Alien invasion? Luckily, I'm Superman.

Su Mo didn't participate in Grandpa Zhao's conversation and tried to slip into the crowd, but Grandpa Zhao quickly grabbed her arm.

Grandpa Zhao warmly pulled him back and said with a smile, "Little Su, what do you think of my granddaughter?"

Su Mo felt a chill run down her spine and quickly waved her hand in refusal, her words coming out in a hurried voice: "Grandpa Zhao, forget it, forget it, I'll figure something out myself, no need to trouble you. Let's just let things take their natural course when it comes to matters of the heart."

Grandpa Zhao joked, "Don't you like it?"

Su Mo shook her head and said sincerely, "It's not that I look down on it, it's just that I really don't have the mind for it right now."

Seeing his resolute attitude, Grandpa Zhao did not press him. He waved his hand and changed the subject back to the main business: "Now that we have destroyed one of their colonies, we must strike while the iron is hot and pursue our victory to completely wipe them out, otherwise there will be endless troubles later."

Su Mo nodded, her tone becoming serious: "That's right, it has to be this way. I'll be there to support you, so you can go without worry."

After recording the coordinates and debris distribution of the colony following the explosion, the human fleet departed.

After the entire planet was torn apart, all the mineral resources inside were exposed, making subsequent mining very convenient.

The fleet continued its advance, heading towards the core territory of the "Big Scum".

During the remainder of the voyage, the fleet encountered little effective resistance.

Occasionally, a few patrol boats would flash by in the distance and then quickly flee. Su Mo suspected that the other side was gathering forces, preparing for a large-scale counterattack.

After the fleet captured the enemy's planetary base once again, a massive fleet finally appeared.

Blue light from the hyperspace passage spread out at the edge of the galaxy, and an overwhelming fleet of ships poured out of the passage, densely packed like a swarm of bees, instantly rushing towards the human fleet.

The enemy fleet appeared somewhat disorganized. Apart from the core fleet, which was a well-organized and large-scale formation, the other warships were a motley collection with different paint schemes and models.

It seems that "Big Scum" has hired a lot of interstellar mercenaries to help him.

Su Mo also saw several biological warships. Their hulls were covered with carapaces and fleshy tissue, their dense mouthparts opened and closed on their hulls, and their flagellated tentacles swayed slowly in space. There were also spore ejectors under the hulls. This was a living biological warship.

At the edge of the fleet, there were several translucent, dark blue space dragons, larger than human battleships.

They have no physical form; their bodies seem to be composed of consciousness and energy, gliding silently through the void.

Ghost Dragon

After learning that this world might be the world of the game "Stellaris", Su Mo specifically collected information about it.

He knew what it was; it was a ghost warship summoned using some kind of relic, somewhere between an energy entity and a living being, and extremely troublesome.

The war is about to start.

The human fleet is currently intact, but that's because its energy shields and armor haven't been penetrated yet. Once the shields are overloaded and the armor is damaged, the human fleet will quickly collapse under heavy firepower.

But Su Mo wouldn't let them succeed.

Su Mo quickly flew out of the flagship and stealthily headed towards the enemy fleet.

He hid in the tail of a flying torpedo, the silvery-white metal casing perfectly concealing his figure, thus allowing him to approach the enemy fleet.

If he is discovered in advance, after being warned by the alien commander who once invaded Earth, all of the enemy's artillery fire may be poured on him. Although it won't hurt him, it will be very annoying.

The torpedo was destroyed by defensive torpedoes before it got close to the enemy fleet, but Su Mo had already broken away before that.

He spread his arms in the void, and a spatial rift suddenly appeared behind him, from which dark purple light surged out. It was the entrance to the dark dimension that Su Mo had torn open.

The next moment, an overwhelming barrage of energy attacks poured out from the crack: light spears, beams, lasers, particle beams, and all sorts of high-energy weapons rained down on the opposing fleet.

In an instant, dozens of biological warships were breached.

With the carapace shattered and the fleshy tissue carbonized in the high temperature, Su Mo did not waste any of it. He stored the remains of those biological warships in his dimensional space, where they could be taken back for human scientists to study.

