Soon, as the swarm ended, everyone shifted into recovery.
There was no celebrating. People were too busy tending to their wounds and counting what they had lost.
Some cosmic elites were even still out on the front line, clearing the last scattered dark beasts.
The general army was also working to reclaim the wild planets they had used as a defensive line.
Since most of the army was still at tier 2 and 3, unable to fight effectively in open space, they had used the planets as bait to draw in weaker dark beasts.
Although it had worked, the cost was devastating, with millions of planets reduced to ruin.
Not wanting to waste what remained, they began reinforcing the debris with heavy machinery.
This is not to make the planets livable again, but to turn them into a true defensive barrier.
Instead of growing forests and crops, they planted turrets. Instead of buildings, they raised planetary cannons.
