Evacuation

Less than a year into the formal fighting, the Locke Mutual Aid Society's plan to stop the Zerg invasion failed.

The Coalition Army fleet sent to intercept the Zerg gathering point was surrounded by the Zerg. After wiping out the fleets of several major civilizations, the other alien forces collapsed and fled towards the LKDW262 star system.

As a result, they were intercepted by the Zerg forces outside LKDW262, and then attacked from both sides, basically annihilating them.

Thanks to Wheeler's reminder, Defek, along with his Guard Team and a small number of friendly foreign allies, used the advantage of his propulsion system to create a time difference and escape from the Zerg's encirclement and pursuit. After fleeing a distance towards the Koya Alliance, he safely returned to the Locke Mutual Aid Society's territory.

On the battlefield in the LKDW262 star system, although the situation was chaotic due to the relatively short duration of the battle, a considerable number of fleets remained.

The three thousand warships of the Meto Race supporting Life Star fled ahead of time, along with a portion of their personnel. Subsequently, the entire battle line collapsed, and the fleets of various races scattered and fled independently. However, their overall direction was still towards LKDW257.

The Swarm already knew that the Coalition Army had reorganized their defenses at LKDW257, and since their strategic objectives had been achieved, they did not pursue the defeated army but let them go.

"These Coalition Army were kept in the dark until their defeat. I imagine that once they return, with our cooperation, they'll be able to cause some trouble."

"This is just entertainment, it won't do much good. We still need to focus on our own tasks and hurry up and take over the newly occupied territory."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

In the ensuing battle, the Locke Mutual Aid Society fell from its moral high ground, transforming from a mocker into the mocked. Fueled by the Koya Alliance's manipulation, the Koya Alliance's policy of concessions appeared as a calculated move, while the Locke Mutual Aid Society was relegated to the role of a self-important but ultimately foolish figure.

Subsequently, the fleeing Coalition Army finally learned of their abandonment and formed cliques, causing some disturbances. However, aside from providing the Koya Alliance with more ammunition for public criticism, their actions were quickly suppressed within the Mutual Aid Association.

After all, the senior members of the Mutual Aid Association had almost their entire fleet wiped out in the previous battle. Compared to them, being able to escape was already quite lucky. However, this incident still created a rift within the Mutual Aid Association.

Aside from secretly sabotaging the Alliance, the Swarm's main focus was on expanding rapidly and amassing more troops.

More than thirty years have passed since the start of the war. Due to limitations in distance and speed, those currently fighting the insectoids, including the Telo Civilization, are all minor players from the outer sphere.

As time goes by, more and more powerful civilizations will join the battlefield. The Swarm must not become arrogant and complacent just because it has won a warm-up battle.

In the thirty-second year of the New Era, after initially gaining control of the LKDW262 and 263 star systems, the Swarm, which had started from the Sandstorm, Big Horn, White Grub, LKDW286, 287 and 288 star systems, adjusted its course and re-deployed its forces to the LKDW265 and 267 Star System.

The Swarm initially launched an attack on four star systems within the territory of the Locke Mutual Aid Society. However, due to their interception at LKDW262 and 263, the Swarm temporarily redeployed its forces originally deployed to LKDW265 and 267 to LKDW262 and 263.

Now that we have the resources, we should naturally revisit and achieve the goals we set at the beginning.

The Star Sea Alliance and the Mutual Aid Association, who had been closely monitoring the Swarm's Swarm, naturally noticed the unusual activity. However, this time they did not intend to confront it head-on. Instead, they adopted the tactics of the Koya Alliance and voluntarily abandoned the two star systems, LKDW265 and 267.

They made this decision because only a year had passed since the last major war, and in such a short time, it was impossible for them to assemble another force of both quality and quantity.

In addition, the sordid relations between different races exposed during the war, the difficulty in achieving unified coordination, and the cumbersome and complex management and dispatch system all made them lose confidence and unwilling to fight the Swarm again.

They've now realized that being the first to act, even if they win, only brings superficial glory; there are virtually no real benefits. The secrets of the Swarm are simply beyond their reach. Therefore, it's better to follow the example of the Koya Alliance, prioritizing concessions and waiting for other major players to enter the fray, then simply following suit and enjoying the spoils.

Therefore, when the vanguard of the Swarm arrived at 267 Star System, what they saw was the desolate scene after the Great Transfer.

Having learned from the Koya Alliance's experience, the Swarm was very familiar with this scenario. Each unit proceeded methodically, clearing out cloaking reconnaissance devices, collecting and organizing space debris, spreading Creep on the planet, and sending Larval Form and Mature Form to bask in the sun...

In less than two years, no trace of any other civilizations had ever existed in either of the two star systems.

During this time, the reconnaissance ships of the Locke Mutual Aid Society and the Star Sea Alliance have been trying to break through the Swarm's blockade and go to the Life Star in the LKDW262 and 263 star systems to check the situation.

Take the Life Star Meto in the LKDW262 star system as an example. With their three thousand warships, including those with sleep tickets and standing tickets, they only took away a little over one hundred million people, which is only about 2% of the planet's total population. Billions of people were left behind.

This is the planet with the largest population lost by the Locke Mutual Aid Society, or rather, by the entire Star Sea Alliance. The previous record holder Duoqi Planet, was only occupied by a Duoqi Race who voluntarily stayed behind, numbering just over a million.

Now that the record has been surpassed by so much, aside from the Meto Race who are genuinely worried about the safety of their own people, other races are more concerned about what the Swarm will do with these outsiders.

The Swarm acted very mysteriously when they were on Duoqi Planet, and the Alliance didn't get any useful information. Therefore, they didn't want to let this opportunity slip by.

Unfortunately, the Swarm seemed to have lost interest in the Life Star this time, merely destroying the ships attempting to escape and then destroying all the planet's long-range communication equipment.

After that, they stopped caring about Life Star and no longer interfered with the lives of the billions of Meto Race on it.

To most outsiders, the Meto Race was utterly incapable of providing any value to the Zerg. To keep them around and occupy a precious Life Star seemed illogical.

Therefore, the Alliance was abuzz with discussion and various speculations, but none of them could convince the others. However, they all believed one thing: the Zerg were definitely not acting out of kindness, but rather had their own agenda, which they had just not yet discovered.

More and more people from other ethnic groups joined the discussion, which kept the issue gaining traction, but ultimately no consensus was reached.

Rowan was not worried at all that they would discover the truth. The Intellect Material Production Center, a transdimensional building, was something these foreign races could not possibly comprehend.

But the outsiders have a powerful ability to fill in the blanks, something Rowan knows all too well. He was very curious about what kind of scenarios they would eventually come up with to explain the Swarm's behavior.

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