The three ships moved forward in a line. Moving while invisible, we attempted to sneak through the defensive perimeter into the Horsehead Nebula's inner region while the imperial forces were in chaos.

Due to the nuclear explosions, many of their defensive forces had headed toward the explosion sites. The chain explosion set off by the fifth nuclear warhead had yet to cease. The fiery shockwaves continued spreading and wreaked havoc everywhere, destroying more and more transport ships. Our attacks seemed to have angered the enemies, as suddenly, Fearless's probe let off an urgent alarm.

"Canyue, more battleships and drones have appeared from a different defensive section as reinforcements. There are nearly 60,000 of them. This is triple our estimation," said Dodo.

"Looks like the explosions had attracted the attention of their command. They were able to send so many reinforcements over so quickly. This is quite a fast reaction," said Baron Sisse.

"Only 60,000 drones? I thought they had millions of these drones. Are they looking...