Outside Emperor Star, Catherine and a large group of Supermodified people silently awaited the order to strike.
They were the armed force directly under the Elder Court, and they too had been moved to the third line of defense, which, in Catherine’s eyes, was far inferior to those military transformation forces dispatched to the front line.
At this moment, the Supermodified people were also captivated by the images transmitted from the front lines.
The queen merged with the Insect Swarm, the unbreakable energy shield, the ’Queen Battleship’ steadily closing in on the fleet...
"She’s very powerful, fascinating and powerful,"
Bryant whispered softly.
But in his heart, he added a line—The master surely had a way to deal with her.
Catherine folded her arms, speaking in a low voice, "Has the order to strike not been issued yet?"
"What are the higher-ups doing!" Catherine cursed under her breath.
Bryant shrugged slightly, "Praying."
"Praying?" Catherine didn’t understand.
Bryant smiled, "A friend of mine, who is with the Divine Sect of Civilization Development, told me that the Archbishop has begun the prayer ceremony, seeking the goddess’s protection for the Empire."
Catherine frowned, "Does that work?"
"Who knows," Bryant said slowly, "but I’ve heard that many times it does work. It’s a secret weapon of the Empire."
Catherine was slightly startled.
She turned to look at Emperor Star, this beautiful planet now covered in layers of metal. The distant Constant Star had been swallowed by the metal ’released’ by it, the continuous flow of energy becoming its private property.
Deep within Emperor Star, near the Imperial Palace, in that grand temple standing in the dim underground.
Barefoot young girls danced graciously, an elderly Archbishop holding a scepter high in his hand, constantly shouting words of no practical significance.
When he felt that his performance was adequate, he gripped the scepter with both hands, activating the biometric lock on the scepter.
A bright azure light appeared at the tip of the scepter.
Then, the Archbishop’s frail, aged body stooped down, forcefully smashing the scepter into the groove on the ground.
The azure light spread like a shockwave across the ground.
A pattern akin to high-density integrated circuits emerged on the ground.
The blue light surged out of the temple, sprawling deeper underground, rapidly illuminating a module of Emperor Star.
A dark space suddenly lit up.
A square black box illuminated with a continuous sequence of flashing codes; then, the black box slowly levitated, disassembling itself to reveal a girl curled up inside.
She slowly levitated, her body closed eyes and extremities beginning to emanate a faint blue light. Those blue lights converged into chains, wrapping around her limbs and neck, spreading into the deepest recesses of the dark space.
"Thought Body check, self-awareness check, chain check, Empire network check... Anomalies detected, marked, assessed as unrelated to crisis, ignored..."
"Activation reason identified as the Second Natural Disaster crisis; Sixth Rank queen, must defend against interstellar hostile forces."
"Countermeasure strategy formulated... Unlocking self-authority... Relevant permissions unlocked."
The girl slowly opened her eyes and looked into the depths of the dark space.
Suddenly, two beams of light appeared above Emperor Star.
An invisible tide swept through the internal network of the Emperor Star Circle, and on the battlefield, General Thomas suddenly received a series of orders from the highest commander.
He didn’t quite understand them, but he couldn’t refuse the source of these commands.
It was the decree of His Majesty!
All the tug ships converged behind the fleet, the entire fleet slowly got moving, seemingly heading straight for the queen.
Twelve tug ships swiftly positioned themselves, forming a giant dodecagon, emitting twelve beams of light.
The space instantly expanded!
Visible ripples in space shook continuously.
A gigantic planet built from metallic modules!
A planet with a diameter of one thousand six hundred kilometers forcibly squeezed through the ripples in space!
Heavenly Fury Fortress?
Heavenly Fury Fortress could warp? Wasn’t that just operating at the Empire’s chokepoints, serving as a training base...
The spatial ripples quickly stabilized, and rotating rings appeared on the Heavenly Fury Fortress. A disc over fifteen kilometers in diameter emerged at the center of the fortress, its bottom quickly collapsing!
A massive cannon barrel appeared at the center of the fortress, aimed straight at the queen’s battleship ahead!
In that dark space, the girl slowly lifted her right hand.
"Li will protect Levi’s civilization."
"Constant Star Cannon beginning to charge."
The lights on the fortress went out instantly, the continuously rotating rings swiftly stabled, and a cluster of seemingly unstable lights appeared at the center of the cannon barrel.
Ahead, the queen’s battleship began to decelerate.
The queen inside seemed to be contemplating something or calculating something.
The sight that the Empire’s soldiers found most unbelievable appeared before their eyes in just a few seconds.