Plans Falling Through?

Through observations of gravitational waves using the gravitational-wave megastructure, along with the "cooperation" of the Holy Womb Nation's pilots, the Collectors had basically grasped the situation regarding the ripple megastructure.

Before long, the genetic blueprints for the ripple megastructure and the gravitational-wave megastructure were transmitted to every Collector within the Gate World.

The Collectors prioritized allocating resources to the neighboring star systems connected to the New Empire, then expanded outward layer by layer, constructing ripple megastructures in one star system after another.

This was because the scale of construction was simply too enormous. If they wanted to build a ripple megastructure using only the material resources within a single star system, then relying solely on planets without mining stellar matter would leave them severely short on resources. But if they used stargates to transport materials across star systems, the amount the Collectors could transport per unit of time was also limited. Therefore, they first established ripple megastructures in star systems directly tied to the strategy itself, ensuring an increase in defensive strength.

However, this strategy did nothing to lessen the pressure on the Collectors fighting the enemy at the front. Strategic positions fell one after another, and casualties were extremely severe.

As the number of Coordination Council combat units increased, infiltration operations could no longer achieve much. Although the leaping biological swarms had done everything they could, they still could not withstand the Coordination Council's frenzied offensive.

The Collectors' front line continued to retreat, while the Coordination Council's advance surged forward triumphantly. The battlefront gradually approached the star systems where the Collectors had built ripple megastructures.

"Why are there only this few left?"

Watching the scattered leaping organisms enter the star system through the stargate, the Collectors within the system were deeply puzzled.

The Collectors in the star system knew