The plunder of the heavens begins with the Spirit Cage.

"warn!

High-energy directional scanning lock!

The source points directly to the left-wing command flagship—the Serene 'Eternal Ice Crown'!

A sharp alarm pierced the federal command channel; without any further buildup, the iron-blooded killing move had already landed.

The intelligence officer followed up with the deadly news: "The Yeta 'Shadow Hunter' destroyer has been exposed and is currently marking the coordinates for the boarding force!"

"This is a decapitation strike!"

Before the words were even finished, the shadow of deep space suddenly tore open, and the engines of the three assault boats burst into blinding blue flames. Taking advantage of the radar clutter from the head-on firefight, they charged forward with extreme curvature, perfectly avoiding the Federation's outer perimeter surveillance network. Like three deadly spikes, they headed straight for the Eternal Icecrown, where the left-wing commander was located.

Although the close-in weapon systems of the left-wing warship group quickly formed a fire net, plasma beams and laser cannons drew a dense fire net in the void, tearing the two assault boats apart on the spot.

But the last assault boat was even more ferocious. Ignoring the twisting of the hull, it withstood several shots from the freeze cannon and crashed into the armored area below the main bridge on the left wing, leaving thick smoke trails behind!

With a deafening roar, the energy melting and cutting head at the front of the assault ship instantly burned through the thick alloy deck of the warship, forcibly meshing and docking.

When over a hundred elite Ironblood Hunters burst through the door, the Serlinn guards who came to stop them were cleaved in two, armor and all.

Faced with a group of warriors skilled in close combat, the left-wing command center was in dire straits.

Kreix immediately took command of the left wing and decisively ordered the support fleet to rush to the left wing to suppress any further Ironblood attacks.

But the Ironbloods, seizing the opportunity, wouldn't let them have their way. Several heavy cruisers and their corresponding formations immediately shifted their focus to the left flank and continued to unleash a barrage of fire, relentlessly pursuing the Federation reinforcements.

For a moment, the battlefield in the starry sky seemed to have turned into a trench war.

For every meter that both sides advanced, they had to pay a heavy price.

But given the overall situation of the league and the issue of morale, Krex could not give up commanding the left wing no matter what.

The support fleet must withstand the artillery fire and return fire while simultaneously breaking through the enemy's interception lines!

Fortunately, with such a desperate fighting style, the frigates, after suffering several casualties, finally managed to break through a passage.

Terrence immediately ordered the assault ships to forcibly board the capital ship, sparing no effort to protect the left-wing commander.

In an instant, a fierce battle raged for hours inside the narrow passageways of the left-wing capital ship, resembling urban warfare.

Every inch of deck was bleeding, every passageway was a battleground. The rescue team fought their way through the bloodshed, sacrificing several elite units, and finally reached the bridge.

At this moment, the alloy gate of the bridge was glowing red from the heat of the melting and cutting machine, and the gap was widening.

Two heavily wounded hunters had broken through the outer defenses and were about to charge at the fallen left-wing commander, brandishing their high-frequency wrist blades.

At this moment, the two remaining guards beside the commander bravely stepped forward and fought desperately, buying the rescue team a crucial respite.

As an energy spear pierced the hunter's back, the remaining team members focused their fire to kill the other hunter.

The rescue operation was finally completed, albeit with great difficulty.

To prevent any accidents, everyone acted without delay, immediately supporting the seriously injured and unconscious commander and evacuating along the docking passage.

Shortly after they left on the receiving warship, a violent explosion occurred on the main warship behind them.

That was a chain reaction triggered by the remnants of the hunters detonating the ship's internal relay energy core.

Flames and shockwaves mercilessly tore the entire warship apart, turning it into a blinding cloud of fire in space.

Ironblood lost several elite hunting squads. Although the mission was not perfectly accomplished, it crippled the Federation's left-wing defenses.

"Damn it! Those barbaric Hish people!"

After glancing at the 1:4 casualty ratio, Krex angrily denounced the decapitation strike launched by the Ironblood civilization with an insulting old term.

However, in his anger, he had to admit the ferocity and ruthlessness of the boarding tactics displayed by the other side.

Due to their physical and skeletal characteristics, their soldiers were simply unable to engage in effective close-quarters combat with the Ironbloods.

Just as he was considering spreading out the battle lines and using isolation tactics for long-range strikes.

A message suddenly came from Gina Star. Krex opened it and was slightly stunned.

That was a message from the alliance that first proposed the Civilization Alliance.

The message was brief: they were asked if they needed support.

They...are actually quite good at boarding operations!

Chapter 163 463 Global Fleet

In parallel universe number 2, the so-called "anti-Earth" point is located opposite Earth's orbit and near the Sun's L3 Lagrange point.

This is the area where the Wandering Earth is anchored, hidden behind the star, always facing the ocean-covered water world across the sun.

In addition, the planetary engines can continuously and precisely perform attitude corrections and orbital fine-tuning, keeping the gravitational disturbance between the two Earths at an extremely low level, which has almost no perceptible impact on the tides, ocean currents and climate of the water world.

The only thing that makes The Wandering Earth regrettable is the absence of the moon.

However, thanks to the absence of extraterrestrial threats in Universe 2, the Multiverse Alliance deployed its 463rd Space Fleet to this location.

This is the first main fleet formally established by the consortium that possesses mature jump navigation capabilities, a complete combat system, and powerful firepower.

Its very existence is a milestone for the consortium in its journey toward deep space and mastery of trans-world power projection capabilities.

The fleet is centered around the majestic command flagship, the "Zhenhuan".

