Secondary dimension world, World Tree Civilization Control Area, Tree King Palace.

The spiritual network with Hailian was cut off, and the Ancestral Tree King knew that she had been sealed by the Black Star, and silently closed his eyes, his expression gloomy.

"What should I do?" King Dingshu looked over with a complicated tone.

The Ancestral Tree King pressed his brows, his expression changing, ranging from frustration to loss, anger to regret.

After a moment of silence, he opened his eyes again and spoke slowly, his expression showing helplessness and weakness:

"...withdraw all the troops outside, return to the secondary dimension jurisdiction, and use all troops to defend the main body of the mother tree."

"Are we giving up the invasion?"

"Now is no longer the time to think about how to invade your opponent, it's time to prepare for the enemy's counterattack."

The Ancestral Tree King's eyes were solemn, with a hint of unwillingness flashing through his eyes.

The coordinates of the mother tree itself have been exposed. If it were an ordinary opponent, the World Tree civilization would not be too panicked. It could block the dimension and mobilize heavy troops to defend it. Even if the enemy wanted to attack the mother tree itself, they would have to cross countless lines of defense.

However, the three major civilizations have just restrained this set of tactics. The high-dimensional Apocalypse transmitter ignores any space blockade and can pass through any defense line. Once the coordinates of the mother tree are exposed, it is equivalent to giving the three major civilizations the opportunity to steal directly and attack Huanglong at any time.

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The Ancestral Tree King did not dare to take risks and had to withdraw all his troops to defend the Mother Tree itself. The offense and defense had changed, and now it was his turn to worry about the invasion of the three major civilizations.

And this approach, in the eyes of the Ancestral Tree King, is just drinking poison to quench thirst. Even if it can defeat the armies of the three major civilizations again and again, the Pivot Snake has been completely controlled by Black Star, and it can locate the mother tree itself at any time, which is equivalent to the world tree never having peace.

.The Ancestral Tree King could hardly think of a way to turn the tables. Civilization has flourished to this day, and it has been a long time since it fell into this desperate situation.

After hunting so many civilizations, I finally encountered a problem. I often walked along the river without getting my shoes wet. I hunted geese all day long and got pecked in the eye by the geese.

"Is there really no other way?" King Dingshu asked in a low voice.

"Yes, and it's very simple. As long as you kill Black Star, everything will be solved." The Ancestral Tree King had no expression on his face.

"...If I could kill him, I would have killed him long ago." King Dingshu said with a bitter look on his face.

"So the leadership of the war is no longer in our hands, and the long-term strategy has lost the environment for execution. All we can do now is to use tactics and tactics."

King Zushu's tone was bitter.

Until now, he still doesn't know where his fate will go.

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The order of the Tree King was conveyed to all the officers through the spiritual network. Regardless of being shocked, panicked or unwilling, all the officers obediently carried out the order.

The Yggdrasil fleets that were causing trouble within the three major civilizations withdrew urgently in batches, and the group armies stationed outside the border of Glittering World also abandoned their strongholds, jumped away through wormholes, and evacuated all of them.

Yggdrasil's sudden withdrawal left many support units of the Interstellar Alliance empty. Many people were confused and didn't know what Yggdrasil was doing.

This information was quickly passed on and attracted the attention of senior officials.

At the Interstellar Alliance Strategic Command, an emergency meeting is underway.

The remote projections of the leaders of the three major civilizations were also present. They received the report from the staff and were greatly surprised. They attended the meeting together and listened to the military's analysis of the reasons for Yggdrasil's withdrawal.

"World Tree clearly has the initiative and can harass and devour our territory as much as it wants, but now it suddenly stopped invading. Not only that, but even the army group that was eyeing outside the border of Glittering World has taken back. This situation is quite strange. We don't know yet.

Now that the reason is clear, what do you think?”

Commander Simon spoke solemnly.

Everyone present looked serious, staring intently at the virtual strategic sandbox.

They are not optimistic that Yggdrasil's withdrawal is a good thing. From their perspective, such unreasonable behavior must be supported by reasonable unknown reasons.

From the military's perspective, World Tree is most likely going to cause trouble, but they don't know the enemy's goal, so the atmosphere is quite tense at this time, and the air is filled with anxiety.

Tainey knocked on the table and said in a deep voice: "According to the calculations of the staff, World Tree's sudden withdrawal may be a conspiracy to mislead our judgment. Behind the scenes, an unknown large-scale military operation is brewing. The target is

It is likely to point directly to our central star sea, the mother star of the three major civilizations!"

Hearing this, everyone's expressions became even more serious.

"In this case, we must continue to strengthen the defense of our home planet! World Tree withdrew its troops at the cusp of the storm, and the planned action is by no means a simple formality. If we relax, they may really succeed!"

Simon's expression was solemn and his voice was sonorous.

At this time, an officer from the Ethereal Religion hesitated and said, "Doesn't anyone think this is a change within the World Tree?"

