"Pursue that golden battleship. We cannot let Lin Ye escape."
The Void Fleet immediately changed course and began pursuing the Astral Mothership.
Inside the Astral Mothership, everyone had just recovered from the dizziness of teleportation.
As they stared at the fortress's collapsing ruins through the portholes, they all fell silent.
This was the Constellation Alliance's greatest defeat.
Not only had they lost their base, but more importantly, their ranks had been thoroughly infiltrated.
No one knew how many more spies were lurking among them.
Astria gazed at the ruins, her eyes filled with sorrow.
"Three years of hard work, destroyed just like that..."
Under the relentless bombardment of Void firepower, the Star Fortress broke apart completely.
Its beautiful crystalline structure gave off one final glow, then shattered into countless fragments scattered through the nebula.
The radiant structure that had once symbolized hope was now nothing but drifting wreckage.
"Everyone, split up and evacuate immediately!" Orpheus ordered from the Astral Mothership's bridge.
"Don't stay together! That makes us too big a target!"
Though the Astral Mothership boasted formidable firepower, it could not hold out for long against thousands of Void Battleships.
Their only choice was to scatter and flee, preventing the Void Empire from capturing them all in one sweep.
"Lin Ye, you must go alone," Astria told him, struggling to endure her internal injuries.
"You're the Void Empire's primary target. If we stay together, we'll only put the others in danger."
Lin Ye looked at the wounded leader, reluctant to leave her.
"Astria, your injuries..."
"I'll be all right." She managed a smile, but the blood at the corner of her mouth betrayed the severity of her wounds.
"Titan will look after me. Don't worry."
Titan, the Guardian of Capricorn, came over and carefully supported Astria.
"Rest assured. I'll keep