Those who reincarnate must die.

Countless wooden warships float in space, creating a truly surreal scene.

But what happened next was even more magical. Suddenly, these wooden warships began to shine with various colors of light. These lights converged towards the center of the fleet and eventually condensed into a huge, pure white sphere of light!

How big is this sphere of light? To put it another way, in space warfare, to prevent being completely annihilated by the enemy's powerful weapons and to maximize the coverage area of ​​one's own firepower, warships are spaced far apart. Warships that are typically a few hundred meters long are separated by tens or even hundreds of kilometers. It's only in the darkness of space that, viewed from afar, the lights of these warships form a dense cluster of points of light, creating the imposing presence of a fleet.

As for the Empire's fleet, it seemed to have been prepared to attack long ago. In the middle of the already relatively sparse formation, there was a clear empty space. From the front, the entire fleet looked like a circle, but from the side, it resembled a short and thick pipe.

The inner diameter of this pipe is almost large enough to hold a regular Earth-like planet!

Even this enormous space was filled with that terrifying white sphere of light!

Is this the power of magic...?

The white light on the screen terrified Katarina, who immediately ordered the fleet to evacuate and take cover.

Without even the captains of the warships needing to take any action, Zhuge immediately took control of the fleet, using multi-line operations to cause thousands of human warships to flee in different directions simultaneously!

Despite the fastest possible response, the Empire's attack still broke out before the fleet could be completely evacuated!

The enormous sphere of light roared out and shot towards the direction where the human fleet was most concentrated!

Dozens of warships that were unable to retreat in time were immediately engulfed by the white light. The powerful energy shields were instantly destroyed, and both the people and the warships were completely annihilated!

That wasn't all. The white light exploded in the center of the human fleet, scattering into thousands of points of light that shot out in all directions.

Because the sphere of light was so enormous, these scattered points of light were also much larger than human warships. They randomly hit the fleeing warships, destroyed them, and then exploded into even smaller points of light, continuing to spread!

The originally enormous white sphere, after several explosions and splits, spread into countless dense points of light, illuminating a vast expanse of space!

Now, there's no need for a display screen at all. If Katarina were to step outside the base, she could see a spectacular firework display in the sky with the naked eye!

This attack destroyed nearly half of the remaining human fleet!

With such power and scale, the empire has definitely invested heavily to exterminate humanity!

After unleashing a powerful attack, the Empire's fleet appeared to have suffered considerable losses. They regrouped and steadily advanced. Meanwhile, the scattered human fleet, under Zhuge's control, regrouped and launched a counterattack against the Empire!

However, these remnants of the army were simply no match for the Imperial fleet's defenses!

Unlike other races, the Empire's fleet relies on magic to navigate the universe, and its defenses depend on magical shields. These magical shields seem to be interconnected; the ships are arranged in a specific pattern, forming a massive magical array in space that amplifies the magical shields of all the ships, creating a colossal shield that covers the entire fleet!

It can be said that as long as the magic array is maintained, the Imperial Fleet's great shield is indestructible!

Humans know almost nothing about magic. Even if they know the principles, they can't understand such a complex magic circle, let alone find its weakness. No matter what attack they launch, it will have no effect!

Facing the Imperial fleet, this behemoth, resembling a cosmic fortress, slowly approached, and the human army was filled with despair!

"Impossible! How could there be such a huge gap!" Katarina gritted her teeth as she watched the retreating battle line. "The Empire couldn't possibly have such a large combat advantage over us, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to fight other forces in this sector for so many years... There must be a way to break through this defense, we just haven't found the trick yet..."

"You guessed right."

Suddenly, an unfamiliar voice rang out from behind Katarina. She turned around in alarm and found that everyone else in the command room had collapsed and was unconscious. Even Zhuge's mechanical face had been destroyed, leaving only a strange man in a black cloak standing in the middle.

Upon seeing this, Katarina drew her sidearm without hesitation and pulled the trigger on the cloaked man!

In such a critical moment, whoever infiltrates the command center, kill them first!

However, the bullet stopped half a meter in front of the cloaked man, and with a wave of his hand, it bounced back and pierced through Katarina's shoulder!

"Ah..." Katarina screamed, her weapon slipping from her hand. The cloaked man raised his hand, and Katarina felt an invisible force control her, lifting her off the ground and slowly floating her to the cloaked man's side.

"Hello, human commander."

The cloaked man removed his hood, revealing a snow-white face. His features were very similar to a human's, but his face was thinner, his eyes were larger, his pupils were blue with no visible whites, his ears were long and thin, and his hair was pale green. In appearance, he bore some resemblance to the elves of human legends.

"You are... an Imperial mage?"

Katarina gritted her teeth and asked, "How did you get in?"

"You races unblemished by magic cannot comprehend the greatness of magic!" the cloaked man replied confidently. "Let me introduce myself. I am Sphia, the Empire's strongest spatial mage."

Katarina noticed that his lip movements and words did not match. He was speaking the Imperial language, but with special magic, Katarina heard it as a human language.

"Magic is indeed a very convenient ability," Katarina said through gritted teeth. "However, according to our intelligence, your spatial magic won't be interfered with within our spatial shielding field, right...?"

"Normally, yes," Sphia replied. "However, the space around here is completely disrupted by fluctuations from the subspace. With my magical skills, I can easily break your shackles."

"Damn warp turbulence again..." Katarina cursed inwardly.

"So what are you here for?" Katarina glanced at the monitor. "You've already gained enough of an advantage on the battlefield, haven't you?"

"It's just here..." Sphia chuckled. "I know that only a small portion of your army remained in the Red Manco system; your main force is fighting in other star systems. What we want isn't this barren system, but the resource-rich Crimson Stream system that you control!"

"The Crimson Stream System?" Katarina frowned. "It's not just us there now; the Zerg and the Berserkers are also fighting over it..."

"Their primary objective isn't there," Spruce said. "And we have ways to deal with them. Now, all I need is you to order the human forces in the Crimson Stream system to retreat!"

With those words, Katarina felt an invisible force creeping up her neck; if she dared to utter a single word of dissent, the other party could kill her at any moment.

"My orders are all given through Zhuge." Katarina glanced at the shattered mechanical face beside her. "You destroyed it, so I can't give orders anymore."

"Don't try to fool me!" Sphia glared at him with her blue eyes. "I may not understand your so-called technology, but I know you must have other ways to issue commands!"

"Of course, you can choose not to cooperate," Zhuge sneered. "In that case, our next attack will destroy this planet and your human headquarters. That would greatly affect the morale of the front lines, wouldn't it?"

Katarina frowned. On the screen, the Imperial fleet was not far from Great Dust Star and began to glow, looking as if it could launch another attack with the same light orbs at any moment!

If that attack had landed on the planet Dust Star, it would have undoubtedly annihilated the entire planet!