Starport Under Attack, Someone Jumped Onto My Ship?!

"Approaching target Star Port, Star Port scale - medium."

Changxi's clear voice rang out, and Qingyang, who had been resting with his eyes closed, opened them.

With a thought, the fleet immediately withdrew from the Dark Space current.

"Hm?"

Qingyang frowned. Dozens of light-seconds away, a colossal Star Port with a diameter of three thousand kilometers stood in the sea of stars.

However, at this moment, the Star Port was not bustling with the usual countless ships coming and going.

A massive Shield covered the entire Star Port.

Simultaneously, several commercial planets forcibly relocated to this Star Port had also raised enormous planetary Shields!

Guxue, who was teaching the Valen siblings ship command, asked in confusion, "What's going on?"

It had to be said that Guxue was an absolute academic prodigy, and she was also proficient in ship command theory.

The Eternal Fleet did not stop and headed directly towards the Star Port.

No Alliance Shield would obstruct the Starfleet, nor would the Starfleet ever betray.

As long as one's heart was set on betraying humanity, the Starship Commander rules would revoke their Datafication, and their talents, Star Weapons, and various buffs would immediately become invalid.

Therefore, the Starfleet did not betray; if they betrayed, they would no longer be the Starfleet.

Passing smoothly through the Shield, everyone around was immediately drawn to the luxurious configuration of the Eternal Fleet, their gazes lingering for a moment before moving away.

[Commander, due to a recent large-scale Star Beast attack - Firelight Rats - on this Star Port, operations are temporarily suspended for the Star Port and planets.]

[Alliance patrol fleets are en route and are expected to resume operations in three days. We apologize again for any inconvenience caused.]

Upon receiving the message, Qingyang was slightly puzzled.

Although Star Beasts were not carbon-based life forms, they still required vast resources to survive.

This Star Port was a transportation hub, and there wasn't a single star system within tens of light-years. How could it be attacked by a large number of Star Beasts?

He knew about the Firelight Rats; they were a gregarious Star Beast species that, upon reaching adulthood, became level 2, typically four to five hundred meters in size.

They possessed energy organs capable of condensing a scorching beam for attack. When acting in groups, there were no less than a thousand of them, usually with level 3 and level 4 leaders.

Why would they come to the star lanes instead of staying in environments like the Star Lake?

Jiji!

A dense, sharp sound suddenly echoed in his mind. Qingyang looked outside the Star Port as fiery red rats emerged from Subspace and attacked the Star Port, his expression helpless.

Why did humans evolve the ability to receive such high-frequency cosmic sounds?

It was truly annoying to hear them directly in his head.

His mental power covered the surroundings, and the noisy sounds immediately disappeared. Qingyang then turned his attention to the battlefield.

Thousands of Firelight Rats were covered in scales, with faint crimson energy patterns flickering on their bodies. The leading one had even reached fifteen hundred meters!

A true behemoth.

However, having already seen the Divine Whale, Qingyang was merely curious, not overly shocked.

Thousands of dense crimson beams converged and blasted towards the Star Port!

Violent explosions immediately spread around, causing the Star Port, even under its Shield, to tremble faintly.

Kaka!

The sound of mechanical operation echoed as triangular turrets rose from various parts of the Star Port, and various beam attacks flashed in succession.

Upon being hit, the Firelight Rats' scaled energy dissipated directly, and more than half of their bodies were blasted apart.

Hundreds of Firelight Rats were killed in just one volley.

"This is much better than the battlefields of those four civilizations in the first Dimensional World," Qingyang commented.

Whether it was the concentrated fire of the Firelight Rats or the firepower of the Star Port, even the current Eternal Fleet could not withstand a frontal assault.

Just then, from other directions of the Star Port, Subspace fluctuations flickered again.

Two more groups of Firelight Rats of similar scale surged out!

Qingyang and the others frowned. Three groups of Firelight Rats with different leaders attacking the same enemy?

Before Qingyang could ask, seven or eight more Subspace fluctuations occurred.

This time, Qingyang couldn't sit still. Something was definitely wrong!

[We request the Starfleets within the Star Port to assist in defense. Compensation will be provided afterward.]

At this moment, an official communication from the Star Port entered Taiyi.

More turrets continuously rose from various parts of the Star Port, and there was even a planet-destroying weapon.

However, such a high-power weapon was not very useful at the moment, as the Firelight Rats were too close.

