Hu Yu assumed these warships would head towards the outer reaches of the galaxy, but they stopped in a lonely planetary system at the galactic edge. There were only two planets and a dim, low-mass star, but a massive, ring-shaped accelerator-like structure.
This ring-shaped structure revolves around one of the planets, and its diameter is more than ten times larger than that of the planet, which has a diameter of 20,000 kilometers. Generally, such giant ring-shaped structures are often built by lower-level civilizations to explore the truth of the world, such as colliders. Li Shun obviously doesn't need to do this anymore, and even if this is an accelerator, it is too big.
The two-dimensional micro spaceship detached from the disc-shaped warship and merged directly into the interior of the building through its outer wall. Only then did Hu Yu realize the purpose of the building. The interior was essentially a dense honeycomb, with rows of shelves stretching from bottom to top in a space tens of thousands of meters high, each shelf holding countless embryos.
These embryos were placed in circular glass culture chambers about one meter in diameter. In some areas of the chambers, nothing was visible yet, while in others, they were almost fully formed. What surprised Hu Yu even more was that these embryos would develop directly into adolescence, and it was clear that they were mature humans.
However, none of them opened their eyes. Instead, they were curled up like babies in the incubation room, their bodies covered with various tubes, immersed in the liquid inside the incubation room.
The miniature spaceship continued flying along the pipes and finally discovered a noticeably different place. The miniature spaceship merged into it and saw many humans in white coats busy at work.
"Memory implantation in Zone 12 complete. Brain harvesting to be completed in 3 hours. Are all necessary materials ready?"
"We're ready; we can begin a new round of cultivation at any time."
"Have the recycling robots prepare to collect the body; don't waste these organic materials."
"Understood, supervisor."
"The first stage of embryo culture in zone 97 is almost complete; we're ready for tubular culture."
"Yes, the nutrients have been prepared and can be administered via infusion."
"We must speed things up. The more brains we produce, the more insects we can control. This is of paramount importance to our civilization. The fact that the Führer has entrusted us with this task shows his complete trust in us. Everyone is well aware of the consequences if we fail to complete the Führer's mission."
"Supervisor, there are only a few embryos left."
"That's none of your concern; the head of state will take care of it."
This is the newly established Number Three Base by Li Shun. Previously, Number Three Base relied on natural reproduction, which required a lot of space, resources, and time. Since the Insect King prefers naturally growing humans, there is no need to feed the Insect King now. Li Shun immediately chose this highly efficient brain cultivation method.
Seeing this, Hu Yu completely understood what was going on. Not only Hu Yu, but everyone who saw this scene felt an indescribable feeling: anger, pity, and sadness. These embryos had their brains harvested after a short period of cultivation in the incubation room, and all their memories were implanted.
These memories must have been arranged, as one can imagine. Although Hu Yu and the others do not know the contents of the implanted memories, and these brains may not even understand what they are, they will definitely be loyal to Li Shun, even if they are worms.
" Old Hu, I can't take it anymore! Li Shun, that bastard, is truly wicked beyond description, despicable, shameless, and has the ambition of Laozi wolf. When I catch Li Shun, I will definitely skin him alive!!!" Wen Zhonghua was so angry that his teeth were grinding. If Wen Zhonghua saw Li Shun feeding the Insect King with humans, he would be furious.
" Li Shun, that's really going too far. He actually came up with such a cruel method to gain power."
"I can't take this anymore! I'll turn the entire galaxy upside down if I have to find Li Shun! He's such a bastard!"
" Zhonghua, things might be much more serious than we imagined. We originally thought Li Shun was simply cooperating with the insects, but now it seems that this cooperation has changed. Li Shun has already controlled the insects, and these brains are the best proof of that. If the insects are controlled, they will definitely help Li Shun crack more space technologies, allowing Li Shun to achieve rapid development."
"So what? Can't we take him down?"
"Don't underestimate him. Back when you were in the Insect Zone, Li Shun had already created warships with four-dimensional structures. During the defensive battle, all 600 billion of Li Shun's warships came from the fourth dimension. If I'm not mistaken, Li Shun has already entered the Great Star Region Civilization stage; otherwise, he wouldn't be so reckless."
"Well!"
"Don't be discouraged. We must catch the kingpin. Li Shun is incredibly cunning; very few people must know where he is. Didn't that technician say there are very few embryos left? I think these embryos must have been transported from Li Shun's base. Let's wait for the spaceship carrying the embryos to arrive, then follow them back and infiltrate the base, slowly searching for Li Shun Li Shun. Once we find him, we'll take him down."
"Don't kill him, I want him alive."
"Do as you please, Li Shun. He certainly deserves to be tried. This isn't Li Shun's lair, it's not even a base. Let's wait and see."
The two-dimensional miniature spaceship remained inside the massive circular building to observe. Everyone could only watch as batches of embryos matured, grew, were harvested, and transported away by warships, only to be followed by a new round of cultivation. However, the miniature spaceship did not receive any valuable information; the people here made no mention of other bases.
Hu Yu suspected that the memories of the people here might have been tampered with, and that some parts that might threaten Li Shun's safety had been removed. This was because the miniature spaceship had been here for more than a decade, and these people, whether resting or working, had never mentioned anything about other bases, including the supervisor.
Just as Wen Zhonghua and the others were getting impatient, several warships appeared near the circular construction site. These warships were not transporting brains, but came from other places. Everyone became excited upon seeing these warships. Sure enough, these warships were transporting embryos for the people here. The two-dimensional micro spaceships immediately merged into the warships, ready to follow them.
However, after the embryos of these warships were transferred, they showed no intention of leaving. Instead, they remained docked in the nearby airspace. Everyone immediately realized that these warships could not possibly return. Li Shun had even rewritten the memories of the people here, so these warships would certainly not do anything that could expose the base.
"Damn it, this Li Shun is as cunning as a fox. If he never shows up, won't we never find him?" Wen Zhonghua cursed fiercely.