He Xingzhou went to the testing site of He Mengyao and her team. Their testing site was an entire star system, with a stellar furnace and a mechanical planet.
In space, a battleship flew towards a dwarf planet in the star system, and several mechanical devices flew out.
In less than three minutes, the dwarf planet fell apart into a pile of fragments.
"The third test, the dwarf planet was shattered, taking 2 minutes, 48 seconds and 79 seconds... The intensity of the gravitational waves has been recorded... The resonance process has been recorded..."
On the battleship, He Xingzhou, He Mengyao, and a group of researchers were counting experimental data.
What just destroyed the dwarf planet was their first version of the star blaster.
"Although the power is a bit low, the direction is feasible and it is more efficient than our previous electromagnetic resonance weapons!" He Mengyao was quite satisfied with the experimental results.
"Next time, increase the intensity by ten thousand times!" He Xingzhou said, "Next time for the experiment, go directly to the planet!"
He has chosen a rocky planet to use as a weapons testing ground.
"Arrange for the jump engine."
"Using the jump engine, you can quickly approach the enemy and quickly activate the starblaster! This way it will be much more powerful than the planet cracker!"
He Xingzhou continued experimenting and researching.
Another hundred years have passed.
Within a hundred years, externally, the Star Trade Group's operations have repeatedly failed. This time, the Night Owl civilization has lost half of the star cluster. Due to the pressure of the enemy, many members have withdrawn from the Star Trade Group. The number of members in the Star Trade Group is less than what it was in its heyday. Half!
Internally, the commotion of the Zerg is becoming more and more frequent, and star behemoths and star devourers often harass the border, but they are all blocked by the Blue Star civilization.
Blue Star Civilization advanced the hyperspace engine to the second stage and began to build second-level hyperspace battleships.
The technology to stabilize hyperspace channels has also achieved breakthroughs.
In the solar system and the Antler star system, the construction of star gates began at the same time.
The star gate uses the stellar furnace as its energy source and has an ultra-powerful hyperspace engine, which is enough to maintain the hyperspace channel for a long time.
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In the area occupied by the Zerg, Tan Qiong, one of the commanders of the biological fleet, was driving a Star Devourer-level biological warship around.
Their goal is to find the stellar insect nest and explore whether there are other starry behemoths.
Back then, the Black Sea Civilization only encountered one starry sky behemoth. He Xingzhou was worried that over the past two thousand years, a new star devourer would evolve to the level of a starry sky behemoth.
"Captain, there are a large number of radiation sources ten light years ahead!" the scout ship ahead reported.
"What's the situation?" Tan Qiong said, "Find out."
"The reconnaissance range is being expanded!"
In front of them is a star system.
This star system is marked on the star map as "Poseidon Star System". This star system was once one of the star systems in the core circle of the Black Sea Civilization.
More than two thousand years ago, it was very prosperous. The Black Sea Civilization once built a star gate here to connect the M45 star cluster and the M35 star cluster.
The trading ships from the Star Trade Group passed through the Star Gate and conducted trade and exchanges with the Black Sea Civilization here.
Later, this place was occupied by the Zerg. It has always been a red area in the star map, and the Black Sea Civilization has never been able to take it back.
"There are more than twenty Star Devourer-level radiation sources in the Poseidon star system!" Tan Qiong was shocked. A mature Star Devourer has a combat power equivalent to that of a ninth-level warp battleship. Only battle stars can resist them!
More than twenty star devourers gathered in the Poseidon star system. What are they going to do?
"Captain, do we want to go in?" the subordinate asked.
"You can't go in." Tan Qiong knew in his heart that if they were discovered by the insects, they would definitely not be able to escape.
"Put some biological detectors in, and we will keep a distance of at least three light years for observation." Tan Qiong ordered.
"Yes." On the battleship, a large number of biological detectors that could travel at warp speed were released.
These biological detectors enter the Poseidon star system and observe various areas.
There is not a single planet visible in the Poseidon star system.
According to the records of the Black Sea Civilization, there were originally more than 300 planets here, which they transported from other star systems.
Its main star Poseidon is still intact, but its brightness has dropped a lot compared to more than two thousand years ago.
