The player is playing like a god, and has already advanced to Space Marine level at the start.

Lu Xiao returned to the "Imperial Blade".

The smell of gunpowder hadn't completely dissipated from him, and his power armor was covered in a layer of grayish-white powder.

Those are the ashes of Darwin Star after he was burned.

The bridge doors slid open.

The ordinary crew members bowed their heads in unison, their eyes fixed on the control panel, not daring to move an inch.

There were dozens of people, and they even kept their breathing as quiet as possible.

The red dot on the oracle jumped erratically on the screen.

The servo skull circled in mid-air, the mechanical bearings screeching as they rubbed together.

Lu Xiao was annoyed by what she heard and gave it a cold glance.

"It's off."

The operator's finger twitched, and the alarm audio was immediately cut off.

Lu Xiao walked to the Star Chart Platform, his boots making heavy, muffled thuds on the metal deck.

On the holographic projection, the blue arrows outlined by the General Staff were winding and circuitous.

"War Commander".

A staff officer reluctantly moved over.

His face was pale, and his legs were trembling violently.

"The supply line has been cut off for forty-eight hours, and the logistics department has not yet reconnected it."

Lu Xiao didn't speak, staring at the star map.

The staff officer swallowed hard and pointed to the blue lines:

"According to the simulation, we need to stop at node G-12 for three days to wait for the supplies to arrive."

"Then we split into three groups, bypassing the main inner defensive network, and slowly cut in from the flanks."

"This will minimize casualties and comply with tactical regulations..."

Lu Xiao raised his large hand, enough to crush a tank engine.

The azure armor swept across the star map.

"Sizzle!"

Those meticulously calculated flanking routes instantly collapsed into a flurry of flying pixels.

"plan?"

Lu Xiao turned his head, his red goggles fixed on the staff officer.

"That's for cowards who have weak knees."

He pressed his finger sharply on the center of the star chart.

That's the inner ring of the Milky Way; three bright red spots of light are merging together.

"The rebellion wasted two days of my time, and my patience has run out."

"I won't listen to encirclement or roundabout tactics."

"Leave that kind of work to the renovation guys."

Lu Xiao raised his eyes, the murderous intent in them almost burning the other person's eyebrows.

"Pass down the order."

"If the engine output reaches the red warning line and burns through, it's on me."

"Forget about the flanks, and don't wait for those delivery guys. We're not going shopping."

"We'll walk in a straight line."

The staff officer's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets, and he made a gurgling sound in his throat.

"A straight...straight line?"

"Commander, that's the defensive network of three major civilizations! Charging headlong into it is suicide!"

"Bang!"

Lu Xiao slapped the star chart platform.

The alloy countertop immediately sank into a dent, and sparks flew everywhere.

"A defensive network?"

Lu Xiao forced out a cold laugh.

"If it's a wall, I'll smash it down."

"If it's the sea, I'll burn it dry."

He turned around abruptly, his bright red cloak billowing in an arc in the air.

"The shortest distance between two points is a straight line laid out by a dead body."

"Sail forward and ram them!"

……

The inner ring of the Milky Way, the Triangulum region.

The command center of the "Anti-Human Empire Alliance" is shaped like a giant, hollowed-out head.

Inside the conference room, three alien leaders were sitting around a round table.

On the left is Sarr, the Grand Marshal of the Kachin civilization, whose body is covered in compound eyes, and sticky liquid is dripping down the corner of the table.

On the right is a four-meter-tall obsidian crystal figure with magma flowing inside its belly.

A metal sphere floats in the middle; that is "Zero," the main brain of the intelligent nuclear civilization.

"Lu Xiao is here."

Thrall's fat was squeezing wildly inside his shell.

"You've received the news from Darwin's Star, haven't you? It turned into carbon overnight."

"Even the insects in the ground have been burned to ashes. This isn't a war; it's a massive cleanup!"

Obsidian swayed, making a cracking sound as it struck something.

"According to calculations, the human fleet will arrive in three days. We have no chance of winning in a head-on confrontation."

The room fell silent, save for the sound of dripping slime.

"Win rate can be manually modified."

The AI's main brain, "Zero," spoke, its electronic voice flat and without any inflection.

It projected a blueprint of the "Imperial Blade," which was covered with countless red dots.

"Lu Xiao is incredibly arrogant."

"I looked up past human warfare examples and found that they had a particularly crude habit called boarding."

The screen begins playing footage of Astartes charging into an enemy ship and crushing the commander like a soda can.

Thrall waved his tentacles and screamed:

"So what? Are we just going to wait for him to come and twist our heads?"

"No."

Zero's red eyes shone brightly.

"Let's play a game of swapping spaces with him."

"Lu Xiao would never have imagined that we, the ants in his eyes, would dare to voluntarily crawl into his flagship."

The screen was filled with countless points of light, which surged toward the imperial flagship like a tidal wave.

"Bring out all my hidden treasures: Kachin assassins, Crystal Core guards, and my mechanical body."

"We won't fight him outside; we'll break into his house and rob him."

Zero's voice became sharp.

"As soon as Lu Xiao's head falls off, that rabble of humans will immediately fall apart."

Obsidian hesitated:

"Go to a human ship for close combat? The risk is too great. Those tin cans are more ferocious than mad dogs when they fight."

"crazy?"

