A Colossus rushes in at the start

After several cataclysmic events, the loose Pulan civilization began to unite. Led by the emerging religion "Ball Ball Cult," through negotiation and persuasion, as well as by inciting public opinion and coercion, the various governments were brought together to form a unified planetary central government.

This involves the combined efforts of multiple forces. Besides the Sphere Cult, which outwardly believes in the mysterious celestial bodies, there is also the Central Court, which has managed the entire barrier of civilization for countless years, the remnants of the Return to the World Cult, and other forces that know the truth about the world.

These forces, who used to hide in the inner world, disliked each other and harbored some hatred. But now was not the time for infighting. Having experienced several rounds of world-ending disasters and witnessed the terror of the gods, these forces chose to put aside their prejudices for the sake of the continuation of civilization.

Thus, the Pulan civilization began to vigorously develop space technology. With the addition of divine language technology, problems such as faster-than-light speeds that distort spacetime and material strength were easily solved. Before long, they ushered in their own era of great space exploration.

In contrast to the thriving scene on the Pulan people's side, the Babel Tower bee swarm presented a completely different picture.

Their revered God, who saves the world, is trembling with fear as he awaits instructions.

"Who let you into that universe?" Lu Shang asked the planetary creature that had entered the psionic network universe with a forced smile.

"Rabbi".

The planetary creatures, lacking any backbone, betrayed the rabbi and confessed the truth.

However, on the other hand, the planetary creature really didn't need to put on a brave face; it was simply following the instructions from above.

Lu Shang then turned his attention to the rabbi, "Rabbi, if I remember correctly, this wasn't part of my plan for you, was it?"

"But... if we leave it unattended, the containment system will fail."

"We have received concrete information that there are rebellious forces in the psionic network universe, just like the breeding farms of the past, which disguise themselves by deceiving the swarm and continue to grow and expand under the cover of disguise."

Rabbi had a difficult situation to explain. The plan did not include allowing the swarm to enter the psionic network universe. Even the closest arrangement was merely to place a medium in the psionic network universe to provide an observation channel from the perspective of native organisms.

But the ravens had no choice. If they left it alone, wouldn't they just have to watch the containment fail?

Containment failure is not allowed in the plan, which contradicts the Swarm's plan. Without using force to deter those resistance forces, we can't just destroy the psionic network universe that we've worked so hard to evolve into, just to prevent containment failure.

Lu Shang nodded, but then shook his head.

"I don't object to you solving the containment breach problem, but you shouldn't have entered that universe."

"Why don't you use your brains to think about why I didn't have the swarm creatures directly replace the foundational life forms in the psionic network universe in the plan, but instead let them evolve?"

Rabbi and Kasha were taken aback when they heard Lu Shang say this. After thinking about it carefully, it seemed that doing so would indeed allow them to more reliably control the current psionic network universe.

"...Indeed, if swarm creatures were to replace foundational life forms, then no civilization or life form in the psionic network universe would be able to escape the control of the swarm," Rabbi muttered to himself.

"Why not do that?" Kasha asked.

Rabbi and Kasha couldn't understand why Lu Shang hadn't included swarm creatures in the plan to replace the cornerstone life forms in the psionic network, even though technically it wouldn't have been difficult.

If the swarm of beings replaces the cornerstone life forms in the psionic network universe, no matter what kind of civilization or powerful creature emerges in that universe, it will be impossible for them to resist the swarm.

Because in that universe, the swarm itself is the source of power, the foundation of matter, and the element that makes up everything.

No matter how advanced a civilization's technology or how powerful a biological force is, can it defy its own existence?

Certainly not.

Defeating the swarm is completely out of the question. The only thing that can be done is to transfer information, but the possibility of this is extremely slim. The swarm creatures that have become the cornerstone of life will not do nothing.

But with so many benefits to replacing the foundational life forms with swarm organisms, why didn't Lu Shang make that arrangement?

Lu Shang sighed and sighed in exasperation, rubbing his forehead. "Do we even need to think about this kind of question? Of course, it's because there are risks involved."

"Psionic individuals can connect with each other to build two-way information channels and form a network. This means that the psionic network universe may, in the process of evolution, connect with the psionic network occupied by ultimate destruction."

The swarm's exploration of the nature of psionic energy was like the blind men touching an elephant, and Lu Shang dared not be negligent in the slightest.

Ultimate Destruction has the means to influence the psionic network, or even disable psionic energy. Lu Shang dares not gamble that in the process of exploring the nature of psionic energy, he might connect with the psionic network controlled by Ultimate Destruction.

Once connected, and the swarm network connects with the psionic network universe, the consequences could be extremely dire.

"..."

Having figured this out, Kasha and Rabbi both fell silent.

A moment later, the rabbi remembered that the plan included the placement of a medium within the psionic network universe, and he suddenly didn't understand.

The rabbi asked, puzzled, "But wouldn't setting up a medium for transmitting information within the psionic network universe be an extremely dangerous thing?"

Regarding ultimate destruction, the rabbi does not believe that ultimate destruction would fail to discover the medium as a channel for transmitting information to the outside world of the psionic network universe.

Lu Shangdao said, "It's just a medium for receiving information, not a direct connection to the swarm network. It arranges for an individual not connected to the swarm network to interface with the medium in that universe, and then has that individual convert the received information into light signals and transmit them to other individuals not connected to the swarm network. The other individuals then read these light signals and continue to transmit them as gravitational wave information... With multiple such relays, combined with the swarm's real-time monitoring of the state of these individuals not connected to the swarm network, even if the psionic network universe outputs information outward, the risk can be kept very low."

Even if the ultimate destroyer possesses heaven-defying methods that the swarm cannot comprehend, and even if such information relays cannot stop it from invading the swarm network, the process will certainly first harm the unconnected individuals in the swarm network that act as relays.

By constantly monitoring the health of these unconnected swarm network individuals, it is easy to detect them in advance and then disconnect them beforehand.

"Kasha, didn't you guys ever think about why I arranged it this way?"

Lu Shang was speechless. He thought that such an obvious thing would be obvious to the main brains after reading the plan, so he didn't point it out directly in the plan.

Hearing Lu Shang's question, Kasha said somewhat dejectedly, "I thought it was to prevent those life forms in the psionic network universe from escaping..."

Lu Shang raised an eyebrow. If the life forms in those psionic network universes were to escape, it would indeed be a big problem. After all, for a swarm to maintain itself as a whole, it needs an efficient information network.

If a group of creatures were to wander into a bee colony network, and considering the enormous size of the colony, dealing with it would be quite troublesome.

"Fine, it's my fault for not making it clear in the plan."

"So, where is the psychic network universe currently in the project?"

Lu Shang didn't want to discuss this further. With the misunderstanding cleared up, he was more concerned about the progress of the plan.

Kaisa gets frustrated whenever this topic comes up, as her plans are currently stuck here.

"The medium could never be deployed; it would always die suddenly after a short time. The rebellious forces in that universe disrupted the swarm's layout."

After Kasha explained, Rabbi added, "However, these are minor issues. We just used our actions to intimidate a wave of people. As long as we win over another wave and make the civilizations in that universe hostile to each other, they won't have the energy to put up any more resistance."

You can rest assured that we will handle things well.

Rabbi's words only made things worse, and Lu Shang became completely uneasy.

I have no confidence at all!

They mess around with me the moment I'm not looking!

Lu Shang mentally complained, then paused for a moment before deciding, "...Forget it, I'll go take a look myself and prepare some individuals for relaying information."

He needs to personally check on the situation in the psionic network universe before he can feel at ease.