In the Alvin Homeworld star region, three magnificent orbital defensive belts faithfully guarded Alvin's last patch of unspoiled land.
These three unprecedented feats of civilization could be called Gibraltar's architectural miracles. Yet while the defensive belts inspired awe, they also made people wonder just how powerful the Zerg had become to force an established Level Five civilization to erect defenses on this scale. The financial and material resources spent building these belts were so immense that even if Alvin won this war, its national strength would likely be set back by more than a century...
At first, this thought flashed through the minds of everyone who saw the defensive belts. But now, none of them had the leisure to dwell on it.
Because more than ten thousand kilometers beyond the defensive belts, Nidhogg had arrived at the border, leading the Zerg army!
At the Alvin Defensive Star Ring Command Headquarters, Otis's gaze was cold. The images of the Zerg army transmitted by the reconnaissance craft left everyone in the combat command room deeply shaken. Led by Nidhogg were no fewer than twenty-five cruisers, fifty destroyers, one thousand Ironclad Octopuses, more than nine hundred Destroyer Behemoths, countless Three-Eyed Millipedes packed densely together, and at least five million Blade-Arm Mutalisks and Vipers protecting both flanks. As for the Brood Lords and Swarm Hosts mixed among them, their numbers were likely considerable as well.
If they were judged by numbers alone, the Alvin military would not necessarily be afraid. When these three defensive star rings were built, they had been claimed capable of resisting thirty battleships and fifty cruisers!
But the Zerg's combat power had never been something that could be assessed by conventional logic. After defeating the undead, how many troops had the Zerg still had left? With those remaining forces alone,