Global Crossing: Empire of Stars

Around a trillion."

Lin Zhichen projected a star map with his mind. It showed the Hive Starfield, where the swarm, marked in crimson, was advancing toward the region where the Imperial Fleet was operating.

The detailed numbers of the swarm made the Star Spirits' scalps tingle.

"How can there be so many?" Liu Manyun sighed. "That doesn't make sense."

"Based on my observations and analysis, the species' overlord seems to have divided about ten thousand star systems into a single domain. Each domain has one Hive Lord and ten to fifteen War Lords, while the Hive Fleet numbers around five trillion," Lin Zhichen explained.

"This Devouring Bee Swarm has about two or three hundred domains, putting its total numbers at over ten quadrillion."

"Wait. At that size, the Devouring Bee Swarm could probably devour half the Milky Way Galaxy!" Conilia said in confusion.

"Two reasons. First, the Galactic Will is repelling the swarm. The Overlord spends most of its time asleep partly because it needs to digest the immense power fed back by its species, and partly because of the pressure exerted by the galactic will. It's an outsider, after all, like an invader entering an entirely new ecosystem. It's bound to be rejected," Lin Zhichen explained.

"Second, the rules restrict it. The swarm is an abnormal event. Although some of it has broken free of those restrictions and can expand unchecked, the fact that it has barely ever launched an interstellar expedition shows that it can only operate in star systems right next to its borders."

"Destroying a civilization like this with our current forces would probably take a very long time," Link mused.

"I have an idea. Let's send out the Dragon Knight Order to expand throughout this starfield. The Imperial Fleet's Main Fleet should keep moving and