D-level males reached the pinnacle of life by living off women.

When news of Rhine's departure from the Hatton family spread, the other nobles on the capital planet were baffled, unable to understand what the Hatton family was thinking, and how they could allow the most promising member of the family in this generation to leave.

Then, they quickly found out what had happened.

In one incident, the Hatton family firmly sided with the Duke of Norton, while Rhine remained on the side of the First Prince. Only then did everyone realize that they had chosen different sides.

Of course, some clever families immediately realized that the Hatton family was hedging their bets. Many patriarchs thought this was a good idea and began to make plans.

In the days that followed, the private struggle between the Crown Prince's faction and the Duke of Norton's faction intensified, while Rhine continued to coast along while trying to find an opportunity to be transferred away from the capital planet.

Soon, the opportunity came. News came from the Imperial Araqi defense line that the instruments detected a large number of creatures gathering on the other side of the Araqi black hole, and it was suspected that the Araqi insectoids were about to launch another attack on the Empire.

Currently stationed at the Araqi defense line is the Empire's 10th Army Group, whose commander has been stationed there for almost eight years. Because the lord did not accompany the army, the commander's mental state is not very good at the moment.

The legion commander was worried that he could not withstand the attack of the Araqi insectoids, so he requested the Empire to replace him with a legion commander.

The Arachid Zerg are currently the greatest enemy of the Zerg Empire; they originate from the Arachid system.

The Araqi insectoids look somewhat like unevolved primitive insectoids, but in a much larger form; even the smallest Araqi insectoids are three meters tall.

The Arachnids are a purely combative race, and every part of their bodies can be used as a weapon.

The Arachnid race is also divided into different types. The leader is the Queen, who is responsible for breeding offspring and governing the entire race. In addition to the Queen, there are many different types of Arachnids, which can directly correspond to different unit types.

For example, the cerebrate can communicate with other Arachnids through brainwaves and command battles, playing a role similar to a commander; the walking bug corresponds to infantry; the flying bug corresponds to air force; and there is also the laser bug that can fire laser cannons to attack starships and spaceships.

The Araqi insectoids dislike production and construction; they live by invasion, and when they lack food resources, they plunder from other races.

Furthermore, because of their high combat strength and the super reproductive ability of their queens, they are a very troublesome opponent even for the equally powerful Zerg Empire.

The reason why the empire provoked such an opponent is, in fact, the empire's own fault.

About three hundred years ago, the Empire mastered the technology to travel to other star systems via black holes.

The Empire's expansionist nature prompted it to immediately dispatch several expeditions to explore other star systems.

The general principle is that if a star system is found to have no intelligent life, then that star system will be marked with the flag of the Zerg Empire and belong to the Zerg Empire.

If the found star system contains intelligent life, but is weak and no match for the Zerg Empire, then it is necessary to check if the star system contains the resources that the Zerg Empire needs.

If such an event occurs, the Zerg Empire will launch a massive military offensive, and the star system will be marked by the Zerg Empire's flag, becoming part of the Zerg Empire.

If the discovered star system contains intelligent life that is too powerful to defeat, then the Zerg Empire will have gained a friendly ally in other star systems.

The decision to send out expeditions expanded the territory of the Zerg Empire many times over, while bringing a steady stream of revenue and massive amounts of resources to the empire's homeland.

Just as the entire empire was overjoyed, an expedition team jumped to the Arach star system.

The expedition members initially underestimated the destructive power of the Araqi insectoids, treating them as a mindless race. Some members even wanted to capture a live Araqi insectoid to take back for research.

The expedition was then decimated by the Arachnids, with only one member remaining. This member managed to escape back to the spaceship and pilot it through a black hole to return to the Empire's homeland.

Upon their return, the expedition members immediately requested the Empire to find a way to seal off the black hole that had allowed them to escape back, in order to prevent the Arachnids from pursuing them.

But he was too late. The Araqi insectoids followed closely in his footsteps, passing through the black hole to reach the star system where the insectoid empire was located.

Because the Araqi insectoids have a type of starship insect that can physically traverse black holes and transport other companions, the Araqi insectoids caught up with the expedition members as soon as they returned.

The arrival of the Arachnid horde caught the Empire off guard and caused significant damage.

Within a month of the start of the war, three planets of the Empire had been occupied by the Arach insectoids and reduced to ruins.

Fortunately, the Imperial Zerg were not weak in combat either. After becoming familiar with the Araqi Zerg's tactics and accumulating enough intelligence, the Empire began its counterattack.

Finally, after sacrificing tens of thousands of high-level females and countless ordinary females, and reducing more than a dozen planets to ruins, the Empire drove most of the Arach insectoids back to the Arach system.

However, the Arachnids stubbornly left a stronghold near the black hole to protect it from being blocked or destroyed by the Empire.

Once the Empire prepares to deal with the black hole, the Arachnids will suddenly appear out of nowhere and slaughter the Imperial Zerg who attempt to make a move, even at the cost of mutual destruction.

The Empire was truly helpless against the remaining small group of Araqi insectoids; no matter how they tried to kill them, they couldn't wipe them all out.

Moreover, every so often thereafter, the Arachnids would use this black hole to launch invasions against the Empire and plunder its resources.

Therefore, the Empire named this black hole the Arach Black Hole and built the Arach Defense Line near it to resist the invasion of the Arach insectoid race.

Rhein was very interested in the position of commander of the 10th Army Corps.

Because the Arach defense line is of great importance, the commander of the 10th Army Corps stationed there has much more power. All twenty-three planets near the defense line are under the unified management of the commander, and it is no exaggeration to call him a local tyrant.

With such power in hand, Rhine was confident he could conceal the anomaly in his mental sea.

As for fighting the Arachnids, that's no problem for Rhine; Rhine has never been afraid of war.

He was definitely going to take Lu Yuan with him, but he didn't know if Lu Yuan would be willing to go to the front lines with him.