How fast would a huge fleet with trillions of battleships collapse?
The answer was that it had nothing to do with the size of the fleet. No matter which civilization or race it was, they all had a herd mentality.
It was precisely because of this mentality that a small portion of the fleet panicked and fled.
However, without Lavoisier's command, this panic quickly spread.
In less than five minutes, the huge joint fleet was defeated. Although everyone knew that it was impossible to escape at sub-light speed when hyperspace and space teleportation were interfered with, it was impossible to escape.
Although they knew …
But …
In the end, the defeat still happened.
This was the horror of herd mentality. Under this mentality, one could even see a few battleships chasing after tens of thousands of battleships. They had even forgotten to fight back. They were simply being chased and killed in the end.
This battle of annihilation lasted for five hours. After all, although the alliance fleet did not even resist, the number of battleships was just … too many.
When the curtain was pulled down, Elfi released Lavoisier and allowed him to return to his battleship.
At this moment, Lavoisier and the Blue Glory Republic could no longer turn back. They could only follow the Federation all the way to the end. Therefore, Elfi was not worried that Lavoisier would not cause any trouble after releasing him.
However, when Lavoisier returned to his battleship and contacted the leader of the Blue Glory Republic, Talz, he was not immediately connected like before. Instead, he sent out a communication request. He finally received a reply after a long time.
The first thing he saw was still Talz's office. However, unlike the last communication, the office was full of people at this moment. Almost all the upper echelons of the Republic on the capital planet were gathered here. Anyone could tell that something had happened!
"Lavoisier, I don't have much time. Answer my question first."
"The fleet has already reported the situation to me. Now, tell me, what agreement did you reach with the humans?"
Talz's face was serious. He had never been this serious before.
It was Lavoisier's first time seeing Talz like this. Even when he received the news of the human invasion, he had not been this serious.
He did not dare to hesitate and immediately answered Talz's question truthfully. He also used the simplest words to explain the general content of the Federation's subsidiary civilization treaty.
"No wonder … someone as prideful as you would actually switch sides on the battlefield!"
Five hours ago, Talz received a battle report from the fleet. After using the interference parameters and hyperspace coordinates given by Lavoisier, the fleet directly contacted the humans.
Moreover, it was not only the Blue Glory Republic. Even six of the eight civilizations that humans had come into contact with before had made the same move as the Blue Glory Republic.
At that time, Talz had already come out. Lavoisier had pulled the entire fleet and civilization to change sides on the battlefield.
However, Tarz had never understood why Lavoisier would do this.
Although Tarz had been trying to contact Lavoisier for the past five hours, Lavoisier was under Elfi's control, so Tarz could not get an answer from Lavoisier.
Until now …
He finally understood what had caused Lavoisier to make such an unusual move.
Perhaps … even if he was in Lavoisier's position, he would probably do the same thing, right?
"Lavoisier, I'll tell you something now. An unknown powerful civilization has invaded the Holtel Supercluster from the Grigor Supercluster through the cosmic ocean currents!"
"As for when they arrived at the Holtel Supercluster, I don't know because the 50 billion battleships stationed at the nodes of the cosmic ocean currents in the Republic were all annihilated before they could even send out a message!"
"Three hours ago, the fleet of this civilization had split into five groups and attacked all the star systems around the capital circle at the same time."
"As you know, the star systems around the capital circle are all controlled by the military. All the main fleets of the Republic are stationed there. Although most of them have gone to the human battlefield, there are still no less than 50 billion battleships in each of the five star systems!"
"However, two hours ago, I received news that these five star systems have all fallen!"
"Do you understand what this means?"
Of course, Lavoisier knew what this meant!
It meant that the defense forces of the Blue Glory Republic's capital circle …
Only a guard fleet stationed in the capital circle was left. There were only 30 million battleships in it.
"Leader, you should evacuate before the enemy attacks the capital circle!"
"No, I've decided to stay here!"
"Leader!"
Lavoisier did not expect Talz to make such a decision. For a moment, he did not know what to do.
"Lavoisier, no matter what the reason is, the Blue Glory Republic has become a subsidiary civilization of the humans, and no matter how correct this decision is, you still need to give all the citizens an explanation!"
"I understand. I'm ready, leader!"
"No, remember, it was I who ordered you to negotiate with the humans. It was also I who agreed to this subsidiary civilization agreement. You … were just following orders. Now, I will also atone for what I have done. I will stay here and accompany the Blue Glory Republic until the last moment!"
"Leader Talz —"
Talz waved his hand and interrupted Lavoisier who was about to say something.
"This is my last order to you. Are you going to disobey it, Commander Lavoisier?"
"I … Yes, leader!"
Lavoisier wanted to refute, but when the words reached his throat, he could see from Talz's face that he could no longer dissuade him …
"Very well. I now announce that from this moment onward, Lavoisier is officially the new leader of the Blue Glory Republic. Due to the urgent situation, all procedures will be simplified. The official documents will be sent to every citizen immediately.
"As the former leader, I only have one request for you!"
After handing over the authority with an extremely serious expression, Talz's eyes softened slightly.
"You should know about the Republic's Tinder Plan, right?"
"Yes, I know!"
Lavoisier nodded.
After all, the Tinder Plan required a lot of military resources. As the highest ranking officer in the military, it was impossible for Lavoisier not to know about this plan.
"Yes, three hours ago, I've already activated the Tinder Plan."
"In all the administrative districts of the republic, all the personnel on the list of the Tinder Plan have been gathered and headed to your place by warships two hours ago. They are the most elite batch of our republic and the hope of the revival of our republic in the
future. We can't afford to lose them!"
"As for the other citizens, try to save as many as you can!"
"Please!"