Captain, your ship has exploded again.

Because Zhang Xun planned to increase the number of AT drivers, after asking the younger ones, he received the response that everyone who came later, regardless of age, would be a junior.

A group of people were making noise in Zhang Xun's ear, so much so that Zhang Xun had no choice but to call over You Laiyin, who was hiding to the side.

Let her take the little ones swimming; yes, they even have a swimming area in one of the cabins.

However, it's part of the cyclical system, so its requisition isn't a big deal.

There's just no plant area; fresh fruits and other fresh produce have to be transported from other warships.

The journey to Proxima Centauri was quite easy, with the fleet utilizing warp and warp speeds to advance.

The others would occasionally teleport over to Zhang Xun's flagship to play, and the four days passed quickly.

This was all thanks to the new battleships, which could continuously warp and travel at a warp speed of 6, allowing them to complete the 6.5 light-year journey in just four days.

Otherwise, relying solely on either warp drive or warp drive would take at least a week.

However, due to their enormous size, battleships' power cores could not provide the necessary warp speeds for navigation above 6.

This made Zhang Xun realize the importance of the destroyer's high maneuverability, and he clearly explained the issue in his communications with high-ranking officials in China, hoping to accelerate the development of destroyers.

The battle with the humans lasted about two months, and the battle with the Zerg was not going to be resolved in a short time either, since the Zerg were better at hiding than the humans.

The fleet soon arrived at the Proxima Centauri system, a rare three-star system in the Milky Way.

With a yellow dwarf, an orange dwarf, and a red dwarf, the planetary life here is more ill-fated than that of our solar system, which has only a single yellow dwarf.

Because Proxima Centauri b revolves and rotates in sync, only one side of the star has a barely alternating black and white phases, and this happens only once in a very long time.

Proxima Centauri C is a red dwarf star, and it's unclear whether the other side can be considered a dark sky, since there's a sun that's not even as bright as the moon in the sky, so there's not much difference between daylight and darkness.

Proxima Centauri D, on the other hand, has one side that is always in daylight and the other side that is always in darkness. These three extreme planets are perfect for the Zerg, who are skilled at burrowing.

The other two planets, being far from their stars—one a gas giant and the other an ice ball—received only small surveillance fleets.

Upon arriving at the designated assembly point, Zhang Xun saw the presence of numerous warships used for recruiting soldiers.

After all, compared to the Terran battlecruisers, the Zerg only have the Leviathan to frighten them for now.

The number of Zerg forces gathered on the Zerg side was significantly less than that on the other side, even with the nearly 30,000 battleships brought by Zhang Xun.

In terms of combat power, they are not yet able to achieve a crushing victory against the Zerg, who possess three planets.

The joint operations communications conference began quickly, with the exception of Wei Zhiyuan, who had previously been stationed at the front-line fortress with Shen Zhenhai.

And then there's Sean Mitchell of the British Bulls, Jamie Strauss of the French Roosters, etc. It seems things aren't going too well here either.

Jamie spoke first, saying, "Since our coalition fleet arrived, we have already dropped a large number of nuclear bombs on the surfaces of the three planets."

The other side of the conference screen displayed the current state of the surfaces of three planets.

Numerous nuclear craters make the planet's surface look extremely ugly, and the occasional carbonaceous material blown up by the wind proves that there was once life here.

Whether they are insectoid or creatures from the original planet is difficult to verify.

Then came the advance B1 troops, and as they scattered to search, the attack occurred from underground.

Nuclear explosions are terrifying for ordinary living things, but for a planet, the damage they cause is like the bits of debris that fall off when you scratch an itch.

Although the nuclear warheads launched had yields in the hundreds of millions, they were meaningless to the Zerg hiding deep underground.

The Earth's crust is between 5 and 70 kilometers thick, with an average thickness of 17 kilometers, while the equivalent of 100 million tons of TNT is only 900 meters deep.

Even with advancements in human civilization, it is impossible for humans to reach depths of less than 1.5 kilometers.

