Bai Yixuan raised his hand and lightly tapped the spherical defensive line.
Whoosh!
The Holographic Image rapidly expanded, displaying detailed information about the defensive line.
Densely packed red dots appeared before him.
Each represented a warship of a different model.
Since the Probe was only observing from a distance, he could get only a rough look at the surface "structure" of this spherical defensive line.
"An initial estimate puts them at a hundred thousand warships..."
Bai Yixuan sneered. "They certainly take us seriously."
"They've thrown in everything the entire alliance has!"
As he spoke, he turned toward the Holographic Image beside him. "Zijie, what do you think?"
In the image, Zhao Zijie frowned slightly. "A defensive line made up of a hundred thousand warships..."
"Our Expeditionary Fleet has only ten thousand warships. With a ten-to-one disparity in strength, this will be a tough nut to crack."
"Especially with their home-field advantage. This won't be an easy battle!"
Bai Yixuan nodded, his expression growing somewhat grave. "It certainly won't."
"Perhaps we could take a detour?"
"No." Zhao Zijie cut him off. "We need an absolute victory to subjugate this alliance."
"That's Professor Lü's requirement."
"The Human Federation needs these low-level civilizations to bolster the Pan-Human Federation."
Hearing this, Bai Yixuan frowned even more deeply. "Then we'll have to fight them head-on..."
"But..." Zhao Zijie chuckled, raising a hand to trace a circle around the vast defensive formation spanning ten light-years. "With a defensive formation covering such a large area, their defensive strength in any given area is bound to be thin."
"I think the Long Snake Formation might be a good choice."
Bai Yixuan turned to glance at Zhao Zijie in surprise. "The Long Snake Formation..."
"Exactly." A hint of amusement shone in Zhao Zijie's eyes. "The Probes have verified that