The consciousnesses of every planet had fallen into despair.
The disparity in strength—ten thousand against one hundred—rendered any tactic pitifully futile.
Just as despair engulfed the entire Solar System, Neptune suddenly received a faint signal.
"Wait..." Neptune said uncertainly. "I've received a strange signal..."
"What signal?" Uranus immediately asked.
"It's coming from... from the outer reaches of the Milky Way..." Neptune analyzed with difficulty. "The frequency is unusual. It doesn't resemble a natural phenomenon..."
At that moment, faint points of light appeared in the distant depths of space.
At first, there were only a few, then dozens, then hundreds...
The points of light grew brighter and more numerous.
"What are those?" Luffy gazed into deep space from within the fortress.
Lin Ye's Void Shadow suddenly trembled. "This feeling... is very familiar..."
"It feels like... civilizations that are also resisting the Void Empire..."
Ace's eyes widened. "There are other civilizations resisting the Void Empire?"
The distant lights grew clearer, evidently revealing some kind of space fleet.
But their numbers and scale could not yet be determined.
Karax noticed the anomaly as well, a trace of unease flashing through his three eyes.
"A signal from the outer Milky Way... could it be..."
The Void Empire's ten thousand warships began adjusting their formation, preparing for a possible new enemy.
At the edge of the Solar System, the faint signal Neptune had just received abruptly intensified.
The points of light in the distant void rapidly expanded, revealing their true forms.
Several thousand Crystal Warships glowing blue were speeding toward them.
"That is..." Neptune said in shock. "The Crystal Fleet of Centaurus!"
The leading flagship sent a quantum communication signal, its voice as clear as water:
"Warriors of the Solar System, your heroic resistance has moved the entire Milky Way!"
"The Centaurus Federation has come