Earth Defense Force, Virtual Command Room.
"What... what's going on?" Schneider stared blankly at the Sea Race Fleet as it departed without a backward glance.
We only just came out. We haven't even said a line yet, and you're already retreating?
"Maybe these new warships are incredibly powerful? If you look closely, that spherical warship even has a very distinctive name. It might be a secret weapon the Ghost Captain kept hidden!" Yuri speculated.
Indeed, above the green friendly markers on the radar screen, the name "Sea Wolf" stood among a whole slew of obviously slapdash names like "Houyi 1" and "Houyi 2," all as generic as some random extra... yes! It certainly stood out from the crowd!
"Looks like... the situation in the Proxima Centauri System is much better than we imagined..." A pleasantly surprised look crossed Old Hu's face.
They had expected a fierce battle the moment they emerged, yet they had actually "scared off" an entire wave of enemies.
Was the Ghost Captain's fearsome reputation just as overwhelming in another star system?
In fact, the Earth Defense Force was not alone in considering the Ghost Captain's astonishing plan to launch an expedition into the Proxima Centauri System far too risky. Military experts from countries around the world had voiced strong opposition as well.
That reaction was inevitable. Although Nie Yun had also mobilized for war this time, he had not disclosed the details of the "covert war" in the Proxima Centauri System, since they involved many of his secrets.
Alsace's identity, the Water of Life, bringing the Long-Lived One under his control, and Gustav's "betrayal"... there were far too many secrets that could not be made public. Nie Yun could hardly come up with a plausible narrative explaining how the Proxima Centauri System had reached its current