Astral Ants

Molan's "white hole" ability has an insurmountable flaw, which is that its lethal range is extremely small.

The same principle,
The destructive energy generated by the explosion of extreme celestial bodies in the universe decays exponentially as the distance increases.

The same is true for red hypergiants. At the center of the explosion, space collapses and breaks apart, destroying everything with the super-extreme energy impact. Even those in the Domination Realm have no chance of survival.

But when it expands to one light year away, that destructive power is still somewhat fatal to Longbai and his group of insects, but a strong one in the Domination Realm should be able to withstand it.

When it spreads to the zero-order source point 17 light years away...

The gamma-ray burst, which can still instantly destroy all ordinary matter and easily evaporate a star system into free particles, arrived first.

The insects were ready for battle, ready for battle.

Ang Tianlian, Wu Ju, E Lan and other six wandering flame spider warriors joined forces to mobilize the power of space, trying their best to stabilize the space within a radius of 100 million kilometers centered on the zero-level source point.

Long Bai used the power of 'Infinite Mountains and Seas, Infinite Realm' to cover the source point, and his subordinates, the assistant kings, worked together to build a solid world with a radius of 2000 million kilometers.

Zerg warriors such as Mo Lan, Shield Pillar, Red Maple, and Strawberry were divided into three groups. Outside the Mountain and Sea Realm, they formed a formation and launched defensive capabilities in the direction of the gamma-ray explosion, forming a triple outer defense barrier.

The energy shock lasted for ten minutes, and the first defensive barrier built by Molan and Shield Pillar was shattered. They led their soldiers and hurriedly retreated to the Infinite Realm.

The second defense barrier formed by 35 elite warriors led by Hong Feng lasted less than half a minute before it was silently shattered.

The subsequent rays are even more violent.

The third defense barrier consisting of 35 elite warriors led by Mao Mei lasted only ten seconds.

Gamma-ray bursts bombarded, and the barrier of the mountain and sea world continued to break, mend, break, and mend...

In the split second between the broken and the closed, a tremendous amount of energy seeped in, and the mountain and sea world evaporated, collapsed, and burned...

Zerg warriors such as Mo Lan, Shield Pillar, and Red Maple work in groups of five, covering each other and trying their best to launch defensive abilities.

Long Bai was also trying his best to mobilize the original energy to maintain the stability of the Mountain and Sea Realm, fighting and retreating, and the coverage area was constantly shrinking.

I persisted for nearly twenty minutes.

It shrunk to a radius of 100 million kilometers, overlapping with the spatial ability of the Wandering Flame Spider. When it looked like it would not be able to hold on, finally, the energy of the impact came to an abrupt halt.

The super gamma-ray burst, which lasted 34 minutes and 24 seconds, ended.

I survived the first disaster in a thrilling way.

The zero-level source is safe and sound.

No insects were hurt.

Rest and recover.

There is also a round of shock wave impact in the form of high-energy particles, which is equally deadly in destructive power.

The insects recovered quickly and rearranged their defenses.

With an interval of only 74 days, incandescent lasers came from far away, followed by a cosmic shock wave burst with a speed infinitely close to the speed of light.

Defense mode has been slightly adjusted.

Molan turned from defense to offense, guarding alone 10 billion kilometers away. The moment the cosmic shock wave approached, the white hole ability was activated.

Space distorts and collapses.

Within a radius of 300 million kilometers, the dazzling incandescent light disappeared instantly, and the oncoming cosmic shock wave was pulled and swallowed up.

The ability can only last for one thousandth of a second at most.

After a moment of darkness, there is an even brighter light.

The black hole exploded and space expanded. Under the control of Molan's extraordinary will, the accumulated potential energy exploded in the direction of the cosmic shock wave.

Taking the initiative to attack, it collided with the oncoming shock wave, and the particles collided and annihilated into pure energy, forming a blue-white light curtain with a diameter of 300 million kilometers.

Molan took a look and was very satisfied with his masterpiece. Without panic, he activated his ability and teleported back to the real world of mountains and seas.

The second shock wave arrived soon, and the first layer of defense barrier set up by the shield leader was defeated after two minutes.

The second and third defense barriers last even shorter.

A high-energy particle storm impacts the mountain and sea real world barrier.

The world with a radius of 2000 million kilometers was constantly breaking and mending, but it could not withstand the impact of such tremendous energy. It collapsed layer by layer and its size shrank rapidly.

The destructive power of a cosmic shock wave burst is several times stronger than that of a gamma-ray burst, but fortunately it is short-lived. When the Shanhai Realm is compressed to a radius of 200 kilometers, the impact energy quickly decays and weakens, returning to calm.

...

The zero-level source point is intact!

Longbai withdraws his ability.

