Stellaris Crisis: Rise of the Swarm
Chapter 337

Exploiting a Neutron Star

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It took another half a month to build a solid defense on the other side of the star gate. Zhang Han sometimes wondered whether he had also been affected by urbanization. If he did not build a turtle-shell defense, he would not feel safe.

Kundera also sent a communication at this time, "You have reached a deal with Zagara?!"

"It's a bit inappropriate to say that a deal was reached, but she gave me control of the Stargate." Zhang Han replied matter-of-factly.

"You shouldn't agree to Zagara's request. He is a despicable guy. If you want to take advantage of him, you will only make yourself passive." Kundera said in a reproachful tone.

This kind of luck in educating people made Zhang Han very uncomfortable. He immediately said, "Kundera, I hope you remember that you and I are in a cooperative relationship, not your subordinates. You should not talk to me with such an attitude."

Kundera's spiritual body, the huge wild beast, narrowed his eyes slightly, "It seems that you have indeed reached some kind of tacit understanding with Zagara. This is not a good choice. Will you do whatever it takes to become Overmind?"

This sentence obviously touched on Zhang Han's reverse scale. He did not want to become Overmind at the beginning, but his respective circumstances pushed him forward. Moreover, Kundera's words sounded to him as if he had to do anything to become Overmind, as if he was accusing him of being the second Zagara.

"I have enough strength to become Overmind. Any doubts and questions are meaningless. The final result will not change. I will become Overmind, and everything will fall at my feet!"

"Anyone can talk big words, but until the result is determined, everything is a variable. I still want to warn you, don't listen to Zagara's slander. Her thoughts, words and deeds are poison and will destroy you."

After saying the last sentence, Kundera disconnected the connection rudely.

"Hmph." Zhang Han is very dissatisfied with Kundera's behavior. Recently, his strength has become a lot stronger, and with the influence of Swarm Network, Zhang Han feels more and more that he should be Overmind who rules Swarm, and he has indeed become a little arrogant.

After this contact ended, Kundera obviously slowed down his offensive and allocated part of his strength to guard against Zhang Han. Once trust is broken, it is difficult to establish it again.

Zagara, who was feeling very uncomfortable under the pressure, had some time to breathe.

Gradually, Zhang Han also discovered something was wrong. The battle between Kundera and Zagara was no longer fierce. There were occasional truces, and they both began to develop and accumulate strength.

He realized that he was being used by Zagara, and his behavior made Kundera feel insecure.

However, Overmind does not need to explain to anyone, and Overmind's choice does not need to be explained to anyone. Even if he takes the initiative to defeat Kundera and Zagara, it doesn't matter. It just delays the time longer.

The reason why Zhang Han's Overmind consciousness suddenly became so confident is because he was prepared to use his absolute military superiority to crush Zagara and Kundera.

Incubating the powerful Swarm fleet requires more than just the energy provided by the Dyson membrane. Converting energy into matter and re-polymerizing light elements into heavy elements is very time-consuming and laborious.

Therefore, the best way to obtain a large amount of elemental materials is to start from the original universe, such as mining minerals on planets or meteorites.

However, judging from the current incubation speed of the Swarm fleet, the mining speed of minerals is far less than the incubation speed of the Swarm fleet. A better solution must be found.

Hatchery, who has reached level seven, gave Zhang Han a better solution, which is to develop neutron stars.

Of course, this kind of development does not mean flying directly to the neutron star to mine. Even with the current technology of Swarm, it is still impossible to create troops that can resist the magnetism of the neutron star. The Overmind body of Zhang Han may be able to.

However, this kind of body obviously cannot be mass-produced, and the only thing that can withstand it is the surface carapace layer, and the internal organs will also be twisted to pieces by the strong magnetism of the neutron star.

So the best and simplest way to develop neutron stars is to use massive objects to hit neutron stars.

Level seven Hatchery Zhang Han can hatch a special kind of Swarm battleship. A gravity ship with a curvature engine is equivalent to unlocking the curvature engine and gaining the technology to compress space.

With the curvature engine technology, the development of neutron stars becomes possible. The curvature engine is used to accelerate the planet to hit the neutron star, allowing the neutron star to throw out the internal material.

This is also the characteristic of Swarm technology. I don't like too many delicate operations. If you can solve it with violence, use violence.

In order to achieve a better impact and achieve the maximum effect, Zhang Han prepared three planets. The first and second planets are about the same size as the earth, and their mass and material are also very similar.

The third planet is the one that will establish the intensity of the impact. This planet is smaller in size than the first two, but its core is entirely iron, making it five times as dense as the first two planets.

It is not easy to find such a suitable planet. If it were not for the purpose of developing neutron stars, Zhang Han would not be willing to use such a planet to collide with neutron stars. After all, planets with such a high iron content are also very rare, and if they are transformed into battle stars, they will also have very powerful combat capabilities.

As the target to be hit, Zhang Han chose a neutron star thirty kilometers away, which is considered a relatively large neutron star.

The entire impact preparation lasted for a month. First, a spore membrane similar to a Dyson membrane was used to surround the neutron star within 0.5 light-years of the neutron star.

These spore membranes are specially made, are tougher, and can better collect materials. After the neutron star is violently impacted and a large amount of material is ejected, it will be recovered by this spore membrane.

For example, this structure is a bit like a type of giant structure in the stars, the matter decompressor. The difference is that the matter decompressor in the stars is too magical and can extract matter from the black hole.

The three planets are also ready. First, Hatchery is built on the planet, then Hatchery is used to drill holes into the interior of the planet, and then the core organ of the gravity ship and the curvature engine are placed inside the planet.

With the curvature engine as the core, Hatchery flesh and blood as the skeleton, and the planetary mass as the carrier, the impact unit is completed.

When the three planets passed through the spore membrane and rushed towards the neutron star, the Star Eaters who had been lying on the membrane immediately became active. They used their spider-like limbs to drag extra membrane layers to cover the reserved channels, while secreting special energy mucus to stick the membrane layers together.

They still have ten days to completely restore the spore membrane, which is plenty of time, but in ten days, the three planets will hit the target neutron star respectively.

According to calculations, these three impacts will reduce the mass of the neutron star by half, of which 0.2% will be converted into energy formed by the impact, and the remaining material will be sprayed out due to the explosion caused by the impact.

The collection of spore membrane materials will last for half a year. After the collection of this batch of materials is completed, it can be collided again.

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