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Human Empire Front - Second Front

Seven light-years away from the battle line, the Zerg vanguard, after joining forces with the subsequent advance troops, began to advance towards the human second defensive line.

"Beep beep beep... beep—whoosh—boom—!!!" When the first insect arrived at a certain area, the space mine deployed in space detected life signals that did not belong to humans. The mine then began to move and quickly attached itself to the insect.

A space mine is about ten meters long, but its internal explosive charge is quite unique. So unique that when a single mine collides with a swarm of insects, a spatial collapse effect occurs within a 100-kilometer radius of the mine's explosion, directly tearing apart a large number of insects.

After the first space mine exploded, the remaining space mines also collided with the swarm at their respective controlled locations.

Unfortunately, there were too many insects. The explosion of more than 30,000 space mines took away a large number of insects, but the number of insects taken away was only one ten-thousandth of the total number of the advancing insect swarm.

—I must say, it truly lives up to its name as an insect—

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Two weeks later, the vanguard Zerg forces officially arrived at the outer perimeter of the second defensive line, where they were subjected to even more intense firepower than on the first defensive line.

Once the battle began, all sorts of large-caliber naval guns, annihilation weapons, and atomic chain reaction weapons were indiscriminately thrown at the swarm of insects.

Hundreds of millions of insects were eventually decimated by the humans' relentless attacks, leaving only a handful. By the time the last insect was completely eradicated, a month had passed.

During this month, the insectoids also provided support twice, reaching a scale equivalent to five star systems. Perhaps due to their sheer numbers, the insectoid swarm launched a concentrated attack on three of humanity's fortified star systems, nearly causing the collapse of the second defensive line.

Fortunately, humanity managed to hold on. The timely support from fleets in other star systems and the fleets that had retreated from the first defensive line kept the disgusting swarms outside the second defensive line.

"It's finally over." An officer on the second defensive front command planet said, watching the holographic projection of the last bug being eliminated.

“Don’t forget there’s an entire galaxy-sized main force behind us,” another officer said.

"I feel like the main force won't be able to come," one person said, sending the information on the tablet to the others.

"The gravitational field has changed, and a large number of spatial rifts have appeared in the path of the swarm. By the time the swarm finally began to change direction, several star system-sized swarms of swarms had already been swallowed by the spatial rifts..." An officer looked at the report on the tablet with a strange expression.

"How did this spatial rift appear?" an officer asked.

"Forgot? That area was already an anomaly zone. This time, the swarm is coming in a huge and overwhelming manner. It's not impossible that the various gravitational fluctuations generated by their own group have made the problem in that anomaly zone even more serious," another officer said.

"Oh, I see. I almost forgot there's an unstable zone of space that spans billions of light-years over there."

"The Zerg's gravitational pull caused that unstable zone to erupt, and now it's riddled with spatial rifts of all shapes and sizes. The Zerg army will have to bypass this unstable zone to advance. As for when the Zerg next go to war with the Imperium..."

"In that case, the Empire would have millions of years, wouldn't it?" an officer asked.

"Probably? It might take longer, who knows. Oh well, let's report this to our superiors, otherwise it'll be exhausting for all the brothers to be on edge like this."

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Deep in the universe - within the unknown Milky Way

Galactic Empire Fleet Headquarters

“An unstable spatial zone…” Xing looked at the various intelligence reports sent back by his subordinates, seemingly lost in thought.

"A spatial instability zone, or something similar to a cosmic void. A super-large, special cosmic spatial instability zone with a diameter of one hundred million light-years and a width of over ten billion light-years, originally contained nothing," the system said.

“There are spatial rifts and black holes drawn in by the swarm’s gravity everywhere over there now,” Xing said with a smile.

"Who told the insects to be dispatched in such large numbers this time, enough to fill an entire galaxy?" the system shrugged in response.

"If the insects change course, how long will it take to reach the first line of defense on the human side?" Xing asked.

"Based on the insect's current speed, which is equivalent to that of a galaxy, and its own travel speed, it will take at least 100 billion years," the system said.

"After all, this unstable zone of space, which has caused various problems and cracks due to their own actions, is too large."

"Ten billion years, huh? It all depends on whether the bugs have the patience." Xing smiled and stretched out his hand. Then, a bug so huge it was comparable to a star appeared in the open space next to the fleet.

"A Star-Shattering King Insect?" The system looked at the insect in front of it, which was conveying joyful information to the star, with surprise.

"Go! Assimilate those insects!" Star King gave the order to the Star Shattering Insect.

"Hiss~~" After the Star Shattering King Worm let out a deafening roar, a massive portal, large enough to pass through a star, opened, and the Star Shattering King Worm left through this portal.

"Because of you, the concept of reproduction still exists, but does this insect have the power to directly open a portal?" the system asked, puzzled.

"Who knows? Let's just assume it exists," Xing said nonchalantly.

"That's all we can do," Xing replied with a sigh.

"Then, it's about forming an alliance with the human empire of this world. Speaking of which, are we able to leave this universe?" Xing asked, looking at the system.

"Wait a little longer. I'm currently calculating the boundary of the universe. Once the calculation is complete, we can leave," the system said.

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Within an unknown star system, a colossal portal appeared, slicing a star in half. The Star Shattering King Worm flew out of this portal, using its own power to convey something to the distance…

"Buzz buzz buzz..." In less than a minute, the wings of the Star Shattering King Insect began to flap rapidly, and then, a large number of True Stinging Insects appeared out of thin air around the Star Shattering King Insect.

"Buzz buzz buzz..." The command was emitted by the Starshattering King Insect, and the True Stinger Insect swarm began to advance in a certain direction, while a large number of secondary stingers and larvae of stingers continuously fell. By the time the first True Stinger Insect of the swarm had just flown out of the boundary of this star system, the insects behind it had already filled the entire star system.

Their goal, their only thought, is to solve everything that exists on the march and to dedicate everything to the one and only Empress!