The entrance to the Dark Dimension continued to expand, and the Dark Dimension's kin—various magical creatures that worshipped the Dark Dimension—swarmed out of the rifts, engaging in fierce battles with the enemy fleet.

Unlike sorcerers in the Marvel Universe, in this world, Su Mo's dark dimension portal is open, allowing his followers to directly borrow dark magic.

Su Mo also generously provided them with dark magic power without any cost, allowing them to unleash it freely in battle.

The battlefield then descended into chaos.

In addition to scientific physical and energy weapons, a large number of magical attacks began to erupt between enemy ships.

The quantum light spears of human battleships and the spatial folding spells in magic deal the most damage.

The quantum light spear is extremely powerful and penetrating, making it difficult for enemy shields and armor to defend against. Warships hit by it disintegrate like firecrackers.

Spatial folding ignores physical defenses, acting directly inside the warship to eliminate the crew. Sometimes, a seemingly intact enemy ship suddenly loses power and drifts silently in space because all its crew members are dead.

This cosmic war was fierce and chaotic, with battles raging across the heavens and earth.

The scales of war have consistently tipped in favor of humanity, but human fleets have still suffered losses.

Several frigates and destroyers were destroyed and sunk, resulting in heavy casualties.

During lulls in the battle, Su Mo darted around, rescuing some survivors adrift in space and returning them to nearby warships.

However, he cannot save everyone, nor is it possible for him to save everyone.

Su Mo wasn't incapable of protecting every warship, but he didn't want to. He didn't glorify sacrifice, but he also didn't believe that sacrifice was unacceptable.

He can't protect humans like a father would protect them; that would only be spoiling and would actually harm them.

More battles await humanity in the future; they must grow stronger on their own.

After the enemy fleet suffered heavy losses, the enemy commander finally couldn't sit still any longer.

Retreat signals flashed among the enemy ships, and the surviving warships began to emit a ghostly blue light, preparing for an emergency jump.

One warship after another disappeared in the blue light.

However, emergency jumps come at a price; some warships were torn apart by spatial turbulence during the jump.

All warships will be lost in the warp portal for a period of time, ranging from days to months, before they reappear. Moreover, they will most likely still be damaged, unless there are maintenance personnel inside.

The human fleet was victorious, but the warships also suffered heavy losses, with more than a third of the ships damaged and several completely scrapped.

However, the star base in this star system has a space dock, a space anchorage, and a crew logistics room, which can be used to repair damaged warships.

The human fleet slowly entered the anchorage area of ​​the Star Base, where a large number of engineers were piloting engineering ships to carry out emergency repairs on the damaged warships in the space dock.

Sparks from cutting and welding rose and fell throughout the dock.

Su Mo went to the flagship's bridge, walked to Grandpa Zhao's side, and said softly, "Grandpa Zhao, I think the fleet has enough combat experience. Leave the battles to me."

Grandpa Zhao was looking at the holographic tactical map when he heard this. He looked up and his gaze was as steady as a rock: "No, Xiao Mo, such a smooth victory is far from enough."

He shook his head. "Don't worry, we're not afraid of such a small setback."

Su Mo wanted to persuade him further, but Grandpa Zhao raised his hand to interrupt him, his tone firm and brooking no refusal: "Xiao Mo, I know you feel sorry for us, but humanity cannot just be a flower in your greenhouse, unable to withstand the wind and rain. I hope that humanity in the future can truly become strong, and even one day be able to help you."

Su Mo opened his mouth, but looking into Grandpa Zhao's eyes, which were still bright despite their vicissitudes, he swallowed his words and nodded helplessly, stepping aside.

In the following days, while repairing the warship, Grandpa Zhao also convened a meeting with the captains and commanders of various ships to discuss and exchange ideas.

The bridge was transformed into a makeshift conference room, with recordings of every battle playing on the projection screen, and every loss being magnified and analyzed.

Grandpa Zhao pointed to the weak points, asking questions and analyzing them one by one. Some answered, some refuted and questioned, and some argued endlessly. The atmosphere was extremely intense, and someone was in charge of taking notes.

They accumulate experience, learn lessons, and continuously improve for future space warfare.