647. The Great Invasion (1)
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There was also a reason why other users stopped questioning my choice.
The day after I ended the conversation in that manner, while observing the ongoing discussions in the gallery about yesterday’s massive battle between the Attila Clan and us, I intended to calmly proceed with my daily quests.
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-[Urgent Breaking News) Humanity-Magellan Allied Forces Begin Full-Scale Invasion of Justice](1,584,165)
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‘What is going on now?’
An enormous self-triggered event overshadowed our battle from yesterday. This caused all user attention, which had been focused on my policy regarding the Attila Clan, to shift entirely towards this new development.
Naturally, my interest also shifted over there, leaving no one to care about the previous matters.
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Just as our Icarus was astonished while checking the gallery…
…let’s rewind slightly before that moment when users’ sudden moves turned what was supposed to be WWE-level drama into UFC-level action.
At the same time, as users’ attention was captivated by an irrational annihilation battle unfolding in the Central Zone…
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<Humanity Officer Chatroom>
<Notice: Move as fast as possible>
-[How’s the gallery public opinion operation going?]
-[Smoothly, especially since the Icarus tenants are really getting involved, the focus is naturally concentrating on them.]
-[Good.]
-[I’ve also spread plenty of resources and gold among other media-related users, so they’re covering it too.]
-[For a while, they won’t pay attention to us.]
-[They’ll be more focused on that.]
-[Can we keep this up for at least three days?]
-[Is our public opinion operation really that bad?]
-[It’s not our fault; the Attila guys couldn’t hold out.]
-[Ah, that makes sense.]
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In our Humanity Clan, we were continuously orchestrating public opinion operations to ensure that the story of Icarus dominated the gallery discourse.
However, why exactly were we doing this?
This confusing method puzzled some users who noticed the manipulation, causing them to scratch their heads in bewilderment.
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Surprisingly, the reason Humanity was conducting such public opinion operations and focusing gallery users’ attention on the center was none other than…
-Kuuuuu!
-Fwoom!
-“Gazuaaaa!”
-“Ahhh, move aside!”
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<Humanity Officer Chatroom>
<Notice: Move as fast as possible>
-[Heeeyyy, the gateway base hole is too small.]
-[It will take a full day just to move the main fleet of 70,000 clan user members.]
-[To those who have arrived at the ‘Normandy’ gateway of the Magellan side, please step aside quickly.]
-[Petrograd alone can’t handle it, d*mn it.]
-[Why are everyone crowding there? Use the locations near the Magellan border.]
-[‘Altair’ is already saturated.]
-[Sir, can’t you use Tanhoizer or Daedalus from Petrograd?]
-[Sir, do you even know why we’re doing this public opinion manipulation?]
-[Haha, sorry.]
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Literally, almost all of their forces.
This included not only the clan’s main force but also mobilized allies, subordinate clans, and even solo players in a super-massive scale movement.
The large-scale expeditionary force of Humanity joined the Magellan-led pan-Xenobia coalition.
With over 200,000 users alone, including faction detachments, hired mercenaries, and base mercenaries, they amassed tens of millions of ships, forming a historic invasion army.
This could be considered an effort to prevent exposure to other users.
Of course, during this preparation process, countless non-combat losses occurred—such as thousands of cases where overcrowding at the gateways caused collisions requiring repairs.
One user even retired prematurely due to internal conflict before the operation began.
Most notably, the sheer concentration of gathered users amounted to nearly half of the total logged-in population, prompting some officers to express doubts about the necessity of public opinion manipulation.
However, considering that the manipulation was aimed at preventing other clans and regions from noticing their movements…
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<Humanity Officer Chatroom>
<Notice: Move as fast as possible>
-[Do you think our public opinion manipulation was unnecessary?]
-[Haha.]
-[We conducted public opinion operations to prevent other clans, especially Loki, Justice, and Central Zone users, from noticing our movements.] (Zegal Yang)
-[It wasn’t simply about withholding information.] (Zegal Yang)
-[Ah.]
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After mocking these skeptical views to preempt any potential complaints,
they continued their meticulous preparations for the plan—”After allying with Magellan, simultaneously invade the space monsters and the Justice Clan.”
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And currently…
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Title: Urgent Breaking News) Humanity-Magellan Allied Fleet Begins Full-Scale Invasion of Justice
Author: News Boy
Content: [Image of the Humanity-Magellan allied fleet crossing the ‘Space Monster’ Xenobia Empire border]
[Capture of Antares’ (Humanity Clan Leader) declaration of war against Space Monsters and the Justice Clan posted in the general chat]
Just moments ago, Humanity announced that they have united with the Magellan Clan to launch a full-scale invasion against Justice and the Space Monsters.
During this process, it is reported that the border Defense Fleet, including Diablo-class Super Dreadnoughts belonging to the monster side, has been completely annihilated.
While the detailed situation is still being confirmed,
it appears that both Humanity and Magellan have mobilized their subordinate clans.
Humanity seems to have even deployed numerous Jörmungandr-class ships designated for the new Earth Defense Fleet.
Comments:
-[Oh st!]
-[Wait, what??]
-[St, how many ships are there?]
-[There must be over 100,000 users alone, right?]
-[Considering Humanity and Magellan together exceed 100,000, adding the subordinate clans brings the minimum count to 150,000.]
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In this way, Humanity managed to successfully assemble over 200,000 users (+faction detachments, hired mercenaries, and base mercenaries). As shown in the urgent news post, they launched an incredibly intense invasion.
“Wow, the minimum number is 150,000, and if estimated conservatively, over 200,000 users have gathered.”
“It’s amazing. Moreover, with all the faction detachments, hired mercenaries, and base mercenaries, the ship count is likely in the tens of millions.”
“What a horrifying scale.”
How absurd was it?
Even with just 1.5 million ships combined from both sides, the gallery buzzed with chatter.
But here, ten times that—or rather…
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Title: Analysis of the Combined Forces in the Humanity-Magellan Alliance Invasion.txt
Author: Anonymous
Content: [Images of extremely complex calculation formulas]
Summarized in three points:
1. The total number of alliance users, including Humanity, Magellan, and participating allied and subordinate clans, is at least 2.1 million.
2. Calculating based on the average of 40 ships per user, the main force alone amounts to at least 8.4 million ships.
3. With faction detachments and hired mercenaries doubling the numbers, and adding base mercenaries, the maximum exceeds 30 million ships.
Comments:
-[What am I looking at right now?!]
-[30 million ships? Isn’t that impossible?]
-[Mercenaries mostly use small ships, so compared to users, they have more ships per point. That’s why.]
-[Ah, I see.]
-[Holy cr*p.]
-[Moreover, combining the Super Dreadnoughts owned by users and the Jörmungandr-class ships, there are at least 10,000 Super Dreadnoughts, right?]
-[Absolutely.]
-[Also, the text doesn’t mention the absorption of the old Earth Federation army.]
-[So that could double again?]
-[St, hahaha…]
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With forces exceeding 20 to 30 times larger, the world-scale war between factions would make anyone forget about anything else.
Anyway, the most important thing is that the burdensome gallery attention vanished instantly, bringing peace of mind.
Thus, I thought it would be very interesting to watch how this war unfolded and decided to grab some popcorn to enjoy the spectacle.
But did thinking such mischievous thoughts lead to this?
Soon after, I encountered something unexpected that I hadn’t anticipated…
