Ten thousand Star System-Level Civilization warships might be able to defeat a Small Star Sector Civilization warship, but they couldn't possibly destroy it. Defeating and destroying are two different things. If this number were increased ten thousand times, Small Star Sector Civilization would have ten thousand warships, and a hundred million Star System-Level Civilization warships would be unable to even defeat it. Without the energy sphere, a weapon that surpasses the technology of Star System-Level Civilization, Hu Yu's fleet would not be able to inflict any damage on the Xuan Star Civilization fleet.
The power of energy spheres is immense, especially giant energy spheres in a critical state. Unfortunately, the conversion rate is too slow. If a fleet of one hundred million warships were to be equipped with such giant energy spheres, it might take hundreds of thousands of years to convert them.
Therefore, Hu Yu still wanted to wait for a breakthrough in space technology. After all, space technology already had various prototypes and could break through at any time. Of course, it might take thousands of years without a breakthrough, but Hu Yu believed in these scientists and believed that they wouldn't take that long. Hu Yu also didn't want to see scientists troubled by problems for thousands of years, as that would be a great torment for them.
When the giant energy spheres accumulated to a thousand, Hu Yu had already emptied all the planets within tens of light-years of the surrounding area into pieces, leaving them on the verge of collapse at any moment. Moreover, Hu Yu was also secretly moving the transport fleet to one planetary system after another in the vicinity, finding planets one by one to transform.
Space technology has yet to make a breakthrough, but Hu Yu has found several regions where the Xuan Star Civilization might exist through astronomical observations. The planetary density in these places far exceeds the normal level, especially a triangular star system composed of three adjacent stars, which contains at least a hundred planets. This reminds Hu Yu of the Wind Star Civilization. This star system may not be the Xuan Star Civilization, but there is a 90% chance that it is the civilization that feeds the insect swarm.
In another location, there are signs of an unusually large increase in planets. Within a radius of 100 light-years, there are thousands of planets. It is unlikely that two Small Star Region could exist in this area at the same time. The Destroyers once said that there were more than 100 Small Star Sector Civilization in the entire Milky Way. Even if the Milky Way is now only half full, on average, there would be one Small Star Sector Civilization every 40 million square light-years. Considering the thickness of the Milky Way, Small Star Sector Civilization would be even sparser.
It is unlikely that a typical Star System-Level Civilization would occupy an area with a diameter exceeding 100 light-years, because defense is a concern; the wider the area, the more difficult it is to defend. Therefore, most Star System-Level Civilization would move the planets they need to a single planetary system, which is the optimal solution for both defense and utilization.
Only Small Star Sector Civilization can occupy such a large area, because they don't have to worry about being attacked by Small Star Sector Civilization Great Star Region Civilization. Moreover, Small Star Sector Civilization are also constrained by the Great Star Region Civilization. Therefore, they don't need to care about external forces and can decide how much territory they need based entirely on their own will.
Moreover, this place belongs to the Fish Horse Star Civilization. The Fish Horse Star Civilization would never choose a place where another Small Star Sector Civilization exists to feed the Insect Race. Even if there is one, it would be an ally of the Fish Horse Star Civilization, such as this Xuan Star Civilization. Therefore, Hu Yu judged that these two places must be the Xuan Star Civilization and the Advanced Star System-Level Civilization that feeds the Insect Race.
Three hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye, and space technology has still not made a breakthrough. However, scientists have designed a miniature spaceship. The miniature spaceship is only the size of a beer bottle cap, but it can travel at a hundred times the speed of light. This miniature spaceship has no offensive capabilities, but it is a good tool for infiltration and reconnaissance.
Hu Yu immediately manufactured a batch of miniature spaceships based on the blueprints he received, and sent them to fly in a large circle in the direction he was observing. The two civilization bases were 4,500 light-years away from him and 6,200 light-years away from him, and the miniature spaceships would take hundreds of years to explore the two civilization bases.
If they're not too unlucky, these miniature spaceships won't be discovered. Even if they are, it doesn't matter. The academicians didn't use human technology when designing them; instead, they synthesized the technology from other captured civilizations, eliminating all human technology. Plus, with Hu Yu's directional settings, even if they're discovered, no one will suspect Hu Yu's location.
In the 350th year, the academicians took a roundabout approach. While increasing the power of the space compressor, they made the launched space spiral forward and discovered that the attack power had increased by more than 50%. If high-energy lasers were mixed into the rotating space, the power would increase by another 50%. In other words, this rotating space combined with high-energy lasers directly doubled the power. Don't underestimate this doubling of power. Before the increase, the Wind Master could easily withstand this attack with their defense system, but after the increase, no matter how the Wind Master defended, they could not withstand it.
However, the limited range of this attack is not the distance of spatial movement, but the time it takes for the laser energy to decrease. The higher the laser energy, the faster it is consumed. Nevertheless, even if the laser can only last for two seconds in a rotating space traveling at a thousand times the speed of light, the distance it travels is 600 million kilometers, which is enough in interstellar warfare.
Unfortunately, this rotating space cannot carry energy spheres, let alone antimatter. If it could carry either of these two weapons, its power would be increased by at least ten times. Moreover, the speed of this attack is derived from a warp drive and cannot reach the speed of a warship.
The warships can be arranged in a certain formation to carry out rotating space attacks, and can also achieve the effect of regional capture, just like the Xuan Star Civilization captured the Wind Master near the base planet.
With this technology, which can be considered a space attack, and the terrifying attack power of the energy ball, Hu Yu decided not to wait any longer. He immediately instructed the academicians to begin designing new warships. Production of the Wind Master had ceased when the number reached one hundred million, and all the steel alloy materials had been stored up. These materials now covered several planets in a thick layer. They were just waiting for the blueprints for the new warships to be completed so that the production equipment could be modified immediately, and then the new warships could be produced at the fastest speed.
The new warship was designed in just two years. It is a giant warship that is five kilometers long and is the largest warship that Hu Yu has been building in all these years. The new warship is named the Grim Slayer. Scientists have reserved enough design redundancy. It may accompany humanity through the entire Small Star Sector Civilization.
As soon as the warship blueprints were completed, various departments immediately improved the production equipment according to the warship's production requirements. Hu Yu's machines were already busy inside all the planets within hundreds of light-years around. All of these machines were controlled by the people on Earth Two, who were secretly working underground.
The subsurface of these planets has been completely hollowed out. Except for the materials needed to build warships, all other materials have been converted into energy spheres, leaving no visible abnormalities on the surface. Over the years, Hu Yu has stored far more steel materials than on Earth Two, because this is where the main force will be built, and the main fleet will also be completed here.