"Commander, the fleets have achieved remarkable results in the past three weeks. Even the affiliated civilization mercenary fleet has annihilated 167 insect groups."
"At this rate, maybe in just 3-4 years, we can clean out all the Zerg in the Small Magellanic Cloud!"
Inside the bridge of the battle star Kaitian.
Ling Xiao stood next to Jiang Xingchen, reporting the latest compiled information.
Due to the lack of unified command from the Queen and the Prince, the entire battle went more smoothly than expected.
If this continues, the complete eradication of the Starry Sky Zerg is not far away...
However, Jiang Xingchen did not show the happiness that Ling Xiao expected, but frowned slightly.
Indeed, whether it is a hunting operation or a frontal battle with the affiliated civilization's mercenary fleet, it can be said to be very smooth.
But unlike the Zerg prince, their queen is not dead.
Not only is she not dead, but according to the latest analysis from the Institute of Biology, it can be basically concluded that the Zerg Queen is in the process of evolving, but the time it will take to complete the evolution cannot yet be determined.
This also means that once its evolution is completed, the Federation will need to face a fifth-level biological civilization individual.
This is not good news.
Therefore, even though the battle has gone very smoothly in recent weeks, Jiang Xingchen is still not happy.
because...
There was really nothing he could do about the pupa that Aisha turned into.
In addition to bombarding it with zero-point bombs, I tried every other method, and even threw a gravity bomb, but it still couldn't be destroyed.
The polymer previously created by the space collapse cannon even provided energy for Aisha's evolution.
It's just a shame.
At this moment, the alarm sounded loudly in the bridge.
"Report the situation immediately!"
"Commander, the detector we left one light-year away from the Zerg Queen discovered a strange fleet, located not far from the Zerg Queen."
...
...
Not far away from the Zerg Queen?
Isn't that right on the edge of the polymer, where the collapse polymerization reaction is repeating?
Unknown fleet?
Where did the fleet come from? Wouldn't they be affected by the collapse polymerization reaction?
On the side, Ling Xiao had a bunch of questions in his mind.
"Is there any way to make observations?"
"No, the distance is too far!"
"If a warship is sent out, how long can it last there?"
"When the space shield is turned on, up to 30 seconds, Commander!"
"Go and do it immediately. Let the nearest fleet immediately deploy a warship and send it through hyperspace through remote control!"
"Yes, Commander!"
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At the same time, Aisha's location.
One hundred miniature battleships, which seemed to be only tens of meters long, were currently surrounding the energy chrysalis that Aisha had transformed into.
"Commander, it's confirmed, it's the target!"
"However, an unnatural collapse polymerization reaction is taking place in this entire area, which should be caused by the space collapse cannon."
Inside one of the battleships.
A Silver Light Empire officer was reporting next to another officer.
"Tsk tsk, there is actually a fifth-order civilization on the edge of the universe. I always thought that these indigenous people are only fourth-order civilization at most!"
"Commander, according to the scan, in this galaxy, there are a large number of fifth-order civilizations and quasi-fifth-order civilization warships, which are attacking and killing a biological civilization race. The people killed are likely to be the same race of the target."
"You are very courageous. This is the totem sacred beast of the future of the empire. If you dare to attack it, you will be punished by death!"
"Commander, no, the third elder has told us not to cause any trouble. This mission must be carried out secretly, otherwise it may attract other ninth-level civilizations, in which case the empire will be in danger."
"Tsk, trouble!"
A look of dissatisfaction, but the same.
After being reminded by his deputy, he also gave up the urge to destroy the Federation.
After all, once something happens and other ninth-level civilizations notice it, the empire will be in real danger.
He cannot bear this responsibility.
"Okay, arrange to recycle it immediately. Be careful. This is the guarantee for our empire to seize the throne in the future. Don't get hurt."
"Yes, Commander!"
The next moment, several unknown devices with a length of no more than ten centimeters were separated from a Hemmerson-class battleship.
Its surface exudes a metal-like, but somewhat different metallic luster.
There are no engines or attitude control devices visible, but it can fly quickly.
A moment later, they were already hovering at equal distances around Aisha, and beams of energy connected all these positioning devices together.
Then, an even weirder imagination appeared.
The energy body that enveloped Aisha, like a chrysalis, was shrinking.
There is no sign of stopping at all, and even as time passes, the shrinking speed continues to accelerate.
until...
It finally stopped when it shrank to the size of a football.
