refuse to accept this!"

After saying that, it spat out another mouthful of blood and fainted completely.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the projection...

The ten elders of the Supreme Council looked in fear at the several shadowy figures standing to their side, and said tremblingly, "Gentlemen, we have surrendered as you asked, is that enough?"

Just ten minutes ago.

This is still the most heavily guarded place in the Devourer Imperium, yet who could have imagined that these shadowy figures could infiltrate their council undetected?

"Who are you? How did you get in?"

The leading elder watched in horror as the shadowy warrior slowly approached him, as if death had gripped his throat, and screamed in terror.

"We are death, we are darkness!"

"We are the Children of Midnight, emerging from the shadows to proclaim your destiny."

The Children of Midnight are Alvin's Honor Guard.

However, they never participate in the frontal battles. This time, the Children of Midnight revealed their healing teeth and infiltrated the Supreme Council of the Devourer Imperium without anyone noticing!

"Surrender, or die."

The leader, shrouded in thick shadows, spoke in a chilling voice, like a vengeful ghost from the deepest Hell, gripping the throats of every elder present.