Chapter 27: The Curtain
This black fleet, which is extremely mysterious to everyone, is on the move again.
The surface of the leading Titan flagship lit up with a hexagonal array of light that resembled a honeycomb structure. It was not eye-catching in the universe, but it gave the survivors in the trading post a glimmer of hope.
Faced with thousands of giant flying ants committing suicide attacks, they had no choice but to wait for others to save them.
The light produced by the hexagonal array became more and more dazzling, but suddenly extinguished when it reached a peak.
This situation looked like something failed to start up, which shocked everyone who was expecting it.
But then they realized that they were narrow-minded.
However, I saw the incoming swarms suddenly flying around, swaying, and some even spinning in place.
Before they had time to be happy, they themselves suddenly felt dizzy and collapsed directly to the ground, unable to stand up at all. Some robots looked at them inexplicably, not knowing what happened.
Fortunately, the dizziness soon disappeared, and everyone gradually came back to their senses.
They hurriedly looked out the porthole and found that those frightening swarms had lost their threat.
Originally evolving in a hurry, they chose the most extreme evolutionary direction in order to fulfill the mastermind's destiny.
The biological thruster located at the tail can generate huge thrust, but the energy it consumes is also terrifying. The giant flying ants themselves cannot continue to supply this energy.
Therefore, they chose a special energy supply solution nearby during their evolution, which was the pile of particle clusters left behind by the bee swarms evaporated by the black fleet.
There is still a large amount of energy in these particle clusters, which can meet the propulsion needs of the giant flying ants in a short period of time.
So with the help of this external energy and their own biomass energy, they reached an extremely high initial speed from the beginning, and continued to move towards the trading station at this speed.
However, under the influence of the black fleet, the swarm fell into chaos halfway and lost the necessary speed for a suicide attack.
And their extreme evolutionary direction also means that they have no follow-up countermeasures. All their organs were born for this impact.
There are no organs on their body for normal travel in space, and the biological propeller at the tail became sluggish after losing the support of the high-energy particle cluster, unable to propel the giant flying ants forward.
It can be said that the moment the speed slowed down, these swarms were sentenced to death.
Unable to move freely in space, they have no other choice but to float in place and wait for death.
After a brief silence, the survivors of the trading post burst into earth-shattering cheers.
Everyone is celebrating this rescue, and some people have even begun to gear up to attack the small swarm that is still besieging this place.
The carcasses of these magical creatures are very marketable in the interstellar world, and if you can hunt a few, you can sell them for a good price.
Braining also smiled. Although as the person in charge here he always behaved calmly, the sedatives synthesized in his prosthetic organs were almost making him resistant.
Being saved this time made him once again affirm that he was lucky, and also made him yearn for a powerful existence like the "Guardian".
"If I can also control such a private fleet... then it will be more than enough to sit at the head of the company, right?"
Such thoughts were quickly suppressed by him, and then he dialed the communication somewhere in the trading station.
At this time, the furry bear, who was fighting hand-to-hand with a small bee-beast, used his palm to block the blow to his vital part.
The sickle-shaped forelimb of the bee beast pierced his palm, but his expression did not change at all, as if he was not the one who was injured.
Then he punched the bee beast in the face, and the clear sound of the exoskeleton shattering sounded as his bear's paw was embedded, and the outer armor that could withstand ordinary weapons was easily shattered.
I saw that he stirred hard, and in an instant the struggling bee beast was lifeless, and its entire forelimbs dropped down.
Seeing this, the furry bear pulled out the bear's paw, bandaged the wound slightly, and took out the communicator that had been ringing non-stop since just now.
"Hello? Let me make it clear first. I have to make the ion cannon of the defense platform operational again before I try to take you out of here. No one can leave without the cover of this thing."
"...No need, the swarm is no longer a threat. I remember that you are also one of the people who have been in contact with the 'Guardians'. We will go to see them together after the matter here is settled."
"More money doesn't matter - wait, you said that the bee swarm is no longer a threat? Those terrifying biological fleets numbering tens of billions are no longer a threat?"
"Yes, they have been solved by the fleet sent by the Guardians. Now we need to discuss how to thank them. This kind of civilization generally lacks nothing, and it is very difficult for us to get gifts that they are interested in...
