Didn't you just say we weren't going to charge in recklessly?!
Guxue looked at Qingyang in confusion, while Guxing also glanced at him strangely.
The Star Sea Swarm remained extremely dangerous. Even though the Star Sea Alliance had blocked its main force and super-large swarms within the Wasteland Area, the small-scale swarms that infiltrated through were still a serious threat.
How could someone get excited just from hearing about the swarm?
Guxing advised, "Even if the swarms that can enter Alliance Territory are very small, we still need to be careful."
"Of course I know. I'm just following behind to take a look."
Guxing said no more. As long as his boss had a plan, that was enough.
The Radiant Moon Battleship streaked through subspace as a beam of light, rapidly advancing toward its destination.
Meanwhile, Charka Star Lake.
This special ecological region, over thirty thousand light-years in diameter, spanned numerous Ordinary Nations and Elite Nations.
Vast quantities of high-energy matter and Energy Storms raged within it, while countless cosmic lifeforms—star beasts—reproduced and thrived there.
It was dreamlike and dangerous.
These star beasts, which commonly possessed bodies hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of meters long, were among the universe's most formidable practitioners of Individual Might.
Even the weakest Level 1 star beast possessed fourth-tier power. Some of the stronger ones could even stand their ground against Starcraft!
But today, a location within Charka Star Lake welcomed an even more dangerous group of visitors.
On the surface of a planet engulfed in crimson energy masses, countless flesh-like fungal carpets wriggled faintly.
Tens of thousands of enormous biological structures rose from the ground, producing continuous clouds of purple-black energy mist amid their pulsing flesh.
Densely packed giant eggs swelled at a visible rate, with purple-black light flickering within them.
The Void Swarm, carbon-based Void Lifeforms!
Disaster creatures with powerful resistance to both physical and energy-based attacks.
The nature of Void Lifeforms made them extremely difficult to kill, while also granting them terrifying corrosive properties.
The advantages of carbon-based life allowed the swarm to break free from the limitation of scarce Void Lifeforms, granting it an extraordinarily terrifying reproductive capacity.
Squelch!
One enormous insect egg suddenly burst apart. Purple-black energy spread outward as a shadow more than five thousand meters long churned within it.
As that giant egg ruptured, tens of thousands of surrounding giant eggs also lit up one after another with eerie light.
Cracking sounds rang out in succession as purple-black Void Energy gradually enveloped the entire planet.
The crimson energy surrounding the planet was gradually assimilated and eroded by the Void Energy as well.
Three hundred light-years away, at a Charka Star Lake border defense fortress.
"Damn it! The swarm's Biological Fleet has already taken shape!"
"How did it happen so fast??"
"The swarm will! This swarm has connected to the void transmission network of a medium-sized swarm."
The suddenly soaring detection readings triggered a wave of exclamations throughout the command room.
The Alliance Army major frowned. "How many reinforcements are nearby?"
"Three T6 Fleets, nineteen T7 Fleets, and three conventional fleets from Elite Nations. Approximately eight thousand Conventional Ships in total."
The Alliance Army major relaxed slightly. More than eight thousand conventional warships from Elite Nations, over twenty Starfleets, and a defense fortress with beyond-visual-range firepower.
Dealing with this swarm would not be difficult.
"To be safe, immediately request the transfer of five T6 Veteran Fleets from the frontier alliance base."
"Yes!"
The major looked again at the beyond-visual-range surveillance display, feeling faintly uneasy. How had this swarm gotten in?
There was nothing wrong with Charka Star Lake's surveillance network. Could a Void Rift have formed?
Bzzzz—
Ripples spread through empty space as a platinum-colored warship suddenly appeared.
"Is this the assembly area ahead?"
Qingyang activated the detection equipment and looked around curiously.
"Why aren't there any warships?"
[Starcraft ahead, state your purpose.]
"I received word that a swarm had appeared here."
[Four hours ago, the main force began attacking the area occupied by the Void Swarm. All support fleets are to proceed immediately.]
