In the darkness of night, a blazing flare suddenly shot into the sky, spilling wave after wave of tidal light. Then came a second, a third—
Immediately afterward, savage sunlight-like beams drew near with a roar. Helicopters looked down from above, piercing the white fog,
illuminating one terrified face after another.
Around the battered Six-Hand Empire destroyer, enormous shadows broke through the white fog and emerged without warning, hemming it in from front and rear.
Piercing alarms rang across the entire sea.
When the Blazing Light discs scattered the white fog and lit up once more, warships had already appeared all around them, so close they were practically within arm's reach!
Divine soldiers descending from the heavens!
"...S-Seven Cities?!"
The captain raised his head blankly, unable to believe it. Then ecstasy overtook him, and he danced with joy as he shouted, "It's the Seven Cities Allied Defense Fleet! Fuck, it's Seven Cities!
Doctor Yu, we're saved! We're saved!"
He laughed wildly, tugging at Yu Shu as he cheered. Yet Yu Shu seemed like an empty shell, staring numbly at everything before him, unable to react.
The expression of the officer screaming on the ground changed. He shouted something frantically at his subordinates, and the captain's face changed as well.
"Get rid of those people, quickly! Do not leave any survivors!"
The officer shouted in the local tongue, "Otherwise, you and your children will all die!"
The soldiers snapped out of their confusion, raised their guns, and aimed them at the medical team, rushing to silence them forever.
But in that instant, a cold snort rang out.
It came from the foremost flagship. The low snort was like rolling thunder, echoing without end. Wherever it passed, everyone's vision went dark, their limbs went limp, and they could not move.
The sounds