260: This battle made human civilization famous throughout the Milky Way!

At the Galactic Center, the flames of war gradually subsided.

The once arrogant Star Devourer fleet was now nothing but a scene of desolation, its wreckage floating like dead fish in the gravitational turbulence. Those biological warships that once struck fear into countless civilizations were now just cold numbers on humanity's spoils of war list.

The massive hull of the expedition slowly traversed this dead starfield. Its silvery-white armor bore no scratches, still gleaming as new, as if it had just undergone a leisurely excursion, not an interstellar war.

Around it, one hundred thousand Kyushu-class battleships floated silently, like stars orbiting the moon. Their dark muzzles still radiated residual heat, silently proclaiming the ferocity of the recent massacre.

"Reporting, Commander Lu!"

In the communication channel, Zhan Lang's voice, though tired, was filled with an excitement that could pierce the heavens.

"Battlefield cleared! Confirmed destruction of 360 million enemy ships! Captured two million biological samples! Zero casualties on our side!"

"Aside from a few unlucky fellows who scraped off some paint from their mechs due to operational errors, we didn't lose a single hair!"

Zero casualties!

As soon as this data was released, the entire bridge instantly erupted!

This wasn't war; this was a miracle! It was a myth unprecedented in the history of a Second-level civilization confronting a Third-level civilization!

Lu Chen sat in the command chair, listening to the cheers, but his face showed little emotion. He merely gently swirled the highball glass in his hand (filled with soda) and gazed beyond the holographic screen, looking further into the distance.

There, a lone escape ship was trying to break through the space barrier, sealed by heavenly craft, like a headless fly.

That was the Sovereign Zero's vessel.

"Run? Where do you think you're running to?"

Lu Chen's lips curved into a playful, cold smile.

"heavenly craft, broadcast the image to the entire Milky Way Galaxy."

"I want all those lurking in the shadows to see this: this is the consequence of angering Earthlings."

[Yes, Master! Full-band wide-area broadcast activated!]

With heavenly craft's operation, the final moments of this hunt were forcefully inserted into the communication networks of all civilizations in the Milky Way Galaxy with long-range communication capabilities, in an utterly domineering manner!

At the edge of the Milky Way Galaxy, in the Third Spiral Arm.

Inside a patrol ship belonging to the Galaxy Guardians Alliance, Thor stared intently at the screen, his compound eyes bulging as if they might split, his tentacles trembling wildly on the control panel.

"They're crazy! These carbon-based monkeys are absolutely insane!"

"Zero casualties in annihilating the main Star Devourer force?! How is that possible?! They're a cancerous tumor that even the Alliance's regular army wouldn't dare provoke easily!"

Thor felt his worldview collapse at that moment. He had initially thought this was just a clash of weaklings, or a tragic suicidal charge. But what was the result?

This was clearly a Dimensionality Reduction Strike!

"Quick! Quickly send the data back to headquarters!" Thor shrieked. "Adjust this civilization's threat level to the highest! No, to 'Extinction Level'! Tell all councilors, absolutely do not provoke these fiends!"

It wasn't just Thor.

At this moment, in every corner of the Milky Way Galaxy, countless advanced civilizations that had been secretly observing the Galactic Center situation fell into a deathly silence.

Those who had originally intended to watch humanity be devoured and then reap the benefits all retracted their claws and tore up their meticulously planned 'loot distribution' schemes.

Some civilization leaders, upon seeing the image of the one hundred thousand Kyushu warships firing in unison, were so terrified that they immediately cut off communications, fearing that the terrifying Eastern civilization would track them down through the network!

Just as the entire Milky Way Galaxy trembled at humanity's might, the scene on the screen shifted again.

The camera focused on the escape ship trapped in the spatial cage.

That was the Star Devourer Sovereign's last refuge.

"Connect to it."

Lu Chen said calmly.

The screen flickered, and Sovereign Zero, once so arrogant and disdainful of all life, appeared on the screen.

At this moment, it no longer had its previous arrogance. Its once radiant, mercury-like body was now as dull as stagnant water, huddled in a corner, trembling.

"Don't... don't kill me..."

A thought-wave filled with fear and pleading was transmitted through the translator.

"I surrender! I am willing to submit! I am willing to offer all treasures! I have the coordinates of countless stars, I have clues to Fifth-level civilization ruins, I also have..."

"Shut up."

Lu Chen impatiently interrupted it.

He stood up and walked to the screen, looking down at this former overlord.

"You don't seem to understand the situation yet."

"I don't want your treasures, nor your clues."

"Because if I kill you, these things will still be mine."

