The Presolin Zerg

On the Gonggong, inside the command room.

"Captain, we've detected traces of large-scale violent stellar activity in the starfield near the Heavenly Dao Galaxy!"

"Suspicious. According to intelligence provided by the Federation Strategic Command Center before we left the Milky Way, the Lieyang Civilization is one capable of manipulating stellar energy."

"Due to that 'Anomalous Spacetime Effect,' our ship's detection systems have also suffered severe interference, making it impossible to accurately determine the enemy civilization's strategic intentions..."

"No matter, attack directly!" The captain snorted coldly, his tone resolute:

"Destroy them. Let these alien scum die first!"

Because of that Anomalous Spacetime Effect and the inexplicably massive gravitational source accompanying it, the situation was far too dangerous.

If anything went wrong, even their Sky Burning Divine Weapon could fall in this unfamiliar galaxy.

This inevitably stirred a restless fury in the Gonggong captain's heart.

He had only just been promoted to command this Sky Burning Divine Weapon, and now he might lead the entire ship to its doom in this star system.

And now this Lieyang Civilization dared to put on a show before them—courting death!

No matter their own final outcome, the Lieyang alien scum would die before them and the Gonggong!

"General, a thousand transport ships carrying Lieyang civilians have already left the Heavenly Dao Galaxy..."

"But because the Hou Shen Galaxy is blockaded, these transports cannot use wormhole jumps to quickly escape the Heavenly Dao Galaxy. They can only split into several batches and flee toward other directions in the Hou Shen Galaxy..."

On the Cloud Heaven Court.

Crimson Phoenix Sky Protector Wu Zhao bit her silver teeth, her face slightly haggard, but her eyes firm as steel:

"To avoid these transports being detected, I and the others, with the help of Lord Di Hongkun, used the Heavenly Dao Pagoda to manipulate nearby stellar bodies for cover."

"This Human Federation will definitely not notice..."

Pan Zhen was fully armed, on high alert aboard the Cloud Heaven Court, while the rows of Lieyang Warriors beside him held their breath in tense silence.

Surrounding the Cloud Heaven Court were over ten thousand Lieyang warships—the entirety of their civilization's military strength.

No need for idle words; they all knew what they were doing.

Next, they would live or die together with the remaining people of Lieyang Planet, fighting to the death against the invading Human Federation, all to cover the thousand ships carrying their civilization's seeds to safety.

At the most critical moment for their entire civilization, Pan Zhen and the other supreme rulers of the Lieyang Civilization finally had their heads on straight.

Those thousand transport ships, bearing the last hope of the Lieyang Civilization, were the embers they desperately wanted to protect.

But who knew if it would even matter...

Taking a deep breath, Pan Zhen's eyes sharpened. "Lieyang Fleet, adv—"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Before Pan Zhen could finish his grand order for all ships to attack, the Gonggong once again roared like an enraged ancient god, unleashing its unique fury.

Terrifying, unpredictable superluminal strikes arrived in an instant.

The formation of over ten thousand Lieyang warships was instantly torn apart like an anthill blasted by firecrackers, savagely shredded!

Inside what had seemed a dense, imposing fleet formation, a horrific chain of detonations erupted.

In a single exchange, nearly five thousand Lieyang warships of various classes were hit indiscriminately and fell on the spot.

The Gonggong was like a brute giant, rolling forward with overwhelming might, crushing everything in its path.

Before it, every single Lieyang warship—even the so-called celestial warship Cloud Heaven Court—was no more than an ant, easily crushed underfoot.

"Initiate Heavenly Condemnation Bombardment!"

"Deploy solar wind for cover!"

"Activate the Heavenly Dao Pagoda, channel energy from nearby stellar bodies, and unleash continuous solar flare bombardment!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

In the ship-to-ship exchange of fire, the Lieyang warships stood no chance against the Gonggong.

One ship against ten thousand, and it still had room to spare.

The Lieyang Civilization was forced to play their trump card—

Stellar Energy Drive!

Horrifying solar flare bombardments, dense and relentless, engulfed the entire Gonggong in wave after wave.

They thought this would at least cripple the terrifying giant vessel, but what happened next sent chills down their spines.

Pan Zhen, on the Cloud Heaven Court, watched with his own eyes as the Federation's giant ship weathered the terrifying solar flare bombardments like nothing, completely unscathed, and rolled straight toward the star at the heart of the Heavenly Dao Galaxy.

The Lieyang warships in its path had long been torn into space dust by enemy fire. And the enemy?

Its shields were up, its armor looked brand new—even the solar flare bombardments had failed to leave a scratch!

Pan Zhen's eyes went cold. His once imposing frame slumped weakly to his knees.

How could this war still be fought?

If they could withstand such terrifying solar flare bombardment against their warships, was there even any point in continuing to fight an enemy like this?

But watching countless Lieyang warships being slaughtered, Pan Zhen's heart was completely ignited. He decided to use his final move.

"Cloud Heaven Court!"

"Accelerate the extraction of Stellar Energy, initiate a supernova explosion!"

"Let this enemy ship be buried alongside our Heavenly Dao Galaxy!"

Boom!

A scarlet superluminal cannon blast struck unconsciously, and the entire Cloud Heaven Court instantly shattered into pieces.

On the Lieyang Planet, now reduced to half a star, a dazzling beam of macro-light shot into the sky, and terrifying stellar celestial energy poured forth.

This massive star, which still had billions of years of life remaining, immediately reached the end of its lifespan, and a terrifying supernova explosion was about to occur.

The Gonggong had almost no way to evade.

Aboard the ship, the captain of the Gonggong and the entire crew sneered dismissively.

Is that all? They thought these alien scum might actually surprise them.

Boom!

The supernova explosion erupted, and a terrifying spatial chain reaction rippled outward. All celestial bodies within the entire galaxy perished together.

Every Lieyang warship and the Lieyang Planet itself could not escape the range of this terrifying explosion, including the Gonggong.

But unexpectedly, this supernova explosion, which should have lasted for some time, ended rapidly in a very short period.

The stellar celestial body quickly collapsed into a singularity, and a new black hole formed, continuously absorbing the remaining matter within the galaxy.

Throughout this process, the Gonggong remained completely unmoved, suffering no damage whatsoever.

At the moment of the supernova explosion just now, they had also conveniently extracted all the dark matter from the Heavenly Dao Galaxy, which was precisely what caused the rapid formation of this black hole.

To them, this was a resource of dark matter that had delivered itself without needing to activate the Sky Burning Divine Weapon's Star Blaster.

The Lieyang Civilization was thus destroyed.

But the voyage of the Gonggong was not yet over. Another Subspace Echo was received, and this time they successfully decrypted the encrypted information within it through Psionic Communication.

"Zzzzzt—"

A communication image that felt familiar to the captain connected. He frowned, then revealed an expression of utter disbelief that would never have appeared during the entire engagement with the Lieyang Civilization:

"Void Demon, Presolin Zerg?!"