The first hard battle had temporarily come to an end. Next came building a bridgehead, creating a temporary Sovereignty Nexus, guarding against a Fallen Apostle counterattack, and getting some rest. Xiao Xue and Qian Qian had suffered considerable mental exhaustion during the battle and had each returned to their rooms to rest. Everyone else had either gone to rest or wandered off somewhere. Only Older Sister, Sandora, and I remained on the bridge.
Of course, along with those diligent Empire Commanders.
"The Celestial System Fleet will arrive at the battlefield in an hour," Sandora said, nodding slightly at the Holographic Projection before her. "After destroying the Sovereignty Nexus, the Fourth Fleet successfully rewrote the World Barrier's identification rules. This universe has effectively disappeared from the Fallen Apostles' territorial detection range for now. At least for the next few hours, they won't be able to find a teleportation destination. That's enough time for us to deploy a base."
"Then we advance on the next world." Older Sister smiled. The first battle had taken quite a while, but most of that time had been spent grinding away against the enemy's Space Fortresses. Actual losses had been much lower than expected. The Imperial Army was still nearly at full strength and would soon recover completely. Such a promising start had even made Older Sister eager for battle, though she was also somewhat puzzled. "But are we really going to push through one world at a time? How long would that take?"
"Of course not." Sandora casually switched the Holographic Projection, displaying a simulated view of the Void and its worlds. "This is the world we currently occupy. It is like a frequency among radio waves. Every world is a frequency, scattered randomly throughout the vast environment known as the Void. This is our