"Commander, the target area has been compressed and solidified!"
"Okay, start recycling!"
"yes!"
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At the same time.
Hundreds of light years away.
Kaitianhao Battle Star.
"Commander, the Zerg Queen's reaction disappeared!"
"How long does it take for the battleship to arrive!"
"Seven seconds!"
“Switch the live video over immediately upon arrival!”
"Yes, Commander!"
Sitting on the command chair, Jiang Xingchen frowned again.
The Zerg Queen disappears?
No, the Zerg Queen will not disappear inexplicably. It should be something done by the fleet of the unknown civilization.
But, what exactly did they do?
At this time, there was no time for Jiang Xingchen to think too much.
because...
"Commander, the battleship has arrived and is observing the pictures simultaneously. The synchronization is completed!"
Then, an image was projected inside the bridge.
only...
The scene in this image is completely black, with nothing in it.
"Where's the picture?"
"Commander, the battleship has lost contact and is suspected to have been destroyed!"
"Impossible. Doesn't it mean that the Pangu-class space shield can support the battleship against the collapse polymerization reaction for about thirty seconds?"
After hearing the answer, Jiang Xingchen didn't speak yet.
Ling Xiao on the side had already shouted.
"Ling Xiao, calm down!"
"Maybe it's not because of this, but because of the fleet."
"Li Yao, check the received data to see if there is anything missing."
First he stopped Ling Xiao, and then Jiang Xingchen said to radar officer Li Yao.
"Yes, Commander!"
Soon, Li Yao began to analyze the received data.
And soon, Li Yao discovered that although it seemed that nothing was received, some data was actually received, although it was only an image of 0.07 seconds.
"Commander, it has been extracted, but there is only 0.07 seconds of footage."
"Play it!"
"Yes, Commander!"
After a while, an image was projected on the bridge.
After all, it is only 0.07 seconds, which is almost one frame, so it looks like a still picture, not an image.
In this picture, what everyone can see is that a burst of bright light appears within the battleship's observation field of view.
There is nothing else.
Therefore, they still have no idea what happened.
"Li Yao, slow down this video 100 times and play it again."
"yes!"
After hearing the order, Li Yao immediately obeyed.
Then something weird happened.
In the image, a triangular-shaped battleship appeared in front of the Pangu-class battleship, and then something on its shell, with no weapons visible at all, suddenly lit up.
Then, a green light flashed and headed straight for the Pangu-class battleship.
This image is very disturbing.
Because these few seconds of pictures, people don't feel at all, it is the effect of slowing down a hundred times.
On the contrary...
It gives people the effect of fast forwarding the screen.
"Commander, what is this?"
On the side, Ling Xiao also saw the sense of dissonance in the image, and couldn't help but ask.
"The Central Academy of Sciences once put forward a theory that although fifth-order civilization has come into contact with space technology, it is only the beginning of space technology."
"So, up to the sixth-order civilization, or even the seventh-order civilization, they will continue to work hard on the road of space until they study it to the limit."
"Then, which realm will a higher-level civilization enter?"
"The answer is time!"
"Although we currently have mastered some time technologies, such as time bubbles and time effect countermeasures, we only mastered them by accident, and we have only learned some superficial knowledge."
"According to the illusion from the Academy of Sciences, the real application of time technology is much more complicated than these."
"For example, if you launch an ordinary energy weapon and hit the enemy, its speed will not exceed the speed of light at its fastest."
"But if you truly master time technology, even if you use a railgun, you can hit a target hundreds or even thousands of light seconds away at the moment of firing."
"Because the attack contains time technology, you may see just a flash of light, but in fact, the beam may have been flying for a minute, an hour, or even longer."
"The same is true when defending. A special time barrier is generated around the battleship. All firepower entering it will become as if it is stationary."
"Of course, these are just the assumptions of the Academy of Sciences."
After explaining, Jiang Xingchen added another sentence.
However, when Ling Xiao looked at the image again, the image was played again.
An idea couldn't help but arise in my mind.
Starting today...
I'm afraid this is no longer a hypothesis, right?
However, at this moment, Jiang Xingchen and Ling Xiao were not aware of it yet.
The so-called time technology is still carried on those Hemmerson-class battleships...
The lowest level of technology.
Because the technology that only a seventh-level civilization can begin to master does not represent the power of a ninth-level civilization at all.
In terms of its technical difficulty, it is probably in the eyes of the federation...