Chapter 607 The Downfall of the Star Cluster Alliance

The Star Cluster Alliance also possessed individual powerhouses, but compared to the three great civilizations, their top-tier combatants were too few and too weak. With Han Xiao's abilities, he was more than capable of rampaging without restraint here, practically invincible.

Furthermore, the entire virtual network of the Star Cluster Alliance region was under the control of Han Xiao, this Beyond Grade A Mechanic. The movements of the top echelons of the Star Cluster Alliance member states could not be hidden at all. Han Xiao was like a hawk swooping down on chicks, constantly teleporting and flashing, accurately intercepting the evacuation fleets of the Star Cluster Alliance member states' top echelons. He never missed once, and even the head of the Star Cluster Alliance could not escape this calamity, being captured by him as well.

In just a few days, the leaders and numerous top echelons of the Star Cluster Alliance's forty-six civilizations had all become Han Xiao's prisoners, practically caught in one fell swoop.

One by one, the civilizations lost command from the highest level. Some civilizations had a good system and continued to maintain the implementation of the evacuation plan through the command chain at the grassroots level. Some civilizations were quite decisive, with people filling the top-level vacancies and taking on responsibilities in times of crisis, but more fell into varying degrees of chaos.

Information about the World Tree and the three great civilizations was a secret among the Star Cluster Alliance's top echelons. The masses and grassroots officers knew nothing about it. They were not clear about the significance represented by the World Tree fleet, and they did not have the strong fear of the World Tree civilization that the Star Cluster Alliance's top echelons had cultivated over many years of being influenced by war reports. Therefore, after the disappearance of the top echelons of each civilization, many civilizations instead launched fierce counterattacks, quite with the meaning of a newborn calf not fearing a tiger.

However, due to the collective absence of the top echelons, internal secrets were leaked under the influence of some force, and soon spread among the grassroots of the Star Cluster Alliance. The vast majority of people understood the source of the disaster, learned about the terrifying nature of the World Tree civilization, and the current situation where the World Tree was at war with the three great civilizations.

As for the Star Cluster Alliance's top echelons' operation of stirring up trouble and shifting the blame, it was not announced under Han Xiao's control and remained a secret.

Because the World Tree's mechanism was too terrifying, it immediately sapped most of the morale of many civilizations to resist.

What completely destroyed the will of the various civilizations of the Star Cluster Alliance to resist was the invasion of another armed force. This time, what parachuted into the Star Cluster Alliance territory were actually the armies of the three great civilizations that should have been fighting the World Tree, as shown in the news! They had also become attackers!

The morale of the Star Cluster Alliance completely collapsed as a result. Faced with the combined attack of two Universal Civilizations, they no longer had the courage to resist stubbornly and could only flee in a panic.

The entire battle situation of the Star Cluster Alliance slid into the abyss with lightning speed. All resistance forces were paralyzed and were destroyed by the three great civilizations and the World Tree in a crushing manner. Countless spaceships fled the Star Cluster Alliance's territory in a hurry, already in a chaotic mess... By this point, only a little over a month had passed since the World Tree civilization and the three great civilizations had invaded the Star Cluster Alliance's territory.

In fact, if the Star Cluster Alliance could unite all its forces, it would at least be at the Universal Civilization level, and it would not be so inadequate. They could still resist for a period of time if they united. However, the incident happened suddenly, and coupled with too many internal differences in position, they were simply unable to form an effective line of defense... The current situation of the Star Cluster Alliance was like the three great civilizations that were suddenly attacked by the World Tree in his previous life, and the situation was even worse, caught completely off guard.

If the Star Cluster Alliance were given some time, perhaps they could recover from the chaos after suffering heavy losses and form various scattered civilian resistance forces, but now there was no chance at all.

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All the top echelons of the Star Cluster Alliance civilizations who had been captured by Han Xiao were not executed, nor were they immediately devoured and transformed by the World Tree. Instead, they were concentrated in the same cage and were not subjected to physical torture.

However, virtual screens floated in the cage, broadcasting the tragic situation of their respective civilizations under the World Tree's offensive around the clock, preventing all the top echelons of the Star Cluster Alliance from resting peacefully and enduring psychological torment. Everyone was extremely haggard.

Every day, watching the World Tree fleet crush the Star Cluster Alliance, everyone was shocked, angry, and hateful, as well as fearful and desperate, living in constant anxiety.

After the screens showed the three great civilizations also attacking the Star Cluster Alliance, all the imprisoned top echelons of the Star Cluster Alliance were stunned, their minds blank.

