What Dr. Xie called an "abnormal situation" referred to something he had encountered more than half a year ago, when he was sent to an agricultural production ship in the Silver Core to repair its transport channels. As everyone knew, the Silver Core had no shortage of minerals or sunlight. What it lacked was proper habitable planets, and the stellar structures in most star systems were also highly unstable. Thus, growing crops and raising livestock could only be done aboard ships. This allowed materials and production to be coordinated, while also making it possible to flee whenever a star suddenly went berserk.
This was what could be called a nomadic lifestyle on a stellar scale.
Even so, the raiders still had a huge shortfall in food production. What was more, the core races of the raiders, such as the Eroans, the Maishandans, and the Beatorans, were all physically strong warrior races that needed highly nutritious food to survive.
With no other choice, they could only launch raids against the civilizations beyond the Silver Core year after year if they wanted to stay alive. The people they captured and brought into the Silver Core were not only used as servants and cannon fodder. In reality, they also served as emergency rations.
Of course, technical talents like Dr. Xie were treated fairly well despite being slaves. Even if the warriors starved to death, he probably would not.
But back to the agricultural production ship Dr. Xie had been assigned to. These ships were creations from the era when the Eroans still possessed a vast empire. Their hulls were enormous, comparable in size to giant hyperspace freighters. Rather than ships, they were more like space cities capable of moving slowly. Each carried a complete miniature ecological cycle. As long as it had sufficient