Sal laughed maniacally, slamming his tentacles on the table with a loud thud.

"My assassin's claws can cut through the hardest alloys!"

"Let's use sheer numbers! Ten thousand against one, even if he's made of iron, we'll grind him into a needle!"

Zero followed up with:

"Human ships are engulfed in flames on the outside, but their internal defenses are as flimsy as paper."

"Once we get inside, their main guns will be useless."

The three aliens exchanged a glance.

"Let's do it!" Obsidian raised the large stone hand.

"Let's take a gamble!" Sal licked his lips, his eyes bloodshot.

"Code name: Decapitation, activate."

Zero turned off the projector, and the red light flickered.

"We want to let these upright-walking humans know who is in charge of demolition in this star system."

……

Three days later, at the edge of the Milky Way.

The void was violently torn open, and a torrent of steel poured out.

The "Blade of the Empire" appeared out of nowhere with thousands of warships, obscuring the starlight.

On the bridge, Lu Xiao sat in the main seat, tapping his fingers on the casing of a bomb gun.

Lei Zhan stood to the side, his thick eyebrows furrowed into a tight knot.

"Commander, the radar is too clean; we can't see the enemy's main force."

"Just a few hundred small, broken boats, swaying like they're drunk."

Lu Xiao glanced at the screen, a mocking smile playing on her lips.

"If a mouse dares to dance in front of a cat, it must be hiding rat poison in its pocket."

"They're trying to lure us into eating."

Suddenly, the alarm blared deafeningly.

"Warning! High energy detected! The enemy has deployed...boarding torpedoes?!"

The communications officer's voice cracked.

The alien ships opened their hatches in unison, and tens of thousands of black metal canisters flew out.

Without a light or a sound, it simply glided through the darkness, propelled by inertia.

Like a pack of starving ghosts rushing to the canteen, they were all heading straight for the "Imperial Blade".

"What are they trying to do?"

Lei Zhan was stunned, his face filled with disbelief.

"Switch to our side? Have these aliens all taken the wrong medicine, or do they just want to be reincarnated sooner?"

Lu Xiao paused for two seconds, then suddenly burst into laughter.

He stood up, strode to the floor-to-ceiling window, and looked at the dense black dots.

"Interesting, very interesting."

"I thought they would just cower and wait to die, but I didn't expect these ants to have some guts."

Lu Xiao flicked his cloak, his red shadow like blood.

"Relay my message."

"Turn off the close-in weapon system. Those things are too noisy; don't scare the guests."

"Open an opening in the Void Shield and let them in."

"Our family is large and wealthy, we don't need a few more beds."

The bridge was in complete chaos.

"A War General?!"

Lei Zhan's face turned red with anxiety.

"You're letting them in? That's tens of thousands of them!"

Lu Xiao raised his hand and stopped Lei Zhan from speaking.

He slowly and methodically fastened his helmet, the airlock clicking crisply.

"Lei Zhan, do you know why you're wearing this incredibly heavy armor?"

"Because only when you're close enough can you hear the trembling of the alien's vocal cords when it begs for mercy."

"That's the most beautiful symphony in the Milky Way."

"Now that the guests have arrived, we must treat them well."

Lu Xiao strode towards the door, each step making the deck tremble.

"Notify all companies to set up ambushes in the corridors, hangars, mess halls, and even the toilets."

"Bring the best chainsaw sword and teach this construction crew a lesson."

……

Third hangar.

boom!

The deck shook violently, the armor was burned through, and several black canisters, emitting smoke, crashed in.

The hatch blew open with a bang.

"Kill all of humanity!!!"

A group of four-armed Kachin assassins charged out with strange cries.

Following behind were towering crystal giants and cold, lifeless robots.

"Take over this place! Go find command post! Drag that Lu Xiao out here!"

Thrall's holographic face commands from mid-air.

The aliens were all ecstatic.

They're really in!

Humanity's defenses were as fragile as cookies, offering no decent resistance whatsoever!

The hangar was empty, with only echoes drifting by.

"Haha! That's all humans are capable of! Big reputation, but cowardly!"

A Kachin chieftain, holding two knives, laughed so hard his fat jiggled.

"Their defense is as flimsy as paper! Charge with me! Go and twist Lu Xiao's head!"

Just then, a chill shot up from the soles of all the aliens' feet to the tops of their heads.

thump.

thump.

Heavy footsteps echoed from the depths of darkness.

Each strike landed precisely on the aliens' heartbeats, making them want to vomit.

The hangar fell silent instantly.

The aliens froze in their tracks, staring in horror at the shadow ahead.

Suddenly, a pair of scarlet lights appeared in the darkness.

Then came the second couple, the third couple...

As the shadows faded, rows of deep blue power armor giants stood like a Great Wall of steel.

They carried explosive guns, and their chainsaw swords made a grinding sound.

No one shouted slogans, no one yelled.

There is only one kind of air pressure called "death," which makes even breathing a luxury for the aliens.

Lu Xiao stood at the front, holding his power sword horizontally.

The cold light illuminated the terrified faces of the aliens.

He lowered his head slightly, looking down at the group of aliens that were not even as tall as his legs.

"Welcome aboard my ship."

His tone was so gentle it sent chills down your spine.

"We offer many services here. Which way of dying would you like to try first?"

(One more chapter will be released later)