"You..." Zero's body trembled violently. "You can't kill me! I am a member of the ancient Milky Way Alliance! Killing me will incur the wrath of the Guardians Alliance! You will become the public enemy of the entire Milky Way Galaxy!"

"Public enemy?"

Lu Chen smiled, a brilliant smile that sent shivers down everyone's spine.

He suddenly leaned closer to the camera, his dark eyes seemingly crossing space to fix directly on Zero's soul.

"Do you think I care about that now?"

"Open your dog eyes and look outside!"

Lu Chen waved his hand, pointing to the invincible fleet outside the window, capable of crushing stars.

"I have one hundred thousand star destroyers! I have dimensional technology that can seal black holes! I have superweapons that can alter causality!"

"In this Milky Way Galaxy, only I punish others; no one punishes me!"

"As for the so-called 'Guardians' Alliance..."

Lu Chen's gaze shifted slightly, looking towards the faint light dot at the edge of the star map representing Thor's observation ship, a playful curve on his lips.

"I imagine they're probably busy revising their diplomatic policy towards us right now, aren't they?"

Thor, seeing this scene from afar, felt his tentacles go limp and collapsed to the ground.

"He... he found out!"

"He knew we were peeking all along! He did this on purpose for us to see!"

Thor wanted to cry; he felt like a rabbit hiding in the bushes watching a tiger eat a sheep, only for the tiger to finish its meal, turn its head, and grin at him.

That feeling of despair was simply indescribable!

Back to the battlefield.

Lu Chen retracted his gaze and looked again at the Sovereign, who was now utterly despairing.

"Alright, chatter time is over."

"Be on your way."

"Remember, in your next life, be a good person... no, be a good sphere, and don't go around eating everything again."

Lu Chen lightly snapped his fingers.

"heavenly craft, see our guest out."

[Yes, Master.]

The next second.

The space around the escape ship suddenly solidified.

Immediately after, an inconspicuous small Two-Dimensional Foil was teleported inside the escape ship.

No explosion, no fire.

Only a strange, quiet collapse.

Under the gaze of countless eyes across the entire Milky Way Galaxy, the Star Devourer Sovereign, who had once devoured countless civilizations and struck fear into the entire Galactic Center region, was instantly flattened into a thin, colorful picture, along with its spaceship.

Its fear, pleas, and despair before death were perfectly frozen on that two-dimensional plane, becoming the most dazzling footnote on humanity's monument of martial prowess!

...

Silence.

Both the battlefield and the civilizations watching the live broadcast fell into absolute silence at this moment.

One hit kill!

Decisive and merciless!

This coldness, this decisiveness, this disregard for life and absolute control over power, sent a deep chill through all civilizations.

This newly emergent Earth Civilization was definitely not to be trifled with!

They were wolves! They were tigers! They were devils in the guise of civilization!

"We... we won?"

On the expedition, Su Qingying looked at the picture floating in the void, her voice somewhat dazed.

It's over?

That calamity that had loomed over humanity for hundreds of years, making them restless, was just gone?

"Yes, we won."

Lu Chen turned around, a relaxed smile on his face as he looked at the crew members who had not yet recovered their senses.

"What? Are you all stunned?"

"Do I have to treat you to a celebration feast before you come back to your senses?"

"Boom—!!!"

As Lu Chen's words fell, earth-shattering cheers instantly erupted on the bridge!

"We won! We won!"

"Long live Commander Lu! Long live humanity!"

"To hell with the Star Devourer! To hell with the dark forest!"

The warriors embraced, crying tears of joy, throwing their caps high into the air. At this moment, all the pressure, all the fear, all the grievances were released in these deafening cheers!

They had made history!

They had announced the rise of human civilization to the entire universe with a perfect victory!

Meanwhile, at a distant observation point.

Thor tremblingly stood up, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and sent a top-priority encrypted message to Alliance headquarters at the fastest speed:

[To the Galaxy Guardians Alliance Supreme Council:]

[The latest assessment report on 'Earth Civilization' has been updated.]

[Threat Level: Elevated from 'Low' to 'Ultra-Dangerous'!]

[Recommendation: Immediately cease all probing actions against this civilization! Immediately dispatch a special envoy delegation, carrying gifts of the highest specifications, to the place called 'Earth'!]

[If we don't quickly establish diplomatic relations with them, I fear the next one to become a 'picture' will be us!]

Seeing the successful send notification, Thor let out a long breath and collapsed into his chair.

He knew that from today onwards, the sky of the Milky Way Galaxy...

...had changed.

And the young man standing at the center of the storm, his name would become a new taboo under this starry sky!