After eliminating the worms at one worm point, the Reaper continued forward to the next worm point. The second batch of Reaper had already completed deploying the Fourth Reversed State Armor and entered space.
Once the fifth batch of Reaper had laid out the Fourth Reversed State Armor, they, along with 10 billion Xuan Star Civilization warships, began heading towards a coordinate with a large number of Zerg swarms. The Wriggler continued to transmit information about the surrounding airspace back to the base, providing information support for the base's operations.
In less than three months, all the insect swarms within 300 light-years of the base were completely wiped out, preventing them from forming large swarms, and the pressure on the Alliance was greatly reduced.
However, at this moment, 2,000 light-years away, a giant swarm of 50 million units had already assembled and was rolling towards the Alliance. The swarm descended densely on the airspace where the giant swarm formed, and the Wriggler in the entire airspace were almost wiped out. By the time they realized that something was wrong, the swarm had already formed.
Moreover, as the swarm advanced, it continuously absorbed nearby swarms, growing larger and larger like a giant snowball. By the time it was 500 light-years from the Alliance territory, the swarm had amassed over 80 million units of insects—an absolutely staggering figure.
A swarm of 80 million units would only be about 70 times the size of the Sun in terms of volume. However, even though the swarm has formed a cluster, it still occupies a spherical space with a diameter of hundreds of billions of kilometers. Putting hundreds of billions of warships into this space would be like throwing a small stone into a large pool of water.
" Old Hu, this is a huge problem. How did the swarm know our location? That's strange."
"Such a large-scale operation must have been spied on by higher-level insects in the fourth dimension; it's quite normal for them to find a civilization's settlement."
"With so many insect swarms, I'm afraid we'll have a hard time dealing with them."
"Let's convene an alliance meeting to see what everyone's thoughts are, and also connect the leaders of the Crystal Civilization and the Gemini Civilization."
The Alliance rarely holds such meetings; most of the time, humans make the decisions or resolve issues through their own discussions. One advantage of the Star Ring Alliance is its freedom; as long as the overall interests of the Alliance are not harmed, everyone can do whatever they want. This time, Hu Yu suddenly requested that all civilization leaders attend the meeting, and everyone realized the seriousness of the matter.
One after another, holographic images of the Alliance civilization's leaders and high-ranking officials lit up in the holographic conference room, and soon more than a hundred holographic images of various creatures gathered there.
Hu Yu displayed the situation of the swarm above the conference room. Five small squads of 5 billion Reaper were already fighting in the swarm. The images showed that the swarm was completely unfazed by the Reaper ' attacks and continued to advance. The losses suffered by the swarm were completely compensated by the swarms that arrived from nearby areas, and their numbers even increased.
"As you all know about the Zerg swarm's situation, at its current speed, it will reach us in about six months. Now, let's share our thoughts," Hu Yu said.
"General, you can make the arrangements. We are willing to follow your orders."
"Yes, although our fleet is only at the Small Star Sector Junior Civilization, we are willing to deploy the entire fleet if needed."
" Xuan Star leaders, what are your thoughts?"
"Now that the swarm has descended on a large scale, we not only have to deal with the swarm, but also guard against the Mechanical Civilization. If they take the opportunity to cause trouble, our situation will be even worse. Therefore, I suggest that we temporarily avoid the brunt of this giant swarm and not confront it head-on. Besides, we don't have the strength to do so."
" Xuan Star Leader, do you mean we should leave here temporarily? But there are hundreds of thousands of low-level civilizations and tens of thousands of industrial planets here. Moving such a massive system would be very difficult. We don't have the strength of Great Star Region Civilization; we can't move planets to another location in a short time. These Planetary-Level Civilization will also suffer serious damage if they are away from their star for too long. Besides, this galaxy is so vast that there is nowhere left for us to settle down."
"General Hu Yu, your galaxy is already Small Star Sector Advanced Civilization, and you can obtain energy from the fourth dimension. If possible, could we consider leaving the Milky Way and traveling to other galaxies?"
"What?! Leaving the Milky Way?!" The words of the leader of the Xuan Star Civilization shocked all the leaders of other civilizations, including Hu Yu.
"Ever since we learned of the Zerg's movements, our Xuan Star Civilization civilization has been considering and worrying about this issue. To be honest, our previous leader made a choice that contradicted our Xuan Star Civilization's values because he considered the Xuan Star Civilization Civilization's inability to win the war against the Insect Race. Later, it was Human Civilization that helped our Xuan Star Civilization get back on track. However, our assessment of the Galactic situation remains unchanged: the Galactic Civilization will find it difficult to win the war."
" Xuan Star leader, so you've always wanted to leave the Milky Way and go to other extragalactic systems?" the Argo Navis envoy asked Dongdong. The other part of the Carina Civilization did not come this time, but instead formed a defensive perimeter with other nearby civilizations.
"I know this is cowardly, but we should also face the facts. Judging from the current situation, the fleet of the Great Star Region Civilization is also stretched thin, barely able to maintain a balance. They hastily left after rescuing the lower-level civilization, which shows that the defense line is in a very critical state. General Hu Yu, what do you think?"
"I agree with your point of view, but our Human Civilization will not give up so easily. We still have the strength to fight. We will never give up the Milky Way until the very last moment. We have already lost our planetary system, and now we are asked to lose our star system as well. Retreating again and again is not the way of our Human Civilization."
"I agree with the general's assessment. The Milky Way is the cradle of Brilliant Star Civilization; we can't just abandon it to the Zerg!"
"We, the Zhalong Star Civilization, will never give up. Back then, we struggled to escape from the Insect Zone, only to have our home destroyed and countless members of our race killed. If we don't avenge this, how can our Zhalong Star Civilization have the face to stand in the Milky Way?"
"We will not abandon the Milky Way!"
"Never give up!"
We vow to fight to the very end!
"Please don't misunderstand, everyone. We, the Xuan Star Civilization, are absolutely not cowards. We are now all members of the Star Xuan Star Civilization Star Ring Alliance, and we will never abandon our allies and become shameful deserters. The Milky Way is also our home, and we will never give up until the very last moment."
"Alright, we can conduct a feasibility study on leaving the Milky Way, but since everyone has chosen to stay and fight, let's think about how to deal with the giant swarm of insects before us."