I chose the safe house, and the Human Alliance regretted it.

Purple Emperor Star, Royal Airport.

The Empire's oldest starship, the Eternal Night, is taking off from the tarmac.

The ship bears the marks of over two thousand years of war, each scratch representing a battle that clung to the fate of an empire.

At this moment, its engine's blue light was dazzling, and the imperial emblem on the bow of the ship looked like red-hot iron in the light.

The emperor’s private fleet followed closely behind.

There was no honor guard, no escort fleet, only a flagship and twelve accompanying warships.

"Captain," the Emperor began.

"Here." The captain stood half a step behind him.

"All weapon systems activated, safety disarmed. Energy pod fully loaded."

The captain paused for a second: "Your Majesty, if fully loaded—"

"I know," the emperor interrupted him, his gaze falling on the approaching star map ahead. "This ship has no intention of returning."

Meanwhile, the First Empire, the twelve main stars, and the private fleets of various families set sail, majestically entering the starry sky!

The remaining hundreds of planetary families and countless starships took off in succession.

The front lines.

The defensive lines of the three fleets are shrinking at a visible rate.

Over the Second Fleet commander's communications channel came the last words of a battle squad leader: "The breach... can't be plugged..."

Zi Chen stood in the control room, watching the blue dots of the three major fleets on the star map extinguish at an unprecedented speed.

The mark of an Emperor-level Star Beast is dark red, deeper than the scarlet red of an ordinary beast tide.

The dark red area was spreading in a fan shape, rapidly approaching the battlefield.

"Report, the right flank of the First Fleet has been—"

"I know," Zi Chen interrupted him, her eyes never leaving the star map.

Just then, a new spot of light appeared on the holographic projection in the control room—it was leaping in from the heart of the Empire at an extremely high speed, and its ship identification code was classified as top secret.

Zi Chen's pupils contracted slightly as he recognized the outline of the ship.

"Eternal Night".

The emperor personally went to the front lines.

Before the "Eternal Night" even reached the combat airspace, new changes had already occurred on the front lines.

In the void behind the beast tide, red light shone again—a large number of high-level star beasts poured into the battlefield.

On the battlefield, the density of high-level star beasts began to exceed the limits that the three fleets could withstand.

"Report: The central section of the Third Fleet has suffered over 40% losses!"

"Report: The right flank of the First Fleet has been completely breached, and the beast tide is flanking the Second Fleet!"

"Report: The Second Fleet flagship has sustained damage to its port side, with power reduced by 30%!"

The voice on the communication channel began to change tone, from calm to urgent, and from urgent to desperate.

The "Eternal Night" passed through the last warp glow and appeared at the edge of the battlefield.

On the bridge, the emperor looked at the crimson star field ahead, his pupils reflecting the white light of the exploding warships and the energy torrents of the star beasts.

"Forward," said the emperor.

The main engine of the "Eternal Night" emitted a surge of blue light.

This two-thousand-year-old ship rushed to the front line at a speed far exceeding its design limits.

The imperial crest on the bow glowed red and hot at high speed, like a burning heart.

Just then, space in the center of the battlefield distorted once again.

A torrent of energy, thicker than all the previous beams combined, erupted from the beast tide, heading towards the Three Fleets' central control room.

Zi Chen stood in the control room, looking at the energy reading on the star map that was rapidly approaching.

When the torrent was still 10,000 kilometers away from the control room, a golden light cut in from the side and blocked the torrent and the control room.

"Eternal Night".

The emperor stood on the bridge, facing the torrent of energy that could engulf the entire control room, his expression unchanged.

The protective force field of the "Eternal Night" collided with the energy torrent of the Emperor-class Star Beast.

At the moment of impact, the ship shuddered violently, and the energy shield shook violently.

The force field readings are plummeting—70%, 50%, 30%, 10%.

The emperor stood on the violently shaking bridge, steadying himself.

