"..."
The Eugene Emperor gave the crew member who had asked the question a bewildered look.
"Fight, my ass!"
Its mouth twitched, and it flew into a rage. "Are you blind?!"
"You still want to fight? Do you have a death wish?!"
The crew member silently lowered their head, enduring the emperor's fury.
"Then... then what should we do now?"
The Eugene Emperor immediately fell silent.
A long time passed.
It parted its pointed mouth slightly and forced a single word through its tightly packed teeth.
"Wait."
053C [Golden Crow] battleship.
Fan Ping watched the footage transmitted by the probe with interest.
"This Eugene Civilization has some guts!"
"They actually dared to attack with such a huge gap in strength?"
The first officer beside him replied with a laugh, "They're a space pirate civilization! It would be strange if they didn't have guts!"
"But come to think of it, something feels off about this fleet..."
"Fan, did you notice it too?" the first officer asked hesitantly, brows furrowed slightly.
"Hmm..."
Fan Ping's expression grew a little more serious, and he nodded thoughtfully. "They seem to be standardized warships."
"Exactly!" The first officer's eyes lit up. Clapping both hands together, the officer said excitedly, "Standardized warships!"
"That's the problem!"
"Normally, space pirate civilizations don't have standardized warships!"
At that point, both of them understood what the other meant.
Fan Ping stared fixedly at the warship in the center of the defensive formation and swallowed hard. "You mean..."
"We've hooked a big fish?"
"A big fish... it should be!" As though afraid someone might overhear, the first officer instinctively lowered their voice. "This could be the flagship of some detachment of the Eugene Fleet!"
"We need to act fast!"
"All those contribution points... tsk, tsk..."
Fan Ping's breathing quickened slightly, and