"Boom!"
An Eternity Storm-class starship shielded Li Jiuye and his companions from a volley of concentrated fire. Its defensive shield flickered twice before rapidly dimming.
Immediately after, it was struck by over a dozen antimatter cannon shells.
A hole exceeding a hundred meters in diameter ripped the ship in half from the center.
Attacks piercing through the hull's breach were intercepted by another vessel before they could reach Li Jiuye and the others.
"Forward, forward, forward!"
"Our company marches towards the sun!"
"With the homeland beneath our feet!"
"............"
As the chorus ended, a single background song echoed simultaneously from all the starships.
"Retreat!"
"Everyone, retreat immediately!"
He ordered the ships, his voice laced with immense shock.
Though others had not yet grasped what had happened, they immediately and without hesitation retreated in all directions upon hearing his tone.
The surviving starships of the enforcement team were momentarily stunned, seeing their flagship obliterated by a group of lower-class vessels.
They didn't understand why the China side was retreating. By the time they did, it was too late!
Those warships quickly followed the fate of the asteroids.
They turned to dust, vanishing without a trace!
Fang Er, with no time to celebrate victory, retreated further and further with everyone else, until they reached the vicinity of low Earth orbit.
His heart remained suspended precariously.
Damn it, the destructive power of the Star Destroyer cannon's detonation was terrifying!
The distance from the explosion's epicenter to low Earth orbit exceeded thirty thousand kilometers!
This was twice the Earth's diameter, yet even at a distance of five thousand kilometers, Fang Er clearly witnessed the annihilating force still spreading!
Four thousand kilometers!
Three thousand kilometers!
Two thousand kilometers!
That power was still raging!
"Bang!"
A satellite bearing the Stars and Stripes turned to powder before their eyes, drifting towards outer space with the escaping atmosphere.