In the end, the Eternal Night intercepted the devastating attack.

"Soldiers of the Empire, I have arrived."

The communications channel exploded.

"His Majesty has arrived!"

"The Eternal Night! That's the Eternal Night!"

"His Majesty has personally gone to the front lines!"

The roars and cries mingled together, and the firepower density across the entire front increased by at least 10% in an instant.

The soldiers of the three fleets surged toward the breach like madmen, with the warships behind pushing forward against the wreckage of the ships in front, their firepower never ceasing.

"The gap in the middle has been sealed!" The communications officer's voice trembled with excitement for the first time.

"Hold the right flank! The Second Fleet is covering!"

"The remnants of the First Fleet are being reorganized, and the front lines are being restored!"

The Eternal Night hovered in the center of the battlefield, like an anchor point pinning down the entire front line.

This two-thousand-year-old ship no longer charged forward; it simply hovered there, the imperial crest engraved on its bow facing the direction where the beast tide was most concentrated, like a closed door.

Reinforcements began to arrive.

Various family private fleets, penalties, and the Imperial Hunter Association.

Reinforcements arrived in batches, and the total troop strength continued to rise.

The situation has changed from "barely holding on" to "truly stabilizing".

Half a day later, a new jump halo appeared on the star map.

Blue and white orbs of light bloomed simultaneously from more than a dozen directions, each orb exceeding 100,000 kilometers in diameter, and countless warship clusters surged out from within them.

The Caesar Empire. The Evergreen Empire. The Hunyuan Empire. The Xuantian Empire. The Dayan Empire. The Cangwu Empire. The Yaoguang Empire. The Beidou Empire. The Tianxuan Empire. The Yuheng Empire…

Seventeen fleets of the human empires sailed out of the warp portal one after another, filling up stretches of airspace.

With the addition of the three existing fleets of the First Empire and the reinforcements that have arrived, the total number of human warships has exceeded 20 million, and the total number of soldiers has exceeded 100 billion.

"The Evergreen Empire has received the Star Order. It has assembled garrison fleets from three surrounding star systems, totaling 1.2 million warships. Subsequent formations are still en route to the jump."

Seventeen human empires' warships unfurled simultaneously in the starry sky, each with a different color and pattern.

But all the bows of the ships pointed in the same direction.

The voice of the First Empire's ruler rang out on the communication channel: "Humanity is immortal!"

"Humanity is immortal!"

The flagships of the various empires responded one by one.

.........

The battlefield is showing a one-sided trend!

With millions of warships arrayed and firing, even the largest beast tide could not withstand such an attack.

But everyone understands that the battle that will determine the fate of humanity is the battle against the Emperor-level Star Beasts!

Time passed slowly, and the beast tide was suppressed and retreated step by step.

Suddenly, "Boom—" The starry sky trembled!

A crack pierced through the entire void, as if someone had cleaved a curtain.

An Emperor-level Star Beast squeezed out of the crack!

Its size made everyone pause in their breathing at the same time.

Its body, tens of thousands of meters long, lies across the starry sky, resembling a small asteroid.

Its compound eyes are four pairs of golden orbs arranged side by side, with light shooting out from the depths of the pupils and sweeping across the entire battlefield.

Then came the second one, the third one, the tenth one, the hundredth one...

The frontline monitoring system finally collapsed.

— "Out of display range".

"Number of Emperor-level Star Beasts confirmed... Exceeds the system's counting limit." The communications officer's voice was as hoarse as a stone in the desert.

"This... quantity!!!"

Everyone stared intently at the countless enormous creatures.

An Emperor-level Star Beast moved, its giant claw slamming down.

The giant claw crushed the hull, the alloy deck collapsed like paper, and easily passed through the entire warship, slamming from bow to stern, with both sections of wreckage exploding into incandescent orbs of light.

"boom--"

A majestic yet panicked voice rang out aboard the Eternal Night:

"Go quickly and ask the shop owner."