The arrival of the RoboCop quickly brought the insect plague under control, keeping all the insects firmly within a few hundred meters of the higher-dimensional exit. Laser beams formed a dense barrier, preventing any insect from escaping. Occasionally, large laser beams would descend from the sky, reaching deep into the insect swarm.
The smell of burning and thick smoke enveloped the Insect Zone like dark clouds. As more and more insects were killed, the insect corpses piled up higher and higher. The high-dimensional channel was like a high-pressure water tap, spraying the insect swarm out of it continuously. The RoboCop had no choice but to retreat several kilometers to prevent the insect corpses from piling up too high.
With this gap of several kilometers, whenever the insects accumulate to a sufficient number, a small antimatter bomb is dropped into the middle of the swarm, clearing the entire area clean. Then a new round of clearing begins, repeating endlessly without end.
Hu Yu Wen Zhonghua ignored the Eastern Pearl Civilization's message of gratitude; such a low-level civilization was not yet qualified to establish a relationship with them.
Hu Yu Wen Zhonghua were worried about how long it would take to kill all the insect swarms. Even if they did kill them all, the mass of the planet would increase significantly, which would also affect the Eastern Pearl Civilization.
Two months have passed, and they've had their fill of the drama. Hu Yu Wen Zhonghua are ready to leave. This can be handled by the computer; it's perfectly capable of handling this kind of simple combat.
A spaceship, no more than a kilometer long, sped towards the Reaper fleet from afar and stopped directly in front of it. Upon seeing the rhombus-like shape of the spaceship, Hu Yu immediately thought of the Patrols and Destroyers spaceships. They shared the same construction style and were clearly the work of the Heavenly Peak Civilization.
After the ship came to a stop, it immediately sent a message to the Reaper fleet. The Reaper's power was self-evident, and most of the ships that accepted these patrol missions were early and mid-level civilizations in Small Star Region. They might look down on lower-level civilizations, but they had no right to be arrogant in front of the Reaper.
"My lord, have you come for the Zerg swarm? I am the Terminators of this star system, belonging to the Crystal Civilization."
" The Terminators? Where are the Patrols and Destroyers?"
"My lord, patrolling the galaxy is a loose task. I was originally Patrols of this star system, then I gradually upgraded to Destroyers, and now I've upgraded to Terminators. So, until a new Patrols arrives, I will still be responsible for this star system. However, after my upgrade, the area I need to patrol has expanded. As soon as I discovered the swarm, I rushed here at full speed. Since this place is already on the edge of the galaxy, it still took me some time to get here. But thanks to your help, my lord, we didn't suffer any major losses, otherwise I would have been downgraded to Destroyers again."
" Crystal Civilization, as the Terminators, can you close the higher-dimensional portal?"
"My lord, we also cannot close the higher-dimensional portal. This involves the most advanced technology, which this spaceship is not equipped with. Moreover, closing the exit is not the best solution. The entire swarm must be eliminated, especially the First-Tier Mother Insect."
"Aren't there Neutron Star Defense Line and Great Star Region Civilization fleets responsible for the defense of the fourth dimension? Why can the Zerg swarm still come from the fourth dimension?"
"My lord, the defense line is mainly aimed at high-level insects that move in large numbers. The mother insect uses a four-dimensional channel, which is very small compared to a four-dimensional space bubble and is difficult to detect. The area covered by the defense line is too large, so it is normal for some insect swarms to be missed occasionally. Even Great Star Region Civilization cannot be all-encompassing. As long as it is not a large-scale insect swarm that is missed, it is fine. We can eliminate small-scale ones in the three-dimensional universe."
"I see. May I ask how many units the queen insect has this time?"
Approximately 3 units.
A swarm of three units means that the mass is almost twice that of this planet. The density of the mother worms is only slightly less than the average density of this planet. With so many swarms pressing on this planet, not to mention the effects of orbital gravity, they probably wouldn't even be able to find a place to settle down.
