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Unknown Galaxy - Frontline of the Human Empire

"Buzz buzz buzz..." Countless insects relentlessly attacked the human defenses, even as a weapon of mass destruction tore a hole in the dense swarm.

"Whoosh—! Boom!" Countless lasers and missiles relentlessly attacked the third wave of the vanguard swarm, but the number of swarms in this wave increased exponentially. Even if nearly two billion swarms were blasted into a hole, they could still fill it within seconds and continue their attack.

"Whoosh~ Rumble~~" Dozens of Sentinel Guards relied on their individual flying vehicles to continuously launch unique energy attacks at the edge of the swarm. However, with the third wave of swarms still at 78% combat power and the arrival of the fourth wave of nearly 10 billion swarms, even the Sentinels' abilities were somewhat insufficient in the face of the sheer number of the two waves of swarms.

"Thump thump~" Thousands of fast-moving shells were launched into the swarm of insects, and then a large number of small black holes unfolded from the swarm, the strong attraction directly sucking away a lot of insects.

"Buzz buzz buzz..." The fifth wave of insects suddenly appeared from behind. Three hundred billion insects combined with the remaining insects from the previous wave, flew directly over the corpses of their comrades, and launched a powerful attack on the human defense line...

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Second Front of the Human Empire

"Whoosh...whoosh..." An Imperial destroyer, billowing smoke, emerged from hyperspace. Behind it were a battleship, also billowing smoke, several destroyers, and a Sentinel-dedicated armed ship flying at an angle.

The Imperial fleet on the second front immediately moved forward to meet them, and then, led by the fleet, took the battered and scattered squadron of ships to the rear.

Second Front Defense Command

"How is it?" An officer looked at the officer who had just arrived, whose body was covered in bandages.

"This is bad, there are too many insects." The officer threw the belt he was holding onto the holographic map table.

"We held off the first and second waves, but the third wave, and then the tenth wave, saw so many insects that they completely surrounded the front line."

"The first line of defense is a light-year long," said an officer in command.

"But these seven waves of insects have reached the size of two star systems. Heaven knows why each wave of insects is larger than the last; the previous wave had barely taken down a tenth of the enemy before the next wave arrived. And then... sigh..."

“The losses are heavy,” the officer said.

"Yes, the losses are too great. Ten guardsmen and five armed guardsmen were completely wiped out. Only one flag bearer returned with them," the officer said.

"Are these insects particularly strong?" the officer exclaimed in surprise.

"Strong is fine, but there are too many of them. There are so many that even the elite insects are too numerous to count," the officer replied.

"The second front is ten light-years away from the first front. At the speed at which the insects are moving, they won't get here in a short time, not to mention the space mines along the way. So, let's go rest first. The rest is up to us on the second front," the officer said.

"Sorry, the resistance lasted too short this time." After saying this, the officer staggered away from the command post.

"This time, the advance force alone is the size of two star systems... How many bugs must the vanguard be?" the officer pondered.

"Lieutenant, send a report to the rear command center about this problem and see if the rear can transport more weapons and ammunition."

"Yes, General." The adjutant replied and left.

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Imperial Front - Command Planet

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In the rest area for the sentries, Xing sat in a chair looking at the sky.

"The first line of defense has been breached," the system suddenly announced.

"...?" Xing was stunned for a moment.

"Wait a minute? Wasn't the first line of defense supposed to consist of thirty artificial star systems? How was it breached?"

"The insects' attack methods have changed. The number of attacks and the time for reinforcements have been greatly reduced. The massive vanguard force, which is equivalent to more than two star systems, has concentrated its attack on a human fortress star system. No matter how capable or powerful the human forces are, it's useless," the system said.

"I see, that's why it's the highest unit of the Insect Queen?" Xing asked after thinking for a moment.

"There is no highest unit like the queen, but there are a large number of things similar to brain worms that command the entire swarm," the system said.

"Furthermore, after the first line of defense was breached, the vanguard swarm did not continue its attack, but instead began to concentrate its forces to strike each of the star systems along the surrounding human defense lines one by one."

"Overall, the command-type insects that appeared in this swarm are quite remarkable," the system said.

"...It seems the Wave Cannon fleet has to be deployed," Hoshi said.

"It's up to you how you want to arrange it. Once you're satisfied, I'll help you assign the number of fleets you selected to the appropriate positions," the system said.

"Not bad. By the way, who was the special unit that came this time?" Xing said.

"Yang Weili, didn't I report this to you once?" the system said.

"Haha... I couldn't remember for a moment." Xing chuckled twice.

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Deep in the universe - within the unknown Milky Way

"Whoosh~~" A massive fleet emerged from hyperspace and arrived in this star field. And here, an even larger fleet was densely packed together.

Inside a Starkiller planetary fortress ship named Hyperion, Yang Wenli looked at the data his subordinates had compiled.

"Yang," Xing's voice rang out.

"Your Majesty," Yang Weili responded immediately.

"How is the fleet assembly going?" Xing asked.

"All personnel are assembled and ready to deploy at any time."

"Show me the ship types and classifications," Xing said.

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"Star Destroyers are here! Order: One Star Destroyer squadron and one Wave Cannon fleet, immediately proceed to this coordinate for hyperspace. Upon arrival, fire the Wave Cannons directly at the target coordinates." The command was issued.

"This time we're fighting a swarm of insects. The fleet must not stand still until I give the next order."

"Yes, Your Majesty," Yang Wenli replied.

"A swarm? I've seen them before, but isn't the number in this report a bit too exaggerated..." After receiving the communication, Yang Weili looked at the report document about the main force of the swarm discovered by the reconnaissance fleet and was startled by the words on it.

"Are you sure there's no mistake?" Yang Weili asked his adjutant.

“There are no problems with the report,” the adjutant replied.

"Furthermore, we have also seen a considerable number of our Zerg swarm companions under Her Majesty the Queen's command."

"I almost forgot about breeding the insect swarm," Yang Weili muttered, then began issuing various commands.

"Boom!" A fleet of massive interstellar dreadnoughts and a fleet of a thousand wave cannon warships began their operation.