For a star's life span of tens of billions of years, more than two thousand years is just a blink of an eye. The obvious decrease in brightness can only mean that the star has consumed excessive mass and energy.
Biological detectors found that radiation sources were gathering.
Star Devourers are at least the strongest Zerg race in one or several star systems. They generally choose to live alone in their own territory.
One Poseidon is not enough for these star devourers to swallow!
A biological probe quietly approached the star devourers. The place where they gathered was an open place in the star system.
These giant beasts are surrounded together, and in the middle of them, there is a huge ring-shaped structure.
It is similar to the super ring of Blue Star, but it is not a mechanical structure, but the secretion of bugs.
These stellar behemoths secrete matter from themselves to build this ring-shaped creation.
"They're building something!"
"We need more information to get the detector closer!" Tan Qiong ordered.
"You will definitely be discovered if you get close!"
"Just discover it if you find it. Collecting intelligence is more important!" Tan Qiong had a hunch that this thing built by the bugs must be a huge threat to humans!
Biological detectors approached this ring structure one after another and began to obtain information.
There are even biological detectors trying to take samples for analysis.
At this time, the star devourers had already noticed the existence of biological detectors, although these biological detectors all looked like bugs.
But no low-level bug dares to approach these star devourers.
"Humanity's biological detector!"
"They've discovered this place!"
"Destroy them!" The energy rays sent the surrounding biological detectors and the Star Devourer into warp flight, heading towards Tan Qiong's battleship.
"Evacuate!" Tan Qiong evacuated directly. The gravity field that the battleship had already arranged took effect, hindering the pursuit of the insects. They successfully escaped from the Poseidon star system area.
"They escaped!" The Star Devourers were communicating, "The information here has been leaked!"
"Don't worry, we are almost done anyway. Even if humans know, what can we do?"
"Back then, we didn't expend such effort to deal with the Black Sea Civilization."
"Everything is ready now. As soon as our Lord wakes up, we can directly attack the human area and completely occupy this star cluster!"
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Tan Qiong reported his findings to the Blue Star Alliance headquarters.
When He Xingzhou entered the headquarters, the commanders were already discussing.
"The star devourers gathered together to build something. What exactly is it?" Lu Mei was puzzled.
Cui Weimin looked at the intelligence data and said: "This ring structure is very strange. Most of the insect nests are spherical structures. Ring structures are not excluded, but the energy and resources of this structure are obviously not as convenient as stars. It should not be a insect nest. Is it some kind of biochemical weapon?"
Song Jinghong was also analyzing, saying: "The data we collected shows that this ring structure itself has a lot of radiation, and its structure is an energy crystal structure. It can also produce gravity comparable to stars, distorting the surrounding space."
"It may be a super weapon that can release gravity weapons or energy cannons."
He Xingzhou carefully read the intelligence data. In addition to the two points mentioned by Song Jinghong, the detector also showed that the gravitational field next to the ring structure was very strong.
"Have you met her before?" He Xingzhou asked Bai Ningxiang.
"No." Bai Ningxiang also looked puzzled and said: "There is no relevant data in the records of the Black Sea Civilization. The Zerg have not built anything similar before."
"With so many star devourers gathered here, what they built must be very impressive. What exactly is it?" He Xingzhou thought.
A piece of information caught his attention. The Poseidon star system was once the place where the Black Sea civilization built its star gate.
According to Tan Qiong's intelligence, not to mention the star gate, hundreds of planets in this star system have disappeared.
"Maybe it's not a weapon, but a wormhole!" Shiraishi Zao suddenly spoke.
Everyone looked at him, and he continued: "The location of the Poseidon star system was where the star gate of the Black Sea Civilization was."
"This ring structure is so similar to the star gate we built before! During the war, the star gate was destroyed, and we have since lost the channel for quick communication with the Star Trade Group."
"The Zerg should also have a way to create star gates, or wormholes. The Poseidon star system is a location we carefully selected. Poseidon's mass is large enough, and its gravity distorts the surrounding space and time. Building a wormhole nearby will cost a lot of money. The energy is smaller, and it can also directly use the energy of Poseidon."
