Near the Safe Zone—
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Nearly one hundred and forty fleets continued advancing at an extremely slow pace, maintaining their overall formation while making constant, subtle adjustments to ensure that not a single weakness appeared in their ranks as they steadily closed in on their target. Every maneuver had been calculated beforehand, allowing the enormous armada to move as though it were a single living organism rather than hundreds of individual warships.
Every light aboard the fleet had been extinguished.
Their concealment formations were fully activated.
Their anti-detection barriers operated at peak efficiency.
Even the smallest emissions from their engines were suppressed as much as possible.
