Interstellar Attack

"Central Processor" has completed covert deployment and is executing the Retaliation Protocol—

"Target: Human Federation," has been classified as an extreme threat-level hostile civilization, with a threat level second only to corrupted "Purification Protocol" entities!

"This organic civilization cannot be normally united into a single front; unlocking relevant strategic targeting protocols—Executing "Defensive Counterattack and Eradication Directive"!"

"Detected 'Nico-Dyson Beam' in position, energy accumulation complete, entering attack sequence..."

"Cosmic coordinate guidance, Milky Way Galaxy... Strike vector distance calculation, approximately 16,459,916 light-years..."

"Target civilization's specific planet within its territory has been locked!"

Angel Nebula, fringe zone.

Strong energy pole reactions appeared within several star systems.

Around several scorching stars, massive celestial structures were erected.

These structures resembled rings, with enormous celestial bodies as their cores, forming a hollow cone-shaped weapon.

Guided by attack program commands, this weapon was rapidly mobilized. Terrifying energy was drawn from the stars, and then a powerful dark energy conversion force field emerged within the weapon's modular structure.

These energies were converged at a single point. In front of it, through the action of a massive "Wormhole Generator," a wormhole entrance spanning interstellar space appeared.

BOOM!

Terrible torrents were unleashed from the Angel Nebula.

The "Nico-Dyson Beam" was the "Final Defense Protocol's" sole means of interstellar strike at the moment; other celestial structures could not be constructed in time.

These mechanical entities could only use the limited means at their disposal to hastily retaliate against the "Human Federation."

The Angel Nebula had been locked onto by the Federation. Realizing the threat, the "Central Processor" of the "Final Defense Protocol," after a series of complex calculations, decided to issue a retreat order.

Valuable sub-individuals within the Angel Nebula, including the organic planets they had placed under the "Guardian Protocol," and the "Central Processors" running core matrix data, had already been urgently evacuated using "Hyperspace Lane Transfer Technology."

The core entity of the "Final Defense Protocol" had hidden itself in a secret corner of the known universe.

As for the remaining sub-individual units within the Angel Nebula, along with some strategic weapons, they were used by the "Final Defense Protocol" as a rearguard to buy sufficient time for evacuation.

Continuing to fight to the death would only lead to destruction.

Preserving a sliver of hope and cutting off a limb to survive was the "Final Defense Protocol's" move in the face of the Federation's threat.

Otherwise, under the strike of the "Falling Star Sky Spear," they would have been buried along with the entire Angel Nebula.

Compared to the Federation's "Falling Star Sky Spear," the "Nico-Dyson Beam" deployed by the "Final Defense Protocol," though slightly lacking in power, was still an interstellar-level strike weapon.

Several terrifying beams of energy crossed the vast distance of tens of millions of light-years, descending upon the Milky Way Galaxy and heading towards several core Federation star systems.

Once a planet was hit by these terrifying torrents, even with the most advanced planetary defense facilities, it would be doomed!

The "Sky Pillar Fortress" and the stellar system defense systems deployed within related star systems could not withstand such superluminal strike weapons.

However, the Federation's strategic command center and armed forces personnel appeared unusually calm, showing no concern for their own planets being destroyed by enemy attacks.

In fact, this was precisely the case.

Because...

"Tianshu Sacred Shield" has activated its "Automated Full Defense Mechanism," pan-galactic defense system is coordinating..."

"Force Field Restraint Ring" has automatically gathered stellar energy..."

"Has automatically sealed the spatial structure of the star system under enemy attack, forcibly redirecting enemy attack vectors..."

"Shelter Star Ring" has intercepted the enemy's interstellar strike!"

"Based on reverse calculation program, the specific location of the enemy's interstellar strike weapon has been pinpointed, cosmic coordinate transmission in progress..."

In a certain star system.

A massive celestial structure erected on a star flickered with brilliance, its intense light illuminating the entire star system, making the scene within resemble a heavenly kingdom, filled with a sacred aura.

This was the full appearance of the "Tianshu Sacred Shield"!

Its main ring was surrounded by several smaller star rings.

These smaller star rings were the "Shelter Star Rings," their purpose being to neutralize attacks.

The terrifying attacks capable of destroying stars and planets, upon striking them, could only neutralize one "Shelter Star Ring" module.

The attacks from several "Nico-Dyson Beams," after being rerouted, only managed to barely neutralize a few "Shelter Star Rings." These "Shelter Star Rings" could subsequently be repaired.

Under the mandatory control of the "Tianshu Sacred Shield," every star system within the Federation's territory was included in the scope of absolute protection.

Once any star system suffered an interstellar strike, the pan-galactic defense system established by the "Tianshu Sacred Shield" could preemptively evade the corresponding attack for it.

This was a case of one side gaining and the other losing.

Our side's attacks would be continuous, while the source of the enemy's interstellar weapon attacks had been precisely acquired by the Federation.

The second energy accumulation of the "Falling Star Sky Spear" was nearing its end. Subsequent strikes would not only continue to destroy the star systems of the Angel Nebula but also further destroy the enemy's means of counterattack.

With over three hundred star systems in the Angel Nebula, the Federation only needed about ten waves of attacks to remotely destroy the entire nebula without losing a single soldier.

In the universe, every civilization that masters interstellar strike capabilities is like a hunter with a gun.

Once a hunter's specific location is exposed during a war, the corresponding civilization often faces the tragedy of becoming prey.

The only pity is that star systems destroyed by interstellar weapons cannot have their dark matter resources collected in a timely manner like those destroyed by the Sky Burning Divine Weapon, which leads to immense waste.

But there's nothing that can be done about it; war is about attrition.

Originally, the plan was to use just two Sky Burning Divine Weapons to eliminate the Angel Civilization and the Lieyang Civilization separately, aiming to conserve resources as much as possible and avoid unnecessary waste.

This was because they wanted to spend resources elsewhere where waste was more worthwhile.

Although the Federation possesses vast resources, which in a sense could be described as inexhaustible, no unit of Federation resources should be squandered carelessly.

"Dark Energy Regulator has gathered sufficient energy, Falling Star Sky Spear can proceed with the next strike..."

"Target, Angel Nebula!"

The coordinates of the Angel Nebula displayed on the Federation's star chart.

One by one, stars were extinguished, until every star within a fifty light-year diameter of the nebula was completely snuffed out!

All of this served as a stark warning to the native civilizations of the known universe, as well as to some newcomers who had recently arrived:

The Order of Justice, once led by the Angel Civilization, has been utterly destroyed by a rising hegemonic civilization.

The war unfolding in this universe is about to ascend to a higher dimension.

An invisible hand is pushing all civilizations within the universe forward at breakneck speed; those left too far behind face only death.