The Fallen Apostles' massive invasion had begun yesterday and had now lasted nearly two days. For conventional civilizations, an interstellar battle might take even longer. If they had only just mastered space travel, they might need days or even months to complete a single battle: ship travel, the capture and construction of space strongholds, fleet resupply, and the deployment of local battlefields all took time, and lower civilizations spent far more time on those things than on their ships exchanging fire.
But for civilizations at this level... the pace of war was more urgent, even so fast that it was hard to grasp.
For a super-civilization like the Shilin Apostles, combat was built upon a series of void-jump and spatial-navigation technologies. Spatial technology made every battlefield seem almost instantly reachable in the eyes of Empire soldiers. Fleets could usually reach any world within the Empire within twenty-four hours of receiving deployment orders, and special units such as spatial assault troops, or special channels such as the Macro World's rapid network, could complete such deployment in mere seconds. Hyperspace supply technology allowed our fleets to resupply frontline forces without spending any time at all. Imperial warships did not need to waste time moving through war zones, nor did Imperial soldiers need prewar mobilization or grassroots tactical meetings. They received orders directly through the Spiritual Network, then carried them out unconditionally and without delay, squeezing efficiency to its limits. Every technology had only one goal: to eliminate every step except firing itself until it was nearly nonexistent. Therefore, on the battlefield of super-civilizations, the pace was always lightning-fast. We assembled quickly, made every combat preparation quickly, then unleashed full firepower and turned an entire star system into a Meat Grinder within minutes. This rapid style of warfare meant many ordinary races could