Verdant Giant Tree World Cluster.
Every world in the cluster glowed with a soft verdant light. Its rich life force deeply attracted civilizations from other world clusters.
Yet for tens of Eras, not a single civilization had managed to gain a foothold in the Verdant Giant Tree World Cluster!
That was because the ones who ruled this world cluster weren't ordinary Flesh and Blood Lifeforms. They were Treants from the Verdant Giant Tree World!
These Treants from the Verdant Giant Tree were extremely conservative and stubborn. They refused all requests for communication from other civilizations and never expanded beyond their borders.
This diplomatic attitude was also typical of plant-type life. Within the territories they occupied, plant-type civilizations were often intensely isolationist and allowed no one to encroach on their domain.
Still, the Verdant Giant Tree Civilization had good reason to reject everyone. Plant-type civilizations were naturally poor at expanding beyond their borders, but they often had enormous potential in defensive warfare.
Thousands of years ago, the Treants of the Verdant Giant Tree World Cluster had also received information about the Abyssal Zerg, which had been rampaging through the Void!
But the highest-ranking Treants of the Verdant Giant Tree had paid no heed to the news. In the eyes of these powerful Treants, they had repelled invasion after invasion, and they could repel the Abyssal Zerg this time, too.
Unfortunately, the Treants had no idea just how terrifying the Abyssal Zerg they faced this time would be.
As the Abyssal Zerg expanded, the Abyssal Moss absorbed the Treants' traits and evolved powers specifically designed to counter them.
The defensive power the Treants had once been so proud of was as flimsy as paper before the Abyssal Zerg.
The entire Verdant Giant Tree World Cluster quickly fell into the hands of the