Less than a month after the guiding fleet left, a swarm of over 30 units of insects descended upon the super Dyson sphere. At this point, the energy inside the Dyson sphere had reached its limit, and even the Third Reversed State was nearing its tolerance limit. An instrument detected the arrival of the insect swarm and immediately ignited all the stars.
With a devastating explosion, the Dyson sphere created by the Third Reversed State finally disintegrated. This enclosed area was thoroughly ravaged by energy, which seeped into the insects from every corner and direction, causing all the insects to Yun San into ashes in an instant.
All of this was expected. Such a large-scale operation as the guide was bound to attract the attention of the Zerg swarm. However, perhaps because this was outside the galaxy, the Zerg swarm, despite sensing the powerful energy, only sent down about 30 units, which was somewhat unexpected.
Five years have passed in the blink of an eye. The academicians who had been away from the fleet for more than 10,000 years have finally returned to the fleet. People warmly welcome the academicians who have been away for many years. Although they know that the academicians have not obtained the so-called defense system, their spirit of sacrifice and hard work for the development of the fleet have already earned them enough respect and love.
" Zeng Zhaoyuan Zeng Zhaoyuan, you're really something. If I had known it would turn out like this, I shouldn't have helped you in the first place." Before Hu Yu could speak, Academician Xiao hugged Academician Zeng tightly.
"Alas, I, Zeng Zhaoyuan, have let everyone down. I'm sorry."
" Academician Zeng, don't say anymore. Everyone has worked hard. It's just a pity that Academician Liu Bo and General Chen Peng couldn't come back," Hu Yu said, trying to comfort him.
"We will do everything in our power to rescue them; we will never give up."
"Alright, everyone, you've all worked hard. Now that you're home, take a good rest. The fleet still has a lot of work for you to do. Academician Zeng, Academician Xiao, please take this opportunity to work hard. A lot has happened in the fleet over the years. Let Academician Zeng familiarize himself with things first. Li Zhixiong, you come along too."
The group arrived at the fleet command center.
" Academician Zeng, in the years since you left, has anything unusual happened? Several hundred years ago, news spread that you had obtained the defense system of the Matter River, which led to nine Small Star Sector Civilization attacking us. Fortunately, Minister Luo arrived in time to save us, otherwise we would have been finished."
"Is there any news about Minister Luo? Why haven't I seen them?!"
"It's a long story. They're on a different timeline. You'll see when you look at the documents."
"Oh, we must have gotten the information about the defense system from Li Shun. This Li Shun has already colluded with the swarm. He twice drove the swarm to attack us in the Matter River. If it weren't for Li Shun the second time, we wouldn't have risked entering the danger zone. He must have gotten impatient waiting outside and deliberately released the information to retaliate against us."
" Li Shun has gotten involved with the insect swarm? Has he gone mad?!"
"Who knows, General? We've been attacked by nine Small Star Sector Civilization. Is everyone alright?"
"It's alright. The Star Ring Alliance is far stronger now than when you left. The Brilliant Star Civilization and North Star Civilization have grown into Small Star Sector Intermediate Civilization, and the Zhalong Star Civilization and Quaking Star Civilization are also close to reaching the Small Star Sector Intermediate Civilization stage. In times of crisis, the Xuan Star Civilization and Aquila Civilization came to our aid one after another. They are also Small Star Sector Intermediate Civilization. Minister Luo has even reached the Small Star Sector Advanced Civilization."
"I didn't expect the alliance to develop so quickly in such a short time, General. We haven't come away Matter River -handed either. Academician Li Youwei's Fourth Reversed State has been perfectly resolved, and the fleet's defense is almost at the level of a primary civilization in the Large Star Region."
"Really? That's great! Now we're confident we can deal with the Mechanical Civilization."
" Mechanical Civilization? Where did this civilization come from?"
"I don't know either. It was a computer that developed consciousness and then started to proliferate. The Great Star Region Civilization says it's not a civilization from our galaxy, or even from our universe."
"If computers truly develop consciousness, it would be a catastrophe. Their sole purpose is to continuously increase their own power. They have no constraints; they develop, plunder, develop again, plunder again. This speed is absolutely incomparable to our biotechnology civilization."
"Currently, all advanced civilizations in the galaxy are searching for and annihilating the Mechanical Civilization, but they have far too many mechanical entities. Even with a large number of civilizations, it's impossible to wipe them all out. More than a thousand years have passed since the great war against the Mechanical Civilization. Several hundred years ago, nine major civilizations besieged us, and the Mechanical Civilization reappeared, saying they wanted to give all the civilizations in the galaxy a great gift. So, in recent years, we have focused all our efforts on development, mass-producing warships and weapons, and searching all the star systems within thousands of light-years around us. But strangely, we haven't found many mechanical entities."
" The Mechanical Civilization is definitely brewing a massive operation. We absolutely cannot let our guard down. General, we should immediately begin production of the Fourth Reversed State. Our research on the space of the Matter River and the space of the danger zone over the years has yielded many results. I will immediately return to the laboratory to discuss this data with the academicians who are manufacturing space weapons, and put it into weapon manufacturing as soon as possible to reach the Small Star Sector Advanced Civilization."
"By the way, Academician, we had a brief meeting with Minister Luo at the time intersection of the vast universe. Minister Luo are already Small Star Sector Advanced Civilization. Although the data exchange was short, they still transmitted some space technology to us. Also, among the civilizations besieging us is the Flying Bear Civilization, Small Star Sector Advanced Civilization. Under the intervention of the Great Star Region Civilization, they left us with ten complete warships. We kept one for ourselves. Qin Yin has been in charge of analyzing it."
"The technology we've researched, combined with the Flying Bear Civilization Civilization's warships and the technology provided by Minister Luo, is sufficient. It's enough for us to firmly step into the Small Star Sector Advanced Civilization. Our own research into space attacks is nearing its limit. Now, with the addition of these two technologies, we'll definitely take another step forward, and perhaps even catch up with the attack capabilities of the Fish Horse Star Civilization."
"I'm not worried about those things. What I'm worried about is time, Academician. We always seem to run out of time. Could we create a timeline like Minister Luo and his team did, giving us a time advantage?"
"The danger zone of the Matter River does offer a time advantage, but getting in is easy while getting out is difficult. Besides that, there's only the Alliance Space and the black hole, but we're not qualified to enter either of those places, especially the black hole—it's a hopeless situation."
" Minister Luo and his team entered the interior of a black hole by sheer chance, which is why they unexpectedly found themselves in another timeline."