Captain, your ship has exploded again.

Just as Sun Hui was being repeatedly blasted into the bridge of the Leuman flagship by enemy artillery fire, Zhang Xun's shouts rang out in the bridge's communications system.

"Get away!"

Still holding on in the captain's seat, Leuman immediately smashed the protective shield of the emergency button. The moment he pressed that red button, the warship's power core shut down instantly, and all the anti-gravity engines on the battleship were immediately shut down.

The powerless battleship was bombarded by the enemy and hurtled toward the Death Star. The battleship's physical emergency system was immediately activated, but by this time, Lloydman had already moved all of these physical rocket systems to the side of the battleship.

Because it was a gunpowder-propelled engine, it could reach maximum thrust instantly after ignition. The powerful lateral thrust turned Leuman in the bridge into a rolling gourd. If the others on the bridge had not already evacuated, there might have been even more casualties.

"Damn it, believing your ideas was the only way I could have gotten myself into this mess. I'll never trust your self-destructive methods again!"

Zhang Xun stared dumbfounded at Loyman's flagship. A roar came through the communication channel. Although it didn't seem like a big problem at first glance, something still felt off.

However, these were not the main reasons for Zhang Xun's dislocated jaw. Apart from a battleship spinning in place with its stern as the base in the broken full-circle screen, the main reason was that the Starkiller cannon's attack had split.

Well, using the phrase "split urine stream" might be a bit inappropriate, and the Death Star doesn't have a prostate, but the phantom energy that was supposed to be aggregated was launched out in a scattered pattern.

However, although the shelling was dispersed, it also prevented excessive damage. While increasing the attack area, it also allowed the Starkiller Cannon to be fired successfully. After all, without additional accessories, large-caliber cannons cannot fire small-caliber ammunition.

This act of robbing Peter to pay Paul inadvertently gave the Starkiller Cannon an additional firing mode.

The massive, irregularly shaped energy beams, seemingly alive, charged towards the enemy formation with near madness. Along the way, the attacks they encountered were disrupted by their own force fields, pulling them away from the Death Star's direction, given the vast difference in energy levels between the two sides.

What's it like to destroy a million enemy ships in one strike? Zhang Xun is here to tell you, it's exhilarating, absolutely exhilarating! A very special feeling travels from your tailbone straight to the top of your head, and then, due to the obstruction of your skull, it reflects back to your limbs.

The cool, tingling, and numb sensations are like taking a cold shower or eating chilled watermelon on a hot summer day; you wish you could have it again right now.

However, before the exhilarating feeling had subsided, behind the enemy formation (which had changed formation when dealing with the Human Alliance fleet), and before the smoke from the destroyed warships had dissipated, an even larger enemy fleet slowly tore everything apart, including Zhang Xun's imagined victory.

"Damn it, you bunch of bastards! I'm going to chop you all into mincemeat bit by bit with a knife! Waaah, waaah!"

After being held back by Natal, Zhang Xun roared wildly a few times before choking back tears. He knew that his previous counterattack had succeeded, but it had also failed.

Zhang Xun's failure was not his fault. If things had progressed as planned, perhaps in another one or two worlds, he could have built a fleet of tens of millions of ships. Combined with the Human Alliance's manufacturing capabilities, this would have been enough to create a fleet that would protect humanity. But all of that is now impossible, unless a miracle occurs.

Zhang Xun, who was already crying his eyes out, was no longer as composed as he had been the first two times when he experienced the enemy's massive energy charge for the third time. No matter how much he tried to show his toughness, he was still just a human being who had grown up in a comfortable country.

"Kerrigan, I'll haunt you even in death, I'll fuck you..."

Before Zhang Xun could finish cursing, another color suddenly appeared in the red light that the enemy was charging with—the color of space during a large-scale jump.

From hundreds of millions of wormholes, countless tentacles stretched out; the support from the interstellar Zerg had finally arrived.

The massive chaos instantly threw the enemy ships, which were charging up, into disarray. Some enemy warships wanted to continue charging and firing, while others wanted to turn around and counterattack. Some boron-based warships dissipated their charge and planned to retreat.

This is a stark contrast to their performance when fighting against the Human Alliance fleet.

"Holy crap! Kerrigan, you're amazing! Crush them! I want the coordinates of their homeworld, turn their planet into a nebula!"

Zhang Xun's madness caused Katsuragi Misato, who had been quietly sitting in the corner, to slowly walk towards the command room. Because when the enemy was no longer a threat, the mad Zhang Xun would be a greater threat to her. After all, she couldn't be sure if this leader would risk her life for the sake of saving face.

