Li Shun discovered that the brains of his people were remarkably compatible with those of the insects, almost seamlessly. Although Li Shun didn't know why, it was a good thing, and the reason was no longer important. With this advantage, biomechanization became possible. Li Shun had already prepared some equipment, although it was still insufficient. However, the insect people no longer had time to evolve, and the civilization's fleet would soon arrive.
Two trillion bio-mechanical ships gave Li Shun the confidence to back up his claims. These high-level insectoids had undergone forced evolution over 20,000 years and were now equivalent to Great Star Region Civilization. After undergoing mechanical modifications, their combat power was even more formidable. Only by completing the mechanization of these insectoids could Li Shun's strength surpass that of five Great Star Region Advanced Civilization.
Li Shun had already taken a shortcut through another small path to reach the Great Star Region Civilization stage. Although the strength of these bio-mechanical warships was much weaker than that of the five Great Star Region Advanced Civilization, their numbers were considerable. Moreover, after this galactic war, the fleets of the five Great Star Region Advanced Civilization would definitely shrink significantly. Thinking of this, Li Shun couldn't help but smile.
The mechanical entities at the Second Base have been replicated. Li Shun's scientists' research on consciousness was only at the Planetary-Level Civilization stage. Li Shun disdained such research, which was of no use. Unexpectedly, a Mechanical Civilization emerged after tens of thousands of years, and they were lucky enough to capture mechanical entities. Only then did Li Shun begin to pay a little more attention to the research on consciousness. However, the scientists' main task remained space technology and dimensional technology.
Without conscious control, the mechanical bodies can only be controlled at the physical level. Scientists know that this method has great drawbacks, but they have no choice. The leader has given a death order, and failure to complete it will result in severe punishment. Therefore, scientists have no choice but to implant various logic bombs into the cloned mechanical bodies.
Once a machine has thoughts of disobeying orders or even rebellious intentions, it will trigger a logic bomb. Some logic bombs are even part of the machine's circuitry. If the machine tries to remove a logic bomb, even if the logic bomb does not explode, the machine will lose consciousness because the critical circuit has been cut.
The mechanical bodies have now been replicated in large numbers at the Second Base. Taking advantage of the fact that everyone is busy fighting and no one is paying attention to this place, the Second Base is extracting energy in large quantities to synthesize materials for future use by the mechanical bodies. In fact, trillions of mechanical bodies are already busy. They are working tirelessly under the threat of life and death, busy helping Li Shun realize his imperial dream.
Millions of insectoids remained, while the rest bypassed the galaxy and headed to Li Shun's Second Base. The remaining millions of insectoids underwent simple modifications and then returned to the Insect Zone to serve as Li Shun's real-time intelligence agents. Various instruments and equipment were implanted within these millions of insectoids. Li Shun had an even bigger plan: to eliminate the galaxy's Insect King.
Li Shun, the Insect King of the galaxy, had no goodwill towards him, and the insect had never taken Li Shun seriously either. Their relationship was purely based on mutual benefit, and once that relationship ended, they would both want to kill each other.
In Li Shun's eyes, the galactic Insect King was a walking treasure trove of technology. Li Shun dreamed of controlling this Insect King Insect King, but Li Shun also knew how powerful it was and that he was definitely not someone he could mess with. Now, the civilization fleet's large-scale attack on the insect swarm gave Li Shun hope, so these one million insect citizens were there to keep an eye on the galactic Insect King. Once he had the chance, Li Shun would not hesitate to kill the Insect King.
"General, eight more civilizations under the Alliance's command have withdrawn from the battlefield today, bringing the total number of civilizations withdrawing from the entire defense line to 112," Li Zhixiong reported.
"Understood. Pay close attention to the defenses and advance steadily."
The exit of a civilization signifies the complete destruction of its fleet. Since the start of the war 20 years ago, hundreds of thousands of civilizations have exited the battlefield, and those that have not yet exited have also suffered enormous losses. The entire defensive line has lost more than a third of its strength in these 20 years.
However, as the swarms were killed off in waves, the defensive line advanced at an increasingly rapid pace. Although the Civilization fleet had only advanced a little over 100 light-years in the past 20 years, more than 30 light-years of that progress occurred in the final year. The total distance advanced in the previous 19 years was only slightly more than three times that of the final year. Overall, Civilization still had hope.
However, a solution to the formation of high-level insect swarms has not yet been found. Hu Yu has slowed down the advance of the entire defense line, taking a steady and methodical approach. As long as the insect swarm is eliminated, whether or not the advance is made is not important. Once the insects are killed, the defense line can be advanced whenever it wants.
Every day, civilizations are abandoned, and countless insects are killed. Behind the defense line lie countless warship fragments and insect corpses. If they are not cleared in the future, they will spread throughout the entire galaxy, which will be a disaster for all planets, especially those that have produced life. If even a single piece of warship fragment or insect fragment falls onto a planet, it could lead to a major reshuffling of life or even extinction.
The Conqueror and Endeavor stopped after advancing more than 15,000 light-years. The insect swarm had already begun advancing tens of thousands of light-years towards the defensive line. This time, the fleet was not large; both the Conqueror and Endeavor had a billion ships. The main purpose was to try and take down the flat worm. Hu Yu and Bi Cha believed that as long as the Insect King was taken down, the insect swarm would definitely riot. With the interference of the bio-warriors, it might buy some time for the academicians.
The Zerg swarm immediately spotted the human fleet. They were very familiar with these warships; these same warships had attacked them more than two years ago. The fact that they dared to come again, and in such small numbers, was tantamount to suicide. The Zerg completely disregarded the two fleets, even considering that they were warships from Great Star Region Civilization. The Zerg had sufficient strength and numerical superiority.
Among these swarms of insects, Hu Yu discovered insects controlled by bio-warriors. The bio-warriors' Consciousness Field was displayed as a completely different color on the instrument. They would not take any action until they received new combat orders; they would only carry out previous orders and hide themselves. Hu Yu looked at the approximate number of insects: 3 trillion. Not bad, a success rate of one-third.
The fleet did not launch an attack, and the insects twisted their bodies and stopped advancing, shaking their heads and tails in the air, baring their teeth and taunting the fleet. Hu Yu knew that the flat Insect King would definitely appear again, not for any other reason than that it had destroyed the Conqueror in a mocking way before, and this time it would definitely come out again to show its strength.