The remaining fleet prepared to escape, but Hu Yu did not give them a chance, nor could he give them one. The Conqueror had already surrounded Li Shun's fleet, and various spatial attacks were causing chaos throughout the entire space, preventing Li Shun's fleet from escaping into the fourth dimension.
Li Shun's disc-shaped warships were unable to harm the Conqueror at all. As the encirclement continued to shrink, the number of Li Shun's fleets was also decreasing sharply. Every second, millions of warships were destroyed, which shocked the surrounding Small Star Sector Civilization, including the Far Watcher Civilization.
The leader of the Far Watcher Civilization, who witnessed all of this, uttered only one sentence. "Humanity is no longer to be trifled with."
The Conqueror annihilated Li Shun's entire fleet in less than 24 hours, without losing a single ship themselves. Having accomplished all this, the Conqueror did not linger and immediately entered the fourth dimension to return home.
The leader of the Far Watcher Civilization added, "Humans possess the demeanor of the strong."
This time, Li Shun's sabotage destroyed more than 60,000 Small Star Sector Civilization. They had no ability to resist in the face of Li Shun's fleet. Countless civilized beings died in the war, and the few real Small Star Sector Civilization in charge of their territories also paid the price of more than 300 billion warships.
Everyone was cleaning up the battlefield and collecting the wreckage of warships. The Far Watcher Civilization had selected a new airspace, and the fleet was mobilized to move all the civilizations' planets to the newly selected airspace. This would facilitate concentrated defense and prevent similar incidents from happening again.
Other Small Star Sector Civilization were doing similar things. Fortunately, humanity arrived in time this time, otherwise the losses would have been even greater, and it might have even affected the defense line war.
Hu Yu ordered the fleet to travel to the settlements of these Small Star Sector Civilization and establish stable spatial channels between these settlements and the Star Ring Alliance. This way, even if a similar incident occurred, the Conqueror could arrive immediately. Spatial channels are like highways in four-dimensional travel. Using spatial channels for cross-space maneuvering is much faster than moving directly in four dimensions, saving a lot of detours.
"Your Majesty, Hu Yu is too cautious. I didn't expect him to have so many fleets at the base."
"The number may be more than you imagine. I estimate that there may be two to three hundred billion warships in his base."
"Fortunately, we've transformed the populace. Once they're all mechanized, can't we go and cause trouble for Hu Yu and his gang?"
"Of course, it's not just Hu Yu, but other civilizations as well."
"Your Majesty, what are the plans for the Insect King?"
"Let it rest and recover first, then proceed slowly. Don't attract the attention of the Insect Emperor; preserving our strength is crucial. We'll proceed with our next plan once it's complete."
Gao Jianchuan is still searching for Li Shun's base. He has inquired with almost all civilizations, but no one knows which direction Li Shun came from. Gao Jianchuan has no choice but to extract signals from all the coordinate base stations in the galaxy. Although humanity has now entered the stage of Great Star Region Civilization, it still needs to rely on coordinate base stations scattered throughout the galaxy to navigate from four-dimensional space to three-dimensional space. Unlike the Great Star Region Advanced Civilization, they cannot arbitrarily descend to any coordinate in the universe.
Academician Li Youwei is still working tirelessly on his research, even though there has been no progress for tens of thousands of years. This is not surprising, otherwise there would be far more Great Star Region Civilization.
The coordinate base station only transmits signals, it does not receive signals. Even if Li Shun's fleet passes by, it will not leave a signal. However, Gao Jianchuan has tried all methods. Li Shun is a million times more cunning than a fox. He would never expose the base. Even if he did, he would immediately move the base.
It's easy to imagine how difficult it is to find Li Shun's trace in the space millions of light-years outside the galaxy. But this time, everyone is furious. Li Shun has aroused public outrage throughout the entire galaxy. Some civilizations even want to prioritize using their fleets to deal with Li Shun. They just haven't found Li Shun yet. Once they do, Li Shun will probably be torn to pieces and devoured alive by these civilizations.
Using coordinate base stations to find Li Shun's whereabouts seems like a pipe dream, like trying to find the impact of a leaf floating in a river on the trees along its path. If the coordinate base stations could receive signals, at least the changes could be interpreted.
However, this is the only possible way to find Li Shun's whereabouts so far. As a top student among the fleet generals, Gao Jianchuan has his own ideas. The impact of a large fleet traveling at high speed in the fourth dimension is also very significant, and changes in space will inevitably affect changes in coordinate base stations.
Although the change is slight, it doesn't mean it's nonexistent. Now Gao Jianchuan needs to find out which coordinate base stations have changed. The most obvious change is in the signal emitted by the coordinate base stations, because the signal emitted will also change when the coordinate base stations change.
The coordinate base station has only one antenna in the fourth dimension. This change is like the effect of a breeze blowing on the antenna on Earth. Even if there is an effect, it is a subtle change at the atomic level.
Academicians are currently burdened with heavy research tasks, so Gao Jianchuan didn't bother them. Fortunately, these tasks don't require a high level of knowledge. If the academicians were to handle them, it would be a waste of their talents. Gao Jianchuan's scientific literacy is sufficient to complete the task, but whether there will be any results is still unknown.
"No, no, 0.6 times the speed of light is simply not enough to attack the swarm. However, this method can be used to move the defensive line and push the Neutron Star Defense Line forward," Academician Zeng said.
"That won't work either; the spatial passage simply cannot withstand the immense energy of a neutron star."
Academician Zeng rejected all the proposals one by one. There has been a lot of research on neutron stars in recent years. Moving a neutron star is possible, but unfortunately, this small star cannot enter a warp drive state. No matter how the curvature of space is changed, the neutron star can only move forward at sub-light speed.
The neutron stars in the defense line are very dense, and civilizations must intervene to maintain their stable formation. The leader of the Carina Civilization also participated in the intervention, but this intervention only provided some force fields to the neutron stars to prevent them from attracting and colliding with each other. It is not a technology at all comparable to moving neutron stars.
Hu Yu had inquired about Academician Zeng's progress more than once. The situation was urgent; once the Insect King recovered, it would immediately advance towards the defensive line again. At present, the only weapon that could quickly and efficiently deal with the high-level Insect swarm was the neutron star. All the scientists in the alliance were trying to find a solution, but none of the various bizarre plans were effective.
"General, the insectoid swarm has begun its advance again, and at a rapid pace. They should reach the defensive line in four or five years at most."