Hu Yu looked at the leaders before him and smiled, "Leaders, I heard from Little Black that you have formed an alliance? I'm very curious how you managed to trust each other. I believe you are all very clear about the affairs between interstellar civilizations. To be honest, even if you were weaker than us, I could not trust you."
"General, the story of our alliance of six is actually quite long. If you don't mind, I can tell you," said the leader of the Brilliant Star Civilization.
"Of course not, please go ahead."
The leader of the Brilliant Star Civilization recalled for a moment and then began his account.
"Actually, our home isn't here, but on the other side of a distant river system."
"Are you also a civilization fleeing the Insect Race invasion?"
"Yes, 2.3 million years ago, we had just reached the Star System-Level Civilization civilization when our home planetary system was invaded by the Insect Race. At that time, tens of thousands of us were carrying out development activities on another planet when we received a message from our home planet: 'Run!' Then, our home planet and two other inhabited planets in the same orbit were destroyed. Almost instantly, swarms of Zerg covered the entire planetary system. Because our planet was far from the interior of the system, the Zerg had not yet spread over. So, hundreds of thousands of us immediately fled in 50,000 spaceships and warships."
"At that time, our spaceship was traveling at 300 times the speed of light, and we thought we could escape the insect swarm's pursuit. Little did we expect that the number of insects was so great that it was impossible to count. They had surrounded an area of hundreds of light-years around us, and no matter which direction we tried to break out from, we would encounter the insect swarm."
"As the swarm gradually tightened its encirclement, we had no choice but to risk choosing a direction. We were constantly attacked by the swarm along the way. There were too many of them, and we dared not fight and retreat at the same time. We could only charge straight ahead. Fortunately, our ship broke through the encirclement just when we were about to be completely wiped out. At this time, our people numbered less than 50,000."
"Many of the ships that broke through the encirclement were also badly damaged and leaking energy, making them insufficient for long-distance travel. We can only gather the remaining members of our people and energy together and carefully avoid the various encirclements of the swarm. We don't know where we should go or where the safe place is."
"Just then, we received a message from the Great Star Region Civilization Alliance. They had cleared out a portion of the insect swarm and established a defensive line, guiding all civilizations in the escape route. According to the message, we are at least 20,000 light-years away from the defensive line. Normally, this distance would simply take a little longer. As Star System-Level Civilization, we are fully capable of traversing this vast distance."
"But at this moment, we are almost in despair. We have less than 10,000 ships left, and only 50,000 of our people. We don't know if there are any planets ahead that we can resupply from. The key is that we are just an ordinary developer fleet. We have no technology tree and no scientists. Even if we can escape the Zerg swarm's pursuit, we will have to retreat to Planetary-Level Civilization. Or rather, we can no longer be considered a civilization. We are just wanderers."
"The swarm continued its pursuit, and the will to survive compelled us to keep going. After hundreds of years of bumpy and arduous journey, the swarm's density decreased, and we finally saw a glimmer of hope. Just then, we received another distress message. We had received countless such messages over the past few centuries, but we had no time to respond to them. However, the sender of this message was now only a few astronomical units away."
"I observed the surrounding area but found no trace of the swarm, so we mustered our courage to investigate. A few astronomical units were just under our noses. We immediately realized that one Star System-Level Civilization- Star System-Level Civilization was plundering another. The plundered Star System-Level Civilization only had a few hundred warships left, while the plundering side, although larger, still had less than 5,000 warships."
"It's obvious that both of these are fleeing civilizations. After losing all their resources, they frequently discovered large fleets plundering smaller ones. We were furious. It was already a huge struggle for everyone to escape the insectoid infestation, and these plunderers were bullying the weak. After a brief discussion, we immediately joined the battle and quickly defeated the plunderers, rescuing the plundered civilization, which is now the Quaking Star Civilization."
"The situation of the Quaking Star Civilization at that time was even worse than ours, with only 500 warships and more than 20,000 people left. So we harvested the energy and weapons of the raiders and traveled together. Because we had lost all our industrial base, our lost fleet could not be replenished. Even if there were temporarily quiet planetary systems, we could not stop to replenish our fleet. We had no choice but to keep going. Along the way, we also rescued the Sand Star Civilization and the Zhalong Star Civilization."
"Unfortunately, our fleet was far too weak at the time. Many more civilizations were plundered and destroyed, and we were constantly on the verge of being plundered ourselves. Fortunately, after more than three hundred years, we finally reached the vicinity of the defense line and were fortunate enough to witness the powerful warships of the Great Star Region Civilization. Near the defense line, we also encountered the South Star Civilization and the North Star Civilization, who had just escaped."
"They were originally Stellar-Level Civilization, but they only had a chance to escape because they were close to the defense line. Otherwise, it would be extremely difficult for a Stellar-Level Civilization to escape the pursuit of the Zerg swarm. I estimate that very few Stellar-Level Civilization survived in the entire galaxy at that time. The Zerg swarm on this side may have a higher survival rate because they were promptly cleared out by the Great Star Region Civilization. On the other hand, it would be good if one out of ten thousand Stellar-Level Civilization survived."
" The South Star Civilization and the North Star Civilization were also on their last legs at the time. They were originally civilizations born from two planets in the same planetary system, and they barely escaped by supporting each other. Now, their remaining warships and people are about the same size as ours. When they encountered us, they were also in despair, thinking that we would plunder them."
"Actually, we wouldn't have such thoughts. Everyone is already struggling enough. It would be too unethical to act as robbers now. If we were all at our peak, perhaps I would consider plundering, but now we are all civilizations in distress, and we should help each other. Seeing their vulnerable state, I discussed it with the Quaking Star Civilization, Sand Star Civilization, and Zhalong Star Civilization, and we all agreed to temporarily let these two Stellar-Level Civilization accompany us until we reach a safe area far from the defense line."
"They lacked the ability to navigate by warp drive, so we carried their fleet along with us until we arrived here, in a relatively quiet planetary system. Once here, we realized we were practically primitive; we didn't even have any knowledge of Planet-Level anymore."
"Without warships, we wouldn't even have a place to live. We simply don't have the capability to terraform planets. That time, all six of us from our civilizations wept. Afterward, we decided to pull ourselves together and not perish. We are the last survivors of each other's civilizations, and we must ensure that our civilizations continue."