T855 Big Bear Star
Although Life-Extending Plant are also creations of Swarm, they are outwardly considered wild species with no relation to Swarm.
As a force that has been operating on the Big Origin Star for many years, the Swarm could not possibly have failed to notice such a large-scale conflict as the previous battle between the Riken Race and Godzilla.
Once the Swarm discovers this, if it doesn't capitalize on it, the performance will be overdone and seem too deliberate. This would not only lower the Swarm's intelligence but also insult the intelligence of any potential Chess Player.
Therefore, it is reasonable for Swarm to mix Creep Seed into Life-Extending Plant.
Although there are some flaws, such as whether the scene of the wild Godzilla being killed by the Swarm was monitored by the Chess Player, since the current Godzilla is a product of the Swarm.
While it's plausible that the Swarm, as a biological civilization, would replicate Godzilla —and the reason for replication could be explained as preventing the Riken Race from detecting anything amiss—why did it even emerge? And why are there Life-Extending Plant in its nest?
Rowan was helpless; he could only hope that the Swarm weren't worth his attention at that time. After all, given Rowan's knowledge and understanding, he hadn't considered guarding against such things back then.
As for whether the Swarm's response would be noticed by the Chess Player, Rowan thought that if they existed, they probably would, but sometimes who could tell what was real and what was fake? By revealing some things and hiding others, they might be able to alert the enemy, since a hidden enemy is more dangerous.
Through the Intellect lurking within the Riken Race, especially with high-ranking figures like Chloe, the Swarm was fully aware of the Riken Race's movements and decisions.
The Special Operations Team made multiple trips to Godzilla's lair, collecting a large number of Life-Extending Plant. With ample experimental samples, Dr. Bart's research has made considerable progress. Perhaps in a few years, he will actually be able to develop Life-Extending Serum without side effects.
Unfortunately, the Swarm had already completed all the groundwork and achieved its strategic objectives. Not wanting to waste any more time, Rowan was eager to move on to the next phase of the plan.
"Overlord Majesty, according to calculations, Big Bear Star will reach its closest point to Big Origin Star in eleven days."
"Very good, the Riken Race have been here for a long time, it's time to send them home."
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"General, our reconnaissance ship T855 has been attacked," a crew member suddenly reported.
"What's going on?!" General Masai exclaimed.
"Our unmanned spacecraft and satellites have now lost contact; this is the last message they transmitted back."
On the screen in front of General Masai, several images and text messages were displayed. They were all similar, indicating that the system had detected a lock-on attack and then suddenly disappeared without any attackers being detected.
Have you figured out their attack methods?
With the help of artificial intelligence, the crew quickly compared various data, and a few minutes later. "General, we slowed down a video by 20,000 times and found a projectile. Based on the enemy's attack energy level and speed, they are most likely using Electromagnetic Cannon."
"Such different technological systems," General Masai sighed. The other side had adopted a completely different technological path from the Riken Race. The Riken Race's weapons were developed with an energy system in mind, while the other side had forged a path with a physical system.
After the Riken Race fleet established its base on T853, which is the orbit of the Big Origin Star, it dispatched several unmanned reconnaissance ships to T855 and deployed some satellites in its orbit.
However, these reconnaissance devices did not detect anything unusual on T855, as if there were no hidden forces there. If the Cat Ear Spaceship hadn't disappeared there and sent back a message, General Masai would almost have believed it.
However, their purpose in coming here was not to occupy the barren planet T855. Since the other side is not coming out, they don't need to rush. They can focus on developing T853.
The longer it takes, the greater their advantage will become. Once they have established all their ground facilities and space factories, and set up their Satellite Cannon, taking down the enemy will be a piece of cake.
During this time, his focus was entirely on the research and development progress of the Life-Extending Serum, and he had almost forgotten about the T855 faction. He didn't expect them to suddenly make a move.
Why this particular time? Is it because the two planets are getting closer? If so, then the enemy is concerned about the attack range.
Why would they care about distance? Unless it's their weakness. Therefore, it's reasonable to assume their flight speed is slow and their engine technology is relatively primitive. This is a common problem for nascent space civilizations; the Riken Race would also be troubled by this issue without external assistance. General Masai pondered to himself.
Even at their closest distance, T853 and T855 are nearly 600 million kilometers apart. Given that neither planet has yet explored beyond its star system, their speed is likely not yet at the escape velocity required to leave the star system.
According to the Riken Race's calculations, the escape velocity of the T85 Star System is 17.2 km/s. Even at this speed, it would take more than 400 days for the enemy to take off from T855 and reach T853. If we also take into account the fact that the two planets gradually move away from each other, by the time they arrive, it will be too late.
If that's the case, why would the enemy launch an attack? Wouldn't it be better to continue lying in ambush at T855, waiting for the main force of the Riken Race to arrive before launching a surprise attack? Based on the information we just received, the enemy's stealth technology is very advanced. If they were to launch an ambush, they might be able to inflict a heavy loss on the Riken Race.
Does the other side not intend to attack the Riken Race army? Or is it simply to destroy their reconnaissance equipment? But why not do it sooner, instead of waiting until now?
General Masai couldn't understand the reason no matter what, and neither could the other captains and the Think Tank. They couldn't understand the alien civilization's actions, but since the other party was a force capable of space travel, they certainly wouldn't be so irrational; they must have their own ideas.
Regardless of the circumstances, since the other party dared to attack them first, they must be taught a painful lesson.
At a single command, all the warships of the Riken Race began pre-battle preparations. In an instant, a tense atmosphere prevailed as energy and weaponry were checked, and armed personnel underwent restorative training—a scene of bustling activity.
On several of Big Bear Star's moons, the earth churned, and Flesh Sac plants seeped from the surface, wriggling as if trying to pull their entire bodies out of the ground.
Gradually, they actually pulled out sections of body tissue as tall as city walls from the ground.
This is the Electromagnetic Catapult the Swarm has been hiding underground. It was originally developed based on the Creep template and is the ground-based version of the Electromagnetic Megastructure in the orbit of stars in the Origin Star System.
Since the Swarm mastered Bio-Controlled Fusion Organ, powered by these "mini suns," they can grow very rapidly even underground.
And because they are essentially attachment modules for the Creep, they can move slowly within the Creep's body.
Electromagnetic Catapult rose to the ground, varying in size and shape, but generally exceeding one hundred kilometers in length. On some smaller planets, some even spanned nearly half the planet.
A large number of Space Octopus flew out of their hiding place, with Larval Form and some small Mature Form burrowing into the bodies of the Ancient Class Space Octopus.
These behemoths, each over 500 meters long, lined up to enter the Electromagnetic Catapult and were then launched.
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