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Chapter 292 Particle Life is Too Honest

The war between Kasha's swarm and the microscopic particle civilization of Mecaron ended because of the sudden intervention of Lu Shang's swarm.

Using the same negative quantum cleansing method, all the Mecaronian civilization particle life in the universe where Kasha's swarm was located was also completely wiped out, except that the cleansing process was slightly different from that of the Mother Universe.

Since the universe where Kaisa's swarm is located is not the mother universe, it becomes very difficult to accurately locate the particle life forms of the Mecaron civilization. Furthermore, considering that only Kaisa needs to be rescued to lead the swarm.

Lu Shang only needs to first use the spacetime bubble to envelop Kasha and lead all the creatures in the swarm, take them all away from that universe, and then use the negative quantum cleansing method to clean up all the particle life in the spacetime bubble.

As for the universe where Kaisa's swarm originally resided, Lu Shang directly instructed the swarm to use a wormhole-type negative quantum strike, and the mass of that universe was transferred to a spacetime bubble created by the swarm based on the neutralization of negative energy.

Kaisa and her swarm connected to Lu Shang's swarm network, and the two swarms built a unified swarm psionic network. Kaisa immediately established contact with Lu Shang and Rabi.

"I thought the swarm had encountered a formidable enemy this time, but I didn't expect that you, Lu Shang, would still be able to defeat it."

Kasha breathed a sigh of relief. Since the battle with the microscopic particle civilization of Mecaron, she had felt immense pressure and threat, to the point that she dared not send out any swarm creatures to seek help from other swarms.

Fighting the Mecaron civilization is not a matter of numbers and technology, but a matter of warfare. Even if reinforcements led by other Overminds arrive, Kasha doesn't think she can defeat the Mecaron civilization as an enemy.

However, in reality, Lu Shang shattered Kaisa's presumptuous idea with his actions.

Under Lu Shang's command, the swarm not only solved the problem, but solved it perfectly. During the process of defeating the enemy, the Mecaron civilization, not a single swarm creature in Kasha's swarm died.

Lu Shang replied, "It's only temporarily stabilized."

"The Mecaron civilization is not entirely trapped in the frozen cycle of reincarnation. Particle life forms of that civilization still exist in other parts of the universe, and they are still trying to invade the universe where swarm time has stopped."

"This civilization is very troublesome. As long as there is one such particle life form in the universe, they will not perish. The swarm has fallen from its peak due to a sudden event, and you have not yet recovered to your full strength. How can you deal with such a troublesome high-tech civilization?" Lu Shang asked curiously.

The microscopic particle civilization of Mecaron is a rather troublesome civilization.

Its difficulty lies not in its indestructibility, but in its inability to be fundamentally eliminated. As long as there is one particle life, this civilization will rise again after a period of time. At this time, the opponent, who thinks that he has eliminated this microscopic particle civilization, will relax his vigilance because the enemy has been eliminated. The Mecaron civilization can then sneak in from the microscopic scale without anyone noticing and finally eliminate the opponent directly.

It is hardly a wise choice to send a still-recovering swarm of bees to contend with such a troublesome civilization.

Kasha said helplessly, "The Mecaron civilization is an invader from outside. They took the initiative to attack our universe, and after probing many civilizations in the universe, they prioritized attacking the technologically advanced civilizations. If we choose to avoid war, we will be wiped out immediately. That civilization has no desire for peace."

As she spoke, Kasha asked with great concern, "Lu Shang, is there really no way to completely eliminate such a threat?"

Lu Shang swirled the wine glass in his hand and said, "Of course there are ways. I just thought of a few, but the success rate is not guaranteed."

"Let's wait for the interrogation results first. Only by designing the destruction based on the internal information of that civilization can we ensure that the civilization we want to eliminate is truly eliminated as we hope."

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"Indeed, this is the way to proceed with low-dimensional expansion; this approach is correct."

"It should have been done a long time ago. They are not a combination of quark particles, but rather lower-dimensional basic matter, such as one-dimensional filaments, two-dimensional planes, or something else. Then, the lower-dimensional matter is folded into higher-dimensional particle structures, which is why they can easily do things like eroding three-dimensional particles."

The swarm of bees exchanged information, one after another. In this special low-dimensional space, a huge plane was spread out, with a diameter equivalent to half the diameter of the Earth. If this huge plane were used to cover the surface of the moon, it would be more than enough.

This plane is very large, but also very small, because it is a surface unfolded by a single particle life form. If folded back into a particle state, it could be smaller than an atomic nucleus.

"Foolish macroscopic beings, you will not achieve your goals! Everything you do is in vain! I will not tell you anything! Never!"

The particle life form is sending out painful and angry messages; immense, indescribable pain is driving it mad.

When the particle life came to its senses, it found itself inexplicably imprisoned by its enemy, who had also spread its body out in a lower-dimensional space.

At first, the particle life form completely disregarded the swarm's interrogation. It figured the worst that could happen was death, and since it wasn't afraid of death, why would it be afraid of interrogation?

But soon, the particle life form realized that its idea was too naive. It felt a pain that could stimulate it to the point of wanting to commit suicide immediately.

This kind of pain is not the kind of pain or itching that humans experience in the traditional sense, but simply "extreme pain".

So-called feelings are just a response from the brain based on external information, and so is pain.

