Enrogete Alliance border.

Although the territory of the Enroget Alliance is not as vast as that of human civilization, it still covers a star field within a radius of one hundred light-years of the Enroget star system.

Although the alliance has absorbed more than 300 civilizations, their quality varies greatly, with most being Level 1 or Level 2 civilizations that have only recently left their star systems.

A level three civilization is already the backbone of the alliance.

A Level 4 civilization can be considered a high-end combat force.

As for the Enroget civilization itself, needless to say, it was an indispensable pillar of strength.

The task of border defense is basically shared by level three and level four civilizations.

Of course, the Enroget civilization also had corresponding border defense forces, but the alliance territory was too vast, and once the Enroget civilization's warships were dispersed, they could not actually play a significant defensive role.

Typically, these Tier 5 civilization warships serve a deterrent purpose.

For civilizations of the same level, without reinforcements, such a defensive line is as fragile as an eggshell, shattering at the slightest touch.

Therefore, for the Enroget civilization, the most important thing at present is to determine the direction of human civilization's attack.

Problems then arise.

Limited by its own technological level, the Enroget Alliance was unaware of the specific attack route of human civilization at this time—the human civilization's fleet had not yet entered the detection range of the tachyon radar!

To date, the Enroget Alliance's knowledge of human civilization consists only of those silver-white detectors that have long since been blown to pieces.

Logically, the league's defensive forces were deployed around the three border outposts where the silver-white detectors were discovered.

To ensure a successful interception, the Alliance, under orders from its leader, extended its defensive line to a range of ten light-years.

This is not an easy task.

To complete this ten-light-year defensive line, the Alliance mobilized almost all combat-capable warships and civilizations within its borders.

Even so, a ten-light-year front was still too much for the Enrogett Alliance.

The defensive capabilities of the line of defense have been significantly weakened.

But this is a last resort.

According to the Alliance Council's plan, once the tachyon radar detects the movements of human civilization, the Alliance will begin to shrink its battle lines while strengthening the defensive capabilities of those lines.

The Enroget Alliance's battle plan is to keep human civilization outside the border.

What?

Counter-attack?

Stop joking.

Within the Enrogett League, no one dared to even consider this possibility.

With such a visible gap in strength, can they fight back with courage and passion alone?

...

Inside the command center of the Enroget star system.

The alliance leader stared intently at the screen in front of him.

The screen displays tachyon radar images from the front lines.

On the other screen, a map showing the distribution of defensive forces along the alliance's borders was displayed.

Looking at the 3D distribution map that was evenly distributed over a range of ten light-years, it frowned deeply.

Human civilization...

Where will it come from?

What should it do if they take a long detour and launch a sneak attack from other directions of the alliance?

While those border outposts, set up every light-year, can serve as a warning, they cannot stop the enemy's fleet!

If the enemy is allowed to penetrate deep into the heart of the league, this defensive battle will be very difficult...

After all, most of the civilizations within the alliance are "old, weak, sick, and disabled"—in the eyes of a Level 5 civilization, let alone a Level 3 civilization, even a Level 4 civilization is nothing more than a large ant.

Just as it was pondering a countermeasure, a slight fluctuation suddenly appeared on the large screen in front of the command center.

As the eerie blue warning light began to flash, countless intense wave peaks appeared in the tachyon radar image!

That is...

The warships of human civilization!

These powerful signals completely shattered all the doubts and thoughts in its mind!

It was completely different from what it expected.

Human civilization has not changed its direction of attack at all!

The massive fleet followed the route taken by those silver-white probes, announcing its arrival to the Enrogett Alliance in an extremely simple and brutal manner!

After a brief moment of distraction, watching the strong signals rapidly approaching the border, it issued an order in an extremely forceful tone.

"quick!"

"Immediately consolidate the defensive lines!"

"Prepare for battle!"

...

Ten days later.

Outside the border of the Enrogete Alliance.

Accompanied by incredibly strong spacetime fluctuations, a massive fleet instantly appeared in the deep, dark universe.

The once empty universe suddenly seemed crowded at this moment.

A portion of the small meteorites blocking the way for the fleet silently turned into dust under the particle accumulation effect brought about by the warp drive, as if foreshadowing something.

At this moment, the distance from the Enroget Alliance defense line is 0.1 light-years.

The power of the antimatter reactor inside the warship gradually decreased.

With the warp drive operating at low power, the fleet approached its destination at a speed of 0.5c—the human fleet, equipped with the latest warp drive, had essentially rendered the outdated antimatter engine obsolete.

Of course, the nozzles of the antimatter engine were not canceled; they simply stopped emitting intense light and gamma rays temporarily.

The reason is quite simple.

Current warp drives can only eliminate interference from the gravitational fields of ordinary stars.

If they encounter any extreme celestial bodies, the fleet will still have to rely on primitive antimatter engines for propulsion.

Similar to faster-than-light warp drive, warp states below the speed of light also involve spacetime in motion, while the spaceship itself remains stationary.

Therefore, the warship and its crew no longer need to consider the load caused by acceleration; they don't even feel any fluctuations during the starship's acceleration!

The warships' maneuverability was thus greatly enhanced.

While they couldn't achieve the extreme maneuverability of the Cleaners civilization, which could instantly transition from a stationary state to a high speed of 0.7c, human warships at this time still managed to achieve some maneuverability methods that defied the laws of physics.

For example, making a right-angle turn at high speed.

The complex factors that once determined a warship's maneuverability have gradually been reduced to an extremely simple factor—the performance of the warp drive.

It's not hard to foresee.

When the performance of the warp drive reaches a certain level, sharp-angle turns, instantaneous start-stop... those maneuvers that were difficult to understand at the time will all become a reality.

At the center of the fleet, the Titan mothership.

"Commander Bai, the probe has completed its initial detection mission."

A crew member reported loudly.

At the same time, a clear star map appeared on the huge holographic projection in front of them, creating an immersive experience.

In the vast universe where starlight is dim, a spherical structure emitting a red glow appears.

It was a spherical defensive line with a diameter of ten light-years, which blocked the human fleet directly in front of it.

Unlike defensive lines on the ground, defensive lines in space are three-dimensional.