Readjusting Strategy

The existence of this super lifeform completely defied the known laws of the universe.

If Chen Yu had to give the "Hunter's" life form an accurate definition, he could only call it a "super quasar lifeform"!

A form exceeding twenty light-years in size, what did that even mean?

Chen Yu could only feel astonishment.

In his memory, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy was only about 44 million kilometers in diameter.

That alone was enough to drag all celestial bodies in every star system within the Milky Way Galaxy into orbit around it.

Compared to the size of the "Hunter," even that supermassive black hole at the galactic center seemed as insignificant as dust.

The moment such a "super quasar lifeform" descended upon the Hou Shen Galaxy, all celestial bodies, all other lifeforms, and all civilizations within the galaxy were doomed.

In reality, under normal circumstances, the "Gonggong" and all its crew members should have been collectively annihilated in the Hou Shen Galaxy the instant the "Hunter" appeared.

However, Chen Yu's will was connected to every Federation citizen, no matter when or where they were in the universe.

As long as he paid a certain price, Chen Yu could find them through this connection.

The reason the "Gonggong" was able to return safely was that Chen Yu had traversed the macro-universal spacetime coordinate axis, broken through the "Hunter's" gravitational source blockade, and forcibly pulled the entire "Gonggong" back to the Milky Way Galaxy.

As a price, nearly a tenth of his psionics were depleted, with the vast majority consumed in breaking through the "Hunter's" gravitational source blockade.

He transmitted the precious data obtained about the "Hunter" in his mind to Gray Wind through psionics.

Gray Wind was a nanobot aggregate and also possessed a peculiar psionic potential.

Upon learning the true nature of the "Hunter," Gray Wind was momentarily shocked, but she quickly realized the severity of the problem. With no time for amazement, she uploaded the acquired data to "Thousand Year Stars" for analysis.

"Thousand Year Stars" was a massive super-celestial computing cloud with terrifying computational power. Even the processing power provided by top celestial computers like the Great Clock in this universe was less than one-thousandth of "Thousand Year Stars'."

The Federation currently possessed thirteen units of "Thousand Year Stars" like these.

Thirteen "Thousand Year Stars" computed simultaneously, attempting to decipher the mystery of the "Hunter," but to no avail.

A profound, super-dimensional algorithm vaguely attempted to obstruct the intervention of "Thousand Year Stars'" algorithms.

Chen Yu and Gray Wind could only see a pile of garbled error codes displayed in "Thousand Year Stars'" computation program.

All information pertaining to the "Hunter" was sealed with some unknown symbols, rendering it undecipherable.

This was another phenomenon that violated the laws of the universe.

"Boss... what do we do?" Gray Wind asked nervously.

This was the first time she had encountered such a situation.

Chen Yu, however, regained his composure and continued to look at the star map system.

With a few casual clicks in the void, he marked all the star systems suspected of harboring "Hunters" for special attention.

The closest star system was at least 100 million light-years away from the Milky Way Galaxy.

From a macro-universal perspective, it would take these "Hunters" a considerable amount of time to consume star systems one by one.

Chen Yu couldn't help but ponder that the reason no "Hunters" descended upon the Milky Way Galaxy in the previous universe might have been largely due to the Void Realm.

But with the Void Realm's isolation gone in this universe, no one knew if the Federation could withstand it if a "Hunter" descended upon the Milky Way Galaxy the next second.

In front of the Federation, existences like the Angel Civilization and the Lieyang Civilization were mere food on the table.

However, if the roles were reversed, in front of the "Hunters," the Federation currently seemed to be food as well.

Recognizing this, there was no shame in it; rather, it was fortunate.

At least their civilization hadn't been eaten yet, and they still had a chance to fight back.

Currently, there were suspected to be dozens of "Hunters" that had infiltrated the known universe. With the Federation's current strength, it was impossible to deal with dozens of super quasar lifeforms.

They had to continue accelerating the construction of the Aether Phase Engine.

But the external crises that had appeared recently were seemingly not limited to just the "Hunters"!

Previously, the sentinel array matrix had detected abnormal spacetime effects within many star system structures in the known universe.

Besides these identified "Hunters," the specific causes of the abnormal spacetime effects in some unknown star systems had yet to be determined.

These star systems had not been directly destroyed like those where "Hunters" appeared, but significant changes had occurred.

For example, another Sky Burning Divine Weapon dispatched to mine dark matter resources in the Angel Nebula encountered other unexpected events besides the "Hunters" there.

At the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, the supermassive black hole was also exhibiting abnormal spacetime effects different from those caused by the "Hunters," with the cause currently unknown.

The entire galactic black hole and a small portion of the starfield near the galactic center were currently shrouded in a dimensional film, with their internal conditions unknown.

This sudden surge of crises, like an incoming tide, forced Chen Yu to take the current situation seriously.

He had initially thought this universe was just a calm sea surface, but it turned out that the real crises were hidden beneath the waves.

He quickly readjusted the Federation's strategy.

Several Sky Burning Divine Weapons previously dispatched outside the Milky Way Galaxy were urgently recalled to avoid unnecessary losses.

Deploy the first layer of strategic defense within the Milky Way Galaxy; deploy the second layer of strategic defense to the nearby "Andromeda Nebula" and "Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy" outside the Milky Way Galaxy...

Those "Hunters" are spread across every corner of the universe. Although they are far from the Milky Way Galaxy, there's no guarantee they don't plan on coming here.

Therefore, the third layer of strategic defense is deployed, targeting them.

"Gray Wind, current location of the 'Zhurong'."

"'Zhurong' is near Starfield 19 of the Angel Nebula, coordinates..." Gray Wind responded.

"What's the specific situation there?"

"The Angel Nebula is currently occupied by a civilization that suddenly appeared, calling themselves the 'Ancient Guardians.' All those Angel aliens are under some form of mandatory supervision by those machines..." Gray Wind retrieved the relevant data and stated seriously:

"'Zhurong' is currently engaging the 'Ancient Guardians' in a fierce battle, but the situation is manageable..."

Ancient Guardians?

The ancient fallen mechanical empire from the previous universe?

It seems that not only the Federation, the "Presolin Zerg," and the "Hunters" have crossed over from the previous universe to this one.

After some thought, Chen Yu issued an order:

"Cancel the original combat plan!"

"Recall the Sky Burning Divine Weapon, activate the 'Falling Star Sky Spear,' and conduct a cross-galactic strike on the Angel Nebula!"

"Adjust the 'Galactic Grand Expedition' plan, moving the original dark matter resource collection plan to be conducted within the Milky Way Galaxy."

"Secondly, dispatch scout fleets to investigate the specific situation in the central starfield of the Milky Way Galaxy as soon as possible."

"Gray Wind, release the 'Gray Gu Storm' again, with a scope covering the entire 'Local Group,' including the Milky Way Galaxy!"

"Understood!" Gray Wind received the order and saluted solemnly.

After the major strategic adjustments, the entire war machine composed of the Human Federation transformed once again, appearing brand new and revealing a different set of fangs.

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