Earth Was Next on Their List Until One Human Message Shook the Enti part 01 of 02

To them war wasn't cruelty, it was simply the way of life, the strong ruled, the week obeyed, and now only one world remained unconquered. Earth, they expected no resistance, humanity hadn't spoken to the rest of the galaxy in more than a century. Their fleets were silent, their colonies gone, most believed the Terran Federation was long dead, but then the Crim Highlord gave the command that would wake something far older and far more dangerous. The human sent no hails, no warnings, no diplomacy. They're using pre-war technology, a Crim officer shouted, it's impossible.