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Chapter 258 The Alien Warriors Are Too Arrogant

Amidst the dazzling galaxy, within a triple star system, warships resembling cigars break away from their light-speed journey and confront two other warships that have entered the star system from different directions.

This triple star system consists of two low-mass red dwarfs and one medium-mass yellow dwarf.

Because there are three stars in the system, the gravitational pull is much stronger than that of a typical single-star or binary star system. Therefore, there are no planets in this triple star system, only a nebula of material orbiting the three stars, and the outermost Kuiper Belt meteorite ring.

Strictly speaking, this star system is not rich, since there are no planets, only some meteorites and nebulae that can be mined. Although there are many stars, their materials are not something that just any civilization can mine.

However, this barren triple star system has attracted the covetous eyes of three interstellar civilizations capable of traveling at the speed of light.

The reason is that the coordinates of this triple star system are too special, making it extremely suitable as a strategic springboard. As long as any civilization seizes this triple star system, it will be completely easy to attack the star systems of the other two light-speed travel civilizations.

Therefore, even if they do not want to attack others, the three interstellar civilizations that have reached the speed of light will not allow the other two parties to gain dominance over this star system.

The warships anchored and faced each other in the nebula. The thin nebula material, combined with the starlight, made each warship look like a ship under the setting sun, casting a very long shadow. One side was bright, a metallic body with a metallic sheen, while the other side was very dark, as black as ink.

The standoff in the nebula was a very difficult thing. Nebulous matter kept impacting the warships of the three civilizations, and in order to maintain their formation, the fleets of the three civilizations had to consume a small amount of fuel to maintain the distance between the warships. Over time, this fuel consumption became very high.

Therefore, the longer the standoff lasts, the less patience the three civilizations have.

Ultimately, the three parties reached a consensus on one thing: stop talking, fight directly, and let physics decide the outcome.

Thus, a fierce space war broke out.

All three sides employed weapons invisible to the naked eye, relentlessly striking the enemy.

One by one, the warships became part of the great nebula. Even from hundreds of thousands of kilometers away, the light from the explosion of the warships could still be faintly seen. Corpses, wreckage, and fragments floated everywhere in space, like a hell on earth.

These three interstellar civilizations were unaware that a fourth party was watching their struggle.

"What are you looking at?"

The soldier walked up to the observer.

The observer replied, "There are three civilizations fighting in that star system."

The warrior glanced casually at the three planets where the battle was taking place, and asked dismissively, "This kind of thing happens every moment in the universe, it's nothing special. Why are you interested in this?"

The observer replied, "The thought of these three civilizations in conflict facing the destruction we have brought upon them makes me wonder what they were thinking back then. It must be very interesting."

"You really have a twisted sense of humor."

The soldier was speechless for a moment. How come it had never noticed before that the observer beside it had such a hobby?

The observer replied, "That's not quite right. Perhaps something similar is happening on a larger scale in the universe, and there's a similar you and me. My thinking is meaningful."

The soldier immediately denied it, saying, "Don't always fantasize about such unrealistic problems. The Wide Eye is always on guard outside the territory. If something like this happens, it will be broadcast to everyone immediately to avoid such a disaster."

"Moreover, the possibility of a more advanced civilization than ours existing is very small. The universe is indeed vast, and there are many civilizations, but in terms of their level of advancement, they are simply incomparable to ours. Many of them are still civilizations that are trapped below the speed of light, moving at a snail's pace. How can they compare to our collective civilization?"

"It's not just about technology. In terms of systems, our pan-civilizational collective can encompass and absorb everything about biological entities, such as race, culture, and preferences. This inclusiveness gives the mother civilization unlimited growth potential. A civilization with an excellent system like ours will continue to progress without bottlenecks. The things you're worried about simply cannot exist."

Despite this giving off an arrogant vibe, the warriors still believed that their mother civilization was among the most powerful and advanced civilizations in the entire universe.

It is precisely because the mother civilization is so excellent and powerful that it is impossible for it to be as humble as those low-tech civilizations.

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At the edge of the parent galaxy of the Pan-Civilization Collective, more than four hundred light-years away, there reside numerous gravitational ring creatures.

Around them are many invisible medium organisms, which are microscopic organisms created by Lu Shang without the aid of psionic energy to serve as mediums for information transmission.

