Everyone's playing Red Giant? I, Black Hole, devour everything!

The decision made by the top leadership of the Great Xia Kingdom came faster than anyone expected.

While the international community was still processing the battle report, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Great Xia Kingdom announced the matter at an emergency meeting of the United Nations, in front of the entire world.

"Effective immediately, the Great Xia Kingdom will launch a full-scale military operation against the Sakura Kingdom."

The Foreign Ministry spokesperson's voice was utterly calm, but every word he uttered sounded like a thunderclap to the ears of the representatives from various countries.

"This operation has no time limit, no buffer zone, and will not accept any form of mediation."

"The operation will continue until Japan completely loses its ability to project military power abroad."

After he finished speaking, the entire conference hall fell silent.

Representatives from dozens of countries looked at each other, their expressions shifting from shock to disbelief, and then from disbelief to a complex mix of emotions.

No time limit.

No buffer is set.

Mediation is not accepted.

The meaning of these three "not"s put together is crystal clear.

This is not a punitive military operation.

This was a war that led to the annihilation of a nation.

"Representative of the Great Xia Kingdom! Do you even know what you're saying?!"

The first person to stand up was the Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations, Masao Nomura.

His face was flushed red, and the veins on his neck were bulging; he was clearly furious.

"This is aggression! It's blatant aggression! Does the Great Xia Kingdom want to violate the UN Charter? Do you want to start a world war?!"

His voice echoed in the conference hall, like the final roar of a wild beast cornered against a wall.

The representative of the Great Xia Kingdom merely glanced at him, his gaze as calm as if he were looking at a stone.

"Mr. Nomura, please have a seat."

"You call that invasion? Then let me ask you, in the past three months, the neutron star fleet of the Amaterasu Society of Japan crossed the border and entered the Seventh Star Sector of the Great Xia Kingdom to slaughter my novice observers. Doesn't that count as invasion?"

Masao Nomura opened his mouth, and the color drained from his face.

"That...that was a spontaneous act by the people, it has nothing to do with the government—"

"The government has nothing to do with it?" The representative of the Great Xia Kingdom chuckled. "Tatsuya Murakami of the Amaterasu Society is a lieutenant colonel in the Sakura National Defense Army. His superior, Motoro Matsumoto, is the head of the Amaterasu Society's frontline command and holds the rank of colonel in the defense army."

"You're telling me this has nothing to do with the government?"

"Furthermore, how did your Sakura Kingdom treat our Great Xia Kingdom eighty years ago?"

"Tens of millions slaughtered, hundreds of millions displaced!"

"This isn't invasion, it's just debt collection!"

Masao Nomura's lips began to tremble.

His mind was racing, trying to say something to stop it, but he knew it would be no use.

The spokespersons of the Great Xia Kingdom are usually very restrained in their speeches, but once they take a hard line, nothing in the world can stop them!

"We must handle this matter calmly. I propose that an international mediation team be formed immediately, with representatives from neutral countries—"

"Calm down?" The representative of the Great Xia Kingdom suddenly spoke up. "We are very calm, and our Black Hole Legion is also very calm."

"But remaining calm doesn't mean you won't fight back."

After saying this, he closed the document in front of him and stood up.

"The position of the Great Xia Kingdom has been expressed. Our delegation will no longer participate in the remaining agenda items of this meeting."

Goodbye.

The members of the Great Xia Kingdom delegation stood up in unison and followed him as he turned and walked out of the conference hall.

The moment the door closed, the entire hall erupted in chaos.

"How dare he? How dare he speak like that?!"

"Where is the representative from the United States? Didn't the United States promise to maintain regional stability? Why aren't they saying a word now?"

The eyes of the representatives from various countries all turned to the seat of the representative from the United States.

It's empty there.

The representative of the United States did not attend today's meeting.

Masao Nomura stood frozen in place, his face drained of all color, leaving only a pale gray.

……

Tokyo, the land of cherry blossoms.

The emergency response room in the basement of the Prime Minister's official residence.

The air in the room was so stuffy it felt like it had solidified.

A dozen or so cabinet ministers sat around a long table, each with a face etched with suppressed fear.

The Prime Minister sat in the main seat, staring at the announcement on the screen for a full two minutes.

"So far, has any country publicly expressed its support for us?"

No one answered.

The official in charge of diplomatic intelligence lowered his head, his voice dry and hoarse, like two pieces of sandpaper rubbing together: "Not yet."

"And what about the US? We pay so much protection money every year, where are they now?!"

"The United States... only issued a non-public memo saying that they are closely monitoring the situation and calling on both sides to exercise restraint."

The Prime Minister's facial muscles twitched slightly.

We urge both sides to exercise restraint.

That's it? That's it?!

You're the beacon of light, not the Great Xia!

He slammed his fist on the table: "Who was it that confidently told me this was Japan's chance to overtake others?! Who was it that said Amaterasu's neutron star formation would definitely force Lin Tian to produce quasar data?! Who was it?!"

His gaze swept over everyone present, but no one dared to meet his eyes.

Those who initially encouraged him to send troops are either dead on the battlefield or are now hiding their heads and playing ostrich.

"Alright...alright." The Prime Minister slowly sat back in his chair, his voice low. "It's too late to say anything now."

How many troops can we still mobilize?

The Minister of Defense immediately pulled up the data, his voice trembling: "On the border frontier, the first, third, and fifth star sectors are still relatively intact, with fleet losses of less than 20%."

"However... the main force of the Amaterasu Society has been completely wiped out in the Seventh Star Sector, and with the subsequent batches annihilated by quasars at resource points, our total neutron star forces are less than 40% of what they were before the war."

Forty percent.

The Prime Minister closed his eyes.

For a nation that has established itself on the neutron star route, having 40% of its military force based on neutron stars is almost equivalent to having half of its body cut off.

"Then...what about black holes?" He suddenly opened his eyes again, a hint of almost hysterical hope in his gaze. "Didn't the United States launch that New Manhattan Project? Is it possible that they—"

"Prime Minister," the Defense Minister interrupted him, "scientists from the Beacon of Light have analyzed the theoretical requirements for the black hole route, and they say that even with an investment of 3.5 trillion Star Dollars, it would take at least three years to fully complete the route."

"Three years?"

The Prime Minister's voice suddenly rose.

"Will the Great Xia Kingdom give us three years?!"

No one can answer this question.

Because everyone knows the answer.

will not.

"Our only hope now is that the international community unites to put pressure on the Great Xia Kingdom," the Defense Minister said with difficulty. "The United States, the Russian Empire, the British Empire, the Gallic Empire—if they unite, the Great Xia Kingdom cannot afford to be indifferent—"

Just then, the encrypted communicator suddenly rang.

All eyes were on the communicator.

The Prime Minister took a deep breath and connected the call.

Then, his face turned deathly pale in an instant.

"What did you say?"

"The Great Xia Kingdom...has mobilized their entire star system fleet?"

"Wait, you said... black holes? Fifty of them?!"

"Quasars have appeared too?!"