A day was no more than the blink of an eye on the vast scale of the universe.
Yet for the tens of billions of human soldiers on the Eastern Front of the Spark War Zone, that day of rest felt like the final gathering of strength before an eruption that would engulf the galaxy.
As the countdown in Galactic Standard Time reached zero, the fusion reactors driving the main thrusters of ten million Federation interstellar warships stationed along the border were pushed to the brink of overload at once.
The immense fleet stretched like an endless ocean of steel. Dark blue charging halos shone around every gun barrel, while tens of billions of Expeditionary Force soldiers stood armed and ready, eyes bloodshot as they stared at the enemy heartland marked scarlet on their holographic displays.
On the Starsetter's supreme command bridge, Jiang Yue stood motionless in his black-and-gold commander's cloak, as imposing as a mountain above a deep abyss.
In his right hand, the Stellar Seal, carved from a white dwarf's core, radiated pressure vast enough to subdue a sea of stars.
The seal was more than a symbol of authority. It was the physical key to the Eastern Front's supreme quantum command nexus.
Jiang Yue gazed through the panoramic dome. His eyes seemed to cross countless light-years and find the aliens cowering in their lairs.
"All forces, heed my command."
His voice was not loud, but carried by a Level 5 Grandmaster's tangible Mindforce and amplified by the Stellar Seal, those four words exploded like thunder in the souls of the soldiers across three hundred planets and ten million warships.
"Target: the heart of alien territory."
Jiang Yue drew the commander's sword at his waist and pointed it toward the endless abyss. His killing command rang out with