This colossal ship, 3.6 kilometers long, has its core hull modified from Hisakawa's massive spaceship, which had broken down due to energy failure.

While preserving its skeleton and some of its heavy hull, the engineers carried out a complete "surgical" reconstruction and deep militarization.

Today, the Zhenhuan is a mobile fortress that has shed its civilian appearance and is armed to the teeth.

Its armor was thickened to withstand a frontal impact from a capital ship.

The interior space was efficiently redesigned, with everything designed to maximize wartime effectiveness.

The fleet's combat command is located deep within the ship's hull, serving as the highest nerve center for the global fleet and even the defense of the entire region.

Its quantum computing power can simultaneously process thousands of tactical targets and the overall battlefield situation, and coordinate the joint operations of the fleet.

The energy shield generators covering the ship's hull can operate at 200% efficiency thanks to the transmission of Pandora superconductor metal.

Beyond this, there are close-in weapon systems, heavy-mass accelerator gun emplacements capable of crushing asteroids, strategic missile silos, and directed-energy weapon arrays…

These densely packed firepower platforms are enough to delineate an absolute no-entry zone over the entire airspace.

In addition, as a cross-dimensional strategic pivot, the Zhenhuan core is also equipped with a cross-dimensional navigation beacon that combines 'meta-energy'.

It serves as both an information exchange node and a crucial anchor point for stabilizing coordinates and tearing open subspace rifts during fleet jumps, making it comparable in importance to a navigation lighthouse and a stargate.

Finally, taking advantage of its massive size, the shipyard also has two dock repair platforms and large-scale logistics storage.

Although it did not achieve the self-adaptive and self-repairing capabilities expected by the consortium, it still possesses extremely strong self-sufficiency and repair capabilities.

Surrounding the Zhenhuan, the sole aircraft carrier flagship, the 463rd Fleet's ships are organized in a hierarchical manner.

Its three Rock-class battleships were the undisputed firepower backbone and operational heavyweights of the fleet.

Beneath its thick composite armor lies a powerful heavy railgun array and a multi-launch strategic missile vertical launch system.

Specializing in attacking planetary fortresses, decisive battles with capital ships, and large-scale area denial.

Each Rock-class battleship is surrounded by its own independent battleship strike group.

Two Seraphim-class cruisers will serve as the main escort and tactical support, forming the backbone of the escort.

It is assigned to a destroyer squadron, with six "Liu Huo"-class high-speed destroyers deployed forward for patrol, and is responsible for anti-small boat, anti-torpedo, electronic warfare and medium-range area air defense;

Then, four Night Watcher-class frigates formed a close escort, closely following the battleship's sides, to construct the final hard-kill barrier against missiles and torpedoes.

Excluding escort cruisers attached to battle strike groups.

The fleet also maintains six Seraphim-class fast cruisers, forming an independent mobile strike group, directly under the command of the Zhenhuan.

They are the fleet's most flexible arms and secondary tactical core.

It is responsible for independent patrols, rapid border response, flank cover, area control, intelligence reconnaissance and landing support, and can also take over command when necessary, becoming a secondary operational node.

In addition to the units assigned to each battle strike group, the fleet also organized 24 "Blizzard" class destroyers to form several independent destroyer squadrons, forming the outer layer of the fleet's defense network.

They are responsible for wide-area reconnaissance and early warning, anti-infiltration, anti-small ship clusters, fleet-level medium-range air defense and all-domain electronic suppression, and are the first iron curtain to resist enemy wolf pack tactics.

The fleet also maintains eighteen "Night Watcher"-class frigates, which are dispersed to provide cover for the support fleet, independent cruisers and the Zhenhuan ship itself, responsible for close-range point defense, battlefield clearing and terminal interception, silently eliminating any small threats that slip through the net.

Finally, the "Mozi"-class integrated fleet, apart from the Zhenhuan, is the only other ship in the fleet.

A support fleet consisting of four large engineering and repair ships, two medical evacuation ships, and several supply and fuel replenishment ships.

In summary, the entire fleet is centered around the Zhenhuan, and comprises three complete patrol squadrons.

Each squadron is based on a Rock-class battleship and its accompanying battle strike group.

Equipped with independent cruiser squadrons, destroyer squadrons, frigate squadrons, and dedicated support units, it possesses a complete combat formation capable of independently conducting medium-scale interstellar campaigns.

In addition, the Zhenhuan also directly commands a guard force.

It consists of independent cruisers, destroyers, frigates, and some support ships.

It serves as both the flagship's last line of defense and a strategic reserve force that the entire fleet can deploy to the battlefield at any time.

However, due to time constraints, this reserve fleet was not at full strength.

Military personnel with deep-space navigation and combat capabilities have not yet been recruited.

The main reason for this is that the consortium developed and entered space too quickly.

Therefore, the Tiangong space station, which was taken over by Linglong, was moved to a stable orbit outside the Wandering Earth, serving as an academy specifically for training high-ranking commanding officers and tactical staff for the fleet.

The space station was originally the forward hub used by the Coastal Alliance to project fleets into space.

It is also a tourist attraction open to the public, with all kinds of entertainment and lifestyle facilities readily available.

With just a little repair and expansion, it has become a well-equipped and excellent training base for deep-space officers.

It can be said that the unemployment rate here is 100%.

As soon as each class of trainees graduates, they are immediately snapped up by various fleets.

The station is currently filled with trainees who are still in the systematic training phase and have not yet completed their graduation and degree conferment.

Although the 463rd World Fleet was the first main fleet to be formally established in the alliance

However, within the actual consortium, several reserve fleets have already completed their formation and project initiation.