Fang Zheng's Swarm was slaughtering away outside with great enthusiasm, practically dyeing half the universe red, and the Milky Way itself wasn't getting any peace either.
Although the huge Taren Insect Race Army was blocked outside the Milky Way by Fang Zheng's Swarm, Fang Zheng didn't bother much with the Swarm already inside the Milky Way. This led to those Swarm forces scattering like a wildfire. And since the gene-stealers had infiltrated the Milky Way for many years already, now they were blossoming everywhere, forcing the Imperial Fleet to rush around putting out fires, completely overwhelmed.
What was worse, the trouble didn't stop there.