The insects secretly breathed a sigh of relief and looked around.

The surrounding star field is filled with a large amount of gaseous matter and dust particles. The particles with high-temperature energy are vibrating violently. The universe is in chaos, photons are disordered, and colorful colors are intertwined and finally turn into pure white.

Looking around, it seemed as if you were immersed in a sea of ​​white light.

Wonderful. Magnificent.

All the insects were shocked by the surrounding scene and were speechless for a long time.

"Black hole!"

Juniper was in high spirits, and suddenly shook his mental power and shouted, "Big King, Second Big King, hurry up, look at the black hole!"

Molan also urged anxiously: "Hurry up! Hurry up! Go! Go! Go!"

After a red hypergiant star undergoes a supernova explosion, it will quickly evolve into a black hole with an event horizon diameter of about 1800 million kilometers.

"go!"

Long Bai also wanted to see it up close, so without further ado, he thought about it and a drop of transparent water floated out...

"wrong!"

Ying Ye exclaimed in horror, and shouted in terror: "Something is wrong! There is no black hole! It's gone? Universal compass! Use the universal compass ability to sense it!"

Baisui jumped up and down, his antennae erected, and he was extremely nervous. He said cautiously, "Chief Longbai! Chief Molan! Something's wrong! Have we encountered something?"

Bai Mi's violent reaction immediately alerted all the soldiers. They all moved to stand behind Long Bai and formed a battle formation.

At the same time, the universal compass sensor is activated...

The previous red hypergiant star position did not have the super-strong gravitational waves that a black hole should have.

Even the gravitational force cannot be sensed.

The red hypergiant exploded, but it did not form a black hole according to the laws of cosmic matter, it just disappeared.

--How can this be?

——Such a huge extreme star was completely evaporated in the explosion?
——Under normal circumstances, there is absolutely no such possibility.

The insects looked at each other.

The Shield Pillar, who rarely spoke, made an analysis: "The rhythm of the previous explosion was wrong. And there was also the energy fluctuation that Molan and Xingyunzhi mentioned after the explosion. Combined with the current situation, the superposition of these three abnormal phenomena makes it 100% certain that we encountered something."

"The Shield Pillar Ancestor is right!"

"definitely!"

"What, then?"

"With such a strong explosion, whatever it was must be gone, right?"

"..."

The insects spoke.

"Quiet!"

"Don't panic!"

Molan waved her antennae to signal.

Long Bai said quietly: "First, we should rule out the possibility of living things... a rare cosmic anomaly that is beyond our knowledge?"

"..."

"Don't panic, my king!"

"Let's take a look?"

"Have a look!"

"go together?"

"Send the fastest warrior first?"

“Who’s the fastest?”

"Second King!"

The insects reached an agreement in a few words, and the assistant kings all looked at Molan.

Cymbidium:"……"

Longbai waved his tentacles and knocked at them one by one, scolding: "Stop it. Just be careful, it's probably not dangerous. Let's go together, but be careful not to act without permission."

After saying that, the transparent water droplet expanded and turned into a three-kilometer-long frost centipede.

Currently, the space in the nearby star field is unstable and filled with a large amount of high-energy matter. Jump navigation is bound to cause accidents. Space teleportation does not support long-distance voyages in light years, and can only be approached by inertial navigation.

Without the dragon cypress's call, the insects flashed and landed on the centipede's back.

With the help of Zuo Wang, the energy control is accelerating...

...

Due to collisions with diffuse interstellar matter along the way, its speed could never increase.

It is 17 light years away and it takes 210 years to arrive.

In front of the insects' eyes was a huge white "sphere", with a rough estimate of its diameter exceeding 300 billion kilometers.

It is not the mass of matter formed after a star explodes in a supernova.

Look closer,

It's like a glass mirror emitting white light.

It is not luminous itself, but reflects the white light of the dense matter clusters in the nearby star field, and the faint heat halo is stirring.

Can't feel any Force or other types of energy fluctuations.

Not an energy barrier.

It also doesn't look like an 'energy shield' formed by some kind of technological civilization.

Long Bai controlled the Frost Centipede, carrying the insects and slowly approaching, and hovered at a distance of 100 million kilometers.

too big,
To the naked eye, it looks like a smooth mirror that reflects light.

The gravity is zero and the interior appears to be empty.

Juniper Claw was a mean guy. Without saying a word, he raised his claws and shot out a stream of pure force.

The original energy attack is tilted towards the mirror,

Strange,
It is also reflected and emitted into the distant deep space at an angle that conforms to the law of refraction.

The power of the attack did not diminish at all.

Seeing this, the other assistant kings and Zerg warriors either raised their claws or erected their tentacles, ready to use their abilities to try.

"do not move!"

"Don't act rashly!"