Therefore, the swarm organisms only need to directly input the information of physical interference into the thought structure of the particle life, such as "You are now in so much pain that you want to die," and the particle life will feel such indescribable, incomprehensible, and immense torment that it has never experienced since its birth.

But even in such agony, the particle life form remained steadfast in its conviction—it would tell these foolish macroscopic beings nothing! A mere interrogation could not break its unwavering will!

"They say no, but their minds are quite honest," a medium creature scoffed.

"See this? This is the information your brain is giving us to the swarm. Whether you like it or not, you're already a traitor to your own civilization."

In a lower-dimensional space, a plane unfolds, and the swarm of bee creatures projects memory images of particle life onto the plane, as well as various kinds of information about the Mecaron civilization.

Having endured so much suffering for so long, the belief in the particle life form collapsed in an instant.

"You, you...!"

The swarm of bees communicated with the particle life for such a long time, ostensibly as an interrogation, but in reality, they wanted the particle life to say more so that they could understand the information encryption method of the particle life's thought structure.

Once the encryption method is understood, all that remains is to copy the information from the particle life's thought structure and then decode it to obtain the information the bee colony wants.

"What happened to us?" asked one of the medium creatures.

The particle life form suppressed its anger, and quite suddenly, its anger turned into mockery.

"Ha, foolish macroscopic beings, so what if you know my memories? Do you know how many universes we, the Mecarons, have invaded and occupied? Do you know how many civilizations we, the Mecarons, have slaughtered to date?"

"We, the Mecarons, are immortal! Do you understand? We are an eternally expanding, indestructible entity! We, the people of the Mecarons, are constantly venturing into uncharted territories, exploring and expanding the borders of our mother civilization! Your knowledge of everything only amplifies your despair!"

"Remember this! I'm waiting to see the helplessness and regret that will well up in your hearts when you face an irresistible behemoth!"

The bee swarm wasn't too bothered by this; apart from spouting threats, this particle life form posed no threat to the swarm.

One of the medium creatures said, "A behemoth that expands eternally? When the swarm understands your civilization better, you Mecarons will no longer be behemoths."

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As the interrogation information came out, the swarm gained a more comprehensive understanding of the microscopic particle civilization, Mecaron.

They originated from a star and are a special kind of plasma life.

Because of their high starting point, they can naturally utilize the energy of stars, and stars are everywhere in the universe. Therefore, it is easier for them to enter space, develop into an interstellar space civilization, and establish a vast interstellar territory than life on ordinary Earth-like planets.

After that, like many interstellar civilizations, the Mecaron civilization encountered inter-civilization wars and attacks from other alien civilizations.

In this war, in order to survive and perpetuate their race, the Mecaron civilization transformed itself into something increasingly microscopic.

Just like how tanks on Earth are designed to be flatter and flatter, the more microscopic an organism is, the smaller the area it is vulnerable to damage will be, and even if the material structure remains the same, its strength will increase significantly.

For example, a person can easily split a drop of water in two, but cannot crush a water molecule with their fingers.

In addition, there is the problem of concealment; macroscopic organisms are difficult to see microscopic organisms directly without the aid of observation equipment.

Therefore, microscopic organisms are more competitive for survival than macroscopic organisms. However, the more microscopic an organism is, the less intelligent it is, and it is completely unaware of how to use its own advantages to act.

However, the Mecaron civilization was different. They successfully created particle life forms with guaranteed intelligence at the microscopic scale, and thus developed a unique mode of warfare.

This is a war mode where the swarm led by Kai'Sa is completely overwhelmed.

The Mecaron civilization used this tactic to eliminate too many civilizations. Even those civilizations with far superior technology could not win against the Mecaron in war. After all, regardless of the circumstances, the individuals in these civilizations were made of matter, which was a resource that the Mecaron particle life could use to multiply their numbers. Once these civilizations were selected as microscopic battlefields, they could not use high-powered weapons, as such a mutually destructive approach would be meaningless.

In fact, the particle lifeforms of the Mecaron even hope that their enemies will adopt this suicidal fighting style.

After unifying its own universe, the Mecaron civilization's ambitions expanded rapidly. Through naturally generated microscopic wormholes, it spread and multiplied to other universes like a plague.

By now, having made contact with the swarm, the Mecaron civilization has grown to such an extent that even the particle life forms themselves are unaware of the sheer size of their parent civilization.

This interrogation result was something the swarm hadn't anticipated at first; they hadn't expected the Mecaron civilization to be so vast that even particle life forms themselves couldn't fully understand it.

However, it's not a big problem, as the bee colony already has a strategy to deal with it.

Based on research into the thought structures of mecaronian particles, bee swarms have discovered a special type of information that can stimulate the thought structures of these particle life forms.

To put it simply, it's similar to extremely explicit erotic images in human society that, after viewing, would make you want to create humans.

Therefore, the swarm devised a special message based on the mechanism of this thought structure, a message that was only directed at the particle life of the Mecaron civilization.

Once the particle lifeforms of the Mecaron civilization receive this message, they immediately transmit it to their companions, and after transmitting ten more messages, they self-destruct, becoming, in Earth terms, vegetative statesmen without the ability to think.

Therefore, the swarm doesn't care how large the civilization of these microscopic particle life forms is; the swarm only needs to successfully complete the attack.

This is a virus specifically targeting mecaron particle life forms; the faster the information spreads, the faster the virus dies.

(End of this chapter)