The leader of Void Spirit turned to look at him and said solemnly: "We cannot place our hope on the enemy's own problems. We must first consider the worst possibility in everything."

At this time, the glorious president Louis said thoughtfully: "There must be a reason for World Tree's withdrawal. Could it be that the traitors secretly leaked some information to World Tree, leading them to make a new decision?"

After the words fell, the faces of many officers became serious and their expressions became even more serious.

For more than half a year, the three major civilizations have been resisting Yggdrasil's invasion while conducting thorough internal investigations for traitors. There are many suspects, but they cannot identify the culprit.

Under the pressure of foreign enemies, the three major civilizations did not dare to kill the enemy before letting go. The cooperation between the Interstellar Alliance was not easy to come by, and they were also afraid that they would wrongly accuse innocent allies and cause internal turmoil, which was inappropriate.

Mabruuse agreed: "This is also a possibility. The existence of traitors is still an unstable factor and is most likely to lead to various variables."

"We still have to come up with an effective method to expose the traitors." The leader of Xuling emphasized.

Just as everyone was expressing their opinions and discussing endlessly, another remote projection suddenly appeared in the conference room.

Everyone turned to look, and the person who came was Black Star.

"Hey, the meeting has already started. It seems you didn't wait for me."

Han Xiao looked around and nodded to everyone, and everyone nodded.

As one of the pillars of the war, he naturally received an invitation to the meeting, but he was delayed for a while in order to confirm that the coordinates of the mother tree sensed by the pivot snake were correct.

"You're late." Ma Bruce said helplessly.

Han Xiao waved his hand.

"Don't worry about these details, what were you talking about just now?"

Simon took the initiative to explain:

"World Tree suddenly withdrew its troops and stopped the invasion of the entire territory. We are speculating on their motives for this move... The biggest possibility at present is that World Tree is planning a wave of large-scale military operations against the three major civilization home stars. It may also be a traitor.

New information leaked."

"Oh? Has the World Tree been removed?"

Han Xiao blinked, but he only knew about this now.

After thinking about it, he understood the motivation of World Tree Civilization and couldn't help laughing:

"Okay, don't scare yourselves. World Tree retreated because they were scared."

"Scared?"

Everyone looked at each other in confusion, not understanding what Han Xiao meant.

The leader of Xuling coughed and said: "Black Star, please stop joking, this matter is very serious."

"Who has time to joke with you?" Han Xiao clicked his tongue, "I have ripened the pivot snake, and now I have mastered the precise coordinates of the World Tree's body. The World Tree has noticed this through two-way sensing. They retreated because they were afraid of us.

We are going straight to Huanglong, so we have to defend ourselves. There is no other possibility."

"Have you found the location of the World Tree? Really?!"

The three of them were stunned, suddenly overjoyed, and a little scared, fearing that this was a fake.

Everyone was also shocked, their faces changed drastically, and they stared at Han Xiao blankly, their eyes full of disbelief.

It wasn't until Han Xiao gave a positive answer that the three leaders and the officers present really became excited, and the crowd was excited.

"how did you do it?!"

Mabrus asked hurriedly, and everyone looked at Han Xiao eagerly.

Upon seeing this, Han Xiao did not hide anything. He briefly explained the assassination of Hailian, emphasizing that the pivot snake had unlocked the sensing ability, which made everyone excited.

Because of the existence of the Pivot Snake, everyone has always been very confident in this war, but that was all confidence in the long-term trend. They thought that they would have to persist for at least several decades under the offensive of World Tree's invasion before the outcome could be decided.

Turning around, I didn’t expect Black Star to have solved the key problem at this stage.

This is equivalent to reducing the war losses for interstellar society for decades, and freeing officers like them in advance, everyone is very excited.

"Well done! In this way, the initiative is completely in our hands!"

Mabrus clenched his fist fiercely, overjoyed.

While he was happy, he also felt a little ashamed. While they were still thinking about how to catch the traitors, Black Star had already found the key elements to end the war and regained the leadership. The two sides were simply not working on the same level.

Looking at the trend since the war began, Black Star has been present in almost every turn of events. Now it has given the three major civilizations a chance to win. It is said that he alone has dominated the direction of the war. The three of them do not think it is an exaggeration at all.

At this time, Han Xiao waved his hand and said casually:

"Don't say anything unnecessary. The weakness of World Tree has been exposed and it has completely fallen into passivity. It's time for us to gather a large force to take the initiative to attack and completely end this enemy... In this war, World Tree has reached the end of the road!"

When Simon heard this, he stood up with sharp eyes and a decisive tone:

"Your Excellency Black Star is right, it's our turn to sound the clarion call for counterattack!"

As soon as the words fell, everyone suddenly became proud and stood up one after another. They looked at the three leaders with solemn expressions and asked for orders in unison.

"Please give the order!"
To be continued...