Sure enough, Silicon Ray had good reason for its warning.
At least under the current circumstances, the Cleaners were unwilling to antagonize the Neutral Faction.
And so, the two sides reached a stalemate.
[9436] could not stomach this humiliation.
Since when could a mere level six civilization threaten the mighty Cleaners Civilization?
Under the rules, it could not attack the "Enroget Civilization," but that did not stop it from making a few threats.
[Enroget Civilization, I'll remember you.]
[I hope you can hide under the Neutral Faction's protective wing forever!]
Lü Yongchang naturally remained utterly unfazed by these intimidating-sounding threats.
Seriously, what hadn't Human Civilization been through?
Forget the fact that they were now on the verge of becoming a level seven civilization-even back when they were a level four civilization, humanity had managed to survive between the Cleaners and the Gardener Faction!
Not to mention...
The other side had even called them by the wrong name and mistaken their identity.
The same point still stood.
What did anything the Enroget Civilization did have to do with us, Human Civilization?
As for the Alcott fleet, it had already quietly withdrawn into the Unnamed Stellar System.
Not someone we can afford to cross. Definitely not.
Time ticked by, second by second.
Perhaps unwilling to leave just like that, or perhaps hoping to pressure the "Enroget Civilization," the Cleaners fleet slowly closed the distance to the Unnamed Stellar System.
Having contacted the Silicon Stingray Civilization, Lü Yongchang was certainly not going to fall for this intimidation-whatever the other side did, the Human Fleet stubbornly held its position directly in front of the Cleaners fleet.
He even ordered the "defensive" warships operated by the Eugene People to shut down all their shield systems to demonstrate his resolve.
The whole point was fearlessness-if