A piercing alarm instantly swept through the entire Frontier Legion.
Inside headquarters' control center, countless duty commanders jolted awake from dormancy.
More than ten seconds later, the intelligence verification was complete, and the alert level was raised directly to maximum.
The Frontier Fleet stationed at the plane fully activated.
One warship after another switched its energy core from standby to full-power operation, blue-white propulsion flames lighting up the dark universe in succession. One hundred and twenty seconds later.
The fleet completed its jump preparations.
Staring at the frantically flashing red dot on the main screen, the commander gave a cold order:
"Fleet-wide jump to the target coordinates."
"Once the target is found, no warning is needed. Open fire immediately!"
Above the orbit, hundreds of warships activated the flagship's spatial jump engines under coordinated adjustment.
Blue jump radiance rose and fell throughout the fleet formation, like a string of cold flames abruptly kindled.
The next instant, warship after warship vanished from where it stood, then re-formed near the target coordinates after crossing the void.
Before the hulls had fully stabilized, the Tentacle Trees on the bridges had already seen the sight ahead.
Then, everyone froze.
Beyond the Plane Barrier, a Dark Gold giant a thousand meters tall had both hands thrust deep into the barrier's surface.
With every exertion, the energy arcs bursting from between its fingers stretched to astonishing lengths, even more outrageous than their largest capital ships.
Those arcs leaped violently through the void, making the entire starry sky flicker between light and darkness.
The giant had one face in front and another behind its head.
The face in front was refined and calm, its three vertical golden pupils as unruffled as precision instruments; the face behind had hard, severe features and an icy gaze, carrying an oppressive force