As the node of the Cosmic Current on the Virster Supercluster side, Chers was also something Aliya placed great importance on.
After all, to Aliya, the Kebiniah Supercluster was also part of her sphere of influence, and more importantly, one of her escape routes.
Therefore, she had no intention of letting Hypnos raid her rear without her knowing.
In the void, before the pitch-black Current Entrance devoid of even the slightest light, more than a thousand insect swarms had been deployed, completely sealing off the entrance to the current and leaving almost no gaps.
Not far away, a massive ape was speeding toward the Current Mouth, yet it had not drawn the attention of the insect race for the time being.
For the insect race, mental perception was their primary means of detecting external objects, while eyesight...
It was not that they could not use it; its limitations were simply too great.
Even though the insect race's ocular structure was uniquely gifted, allowing them to clearly see objects millions of kilometers away.
But a few million kilometers was simply far too close on the scale of the universe.
"Commander, 12 million kilometers from the target. The Spatial Illusion System is currently operating normally!"
"Once we enter within 5 million kilometers, the entire fleet will activate Dark Energy Shields in Joint Shield mode!"
"Yes, Commander!"
The giant ape was not actually that fast, moving at roughly 30,000 kilometers per second. Even so, crossing 7 million kilometers would take only a little over 200 seconds.
More than three minutes later, the giant ape entered within 5 million kilometers of the insect swarm, just as expected.
"All warships, activate Joint Shield!"
"Yes, Commander!"
At once, under the control of their respective Dark Energy Manipulators, all warships activated shields composed of diamond-shaped Dark Energy