The warship is designed and structured in three dimensions. Its internal mechanisms only activate and close the fourth dimension after it reaches the fourth dimension. Before returning to three-dimensional space, these mechanisms need to be restored to a three-dimensional state. If it is still a four-dimensional structure, the warship will be damaged in the three-dimensional universe because it has lost a dimension and the mechanisms that closed the fourth dimension will appear in places that should not be there.
This applies to both the Conqueror and the warships of the five Great Star Region Advanced Civilization. The conversion time is very short, taking only one or two seconds. However, if the space is suddenly shifted or expanded without the knowledge of the situation, these mechanisms will not have time to react.
The insects exploited this characteristic of the civilized warships, initially forcing the Conqueror to undergo a four-dimensional transformation. Once they confirmed that the Conqueror had a four-dimensional structure, they secretly reduced the dimensions of the space around the warships, thus destroying the Conqueror effortlessly.
Just as Hu Yu Wen Zhonghua were cursing each other, a massive dimensional reduction explosion began. The insects finally used their ultimate move, and the powerful energy impact caused the distant swarm of insects to sway and huddle together. Even the Fifth Reversed State did not survive the energy of this explosion.
This insect's actions were probably not just aimed at destroying the Conqueror, but also served as a provocation or a display of its power.
Its purpose was indeed achieved. The Conqueror were unable to kill the worm, and no matter how many Conqueror there were, it would be useless. Hu Yu found Bi Cha Feng Ye of the Xuan Star Civilization and showed them the video, wanting to see if their solidified space could stop the space around the worm from flowing, otherwise no attack could reach the worm.
Feng Ye carefully analyzed the video and said that slowing it down a bit might be possible, but completely freezing it was impossible. The insect's use of space was too profound; space was to the insect what water was to a fish.
The billion Conqueror killed only a few hundred billion insects before they were all destroyed. In particular, the flat worm destroyed more than 500 million Conqueror in just a few minutes. Bi Cha this. Regardless of whether Feng Ye said it was okay, he immediately began to dispatch warships, indicating that the Endeavor and Conqueror should meet the flat worm again. Hu Yu was more than happy to do so. The sooner the worm was dealt with, the better. Once it reached the defense line, it would definitely cause heavy losses. The two quickly completed the warship deployment and headed deeper into the Insect Zone again.
The bio-warriors were small and inconspicuous in the swarm. Due to the influence of the Consciousness Field, they finally completed the first phase of the mission after losing more than half of their numbers. However, Hu Yu was unaware that the bio-warriors were not technological products and had no way to communicate remotely. Therefore, he could only give them fixed orders to lie in wait and launch a surprise attack when needed.
More than 20,000 light-years away at the edge of the galaxy, over 200 trillion giant insects gathered, preparing to head out of the galaxy. These insects were the insect people whose brains had been transplanted into Li Shun's people. Now they had human thoughts, but also insect combat power. More importantly, they also had insect instincts and skills. Li Shun learned a lot about the use of space and energy from these insect people.
Compared to when the brain transplant surgery was performed, these insect beings are now much larger, stronger, and have more energy. Clearly, over the past 20,000 years, they have evolved by constantly devouring other insects. Li Shun has made a profit from this deal.
Li Shun is currently conducting frantic research on the distant outer reaches of the galaxy, trying to turn the insects' instincts into usable technology. Li Shun knows that regardless of victory or defeat in the galactic war, Hu Yu will definitely come looking for trouble, so he must improve his technology within the limited time available. In fact, Li Shun is even more eager to cause trouble for Hu Yu. If it weren't for his fear of the Great Star Region Advanced Civilization, Li Shun would have already devised all sorts of insidious methods to deal with Hu Yu.
It has been 20,000 years since Li Shun took the step of human-insect integration. In these 20,000 years, Li Shun has obtained countless technologies from the insect people, including four-dimensional technology. However, it is not easy to transfer these technologies from the insects to the warships. Although Li Shun's scientific team is not much worse than Hu Yu's, Li Shun does not have that much time. After 10,000 years of research without much breakthrough, Li Shun once again chose a strange path.
The combination of insect ships, mechanical biology, or biomechanical systems means that the galaxy is not short of insects. Over the years, Li Shun has sent countless people to the galactic king as food, which is how he obtained these high-level insects and the four-dimensional structure of the warships. Since its establishment in the Insect Zone, Number Three Base has only one purpose: to increase the population and send these people to the galactic king as food.
After Hu Yu sent Wei Kaiyuan and Guan Sengping to Li Shun's camp, Li Shun learned from them that the Fish Horse Star Civilization used humans to feed the Zerg swarm. In addition, Li Shun's understanding of the Zerg was far greater than Hu Yu's, because Li Shun came from the Insect Zone. Li Shun keenly sensed that this was an opportunity. After being utterly defeated by Hu Yu, Li Shun decisively led a part of his people to the Insect Zone and made a deal with the king of the galaxy.
The galactic king seems to have a particular fondness for humans, these delicious little snacks. This is why Li Shun was able to survive in the Insect Zone and establish his Third Base. Li Shun is safer in the Insect Zone realm than in the other side of the galaxy. The insects dare not disobey the galactic king's orders, because all humans are the Insect King's food.
However, the price Li Shun paid was enormous. Every year, he had to provide 100 million people for the Insect King to eat. This was only the price for survival. To obtain the Insect King's control over Li Shun, he had to pay an additional price. The Insect King was also very picky about its tastes. It wouldn't eat clones and only preferred naturally conceived humans.
Thus, the people of Li Shun's Third Base were reduced to production machines. The hundreds of billions of people here could easily support 100 million people per year. The Insect King was picky but did not overeat. He ate on time and never ate more. As a result, the population of Li Shun's Third Base exploded over the past tens of thousands of years, quickly growing from hundreds of billions to trillions. The rate of human reproduction was also terrifying. After the lifespan bottleneck was removed, the growth rate was almost exponential.
Moreover, the population here only undergoes ordinary brainwashing and is not taught any scientific or technological knowledge. With hundreds of billions of people, it can become hundreds of billions in 20 years, two hundred billion in another twenty years, and four hundred billion. If Li Shun hadn't frequently used people to make other transactions with the insects, the population here would be even larger.
Upon learning that several Great Star Region Advanced Civilization were about to wage a final battle against the Milky Way, Li Shun decisively traded hundreds of trillions of people to the Insect King in exchange for 200 trillion high-level Insects. As a Li Shun, the remaining 200 trillion people underwent brain transplant surgery and became Insect citizens.