After that, a coordinate zone appeared on Qingyang's star map panel.
[Radiant Moon Battleship, T8. Rookie commander, proceed with caution.]
Qingyang acknowledged the message, and the Radiant Moon Ship entered subspace warp again.
In the command room, the major frowned as he watched the Radiant Moon Battleship depart.
A highly talented rookie commander?
Forget it. It was in line with the Alliance's training model anyway, so there was no need to turn him back.
A T8 Huiyue Battleship had ten thousand shield points. It would be very difficult for anything to go wrong.
Elsewhere, within the star system occupied by the Charka swarm.
Dazzling beams and energy cannon fire ravaged the battlefield. Several blinding energy blasts even cut across the entire star system!
One planet had already been completely reduced to fragments, drifting through space.
Over ten thousand kilometer-class swarm Biological Warships surged through the sea of stars, unleashing dense storms of black-purple beams and rays.
They shot toward the distant fleets.
At the same time, millions of octopus-like swarm units, each dozens of meters long, charged toward the fleets.
Corruptors possessed powerful energy-corrosion properties.
Black-purple patterns spread across their carapaces, weakening the light and energy attacks from the human fleets.
With every strike they blocked, the purple-black patterns dimmed slightly.
Within the Local Star Net of the three T6 Fleets at the front, the discussion was extremely lively.
"Still haven't found the enemy Biological Mothership with the Star Destroyers?!"
"No. What about yours?"
"No. Fuck, where is that bug queen hiding?!"
"Have the conventional fleets pull back every ship except the Star Destroyers. Without Datafication, the casualties are too heavy."
Boom! A storm unleashed by thousands of void rays engulfed the three fleets head-on.
A piercing high-frequency roar echoed throughout the universe.
"Damn it, why did the genetic agents have to evolve our ears? These overclocked sounds are way too loud."
"I miss the ears of ordinary life. The vacuum of space used to be so quiet."
Even under such an assault, the commanders and Core Crew Members of the three T6 Fleets showed no sign of panic.
At the edge of the battlefield, the Radiant Moon Battleship disengaged from its subspace state.
The instant it appeared, more than a thousand Corruptors gathered around it. Dense black spheres of light condensed within their vortex-like mouthparts.
Boom!
A barrage of attacks drowned the warship.
[Insufficient damage. Immune.]
[Insufficient damage. Immune.]
[.]
[Void corrosion. Shield points forcibly -1.]
[Void.]
Qingyang had just begun to relax when he was startled again.
This swarm seemed a little different from the one in his memories?
Seeing that the shield points were dropping extremely slowly, Qingyang immediately activated every ship cannon.
Dense beams, light cannons, and rays erupted in all directions at once. The entire Radiant Moon Ship resembled a porcupine, piercing through hundreds of the nearest Corruptors in an instant.
The Area Type main cannons followed immediately after, and a fan-shaped torrent of attacks cleared nearly a thousand kilometers of space ahead.
"Hahaha! This is exactly the feeling!"
Qingyang laughed excitedly.
The Radiant Moon Battleship's formidable firepower immediately drew the attention of some people on the battlefield.
On the flagship of a T6 Fleet, a commander froze. "A T8 Radiant Moon? Charging onto a Void Swarm battlefield the moment he starts out?"
"The Biological Mothership carrying the bug queen has appeared!"
"Wait! Damn it! Where did that come from?!"
A series of shocked and furious cries suddenly erupted over the Star Network channel.
A gigantic Meatball more than a hundred thousand meters across emerged from a cloud of purple-black mist, its hundreds of compound eyes flickering with chilling black light.
More than a hundred kilometers ahead of the Biological Mothership was a human ship—a human ship held captive!
Qingyang looked over as well, and his expression immediately changed.
Cloud-Mountain Star's Star Affiliated High School!
The Star Lake Practice Sightseeing Ship!
Ah, these two chapters are just to show off the commander's additional-effect functions. The main focus is still interstellar warship battles, and Qingyang generally won't need to act personally later.
Before you continue