Colony

Unexpectedly, amidst the unease of the Riken Race, the Swarm ignored Guiyun Planet and simply flew past them from beyond their firing range.

On Guiyun Planet, Ricken's heart was pounding in his throat. The local Transport Craft just departed, while those from their Mother Planet Guiyun Planet still en route. If the Swarm had attacked here earlier, there wouldn't have been any second or third round of relocation plans.

Now that the Swarm was ignoring them, the Rikens breathed a sigh of relief but also became puzzled.

Where are they going?

A few minutes later, Commander Ricken, who had received the message from the Mother Planet's defense perimeter, raised the same question. A few minutes after that, the message reached the Wenwu Binary Star Defense Line.

From the interplanetary conflict to the defense of Laze Planet, and then to the Chuyun Planet, almost all the generals who had fought directly against the Swarm were gathered here. Therefore, the officers here had the best understanding of the Swarm.

"The Zerg are going to expand their base!" a female Riken general said decisively, her tone carrying a hint of sarcasm.

"I think so too. We should have realized sooner that since they can directly absorb the radiation energy from gas giants, the attraction of the star itself, a much larger source of radiation, would be even greater," another Ricken general echoed.

"Indeed, the brightness of the stars in the T81 and T85 Star System decreases by a fraction of a percent every year, and it's because they are being blocked by these galaxies."

"As far as I know, our Mother Planet can only block out 0.1 percent of the brightness of a star."

"That's because our Mother Planet is too far from its star; they certainly wouldn't be that far away."

"Even so, the fact that it can significantly reduce the brightness of a star is terrifying. If we analyze it this way, the Zerg's military strength far exceeds our imagination. The force that has driven us to this dead end is probably not even the tip of the iceberg."

Why do we have such terrible neighbors?

"How can we possibly win this? If the enemy sends more troops, we simply won't be able to resist."

"Don't worry about it. Their current deployment in their Mother Planet is already beyond our ability to counter. Even if we figure out what they're up to, we can only watch helplessly. Once they establish a foothold on their star, we'll be attacked from both sides, and the Zerg won't need to send Zerg from other star systems at all."

"..."

"Shut up, everyone. After several rounds of referendums, the council has largely decided to surrender. But we must get the Zerg to contact us first. This way, we can gain more initiative and fight for greater benefits for our race. Therefore, we must inflict heavy damage on the Zerg. Only strength can earn respect." Heaton gave his concluding remarks, but even though he had been injected with Life-Extending Serum, he was indeed getting old. Coupled with the recent flattery from other Rickon officers, his increased influence made him somewhat blind to reality.

However, upon hearing that their tribe had decided to surrender, almost all the Ricken officers breathed a sigh of relief, their minds racing with their own thoughts.

Being alive is always a good thing.

"So what do we do now?" The tense atmosphere inexplicably eased a bit as a Ricken officer interrupted everyone's thoughts, raising a pressing issue.

"We can't stop it. Our priority now is to preserve the maximum number of our personnel. I suggest evacuating most of the people on Guiyun Planet. We no longer have the resources to upgrade Guiyun Planet's defenses to the level of a dual- Wenwu Twin Stars or our Mother Planet."

"Indeed, we cannot afford to build three defensive systems simultaneously, and that would also stretch our battle lines. Now that our strategic objectives have changed, we should concentrate our resources even more."

"Agree!"

The strategies employed in war and peace are entirely different. If it is a fight to the death, then naturally everyone will contribute whatever force they have, and it may even reach the point where the entire population is mobilized, regardless of age or gender, and all will go to the battlefield. They may even have to consider building an escape fleet to spread the seed of their race.

However, the current priority is peace, and the strategic objective has shifted from a fight to the death to a decisive offensive and defensive battle, earning the respect of the Zerg and securing a dignified surrender. Therefore, consolidating forces, focusing superior firepower, and creating localized advantages in troop strength and firepower output are the appropriate course of action.

Guiyun Planet's defense system isn't terrible; it's only slightly weaker than the Laze Planet defense line back then. But at this level, it certainly can't withstand the Zerg's attack. It would be better to just abandon it and transfer the resources invested in the Guiyun Planet defense line to the Wenwu Binary Star Defense Line and the Mother Planet defense line.

This not only allows the defensive line to be contracted, but also enables the concentration of troops and makes transportation, supply, and resource allocation more efficient.

After the officers finished their discussion, they relayed their opinions to Antonio. Although Antonio held overall command, he always believed in leaving professional tasks to professionals. Since the results were the result of discussions among a large number of generals who had fought against the Zerg, they were certainly more reliable than the advice given by his own theoretical Think Tank. Moreover, the suggestions from both sides were strikingly similar, so he didn't need to worry too much. The evacuation operation from Guiyun Planet began.

A large number of transport ships flew out from the Wenwu Binary Star Defense Line and the Mother Planet Defense Line, heading towards Guiyun Planet.

The relocation of a colony is quite complicated. The transfer of personnel is only the most basic step. After most of the people from Guiyun Planet have been transferred, the dismantling of some of the colony's fixed facilities begins.

Building a colony on a planet without an atmosphere would be incredibly difficult, not to mention the sheer amount of precious materials required.

The Riken Race currently has four colonies. The first and second colonies are located on two satellites of their Mother Planet. The Ancient Spaceship codenamed "Treasure" was unearthed by them during the construction of the Colony Two.

The third colony is the Guiyun Planet Colony, which is also an old colony. It had already taken shape a hundred years ago when the "Cat Ear Spaceship" carried out its mission. After such a long period of construction, it is now a Super Giant colony covering an area of more than one million square kilometers. It is also the largest of all the Rickon colonies. Before the evacuation, more than 200 million Rickon lived here.

Even after the evacuation, the colony still holds immense treasures, such as its energy supply system, air circulation system, gravity system, and ecosystem—all of which represent enormous wealth accumulated over a tremendous amount of time and resources.

Now that they've abandoned this place, the Riken plan to dismantle as much as possible before the Zerg attack. If these things can be transferred intact, there's a good chance they can replicate this colony elsewhere.

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