Long Bai and Shield Pillar Patriarch shook their mental powers at the same time and rebuked them in stern tones.

Long Bai reiterated: "Without the order from me and the Shield Pillar Patriarch, no one is allowed to act on their own."

The insects retracted their claws and antennae in disappointment and looked at Molan.

Molan still had his paw raised, and between his left front paw, a blue-purple laser was flickering, ready to strike.

"My lord, can I try?"

Molan asked for instructions.

"Pay attention to the angle." Longbai lightly tapped his tentacles to allow.

"I know!"

Molan gathered all his strength, thrust his left front foot forward, and shot out a blue-purple beam of light more than one meter thick.

At an angle of 60 degrees, tilted, the light hits the mirror below,
There was a flash of light, and then it reflected at a 60-degree angle and hit the distance. The dense matter masses along the way were pierced with a hole by the high-energy attack.

Long Bai thought about it, and an ice cone shot out from the tip of the frost centipede's claws, vertically downward, hitting the mirror.

The mirror space swayed slightly, and strangely, the ice cone turned around and hit back vertically at the same speed...

"Reflect all types of attacks?"

Longbai reminded: "Don't use attack-type abilities."

Molan understood, and a tiny orchid mantis stood up from her forehead, flapped its wings, and turned into a pink and white stream of light, falling towards the mirror.

This time is different,

Little Molan seemed to fall into the water, her figure sank and disappeared, circles of white light ripples spread out, and soon returned to calm.

Molan: "The connection is broken!"

Long Bai: "No information was sent back?"

Molan shook her antennae and said, "No. It disappeared in an instant."

Longbai turned his head to look at Zichan and asked, "Zichan, Yingye, you have the broadest knowledge, what do you think?"

Yingye: "This is completely beyond my knowledge and understanding. I cannot give any analysis or suggestions."

Ying Ye: "I think we should first figure out what is in front of us? A cosmic phenomenon? Or some kind of technological creation? The remains of civilization? We can rule out the possibility of some powerful cosmic life form."

Zichan: "It's a bit like some kind of spatial ability, right? A spatial ability of an alternative system that I've never seen or heard of?"

Zichan looked at Ang Tianlian.

Ang Tianlian: "It's a bit like a spatial ability, but not quite."

You are talking nonsense...

"..."

Longbai looked around and saw that all the other insects had confused eyes.

No need to ask too much, if a bug has heard of a similar situation or landscape through some channel, it will definitely tell it about it as soon as possible.

Everyone was silent, which meant that no one knew him.

Not only do I not recognize him, but there is no similar situation in the information obtained from various channels.

Zichan hesitated and asked, "Captain Longbai, has the information about the Taber starship, the old universe era, and the White Tower civilization really all been cleared by the artist?"

"real."

"There's no need for me to lie to you about this."

Longbai tilted his head and thought for a while, then understood what Zichan meant. In front of the Frost Centipede, the space was rippling and the Taber appeared.

Put away the Frost Centipede.

The insects were teleported into the starship's meeting hall.

Molan asked quickly: "Taber, observe the situation ahead."

Tabor: "Okay-"

Molan: "Do you know him?"

Taber: "I don't know—"

Molan: "Scan and analyze."

Taber: "Captain Longbai, please give us your instructions..."

As soon as Long Bai had a thought, the artist entered the command cabin, uploaded the test information just now, and issued an order: "Scan and analyze, what exactly is that 'barrier'?"

Tubb: "Got it!"

Cymbidium:"……"

The Tubber flew around the 'giant sphere', conducting reconnaissance scans.

The insects waited quietly.

Five days later,
The lights in the conference hall dome flashed three times.

The insects raised their antennae.

Taber reported: "I combined the existing knowledge in the fields of science and technology, the field of the Force, as well as historical and miscellaneous information, and found a similar 'existence'."

"It comes from the cosmic anecdote information of Star God Ao. According to the description, the Star God Alliance God King Chi once saw a demigod-level civilization called 'Vafa', which was half technological and half force."

"It is said that this civilization and the 'Eternal Stars Civilization' have the same origin, but they parted ways due to different development directions and philosophies."

"The Vafa civilization specializes in space-type technology and is good at manufacturing high-speed starships. They do not have a fixed territory. Their tribes survive and reproduce in starships, and their fleets roam the universe for trade. The Vafa civilization's flagship is equipped with a defensive device called 'four-dimensional space-time'. After it is activated, it reflects or deflects all attacks, which is highly similar to the situation in front."

"However, there is a question that I cannot resolve: if it is a defense, why can the bionic ability penetrate it?"

"..."

Molan's brain reacted at the speed of light, and she analyzed, "Because all the life forms piloting the starship died, the starship was ownerless and out of control? The red hypergiant star exploded, passively triggering the starship's defense mechanism?"

