"They've entered the black hole? Strange, no, I need to go back to the lab and study the data Minister Luo and the others provided, see if I can find any clues."
After finishing his speech, Academician Zeng hurriedly left. As Academician Zeng departed, a cluster of particles in the fourth dimension near the command center dissipated. Inside a massive warship in the fourth dimension, a being sighed in disappointment, "Could it be that I was wrong? Is the Secondary Universe just an incompletely developed space? Humanity... it seems we haven't discovered anything."
"General, have the fleet send me another hundred planets, the kind with a higher organic content, you know what I mean," Academician Xiao said.
" Academician Xiao, you used up a hundred last time so quickly? It's only been a little over ten thousand years, right? The consumption rate of just a few dozen of you is almost comparable to that of a Star System-Level Civilization." Wen Zhonghua asked in confusion.
"There's nothing I can do, my babies eat so fast."
"Academician, the research on biological warriors seems to be progressing smoothly," Hu Yu said with a smile.
"It's alright, it's alright, it just has a big appetite and is a bit picky about food; it won't eat ordinary rocks or soil at all."
" Academician Xiao, you've sent the entire alliance's garbage to them, and there are over a dozen planets dedicated to synthesizing organic matter, yet you haven't even shown us what the biological warriors look like now. If this were Earth's era, Old Hu would probably be investigated."
"Haha, it's not that I don't want to show you, it's just not the right time yet. The bio-warriors are still evolving, and they don't look very good yet. I'm afraid you won't be able to accept it. If you really want to see it, I'll arrange it right away. How about it? I can tell you in advance that the scenes inside those planets are a hundred times more terrifying than my laboratory. Even I was sweating bullets inside those planets."
"Alright, alright, I was just kidding. You want planets, right? No problem, I'll have the fleet find you another hundred right away. It's just that bio-planetary sites are hard to find these days, so you'll have to make do with these. I'll have the transport team speed up the transport of the Alliance's junk."
"Alright, I know that's unrealistic. Just find one anywhere. The planet needs to be relatively large, not like last time, where half of them were just dwarf planets. Are you taking advantage of me because I don't know anything about astronomy? Haha."
"Okay, okay, okay, I'll definitely pick a big one for you this time. Last time you said you wanted one with more organic matter, but you didn't specify the size," Wen Zhonghua said.
The fleet returned to normal construction. Until the year 45,000 AD, Hu Yu, who was busy checking the production status of the Fourth Reversed State, suddenly received a message from the Yun San Civilization. More than one billion high-energy physics test sites suddenly appeared on the side occupied by the River Civilization, and tens of thousands of stars were detonated at the same time.
Hu Yu was very clear about what this message meant. It had only been a few hundred years since the Mechanical Civilization had reappeared for the second time. This must be the Mechanical Civilization's so-called "great gift." It seemed that the Mechanical Civilization had also learned about some of the insectoid swarm's behavior. They must have been secretly laying out plans in the galaxy over the past few hundred years. Now, by activating these devices at the same time, they were essentially marking the entire galaxy in the fourth dimension.
The fourth-dimensional defenses cannot stop all swarms. The fleets of the Great Star Region Civilization can only target and defend against some particularly high-level swarms. There will always be swarms that can break through or bypass the defenses and appear in other places. Once these swarms find a connection point with the three-dimensional universe, they will take the opportunity to break through space and descend into the three-dimensional universe.
Hu Yu didn't know exactly how many insect swarms broke through the defenses, but the number was certainly terrifying. Although these insects weren't of a very high rank, and Small Star Sector Civilization could handle them, their sheer numbers could drive Small Star Sector Civilization to despair.
" Old Hu, what do we do now? The Zerg swarm could arrive at any moment. Although the area within a hundred light-years is relatively safe, we still need to prepare in advance."
"Return the fleet that was hunting the mechanical beings. While we're at it, move all the low-level civilizations we know of to the Alliance base. We don't have many fleets right now, but defending the base shouldn't be a problem. Notify the other civilizations in the Alliance to shrink their defensive perimeter. Leave the fleet protecting the planet, and send all other warships forward to build a spherical defensive line. We absolutely cannot allow a single bug to enter the Alliance."
In the last siege of the Alliance by the nine major civilizations, the Alliance fleet suffered nearly half its losses. Even the Reaper were reduced from 80 billion ships to 50 billion. The fleets of the Brilliant Star Civilization and the North Star Civilization were also reduced from 30 billion to less than 10 billion. The Carina Civilization was also reduced from 50 billion to 30 billion. The entire Space Barrier defense system built over tens of thousands of years was destroyed. However, the other side also suffered heavy losses, with the number of fleets lost reaching 300 billion.
Although the Alliance lost hundreds of billions of warships, the Xuan Star Civilization's 60 billion warships remained untouched. The few members of the Aquila Civilization, upon learning of the Mechanical Civilization's scheming, also suppressed their playful nature and stayed within the Alliance. They also possessed over 40 billion warships. The entire Alliance still had over 200 billion warships from Small Star Sector Intermediate Civilization.
For hundreds of years, the Alliance has been building ships with all its might. With the help of humans, the Brilliant Star Civilization and North Star Civilization have also built planetary shipbuilding machines. With the supply of readily available warship fragments, the number of warships has recovered to several hundred million. However, this number is still a drop in the bucket for the Alliance.
Over the years, the fleet has been searching for a way to build ships quickly, but no matter how hard it tries, coupled with the increase in population, the annual production of the Reaper has only reached 10 million ships.
There's no way around it. A warship is not only a huge machine, but also a complex system. It requires not only countless materials, but also countless machines and equipment working together. Even if these machines and equipment are highly intelligent, human intervention is still necessary. Even if one person is assigned to handle special problems that computers cannot solve during the production process for every hundred machines, tens of thousands of industrial planets would still require a massive number of people.
Less than ten days after the Yun San Civilization sent news, the returning fleet discovered the arrival of the insect swarm. If one could see the entire galaxy at this time, they would find billions of coordinates where large numbers of insects were descending simultaneously.
This swarm of insects not only included high-level insects but also a massive number of First-Tier Mother Insect. The total number of insects that descended in the first wave reached an unprecedented high of over 30 billion units, which is equivalent to nearly 30 units of insects descending at each coordinate point. Moreover, this is not the final number. The First-Tier Mother Insect maintain close ties with the fourth dimension, and they are still attracting more and more insect swarms to descend.
The entire galaxy seemed to be experiencing a spectacular rain of insects. Although magnificent, it was also tragic. The slaughter and devouring brought by the insect swarms would be a devastating disaster for lower civilizations.