A distance of one thousand kilometers was not considered long for the Bug Tide. The Bug Tide itself had a sweeping flight effect; even Zerg that normally flew more slowly would be passively accelerated within it.
In space, the Interstellar Federation fleet had no way to retreat. Their mission was to defend Guardian Star. Retreating would not only mean yielding Guardian Star, but also surrendering the border of God's Great World.
If Guardian Star fell, it would become a Zerg stronghold, where new Zerg would breed.
Through Guardian Star, the Zerg could threaten the space defenses of the nearby War Stars. Once the Doomsday Defense Line formed by ten artificial planets was breached, the Interstellar Federation would lose its most important line of defense for the War Stars.
At that point, it would no longer be merely a matter of God's Great World's security. The Interstellar Federation's war zone would also be drawn into this war.
Admiral Francis understood this very well. He continuously issued order after order on the command Light Screen.
Inside the Federation warships, the piercing alarms left every Federation soldier with taut nerves.
Space fighters flew out one after another, loaded with missiles. Several Aircraft Carriers in particular launched unimaginably massive swarms of space fighters.
David stood amid the battlefield, witnessing a scene of war he had never seen before.
Behind him, the Bug Tide consumed the main guns' attack energy with its lives as it charged forward at high speed. Ahead of him, swarms of space fighters rapidly approached.
David was roughly six hundred kilometers from the Federation fleet. When the first wave of space fighter formations reached that distance, he could clearly see the Federation soldiers inside several of the fighters approaching him.
The Federation soldiers saluted him. It was a salute to a