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Mao Xiong silently turned off the communicator and sat down against the corner.
Looking around, this passage is full of corpses of small swarms of bees.
Previously, under Braining's order, he had to withdraw from the front line to try to rescue these damn senior officials.
He paid a lot for this, such as his veteran brothers, who have now left this world forever.
But he had no choice but to remember it in his heart. Because he failed to protect the trading station, according to the company's rules and regulations, he needed to work for the company for an extra hundred years without pay.
This year will not be cleared due to his premature death, but will be accumulated to his children and repaid by them.
His veteran brothers were even worse. They didn't even receive pensions when they died. Instead, their children's lifetime contracts were changed to limited contracts. This year is about 200 years.
As long as they work for 200 years, they can get rid of their status as corporate workers and become free workers. Although they still work for the company, their wages and benefits are much higher.
However, in fact, the life span of most of them is only about 150 years old.
This is Universal Enterprise, and all rules are based on corporate interests.
After resting, the bear wiped his face, got up and left.
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At this time, Li Wenyuan, who was far away in the guardianship core, looked at the signal from the unmanned fleet and showed a puzzled expression.
Bee colonies have their own unique means of biological communication, and generally speaking it is difficult to know what they are talking about.
Li Wenyuan directly found the mastermind hidden in the swarm through the ship's "life intensity detector" and shot her.
Speaking of which, we have to thank a certain stupid alien. Without his contribution, Li Wenyuan would not have been able to find such an effective device to deal with swarms.
But at the last moment when the mastermind self-disintegrated, her too strong biological waves were detected by the monitoring equipment of the unmanned fleet.
This messy signal is completely incomprehensible at first glance, but the "brainwave translator" miraculously parses it out.
"...'Liar'? Why do you say this? Is there any hidden secret?" Li Wenyuan couldn't understand. He originally thought it would be a vicious curse, but the result was very different. He even wondered if it was a "brain wave translator"
"The analysis is wrong.
"...Just keep this in mind for the time being. The most important thing now is to find Corebo to get what I need."
"This time I have a rough judgment on the strength of my fleet. At least the defense strength of a border enclave like this is completely inferior to mine."
"It's unclear how powerful the 'swarms' are in the interstellar world, but their numbers are really terrifying. Fortunately, I equipped the Titan battleship with a 'suppressive stance', otherwise I might not be able to save this trading station this time..."
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Thinking that he had chosen to use resources to arm the Titan battleship to the teeth instead of building more battleships, he felt extremely lucky.
[Suppressive stance (biological)]
[Technology level: 5]
[Introduction: This kind of wide-area field can cause bioelectrical imbalance in a large area, causing biological units to lose their combat capabilities, thereby dragging the battle towards the familiar artificial intelligence confrontation field. It should be noted that the scope problem of the position cannot be solved yet.
, use with caution in situations where there are a large number of friendly biological units]
[Possible technologies: subspace trap (4.8%); ship-borne super-light speed suppressor (3.9%); crack generator (3.1%)]
This is a piece of equipment he used to arm the Titan battleship. The opposite is the "suppressive stance (electronic)", and Li Wenyuan installed both of them on the Titan battleship.
It was this kind of equipment that made the swarm lose its combat capability. At first, he was not sure whether it could be effective on special creatures like the swarm. Now it seemed that no matter how special they were, they were still living things, and they were within the scope of the suppression stance.
"...After all the remaining swarms are dealt with, we can send people to negotiate with Corebo. Speaking of which, I still don't know what the interstellar situation around the solar system is like. Is it suitable for me to expand outward?"
"The star maps we obtained from pirates were too hasty. I don't know how many thousands of years ago the star maps unearthed from the ruins were. Maybe they are no longer suitable for the current Milky Way."
"Ask Keruibo for a detailed star map. I think they will be happy to make a deal with me."
At this time, the Black Fleet was still staying near Corebo's trading station.
Countless news about this mysterious fleet and the civilization behind them are being spread to all parts of the galaxy through this place.
Some are curious, some scrutinize, some are dismissive, and some are indifferent.
And this is just the beginning of the galactic stage play.
Chapter completed!