Telo

In fact, even before discovering the Star Sea Alliance, Rowan had already detected signs of life activity in this direction.

In the early days, the Swarm launched countless Swarm Meteor in all directions. Even though most of them were destroyed, with the continuous upgrading of launch technology, and even the later development of Electromagnetic Megastructure, the survival rate of Swarm Meteor has increased many times over.

Some of the earlier launched meteorites, after a long flight, passed over their counterparts around the Origin Star System and flew towards the outer reaches, extending the Swarm Network nodes there.

Through observation, Rowan discovered at least two different civilizations, but because his main focus had been on the Proxima and Riken Star System, and due to various limitations, the Swarm had not made contact with them.

Even now, through Intellect, it has been learned that the civilizations in that direction all belong to the Star Sea Alliance.

The alien fleet discovered this time came from the outer reaches of the White Grub Star System. They were immediately detected by the Overseer as soon as they entered the surveillance range of the Swarm Network.

Judging from the appearance of their warships, probably because they also follow the mechanical technology route, and are influenced by the Epoch Clan's spaceships, their warships are similar in style to those of Rickon and Duoqi, with only a more obvious difference in paint scheme.

Based on images observed by the Overseer from various directions, and calculations by the Bio-Computer, the fleet numbers approximately 200,000 ships, a truly massive force, a huge swarm even in the vast expanse of space. If a war were to break out, its scale would far surpass any previous conflict between the Swarm.

"This is truly a massive undertaking!" Rowan exclaimed. Leaving aside the sheer scale of a legion of 200,000 warships—the sheer amount of manpower and resources required, and the daily consumption of food and energy—just the sheer volume of time and resources needed to manufacture them is staggering.

It's worth noting that the Riken Race, who once occupied an entire star system, only managed to amass a little over two thousand warships after decades of effort. While this was partly due to their relatively underdeveloped technology and the simultaneous construction of other defensive facilities, it still gives a sense of what two hundred thousand warships truly meant.

According to information from the Duoqi Intellect, the Duoqi occupy three star systems, and over thousands of years, the entire race has not even 200,000 warships. After all, the maintenance of these mechanical creations is a huge expense, and without considerable strength, it's truly impossible to maintain so many.

These comparisons clearly demonstrate just how powerful the civilization that has now appeared is.

Rowan wasn't entirely ignorant about this civilization. Ironically, it had some connection to the Duoqi Civilization. When the Duoqi Civilization joined the Star Sea Alliance, it was this civilization that invited them. At the time, the Duoqi Civilization's warships were wiped out by "Flaming Red Lips," and they suffered a significant loss, having many of their personnel and resources plundered.

Of course, this is the correct way to extend an invitation, and every civilization that later joined the Star Sea Alliance went through this process.

Although that invitation ceremony took place thousands of years ago, and the relationship between the two civilizations seems to have improved considerably, judging from Duoqi Third Prince remembers it, these are only superficial signs. The hatred buried deep in their bones is not so easily resolved.

However, this civilization called Telo is quite a distance from the Swarm, separated by at least the territory of another race. Why would they be the ones to make an appearance? It seems there must be something Rowan doesn't know about.

"My Overlord, what do we do? Their target is very clear: they're coming for us."

Indeed, the Telo Legion is now only one Big Horn Star System away from the Origin Star System, and Big Horn Star System is a non- Life Star. To the Telo Civilization, it is just a mining system. Even if they wanted to establish a colony, there was no need to send 200,000 warships.

According to information from the Duoqi Intellect, the Telo Civilization occupies nearly twenty star systems and has a history of nearly 100,000 years, making it a behemoth among Outer-Ring Civilizations. However, they only have about 500,000 warships in total, and now they've mobilized 40% of them, which is no easy feat.

These warships are usually scattered across more than ten star systems, guarding a very long border and maintaining internal security. Although the Telo Civilization is powerful, they have done a lot of unethical things over the years. Not to mention the Duoqi Race, if given the chance, they would not hesitate to stab them in the back.

The New Epoch Clan understands that even sworn enemies will be erased by time; only occasional conflicts can strengthen memories and solidify hatred. Therefore, they have revised many rules, stipulating that the Epoch Clan will not intervene in conflicts below a certain scale, ostensibly to give other tribes greater autonomy to resolve their own conflicts.

Not only do they not stop it, they even secretly instigate and encourage such conflicts. More than 80% of all the conflicts in the Star Sea Alliance over the past tens of thousands of years were instigated by them.

Therefore, the Telo Civilization has already reached its limit by withdrawing 40% of its combat power; any more than that might pose a hidden danger.

"They did not enter the Big Horn Star System."

"Are they planning to travel between the Big Horn Star System and the White Grub Star System?"

"They want to attack the Origin Star System directly?" Several exclamations came from the Intellect who were reviewing the intelligence with Rowan.

Rowan shook his head. The fact that the other party could have survived to this point in the outer circle surrounded by wolves was definitely not a matter of luck. In addition, this time the fleet had been almost entirely mobilized, and the leader could not possibly be someone with personality flaws like Duoqi Third Prince.

Therefore, they must have some understanding of the Swarm.

The Swarm currently has many of its forces lying idle in near-star orbit, which can be easily detected with a little effort. If they really do just brazenly cross between the Big Horn Star System and White Grub Star System, it's tantamount to handing the initiative over to the Swarm.

Once they actually enter the Origin Star System, if war breaks out, they will be besieged by the Swarm armies of the Sandstorm, Big Horn, White Grub, and Origin Systems. And once they are entangled, Swarm armies from the Proxima and Red Ant Star System will also come to their aid.

Despite the fact that the Swarm have only been developing for a short time and occupy fewer star systems than the Telo Civilization, there is not a single useless member of the Swarm. It would not be an exaggeration to say that every single one of them is a combat unit, in addition to their extremely high hatching speed and resource utilization rate.

Currently, the sheer number of Ancient Class structures over 500 meters tall is staggering, not to mention the numerous Megastructure- structures within the ruthlessly constructed base camp.

It's not that I look down on the Telo Civilization, but they think they can challenge the Swarm's main base with just 200,000 warships? That's really not enough.