Moreover, the outlets vary in size, and it's unknown how long it will take for the entire swarm to arrive. Back then, the Earth only had one unit of swarm, and the 13 outlets spewed out swarms for a full 20 years without any sign of the swarm being exhausted.
" Crystal Civilization, do you have any other solutions? We cannot eliminate the swarm in one go without damaging the planet."
"Sir, we are professionals. Dealing with a queen insect that hasn't yet advanced is easy for us. Please have your forces coordinate with our ship and move away from the higher-dimensional exit one by one. We need to change the exit's location and point it directly at the star."
"Okay, please begin."
The Terminators spaceship flew to the vicinity of one of the exits, where the RoboCop had already evacuated. The spaceship released a powerful energy ring that precisely surrounded the higher-dimensional exit, a feature remarkably similar to the Tree Race's creation of spherical spaces.
The spaceship began to move, and the higher-dimensional exit moved with it. The swarm of insects was hurled out of the sky, forming a long, sparse insect channel between the second planet and the star. The insects in the air were frozen into ice blocks after only a few seconds of jumping around in the low cosmic temperature. The higher-dimensional channel moved into the star's flames. The moment the insects came out of the higher-dimensional channel, they turned into elementary particles and dissipated in the star's flames.
The RoboCop evacuated through the first passage quickly cleared out the remaining swarm of insects. One by one, the passages were removed, and the people of the Eastern Pearl Civilization finally saw hope, admiring even more this incredible technology.
With the Terminators's arrival, the bug problem that had been troubling Hu Yu for two months was successfully resolved in less than two hours. The remaining tasks no longer required the fleet and the Terminators's attention. After eliminating all the bugs, the RoboCop left the planet, taking a few live bugs with them.
"Sir, what's going on here?" The Terminators, having somehow discovered the live insects carried by RoboCop, blocked RoboCop's path back to the Reaper.
"We'd like to take a few back to study them."
"My lord, it's not that I want to stop you, it's just that this thing is very dangerous."
"They're just a few bugs, they shouldn't pose any threat to us."
"My lord, our most important task in patrolling the galaxy is to eliminate all insects, especially the queen insect. Since the queen insect has little offensive power, some Star-Level or Star System-Level Civilization occasionally encounter swarms of them and want to take them for research. Little do they know that the queen insect has an extremely close connection with the fourth dimension. They are like guiding lights, capable of attracting higher-level insect swarms at any time. On the contrary, higher-level insects do not have this ability and can be taken for research at will."
"Why is the Queen Worm so peculiar? Why do Queen Worms usually only appear when lower-level civilizations are conducting high-energy experiments?"
"Actually, it's not that queen insects only appear near low-level civilizations; high-level insects also appear. It's just that the living environment required by queen insects is more demanding than that of high-level insects. High-level insects must give way to queen insects, so insect swarms will go to check wherever there are spatial anomalies. I guess after doing this many times, the insect swarms have become experienced. For example, the intensity of experiments Planetary-Level Civilization is most likely to attract First-Tier Mother Insect."
"I see."
"Indeed, sir. After the mother insect arrives, it will rapidly multiply and evolve on the planets. The higher-level insects that evolve on these planets are far more bizarre and diverse than those from the Abyss. The first 10 levels are not a problem, but once they reach level 10, their abilities are equivalent to a level 15 insect transmitted from a higher-dimensional channel. If even higher-level insects evolve in such places, even the Great Star Region Civilization might find it difficult to cope. Therefore, we must take precautions to prevent this from happening."
"Isn't the Insect Zone very dangerous?"
"Yes, quite a few high-level insects have already appeared in the Insect Zone, but this evolution is very slow and requires a large enough quantity to accumulate. Generally, a single mother insect, after multiple devouring and evolutions, may eventually produce an insect of about level 25. This insect may be equivalent to one hundred million warships of Great Star Region Civilization. Although not many, their speed is almost the same as that of Great Star Region Civilization's warships, making them very difficult to kill. Moreover, they will constantly seek out civilizations to attack."