When the surveillance video showed the 100,000 battleships flying out of hyperspace, everyone in the command center was stunned.
This …
This is not a fleet of our empire!
"Quick, send a warning to the other party, and order the Capital Planet Defense Fleet to surround them!"
"Yes, Commander!"
Serence immediately issued a series of orders after he came to his senses.
Fortunately, the other party only had 100,000 battleships. If this was a large-scale invasion, it would be a big problem.
Serence heaved a sigh of relief.
Fortunately …
It was still a manageable situation!
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While Serence was constantly mobilizing the fleet, inside the Merloh's bridge.
"This is really prosperous, almost comparable to the Solar System, right?"
Looking at the surrounding situation, Lin Yu could not help but exclaim in admiration.
After all, civilizations above level 7 already had the technology to migrate planets. Most civilizations at this stage would migrate many high-quality planets to the capital circle or other important commercial circles where the mother planet was located.
For example, the capital circle of the Federation …
The solar system today was no longer the solar system of the past, with only eight planets. There were now 78 SS-level life planets. Whether in terms of quality or quantity, it was far superior to the capital circle of the Crete Empire.
However, when the Federation was still a level 7 civilization, the solar system was not as prosperous as it was now.
"Commander, we have received a communication from the other party."
"Alright, let's play it."
"Yes, Commander!"
In fact, Lin Yu did not need to play it, as he already knew the general content of the communication. However, Lin Yu felt that it was quite interesting to occasionally listen to the warning of a low-level civilization.
After all, traveling in the universe for a long time was a very boring thing. Occasionally finding some entertainment was a good way to relieve the boredom, even if …
This kind of entertainment was extremely vulgar!
"Unknown fleet in front, you have entered the territory of the Crete Empire. Immediately report your intentions, or it will be regarded as an act of invasion!"
"I repeat, in front …"
Well, it was still the same boring tone. Lin Yu felt that there was nothing new, and it was not interesting at all.
"Reply, say that we want to talk to the upper echelons of their empire!"
"Understood!"
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Capital Planet Crete, Central Province, Empire State Building.
This was the tallest building in the entire Empire. There was even a dedicated rail elevator at the top of the building that led directly to the fortress on the planet's orbit.
At this moment, in the conference hall on the 298th floor of the Empire State Building, a group of high-level officials of the Imperium was temporarily summoned and gathered here through remote virtual projection.
"Your Majesty, the fleet stationed in the Lorrte Star Sector still hasn't found any useful clues. It's as if the fleet never existed."
The Minister of War was reporting the latest information to Emperor Charlie Crete.
"What does the Science Department think about this?"
Charlie shook his head. He was obviously not satisfied with the military's indifference. He turned to the Minister of Science, who was also involved in the meeting.
"Your Majesty, we have analyzed the data sent back by the garrison in the Lorte Star Sector. We can confirm that there are no errors in the initial data. In other words, the fleet is real and not an illusion!"
"However, when the unknown fleet suddenly disappeared, even after we checked the data of all the equipment, we still couldn't find any trace of it."
"Therefore, the Science Department's guess is that the other party is a civilization far more advanced than ours. As for the sudden disappearance of the fleet, it should be due to the use of some advanced civilization's stealth technology. It could be the technology of a Rank-8 or even a Rank-9 technological civilization!"
The words of the Minister of Science instantly caused the entire room to be in a state of panic.
What kind of joke was this? In the entire Bosnian Supercluster, the highest technological civilization was a Rank-7 technological civilization. Now, you're telling me that the unknown fleet that came through the ocean current is a Rank-8 or even a Rank-9 technological civilization?
"Orlando, how confident are you about this speculation?"
"At least 90%, Your Majesty!"
Charlie ignored the sudden chaos in the conference room and looked at the Minister of Science, Orlando, and asked.
For Charlie, he hoped that all the soldiers and equipment in the Lorte Star Sector were hallucinating at the same time.
But obviously …
This kind of thing didn't exist!
On the other hand, Orlando's reply made Charlie completely lose his last hope.
What did the arrival of a Rank-8 or even Rank-9 technological civilization mean?
It meant that the tens of thousands of advanced civilizations in Bosnia, who had fought for more than 100,000 years, would not be able to reap the fruits of victory. Instead, the fruits of victory would be enjoyed by an alien civilization.
As the Emperor of the Crete Empire, Charlie was also ambitious. How could he accept such an outcome?
Just as the atmosphere in the conference room was getting more and more strange, Charlie's communicator rang at an inappropriate time.
"What's the matter?"
"Your Majesty, an unknown fleet suddenly appeared in the capital circle. Currently, Commander Serence is mobilizing the defense fleet to deal with it."
"Damn it, which civilization is it, and how many are there?"
Hearing this, Charlie was instantly furious.
How dare they attack the capital circle of his empire?
It must be known that the capital circle of any civilization had a dense and powerful space defense network. Coupled with a large number of fleets stationed there and reinforcements that could arrive at any time, even if a civilization were to go all out, they would definitely be trapped there.
This was why, although everyone had hyperspace travel, no one would attack the capital circle of another civilization.
This was because it was not worth it to do so!
"Your Majesty, this unknown fleet is not matched with a corresponding civilization in our database. Moreover, there are only 100,000 warships!"
"Therefore, Commander Serence's idea is to capture them and obtain the necessary information from them!"
After hearing Charlie's question, the guard answered truthfully.
However, this answer made everyone in the conference room, including Charlie, stunned.
Only 100,000 warships?
Are they here to die?
"Well, tell Serence that we agree with his plan. After we capture them, we must extract all the information from them!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
"Wait …"
Just as the guard was about to pass on Charlie's order, Charlie suddenly thought of something, and his expression changed greatly.
"Your Majesty?"
"You just said 100,000 warships, and there is no record of them in our database, right?"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
"Send the image of the enemy's warships!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Soon, a video was received in the virtual conference room,and when the video was played …
The entire conference room was filled with the sound of people sucking in cold breaths.
Hiss …