Qingyang did not hesitate and immediately ordered the fleet to rise again.

Including the Eternal Truth Fleet, there were currently five Starfleets stationed within this Star Port.

Four T8 fleets and one T7 fleet. Besides the Eternal Fleet, even the smallest T8 fleet had over forty warships.

Of course, they were all composed of ordinary or mid-tier Starships, though that T7 fleet did have a few high-tier ships.

Over three hundred Starships, with half of them belonging to the T7 fleet.

The pressure on the Star Port immediately decreased as a large number of Firelight Rats swarmed towards the five fleets.

Whoosh!

Taiyi's main cannon gathered its power, and a silver beam instantly crossed hundreds of thousands of kilometers, hitting a Level 4 Firelight Rat leader!

The explosion echoed. The Level 4 Firelight Rat roared silently, its scales shattering over a large area as blood splattered.

"It's not dead yet?"

A Level 4 Star Beast was equivalent to a human Sixth Order expert. He had thought Sixth Order experts were just like that.

He hadn't expected them to be tough enough to withstand ship cannon fire.

The heavily wounded Firelight Rat leader roared silently. A large number of Firelight Rats, as if receiving a command, rapidly closed in on the Eternal Fleet!

Eight warships immediately scattered. Several cruisers' secondary cannons finished charging and began firing at the densest areas of the Firelight Rats.

Firelight Rats were blasted into masses of flesh and blood, with many being killed in the flash of beams.

"Spatial fluctuations detected!"

"Detected small creatures entering Jianren, Xuanjia, and Changqu Cruisers via teleportation."

"Activating combat mechanical units. All ships' Dark Mantis Mechs activated!"

"Alert, small creatures contain Level 2 Star Beast energy levels (Fourth Order)."

Changxi's alerts sounded one after another. Except for the two battleships with powerful spatial suppression, the remaining cruisers were invaded.

"Boarding through space onto my ship?!"

Qingyang immediately looked at Guxing, "Leave it to you. Activate assault units!"

"Yes! Commander!" The already assembled combat team responded.

Guxing, Guxue, and their team members were immediately datafied by Star Weapons and then teleported to various cruisers using spatial transmission.

Accompanying them were Shadow Blade Type 3 Mechs, each possessing Fifth Order combat power.

This was a dispersed operation. Even after the Divine Whale enhancement, the Guxing team members couldn't all reach Fourth Order combat power.

"Saturate with firepower! Engage in mobile combat!"

Taiyi immediately drew a drifting line across the starscape. Its eight secondary cannons vibrated, and beams capable of killing Level 3 Star Beasts were fired at high frequency into the rat swarm.

The other ships followed closely. For a time, the firepower unleashed by the eight warships completely overwhelmed the other three T8 fleets!

Meanwhile.

Inside an Eternal Fleet cruiser.

Hundreds of ferocious figures charged down the wide corridor, heading straight for the control room door!

Five Dark Mantis Mechs stood guard before the door, their particle cannons spinning wildly.

A dense barrage of energy bullets poured out. The first dozen or so creatures, resembling aliens, instantly exploded.

However, the two damaged Dark Mantis Mechs behind these monster hordes clearly indicated that these things were not simple.

The mechs' firepower splashed, and explosions completely covered the cross-section of the corridor.

The glow of shields flickered on the walls, allowing these mechs and other combat machinery to fire freely!

Boom!

One alien monster, seemingly made of metal, tore through over a dozen combat machines and charged directly at the mechs guarding the door.

There was no choice. Since they could board through armor and shields, even a tightly shut door with a shield wouldn't stop them.

If they could board once, they could board a second time. Boarding through a door was much simpler than boarding through shields and armor.

There were still over a dozen crew members inside.

Suddenly, just as this powerful monster tore apart a Dark Mantis Mech.

A surge of particles appeared. Guxing's arrival was marked by a kick aimed at the monster.

The alien monster was sent flying back dozens of meters, its scarlet eyes fixed on Guxing.

Guxing, who had arrived alone on this cruiser, calmly faced hundreds of monsters, the weakest being Third Order and the leading ones being high-ranking Fourth Order.

Silence descended. The monster horde frantically charged towards Guxing!

The next moment, black and white flowing light flashed, and Guxing's pupils turned one white and one black.

Boom!!!

Boarding: A game term meaning to infiltrate and engage within enemy warships during interstellar combat.