The next image was even more awe-inspiring. In a desolate place, there were countless small spheres, estimated to number in the billions, with more and more high-level insects packaging them. Magnifying the spheres revealed that they were not small at all; each sphere was at least the size of the Earth, and each sphere was filled with densely packed high-level insects.
Surrounding these small spheres were countless First-Tier Mother Insect, their numbers beyond counting. They tore at and devoured each other. Logically, First-Tier Mother Insect should not have the ability to move in the starry sky, but the queen worms here were indeed in the air, only the background was pitch black, without any starlight.
Just as numerous as the mother insect were countless higher-level insects that had not yet entered the small spheres. They roamed freely among the mother insects, and many of these higher-level insects were also preying on the mother insects.
In the center of the sphere was an enormous creature, with countless First-Tier Mother Insect crawling all over its surface. Behind this giant creature, there seemed to be an even larger Dark Shadow.
This place is like a demon's hell; the number of insect swarms may be greater than all civilized creatures combined, and crucially, each one of them is formidable in combat.
Upon seeing this scene, Academician Xiao broke out in a cold sweat. He couldn't continue his research on the Insect King and immediately returned to the warship to rush to the base. This news had to be reported to the fleet immediately.
Upon returning to the base, Academician Xiao immediately put on the EEG analysis helmet and tried his best to recall the image transmitted by the Insect King. In fact, there was no need to recall it at all; the image was too vivid. The computer quickly drew an accurate three-dimensional image based on the brain signals.
Upon seeing this image, Hu Yu and everyone else were completely impressed. No wonder even the Great Star Region Civilization had to unite to fight the Insect Race. Just this number was enough to give the Great Star Region Civilization a headache. Even if the Zerg did not resist at all, it would probably take several Great Star Region Civilization many years to exterminate them.
Preliminary estimates suggest that this region has a diameter of over 10,000 light-years. Clearly, there is no such place in the Milky Way. Although half of the galaxy has been occupied by the insect swarm, photos of the galaxy taken during the search for the Tree Race show that most of the stars in the occupied area are still relatively normal, as the insects also need to rely on these stars for energy replenishment.
If celestial bodies, especially stars, are destroyed indiscriminately, the Zerg will not be able to replenish their energy over time, which will naturally weaken the overall combat power of the Insect Race.
" Old Hu, is this the Abyss the Destroyers spoke of?"
"I think so. Our fleet probably wouldn't even make a ripple here; there are just too many bugs!"
"This isn't just too much, it's an absolute staggering amount, probably exceeding trillions or even billions."
"Without this number, how could they have occupied half of the river system?"
"General, Chief of Staff, the crab sent a message through the Insect King, telling us humans to run!"
"The crab must have been quite frightened too."
"General, the Little Crab is quite frightened; this is the instinct of lower creatures. They don't have the logical thinking to overcome fear like humans do. However, there seems to be another meaning behind this statement."
"Some other meaning?"
"Yes, the crab must have seen something else in the Insect King's brain that it couldn't transmit in time before it died."
"Academician, what are we waiting for? Let's get an even stronger crab and continue the investigation. Maybe we'll find something," Wen Zhonghua said.
"It's no use. This crab is already the best product we can produce. Besides, the Insect King's consciousness is too strong. It's fine outside, but once we connect to its brain, the crab will be killed immediately. Unless we solve the consciousness problem, we won't be able to get any more useful information. Now that the Insect King has been linked once, it will be even more vigilant. The chance of success next time is zero."
"I suspect the Insect Race might be planning a major operation soon. This swarm invasion is probably not unexpected. We must seize the time to become stronger as quickly as possible. We don't know how much time we have left; we can only race against time with the Insect Race."
"General, I will go back and expedite the study of the Insect King's structure to make targeted improvements to the bio-warriors. This time we obtained many Insect Race samples, and the improvement of the bio-warriors now has a clear objective."
" Old Hu, we need to hurry up too. We need to strengthen not only our own strength but also the strength of the Xuan Star Civilization. Since the old man strongly insists that we bring the Xuanxing civilization in, it's time to make our move. Just like the old man said, if we can't even handle a hundred Fish Horse Star warships, how can we survive in this Milky Way?"
"Currently, the only effective weapons we have against the Fish Horse Star warships are Virtual Matter weapons, but our current reserves are insufficient, and the Xuan Star Civilization is also a problem."
" Virtual Matter isn't a big problem for us as long as we accumulate it over time. The key issue is that if we attack the Mu Star Civilization, it will definitely attract the attention of the Great Star Region Civilization. They'll accuse us of wantonly destroying lower-level civilizations, and how we'll handle that will be a problem then."
"Don't worry, the Great Star Region Civilization won't emerge."
"Why?"
"Because it's not us who are going to attack the Mu Star Civilization, but other Star System-Level Civilization."
"Other Star System-Level Civilization?"
" Zhonghua, have you forgotten? Our alliance also has several Star System-Level Civilization, such as the Brilliant Star Civilization. They are already at the advanced stage of Star System Level, which is more than enough to deal with the Mu Star Civilization. We only need to deal with a hundred Fish Horse Star warships, which will not cause too much of a stir. Even if the Great Star Region Civilization discover us, it won't matter much, since we won't take action ourselves."
"How can we destroy the Fish Horse Star warships if we don't take action?"
"Over the years, I've been reflecting on this and realized that we've gone astray. We've always believed that only advanced technology can destroy the Fish Horse Star warships, but that's not true. Even antimatter can destroy the Fish Horse Star warships. This inspiration came from Academician Xiao."
"Antimatter no longer poses a threat to the Fish Horse Star warships, unless they bring over a few antimatter stars like the Xuan Star Civilization did," Wen Zhonghua questioned.
"We don't need that many at all. The Fish Horse Star warships can withstand the energy of matter-antimatter annihilation, but they can't stop the process of matter-antimatter annihilation. We just need to build antimatter warships and use them to make contact with the Fish Horse Star warships to destroy them. We can easily handle that amount of antimatter. I got this inspiration from seeing Academician Xiao use antimatter to wear down the Insect King's head bio-armor."
"Even so, the Fish Horse Star isn't stupid. Their warships are fast, and even if we build antimatter warships, it will be difficult to make contact with them. Besides, how much antimatter would that be enough? Our current antimatter reserves aren't even enough to build ten large warships."