The previous swarm network was "electromagnetic waves + microscopic wormholes", while the current swarm network is "mediator organisms + microscopic wormholes", with the mediator organisms replacing the electromagnetic waves that originally served as the information carriers.

The advantage is that the speed of information transmission can reach speeds of light without the aid of wormholes. When combined with microscopic wormholes, the speed of information transmission is even more terrifyingly exaggerated. Moreover, it is highly concealed and not easily detected by enemies tracing the source of the swarm's microscopic wormholes.

The only drawback is that there is still a delay, and it still cannot compare with the swarm network built by psionic energy.

At this very moment, the gravitational ring creatures at the edge of the galaxy are using the new version of the swarm network to transmit information.

"There is a faster-than-light civilization in this galaxy. When making strategic plans, we should be careful, as this civilization may possess some kind of faster-than-light detection technology."

"clear."

"Hasn't the strategic planning for Galaxy C been completed yet? Don't they know time is of the essence?"

"The wormholes opened in Galaxy C are quite far away, so it will take more time to complete their layout."

"Don't let your guard down in Galaxy B. Although no faster-than-light civilizations have been observed in Galaxy B so far, it doesn't mean that hidden faster-than-light civilizations don't exist. Don't let your guard down..."

The first star system currently occupied by the swarm is called the Starting Star System by the swarm creatures, while the other three star systems that are being strategically planned and prepared for full occupation are simply named A, B, and C because they are too lazy to give orders.

Preliminary observations indicate that only galaxy A contains a faster-than-light civilization. As for galaxies B and C, the swarm has not observed anything so far. The development path of the civilization seems to be similar to that of the initial galaxy, altering the physical rules and environment of the galaxy, followed by intense collisions of various different physical rules.

Lu Shang's strategy for the bee swarm to seize the star system was not complicated; the more complicated the strategy, the more difficult it is to succeed.

Simply put, it involves having gravitational ring creatures capable of bending spacetime act as nodes of spacetime distortion, surrounding the galaxies they want to seize. Then, through efficient coordination achieved by a new type of swarm network, they quickly envelop the three galaxies A, B, and C into a small universe in a short period of time.

In this way, the native civilizations in star systems A, B, and C were all suddenly trapped.

Even if there are advanced civilizations capable of escaping the microcosm existing within the three star systems, it doesn't matter to the swarm. Most civilizations in the star systems are bound to be caught anyway, and those advanced civilizations that can escape the microcosm won't stay in such a dangerous environment for long, since the three star systems have become an encirclement of a highly aggressive civilization.

To insist on staying in three star systems is to jeopardize the survival of civilization.

Thus, through this series of operations, the Babel beehive was able to effortlessly acquire a large number of satellite civilizations in three star systems, as well as a large amount of material.

The key to this strategy is to prevent the native civilizations within the three star systems from knowing that the swarm is making strategic deployments. Otherwise, they will definitely try to sabotage it and prevent the swarm from carrying out its strategic deployments on the outer edge of the star systems.

We also cannot let these civilizations within the three star systems realize that the swarm is trying to seize their home star system all at once, otherwise they will inevitably take countermeasures.

Although the swarm is not afraid of large-scale intergalactic wars, having fought many intercosmic wars in the past, it is always bad for simple things to become complicated, as it wastes both time and energy. Therefore, it is best to avoid such situations as much as possible.

During this period of strategic planning, the swarm was in a state of vigilance but not in combat. Lu Shang was basically just lounging around, enjoying his brewed purple tea in his residence, and occasionally observing the progress of the strategic planning through the swarm network.

It wasn't that Lu Shang wanted to deliberately slack off; even if he was bored and wanted to do something else, the other bee creatures wouldn't want him to.

Because at this stage of strategic planning, if any unexpected event occurs that affects the overall plan, Lu Shang needs to make a new decision quickly. If Lu Shang is asked to do something else, it might delay things for a short while, which is considered a long time in the eyes of a high-tech civilization.

Some time later, Lu Shang received a message from the swarm of bee creatures involved in the strategic planning of star systems A, B, and C.

The strategic deployment across the three star systems is complete!

Almost immediately after receiving the information, Lu Shang issued instructions to the swarm of bee creatures involved in the layout of the three star systems.

"What's done is done; it's time to pack up the whole galaxy!"

(End of this chapter)