Deliberations

New Era!

Year One!

This was the year Rowan overturned the table, the year the Swarm dispatched forces to launch a brazen attack on the Riken Star System and the Star Sea Alliance. It was the year the Swarm stopped lying low and changed their strategic thinking. It was also the beginning of an epic war.

To commemorate it, and to convey a beautiful meaning, a smooth start, and a bright future, Rowan separated it from the past, signifying the beginning of a New Era.

And this year was the first year.

In the first year of the New Era, the Swarm dispatched 100 million Ancient Class to the Riken Star System.

At the end of the second year of the New Era, the Ancient Class swarm arrived in the Riken Star System, the Riken Race surrendered, and the Swarm regained control of the area.

When the Riken Race and Rat-folk joined the Star Sea Alliance, the Swarm withdrew all their visible forces to Proxima Star System. Proxima Star System was the second star system the Swarm controlled, Riken Star System was the third.

With the forces produced by the first, second, and third star systems concentrated together, one can imagine just how many combat units the Swarm has in the Proxima Star System.

So much so that after sending out a swarm of 100 million Ancient Class swarms, the Star Sea Alliance observed that the brightness of the Swarm Proxima Star System the Proxima Centauri system hadn't increased much at all. It wasn't until the third year of the New Era, when the swarms gradually sent another billion troops to the Riken Star System, that the brightness of the stars began to increase significantly.

The blue specks covering the Ancient Class satellite appear mysterious and beautiful. They orderly leave the Stellar Near-Orbit Base, leaving a shimmering blue band in space, like a miniature Milky Way, a truly magnificent sight.

Once they were some distance from the star, the Warp Bubble enveloped them and propelled them toward the Riken Star System.

Although the Star Sea Alliance did not have accurate data on the number of Swarm reinforcements, they were able to arrive at a roughly accurate figure through various calculations.

"More than a billion 500-Meter Class Octopus Monster?"

"My God, how can there be so many?"

"This, according to intelligence estimates, is less than 20% of the Zerg Swarm deployed in the Proxima Star System."

"Hiss~ Although I had some idea of how many Zerg there were when Zerg withdrew from Proxima Star System, I didn't expect them to be this numerous!"

"This is a bit tricky."

The sheer number of Swarm combat units exceeded everyone's expectations. It's no wonder the Star Sea Alliance was surprised; after all, the Koya Alliance had mobilized for so long and had only managed to assemble a fleet of tens of millions. Compared to the billion-strong Swarm, it was truly insignificant.

After all, the production cost of the Swarm is too low. Over the years, countless half-meter-long Space Octopus Larval Form have grown to the Ancient Class.

Furthermore, the Swarm is no longer just about quantity; in terms of quality, it has also reached an upper-middle level in the outer sphere. Its deployment speed of three light-years has created a tremendous sense of crisis among all other races.

In particular, the Koya Alliance, which twice hyped up the Swarm's diplomatic relations and twice made proposals to force the Swarm to make the Alliance, is now feeling a deep chill.

Since the Zerg are now willing to break the Alliance treaty and attack and occupy the Riken Star System, they will not care about continuing to attack and occupy the Koya Alliance.

Although they still firmly believe that the Star Sea Alliance will ultimately prevail, that may be hundreds or thousands of years from now, while the threat of the Zerg is already imminent.

Before the Zerg are sanctioned, they must at least hold out until reinforcements arrive.

Several emergency meetings were held within the Koya Alliance.

"I advised against being the first to stick your neck out. Why provoke the Zerg? Who exactly is betraying the interests of our alliance?"

"That's right, our tribe wasn't involved when they went to put pressure on the Riken Race."

"Bullshit! You weren't involved, but that's because you were too far away to catch up! And you guys too! The operation was approved at the meeting; you didn't approve, but you didn't explicitly oppose it either. Now you're bringing up old grievances? So you don't even know where the benefits you took came from?"

"Exactly, no one can accuse anyone of the same thing. We're all got our hands dirty. Go ask the Zerg if they'll bypass you when they attack."

"..."

The meeting proceeded in a peaceful atmosphere and continued until its conclusion. Although various factions attacked each other, especially the Duoqi Race, who were the instigators of the incident, were thoroughly humiliated, everyone understood that the Swarm would not let them off the hook.

Therefore, the meeting still achieved some results.

Within the territory of the Koya Alliance, all members entered the highest level of war. People who met certain conditions were forcibly conscripted into the army, and at the same time, almost all resources began to be allocated to military affairs.

Numerous space factories were built and assembled, asteroids were lined up and pulled to designated locations for dismantling, warships were constructed, and a group of raw recruits were sent to the front lines.

In its previous state of normal preparedness, the various races of the Koya Alliance maintained a fleet of around 100 million warships. This number was sufficient for maintaining territorial security, combating piracy, and handling most emergencies. After all, an excessive number of warships would greatly increase the maintenance costs for each race.

But now, those concerns are no longer necessary. They have reached a critical juncture for the survival of their race. Even if they leave behind more, if they cannot stop the Zerg's attack, it will only benefit the enemy in the end.

Thus, by depleting its own resources and disregarding the costs, the Koya Alliance was able to increase the size of its fleet tenfold, or even more, within fifty years.

Although their warships were not as powerful as those of the Epoch Clan, they were still between two and three thousand meters long, and their individual combat power was much stronger than that of the 500-meter-class Space Octopus.

Moreover, they are now on the defensive, possessing a natural geographical advantage, and may only need half the Swarm army, or even less, to withstand this attack.

But this will take time. Until then, they can only expedite the deployment of all their existing troops to the front lines while praying that the Swarm doesn't attack. As for the safety of their own territory? In such a major event, if any pirate or similar force dares to take advantage of the chaos and cause trouble for the bigwigs, they're simply courting death.

Pirates aren't fools; they'll behave themselves at this point. Not only will they not take advantage of the situation to rob, but they'll also stay far away. Many forces are converging on this area, and if any passing bigwig from the middle or even inner circle were to seize a man and send him to the front lines, it would be a certain death sentence.

In the eighth year of the New Era, after occupying the Riken Star System and remaining dormant for several years, the Swarm finally made its move again.

The Swarm, numbering two hundred million, formed an Ancient Class cluster and set off from the Riken Star System. The swarm easily tore through the Riken Star System, and the Swarm's radar resumed operation, with various data being updated rapidly. As a result, the Swarm paused for a short period of time to replan its course.

Subsequently, the Ancient Cluster sped off towards the northwest of the Riken Star System.

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