The Gardener Faction.
The moment the tachyon message from the Saikol Civilization arrived, the fluctuations in the dozen or so spherical shadow structures intensified.
Clearly, these four-dimensional beings had never expected the Saikol Civilization to give such an answer.
For a time, the four-dimensional beings began arguing over the Gardener Faction's tachyon communication channel.
[What do we do now?]
[I suggest attacking the Human Civilization. No civilization like this has ever appeared in the Gardener Faction's recorded history. If we let it continue developing, the consequences could be unimaginable!]
[Then how do we deal with the Saikol Civilization?]
[If they try to stop us... wipe them out along with the Human Civilization! Let them see just how vast the gulf between level eight civilizations can be!]
[The Saikol Civilization itself is nothing to worry about, but if this provokes hostility and attacks from the Neutral Faction civilizations in the M87 Galaxy, it could affect the outcome of this war.]
[...]
The argument did not last long.
When wormhole fluctuations began appearing near the Saikor fleet, the four-dimensional beings' discussion came to an end.
The Human Civilization posed a far greater threat than the Neutral Faction!
That was the consensus the four-dimensional beings had reached!
Even if this would very likely provoke retaliation from the Neutral Faction in the M87 Galaxy, they would rather face that disorganized faction than a Human Civilization developing at a terrifying pace!
And so...
Without any warning, the four-dimensional beings crossed that invisible border, and war descended upon the Neutral Faction's territory!
A few minutes earlier.
Amid intense spacetime fluctuations, several stable wormhole structures were slowly taking shape near the Human Fleet.
Starships of all shapes streamed out of them and formed up, facing the four-dimensional beings beyond the border from afar.
Compared with the