Stellaris Crisis: Rise of the Swarm
Chapter 137

Space Hatchery

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The residents of Meteor City finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the gray cloud that symbolized death and destruction stopped. Those layers of locusts, and the thunder created by their spitting steel needles on the ground, were too oppressive.

As the clouds continue to approach, all those who escape feel that they are destined to die. Some people with poor mental endurance either go crazy or commit suicide.

When it was confirmed that the gray cloud had stopped, the crowd hugged each other and cheered. They were all grateful that they could survive.

The giant flying insect grabbed Arthur and flew over the cheering crowd, landing over their heads on the fortress. Only then did the people stop cheering, and they realized that their lives were still within the reach of these monsters.

What happened? Does Hui Yun's stop have anything to do with the Guardian of the East? Why was it that giant flying monster that sent the Guardian back? Many questions arose in everyone's mind.

Soon Arthur appeared on the tower with a cane, bandages all over his body, and a broken arm.

The mage projected his image and voice so that everyone present could see his appearance and hear his voice.

Arthur's speech was very short and concise. He thanked the people in the East for their support, and then stated that he would bear all responsibility for the defeat.

Now, as the guardian of the Eastern Territory, he surrenders unconditionally to Queen Chloe. Everyone, including the army of the Republic of Croland, must lay down their weapons and wait for arrangements.

During this period, order must be maintained in the city and no criminal behavior shall occur. If anyone dares to disrupt order and disrupt public security, the patrol team has the right to kill him immediately.

Finally, Arthur warned not to try to take revenge or resist Queen. Look at the gray clouds in the sky and the giant flying monsters on the castle. The power of Queen is far beyond what humans can resist.

To Arthur's expectation, there was no protest from the crowd attacking him. Most of the people breathed a sigh of relief because they surrendered. At least they survived.

But some people cried on the spot, and the cries were loud and very emotional. From Arthur's perspective, you can see the expressions of these people, and he is indeed very popular in the East.

Arthur threw away his crutches, jumped to the front of the platform on one leg in a very funny way, so that people could see him better, and then bowed deeply to everyone.

The crowd cried louder.

When the dust of the Altia Empire East Territory settled, the Hatchery inside Death Forest was also developing at an alarming rate.

The first phase of the construction of the bioelectromagnetic track has been completed and can begin to function with 50% efficiency. Although Swarm is unique in genetic technology, this does not mean that Swarm does not understand conventional technology. Not only do they understand it, but they also combine these technologies with Swarm's powerful memory technology.

The appearance of this track reflects this very well. The outer layer of the 50-kilometer-long track on the ground and underground is made of spikes and chitin shells in the style of Swarm. In some places, muscles and blood vessels are exposed.

The inner layer of the track is much more regular. The temperature in the dry chamber inside the track is very low, and there are regular white Tesla coils at regular intervals.

The material of this coil is the secretion processed by Hatchery. It is the most precious material in the track and can achieve low-temperature superconductivity.

It is precisely because of them that high-intensity voltage is maintained in the orbit with extremely low losses. The entire orbit relies on the electromagnetic force converted into this strong voltage to launch objects into space.

A blue light lit up from the depths of the dark orbit, and it only took a split second for the object driven by the huge force to shine from the blue light and arrive in front of you.

If you can see it from the side, it looks like a blue lightning that penetrates the entire orbit, flies out of the orbit mouth and shoots high into the sky.

With the blue sky as the background, the blue lightning flew higher and higher, and the background of the sky gradually turned from blue to black. It only took tens of seconds for the cargo to be transported from the earth to the planetary synchronous orbit.

Overlord, who had been waiting in the synchronous orbit for a long time, stretched out his long tentacles to wrap the cargo and put it into his body, then turned around and flew away into the distance.

Their destination is very far away, in the far planetary orbit, slightly closer to the moon, and is a huge flesh ball.

This meat ball is the core of the giant space hatchery. Hatchery's ability cannot bring it here. Overmind's body is a big help because it is too big to use the curvature engine. It is Overmind's body that pushes it here little by little.

The meat ball is an oval, with only a hole at the bottom for Overlord to enter and exit. A channel is connected between here and Tabi Star, and countless energy and materials are transported up.

This is all for the giant universe hatchery to be hatched as soon as possible. The entire hatchery is very complex. It is as big as Hatchery, but it is not a whole creature but a collection of various types of creatures.

Some biological organs are mainly used to incubate Corruptor, some to incubate Brood Lord, some to incubate Mutalisk, and some to incubate self-exploding mosquitoes. Each performs its own duties and turns the fleet of incubated Swarm into a production line to improve efficiency.

These creatures are located on the outside of the giant hatchery, and inside are the deployment organs, which are also alive. Their duty is to prepare or modify genes for each production organ to cope with changes in the battlefield, and at the same time provide energy for the hatching organs.

The core part is the stabilizing organ and energy organ. The giant Hatchery Pool will continue to grow. It will get bigger and bigger, and may become as big as the moon.

The gravity generated by the mass of such a large thing is a huge challenge to the stability of the hatchery. Stabilizing the organs becomes very important. Its thick tentacles are like a spider web that connects all the organs and life in the hatchery.

The energy organ is the most critical part of the hatchery. What is needed here is an organ that can provide huge amounts of energy. Simple fission organs and fusion organs are not enough.

You can only combine the two, for example, use the three isotopes of the element hydrogen, protium, deuterium and tritium, to fuse back and forth and fission to form a cycle until all matter is converted into energy.

Helium is also possible, but it is not good any further. The element is too stable and it is difficult to convert mass into energy. Unless Hatchery is upgraded to level five.

This is actually a bit like a pseudo-antimatter energy source, which is 100% mass-to-energy conversion. The reason why it is said to be pseudo is that energy escapes due to repeated reactions. After all, it is not as good as the true 100% of antimatter.

This kind of energy organ cannot be hatched by the current Hatchery, so Isa thought of another alternative method, which is to use the body of Overmind.

Although the multiple complex reaction organs inside Overmind's body are a little less powerful and cannot support a complete giant hatchery, they are fully sufficient for a period of time at this stage.

After the fourth-level Hatchery evolves, it will be great to be able to hatch giant composite fusion organs.

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