A Colossus rushes in at the start

Chapter 249 The Unknown Blow Was Too Sudden

This was the first time Lu Shang had heard of a spacetime field with negative energy states. He couldn't help but ask, "When you were accumulating technological reserves, didn't you record this kind of spacetime field with negative energy states?"

"No, we don't know what the individual bees responsible for recording back then were thinking. There were no detailed records. The swarm memory bank only mentions it briefly, and we only know that it is somewhat related to the negative energy exhibited during vacuum quantum fluctuations," the hives replied.

Lu Shang raised an eyebrow and asked, "So, the problem of faster-than-light communication is unsolvable?"

One of the beehives replied, "No, it can be solved. We are considering creating some negative quanta to replace the role of negative energy spacetime fields in faster-than-light communication technology."

Lu Shang was visibly stunned for a moment, then asked with a mixture of surprise and delight, "Now bee swarms can produce negative quanta?!"

The hives replied, "As long as we can simulate the configuration of the previous psionic spacetime distortion, creating negative quanta is not a problem. Spacetime distortion can be achieved through the near-light speed of high-energy particle streams. The difficulty lies in the control and constraint of negative quanta, which is still being explored and attempted. It will take time to put faster-than-light communication into use."

Although faster-than-light communication is still unusable, it is not without hope. As long as the control and constraint of negative quanta are resolved, the problem of faster-than-light communication can also be solved.

In addition, if the control and constraint of negative quanta can be achieved, things that bee swarms could only do with psionic energy before can also be achieved through negative quanta.

For example, time acceleration.

The thought of time acceleration excited Lu Shang, after all, it was a shortcut to quickly digest technological reserves and return to peak condition.

"Resolve these issues as soon as possible," Lu Shang instructed.

"Okay," the hives replied.

……

"Another dull and uninteresting awakening."

Every time it opens its eyes, it is greeted by a sky full of stars. At this moment, the quanta cannot help but lament the entropy reduction it is wasting, in order to vent its dissatisfaction.

Its entropy reduction could be used in more meaningful ways.

For example, near the scorching source of the light sea, test your new creations.

For example, preaching one's ideas near the wave source of the sea of ​​light...

As the meter was lost in thought, information from elsewhere brought it back to reality.

"Do your job well, that's your mission."

The measuring instrument sensed the familiarity of the frequency band and quickly recognized the other party's identity.

"Sir, what's the matter this time?" the measurement body asked.

The leader did not answer. He handed a lot of things to the measurement unit and instructed, "Take these. If you need more, ask me for more."

"Anomer?"

The quantum looked at the isomers it had received with great surprise, completely bewildered as to why the Lord would suddenly give it these things.

It is important to know that isomers are devastating to the world.

"Why use this? And why approve so much of it?" the metric asked the leader.

This is the first time such a large number of isomers have been given at once.

Zunling answered the question about the measurement body, "The target to be eliminated this time is a Light Sea population that has reached level two."

"Level 2? How can there be Level 2 in the Sea of ​​Light?" the meter asked curiously.

Given the current level of cleanup efforts, no species in the Sea of ​​Light should have any chance of surviving and reaching the second level.

The leader replied, "They are developing very rapidly, perhaps because they have obtained a relic from a certain Light Sea species. They are a threat that needs to be eliminated as soon as possible."

So that's how it is; the question of obtaining the relic—the measuring instrument—has been answered.

The Light Sea species, which unexpectedly obtained the relics, is indeed likely to make great progress in a short period of time.

However, there is still one thing that the metrologist can't understand.

"But using isomers isn't a good idea, is it? The effects of isomers are permanent and irreversible," the Metrology asked the Leader.

"It's alright, the isomer has been rendered harmless," Zunling replied casually.

The meter was stunned for a moment, and then realized, "Oh, is that so?"

……

Lu Shang was jolted awake from his sleep.

Just now, the planetary system inhabited by the planetary life form was struck by a high-energy attack from an unknown civilization!

The form of the attack is still unclear. After the planetary life forms observed an unidentified luminous object approaching their star system at near-light speed, they immediately used their stored antimatter to travel at superluminal speed, reaching a vast area five light-years away from their original location, between stars.

Lu Shang immediately dispatched the Behemoth behemoth to create a spacetime bubble by consuming antimatter, returning to a location seven light-days away from the original location of the planetary creatures, where it awaited the transmission of light information.

Seven days later, the behemoth brought back the message.

The attack was swift and deadly. The Behemoth only observed a luminous object traveling at near the speed of light, invading the star system occupied by the swarm, and unfolding a transparent sphere near the star.

The sphere is completely transparent and does not emit any form of radiation, making it impossible for the bee colony to observe it directly with its current technology.

However, through indirect observation, it can be seen that after the sphere unfolds, because it is relatively close to the star, it first comes into contact with the gravitational ring outside the star. The gravitational ring is comparable in strength to that of neutron star matter. When faced with this transparent sphere, it is as if graffiti has met an eraser, and the part covered by the sphere disappears instantly.

High-energy particle beams burst forth from the internal channels of the gravitational ring, their dazzling light eclipsing even the rays of stars. Yet, these high-energy particle beams miraculously disappeared upon contact with the transparent sphere.

The sphere expanded rapidly and soon came into contact with the star. The perfectly round star suddenly had a piece missing from it, making it look like an apple that had been abruptly bitten.

The transparent sphere seemed to expand at an accelerating rate as it absorbed more matter, and soon the cross-section of the star was revealed, exposing its scorching hot core that was still undergoing nuclear fusion.

After devouring the star, the expansion rate of the transparent sphere began to decrease, and this continued until it came into contact with the solid planet in the first orbit, where it once again showed an accelerated expansion trend.

After this process repeated itself, it eventually swallowed the entire star system, and even the surrounding Kuiper Belt.

After that, the Behemoth could no longer be observed, because the sphere was completely transparent, and its observational organs could not see anything at all.

Lu Shang said coldly, "I knew the development of the bee swarm wouldn't be so stable."

The swarms of other star systems are currently out of contact because they have not yet developed faster-than-light communication.

The bee swarm hadn't expected to encounter a technologically advanced enemy so soon, so they asked Lu Shang, "What should we do next?"

Lu Shang said, "Is there even a need to ask? When has the swarm ever suffered such humiliation? Find those attackers, then destroy them and make them pay the price for their actions."

(End of this chapter)