Upon closer inspection, the insect clusters are no longer separated by hundreds of thousands of kilometers; instead, they are truly densely packed spheres of insects, with countless insect legs, heads, and tails exposed on their surface... People with trypophobia would definitely feel extremely uncomfortable seeing this.
The higher-level insects began to release energy, and the insect sphere was carried forward like a super celestial body. With the higher-level insects blocking the way and forming a dense array, the effect of the Consciousness Field impact weapon instantly dropped to an extremely low level. Although the higher-level insects were also affected by the Consciousness Field impact, these higher-level insects were all behemoths of level 25 or above, and they were able to withstand the attack of the Consciousness Field impact weapon.
Moreover, they were already able to perform high-speed warp drive in the chaotic space disturbed by the fleet, just like the warships of the Great Star Region Civilization. The swarm resumed its forward movement, and its propulsion speed was much higher than at the beginning.
Hu Yu knew that these high-level insects couldn't possibly carry so many low-level insects for long, but Hu Yu wasn't sure how long they could last. Moreover, the insects could replenish their energy by eating the low-level insects at any time, so they might just run through unimpeded.
The civilized fleet could only retreat and attack from a distance, no longer daring to gather together, because the Insect King in the center of the giant insect sphere could enter the fourth dimension at any time to attack the fleet. If the warships gathered together to intercept the insect swarm, it would likely attract the Insect King's dimensional reduction attack, while the effect of long-range attacks was unsatisfactory, barely even scratching the surface of high-level insects.
The Civilization Fleet was once again caught in a dilemma: close-range attacks risked being crushed by the Insect King's dimensional reduction attack, while long-range attacks were largely ineffective.
Hu Yu ignored these civilizations and directly deployed the Reaper near the insect sphere for close-range attacks. The Reaper could handle a Tier 25 insect, but without a suitable opportunity, it would take at least hundreds of thousands of Reaper attacking continuously to kill a single Tier 25 insect. If the insect's tier increased further, the Reaper would find it increasingly difficult to kill it.
Not all insects are the same. Some insects have high defense but relatively weak attack, while others have low defense but much higher attack. A fleet may be able to kill one level 25 insect, but it may not be able to kill another level 25 insect. Similarly, insects attacking a fleet have the same effect.
The high-level insects responsible for transporting the swarm now include not only level 25 insects, but also levels 26 to 29. Although the higher the level, the fewer the number, this insect sphere already represents a quarter of the force of this insect plague. The number of high-level insects is relatively small compared to low-level insects, but it is still a huge number.
The Reaper can only fight against insects around level 25 or 26. The multi-headed giant insect it encountered last time was only around level 28 or 29, and the Reaper was lucky enough to only destroy one of its heads. Although Virtual Matter is powerful and can deal with a single insect, there isn't enough Virtual Matter available for such a large fleet of high-level insects.
Now the Reaper can only target some Tier 25 or 26 insects. The insects completely ignore the harassment from the Reaper and other civilizations' fleets. After attacking for a while, Hu Yu had no choice but to order the Reaper to stop. Attacking the swarm at high speed is inherently difficult and time-consuming. Even after several days, they could not kill many insects, and instead wasted a lot of energy. If they continued, even other civilizations would laugh at humanity for being foolish. In addition, the other civilizations' attacks on the insect sphere were ineffective. The 20 billion Reaper were powerless to turn the tide.
Hu Yu desperately wished for another antimatter star, but the fleet's current storage of antimatter amounted to only a few trillion tons, not even reaching the mass of a planet, and a hundred billion times less than the amount required for a star. It was only enough for the fleet's daily use and combat consumption.
"Fellow leaders of civilizations, do you have any solutions now?" The leader of the Flying Bear Civilization sent out a message. Their fleet had suffered relatively heavy losses, second only to the Hydra Civilization. This was also related to their strength; among the Small Star Sector Advanced Civilization, the Flying Bear Civilization fleet was among the weakest.
There's no way.
We've done our best.
"We deployed all of our civilization's fleets, yet we still couldn't withstand the Zerg swarm's advance."
One by one, the leaders of civilizations sent out messages.
Hu Yu remained silent. There was no point in saying anything now. The only way to resist the swarm attack was to work together, form a dense formation, and launch a close-range attack on the sphere. These civilizations were all afraid of losing their fleets in a dimensional reduction attack, so how could they possibly withstand the advance of the swarm?
The swarm continues its advance at a speed a thousand times the speed of light. At this rate, it will only take 20 years to reach the vicinity of the defensive line. Once the swarm arrives, the swarm on the other side of the defensive line will also launch an attack. At that time, with the two sides attacking, the defensive line will inevitably be difficult to maintain. All the Small Star Sector Civilization know this outcome, but they are still watching and waiting for the reactions of other Small Star Sector Civilization.
Suddenly, a fleet appeared near the civilization's fleet. Without hesitation, they launched a fierce attack on the swarm. This fleet consisted of 500 billion ships, along with 2,000 planets.
Hu Yu was very familiar with this fleet; it was the same fleet that had attacked the Far Watcher Civilization years ago, and these planets were naturally the Far Watcher Civilization's planetary space cannons.
Back then, Academician Xiao created a brainwave that affected the brain of the Far Watcher Civilization, Far Watcher Civilization serious internal strife and the loss of nearly 80 billion warships. If it weren't for the intervention of the Heavenly Peak Civilization Far Watcher Civilization might have even had its base destroyed.
Upon seeing the human fleet there, the Far Watcher Civilization showed no restraint and launched a reckless attack on the insectoid swarm. However, Hu Yu knew that the Far Watcher Civilization had definitely strengthened its research in this area later, and it was unlikely that they could use that tactic again now.
In terms of the attack effectiveness of warships, the Far Watcher Civilization ' fleet was undoubtedly the most outstanding among the dozens of Small Star Sector Civilization present, because each of their warships possessed independent consciousness and powerful computing capabilities. This information processing ability and speed, connected to a brain and computer, was unmatched by the remote control capabilities of other civilizations' warships.
Remote control of warships always involves some degree of delay, and direct computer control of warships falls far short of the perfection of biological control. The Far Watcher Civilization perfectly solved these problems, but they also paid a heavy price, losing their biological form and becoming half-machine, half-biological, with only a brain remaining as their living part.