Wei Zhiyuan said with a somewhat gloomy expression, "Didn't you try using excavation equipment to bury the nuclear bomb deep inside?"

Sean switched the photos and said, "We tried it, but we were attacked after going in two hundred meters. The explosion was ineffective. I even suspect that the lightest planet here, Proxima Centauri D, has been hollowed out, since this planet doesn't have a core."

Jamie also said with a solemn expression, "That's right. Proxima Centauri C has a mass of eight times that of Earth and is more than three times the size of Earth. Under such a terrifying density, the effect of a nuclear bomb is greatly weakened."

The screen showed that the nuclear bomb on Proxima Centauri c only penetrated less than 400 meters deep, and although Proxima Centauri b was stronger, it only penetrated less than 700 meters.

Neighbor b and Neighbor c are both massive objects, with areas two times and nearly four times larger than Earth, respectively.

Both planets contain large amounts of chromium-iron alloy metal, making them extremely difficult to attack with nuclear weapons.

On the contrary, they don't care about neighboring planet D, because the composition of its crust is not much different from that of Earth.

What they were most concerned about were the two tough planets. After the nuclear bombs blew away the surface soil, they discovered a large amount of rare metals in the underlying rock layers.

The fact that rhenium and rhodium, which are found in greater quantities than on Earth, drive them crazy.

The presence of these rare metals indicates that there are open-pit mines at shallow depths.

Where there is profit, there will be competition, and at this point, Sean and Jamie were blinded by greed.

They did not inform the Chinese fleet that the so-called deep-digging equipment was actually a mining machine, except that one of them carried a nuclear bomb.

Only some items were brought back from the early excavations, after which they were attacked by the Zerg.

This feeling of longing for something but being unable to obtain it made the two of them extremely distressed, and unfortunately, none of the various troops they sent out succeeded.

Zhang Xun, who was flipping through the documents, said, "I have a kind of bomb that is very difficult to obtain. We can find a planet and blow it up. I think the largest planet, Proxima Centauri C, would be very suitable. The chain-collapse attack will ensure that there are no residues."

This statement greatly excited Sean and Jamie, who immediately rejected Zhang Xun's suggestion.

Zhang Xun pretended to think and said, "How about Neighbor Star D? That would allow us to free up a lot of troops."

The proposal was actually supported by Sean and Jamie. Seeing their reaction, Zhang Xun realized that they had withheld some information from him.

He pretended to be heartbroken and said, "But I feel like I'm losing out. After all, I don't have many Dimensional Devourers. Every one we use is one less. Maybe we should think of another way!"

This infuriated Sean, who retorted, "How can you go back on your word! Isn't reducing the pressure and minimizing casualties by blowing up Neighbor D more important than your crappy bomb?"

"How about we bomb Neighbor C?" Zhang Xun looked at the two of them with a sly smile.

This made the two realize that Zhang Xun had discovered something, and they hastily ended the meeting.

At the meeting, Wei Zhiyuan teleported over and asked, "Any thoughts?"

Zhang Xun reached out his hand towards the two planets on the screen and said, "Two options: whoever takes it down gets to keep it, or give us Proxima Centauri C."

Wei Zhiyuan sat down and drank some water, saying, "I don't think either of them will choose. Instead, they will use the Allied Forces to exert pressure and allocate territory according to the number of countries."

Zhang Xun lay back in a chair with his arms crossed and said, "Dream on. According to the national regulations, it will eventually be transferred to their name. If they disagree, I'll find a chance to shoot them."

Wei Zhiyuan shook his head, understanding that this kid was acting recklessly again. However, now that his power was gradually growing, he was indeed not too afraid of other forces.

"I'm actually not that interested in planetary resources, but I am quite interested in what you call the dimension devourer."

Zhang Xun shrugged and said, "Don't even think about it, Uncle Wei. That thing can only be used when installed on a target. It will malfunction if there is any violent movement. If it were given to China, we might end up destroying the Earth before we even fight the enemy."

However, Zhang Xun's words did not discourage him; on the contrary, they made him even more interested, since this thing would be very useful for assassinating enemies in the future!