But in the new galaxy formed after the fusion, this was a fatal problem: the faith of a vast population in nonexistent gods caused the fluctuations of their souls to cross the boundaries between the two universes, attracting the attention of the Chaos Gods.
A nascent interstellar civilization had little in the way of foundations. There were only a handful of Psionicists within its borders, so when the Chaos Gods' minions launched a planned infiltration, it was left especially helpless.
All its colonies, including its homeworld, erupted with paranormal events within just a few days. Demons, zombies, and other creatures of legend began appearing in the real universe.
Amid the panic, the people's faith grew ever more devout. Just then, a hazy voice answered some of the faithful. In truth, it was the soul-corrupting influence of the Chaos Gods.
In the shortest time, the civilization's people were rapidly infested by evil power and twisted. Even worse, the convenient transportation systems of the Interstellar Era allowed countless corrupted abominations to pilot starships and spread across the Milky Way Galaxy, reaching other civilizations.
By the time the Dragon Flame Alliance realized something was wrong, hurriedly shut down the Star Gate System, and analyzed the data from every transmission through the gates, the corruption had already spread to colonies belonging to more than a thousand different interstellar civilizations.
"The Order of the Holy Hammer has activated its emergency response plan. More than a thousand exorcist units are already on the move, heading for the corruption sites. The situation will be under control within three days at most." Liu Manyun studied the star map, now speckled with red, and calmly briefed the senior officials present.
"Your Majesty, Chaos corruption is spreading too quickly and poses too great a threat to us. The other civilizations