Global Era of Star trekking Chapter 1894 - 919: Two Major Factions
Previously on Global Era of Star trekking...
Following days of heated debates and thorough deliberations, the conclusive roster for deployment was settled.
This represents the finest equilibrium the Torch Civilization managed to strike, safeguarding its core essence while satisfying the mandatory draft demands.
Regarding Mythical Power contributions, avatars from five Mythical Immortal Ships led by Torch Human Emperors were sent forth. Though these projections aren't the primary entities, they wield authentic mythical-grade battle prowess. Neither the Eternal Clan nor the Titan Giants raised any protests against this choice.
This arrangement counts as positive developments. In the end, should a Warship Avatar perish, it can be recalled once the cooldown expires, without undermining the civilization's bedrock.
The other three mythical slots went to the Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox, the Star Crowned Radiant Eagle (a fresh mythical subdued bio-entity from the Heavenly Eagle Tan Family), and the Mythical Black Devouring King Beast (a recent enslaved bio-creature from the War King Hall).
These serve as subjugated war beasts belonging to diverse Immortal Giant Forces. After all, the Torch Civilization isn't solely one of the Five Great Empires; other factions must pitch in contributions too.
As for the armada, it was put together collaboratively by the Five Great Empires alongside numerous prominent clans, culminating in a colossal Expedition Fleet comprising 12 million vessels.
Even though this armada consists mainly of units from assorted groups with diverse setups, every one represents elite selections from their origins. It's expected that through targeted drills, they can swiftly coalesce into potent fighting formations.
Soon enough, this enormous expedition force—with five Human Emperor Warship avatars forming its nucleus, eight mythical warriors spearheading the charge, and 12 million warships providing its flanks—gradually set off from the Torch Territory amid stares filled with mixed emotions, bound for the Starry Sea rendezvous point set by the Titan Giants and Eternal Clan.
The extended voyage through the stars stretched on for over two decades.
Upon the Torch Civilization's fleet reaching the assembly coordinates at last, they encountered a breathtaking vista brimming with immensity and lethal aura.
This spot lies at the border where the Titan Giant Civilization, Eternal Clan Civilization, and the old domain of the Starry Sea Insect Race converge. It was once a scarce desolate zone in the Starry Sea, yet now this isolated cosmic expanse has morphed into an endless interstellar base.
Myriad warships in all shapes, enormous bio-starships, groupings of Mage Towers glowing with arcane energies, and even battle bastions forged from entire Floating Lands crowded the area, nearly blanketing the whole observable starfield.
Banners and insignias from countless races across the All Heavens Star Sea shimmered amid the stars, fierce energy waves clashed and mingled, rendering this emptiness warped and precarious.
The Torch Fleet's entry stirred little disturbance.
Evidently, a vast array of civilizations heeded the call to arms and "willingly" showed up; nobody wished to serve as the "example" butchered to caution the rest.
Guided by the beacon signals, the Torch Civilization secured its position in an assigned sector, quietly surveying this forward bastion that would shape the destinies of innumerable civilizations.
Another ten years elapsed before the last straggling fleets from distant realms trickled in, completing the muster of all convened powers.
No formal announcement was required; the power dynamics organically forged the command hierarchy of the United Fleet.
As the prime movers, the Eternal Clan and Titan Giant Clan—boasting the strongest might—seized the forefront roles. Moreover, two venerable powers from beyond the Shattered Starry Sea, each guarded by a Transcender, namely the Source Star Divine Hall and Mechanical Nest, revealed strengths rivaling the first pair, together establishing the quartet of overlords for the United Fleet.
Under directives issued collectively by these four supreme civilizations, this United Fleet—amassing the finest assets from endless civilizations throughout the All Heavens Star Sea on a scale beyond imagination—commenced its advance to reclaim the Star Sea domains overrun and seized by the Bottomless Abyss.
The war's opening act came via a sudden assault on a mid-tier star system freshly tainted by Abyssal Demon Qi.
Beams from innumerable vessel armaments ripped across the cosmos, mythical beings' law collisions rattled the universe, demonic howls blended with the fiery detonations of ships into a savage orchestra.
A brutal close-quarters brawl engulfing the whole All Heavens Star Sea, sharply divided into the "All Heavens Star Sea Alliance Army" and the "Bottomless Abyss Camp," erupted in grand spectacle.
And the Torch Civilization's expedition armada, akin to a solitary speck amid this tempestuous ocean, ventured into an uncertain and gore-soaked destiny.
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Time flowed onward, the Starry Sea's war blazes raged without cease, morphing into a drawn-out war of endurance across the years.
This ferocious clash, spanning the entirety of the All Heavens Star Sea, has grown into a prolonged deadlock of pushes and pulls.
Along the sprawling frontlines weaving through countless Star Domains, dazzling bursts ignite constantly—the flares from vessels exploding in sacrifice and the thunder of barrages.
In a conflict of this epic scope, Fourth and Fifth Rank individuals fade into insignificance like specks of dirt. Even Sixth Rank Starry Sky Behemoths that could rule a Star Domain or Seventh Rank Starry Sky Dominators who command laws completely have largely turned into elite fodder amid the fray, frequently wiped out by massive law upheavals or overwhelming barrages of firepower.
Merely corps or fleets backed by Mythological Power can scarcely hold onto some control amid the turmoil, gaining limited maneuverability and the option to pick their fights.
Yet this amounts to just "scarcely."
On the level of overarching tactics, every unit in the Alliance Army must rigidly adhere to the compulsory commands from the four supreme powers. Any rebellion or hesitation might invite severe reprisals from "allied" sides, or worse, get shoved straight into the deadliest churns at the vanguard.