"It's Minister Luo! It's Minister Luo! General, Minister Luo is here! Minister Luo is here!" Yang Fan and Gao Jianchuan shouted excitedly.
"Quick, quick, connect to Minister Luo!" Hu Yu said anxiously.
"General, it's Small Star Sector Advanced Civilization. Minister Luo are already Small Star Sector Advanced Civilization, with 100 billion warships. General, we're going to win!" Yang Fan exclaimed as he connected with Luo Zhigao.
"Minister, we finally have news of you." Hu Yu's eyes were filled with tears. This separation had lasted for nearly 40,000 years, and it had also caused Hu Yu 40,000 years of worry.
"Haha, kid, don't be so pathetic. We're here safely, aren't we?" Luo Zhigao comforted Hu Yu while wiping his eyes with his sleeve.
" Vice Minister Fang, Wenfei, Academician Gao, are you all alright?"
Vice Minister Fang Xinyun, Fleet Chief of Staff Li Wenfei, and Academician Gao Zhengyang, among others, all had tears welling in their eyes, smiling but unsure of what to say.
"Alright, we can reminisce later. Let's deal with the immediate issue first. Hu Yu, which fleets are the enemy? We only know of the Hydra Civilization."
"Minister, Xuan Star Civilization..."
"We've received the message from the Xuan Star Civilization. They're helping you now, right? I trust your approach. Besides, the enmity between the Xuan Star Civilization and us is long gone. We hurt each other back then, and you've turned an enemy into a friend. That's very good."
"A lot happened afterward, Minister. Now, our forces in the airspace consist of these few, all of which are from our Star Ring Alliance." Hu Yu marked the fleets of the alliance members one by one.
"The leader was right about you. You are now most familiar with the battlefield situation. The fleet is under your and the young Zhonghua commander's command. We are tired from the journey, so we'll sit back, have some tea, and watch the show."
"Okay, Minister, please take a rest."
Hu Yu Wen Zhonghua quickly returned to command mode. The number of Small Star Sector Advanced Civilization was now basically equal to that of the enemy, while the number of Small Star Sector Intermediate Civilization exceeded that of the enemy by tens of billions. From the perspective of battlefield strength, the alliance fleet had a greater chance of winning.
" Hydra, Flying Bear, so, are you going to continue fighting and exhaust each other's strength, or do you obediently leave, and we humans will forgive your past actions?"
If we can avoid fighting, that would be the best outcome. The accumulation of these warships was hard-won, and if we fight head-on, even if the alliance wins, it will be a Pyrrhic victory, and tens of thousands of years of accumulation will be reduced to ashes.
"Humans, you think this is enough? Now you can look at your inhabited planet."
" Ninety-Seven, what's going on?" Hu Yu asked.
"General, the Hydra Civilization still has a fleet of approximately 20 billion ships. They must be cooperating with the Falling Star Civilization. The Falling Star Civilization's actions forced us out, and the Hydra Civilization's fleet detected us from afar. Now their fleet is less than a thousand astronomical units away from our hiding place. They have clearly discovered our location, and we are surrounded. But don't worry, the old patriarch is there. If all else fails, the old patriarch can expend energy to spatially relocate these inhabited planets. However, we will have to abandon those industrial planets."
"Those industrial planets represent countless years of our accumulation, with countless machines and equipment on them. Rebuilding all of this equipment would be impossible in less than tens of thousands of years. No, we can't give up, and we can't let the old patriarch use spatial teleportation. The old patriarch is too old; using spatial teleportation would accelerate his aging."
"General, the 20th Fleet will soon arrive near the territory of the Flying Bear Civilization. Could we threaten them?"
"It's useless," Dongdong said. " The Hydra Civilization doesn't care about the lives of other civilizations. They won't care about anything but their own interests. Even in defensive battles, their fleet is the smallest among all the Small Star Sector Advanced Civilization. Other civilizations leave around 100 billion fleets in their territories—it's an unwritten rule—but the Hydra Civilization has clearly left more than 100 billion; they've already sent out 120 billion."
" Hydra, please also check the situation near your own territory!" Xuan Star Civilization sent out a message.
" Xuan Star's leader, what's going on?"
"General Hu Yu, we've had clashes with the Hydra Civilization before, so we know their temperament well. It took us a lot of time to find their hidden coordinates. I knew the Hydra Civilization would definitely come here, so when we set sail, we deliberately took a detour and left our antimatter star near the hiding place in Hydra territory. It just so happens to come in handy now."
"It seems everything has its advantages and disadvantages. Hidden spaces are safe, but they are also easy to be wiped out in one fell swoop."
"Yes, but finding a hidden civilization is extremely difficult. We were lucky to discover their hiding place. Overall, hiding is safer than being exposed."
" Xuan Star Civilization, you need to think this through. Angry the Hydra Civilization will do you no good. Move your antimatter star away immediately, or we will annihilate you!"
"What a joke! If our Xuan Star Civilization were to withdraw now, how would we have the face to stand in the galaxy in the future? Besides, Human Civilization is a sworn brother of our Xuan Star Civilization. If you dare to touch our inhabited planets, we will immediately detonate an antimatter star and turn your trillions of people into ashes."
You dare!
"What wouldn't we dare to do? If it weren't for the greater good, your Hydra Civilization would have been destroyed by us long ago!"
" Flying Bear Civilization, please take a look around your territory. Although your territory has a defense system, you should know about the planetary cannons of the Far Watcher Civilization. The power of our planetary cannons is no less than that of the Far Watcher Civilization. Clearing out your defense system and destroying a few of your inhabited planets should not be a problem."
The battlefield fell silent once more. Both sides had each other by the throat, neither daring to exert any more force, yet neither daring to let go first. The inhabited planet was the lifeblood of the entire civilization; if it were destroyed, the entire civilization would suffer immense losses.
"Humanity, the Flying Bear Civilization withdraws."
"Do you think you can come and go as you please on the territory of Human Civilization? Are you scared now? Leave behind a hundred intact warships, and we will let you leave."
"Humans, don't go too far. We're currently holding each other back. What right do you have to demand that we leave our warships behind? If war resumes, we might lose a few inhabited planets, but your losses will certainly be greater than ours."
" Hydra Civilization, are you planning to withdraw or continue the war?" Hu Yu ignored the Flying Bear Civilization and instead questioned the Hydra Civilization.