"It's simple. First, we need to control the Fish Horse Star Civilization, ensure their safe arrival in the Milky Way, observe their actions, and at crucial moments, disrupt their plans, obtain their data, and then look for an opportunity to take their place."
" Yun San, it's not that I don't trust you, but what if you succeed? Wouldn't we be the first civilization you destroy?"
" Demon Scorpion, let me tell you the truth, there's an even more terrifying force doing the same thing as the Fish Horse Star Civilization. If we don't seize this opportunity, we'll become fish on someone else's chopping block sooner or later. Now we'll complete this together and share the profits. Even if I want to deal with you later, are you just going to lie here and let me slaughter you? I'm not afraid that you'll turn around and destroy us. Your Demon Scorpion Civilization is not a friendly civilization."
"But Daozi..."
"Don't be afraid, Daozi. We don't need to do anything ourselves now, and Daozi won't notice our little tricks. We just need to break into the Fish Horse Star Civilization's fortress at the last moment, then take control of the Fish Horse Star Civilization and get what we want."
"Then why not do it now, instead of sending the fortress into the Milky Way?"
"Now? Okay, let me tell you something else. As an ordinary civilization, we need to cooperate with the fortress to complete the plan. Besides, the Fish Horse Star Civilization is still perfecting their related technologies. We haven't done as much research as the Fish Horse Star Civilization. So launching an attack at the last minute is the most advantageous for us, and it's our only chance."
"Alright, Yun San, I'll trust you this once, but don't try anything funny. If you do, I'll broadcast our conversation to the entire Milky Way immediately."
"Yes, now we need to slow down the Milky Way civilization's attack on the fortress of the Fish Horse Star Civilization, so that the Fish Horse Star Civilization's Super Fortress can successfully reach the Milky Way. Demon Scorpion, have your controlled mechanical entities deploy to harass the humans in the Secondary Universe and slow down their progress."
"Humans? Do you know their coordinates?"
"Of course I know. I'll give you the coordinates now; the entire Star Ring Alliance civilization is in this vicinity."
What about the other river system civilizations?
"That's none of your business; someone else will handle it."
"Alright, but our Mechanical Civilization doesn't have many warships, only 30 trillion, but they're all in the Secondary Universe, which will come in handy."
"It's a pleasure doing business with you."
Hopefully.
In the Insect Zone, under Li Shun's orders, over 500 trillion gigantic insects had assembled. These insects were not Li Shun's entire force. When Hu Yu attacked his Second Base, not all 200 trillion insect subjects were lost. Li Shun allowed them to scatter freely. Later, once the situation stabilized, Li Shun regrouped these insect subjects. In addition, in recent years, Li Shun rebuilt the brain-cultivation equipment of the Third Base, resulting in an increasing number of insects becoming Li Shun's subjects.
The Insect Emperor may or may not be aware of these changes, but he ignored them at a crucial moment in his evolution. After all, these insects were not of much use to him; the key was the number of insects, as the Insect Emperor could summon more high-level insects from the Abyss at any time.
However, Li Shun did not intend to disrupt the rear this time. Initially, Li Shun was unaware that there was a breach in the fortress of the Fish Horse Star Civilization because Hu Yu's information was not broadcast throughout the entire galaxy, but only to the relevant civilizations participating in the war. Now that Li Shun had received this news, he immediately realized that this was an excellent opportunity.
To storm the fortress, replace the Fish Horse Star Civilization, seize control of the fortress, and thus succeed the Fish Horse Star Civilization in completing their great undertaking, Li Shun knew that if he acted according to the Dark Shadow's plan, he wouldn't even have leftovers. If he wanted to succeed, he had to seize control of the fortress before other civilizations.
Although only 500 trillion insectoids were mobilized, these insectoids were all of rank 30 or higher. According to the insectoid rank classification, a rank 25 insectoid can pose a threat to Great Star Region Advanced Civilization. Of course, it is not that a single insectoid can destroy a warship in a Large Star Region; it can only be said that insectoids at this stage have the ability to destroy Great Star Region Advanced Civilization.
Insects above level 25 should theoretically have reached the strength of Galactic-Level Civilization. However, not every insect above level 25 can pose a threat to a Galaxy-Level warship. The ability improvement of insects is different from that of civilizations. Insects are linear, while each stage of advancement of a civilization represents a huge technological progress.
More importantly, the insects' defensive capabilities improve very slowly. Planetary-Level Civilization can often kill insects of the 10th tier or higher. Given enough time and a large enough fleet, Small Star Sector Civilization can kill any insect except for the Insect Emperor. But insects cannot do this. No matter what, a 10th tier insect cannot destroy a warship of a Great Star Region Civilization.
The insectoid civilians that Li Shun dispatched this time were all preliminarily selected, possessing relatively strong attack or defense capabilities. Originally, Li Shun also had many insectoid civilians who had undergone mechanical modifications, making them even more powerful. However, Li Shun did not plan to deploy them this time, as prematurely exposing himself would inevitably attract a mass attack. Li Shun was well aware of his situation within the Milky Way civilization.
Five hundred trillion insects, ranging in size from a few kilometers to tens of thousands of kilometers, with some even exceeding 500,000 kilometers, straddled the starry sky like a giant, non-luminous star. In terms of sheer numbers, Li Shun's forces were in no way inferior to any of the Boötes forces. However, in terms of combat strength, Li Shun was still somewhat lacking. Even Mechanical Civilization civilizations could easily contend with these insectoid beings.
Interfering with the conspiracy in the rear will take some time. The great battle in Boötes has resumed. The Milky Way civilization fleet has launched a fierce attack on the fortress, but the expected collapse of the fortress has not occurred. The fortress remains as impregnable as ever. After several rounds of attacks landed on the Super Fortress, everyone stopped attacking again and began to retreat rapidly.
Because the openings on the surface of the Super Fortress reopened, the energy pillars began to surge wildly into the Milky Way fleet. Moreover, this time all four of the fortress's massive passages were also open, and the powerful gravity was concentrated and guided, frantically sucking up everything in the surrounding starry sky, including the Mechanical Civilization's fleet.
"Was the sealing sphere inside the fortress repaired so quickly?"
"Absolutely not. Based on the previous repair progress, even if the Fish Horse Star Civilization had prepared sufficient spare materials, it would still take at least half a month to fully repair it," Gao Jianchuan stated confidently.
"I understand. The Fish Horse Star Civilization must have rotated its internal sealing sphere, changing the direction of the crack, which is why the predetermined location wouldn't be weakened," Academician Zeng said after a moment's thought.