Chapter 178

Inside the bridge of the Nüwa, battle reports poured in,

The slight excitement that had risen due to the Overture of Destruction was instantly replaced by a heavy pressure.

Five million warp antimatter bombs, the Federal's killer weapon accumulated over nine years, only exchanged for one-fifth of the enemy's strength.

This result was beyond everyone's expectations.

"Their warships……are stronger than Ka La Fa's fleet; it seems the enemy is no pushover. To win this time probably won't be that simple."

Zhang Xianzhong looked at the first battle report data, his brows slightly furrowed.

"As expected."

Qin Hao's expression remained calm, as if everything was under control.

"A civilization capable of interstellar colonization, if felled twice by the same trick, would have long since perished."

His calm was like a shot of adrenaline, injected into everyone present.

"It seems there are no shortcuts left."

Zhang Xianzhong took a deep breath, the solemnity in his eyes turning into resolute fighting spirit: "Then…let's clash head-on!"

He walked to the center of the command console, his gaze like a blade, sweeping over the crimson surge approaching on the holographic star map.

"Convey my orders!"

"Entire fleet, maintain the conical assault formation!"

"The Nüwa-class fleet forms the spearhead, with the first, second, and third main fleets as the wings!"

"Our goal is not to crush, but to pierce through!"

"Order all warships to charge main guns! Target, the densest part of the enemy formation!"

"Let them taste the Federal's wrath!"

"Yes!"

Three hundred fifty thousand Federal warships, at this moment, were like a peerless divine weapon honed to perfection.

Five thousand silver-white Nüwa warships formed the sharpest spear tip.

Their bodies were mirror-smooth, with no exposed guns, yet they exuded an aura colder and deadlier than any warship.

Behind them, three hundred forty-five thousand conventional main warships deployed formation, on their black hulls millions of gun muzzles began to gather energy,

Eerie blue arcs flickered at the muzzles, like the eyes of the grim reaper.

The entire fleet, as one body, exuded a cold will forged from steel, order, and destruction.

……

On the other side.

Tatareik's fury had reached every corner of the eight million Moyun Warships.

These biological warships had no cold steel, only surging flesh and carapace.

They did not form the Federal fleet's rigid geometric formation, but were like an endless, surging black tide.

Each warship was a living life.

On their hull surfaces, muscle fibers writhed, and bio-energy channels beneath the carapace emitted scarlet light.

Countless grotesque, eye-like biological turrets protruded from the carapace seams, their pupils locking onto the distant silver fleet that appeared infinitesimally small against the cosmic backdrop.

There were no complex tactics.

Tatareik's order was only one—submerge them!

Using the absolute numerical advantage of eight million to three hundred fifty thousand,

Using endless flesh and blood, to utterly tear apart and devour that fleet daring to provoke the Empire!

"For the Empire's glory!"

"Exterminate these bugs!"

The frenzied, bloodthirsty intent echoed in the Moyun fleet's public psychic network.

Three minutes of time, under the counter of warp navigation, were compressed to the extreme.

When the distance between the two sides entered the range of conventional weapons.

The great war erupted with a roar!

"Fire!" Zhang Xianzhong roared.

"Fire!" Tatareik bellowed.

In an instant!

The universe's black canvas was utterly torn apart by billions of intersecting light spears!

On the Federal fleet's side, millions of highly concentrated high-energy laser beams and electromagnetic railgun shells,

coalesced into a brilliant torrent that seemed able to pierce an entire star system, fiercely slamming into that flesh tide.

Meanwhile, the Moyun fleet side had tens of millions of scarlet, energy-charged biological plasma beams and extremely corrosive acid-liquid missiles,

like a blood-red rainstorm sweeping the star sea, pouring down upon the Federal fleet.

One side was a torrent of steel representing the pinnacle of industry and physical technology.

The other side was a flesh tide representing savage, brutal biotechnology.

Two civilizations representing utterly divergent evolutionary paths, at this moment, launched the most brutal collision in the most primitive, direct manner!

Boom——

The first volleys of both sides clashed head-on in the center of the star sea.

There was no sound, only patches of light constantly annihilating and then flaring up again.

The Federal's attack was precise and deadly.

Each beam easily tore through the Moyun warship's biological force shield, pierced their fragile hulls, leaving ghastly scorched wounds oozing green fluid.

In an instant, tens of thousands of Moyun Warships were blown apart in the Federal's first volley, turning into clusters of bloody, brilliant fireworks.

However, the Moyun Fleet's attack also surged forth, blanketing the sky and earth.

"Activate the 'Hive' Shield!"

The Federal Fleet's regular warships instantly unfurled three layers of pale blue shields made of hexagonal energy lattices on their hull surfaces.

Crimson plasma bolts struck the shields, sending out violent ripples.

Each hexagonal energy lattice shattered upon impact, but was rapidly replenished by surrounding energy the next second.

The entire Federal Fleet, bearing a blood-colored energy storm, did not slow in the slightest, like a red-hot blade viciously plunging into butter!

The five thousand Goddess-class warships at the forefront didn't even activate their energy shields.

Their absolutely smooth mirror-like hulls were the perfect defense.

Tens of thousands of plasma bolts struck them, causing no ripple, and were directly reflected or deflected into empty space, even nearly hitting their own allies.

They were like five thousand knights wearing invincible armor, charging headfirst into a crowded infantry formation!

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

There was no violent explosion.

The Goddess-class warships, in an utterly unreasonable manner, simply 'passed through' the bodies of the Moyun Warships one after another.

Their prows, made of strong-interaction-force material, were deadlier than the sharpest blade in the universe.

Any Moyun Warship blocking their advance, whether cruiser or battleship, at the moment of contact,

were silently sliced apart at the molecular level, the smooth cut not even having time to spurt fluid before losing all vital activity.

In a single encounter.

The Federal's spearhead, in a posture of devastating force, tore a gigantic gap tens of thousands of kilometers long through the Moyun Fleet's seemingly impenetrable formation!

At this moment, the two fleets became utterly intertwined.

An unprecedented interstellar meat-grinder battle had officially begun, its bloody curtain drawn.