A Colossus rushes in at the start

Chapter 277's continuation method is too lax.

Leaving aside the competition and wars between the two types of civilizations over the long years, in terms of civilization structure, civilizations with swarm networks are more stable than those without.

The swarm network is too convenient for information exchange, such as exchanging methods, insights, techniques, and moves of psychic cultivation. This has led to a situation where every psychic being in a swarm network can at least cultivate, and has techniques, insights, and moves, without worrying about anyone deliberately setting barriers, so that the direction of cultivation can only be placed on a master, mentor, or secret manual.

Even if you encounter any problems, you can ask questions directly in the swarm network. Since everyone is unfamiliar with each other and has no grudges, they will help each other if they can, just as a way of doing a favor.

A psionic civilization without a swarm network is different. Each psionic being keeps their own secrets, and some psionicists even prevent their fellow beings from cultivating psionic abilities in order to strengthen their rule.

Furthermore, things like framing others, murder, and robbery cannot be hidden or deceived by anyone in a psionic civilization with a swarm network. This results in no one daring to take the risk, and there is no strong sense of hostility among high-level psionic beings to fight to the death.

However, in psionic civilizations without swarm networks, vendettas, misunderstandings, betrayals, and so on have led to a decline in the number of high-level psionic beings. Over time, the gap between the average psionic levels of the two types has gradually widened.

And then...

Then came the complete unification of the civilization farms. The civilizations formed by the infected, with overwhelming force, either swallowed up and absorbed them or slaughtered and destroyed them, wiping out the civilizations composed of ordinary psionic beings.

Even if these civilizations composed of ordinary psionic beings have some exceptionally talented geniuses, they are still no match for the infected civilizations coordinated by the swarm network.

Even among those at the same level, if a genius is capable of fighting four opponents with their combined strength, can they fight a hundred? Or a hundred million?

This is clearly not acceptable. When the gap between high-level psionic beings becomes too large, and the side with a larger number of beings has efficient means of communication such as swarm networks, what remains is a one-sided crushing defeat.

As for the original instigators, the bee swarm, they parasitized the genes of these psionic beings in the form of gene spores, achieving a kind of genetic symbiosis.

After learning all this through the captured psionic creatures, the swarm of bees was immediately thrown into turmoil.

Goodness, now it's not just bee colonies that can use swarm networks; even the infected in civilized farms are doing it this way.

Yes, this method does allow the bee colony to continue, but only in a symbiotic form with parasitic spores.

This method of continuation is deeply intertwined with the host civilization. The more powerful the host civilization, the larger its population, and the greater its territory, the stronger and more numerous the parasitic swarms become, and the more places they infiltrate.

Because the bee colonies within the civilized breeding farm have become an inseparable part of these parasitic civilized individuals.

"This is truly a heretical way of life, unacceptable!"

"However, this may also be a way to continue the bee colony."

"Nonsense! The fate of the swarm should be firmly in its own hands. How can it be handed over to another civilization? Should the swarm rely on the kindness of other races? This method is not foolproof. If the parasitized civilization intends to completely abandon the genetic body, then this parasitism is tantamount to suicide!"

"Agreed, this is the wrong path!"

Within the swarm network, individuals from different swarms exchange ideas, and there are significant disagreements among the individuals in the swarm led by Lu Shang regarding this matter.

Some believe this is a very good way to continue civilization. If one day the bee colony becomes complacent, this parasitic method can be used to allow the colony to continue to progress.

Some argue that this method of civilization continuation carries enormous risks, so great that it could lead to the extinction of the entire species, and therefore refuse to include it in the bee colony's contingency plan.

Of course, no matter how much the bees argue, they will not escalate to a violent conflict unless instructed to do so by the mastermind.

At this moment, a beehive intervened in the squabble among the bee creatures.

"What we should be concerned about right now is not these things. After the previous communication and connection with the bee colony network, our existence has been completely exposed, and they also know the purpose of the bee colony. Those civilized people in the civilized farm will not sit idly by."

One of the planetary beings replied, "Even if they have a swarm network, the swarm isn't incapable of dealing with them."

"How do we solve this?" the beehive asked in return.

The planetary creature replied, "Relying on their numerical advantage, these psionic beings can reproduce at a rate far slower than a swarm of bees. Even if they could access the swarm network and achieve highly efficient coordination, they would have no chance of fighting against a swarm..."

Before the planetary creature could finish explaining its thoughts, Lu Shang, unable to remain calm, interrupted, "Why complicate things when they're time-consuming and laborious? A simple solution could solve everything!"

Lu Shang is the one commanding the battle. Why make the enemy, who can be dealt with easily, suffer in a complicated way? Isn't that just increasing his workload?

With the ultimate destruction looming ahead, he doesn't have the energy to waste.

"Uh..." The planetary creature was momentarily speechless.

Lu Shang simply glanced at the information about the psionic civilizations with swarm networks within the civilized breeding farm and then provided a solution strategy.

"Create a batch of medium creatures that cannot access the psionic network, infiltrate that civilization's breeding farm, and then send some planetary creatures to guard against attacks from the psionic civilization in that breeding farm."

The planetary creature that had just proposed the strategy was still wondering what countermeasures the landing entropy would come up with when it read this information and was suddenly stunned.

"Not connecting to the psionic network?"

After a moment of contemplation, the planetary creature suddenly realized, "That's right! Without access to the psionic network and without psionic energy, the psionic civilization in that breeding farm simply cannot sense the existence of the medium creature! Moreover, because they had sensed the psionic energy of the bee swarm before, they would have preconceived notions that when the bee swarm attacks, there will inevitably be a psionic reaction from the bee swarm, and then the bee swarm can be easily defeated..."

The planetary creature, having figured everything out, continued talking to itself. Lu Shang said irritably, "If you know it, hurry up and write it down. When facing a strong opponent in battle, you must be good at observing the enemy's blind spots and weaknesses, and start from these directions. Don't always think about head-on confrontation. Even if you win in the end, it will take a lot of time and effort."

"Okay, noted down."

The planetary creature replied earnestly, its tentacles writing furiously in a cavity beneath the Earth's crust.

……

Meanwhile, within the civilized breeding farm, in the abyssal forbidden zones scattered throughout the galaxy, the ancient psionic beings who had been sleeping within were awakened by the wormholes recently opened by planetary creatures to abduct people.

Then, almost simultaneously, a distant and ancient sigh emanated from within their swarm network.

"A great calamity has befallen the world of all beings."

(End of this chapter)