Shuibianhu Stellar System.
After Wu Hai A was detonated, cheers erupted in the fleet's command cabin.
Wu Hai A was, after all, a Stellar System that Human Civilization had managed for many years.
Although Advancing Civilization and Flying Civilization had entered Wu Hai A and destroyed some facilities, the Stellar System was vast, and it was impossible to completely clear out all the equipment within the Stellar System in just over a decade.
They almost immediately received information about the enemy's losses.
Although this 'immediately' was still several days late.
"Flying Civilization withdrew early, and Advancing Civilization suffered heavy losses."
"This is completely different from what we initially thought."
"It's a pity we didn't destroy more warships!"
Fleet Chief of Staff Foucault smiled.
The situation was the opposite of what was initially expected, but it was not a bad opposite.
Originally, they had anticipated that Flying Civilization would suffer heavier losses than Advancing Civilization.
"It's a good result that both fleets didn't manage to escape early."
"After all, this Star explosion still had traces in its early stages."
Luo Yanchen had anticipated the worst outcome.
Neither Flying Civilization nor Advancing Civilization suffered any losses.
Foucault nodded.
"Indeed, it's already the best result."
"However, even the worst result would be acceptable, as Wu Hai A is just one part of the overall strategy."
"Commander, order to continue. The enemy has already started moving, and leaving Letewei 20 Star System is only a matter of time."
They believed that neither Flying Civilization nor Advancing Civilization would stay long in Letewei 20 Star System.
They were merely using it as an energy resupply point.
This could be seen from Advancing Civilization's construction of shipyards in Wu Hai A.
After all, producing warships in shipyards still required time.
After the main fleet left, these warships could only be left within the Wu Hai Stellar System.
The interstellar battlefield is vast; producing too few to rendezvous with the main fleet would be useless, and producing too many would take time, by which point the main fleet would have flown hundreds of light-years away.
Therefore, either Advancing Civilization intended to attack Letewei 20 Star System later, or it intended to leave Letewei 20 Star System directly, leaving this battlefield to the subsequently produced warships.
The former was impossible because attacking Letewei 20 Star System would be more trouble than it was worth.
Since Human Civilization, Flying Civilization, and Advancing Civilization had entered a full-scale war, they could guess that it was impossible for too many warships to remain in Letewei 20 Star System.
Sending the main fleet there would be like taking a butcher's knife and traveling hundreds of kilometers to kill a chicken; it would be better to let the newly produced fruit knife do the job.
"How many people are estimated to still be in Letewei 20 Star System?"
Luo Yanchen did not immediately give the order; he asked.
Foucault replied in a deep voice: "Approximately 200 billion haven't left; there aren't enough transport ships."
The people in Letewei 20 Star System had not yet fully evacuated.
Just like the Wu Hai Stellar System before.
Hundreds of billions of people still remained in various Stellar Systems.
Once the strategy was unleashed, these people would turn to dust.
"Commander, we can't wait too long."
"At Advancing Civilization's speed, it would only take 20 years. If they use spatial jumps, they might even leave Letewei 20 Star System in 10 years."
"And 200 billion people might not all be able to evacuate within 10 years."
Luo Yanchen shook his head.
"When have you ever known me to be indecisive?"
"I just want to remember this number."
"On this entire battlefield, another 200 billion people have died due to the invasion of Flying Civilization and Advancing Civilization."
"I hope that in my lifetime, I can avenge this!"
200 billion.
An incredibly vast number.
But on the entire battlefield, the number of humans killed by Flying Civilization and Advancing Civilization had already exceeded 10 trillion.
It sounds like a mere string of numbers.
Yet, each was a truly living person.
Each person saw themselves as the center of the entire universe, perceiving and living in this world.
However, this era was bloody.
Civilization war allows for no retreat.
Otherwise, the tragedy of the Old Federation would repeat.
"Begin. At the very least, keep the enemy's main force in Letewei 20 Star System for a longer time."
Luo Yanchen's order was sent out via the Host.
Inside the Shuibianhu Star.
Black holes began to establish connections with various locations.
"Tiangui 1 Star connected successfully, detonation begins."
"Ziluolan Star connected successfully, detonation begins."
"Fengweiling Star connected successfully, detonation begins."
"..."
One Star after another was detonated, meeting the same fate as Wu Hai A.
Countless substances were ejected into Deep Space.
A portion of these substances was light.
These photons slowly underwent a change during their journey.
They transformed from photons into another type of particle.
A creation particle!
Such a change occurred in all matter ejected after the Star's detonation, and in all matter that these substances came into contact with.
In just seven years.
These substances began to connect with each other.
Observing from dozens of light-years away from Letewei 20 Star System, one would discover.
All the Stellar Systems in the entire Letewei 20 Star System connected into a single line.
Forming a massive civilization's home universe!
"The Letewei 20 Interstellar Great Wall is complete!"
The Shuibianhu Star also became a part of it.
Luo Yanchen led his fleet into the civilization's home universe, feeling like a fish in water.
"Now, this place has completely become our home ground. We absolutely cannot let those moths get away."
When Luo Yanchen said "moths," he thought of Ju Yintuo.
"Your death will be worth it!"
...
Seven years.
That was the time it took for the fastest particles ejected from the two Stellar Systems to converge.
Flying Civilization and Advancing Civilization also understood Human Civilization's plan at this time.
They were rapidly flying away from Letewei 20 Star System in two directions.
Advancing Civilization even used five spatial jumps.
However.
Advancing Civilization's spatial jumps were not long-distance, at most a few thousand astronomical units.
Five jumps combined were less than 0.3 light-years.
For Letewei 20 Star System, which had a depth of 3.6 billion light-years, it was a drop in the bucket.
In fact, even with only Star matter, the civilization's home universe might not have been completed before Advancing Civilization flew out of Letewei 20 Star System.
But there was also a massive nebula within Letewei 20 Star System.
After this nebula transformed into the civilization's home universe, it quickly covered over a fifth of the Letewei 20 Star System.
Whether it was Flying Civilization or Advancing Civilization, they were already within this nebula before it transformed.
Ba Qieli felt the warship's speed drop from 200,000 kilometers per second to 190,000 kilometers per second again.
The greatest ability of the civilization's home universe was to alter physics.
Even if Human Civilization built a very inferior civilization's home universe, this point remained the same.
The Advancing Civilization warships, which could originally fly at near light speed, had their speed continuously suppressed after entering the civilization's home universe.
Even inertia was blocked here.
Although this civilization's home universe could not completely bring their warship's speed to zero, their current speed had already completely eliminated their mobility advantage.
"Is this Human Civilization's true trump card?!"
"I still underestimated Human Civilization."
The explosion of Wu Hai A was only one part of the entire strategy.
This was something Ba Qieli had not anticipated at all.
It had now completely shed its arrogance and become cautious.
Not only because of the previous war's lessons but also its current predicament.
Within the civilization's home universe, not only speed but also their other weapons and some technological means would be restricted.
This civilization's home universe was too vast, and it was not something they could disperse.
It could be said that they were now completely demoted to the same technological level as Flying Civilization and Human Civilization.
