Captain, your ship has exploded again.

Inside the Death Star, which had barely completed its transformation, the energy supply was on the verge of exhaustion, and darkness engulfed most of the compartments like a tidal wave.

The remaining core functions could only operate at low power. Only a few of the full-day monitors were still working. The screens in the command room emitted a dim, ghostly light, casting flickering shadows of everyone.

"It seems our journey is coming to an end."

Zhang Xun held Natal's hand tightly, looking at her with regret, as if he wanted to deeply imprint his beloved in his eyes in the last moment of his life.

As Natal, whose hands were being held tightly, turned her head to say something, Zhang Xun used his access privileges to mute her.

He looked at Natal with deep affection and said, "I may have done a lot in my life, but the most worthwhile thing for me is marrying you, Natal."

The overly direct expression stunned Natal, who was so surprised that she didn't know how to respond for a moment.

At this moment, the main cannons of the millions of enemy ships on the screen grew brighter and brighter. No matter how powerful the Death Star was, when faced with such a large number of salvos, it was nothing more than a stumbling block. Not to mention that it was now almost powerless, with only the light of the AT field stubbornly shining.

The bright light brought Natal back to her senses. She sighed and was about to say something when the monitor, which was still barely functioning, suddenly emitted a dazzling light.

The sudden light made Zhang Xun quickly turn his head to look. Due to the lack of energy, the screen's filtering function was no longer working, and the unfiltered light was as dazzling as a flashbang, causing the pupils to contract rapidly and temporarily blinding the observer.

"Ahhh! It's so bright, I'm blinded, I can't see anything!"

Amid Zhang Xun's pitiful screams, the light on the screen dimmed rapidly, followed by a violent explosion. The crimson flames directly illuminated the faces of everyone in the command room, turning them bright red.

"Huh?! I didn't die? And I can see again? Is this the power of love? For this great moment, my dear wife, I think we should wear my collection of two-tone stockings to celebrate. After all, this is a rebirth for us, isn't it?"

Natal did not respond to Zhang Xun immediately. Instead, she opened her own helmet, gently placed her hand next to the other's helmet, and nimbly tapped it a few times to open his armor helmet.

Before Zhang Xun could say anything, Natal responded with a powerful punch that blew black out his left eye socket.

"Stop nagging, stop nagging! Can't you let me say a single word? Even just one word! Two-tone stockings? Have you forgotten that I also know military boxing? Watch out, or I'll give you a 'Black Dragon Eighteen Hands' underarm peeping move to calm you down?"

Misato Katsuragi, who was drinking beer and watching the show, nodded in agreement. Why did Zhang Xun ignore the message she was conveying and insist on being sentimental? The reinforcements had already arrived, so why couldn't he learn from her and quietly enjoy his wine and watch the fireworks?

Yes, everything that just happened was Zhang Xun putting on an act. The Chinese fleet is certainly not like the police in Hong Kong dramas. Before the Death Star made its final jump and teleport, it had already reorganized and arrived behind the enemy fleet.

What appeared to be the enemy's bright main gun charging was actually partly the glow of the Human Alliance fleet's main guns.

The distance of over 100,000 kilometers is not an insurmountable barrier. Zhang Xun submitted Genesis and Requiem technologies more than three years ago. Even if ordinary technical soldiers were to upgrade the technology, humanity would have fortress cannons with sufficient range. Otherwise, wouldn't three fortresses with a range of 100 kilometers be useless?

The intense light just now was caused by the fortress weapons, but Zhang Xun got too caught up in the act, which is why he was dealt with by Natal afterward.

Zhang Xun covered his eyes and lowered his head, saying, "Natal, you weren't like this before! I know, it must be caused by the Four Evil Gods..."

"Shut up! You're not embarrassed, but I am! Forget a three-bedroom apartment, I've practically dug up a whole villa complex!"

Natal covered her face in exasperation. If most of the Death Star's equipment hadn't been unusable due to power issues, she would have teleported out of the command center.

The other idle squad members also looked at the two in the chair, since it would take some time for the Death Star's power to be restored, and with the communication and command systems temporarily out of service, nothing was more relaxing than the small theater.

Just when everyone thought the enemy fleet would be tied down by the Human Alliance fleet, a million energy beams shot straight toward the Death Star.

"A high-energy reaction is directly ahead; the AT field cannot cover all areas!"

Marcus's exclamation brought everyone back to the brutal battlefield. Since most of the warships were used to clear a way out, Zhang Xun's defenses were extremely weak. Without the main core to power it, the Death Star could not withstand all attacks with its armor alone.

