A Greeting to the Union on My Behalf

A bizarre and grotesque creature appeared, its single restless eyeball trembling incessantly, as if in dread, trying to evade something:

"They... They're coming!"

"Quick, run!"

"They, they are the 'Hunters,' symbols of death... The 'Death God' is here!"

"They've already wiped out the bulk of our race, and even we, the last survivors, have been hunted down epoch after epoch..."

"They will eventually find this place. We must feed as quickly as possible, so that before they arrive... we can continue to flee into the darkness of the universe..."

"So hungry, so hungry... Food, find food..."

The captain of the Gonggong felt only surprise, a hint of astonishment.

How could this universe encounter these Presolin Zerg again?

Why "again"?

Because in another universe, they had already experienced an infestation of the swarm.

Back then, nearly half the Star Sea Community suffered greatly, but during that era, the Human Federation's fleet rose abruptly. Not only did they suppress the swarm's threat, but they also seized the title of "Star River Guardian" within the Star Sea Community.

An interstellar regime that was extremely xenophobic and cruel to alien species, recognized as "Star River Guardians" by those community councilors who only spewed nonsense?

It sounded unbelievable, but it was the truth.

Because the Human Federation had truly earned that title with their own strength.

In another universe, the Federation used a fleet that nearly blotted out the sky to prune the Presolin Zerg—a "calamity" that had devoured countless interstellar regimes!

That was a war of extreme brutality, and also the war of the Human Federation's rise.

The captain of the Gonggong swore he would never forget the appearance of those bugs in his lifetime.

In the war to eliminate the Solin Zerg in another universe, the captain of the Gonggong had obtained much intelligence about these bugs.

They had even captured a Zerg Queen during the war, sealed several Zerg planets with the "Peace Angel," and conducted detailed, in-depth research on the species.

It seemed that in the last universe, the Presolin Zerg they encountered had called themselves the so-called "last survivors."

How could it be the same in this universe?

There weren't that many "last survivors."

Did these bugs only know how to repeat that phrase?

Or was this "Presolin" before them merely a parallel universe spacetime counterpart of the "Presolin" they had encountered in another universe?

What exactly were the "Hunter" and "Death God" they kept mentioning?

"You..."

The Navigator of the Gonggong was about to inquire about specifics through psionic energy.

Unexpectedly, the creature's restless eyeball rolled in a hair-raising manner, then focused on them:

"You are 'food,' so hungry..."

Shwoosh!

The communication was forcibly cut off, and the ship's alarms were forcibly triggered.

Countless dense biological signatures appeared in the Heavenly Dao Galaxy, which had just been blasted into a black hole.

"Damn it!"

The captain of the Gonggong couldn't help but curse. Arriving early or late was not as good as arriving right on time.

The number of Presolin Zerg pouring into this galaxy was inconceivably vast, more than a thousand times the scale of the Lieyang Civilization's so-called fleet!

These Zerg space units were divided into several levels from top to bottom, in order: Zerg Empress, Broodmother, Warrior, Larva!

They corresponded to the four ship classes of battleship, cruiser, destroyer, and frigate. A super-large swarm posed a threat comparable to a fleet of considerable scale.

Most importantly, once these bugs were encountered, it meant the ensuing battle would be nearly endless.

Clearly, the swarm the Gonggong had encountered had already been formed after several generations of reproduction.

There must be some Zerg nest in the nearby star region, otherwise these bugs wouldn't have appeared so premeditated and prepared.

Damn it, if it weren't for that Anomalous Spacetime Effect interfering with the detection system, how could they have been so passive?

At present, the Gonggong faced a swarm of tens of millions, nearly endless.

The Sky Burning Divine Weapon could indeed match ten thousand ships with one, but it depended on what kind of enemy.

A fleet composed of Lieyang Civilization warships didn't even qualify as an interstellar fleet before any Federation vessel.

Slow as a turtle, ship weapons unable to breach enemy defenses, weapon strikes incapable of faster-than-light travel, effective attack range unable to cross light-year distances—did that deserve to be called an interstellar fleet?

Even if there were a million such enemy ships, the captain of the Gonggong was confident of a great victory.

But against these Zerg fleets, the situation was entirely different.

Against the former, they could fight lying down; against the latter, they had to sit up and fight.

The Sky Burning Divine Weapon's cannons were fierce, but a swarm of this scale could overwhelm even a master with sheer numbers.

Their weapons could deal real damage to the Sky Burning Divine Weapon.

The vast majority of space within the star system was compressed by this zerg force, which charged fearlessly toward the Gonggong.

Worse still, the star within the Heavenly Dao Galaxy had been destroyed in advance; otherwise, they could have used the Star Blaster to trigger a supernova explosion and alleviate the immediate crisis.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The Gonggong unleashed its full firepower. The first zerg fleet attempting to close in was torn apart by terrifying artillery, but the endless waves behind it formed an impenetrable encirclement net.

The situation turned dire in an instant.

"Captain, that massive super gravitational source has undergone another change. The engine system and cannon system are experiencing irreversible suppression..."

"Faster-than-light weapon fire rate has dropped by eighty percent. The Sky Burning Divine Weapon's standard cruising speed has decreased by fifty percent!"

"Hah..."

Cornered between life and death, the Gonggong's captain's mind remained exceptionally clear.

Before them lay three paths to death and one to survival.

First: continue fighting and be overwhelmed by the dense zerg swarm.

Second: abandon resistance, shut down all onboard systems, and let the Sky Burning Divine Weapon plunge into the newly formed black hole in the Heavenly Dao Galaxy—choosing a flashy funeral.

Third: resist to the last moment, then self-destruct, taking a batch of zerg down as company.

Earlier, the Sky Burning Divine Weapon had collected a massive amount of dark matter resources.

These dark matter resources were stored using some quantum storage technology in an independent subspace bound to the Sky Burning Divine Weapon.

Once these dark matters were detonated, the resulting damage would absolutely cover the entire star system range, dealing a devastating blow to this tens-of-millions-strong zerg force!

Better to be a shattered jade than a whole tile.

The only path to survival was to forcibly activate the ship's Psionic Engine for an emergency faster-than-light escape, using its vast psionic power to send the Gonggong elsewhere within the galaxy.

Though this wouldn't let the Gonggong completely break free from the Hou Shen Galaxy or rid the entire crew of the zerg threat, it could buy enough time. With luck, they might even escape alive.

But these Solin Zerg also wielded psionic power. Escaping from them using the Psionic Engine wouldn't be easy.

Unless a psionicist rated above 90 rings was willing to give their all—even sacrifice their own life—there might be a chance for this Sky Burning Divine Weapon to break through the enemy's psionic blockade.

Three deaths, one life.

Four outcomes didn't mean four choices. In the Gonggong captain's view, this could also be a sequencing problem—and it had to be one.

"Fellow countrymen... if there's a chance, convey my respects to the Grand Marshal and United Star!"

The captain's calm voice transmitted through the psychic channel into every crew member's mind:

"Activate the Psionic Jump Engine!"

A terrifying psionic pressure emerged, spreading from the command room throughout the entire ship in less than a nanosecond.

A massive psionic bubble enveloped the space occupied by the entire Sky Burning Divine Weapon.

The boundaries of time and space were brutally torn apart!