"I told you, go for it! If you can't tell which is the enemy's flagship, then spread spores! Plant mushrooms on every enemy warship, and whichever one is cleaned up the most thoroughly and quickly is the flagship! You guys with those tumors on your necks are all keratinous worms! Does not having brain worms make you all useless?"

Standing on the captain's command platform, Zhang Xun excitedly brandished his lightsaber, as if he could easily turn the enemy warship into sashimi and then dump it into the trash can.

Natal, behind him, was pulling him back, afraid that the excited Zhang Xun might charge at the enemy naked while wearing his armor.

Just as Misato Katsuragi was racking her brains trying to figure out how to open the metal partition door in front of her without making a sound, a mechanical turning sound made her hair stand on end.

The high-speed motor noise from the other side of the metal door left her completely helpless. Before she could react, the metal door sprang open, revealing a beautiful face. Before she could even raise her hand to cover her mouth, she heard a very clear voice from the other side.

"Hey, Misato Katsuragi, what are you still doing in the command room? Asuka and the others said they couldn't find you!"

Misato Katsuragi's raised hands awkwardly froze in mid-air. Putting them down was inappropriate, but continuing to cover the mouth opposite her also felt wrong, because Zhang Xun and Natal were both looking in their direction because of the commotion at the door.

Zhang Xun stammered, "You...have been...in...the command room the whole time?"

Misato Katsuragi nodded reluctantly, then shook her head, wanting to say something but unable to come up with a good excuse.

The flashing light on the screen made Zhang Xun's face appear uneven, giving him the air of a big boss, provided, of course, that he stepped down from the control console and wiped the snot running down his nose from excitement.

At this moment, Misato Katsuragi's mind was filled with thoughts of murder to cover up a crime, a leader's scandal, being targeted, being a serial killer, the idea that only the dead can keep secrets, and being good at "being a person".

She didn't know why, as images flashed through her mind, Garen's face suddenly appeared, showing him cooking steaks.

Zhang Xun stared at Katsuragi Misato with one eye wide open and said, "Ahem, Katsuragi Misato, we're both adults. You understand some things without me having to say them, right?"

Terrified, Misato Katsuragi said in a trembling voice, "No, give me a chance, I..."

Natal knew from the scene that Zhang Xun's words had been misunderstood by Katsuragi Misato.

"Don't be afraid, Misato Katsuragi. Zhang Xun means that what happens in the command room should not be known to others, not that he wants to do anything to you."

Upon hearing Natal's explanation, Misato Katsuragi, who had been secretly reaching for her gun, finally breathed a sigh of relief. But before she could relax, Natal continued.

"Of course, if you don't watch your mouth and say something while drunk, Zhang Xun won't kill you, but I think he's still capable of making you die."

As Natal finished speaking her threat, Misato Katsuragi looked at Zhao Wanyang in disbelief. Zhao Wanyang nodded generously, agreeing with Natal's words and completely condemning Zhang Xun's character.

"Hey, am I that bad? At most, I'll find some time to get her drunk, find her a nice place, and take pictures of her embracing a pig in mud and dung. Of course, if there's no opportunity, I can use laxatives or something, but locking the toilet would be a real hassle."

Zhang Xun's extremely blunt remarks made Natal and Zhao Wanyang roll their eyes. They knew that Zhang Xun had even more ruthless methods, but those were not suitable for use on their own people.

At this moment, Zhang Xun looked at Zhao Wanyang and realized what was going on, asking, "By the way, Zhao Wanyang, why did you come here instead of repairing the Death Star equipment?"

Zhao Wanyang pushed up her glasses, as if she had just remembered her task.

"The team members are gradually regrouping, but Wang Ge, Marcus, Shen Yuexin and the Xiang sisters are seriously injured, while Sun Hui is being rescued while embedded in the Leuman flagship."

At this point, Zhao Wanyang paused, looking somewhat hesitant, and remained silent.

Zhang Xun asked with some doubt, "Anything else? Besides the rogue team dealing with the remaining boron-based lifeforms on the Death Star, what about You Laiyin and the others?"

Zhang was asking about Yu Rhein, a hero of this defensive battle, and Huang Hong, who had been sent out before the battle even began.

Zhao Wanyang looked hesitantly into Zhang Xun's eyes and said, word by word, "After holding out for a few seconds, Yu Rhein fell into complete silence. As for Huang Hong, after transmitting a few messages during the battle, his communication was completely lost. The possibility of his sacrifice cannot be ruled out."