CHAPTER 374: CHAPTER 227: MURDER, ARSON, AND GOLDEN BELT - PART 2

The downside is that once this warship is exposed, it will also become the target of concentrated fire.

Both of these powerful forces can precisely locate this core warship.

This makes the Anan Civilization truly like meat on the chopping block, seemingly both sides have the power to destroy them.

In this moment of hesitation, there was a sudden large-scale curvature distortion across the curvature battlefield, and countless warships on the battlefield were destroyed, forcibly creating a vast empty space.

The destroyed, of course, were the Pillagers’ warships!

The uneven level of the warships showed its consequences at this moment. In the face of powerful weapons on the Grotto Heaven, those ordinary warships without adequate capabilities had no resistance, and the area attacked was precisely where the Pillagers’ warships were intercepting on the "submission" route of the Anan Fleet.

This turn of events became the last straw that broke the balance.

The Anan Civilization no longer hesitated.

It was now very clear the gap in strength between the two forces; even if they fought alongside the Pillagers, they wouldn’t likely escape the hands of this Divine Dao Civilization.

Thus, the "brain" of the Anan Civilization naturally made the optimal choice.

At this point, Shu Realm also knew it was hopeless.

But what truly surprised him was not the martial prowess displayed by this Divine Dao Civilization, but the fact that the other party could intercept the communications between him and the Anan Civilization and react in an instant.

It’s important to know that the communication system on his warship is on par with phase armor in terms of technology, one of the two core aspects of this warship!

"The mission has failed; only escape is an option!" Shu Realm reacted in an instant.

Though returning in this manner would inevitably attract severe punishment, survival was still possible, and under such a premise, he naturally wouldn’t stay to die for an already unlikely mission.

But just as this thought emerged, a small to medium-sized warship appeared beside him in an instant.

It was the Iwen!

This turn of events shook Shu Realm’s emotions violently!

By now, the Iwen had already undergone thorough modifications, and with Shen Shi’s deliberate intent, it had almost entirely abandoned the external characteristics of its original species, so Shu Realm did not recognize it. However, he felt that sudden, violent primordial energy attack!

The ship Shu Realm was aboard was strong in some aspects, even possibly stronger than the Iwen, which served as Shen Shi’s secret weapon.

However, to Shen Shi, who had acquired detailed information from the future, its weaknesses were clear as day.

And he was prepared in advance.

Indeed, the reason Shen Shi was able to issue the timely warning, reversing the decision of the Anan Civilization, was not because he had such powerful information invasion devices, but merely because he had acquired information from the future.

This was all thanks to Shen Shi holding the avatar of the Future World, allowing him to quickly acquire some key information by "keeping a diary" from the Future World.

For example, ordering Iwen to execute the "decapitation plan" using the advanced stealth system was also built on strong information superiority, and he already knew the opponent’s weakness, which was primordial energy defense, precisely Iwen’s strongest aspect.

In this surprise attack, this powerful warship, including the Iwen itself, had little resistance before becoming a captive.

This large-scale assault involving hundreds of billions of people and more than ten thousand powerful warships ended so easily.

Without this key warship, and alongside the submission of the Anan Civilization, it didn’t take much time for the Human Civilization to sweep up the rest of the Pillagers in one go. Even though some minor ones escaped, it was of no importance.

Once the war ended, even within the Human Civilization, there was inevitable celebration and cheer.

Especially among the upper echelons.

Their admiration for Shen Shi was simply unparalleled.

"Councillor Shen’s command ability is truly astonishing," the one who said this was none other than Chen Feng, who had been considered the successor to Shen Shi’s role as Grand Commander.

Chen Feng had now also become a Master of Primordial Energy, as the third in the Human Civilization after Shen Shi and Iwen, with exceptional strength, and his command skills, honed over a long period, were equally excellent.

Yet, the victory brought by this war still far outstripped his abilities.

Although Shen Shi truly played a role in just two matters—issuance of timely warnings that changed Anan Civilization’s decision and quietly dispatching Iwen for the decapitation operation.

But these two actions alone changed the entire outcome!

The precision of the timing made Chen Feng and a group of commanders acutely aware that they probably would never be able to compare to Councillor Shen.

This had nothing to do with ability, but rather a clearer, impassable gulf.

Others exclaimed, too, yet Shen Shi remained ever composed.

For a "Prophet," this was really nothing worth mentioning.

"Go clean up the battlefield and liaise with the Anan Civilization. Don’t forget the characteristics of the Divine Dao Civilization; it’s now an opportunity to put the Cosmic Pope’s textbooks into practice," Shen Shi calmly ordered.

"Understood!" Chen Feng and others replied in unison.

In the next moment, an aura of change appeared around them.

Magnificent, domineering, and intense information.

These were not characteristics of Cosmic People, but those the Divine Court of Cosmic People imagined for the "Gods Civilization"!

It was completely normal to fabricate a false "Divine Dao Civilization" based on the mythological tales of Human Civilization’s East.

Shen Shi didn’t even need to personally communicate with the "brain" of the Anan Civilization, as the Anan Civilization no longer had this qualification.

Once the battlefield was preliminarily cleared and the relevant data and information were in Shen Shi’s hands, he couldn’t help but be amazed.

Because the spoils were excessively abundant!

Including that warship with the unbalanced design, a total of thirty-six B-level warships were captured!

Though differing in form and configuration, these were all B-level warships!

It’s crucial to know that, as the Sage Saint of the future line two, Shen Shi—wielding immense power—could only acquire over a hundred B-level warships, most of which were only B1 level; this time, nearly half were directly captured, and most were even stronger and more potent than the B1-level warships owned by Humanity Civilization.

Especially the strongest one.

Shen Shi was already preparing to dismantle its phase armor and communication system and mount them onto the Iwen; by then, the Iwen would undoubtedly rank among the strongest at the B4-level!

And this was just the bounty on the level of B-level technology, the gain on the C-level was even beyond Shen Shi’s expectations.

Combining all C-level warships of the Pillagers and Anan Civilization, they reached a staggering seventy thousand!

Including thirty-two large motherships from the Anan Civilization!

Adding in a total of 13.2 billion intelligent beings captured from both sides...

"Truly, crime pays," Shen Shi couldn’t help but exhale slowly in the end.

The harvest from this single campaign far exceeded the gains from packaging the entire Cosmic Civilization; if these acquisitions could be completely absorbed, there might be no need to wait for the Daike People to attack—they could directly counterattack the Daike Civilization.

Wait—!

Shen Shi suddenly thought of something and looked again towards the Future World.

The haul was so vast this time, logically speaking, the future line should once again shift significantly, but in reality, the future three thousand years later saw little change.

Clearly, something was amiss.

There must be a reason for the world’s consistency.

But the key lies in the problem’s direction; if it’s deus ex machina, Shen Shi would immediately return with the spoils!

After all, the role of a Prophet is to avoid disasters and seek fortune.