Everyone's playing Red Giant? I, Black Hole, devour everything!

The next ten days were a hellish nightmare for Japan.

The Seventh Sector fell within six hours.

The sixth star sector fell in four and a half hours.

The fifth star sector fell within five hours.

The fourth star sector fell within three hours.

The third star sector fell within two hours.

Second star zone, one and a half hours.

Every day, every hour, every minute—the Black Hole Legion's advance is breaking records.

The resistance from the land of cherry blossoms grew weaker and weaker, more and more powerless.

Their elite main force had been completely decimated in the Eighth Star Sector, and the remaining defensive forces, which were barely cobbled together, were no match for the black hole.

Many star sector defenders had already abandoned their lines and desperately retreated towards the First Star Sector even before the Black Hole Legion arrived.

It's not that they don't want to fight.

It's because we can't beat them.

Their neutron stars are no match for black holes.

Their red giants can't beat black holes.

Their kamikaze attacks couldn't even buy them time.

This is no longer a war.

This was a one-sided crushing defeat.

On the public channels of Japan, voices of despair rose and fell.

"The Seventh Sector is gone... the Sixth Sector is gone too... when are they going to stop fighting?!"

"First Sector! Everyone evacuate to the First Sector! That's our last stronghold!"

"Withdraw? What are you talking about? Can the First Star Sector withstand a black hole? The Eighth Star Sector can't, the Seventh Star Sector can't, the Sixth Star Sector can't—what makes the First Star Sector think it can?!"

"Then what do you suggest?! Surrender? Do you think the Great Xia Kingdom will accept surrender?!"

"Project Amaterasu! Wasn't Project Amaterasu supposed to be completed? Make them bring out the results of Project Amaterasu!"

"Project Amaterasu... What exactly is Project Amaterasu? Nobody knows!"

Panic spread like a plague among observers in the land of cherry blossoms.

Those voices that once clamored for the Great Xia Kingdom to pay the price have now completely disappeared.

After the fall of the Eighth Star Sector, the high-ranking members of the Amaterasu Society began a secret evacuation.

Their special ship had already activated its warp drive before the Black Hole Legion arrived, and flew towards the Beacon of Light.

All that remains are ordinary observers who have no connections, no resources, and no way out.

They could only wait in despair for the black hole to descend.

It will be about ten days later.

The Black Hole Legion has finally advanced to the border of the First Sector.

This is the last star sector in the Sakura Kingdom.

It is also the star sector where their capital, Tokyo, is located.

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The outer perimeter of the first star region of the Sakura Kingdom.

This starry sky was once the most prosperous and central area of ​​the Sakura Kingdom.

Thousands of star mines operate here day and night, and tens of thousands of observers have spent the most glorious time of their lives here.

But now, only one color remains here.

Ash.

Everywhere was shrouded in gray interstellar dust, abandoned star mining facilities, and logistical supplies that had not yet been evacuated.

Those once-shining stars have either been swallowed up or are being moved to the last line of defense.

The last line of defense lies just ahead.

Lin Tian hovered in the very center of the Black Hole Legion formation.

He deliberately suppressed most of the light from the primordial quasar, leaving only a faint, dark halo slowly swirling around the edge of the accretion disk.

His gravitational field has been deployed, covering an area large enough to encompass the entire outer perimeter of the first star sector.

Then, he "saw" it.

Fifty thousand neutron stars.

Three hundred thousand red and blue giant stars.

They are densely packed in the sky outside the first star sector, like a city wall made of stars.

The distance between each celestial body was compressed to the limit, and their gravitational fields overlapped and superimposed on each other, forming an almost impenetrable defensive formation.

This is the last trump card of the Cherry Blossom Country.

The figure of 50,000 neutron stars is the result of Japan gathering all the neutron stars in the country that are still capable of flying.

The 300,000 red and blue giant stars were reserves and militia urgently conscripted from various star sectors.

Many of these observers have never even experienced a proper real-world battle.

Their stars are of low mass, their gravitational fields are weak, and they have almost no combat experience.

But they were still dragged into the battlefield.

Because there was no one else left.

"Lin Tian." Su Li's voice rang out from the communication channel, carrying a rare hint of seriousness.

"Many of the people over there are novices. I just checked, and the gravitational field fluctuations of several red giants are particularly unstable. They're obviously newcomers who haven't been on the path to becoming giants for long. Bringing these kinds of people into the battlefield is just a waste of their talent."

"Hmm." Lin Tian's voice was calm.

"To be honest, seeing them like this, I feel a bit..." Su Li paused, as if searching for the right word, "It's not that I feel sorry for them, it's just that I feel it's really pointless... You know, such a big country, once the fifth strongest nation on Earth, has now fallen to the point where they have to use newbies as cannon fodder—"

"This is war," Lin Tian interrupted her, his tone completely flat. "War never spares you just because you're weak. What they did to the Great Xia Kingdom back then was far more ruthless than what they're doing today. Have you forgotten what you learned in history class?"

Su Li paused for a moment, then sighed softly, "I haven't forgotten, how could I forget?"

There was a moment of silence on the communication channel.

Then, Lu Xuejian's voice gently cut in.

"We're about to reach the first star sector, Lin Tian. The technology for the gravity shield is in that relay station. Once we take the first star sector, our mission will be complete."

"Hmm." Lin Tian's voice softened slightly. "You two will stay behind this time. I will personally take charge of this battle in the First Star Sector."