Holtair Supercluster

Although the Federation had only granted the Tarak Civilization a fleet equivalent to one legion—100 million warships—it was more than enough to deal with the few remaining King Bugs and low-level battle bugs in the Minor Universe.

And as everyone had expected, without Emperor Bugs or high-level battle bugs, the insect race within the Minor Universe was utterly incapable of putting up a fight and was easily crushed by the Tarak Civilization fleet.

What remained was a lengthy search operation.

After all, there were so many planets within the Minor Universe. Who knew whether some insects had survived and hidden away on certain worlds?

The insect race's reproductive capacity was terrifying. If the postwar cleanup was not handled properly, a massive swarm of bugs might emerge again a few decades later.

Of course, even if a huge swarm emerged decades later, it would pose little threat to the Federation. Still, cleaning them out completely would save a great deal of trouble, wouldn't it?

Just as the Tarak Civilization completed its initial cleanup of the Minor Universe, the Flying Bird Research Institute also finished relocating and formally began its research into Time Technology.

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In the blink of an eye, more than four years had passed since the Federation launched the "Star Commander" plan.

Federation Year 182, Holtair Supercluster.

In the void, two enormous fleets faced each other from a distance of 10 AU.

Well, both fleets were indeed enormous, but one of them was actually more than a hundred times larger than the other.

The far smaller fleet was the First Attack Group of the Elf Fleet within the Federation Interstellar Fleet. Its flagship was the Seran, a warship named after the elves' former homeworld.

The massive fleet formed by five attack groups, totaling 25 billion warships, was the entirety