153: Chapter 153 The Expansion of Lux's Civilization

Standing outside the porthole, watching those Orks, they were practically like madmen, slamming their fighters directly into the outer armor of the dream star.

Unfortunately, they couldn't even leave a single scratch.

However, Xia Xingchen was indeed feeling annoyed; a swarm of flies was buzzing around his warship.

"How much longer?"

"Thirty seconds."

Xia Xingchen didn't speak after hearing this, just quietly counting down in his heart.

With the final three seconds, three, two, one.

At this moment, the Orks also realized something was wrong; why did it feel like a catastrophe was imminent?

The green-skins' Waaagh! Energy suddenly began to sound an alarm, a sense of danger spreading quietly through the Ork psychic network, but the Orks could not imagine what kind of attack this was.

"My lord, charging is complete."

"Fire."

A laser beam emanating a black radiance shot straight towards the battle moon, illuminating the surrounding space.

The black laser was like darkness itself, devouring the entire battle moon.

The green-skins on the battle moon first felt a violent tremor from the ground, followed by a massive shockwave that instantly threw tens of billions of green-skins to the ground.

Immediately after, the collapsing gravity from within instantly pinned them to the surface.

Destruction and death instantly shrouded the entire planet.

In the final moments of their lives, the green-skins could only roar in unwillingness.

The entire core of the battle moon seemed to be hollowed out in an instant, and the surface crust began to disintegrate at an incredible speed, with countless explosive shockwaves surging from the ground, instantly swallowing the entire planet.

In the incredulous gazes of the Orks and others, the entire battle moon was instantly and completely engulfed.

In Xia Xingchen's pupils, the battle moon grew smaller and smaller until it turned into dust.

Finally, the dust also disappeared into the universe.

Xia Xingchen watched this scene before him with great satisfaction.

Look, this is the end for those who dare to resist.

Just after Xia Xingchen finished speaking, Zheng Hai also relayed the latest news to Xia Xingchen.

"Archon, the Ork battle moon has been erased from this universe by us."

At this moment, Xia Xingchen looked at the unobstructed path ahead and sighed:

"The western gate of the Ultima Segmentum has opened for us."

The next target in front was the world of a rebellious Sector Governor, Kito Star.

It was an ordinary planet, a Hive City focused on mineral extraction, which was not important in the Imperium of Man.

The garrison stationed on this planet was only about a few hundred thousand, the vast majority of which were Planetary Defense Forces.

The entire planet didn't even have Astra Militarum, nor did it have specialized defense platforms or a Spaceport.

All transportation and material distribution relied entirely on shuttles traveling back and forth between the planet and space freighters.

After confirming that contact with the Imperium of Man was lost, the Planetary Governor of this planet didn't waste any words and immediately launched a rebellion.

And they didn't cause much harm to the Imperium of Man; the Imperium of Man considered this planet dispensable anyway.

The Imperium of Man controlled millions of planets, and there were countless existences like Kito Star; in fact, they didn't care at all that Kito Star had rebelled.

Xia Xingchen, however, needed this place as his transit station.

And for this world, the attack was also extremely simple.

Xia Xingchen easily gained control of space supremacy and air superiority over the planet's surface.

Just as Xia Xingchen was preparing to launch a ground attack, an emergency communication was transmitted to the communication array.

"Archon, there is an important communication to report."

The communication channel was quickly connected to Xia Xingchen's armor communicator.

"Ma Pingliang, what's going on?"

Ma Pingliang's voice soon came through the communication channel.

"Archon, I think you must come back for a trip, regarding the Lux Civilization."

Xia Xingchen quickly recalled that humanoid insectoid civilization.

"Are they here?"

Xia Xingchen asked, then waved at Zheng Hai.

Countless landing ships quickly lifted off from the hangar and rushed towards the planet.

Without any declaration or warning, the attack began directly.

"My lord, more and more of our outposts have been attacked by the Lux Civilization, but we haven't come away empty-handed. The personnel from the Department of Military Affairs, through counter-reconnaissance, have successfully discovered the movements of the Lux Civilization."

Xia Xingchen listened to the report with his ears while his eyes watched the flames burning across the entire Kito Star.

"Isn't that great? Keep a close eye on the Lux Civilization's fleet, and after we complete the first stage of expansion and stabilization, we will free up our hands to deal with it."

The other side of the communication channel was silent for a while, and then Ma Pingliang stated the most critical and tricky situation.

"We don't have time, my lord. The Lux Civilization is about to make a move."

Xia Xingchen exclaimed internally that it was impossible!

The Lux Civilization, they don't even have Warp engines, how could they possibly fight across star systems?

This major news forced Xia Xingchen to shift his gaze away from the battlefield.

"Tell me clearly what the specific situation is."

"The loyal world closest to us that pledged allegiance to the Imperium of Man has been conquered by the Lux Civilization, and the Lux Civilization has started a large-scale expansion using it as a base."

According to the intelligence we know, more than a dozen worlds of the Imperium of Man have already been attacked by the Lux Civilization.

Furthermore, the Lux Civilization also has a tendency to approach us; we have discovered a small fleet of the Lux Civilization heading towards our Daxia Star System.

"I understand."

After hanging up the communication, Xia Xingchen looked at Zheng Hai.

"Now, the fleet will be split into two. All warships except for the dream star are handed over to you to command. I now officially grant you the title of Expedition Admiral."

Xia Xingchen quickly issued orders; he first split the fleet, pulling the strongest warship, the dream star, out of the formation.

Xia Xingchen also transferred away the Ironclad Heavy Army, plus one hundred divisions of military force.

Although Zheng Hai was not an excellent ground Commander, it was enough to fight these ordinary wars.

Soon, Xia Xingchen's fleet began to deploy, and a large amount of personnel and equipment began to transfer to the dream star.

Xia Xingchen watched Zheng Hai board a transport ship, leave the dream star, head to a large transport ship, and use it as his flagship.

"It is time to find an excellent legion Commander."

The reorganized fleet completed the deployment of materials and personnel at the fastest speed, and the dream star immediately detached from the formation and began to jump towards the home territory.

Kania also came to Xia Xingchen's side at this time.

"What's wrong? Kania, is there anything?"

As the Navigator on Xia Xingchen's dream star, Kania rarely left the navigation room, spending more time observing the Astronomican in the Warp from the navigation room.

"Respected Archon, I have some bad news to inform you."

Xia Xingchen took a few deep breaths to calm his mood; bad news was just bad news.

Anyway, he had heard enough bad news in the last few days.

"The light of the Astronomican is gradually weakening, especially the Astronomican signal in the Ultima Segmentum, which has even begun to become unobservable."

"Can you be more specific?"

"Some shipping lanes have completely disappeared."

"Damn."