When he said this, everyone woke up.
"Yeah, it's entirely possible that the bugs are building wormholes!"
"If it were a wormhole, the strong radiation and energy detected would be explained by the fact that the surrounding space is also very distorted."
"Could they also want to fly to other star clusters?" Meng Hai guessed.
"This possibility cannot be ruled out." He Hongwei analyzed, "But I think the place they want to come to more should be our star field!"
"Think about it, our interstellar construction capabilities are second to none in the entire Star Trade Group."
"Over the years, we have built a large number of defense facilities at the border with the Zerg. Even the Star Devourer will have a hard time breaking through our defenses!"
"What if the bugs build a wormhole and directly bypass our star field defense line and come to our hinterland?"
Everyone was shocked. What He Hongwei said was very possible and the harm was very serious.
How did they defeat the Pleiades civilization in the first place? It was after the main force of the Pleiades civilization was tied up in the star field defense line, and then the main fleet took a detour and directly penetrated into the core circle, destroying their arsenal and supply area, that the Pleiades civilization gradually fell!
If the Zerg directly jump over the star field defense line through the wormhole, all their defenses on the sidelines will become decorations. They will directly face the attack of the Zerg army internally and may not be able to stop it!
Even if it can be blocked, Blue Star Civilization will be severely damaged!
"No wonder the bugs didn't attack us directly! It turns out they still have this skill!"
He Xingzhou analyzed: "I also think that there is a high probability that the Zerg will create a wormhole and attack us by surprise."
"Generally speaking, a stable wormhole should have two entrances, just like when we build star gates, we need to build two at a time."
"There are no traces of wormholes found in our territory. This shows that either the wormholes of the worms are in other star clusters."
"Either, what they built is just a temporary wormhole! It is a one-time wormhole, so that only one passage is used. After opening it, there is no need to consider returning."
Luo An said: "So, if we need to destroy their passage, this wormhole will be destroyed directly?"
"That's what I say, but things are not that easy." Tan Qiong said, "The vicinity of the Poseidon star system is equivalent to the hinterland of the Zerg-occupied area, and it is not far from the sleeping area of the starry sky beast. If our army wants to reach there, it will inevitably We have to face the main force of the Zerg and the starry sky beasts.”
"If we really get to that point, whether we destroy the wormhole or not, it won't have much impact on the outcome of the battle."
"So before we start a large-scale war, it is impossible for the surprise force to destroy this one-time wormhole."
"Yes." He Xingzhou nodded, "Even if we let the hyperspace fleet jump over there, there are more than twenty mature star devourers there, the risk is too high!"
The Lord of Light they dealt with back then had just evolved into the Star Devourer and was not strong enough.
The mature Star Devourer is much stronger than the Lord of Light.
"In that case, we must make first-hand preparations, that is, the Zerg will open a wormhole to attack us." Everyone began to think.
They are now unable to determine the coordinates of the end point of the Zerg wormhole.
"The area must be within the core circle, because if they jump to other trends, we still have time and space to respond."
"The core circle is all our military factories, economic zones and energy depots. Loss of any of them is unacceptable. If the enemy adopts our strategy to deal with the Pleiades civilization and first contain our hyperspace fleet at the star defense line, then we will deal with them It’s even more troublesome!”
"It's not that bad." He Xingzhou said, "The situation you are talking about is that the Zerg will definitely successfully attack us through the wormhole. But what if they cannot successfully pass through the wormhole?"
"Then they will suffer heavy losses!" Meng Hai took over his words and said.
"Yes, so we need to redeploy defenses in the core circle and place new defensive weapons!" He Xingzhou said. This was also one of the defensive weapons previously proposed together with the starburst.
After detecting that the Zerg were building wormholes, Blue Star Civilization carried out a second defense deployment, this time mainly in the core circle.
The Zerg were also very alert and sent more stellar behemoths to guard the wormhole, which prevented the Blue Star civilization from finding a chance to destroy it in advance.
Both sides are preparing for war, and the focus of the war is currently on the "white dwarf", the starry sky beast that once destroyed the Black Sea Civilization - the Lord of the Abyss.
