Stellaris Crisis: Rise of the Swarm
Chapter 285

Taking the Bait

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After returning to reality from the Internet, Typhon looked at him with big eyes, as if waiting for praise.

"...Queen Typhon, your ability is very strong, I have seen it." Johnny praised, but he found that Typhon did not appear very happy, so he changed his words, "Typhon, you are so powerful, except Overmind, I have never felt such a powerful mental power, and I will rely on you in the future."

"Hey hey hey, let me just say that my attributes are very strong. Then can you reward me for being so powerful?" Typhon's words made Johnny feel confused.

"What reward do you want?" he asked tentatively.

Tears flowed down from the corner of Typhon's mouth, "Look, you have quite a lot of snakes. Can I eat one or two? Just one or two..."

This is a Swarm Node who cannot control her Consume desires! She is flawed! Johnny realizes the seriousness of the problem.

"Uh, don't do this." Johnny looked at the tall Typhon and made a suggestion.

"We still need to hatch Hatchery. After the hatching is completed, I will arrange food for you. The animal husbandry on the Serpent Planet is also very strong. There are many kinds of livestock, and they taste very good."

"Okay... just livestock." Being rejected made Typhon feel a little aggrieved.

"Then let's go to work first. The eggs in Overlord are all in a half-hatched state. It's easier to build a new Hatchery. We only need a more suitable location. Let's eat after the work is done."

He breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Typhon was still very obedient. The mission assigned to him by Overmind was not light. Taking Typhon with him, Johnny and his team left the starport and prepared to start the construction of Hatchery.

Hundreds of light years away from Cadian, the Sapphire fleet was sailing in space, looking for something, and even the Peacemaker, which had damaged one wing, was there.

In Chen Hui's room, she was apologizing to Narga.

"I'm sorry, I tried my best to use my contacts in the civilization. But in the last battle, your performance was too amazing. The leaders of the civilization began to think that Tabi Star is very important, so I couldn't stop the expedition."

In fact, Chen Hui did not tell the real situation because it was also related to her report.

In her report, she wrote a conjecture about the social model of Swarm, which is a family model in which blood relations are the bond, and this bond should be extremely strong.

For example, Narga was originally uncooperative, but when it came to its children, it not only revealed new theoretical equations, but also persuaded Swarm's army to retreat.

So when the news was sent back to the Sapphire Civilization through quantum communication, a very high-level meeting was held within the civilization. Only a few people knew the results of the meeting, and Chen Hui was also one of these people.

The Sapphire Civilization plans to quickly raid Tabi Star, capture Narga's children, and use the children to force it to work for the Sapphire Civilization. It would be better if it could control a Hatchery and let the Swarm units hatched by Hatchery fight for the Sapphire Civilization.

Even if it is for survival, at this moment, the Sapphire Civilization, which often talks about peace and equality, also shows an extremely despicable and greedy face.

Chen Hui, who knew the truth, felt very guilty, but she had no choice. She was only one person and could not fight against the entire civilization.

Narga listened silently to Chen Hui's apology without saying anything. It had already given an early warning to Overmind, and was protected by Swarm fleet of Overlord Koret. Overmind could still escape even if it failed to defeat it, and it was prepared with a back-up plan.

"Keeping your word is meaningless in the face of interests. I am not surprised that your civilization would betray its promise. Even without Cerebrate helping me with the calculations, I think the probability of you keeping your promise will not be greater than 10%."

Narga, who wanted to ridicule Chen Hui, was immediately caught by Chen Hui, "What is Cerebrate? Is it an existence similar to our computer? Is it a biological computer?"

"Let's change the subject. Where are we driving now?" Narga said, seemingly changing the subject.

Chen Hui, who has long been accustomed to Narga's way of speaking, is very happy. In such ordinary communication, her understanding of Swarm has deepened. As long as Narga can speak, it is good, and she can always know more information about Swarm.

After entering the guess on the terminal, she told Narga the location of the fleet, and solemnly said, "Narga, I know you are worried about your child. If I were you, I would be very worried too. I also know that it will be difficult for me to gain your trust if I break my promise."

"But please believe me again, if possible, I will try to save your child..."

Narga looked at Chen Hui in surprise. She seemed to be serious. She didn't expect that the female in front of her could be so naive. She was just a person, how could she fight against a civilization?

At this time, Chen Hui's terminal rang, and it was Zhang Zihao calling, "Dr. Chen, our radar has discovered a gravitational anomaly. This anomaly is related to the paper you just published recently, so please take a look."

"Okay, I'll be right over." There are many secrets in the universe, and it is very common to find abnormalities. Chen Hui went to the bridge without thinking too much.

After arriving at the bridge, Chen Hui quickly discovered the cause of the gravitational anomaly through the data on the radar, which was really related to the paper she had just published. Coincidentally, this paper demonstrated the theoretical equation that Narga mentioned.

The reason for the gravitational anomaly is very simple. Ten light years away, near a hyperspace exit, there seems to be an antimatter resource point.

Antimatter has always been very precious. Its mass-to-energy conversion efficiency is 100%, but few civilizations use antimatter to generate electricity. Most of them are used in the military field, as weapons or as explosive energy sources for large warships.

The reason is also very simple. There is very little natural antimatter in the universe, because as soon as antimatter is born, it will collide with nearby matter and annihilate it.

If the antimatter produced in the laboratory is used to generate electricity, it cannot make up for the energy consumed in its production. Producing antimatter is a loss of energy, and the loss is quite large. The law of conservation of energy cannot be broken.

It is precisely for these reasons that the value of antimatter is even more precious. When transactions between civilizations are too large, antimatter is used, and energy coins are not enough.

Chen Hui had some doubts in her heart. This was too much of a coincidence, as were the theoretical equations, and the antimatter resource points. Chen Hui began to wonder if this had been calculated by Narga long ago.

Suspicion was due to suspicion, antimatter resource points were indeed too valuable, so after calculating the results, Chen Hui did not keep it secret and spoke out.

"Dr. Chen, are you sure?!" Zhang Zihao was obviously excited. The entire Stellaris Council does not have more than five antimatter resource points.

"I... I'm not sure, because the theoretical system has just been established, so it is normal for there to be errors." Chen Hui said cautiously.

After thinking for a while, Zhang Zihao ordered the fleet to head for the target area. It was not too far away anyway, and the antimatter resource point was a treasure of civilization. You must go and see it if you have the chance.

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