Tubb: "That's possible."

Longbai asked, "Taber, what about more detailed information?"

Taber: "No more. Star God Chi only encountered the Vafa civilization once when he was in exile and fleeing after his civilization was destroyed. Star God Ao obtained incomplete information by chance after joining the Star God Alliance."

Long Bai asked: "If we break into the 'four-dimensional universe', can we get out?"

"do not know."

Taber gave the most scientific suggestion, saying, "We can send an unimportant Zou Wang to try."

——Good idea!

——An unimportant assistant king?
All the assistant kings raised their claws and pointed at the juniper.

"You are seeking death!"

Juniper was furious.

"Don't gang up on Juniper because you think it's a good kid!"

Molan followed in anger, waving his tentacles and hitting them one by one, praising: "Juniper is the bravest. Juniper, you go!"

"???"

Juniper was stunned for a moment, then screamed, "My king, look, the second king is also trying to murder me!"

Molan: "Idiot! You have the ability to be reborn, what are you afraid of?"

"..."

Juniper looked at Longbai for help, "My lord, save me~"

"Juniper, are you stupid? You can't hear that the Second King is joking with you."

Long Bai said seriously: "Don't think that you are invincible just because you have the ability to regenerate. After death, your life information is blocked or erased, and you can't come back to life. This thing that looks like 'four-dimensional space-time' in front of you is very strange, don't be careless."

Long Bai concluded: "The situation before us seems to be that we have encountered the remains of a demigod civilization from the old universe era."

"The red hypergiant star exploded, triggering the automatic defense system. I'm not sure if I can get out after entering. I'm not sure if there are other defense arrangements inside, and whether there is any fatal danger."

"Caution comes first!"

Longbai asked, "Taber, how much original crystal do you have left? Give me an approximate number."

Tabor: "21.5 billion."

There is sufficient stock of raw crystals.

Longbai ordered: "Taber, all in silence."

"All insects, you can return to the cabin to hibernate and rest. I will train a team of commander ants to go into exploration."

"Ow~"

"This is right~"

"Let the ordinary ants go~"

The insects agreed.

...

The space inside the starship is narrow, so it is impossible to cultivate too many ants, so just 30 is the conservative number.

Starting from the larvae, Long Bai personally teaches basic natural science knowledge, technology and knowledge of the force.

It lasted 16 years.

The commander ants emerged one after another.

Longbai divided them into three groups, 10 in each group.

After simple preparation,

Long Bai gave instructions to the first group: Approach slowly, and after entering, come out immediately.

The team took the order and set off, disappearing from the sight of the insects as if they had sunk into a lake, leaving behind ripples, and at the same time instantly severing their soul ties with the Ant King.

Molan controlled the Glorious Throne, carrying all the insects, and hovered ten thousand meters in the air waiting.

After waiting for a whole day, the ants did not return.

Change position,
Long Bai gave the order: The second team sets off.

After waiting for a long time, he still didn't come back.

Change position again.

Longbai continued to issue instructions.

The third team sets off.

Precise timing, waiting for 30 days but still no return.

——There is no return?
Led by Longbai, the other insects became even more guilty and did not dare to act rashly.

After discussion, we decided to wait and see.

Wait three years.

If there is still no news, everyone has two choices: the first is to go to the Manchi star system and ask for advice and help from the Manchi Overlord; the second is to wait for the arrival of the main fleet, select a group of less important Zerg warriors, form a suicide squad, and go into exploration.

Silence of space,

The Glorious Throne hovers at a height of one million kilometers from the 'Mirror Sphere', keeping a constant watch.

Suddenly one day,
The tentacles of the slightly dormant dragon cypress stood up straight, and its eyes instantly regained their brightness, concentrating on sensing through the soul bond.

One of the 30 commander ants sent out earlier appeared in the perception.

The other insects were startled and woke up at the same time. They raised their heads and looked around, only to see that the shining white mirror below was gradually dimming.

Molan controlled the Glorious Throne, making continuous space jumps, gazing into the distance tens of millions of kilometers away.

I saw the 'mirror ball' shrinking rapidly.

It lasted for about 30 seconds, turned into a ball of weak light, flickered, and then went out and disappeared.

A black hole with a diameter of 300 billion kilometers was left in the star field filled with a large number of high-energy cosmic particles.

Long Bai activated his Sunburn ability to look around, blurring the image and seeing a black sphere hovering in the center of the hole.

The leader ant that was sensed was also located in this direction.

"Starship!"

"The flagship of the Vafa civilization?"

The insects exclaimed, became alert, and were uncontrollably excited.

Molan didn't think much, and controlled the Glorious Throne, making a short-distance space jump to approach. (End of this chapter)