"Planet 131 of the Federation, once heavily guarded, suddenly came under a fierce assault. Federation records showed that the previously stabilized Space Tunnel had been forcibly torn open to four times its original size! That node was the source of all the disasters we faced today."
"During the four years you were missing, humanity's territory was endlessly compressed, barely clinging to survival. Vast numbers of bugs multiplied at a geometric rate, and the emergence of large numbers of high-tier bone bugs exceeded everyone's expectations, including mine."
"You could never imagine the horrific sight of a planet being parasitized by the Zerg Race within twenty-four hours, then covered in fungal carpets and bug sacs. At first, our firepower could suppress them for a short time, but as their inexhaustible reserves poured in, neither the Gador Empire nor the Star River Federation, not even the Eight Great Star Luo Legions hidden deep within the Beyond Domain Star River, could contain them!"
Mu Tianhua rapidly recounted the events of the past four years in one breath. He found that Mu Fan's expression remained utterly unchanged, as calm and indifferent as ever.
That made his heart begin to race.
Could the wish he had once made to the stars truly be about to come true?
One day, I will use this vast starry sky as my chessboard!
His fist slowly clenched, and Mu Tianhua's voice became firm and powerful.
"Forty-five days before we lost contact with the Empire, the map of civilized territory looked like this... The former Star River Federation abandoned the Second Star Region and concentrated all its strength on defending the Capital Circle. Naturally, it received the bugs' special attention and suffered enormous casualties!"
"Ke Qingshan... no, he should be called Gu Yunyou. The Revolutionary Army under his command had instead