Zhang Xun closed his helmet, slammed his fist on the control panel, and cursed, "Damn it, don't these guys know who the main target is?! Attacking a crippled fortress, do they have too many ships to use?"

"Perhaps they really have too many ships and nowhere to use them? After all, you're practically a lone commander on your side."

Natal's calm voice delivered the perfect finishing blow to Zhang Xun: the closest people can hurt you the most, and this saying is absolutely true.

"Depend on!"

As Zhang Xun complained, the two AT fields deployed by the little ones immediately turned into two rotating circles, making a final resistance against the enemy's attack.

Although the AT field is incredibly overpowered in the EVA universe, it proved somewhat weak in the context of space battles. Despite the little ones' best efforts, the two AT fields managed to withstand most of the enemy's attacks, but some still managed to penetrate the defenses.

"Zhang Xun! You finally owe me your life! Was it worth it to save me back then?!"

Wang Ge, wearing heavy defensive armor nearly ten meters tall, stood in front of the Death Star armor, intending to block any missed attacks. His position was directly above the command room.

Heavy armor is certainly no match for enemy ship main gun attacks. Even though these attacks have been weakened by the AT field and are already at their last gasp, a heavy armor that is only ten meters tall is no match for energy beams that are dozens of meters wide.

"Damn it, Wang Ge, your equipment is no match for the attack! Get back here! If you die, how am I supposed to explain this to Sun Hui!"

Zhang Xun stood up in alarm, his outstretched arm covered in divine power, as if trying to pull Wang Ge back. However, the two were separated by tens of kilometers. Although this distance was not far for a cosmic civilization, under the layers of alloy, everything Zhang Xun did was destined to be in vain.

The energy barrier deployed by the battle armor only lasted for 0.3 seconds. If it weren't for the fact that the defensive battle armor could deploy multiple barriers, Wang Ge would have turned into a wisp of smoke the moment he received the main cannon. He wasn't like Mu, who was protected by an aura and used the Gundam's Sun Cannon twice.

As the armor's shield began to melt, and Wang Ge was about to become a brief image on the Death Star armor, EVA Unit-02 and Unit-03 appeared on either side of him. Their large shields blocked the light of the energy beams, and the combined AT field of the two units took Wang Ge's place in blocking the attack.

"Hey! The battlefield isn't just for men. We need big stuff to deal with large attacks, so you little thing should stay back!"

Maki's slightly flippant tone greatly displeased Wang Ge, whose body was flushed red from the intense heat!

As the armor's cooling system functioned normally, large amounts of mist gushed out of the armor, and the liquid in the large tank on the back of the armor visibly decreased.

"A meddlesome woman is called a gossip. If it weren't for my insistence, Zhang Xun would never have been able to wait for you to arrive."

As he spoke, his armor began to transform, and the cannon he had previously used to destroy enemy ships reappeared, in an attempt to repair the somewhat deformed cannon as quickly as possible.

Wang Ge did this because the two EVA units were simply unable to withstand the enemy ship's attacks. The continuous bombardment had caused their AT fields to begin to disintegrate, including the two largest AT fields at the very front that were blocking the attacks, whose colors were rapidly fading.

When Wang Ge adjusted the cannon back with one kick, he calmly raised the cannon barrel.

"Zhao Wanyang, don't let the cannon you built explode. The several tons of Cybertronian energy fluid on my back, if it explodes, it won't be much less serious than an enemy attack."

The Death Star was already riddled with holes by this time, and if it weren't for the three people fighting desperately, the command center would have been breached.

While busy in the Death Star laboratory, Zhao Wanyang listened to Wang Ge's complaints over the phone and subconsciously replied.

"Even if you explode, none of the weapons I made will explode. As long as you don't put the energy transducer into the energy tank and activate it, they won't explode even if you're blasted into dust by the enemy!"

Zhao Wanyang's reply was not transmitted to Wang Ge via communication because the shortwave communicator, which was still barely functional, could no longer transmit information. The relatively intact lines inside the fortress could only receive radio waves from the surface of the Death Star, and without an antenna, it was impossible to transmit signals outwards.

Just as Unit 2 and Unit 3 were about to give up, a bright red beam flew back along with the enemy's attack. Soon, a sudden explosion in the enemy fleet attracted everyone's attention, including Sun Hui, who was fighting on the outer perimeter of the enemy fleet.

It was this counterattack that brought Zhang Xun's predicament to the attention of others.

General Wu Kedi slammed his fist on the table and shouted, "Damn it! The enemy has actually divided their forces! I order Field Leuman to immediately lead the fleet to rescue Death Star II. If he does not obey, he will be dealt with by the warlord."