"No, as I told you before, even Galactic-Level Civilization couldn't kill the Insect Emperor, let alone Great Star Region Civilization like ours. All we can do now is reduce the number of other insects. After all, there's only one Insect Emperor. No matter how powerful it is, it can't attack the entire galaxy at the same time. Moreover, it's wary of Galactic-Level Civilization. Plus, these past few years have been a crucial period for its evolution, which is why we had the opportunity to take this action," the leader of the Yun San Civilization said wearily.
"Just what kind of being is the Insect Emperor that even Galactic-Level Civilization is so wary of him?"
"This..."
" Yun San, since you've brought humans in, stop dawdling," the leader of the Demon Scorpion Civilization said in a terrifyingly hoarse voice.
"Alright, the Insect Emperor is a completely different being from these ordinary insects. Although it also has an insect shell, that shell is merely a useful weapon for it. Even if we destroy that shell, the Insect Emperor will soon have a new one."
"This... is it magic? Immortality?"
"No, our fleet can still destroy this shell by paying a price, but it can immediately reassemble itself at the particle level. Even if we destroy the particles, it can automatically gather other energy and convert it into matter to recombine. Do you understand what I mean?"
"So the Insect Emperor is just something like a field? A force field, an electromagnetic field, or something like that?"
"That's one way to understand it. Moreover, the root of this field isn't in the dimensions we can reach. In the early stages of the Insect Emperor's arrival, although our strength wasn't what it is now, we destroyed the Insect Emperor's body more than once after paying countless prices. Under that level of attack intensity, let alone a field, even space itself was destroyed. But each time, before our attack even ended, the Insect Emperor would condense a new body elsewhere to attack our fleet. Sigh."
"Could it be in the fifth or sixth dimension?"
"Perhaps, but unfortunately our dimensional technology is only at the fourth dimension. We have no information whatsoever about higher dimensions. Lower-level civilizations can detect evidence of the fourth dimension's existence through various means, but we don't even know if the fifth dimension exists. Now you know why we can't destroy the Insect Emperor."
"Didn't you trace the origins of the swarm and find a Space Maze where dimensions intersect? Could there be higher dimensions existing there?"
"Even if it were there, we wouldn't get any information. It's not only the exit point for the swarm, but our fleet also has great difficulty reaching it. Moreover, the space there is extremely chaotic; the fleet gets lost as soon as it gets close. We've tried many times without success. We even launched our fiercest attack there, trying to cut off the swarm's passage in one fell swoop, but it was useless. General Hu Yu, even without the Insect Emperor summoning it, swarms of swarms will still continuously arrive in the Milky Way. It's just that the number of high-level swarms is very small. Once the Insect Emperor summons it, the number of high-level swarms will increase greatly. So, we still need to continue to find ways to reduce the number of swarms."
"Understood. I will keep an eye on the number and density of high-level insects. What kind of place is the Abyss? Where exactly is it located? What is the purpose of the insects that have come from the Abyss?"
Suddenly, a scene flashed through Hu Yu's mind. It was a rough image that Academician Xiao had inadvertently obtained from the brain of an Insect King when there was no Consciousness Field defense. The image he received was more than 10,000 light-years long, and a much larger area was still hidden in darkness. Obviously, the Insect King did not have information about the entire Abyss in its mind. Hu Yu believed that the entire Abyss must be much larger.
Unfortunately, no similar news was ever received again. It was as if this information had been deleted from the brain of the higher-level Insect King that was captured. Or perhaps there were other reasons. Hu Yu kept the image in Academician Xiao's mind strictly confidential because it was too shocking.
Hu Yu immediately thought of Mr. Daozi. This old man hadn't shown his face for tens of thousands of years, and no one knew where he had gone. Obviously, Mr. Daozi knew something about the Abyss, at least more than he did. It was just that the old man had never spoken. Now that humanity had reached the stage of Great Star Region Civilization, perhaps the old man would speak. However, the old man's whereabouts were mysterious, and no one knew his whereabouts.
"We don't know more about the Abyss than you do," said the leader of the Heavenly Peak Civilization.
"Alright, now let's talk about the second matter, which is the Galaxy Civilization." The leader of the Yun San Civilization said, "Now all the Galaxy Civilizations have a certain level of strength, which is both a good thing and a bad thing. This was a step we needed to take anyway, but we've moved a little too fast."
"Were these civilizations originally intended to be cultivated?" Hu Yu asked, puzzled.
"Yes, to prepare for the galactic war billions of years from now, a collision between the Andromeda Galaxy and the Milky Way is unavoidable. Although it's still a long way off, it's normal for civilizations like ours to exist for billions of years, so we must prepare in advance. Our Milky Way is at a disadvantage, and cultivating lower-level civilizations is an inevitable path."
" The Milky Way simply cannot accommodate so many Small Star Sector Civilization."
"General Hu Yu, our several Great Star Region Civilization should, in theory, have spread their influence throughout the entire galaxy after countless years of development, but in fact, we haven't. Do you know why?"
"I have indeed thought about this, and in the end, my answer is that you are relatively low-key, or you are developing in other areas."
"Haha, keep a low profile. Civilization doesn't need to be low-key. Expansion is the first element of civilization. The reason we haven't expanded is partly because we do have our own space, but another reason is because of the Andromeda Galaxy. Two billion years ago, the civilization of the Andromeda Galaxy swept through the Milky Way. At that time, our five civilizations were the only five advanced civilizations that escaped. All other civilizations were killed. So now there are only five Great Star Region Civilization in the Milky Way, five Great Star Region Civilization hiding in the shadows."
Why is the Andromeda Galaxy sweeping through the Milky Way?
"Perhaps it's also to suppress the development of civilizations in the Milky Way, in preparation for a future war of unification."
"What happened next? Were there any more raids?"
"No, we estimate that there might have been a change in the power structure of the Andromeda Galaxy. The force that swept through the Milky Way back then was a combined fleet of multiple civilizations. Logically, the closer to the merger date, the more frequent these sweeps should have been. If there hadn't been a change in power structure, a second sweep would have already occurred. Two billion years is enough time for a Planetary-Level Civilization to grow into Great Star Region Advanced Civilization or even higher. Of course, this doesn't apply to those of us who are incompetent; you humans certainly have that potential."
"Isn't this an even bigger crisis? More serious than the Zerg crisis!"