News of a Level 4 Cosmic Insectoid Hive appearing in the Morton Star System quickly swept across the entire North Wind Star Sector.
It wasn't just the North Wind Star Sector; even the high-ranking officials of the Starlight Empire were alarmed.
A Level 4 Cosmic Insectoid Hive – this was a Cosmic Insectoid Hive that hadn't appeared in hundreds of years!
The Starlight Empire's high command decisively issued orders, dispatching five Imperial Army legions to urgently reinforce the North Wind Star Sector, demanding their arrival within 100 hours.
They were to reach the Morton Star System within five days.
Furthermore, they issued a death order to the North Wind Governor: no matter what, the disaster brought by this Level 4 Cosmic Insectoid Hive must be contained within the Morton Star System!
But how easy was that?
Everyone was well aware of what a Level 4 Cosmic Insectoid Hive signified.
To think, if a Level 3 Cosmic Insectoid Hive had the capability to destroy a Star System.
Then a Level 4 Cosmic Insectoid Hive could potentially destroy an entire Star Region!
The North Wind Governor was currently in a state of utter disarray.
"Immediately! Immediately dispatch all available Starfleets to the Morton Star System! We must timely control this Level 4 Cosmic Insectoid Hive crisis in the Morton Star System!" the North Wind Governor commanded.
His aide, standing nearby, said with some helplessness, "We've already begun mobilizing. We've even canceled some of the original Zerg Hive Mothership extermination plans in certain Galaxies, shifting to containment within a specific area.
All surplus Interstellar Warship are being transferred to the Morton Star System.
However, under these circumstances, the fastest batch of Interstellar Warship will still require three hours to arrive!
But the numbers aren't many! To form an effective and sufficient fleet combat force, another five hours will be needed."
"Five hours!" The North Wind Governor was very displeased with this number, and he pointed at the star map of the Morton Star System: "According to current intelligence.
The Zerg Fleet emerging from this Level 4 Cosmic Insectoid Hive is already attacking the Star Gate of the Morton Star System.
In no more than three hours, the Star Gate of the Morton Star System will fall!
At that point, it will be even more difficult for us to mobilize Starfleets into the Morton Star System!
That also means the entire Morton Star System will fall!"
The North Wind Governor had more to say, unspoken: if it were an ordinary Star System, it would be one thing, but this was a crucial resource-rich Star System for the North Wind Star Sector!
"Earl Morton has sacrificed himself, and his Molton Firstborn will temporarily serve as the interim Commander of the Morton Star System.
And he has already followed our orders.
He's mobilizing all Interstellar Warship to form a defensive line at the Morton Star System Star Gate, to block the Zerg Fleet's attack at all costs and protect the Star Gate!
To buy us time for reinforcements!" the aide reported.
The North Wind Governor closed his eyes, already envisioning a race against time.
A Level 4 Cosmic Insectoid Hive... why did such a Level 4 Cosmic Insectoid Hive have to appear in his North Wind Star Sector?
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Morton Star System Star Gate
At this very moment, the entire Morton Star System Star Gate was fully taken over by the Imperial Army Fleet, all civilian fleet access was revoked, and all resources were fully supporting the Star Gate defense battle!
At the same time, within the Star Gate, Interstellar Warship continuously streamed in from other Galaxies as reinforcements.
However, most of these Interstellar Warship were Lord Fleets from various Galaxies, and over half of them were actually t1 interstellar battleships.
These Interstellar Warship were not even included in the North Wind Governor's calculations for the support fleet.
But alas, there was truly no other way in such a short time; they could only gather any Interstellar Warship that could possibly be brought in, even t1 interstellar battleships were forced onto this battlefield.
"My father, Earl Morton, has fallen. I am the Molton Firstborn. According to the North Wind Governor's orders, I will command this Star Gate defense battle.
I implore all of you! We must hold the Star Gate until reinforcements arrive, no matter what!" Molton Firstborn, from his flagship, was broadcasting on the public channel.
One defensive line after another was being established at this moment.
All Interstellar Warship were on high alert.
Five hours!
This was the minimum time they had to hold out!
And their current defensive strength.
They only had three hundred Imperial Army Starships and two thousand Lord Starships.
A total of 10 T3 Interstellar Warships, over 500 t2 star battleships, and the remainder were all t1 interstellar battleships.
"Report! Large numbers of Zerg Hive Motherships detected attacking, their course is directly towards our Star Gate!" The interstellar warship responsible for outer reconnaissance and patrol reported the news immediately.
Molton Firstborn took a deep breath, staring at the constantly appearing light points on the Starship radar.
One hundred... three hundred... one thousand...
And this was just the number of Zerg Hive Motherships!
Upon detecting enemies, these Zerg Hive Motherships began deploying their flying Bug Units.
In that instant, the Starship radar was virtually covered in swathes of red light points.
Molton Firstborn's Starship, although a T3 Interstellar Destroyer, unfortunately lacked sufficient performance and could no longer calculate such a massive enemy fleet.
But in truth, none of that mattered anymore.
They had no other choice now but to fight to the death here!
"Hold the Star Gate! Fight to the death, do not retreat! For the North Wind Star Sector! For Molton!" Molton Firstborn roared through the wartime communication channel.
Battle was imminent!
The Bug Nest Fleet swept in like a mountain collapsing and a tsunami.
For the first ten minutes or so, the firepower of the Interstellar Warship on the defensive line could still withstand the swarming attacks of these Bug Nest Fleets.
But soon, this stalemate was broken.
Endless swarms of Zerg approached the Interstellar Warship on the defensive line, and gradually, the defending Interstellar Warship began to suffer losses. One interstellar warship after another began to be 'covered,' engulfed... devoured by the Zerg swarm...
"The first defensive line has collapsed, Interstellar Warship on the second defensive line open fire! Cover the Interstellar Warship from the first defensive line as they withdraw for rest and reorganization!" Molton Firstborn still had some presence of mind.
He had arranged the defensive lines in layers, so that after one line fell, they could retreat to the lines behind.
But he had originally thought that the first defensive line could hold for an hour.
Yet it only held for ten minutes.
At this moment, he personally witnessed a t3 jue shi-class medium interstellar destroyer that couldn't withdraw in time from the first defensive line being devoured by the Zerg swarm.
They couldn't hold...
They simply couldn't hold...
Molton Firstborn clenched his fists, his heart filled with despair.
The battle, right from its start, had completely shattered his illusions.
Just then, a colossal crimson Starship flashed out from the Star Gate, followed by over a hundred Interstellar Warship.
Among them, twenty vessels with blue and white hull paint were the most eye-catching.
"Report, over twenty T3 Interstellar Warships have passed through the Star Gate and arrived at the battlefield!" a subordinate hastily reported to Molton Firstborn.
At the same time, a video window appeared before Molton Firstborn, and a man's face materialized before his eyes.
"Hello, I am Zhao Chen, Commander of the Xiaolong Fleet, here to support you!"
