Magic? My Iron Torrent will sweep it all away!

Kogas was certainly aware of this rule.

The territory of the Demon God on the mother planet is the territory of the Demon Emperor. No one can act recklessly; order must be observed.

However, the territory that the demon god seized in the outside world was a desolate wasteland.

After all, the demon race is inherently chaotic and bloodthirsty, so the Demon Emperor turned a blind eye to it.

The universe is too vast, and there are too many star systems. If a demon god dies in another world, the demon emperor can at most send demons to reclaim the territory of their home planet.

As for resource points and legions in those distant star systems, they are usually taken by whoever occupies them first.

If any Demon Lords were still alive, they would definitely return to their home planet immediately, lead their direct legions through wormholes to the desired star regions, and then destroy the space wormholes on their home planet.

In this way, other demons would not be able to know where these unclaimed territories are.

The problem is...

All eight of Aker's demon lords are dead.

Not a single one was left.

This means that all those who divided up the outer territories of Aker have disappeared.

As for the sixth-tier commanders in the Aker Legion, they are only responsible for combat and do not know where the entire star field leads or their spatial coordinates.

Once the space wormhole on Aker's home planet is destroyed, they will be left helpless.

Only the eighth-order demon god and the core seventh-order demon lord truly know the coordinates of the territory.

The red light in Kogas's eyes grew brighter and brighter.

It already understood what Yax was trying to say.

"My lord, we are the first force to know of the deaths of Aker and all eight Demon Lords."

"The remnants of the army on Kona are still retreating, and the Aker Legion's homeworld has not yet received complete information."

"This is our chance! We failed to seize it when Brett died, but we must seize it this time!"

"We have to take them all before this news gets out and other forces start dividing them up!"

Kogas's lips slowly parted into a smile, and he nodded, saying:

"That's right! We just need to return to our home planet immediately and enter Aker's territory."

"Find the wormhole hub that connects it to the outside world and copy down all the coordinates of the star system."

"Then destroy the open space passages on the home planet that lead to those star systems."

"In this way, even if other demons later find out that Aker is dead, they will not be able to trace its outer territory through the wormhole of its home planet."

"They only know that Aker once left its home planet, but they don't know how many star systems it occupied or which transit stations it controlled."

Kogas's breathing became noticeably heavier.

What this means is all too clear.

In general, the minerals in the outer territories left behind by demon gods have been almost completely mined out, and the core of Gaia has long been plundered.

Looking at resources alone, they may not be of much value, since planets are everywhere.

What's truly valuable is the legion system that Aker has built up over decades.

It was the hundreds of millions of demon troops.

These are insect hives, barracks, and hatcheries distributed across different star systems!

Even more so those transit points!

Every transit station was built at the cost of the sacrifice of space-jumping beasts.

Aker has been operating for many years and has already connected multiple star systems.

Those transit stations are like a giant spider web.

Whoever controls this network will be able to find new intelligent civilizations faster, deploy legions faster, and plunder resources faster than other demons.

This is a hunting ground that has already been built.

Kog'Maw's tail began to thump the ground unconsciously, startling the demon servants in the lair.

It slowly raised its giant claw and touched its hard jaw carapace.

The more it thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.

Aker died along with eight demon lords, leaving behind hundreds of millions of remnants, multiple transit star systems, countless insect hives, and spatial routes.

The coordinates of technological civilization have returned to its hands.

What's this called?

This is what they call having someone fight for them, someone else die for them, and in the end, they even pack up their family property and leave it at the door for them to sign for.

Kogas suddenly felt a pang of regret. Why had he gone through all that trouble fighting wars? Wouldn't it have been better to just be a shrewd businessman?

Thinking back to how he dared to invade Earth and even dance on the roof of someone else's lair, he immediately felt fortunate to have survived.

This Earth civilization is truly becoming more and more bewildered as the battles escalate; their strength is increasing far too rapidly.

Fortunately, he survived and even reaped huge profits!

Thinking of this, Kog'Maw couldn't help but burst into laughter, the sound echoing throughout the entire demon's lair.

"good!"

"very good!"

"You may not be very good at fighting, but you're quite valuable in other ways."

Yax chuckled. How was he supposed to respond to that?

Kogas said:

"This needs to be done quickly; we must return to our home planet immediately!"

"That way we can eat more."

It looked in the direction of the Kona star system, a glint of greed in its eyes.

In the past, those three civilizations were prey; now, they seem like gods of wealth!

It seems to have discovered a new way to make money.

"Don't rush to sell our technological and civilizational landmarks."

"Let's devour its entire legacy first."

"Once we take control of the legions and transit points left by Aker, we'll pick a few buyers who are both stupid and rich enough."

"Repeating endlessly..."

Yax congratulated him:

"My lord, you are brilliant! We can use this trick to harvest other demons in the future!"

Kogas corrected him earnestly:

Don't put it so harshly.

"We are making good use of the information gap in the star field to promote the flow of demon resources."

Yax immediately became respectful.

"Your insight is profound."

........

Kona Satellite Base, six hours after the end of the battle.

There was no celebratory music in the command center, only the maintenance alarms sounding one after another.

Zheng Jinren sat silently in front of the control panel, his left shoulder wrapped in a strap, the wound on his forehead having stopped bleeding, and his military uniform still covered in dust.

The adjutant stood beside him, opening the latest statistical report.

"Report: The first round of post-war loss assessment is complete."

"Six antimatter bombs were used, eleven kilometers of the northwest outer city wall were damaged, and one armory, three warehouses, and three automated factories were all destroyed."

Zheng Jinren's eye twitched slightly.

The six antimatter bombs are one of the most dangerous strategic trump cards of the Great Xia Dynasty.

In order to eliminate Aker, even a section of the Northwest Defense Zone was erased from the map.

Strictly speaking, these losses were all caused by human beings themselves.

Heartache!

The adjutant continued:

"One hundred and five Pangu series units were lost."

"Of these, all one hundred vehicles that were pursuing Aker were destroyed, and another five were confirmed to be scrapped during the clearing operations in the eastern and southern defense zones."

Hearing this, Zheng Jinren's heart clenched.

This is no ordinary combat robot.

Each Pangu ship embodies the most advanced materials, energy, and intelligent control technologies of the Great Xia Dynasty, and its manufacturing cycle is lengthy.

Even with the current industrial capacity of Great Xia, it is impossible to replenish it as quickly as producing ordinary drones.

"Continue," he said in a deep voice.

"3,213 unmanned combat vehicles were lost, 112,000 combat robots were lost, and 23,300 maintenance and engineering robots were lost."

"The loss of 500,000 drone swarms, 1,200 unmanned combat aircraft, 2,300 unmanned helicopters, and 570 space-based orbital weapon platforms."

"The losses of drilling robots, magic energy crystals, ammunition, missiles, energy blocks, land-based turrets, and various maintenance equipment are still being calculated."