The intense light illuminated the area as if it were daytime. Energy surges mixed with the corpses of insects collided wildly, and the distorted space rose and fell like raging waves. This place had become the most dazzling existence in the entire Milky Way and even the entire local supercluster. However, the galaxies were far apart, and countless millennia had passed before they discovered this spectacular scene in the Milky Way.
The insectoid population immediately relayed the news back. Upon witnessing this scene, Li Shun plummeted from his lofty position to the depths of despair. Li Shun had once considered using neutron stars, just like Hu Yu, but to no avail. Now, seeing Hu Yu using neutron stars on such a large scale to kill high-level insectoid swarms not only greatly angered Li Shun Li Shun but also filled him with envy for Hu Yu's technological advancements. In a short time, Hu Yu had solved the problem of enabling warp drive on neutron stars. The key issue was that while Li Shun knew the principle, he couldn't implement it, as the matter content of the Fifth Reversed State itself already reached the density of a neutron star.
Jealousy and anger did not cloud Li Shun's judgment. He immediately ordered the surviving ordinary and guard insect subjects to gather closely around the Insect King Insect King to cover its retreat. Neutron Star Cannon continued to explode in the swarm, and black holes formed one after another, constantly devouring the insects. Some late-arriving neutron star cannons crashed into the black holes before they could explode, releasing energy that shattered space and escaped from these spaces, continuing to impact the surrounding insects.
Meanwhile, the neutron star on the fleet's defensive line had already killed countless insect swarms. Hu Yu had seriously underestimated the destructive energy produced by such a large-scale explosion of the neutron star. At this point, the fleet could not advance, and even staying in place would be subject to energy shocks. The fleet had no choice but to retreat across the board.
The insects were like loaches in a boiling pot, struggling with all their might but ultimately unable to escape death. The Insect King, after losing millions of its guards, finally escaped to the rear of the swarm. Now, it was severely injured again, its long body reduced to only half its original size, and it was on the verge of death, its injuries even more serious than before.
The insectoids who had rushed from other places immediately led their Insect King away from this terrifying place. Yes, even the insects felt the terror. All the surviving insects were fleeing this terrifying airspace, and some even rushed into the civilized fleet in a panic.
The raging energy continued for over a decade before gradually decreasing in intensity. The airspace remained turbulent, with black holes still devouring the remains of insect carcasses and the debris from exploding neutron stars. Huge accretion disks were beginning to form. In the coming period, this airspace would witness even greater turmoil: the merging of black holes. These new black holes would eventually merge into the central black hole of the Milky Way, becoming part of it, but that would be hundreds of thousands of years from now.
Seventy percent of the high-ranking insectoid swarms were killed, and the rest had fled to unknown locations. Although the insectoid swarms at the fleet's defensive line were not the primary targets, they were still numerous but of low rank, so sixty to seventy percent of them were also killed, and the rest had fled in all directions, including the outer reaches of the galaxy, the Insect Zone, and the fourth dimension.
"Order all fleets to attack freely, hunt down all the insects, and advance the defensive line at full speed!" Fifteen years after the neutron star explosion, Hu Yu began to restart the war.
Civilization's combat power has now surpassed that of the Zerg. In addition, the recent attack on the Zerg has terrified them, making them completely unwilling to engage the fleet. Civilization's fleet seized the opportunity and advanced with overwhelming force, pushing forward the defensive line at a speed a thousand times the speed of light. Everyone saw hope.
The rear base once again accelerated shipbuilding to a new level. Seeing the Zerg swarm being driven back by the fleet, these civilizations that had survived the Zerg's attacks all hoped to completely resolve the Zerg problem this time and return to a normal environment. Except for one civilization, Li Shun.
This time, the high-level insectoid swarm was destroyed, the Insect King was seriously injured, and the guard insectoid swarm with good combat power was almost completely lost. But this is not the most serious thing. The most serious thing is that once these civilizations have solved the insectoid problem, it will be his turn next. In addition, his sneak attack on the territory of the Far Watcher Civilization a few years ago has aroused public indignation.
However, Li Shun didn't care. Li Shun didn't take these cultivated Small Star Sector Civilization seriously at all. Their presence or absence wouldn't have much impact on him. What Li Shun feared most was Hu Yu. Only by stalling Hu Yu and buying him time could he have the strength to confront Hu Yu. Right now, what Li Shun lacked most was time.
Li Shun obtained enough technology and methods from the insects to arm Li Shun fleet powerfully. Seeing that the insect problem was about to be solved, Li Shun was extremely anxious. He ordered a large group of people to find ways to continue to disrupt the civilization's rear, and even to have these fleets come back to reinforce. Now, even if the civilization's fleet did not receive reinforcements from the rear, dealing with the insect swarm was not a big problem. The insect swarm's morale had been lost, and without organized resistance, they were just a few more targets.
The number of insectoid civilians who have undergone mechanization is currently less than one billion, and the number of mechanical clones is also insufficient. Everything is still in its initial stages. Li Shun urgently needs several hundred years because Li Shun knows that his strength is growing exponentially. However, Hu Yu cannot give him that time. Li Shun knows that Hu Yu is also looking for him now. If he hadn't been cautious and changed the location of his base multiple times, Hu Yu would probably have found him by now.
Indeed, ten years ago, Gao Jianchuan deduced the approximate direction of Li Shun's base by analyzing the slight changes in spatial deformation caused by the warp drive of Li Shun's fleet in four dimensions at the coordinate base station. However, by the time the Conqueror arrived, Li Shun had already escaped. This operation terrified Li Shun, so now Li Shun's base is even more distant from the Milky Way.
Besides the remote location, Li Shun was also more careful when extracting energy, and he would change the base coordinates every few years. These actions were indeed effective. Now Hu Yu had no information about Li Shun's base at all, and even the Great Star Region Civilization could not detect the location of Li Shun's base.
Hu Yu had no choice but to increase the number of miniature spaceships carrying coordinate base stations. The difficulty of finding Li Shun's small base in such a vast airspace was far less than the probability of two inexperienced gunmen shooting at each other from a light-year apart, with their bullets colliding by chance.
"General Hu Yu." Hu Yu, who was directing the battle, received a message from the Yun San Civilization: "Our original plan was to advance the defensive line by 20,000 light-years, but you've done a good job. You can advance another 5,000 light-years."