For Miss Annie Romanova, this was obviously nothing special.
Whether it weighed a hundred million tons or stretched ten thousand meters long, it was still nothing compared to the Star Eater back in the day. And Lieutenant Colonel Annie Romanova had personally faced one of those literal sky-spanning behemoths in a torpedo boat.
Not only had she faced one, she'd even fought bravely.
And not only had she fought one, she'd also bombarded it ferociously.
Ace pilot Annie had always believed that once you'd bombed a monster like that, every enemy in the universe became small potatoes.
There were, after all, only a few people present who knew about the battle at Tianshu. But the second officer was well liked and respected aboard the Pilgrim. Her revolutionary optimism was infectious.
The mood around them immediately brightened.
Before long, someone found the enormous leviathan's identity in the database. It was a space creature called a "Comet Coil." It had earned the name because it could curl up into a semi-dormant state and circle a star system's orbit for long periods, like a comet, feeding on heat from space radiation and the minerals in the occasional asteroid.
Most of these creatures' lives were spent dormant. Of course, if they happened to encounter passing outsiders in a star system, such as a spaceship or another leviathan, they were more than happy to have a little extra to eat.
This Comet Coil had clearly sensed the Pilgrim's arrival. It unfurled and drifted in their direction, its enormous body swaying.
Well, they'd only just broken through the Empire's encirclement, and now they had to start cleaning up the universe's bugs? Everyone aboard the Pilgrim immediately went on combat alert.
But, honestly, they were used to fighting Imperial forces. They knew each other inside out. They'd