A Colossus rushes in at the start

Chapter 47: Technological Iteration is Terrifying

If you draw two points on a piece of paper, what distance is the shortest?

A line segment between two points?

No, no, no, it is true that the shortest distance between two points is a line segment, but that is only true if the paper itself remains absolutely unchanged.

Once you fold the paper in half so that the two points touch, the shortest distance is no longer the line segment between the two points.

The same concept applies to wormholes in the universe.

Theoretically, a wormhole could allow an object to instantly travel from one end of the universe to the other, or from one universe to another.

So what if we applied the physical property of wormholes, which allows for the transfer of matter in space, to attack methods?

For example... combined with black hole-induced attacks.

The fourth star in the constellation Ephemeris.

This is a red dwarf star, but it cannot be described as a star system.

Because it has no planets, and not even the Kuiper Belt, it is a single star without any companion stars.

It is not inherently like this. Red dwarfs have the smallest mass among celestial bodies, so the mass required for their formation is not high. This means that after a red dwarf is formed, it is much more likely to give birth to meteorites and planets than other stars.

The planets and meteorites in this red dwarf star system have been completely mined by humans.

After these miners had exhausted the material in the red dwarf star system, they began constructing artificial structures in an orbit about 50 million kilometers away from the red dwarf star.

Numerous massive gray planets gradually broke away from their faster-than-light state, gathered in this star system, and disintegrated to form part of this giant man-made structure.

The light from the slowly rotating red dwarf star shines on these man-made objects, reflecting a metallic luster. Occasionally, fleeting arcs of electricity can be seen, formed by countless high-energy particles released from the red dwarf star colliding with the metal surface, creating arcs under extremely rare circumstances where the particles are spaced close enough together.

Countless spaceships flew through the starry sky, trailing long, pulsating plumes of flame. The massive structures contrasted with the tiny spaceships like the difference between an elephant and an ant.

As time went on, the spacecraft traversed various parts of the red dwarf star system, and more and more man-made objects were constructed within this star system.

These man-made structures gradually merged into one, and a structural framework the size of a star could be vaguely seen.

"The construction period was shorter than expected."

The Alliance envoy who came to inspect the progress of the project commented, and the accompanying project manager echoed, "This is all thanks to those fortress ships built by the nanotechnology industry. It is because of their continuous supply of industrial nanotechnology to the Spear Project that the project is progressing so rapidly."

"Once it's completed, we'll be able to use wormholes to bypass the swarm's dark defenses!"

The person in charge of the project paused, then added, "However, the construction period is still too long, and I'm afraid it won't be able to provide assistance to the front lines in the short term."

Even with technological innovations like nanotechnology, such a massive structure would be difficult to build in less than several decades.

The thought that the alliance's fleet was still fighting with weapons that were inferior to those of the enemy filled the project manager with a strong sense of guilt.

The alliance envoy, with his six eyes, noticed the guilt on the face of the project manager accompanying him and reassured him, "Don't be nervous, the situation hasn't gotten any worse."

The project manager was greatly surprised and asked, "The swarm of bees didn't launch a frenzied attack?"

The Alliance envoy was about to answer, but then he remembered the Babel beehive and didn't know how to explain.

After organizing his thoughts for a moment, the Alliance envoy said with mixed feelings, "The swarm of bee creatures is not launching a strong offensive. Right now, their main focus is on persuading the Alliance Council to surrender."

"The parliament speculated that forcing the five alliance members to surrender unconditionally and accept infection was a bargaining chip for later persuasion and negotiation."

When the project manager first heard it, he didn't react much.

But when he came to his senses, the project manager was so shocked that his hair stood on end.

"Persuade them to surrender?"

The project manager, suspecting he'd misheard, immediately retorted, "Are you kidding?! Those are bloodthirsty, ferocious bee swarms!"

As is well known, the Babel swarm is cruel and bloodthirsty, and under the command of the Void God, its primary aim is to destroy any civilization it comes into contact with.

Only a very small number will be parasitized and then integrate into the bee colony.

The alliance envoy, who had anticipated this reaction, showed no surprise. He replied helplessly, "That's just how it is. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it either."

"It must be said that the swarm organism's approach is indeed very effective. Many alliance members in the council have wavered and are considering accepting the infection."

The thought of some representatives in the Alliance Council proposing to surrender and accept infection made the Alliance envoy's head ache.

The project manager was so surprised that he remained silent for a long time until he came to his senses and muttered something.

"They've all gone completely mad."

Both the Babel swarm and the Star Alliance council have become abnormal...

The culprit behind all this abnormality is currently examining the results, just like the Alliance envoy.

Lu Shang connected his senses with a Behemoth in space, sharing the behemoth's vision and locking his gaze onto a dust cloud enveloping a star.

These are not ordinary dust clouds. If someone were to dredge up these dust particles and observe them under a microscope in a laboratory, they would discover that these dust particles are actually living organisms.

These creatures are improved second-generation scouts, possessing greater resilience compared to the first generation.

This is mainly due to the combination of biological structures with crystals, which changed the scouts from needing to consume chemical energy to maintain their life activities to consuming electrons. It also revolutionized the original biological structures such as cytoplasm, cell membrane, and cell nucleus, greatly enhancing their resistance in all aspects.

Admittedly, due to temperature, the basic units of crystals cannot be forcibly grafted onto the genes of bee colonies; the two are fundamentally incompatible.

However, this does not mean that there is no way to absorb the biological advantages of the other party.

Bee colonies can learn about the biological principles of others, directly copy their biological structures, and then express them using their own genetic language.

In this way, genetic incompatibility is not a problem at all, since the bee colony simply copies the biological structure of the crystal and expresses it using its own genes, rather than forcibly grafting the genetic material of the crystal.

Thus, we have these second-generation scouts.

These second-generation scouts will complete the next strategic step of the land entropy; they will be scattered throughout the galaxy and then continuously expand and multiply.

Establish a galactic intelligence network to serve the bee colony!

(End of this chapter)