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Chapter 17 Planetary Creatures Also Reproduce

On the capital planet of the Dias Empire, many Dias people took to the streets.

On the dome of the sky, the round sphere of light that had gently illuminated their race for countless years had now grown a slender 'tail'.

This 'tail' has grown on their home planet ever since the Imperial fleet that guarded their capital star was defeated.

In space, a large amount of stellar matter was extracted by the powerful psychic energy of planetary beings. This matter was gathered together by the psychic energy and then spontaneously combined into a plasma sphere under the influence of gravity.

Gravity itself can bind matter, so there is no need for planetary beings to use psionic energy to gather these plasmas together.

The planetary beings only need to use psionic energy to provide this plasma sphere with an initial velocity for orbiting a star. All that remains is to continuously inject star mass into this plasma celestial body, causing its size to increase continuously.

Once the plasma sphere reaches the same size as itself, the planetary creature will encase it in a warp spacetime bubble and throw it to a location far from the star. Then, it will wrap the plasma planet with psionic energy, stretching spacetime around the planet.

The blinding light of the plasma planet dimmed at a visible rate.

As is well known, according to the length contraction effect, if space is compressed, time will also be affected. Therefore, the closer matter is to a black hole, the slower its entropy increases.

Conversely, if space is stretched, like the expansion of the universe, time will also pass more rapidly.

The immense psionic energy stretched the spacetime near the plasma planet. What would be a day in normal spacetime would be a year or even longer for the plasma planet, which was in an expanding spacetime.

Once the planet's surface has completely cooled, the swarm of bees can begin to hatch planetary life from this planet, which is entirely composed of stellar matter.

As time went by, the Dias people, who lived on the capital planet, discovered that a long, thin "tail" had appeared on their home planet, and the bright home planet had dimmed slightly.

However, even such a slight change has a tremendous impact on the capital planet of the Dias Empire.

Surface temperatures plummeted, and the world entered an ice age. Rain stopped falling everywhere, and snowfall replaced the cold.

Finally, without even any contact or negotiation, the government of the capital star of the Dias Empire was already begging the landing entropy bee swarm to infect them all with bee spores.

……

The news of the fall of the capital star of the Dias Empire was spread to all member forces of the Star River Alliance at an extremely fast pace on the very day the defense battle ended.

Undoubtedly, this news caused extreme panic among the other member forces of the Star River Alliance.

They originally thought that even if the Dias Empire couldn't defeat the mutated bee swarm, it could at least hold out for a while longer. They never expected that the enemy would directly destroy their capital planet.

Although the strategic decision-making center of the Dias Empire is not located on the capital planet, this is an unprecedented blow to the morale of the Dias Empire, and makes it difficult for other member forces of the Star River Alliance to believe that the Dias Empire can survive.

"We can't wait any longer! The new weapon must be implemented as soon as possible!"

"Many safety tests are still pending. Deploying new weapons to the battlefield prematurely would be irresponsible towards the lives of our soldiers!"

"Responsibility? Will the Babel bee swarm give us the opportunity to demonstrate responsibility?"

"We're next!"

Spurred by the fall of the capital star of the Dias Empire, the Star River Alliance quickly reached a consensus to rapidly implement the weapons, which were still undergoing safety testing, into the fleets. As for other issues such as safety, they could only be discovered in combat and then gradually adjusted.

Having established a live intelligence network that had previously spread through spore infection by bee colonies, Lu Shang naturally learned of this news a few days after the Star River Alliance issued its decision.

"A new type of weapon?"

Lu Shang frowned. He had known about this news for a long time. The new weapon was not a military secret. Announcing it would give the public more confidence and boost morale.

However, Lu Shang was not clear about the specifics of the new weapons. He only speculated based on the information released by the Star River Alliance, but it seemed to have a strong killing power against swarm creatures.

Lu Shang was quite nervous before, after all, it was an interstellar alliance of multiple civilizations. What if they suddenly launched a technological explosion against him?

But now, Lu Shang felt that the Star River Alliance was exaggerating a lot. It wasn't that he was being careless, but he simply couldn't imagine what the Star River Alliance could create that could compete with the planetary creatures on his side.

Let's wait and see how things develop.

After thinking it over, Lu Shang felt it wasn't safe, so he ordered, "The solid planet is not to be moved for the time being. Focus on incubation and transformation into planetary life."

Planetary life forms are not specialized individuals, but mass-produced ones!

If the psionic power of one planetary creature isn't enough to defeat the enemy, then send another one!

The one thing bee colonies have in abundance is quantity!

……

On a desolate planet covered in yellow sand, there stands an area covered by a transparent dome.

The interior of the enclosure is vibrant with life compared to the desolation outside, with animals and plants everywhere. However, this area is also similar to the outside, with tombstones silently interpreting the theme here—death.

This planet was once the most prosperous commercial hub of the Kingdom of Yinlunhai, where countless merchant ships anchored, loaded and unloaded cargo. Land here was incredibly valuable; a single house could buy an entire habitable planet.

The Inrenhai people live a life of extravagance and debauchery on this planet, attracting countless people who flock there because they can buy anything they can and cannot imagine.

Until the arrival of the swarm, after a brutal orbital bio-bombardment that took hold and devoured everything on the planet's surface, it was then subjected to an orbital baptism by the arriving Star Alliance fleet...

Today, only the Camberlos Cemetery remains, commemorating the victims of this planet.

At the very center of the cemetery stands a massive obelisk covered with densely packed text.

A man from Inlunhai, dressed in military armor, stood quietly in front of the obelisk, remaining there for a long time, like a sculpture.

"Commander Bernd, you really are here."

In the distance, an Inlunhai man wearing lower-grade military outer armor walked towards them.

"It's time to leave."

"I'm sorry, Bowes, it's a habit of me to say goodbye to my family before each battle." Bernd turned to his adjutant, his expression apologetic.

The adjutant walked over, saluted, and said, "I understand."

"No, you wouldn't understand. Everyone's suffering is unique." Bernd shook his head slightly, then turned to look at the obelisk. After a moment of silence, he asked softly, "I heard that the war general of the Dias Empire has been executed by people of his own civilization?"

The adjutant nodded and said, "Yes, the swarm creatures have undergone a new mutation. The strategy devised by the Dias Empire's war commander is now useless. According to the battle report, it seems that planetary-level swarm creatures have appeared. Their psionic reactions even surpass those of the Void Gods. Most of the warships involved in the battle were violently crushed into metal balls, and only a few ships escaped the battlefield."

"Really? That's great news," Bennett exclaimed.

"what?"

The adjutant was taken aback, not understanding what his superior was saying.

The Babel Bee Swarm is the common enemy of all races in the galaxy. Even if two civilizations are at odds, they share the same interests in dealing with the Babel Bee Swarm.

The fall of the capital planet of the Dias Empire indicates that the equipment gap between the swarm creatures and the Star River Alliance fleet is so vast that it can no longer be compensated for by sheer numbers.

Given such a dire situation, why would my boss say it's a good thing?

"An old friend brought me good news, and now I'm fifty percent sure," Bernd smiled, without explaining further.

(End of this chapter)