A Colossus rushes in at the start

Having received the promise of protection from the bees, the Pulan people ushered in a new era, which they called the Age of Divine Blessing.

The swarm selected many mediums like Stiyl within the Pulan civilization, and then used these mediums as information input points to input technologies that could be used in the psionic network universe into the Pulan civilization.

For example, how to guide and deceive the cornerstone beings in the psionic network universe who serve the Outer Gods, making them mistake the Pulan people for Outer Gods and provide them with services.

For example, how to make the foundational beings stop recognizing the Outer Gods, whom they are supposed to serve, as rulers, and thus eliminate the powerful and terrifying Outer Gods directly from the root.

Once an Outer God's power is stripped away, it is no longer a god; an ordinary fleet could wipe it out with all its firepower.

If it is an Outer God whose very existence depends on the domination of the foundational life forms to sustain itself, then there is no need for heavy firepower to destroy the source of their power. Their unstable existence can directly cause them to self-destruct.

With the technical support provided by these bee swarms, the Pulan people finally got rid of the threat from the alien gods in the starry sky and were able to stand up straight and loudly tell the alien gods, whom they could only look up to before, "Get lost!"

At the same time, an unstoppable religious fervor swept through the Pulan civilization, because these "true gods" of the Tower of Babel beehive had truly bestowed upon them too many divine blessings, and the Pulan people, unable to repay them, could only respond to their true gods with even more devout faith.

The most direct manifestation of this fervor was that the Pulan people's civilization became more obedient.

The bees didn't see anything wrong with this religious fanaticism, so they didn't try to stop it. As for what would happen to the Pulan people's scientific development perspective, it didn't affect the plan, so the bees didn't care at all.

Following the instructions of the bees, the Pulan people began to change the trajectory of their civilization's development, shifting from growth and expansion and active interaction with other civilizations to silence and concealment, rejecting contact with other civilizations and refusing to let them discover the existence of the Pulan civilization.

The Pulan people didn't know why the true gods had made this arrangement, but since the true gods protected them, they were certain that the gods wouldn't harm them. Since the true gods had instructed them to do this, they would simply comply.

Hiddenism and xenophobia flourished as a result. The Pulan people, who believed that the future of civilization should be to unite with other civilizations and form a civilization alliance, were suppressed in all aspects. They either submitted or rose up in resistance and were then physically subdued.

Finally, this small group of Pulan people separated from the main Pulan civilization and disappeared into the endless starry sky, further refining the Pulan civilization.

"Gods, with your great power, wouldn't it be a simple matter to bring back those who escaped?"

"It's not that we don't want to arrest them, it's that you don't want to arrest them."

The Pulan civilization asked the bees a question, but the bees' response was something they hadn't expected, causing quite a stir within the Pulan civilization.

The Purang people's devotion to the true God was questioned by the true God, something they could not accept.

As a result, within the Pulan community, calls for piety towards the true God and for the identification of those who are falsely pious grew louder.

Just as a large-scale bloodshed was about to occur, the cleanup operation spontaneously organized by the Pulan people was dissuaded by the bee swarm.

"There's no point in doing this, and we're not angry about it. Every Pulan person has their own choice."

The true gods are always right, so the people of Pulan naturally wouldn't go against their words. The once-vigorous cleanup campaign suddenly returned to calm.

Seeing that the Pulan people's civilization met their requirements in terms of both control and technology, the bees conveyed their next steps to the Pulan people through a medium.

"Go to these celestial bodies at these coordinates and establish observation bases. With your current technology, it is enough to build bases on these celestial bodies without being detected."

The Pulan civilization remained silent for a period of time after receiving the information, and did not take immediate action.

They only explained their concerns when the bees contacted them again.

"Great God, isn't the expansion of civilization forbidden? Are you mistaken?"

Although they didn't know why the arrangement was made this way, the Pulan people still firmly adhered to the original arrangement made by the bee colony, which made the bee colony very satisfied.

So much so that Kasha herself replied: "This is not expansion, but rather these planets are going there to build bases so that you can better serve us in the future."

"Understood, great true God," the Pulan people responded.

With no more worries, the Pulan people dispatched fleets to these celestial bodies to build hidden observation bases. The swarm's observation network of the psionic network universe from the perspective of native life forms also expanded continuously with the dispatch of these fleets.

During this time, they encountered many alien gods, some powerful and some weak. Without exception, they all fled in disarray when faced with the fleets of the Pulan civilization.

In a direct confrontation, the Prannoy fleet, which could already manipulate the "foundation life" that was the source of their power, was nothing more than a group of special life forms with twisted and bizarre appearances.

Even if the Outer Gods tried to dismantle the Prannoy fleet from the inside out through trickery, infiltration, and deception, they would fail due to the protection of the swarm. If they were unlucky enough to be targeted by the swarm, their intelligence might be erased.

The spread of the Pulan civilization's fleet triggered panic among the nameless Outer Gods hidden in the three vortexes. Although their minds were chaotic, chaos did not mean they were stupid. Knowing that a fleet with absolutely no chance of winning was approaching, any Outer God with a little sense knew to seize the opportunity to escape as soon as possible.

Thus, from a macro perspective, a beautiful wave of refugees, composed of the Old Ones, formed at the outer edge of the Pulan civilization fleet's expansion map.

This exodus continued until the Great Old Ones discovered that these fleets would only destroy Outer Gods who dared to attack them. Only then did the Outer Gods stop panicking and learn to ignore these fleets as if they were mere cosmic dust.

In the years that followed, the Puranka civilization fell into complete silence, which was exactly what the swarm wanted to see. An overly powerful civilization would inevitably attract countless weaker civilizations to attach themselves to it, beg for protection, and then inevitably merge and expand.

Concealing their existence and power is the best way to deal with the problem of weaker civilizations clinging to them. The swarm is merely a stable observer that wants to exist within the psionic network universe; it is not the ruler of any powerful force.

Without the two great gods, the Swarm and the Pulan, stirring up the universe, the protagonist of this universe once again belongs to the native civilization born within the Outer Gods and the psychic network universe.

Another round of expansion and competition has begun.