Another Move
The Xiwei Race representative immediately understood, and he snorted heavily, "Representative Duoqi, the Koya Alliance belongs to everyone, not just to serve you. This resolution has already been approved by everyone, and your opposition is useless."
Duoqi said bitterly, "Our king will not agree!"
"Hmph! Either accept the proposal so everyone can save face, or withdraw from the Koya Alliance and go our separate ways. Just report it back and let Duoqi King choose!" The Xiwei Race representative sneered disdainfully. If it weren't for saving face, who would care about the lives of these three-eyed guys?
Representative Duoqi's eyes were filled with hatred, but his tone was surprisingly calm. "Representative Xivi, judging from your tone, if I didn't know better, I would think you were the leaders of the Koya Alliance."
Knowing that resistance was hopeless, Representative Duoqi tried to sow discord between the representatives of Sevi and Koriato. Upon hearing Representative Duoqi's words, the other civilization representatives, who had just been dozing off, instantly perked up.
"You!" The Xiwei Race representative was somewhat embarrassed and angry. He wasn't worried that Koriato would become suspicious of the Xiwei Race because of these words. What angered him was that Representative Duoqi dared to play tricks at this time.
"Alright!" Representative Koriato was also getting impatient. He said earnestly, "Representative Duoqi, we have seen the sacrifices your clan has made for everyone. But you must not take this for granted. Besides, this is only temporary. After the Zerg are wiped out, we will apply to the Epoch Clan to give you priority compensation for the Zerg's territory. What more could you possibly want?"
Seeing the expressions on the faces of the other representatives, Representative Duoqi knew that continuing the commotion would not only change nothing, but would also render the promised aid and compensation futile. However, he did not have the authority to make a decision on the spot, and could only say that he would consult Duoqi King and then give a reply.
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"My Overlord, the Duoqi Race has begun a full-scale evacuation, and the Koya Alliance's fleet deployed on the border has also begun to retreat. Should we stop them?"
"There's no need. We can just keep pushing forward steadily. There will come a time when they have nowhere left to retreat," Rowan said calmly.
As a civilization located very close to the Swarm territory, the Duoqi Race have long been infiltrated by the Swarm's microscopic Creep Seed. Over the years, they have secretly developed into a considerable force within their own community, and have also transformed some of their Intellect.
If one truly wants to stop the Duoqi Race's great migration, initiating some hidden deployments and coordinating with the advance of the Ancient Class Cluster is entirely feasible.
However, doing so is completely unnecessary. Stopping these Duoqi Race wouldn't bring much benefit to the Swarm; in fact, it would render the deployed Intellect useless. Therefore, it would be better to let them go. These Duoqi refugees would disrupt the Koya Alliance's order system, and the additional population burden would worsen the situation for alliance members who had already shifted most of their resources to war preparations, exacerbating their internal conflicts. At the same time, the Intellect could use this opportunity to illuminate more star systems, helping Rowan grow.
Rowan held the reins of the Swarm's overall strategy, while the Blade carried out the specific execution. After Rowan made his decision, the Swarm did not react to the Koya Alliance's actions.
Five hundred billion Duoqi People —such a large-scale migration is no easy feat. At the very least, the Koya Alliance spans hundreds of light-years, with these five hundred billion Duoqi People scattered throughout its various regions. It's safe to say that if they part ways now, it's almost impossible to see them again in this lifetime.
Such complex social relationships make perfect allocation difficult. Moreover, there are those who do not want to leave their hometowns, as well as matters of asset accounting and conversion, etc.
If the normal procedure had been followed, it would probably have taken five hundred years to complete this task. But under a life-or-death crisis, the military intervened directly, which greatly increased efficiency.
In the fifteenth year of the New Era, the Swarm, having initially assimilated the LKDW291 star system, began to move again.
The LKDW291 star system is located at the 11 o'clock position, which is the Qi-102 Star System belonging to the Duoqi Civilization, while the Qi-101 Star System, the Mother Planet system of the Duoqi Civilization, is located at the 9 o'clock position.
The Swarm, numbering three hundred million, formed an Ancient Class swarm and split into two groups, advancing towards the two star systems.
At the same time, the Ancient Class galaxies of Sandstorm Star System, Big Horn Star System, and White Grub Star System also began to assemble.
Suddenly, a storm was brewing.
The Swarm's advance into the territory of the Duoqi Civilization was easily predictable. However, the unusual troop movements in the other three star systems took everyone by surprise.
The Star Sea Alliance faction bordering these three star systems is not a member of the Koya Alliance, but rather a member of the Locke Mutual Aid Society. The Telo Civilization, one of the founding organizations of this faction, has always been on good terms with the Zerg, and was the very civilization that invited the Swarm to join the Star Sea Alliance.
They had once signed an agreement with the Swarm, in which they would not force the Swarm to send a large number of researchers to the Epoch Clan, on the condition that the Swarm would not expand towards the Star Sea Alliance.
In fact, this agreement reveals that the so-called friendly relations are nothing but a facade. Because the Swarm lacks any truly benevolent forces, this facade has become glaringly obvious.
Having already overturned the table, Rowan felt no remorse for breaking the so-called agreement. Just one year after the LKDW291 star system launched its attack, in the sixteenth year of the New Era, the Sandstorm, Big Horn, and White Grub star systems, with more than 500 million Ancient Class, launched an attack.
This attack was far too sudden. Although the Locke Mutual Aid Society had discovered the Swarm's unusual movements a year ago, they did not expect the Swarm to actually launch a multi-front war and offend both of the two outer the Alliance organizations at the same time.
There are no buffer galaxies between the Locke Mutual Aid Society and the Sandstorm, Big Horn, and White Grub star systems, which means that two years later, the Swarm can directly invade the Locke Mutual Aid Society's territory.
Because the incident happened so suddenly, the Locke Mutual Aid Society, which was still watching its old rival Koya Alliance, make a fool of itself, was completely unprepared. Even though they had been gathering forces beforehand, in order to avoid causing unnecessary misunderstandings and attracting the Swarm's hatred, the rally point was set in the heart of the Mutual Aid Association. It was simply impossible for the assembled fleet to reach the front line in two years. Moreover, the number of the fleet was no match for the sheer number of the Primordial -Ancient Class.
With no other option, the Locke Mutual Aid Society had to issue an emergency evacuation order. Fortunately, the star systems bordering the Swarm's territory were being developed by new members and were not yet fully developed, making evacuation relatively easy.
Just a few days ago, the Locke Mutual Aid Society was pointing fingers at the Koya Alliance's evacuation efforts, but unexpectedly, the same treatment fell on their own shoulders. The Koya Alliance, which was preoccupied with its own problems, even took the time to send a "congratulatory telegram," which made them lose face, and they immediately retaliated against the Koya Alliance.
Interestingly, after a while, these two old rivals, who shared the same fate, actually came together in a rare move and began to discuss how to jointly resist the Swarm's attack.