A Colossus rushes in at the start

Chapter 319 Clear Airspace Ahead, Entire Ship Passes Through

A momentous event occurred in the Prinkia civilization, an event that could be considered a turning point in history—the assassination of the war god Fuwahu!

The assassin's explosive projectile struck his head directly, shattering his entire brain and skull on the spot. Only his chin remained, still attached to his skin, hanging from his neck. He was utterly dead, beyond the reach of any medical technology, unless the dead could be brought back to life.

However, the Prinkia civilization did not possess the magic of resurrection, and therefore could only passively accept the fact that Fuwahu had died.

Because the assassination occurred in public, the news could not be kept secret. With the help of some people with ulterior motives, the news of the God of War's death spread like wildfire and quickly reached the entire Pulinka civilization.

As a civilization-level hero who led the entire Prinkia civilization to victory over all interstellar civilizations and ended the great civilization war in one fell swoop, Fuwahu's prestige was not only high in the military, but also among the general public.

In an instant, the people of Plinka from various administrative planets took to the streets to mourn their deceased heroes of civilization. Some were so moved that they even shed tears and wept bitterly.

Leaving aside those at the bottom who clamor to find the real culprit and avenge the heroes of civilization, the upper echelons of the Pulinka civilization and the decision-makers of the central unified government are in a state of utter chaos.

Fuwahu's death was too sudden, and the military's strength was inevitably affected by the sudden loss of such a high-ranking figure. What's even more troublesome is the impact of this assassination.

The various factions already had conflicting interests, making it difficult to reach a unified understanding. This assassination is like a signal, telling those forces outside the central government that it's time for us to raise the banner of rebellion for our own interests.

There's a lot of suspicion involved here. Most factions don't raise the banner of rebellion against the Central Government because a single faction can't defeat it, and they don't have the tacit understanding of military cooperation. They're all pursuing their own interests and are wary of being betrayed by the other.

For example, if force A raises the banner of rebellion, force B initially also agrees to raise the banner of rebellion, but when it comes time to rebel, they become silent. In order to make an example of force A, the central unified government slaughters force A.

Throughout the process, Force B remained on the sidelines. If the Central Unified Government suffered a significant loss of power due to the massacre of Force A, Force B would seize the opportunity to rise up. If its power remained intact, Force B would obediently continue to be a loyal subject, waiting for a new opportunity. Either way, it would not lose out. Thus, the world where only Force A was injured was completed.

That's the general situation, and as their power grows, such suspicions will only intensify.

However, if forces A, B, C, D... reach a unified understanding after learning about a certain matter, thus forming a military consensus, then the situation is different. These forces will unite and then launch an attack on the central unified government on a unified point of interest.

The Central Unified Government may not suffer significant losses, but its prestige will inevitably be severely damaged. All forces will become increasingly rampant once they have figured out the military limits of the Central Unified Government, and the Central Unified Government will continue its downward spiral.

To resolve this problem, we must use another event to form a different consensus to cover it up. This consensus will tell all forces that the military power of the Central Unified Government is powerful and terrifying, and that we should not provoke it unless necessary.

How do I do this?

It's very simple; rapid innovation and progress in military technology will suffice.

With the leaps in technology and the aid of large-scale military exercises, decision-makers from other forces, as long as they are not out of their minds, will be completely convinced after watching the exercises and assessing the strength of both sides, and will have no other thoughts.

To achieve a leap forward in technology, the Central Unified Government has only one option: to open the wormhole leading to the unknown microcosm as soon as possible, and then use the technology inside to arm the fleet.

Therefore, after the death of Fuwahu, played by Lu Shang, the Central Unified Government's first priority, rather than finding the murderer, was to execute their plan ahead of schedule.

Before the situation escalates, have the military fleet stationed at various time nodes, then recharge and secretly open wormholes.

The Babel beehive observed all of this, and one of the medium creatures asked curiously, "Lu Shang's mainframe, how did you know beforehand that the Prinkians would rush to open the wormhole after the war god you were impersonating died?"

Yes, what the central unified government of the Prinkia civilization is doing now is also within Lu Shang's plan. Lu Shang foresaw what was happening when it formulated the proliferation plan.

Lu Shang leaned back on the sofa, looking at the wine glass of purple tea in his hand, and said, "Based on the analysis of the situation and a little bit of putting myself in their shoes, this is the most advantageous choice. And the person we are trying to put myself in is not stupid, so naturally we should choose the option that best suits their interests."

With that, Lu Shang downed the purple tea in his goblet and ordered, "All swarm units, prepare for battle. The wormhole will open soon. The other end of the wormhole is related to ultimate destruction, and may even be ultimate destruction itself."

"This time, we're going to win."

……

The light from the stars pierced through the thin nebula, and the combination of light and shadow made the entire nebula look like some kind of giant object stretching for hundreds of thousands of light-years.

Within the nebula, some thin lines are faintly visible, all pointing to the same location, which on a macroscopic scale resembles a specially marked coordinate point.

In fact, this location is indeed a special coordinate point.

It is a formless spacetime node. As long as this spacetime node is interfered with to a certain extent, spacetime will undergo a series of chain changes because of this node.

After the war, several trillion-level fleets of the Pulinka civilization remained at this time-space node. However, recently, a giant spaceship has appeared among these trillion-level fleets.

This is a star-destroying colossus from the Prinkia civilization, an ancient relic that was phased out more than a dozen centuries ago.

However, in order to solve the problem of energy input at the spacetime nodes, the Princau civilization used ancient blueprints from over a dozen centuries ago to build another batch of planet-destroying colossi.

"...70% charge...83% charge...91% charge..."

"Charged to 100%, execute command, emit high-energy pulse."

As the launch command was issued from inside the colossus, the behemoth unleashed astonishing energy, its brilliance rivaling even that of a scorching star.

As the massive pulse beam was injected into the spacetime node, the structure of spacetime began to change. The spacetime node, which was originally invisible and colorless, became visible to the naked eye. Under the continuous injection of dazzling light, it formed a luminous sphere, resembling a small-mass star whose time was frozen in the supernova explosion phase.

Similar events were occurring at other spacetime nodes. The colossus released destructive pulses capable of easily shattering a solid planet. These pulses continuously poured into the spacetime nodes, and all the spacetime nodes were transformed into luminous spheres with gravitational lenses due to the influx of these high-energy pulse beams.

The surrounding spacetime changes due to the changes in these spacetime nodes. This change is released at faster-than-light speed across the entire range, spanning a light-year scale. At the intersection of all the spacetime ripples, a pitch-black sphere appears abruptly in the void and expands to a diameter of more than ten light-years in just a few hours.

The door opened!

"Clear the area ahead, all ships proceed through the gate!"

The Prinkia civilization fleet, which had been waiting at this intersection for a long time, lit up their tails with dazzling pulse flames, as if they had transformed into small suns in the universe, and headed towards the wormhole.

(End of this chapter)