Azure Star Region, Water Lily Star System, on a certain planet.

At this moment, the entire sky seemed to be dyed blood-red. There were Interstellar Warships exploding and falling to the ground due to Interstellar Insectoid attacks, and Interstellar Fighters still fighting desperately.

Combat mechs and ground troops in the city were also fiercely battling the Interstellar Insectoid ground units that had landed on the planet!

In a mountain range, a T3 Starship lay overturned between the ridges, its hull severely damaged in multiple places, even spewing flames.

Not far away, there were also the wrecks of several T2 Starships.

"Warning! Warning! Fire in cabin K931, automatic fire suppression system initiated."

"Warning! Warning! Oxidizer leak in cabin T711, Starship engineers please proceed immediately for repairs."

"Warning! Warning! High concentration of dangerous gas in cabin N771, explosion possible, personnel in surrounding cabins evacuate immediately! Evacuate immediately!"

The Bridge of this Starship was already in chaos, with various alarms blaring incessantly.

"Interstellar Insectoid ground units detected at 13 o'clock outside the Starship!"

"Order the mech troops and ground combat units to full alert!"

"Report, we still cannot contact the outside world. We can only reach the planet's defense department."

"The latest news from the planet's defense department: the planet's patrol fleet has suffered over 50% casualties. Without support, it will be completely annihilated within 20 hours.

Furthermore, the planet's ground military facilities will be completely overrun within the next sixty hours!"

A woman with her forehead bandaged was currently at the captain's command post. Her expression was grave, her eyes filled with tension and worry, but she still tried her best to calmly issue various orders.

"Contact the surrounding crash-landed Starships to see if there are any survivors.

Conduct emergency repairs inside the Starship. High-risk cabins that cannot be repaired must be immediately sealed off! Most importantly, check how many Starship weapons and individual weapons are left, and arm all combat-capable personnel!

And centralize the placement of the wounded!" The woman continuously issued orders, and the mobile teachers and students around her constantly carried them out, which helped alleviate much of the tension within the Starship.

"Reporting, Teacher Qin, we have currently identified 237 survivors, including 17 seriously injured and 57 lightly injured...

61 bodies of victims found..." Su Lan ran to Teacher Qin, reporting the current situation.

Teacher Qin clenched her fists, her expression filled with guilt and pain.

She was a female teacher from North Star Academy and the leading teacher for North Star Academy in this Two Academies interstellar mission.

But who would have thought that this seemingly ordinary Two Academies interstellar mission would encounter such a situation?

If she hadn't led most of her students to evacuate to this t3 jue shi-class medium interstellar destroyer, which was the first-place prize, she and her students would have truly been in grave danger.

Teacher Qin looked at the Two Academies students, half of whom were huddled in corners, mostly still in shock. Only a few students had strong psychological fortitude at such a time; most were like startled birds.

"For a short time, we are not in danger.

However, to hold out until reinforcements arrive, we must quickly restore everyone's confidence.

Only then do we have hope of surviving!

Teacher Cheng, please have your Heaven's Glory Academy students cooperate with us!" Teacher Qin looked at Teacher Cheng, whose expression was a bit dazed.

Teacher Cheng was the leading teacher from Heaven's Glory Academy. Perhaps he was frightened during the crash landing, as his expression was still somewhat dazed.

"Okay... okay." Teacher Cheng nodded foolishly and walked towards his students, but his trembling legs already revealed his inner tension and fear.

"Su Lan, you've worked hard. You should also go and rest. For a short time, we should be out of danger..." Teacher Qin looked at Su Lan, but her eyes held a hint of helplessness.

How long this'short time' would last depended on how long the planet's defense forces could hold out.

When the Interstellar Insectoids truly descended upon this planet, that would be the arrival of an apocalypse for them.

"Teacher Qin, you also need to rest. You're injured, so take care of yourself," Su Lan said with concern to Teacher Qin.

Then Su Lan walked out of the Bridge and entered a cabin where the wounded were being tended to, hearing the painful cries of teachers and students.

Once so pampered, the students now looked disheveled, like crying infants in their parents' arms.

Among them, quite a few were indeed crying out for their parents.

Amidst this, several busy figures were helping a few teachers attend to the wounded.

"Hold her leg down!" Zhao Wan'er said to Xue Xiaoxiao beside her.

Xue Xiaoxiao swallowed hard and still pressed down on the girl's bloody leg.

Zhao Wan'er sprayed a rapid-coagulation agent on the wound, which could stop bleeding and numb the pain temporarily.

However, complete healing would require more advanced medical equipment.

After finishing the procedure, Zhao Wan'er wiped the sweat from her forehead.

"Wan'er, the wounded are almost taken care of. You should also pay attention to resting," Su Lan said, walking over with concern.

Zhao Wan'er shook her head, forcing a smile: "I learned a bit of first aid at the academy. Now that I can help, I'll help as much as I can."

"Senior Su Lan, do you think... we can still leave here alive...? Those Interstellar Insectoids are too terrifying... in swarms..." Xue Xiaoxiao recalled the scene when their Two Academies Fleet was attacked by Interstellar Insectoids in space earlier.

Some Interstellar Insectoids even flew into the Starship, and a portion of the injured teachers and students here were harmed by those Interstellar Insectoids!

She still felt her scalp tingle just thinking about it.

Xue Xiaoxiao then whispered: "I haven't even touched the main cannon of a T4 Interstellar Battleship yet... I don't want to die..."

Su Lan embraced her two good friends, comforting them: "Don't worry, the academy has received our distress call and will definitely send a fleet to rescue us!"

"Hehehe... dream on... we've all been completely abandoned..." A self-mocking voice came from nearby.

Su Lan frowned and looked over. It was Zhou Min, who had previously dueled Zhao Wan'er with her Starship.

Zhou Min had only suffered a minor injury to her left arm, wrapped in a bandage.

But to avoid the work demands outside, she had hidden herself in this area for the wounded.

"Zhou Min, everyone needs to hold onto hope now! Only then can we all leave here alive!" Zhao Wan'er stood up, staring at Zhou Min.

Zhou Min laughed manically: "Hope? Hope? What hope is there here? Didn't you hear?

The Star Gate in the Water Lily Star System has been destroyed by the Interstellar Insectoids. Although we escaped to this planet, this planet will soon fall.

We can't use the Star Gate! The fastest reinforcement fleet can only enter the Water Lily Star System by traversing the interstellar boundary space!

How much time will that take? Three days? Five days? Or a week!

Moreover, Interstellar Insectoids are everywhere now. Neither the Imperial Army nor the Two «N.o.v.e.l.i.g.h.t» Academies' leadership would risk paying a greater price to save us.

Don't hope for anything... we've been completely abandoned."

With that, Zhou Min cried out in despair.

Hearing Zhou Min's words, Zhao Wan'er showed a look of disgust. She said firmly, "I... I believe someone will definitely come to save us!"

As Zhao Wan'er said this, for some reason, she thought of that figure.

Will he come to save her?