They had originally thought that the World Tree was fighting on two fronts, but they did not expect the three great civilizations to attack them as well. In an instant, their previous guesses were overturned, and everyone was horrified.

"Why are the three great civilizations invading our territory together with the World Tree civilization? Aren't they still at war?!"

The head of the Star Cluster Alliance, his face full of haggardness, spoke in a hoarse voice, with an unconcealable shock and incomprehension.

"Could it be that they have called a truce? No, how is this possible! They should not give up until they die. Can the World Tree not coexist with any civilization?!" Someone muttered to himself in disbelief.

Sai Weisi opened his blue eyes, which were covered in bloodshot, and hissed, "There is only one possibility, and that is that the three great civilizations have been devoured and transformed by the World Tree and have become slaves of the World Tree, having lost their freedom... In other words, their civilizations have been destroyed! Ah ha ha ha... Wuwuwu..."

As he spoke, Sai Weisi revealed a neurotic and ugly expression, half-crying and half-laughing, with a strange ferocity and pleasure.

Among all the Star Cluster Alliance civilizations that were attacked, the Lores civilization was the most tragic, being the key target of the World Tree and the three great civilizations. Sai Weisi watched the tragic scenes experienced by his race every day, and his mental state was close to collapse, already becoming deranged. In his eyes... although he was about to face destruction, at least the three great civilizations were gone as well. His revenge had been successful, and he had dragged the enemies of generations to die together, destroying the prosperous worlds of the three great civilizations.

Hearing this, everyone nodded silently, and they all agreed with the idea that the three great civilizations had become vassals of the World Tree civilization.

But unlike Sai Weisi, the other top echelons of the Star Cluster Alliance did not feel any pleasure, only deeper fear.

Originally, just one World Tree civilization was enough to destroy the Star Cluster Alliance, but now the other party had "absorbed" the military strength of the three great civilizations, completing the reinforcement, which was equivalent to the combined attack of two Universal Civilizations.

No matter how they thought about it, they felt that the Star Cluster Alliance had absolutely no chance of survival, and their hearts were completely desperate, their expressions numb, and they were almost living corpses.

Swish—

At this moment, the prison door opened, and everyone suddenly turned their heads to look. A figure walked in against the light from the corridor outside, revealing a blank face. It was Han Xiao.

"Everyone, have you been living comfortably these past few days?"

Han Xiao spoke, his tone without any emotional fluctuations.

"Black Star!"

Everyone subconsciously shrank back, their faces showing fear.

Only Sai Weisi did not retreat but instead advanced, neurotically taking a few steps forward, grinning, his smile ferocious, reaching out his hands, as if trying to grab Han Xiao's shoulders.

Pa!

Before he could get close, a wave of invisible power surged, instantly throwing Sai Weisi away. His body slammed against the wall of the prison.

But Sai Weisi seemed to feel no pain at all. Instead, he laughed maniacally, tears streaming down his face, laughing as if he was about to suffocate:

"Hahaha—Black Star! Your three great civilizations have also been utterly defeated, becoming slaves of the World Tree. We will also become members of the World Tree. We and you are just equal existences. Everyone will have the same ending. No one should think that they have won! Haha... cough... haha—"

The top echelons of the Star Cluster Alliance watched the crazy Sai Weisi, silent, their faces only showing颓然, and even their gazes toward Han Xiao were not without pity.

Although their end was basically destined to be a member of the World Tree, and it seemed that they would not die, they had lost their self, which in their eyes was no different from death.

Seeing this scene, Han Xiao knew what they were thinking, but he didn't care. Instead, he shook his head and smiled:

"You think the three great civilizations have become slaves of the World Tree? A reasonable deduction, an interesting speculation... but it is a completely wrong conclusion."

Without waiting for everyone to react, he raised his palm, and a miniature World Tree shadow immediately appeared in his palm, spinning around and emitting an astonishing high-level pressure, so that everyone present felt weak and unable to stand, collapsing to the ground one after another.

"Our war has ended, but you guessed the winner wrong. The World Tree has been captured by me and has now become my Universal Treasure. In other words... I am the master of the World Tree civilization."

As soon as the words fell, Sai Weisi's mad, hoarse laughter stopped abruptly, like a squawking chicken whose throat had been pinched.

He stared wide-eyed, staring fixedly at Han Xiao.

"Impossible! I don't believe it! The intelligence clearly said that the World Tree civilization had the upper hand and almost destroyed..."

"Oh? Are you talking about the intelligence that the group of observers you left in the desolate universe belt sent back?"

Before Sai Weisi could finish speaking, Han Xiao interrupted him, revealing a slight smile, his tone playful:

"Those war reports, I had people make them up. Pretty cool, right?"

