Gravitational Wave Megastructure

"Hold them back! Buy time for our kin in the rear! Use any means necessary!"

In the void, vast numbers of leaping organisms joined the fighting against the Coordination Council. The positions that had been steadily collapsing under pressure were suddenly no longer falling as quickly, thanks to the deployment of eight million leaping organisms and eight hundred million tons of antimatter.

The Coordination Council's offensive became more difficult.

This was not merely because of the large numbers of leaping organisms and strategic resources, but because the Collectors' strategic thinking had also changed. They no longer stubbornly defended their own positions. Like the mothership organism swarms in the infiltration strategy, they shifted to holding back the Coordination Council's strategic advance and buying time for their other kin.

Leaping organisms were far beyond comparison to mothership organisms in every respect. When fighting the Coordination Council, as long as they prioritized preserving their own lives rather than destroying the enemy and delayed the battle by every possible means, the Collectors could make things extremely unpleasant for the Coordination Council.

For example, they created false individuals with nearly identical appearances. When the Coordination Council entered a star colonized by the Collectors, they found "leaping organisms" covering ninety percent of the starry sky. More than a dozen Coordination Council combat units were so frightened that, having just completed a teleportation, they immediately teleported away again.

For another example, they focused entirely on maneuvering and evasion during battle. No matter how absurdly powerful the spirit domain's light swords were, they still had to obey the basic laws of the universe. Once the leaping organisms opened the distance, the Coordination Council's light sword hit rate plummeted. This was especially true when they showed off sharp-angle turns. Making precise predictions from a long distance was no easy