As the words fell, it was as if the mute button had been pressed, and Sai Weisi's anger froze on his face. The others widened their eyes.

The room was suddenly silent.

Han Xiao blinked and said slowly, "Your latent personnel were discovered by us long ago and transformed into slaves of the World Tree. They have been sending you false intelligence, making you think that we are still in the midst of war. In fact, more than a year ago, we had already resolved the World Tree. What you saw were all illusions that we deliberately fabricated."

At this moment, everyone's faces instantly became wonderful.

Thinking of the joy of seeing the "war reports" every time in the past year, everyone felt as uncomfortable as eating flies.

—So, he had been happily laughing at the false intelligence fabricated by others, taking it for granted, being played by others!

At this moment, everyone wanted to tear off their faces and throw them where they could never see them again.

At the same time, a deeper despair rose in everyone's heart. Knowing that this was a mixed double attack, everyone completely lost any hope, their faces extremely dim, knowing that the Star Cluster Alliance was finished.

Seeing this, Han Xiao shook his head.

In fact, he felt that the Star Cluster Alliance was quite unlucky. Even if these people had not stirred up trouble and backstabbed the three great civilizations, after he defeated the World Tree, he would still use the information state warning network to cover all the star fields within the territory. In this way, the Star Cluster Alliance would still have nowhere to hide and would be exposed.

At that time, the Star Cluster Alliance would still receive the attention and vigilance of the three great civilizations, and the ending would probably not be much better... So, from the moment the Star Cluster Alliance sent latent personnel to inquire about the intelligence of interstellar society, their results were almost doomed.

The head of the Star Cluster Alliance clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, "You don't devour us, what exactly do you want to do to us?!"

Han Xiao glanced at them and said, "I need your cooperation. As you can see, we have the ability to destroy all the civilizations of the Star Cluster Alliance, but I will give your races a chance. Stop resisting, choose to submit, and become our subsidiaries... Only in this way will we give you the qualifications to continue."

"You can completely devour us directly, why bother!" The head of the Star Cluster Alliance said angrily.

"I like it." Han Xiao raised his eyebrows, paused, and scanned everyone, continuing, "Think carefully before you speak, you only have one chance..."

At this moment, Sai Weisi suddenly roared, interrupting his words:

"We will never give up our freedom to become vassals of the World Tree! You will never want to enslave..."

But before he could finish speaking, Han Xiao flicked his finger, and mechanical particles flew out from the air, forming a mechanical sealing device that closed the mouth, directly covering the lower half of Sai Weisi's face, blocking all his roars back into his chest.

Han Xiao withdrew his gaze, his face calm, and said, "It seems that he has made his choice. Before the Lores civilization is destroyed, he will not be executed. He will stay here and watch the results of his choice... Everyone, it's your turn. Because I was interrupted just now, I will reiterate. The three great civilizations can destroy you without any effort. If you refuse me, you won't even have the chance to reproduce under the jurisdiction of the World Tree. Destruction or continuation, think carefully before you speak."

Everyone's faces were uncertain, caught in endless entanglement.

They knew that this was killing the chicken to warn the monkey, but this trick was still very effective. They really wanted to say that they would never be slaves, but looking at the tragic state of their races on the virtual screen, they only felt that the burden on their shoulders was getting heavier and heavier, so heavy that they couldn't even open their mouths.

At this moment, mechanical particles flowed out from under Han Xiao's robe, turning into a fixed cabin that locked Sai Weisi up, unable to move, causing everyone to cast glances of fox-like sorrow.

"Don't worry, you have plenty of time. Before our fleets destroy your civilizations, you can hesitate as much as you want. Anyway, the ones who are dying in battle are not you."

Han Xiao left these words and turned to leave under the frightened and unwilling gazes of everyone.

The prison door closed behind him, isolating Sai Weisi's muffled grunts of constant struggle.

Han Xiao did not stop, and the officers of the three great civilizations were already waiting at the door. Seeing this, they quickly followed.

"Your Excellency Black Star, you've worked hard." Tarro said with a nod.

"Just a small effort. Leave the rest to you."

Han Xiao waved his hand.

He had already helped to this extent. The Star Cluster Alliance had lost its ability to resist, and the remaining work was enough for the three great civilizations to do. With the World Tree civilization cooperating, he didn't need to take action again.

The three great civilizations could still do this simple finishing work well.

‘I didn’t expect it to be resolved so smoothly... A civilization that has stepped into the threshold of the Universal Civilization was easily disintegrated in such a short period of time. My power has expanded to this level.’

Han Xiao sighed secretly in his heart, and then strode away.