Chapter 333: Silicon-Based Calamity

In that instant, the sphere, only twenty meters in radius, released a light that illuminated this Star Domain like a star, bathing all of Li Qingsong’s Warships and vessels, including the Flying Star, in a shimmering blue glow.

Looking at this sphere, even Li Qingsong’s eyes widened in disbelief.

He knew full well what this sphere was made of.

It was made of the very spaceships and Warships he had painstakingly built!

Including the roughly 400,000 “rebel” Warships, the total number of manned vessels on the battlefield had been around 800,000.

Coupled with the numerous Unmanned Warships, satellites, and other assets, the total mass of these combat facilities was approximately 10 billion tons.

But now, due to the impossibly strong Gravity that had mysteriously appeared earlier, every single combatant creation within the battlefield—regardless of its original form—had been pulled into the core of the conflict. There, under the influence of this immense Gravity, they were forcibly crushed together to form this massive sphere.

Its radius was only about 20 meters, its total volume a mere 33,500 cubic meters, yet its mass was a staggering 10 billion tons!

The average mass per cubic meter was about 300,000 tons, a full 60,000 times the average density of Earth!

Such a high material density was something even Li Qingsong could not create in his most advanced high-pressure laboratories. And yet, a sphere that defied all logic had simply appeared in space.

The next moment, right before Li Qingsong’s eyes, the sphere violently exploded.

All the mass that composed the sphere erupted outward, driven by the immense internal pressure. It broke down into the most fundamental microscopic Particles, which then swept through the surrounding Star Domains at thousands of kilometers per second.

As it exploded, the impossibly strong gravitational field that had enveloped the surrounding space also vanished in an instant.

‘Or perhaps… was it precisely because this immense gravitational field disappeared that it exploded?’

After all, given its mass, it couldn’t have maintained such a high density without an external force.

It was analogous to how, if Li Qingsong could somehow carve out a piece of a White Dwarf Star or a neutron star, that matter would also explode the moment it left the star’s own gravitational field.

Without hesitating, Li Qingsong immediately ordered all his assets to raise their Energy Shields to maximum power.

The full-power Energy Shields completely blocked the violent, storm-like blast of radiation.

A few seconds later, everything returned to calm, and this region of space was once again tranquil.

The countless stars twinkled, and the Cosmos was dark, vast, and silent, as if nothing had happened at all.

But Li Qingsong knew that everything had changed.

His more than 800,000 Warships and an even greater number of unmanned combat assets had been reduced to heavy-nucleus radiation Particles and interstellar dust, completely dissipating into the vastness of space.

With their disappearance, there were no more “rebellions” among the ships in his fleet.

A realization dawned on Li Qingsong.

‘Perhaps… this unknown Gravity Civilization came here specifically to purge the unknown life-form—or phenomenon—that was causing my Warships to rebel?’

‘If that’s the case, their intentions must be benevolent.’

Li Qingsong refrained from any rash action, remaining on full alert and waiting in silence.

Sure enough, it wasn’t long before another ripple-like spatial fluctuation occurred. A fleet composed of several thousand vessels of various sizes appeared out of thin air, only a little over a million kilometers away from Li Qingsong.

‘This is the Gravity Civilization’s fleet?’

Li Qingsong grew ever more solemn.

The power of the Gravity Civilization had far surpassed Li Qingsong’s imagination.

It wasn’t just the superluminal speed they had demonstrated earlier.

A single one of their attacks had annihilated more than eight hundred thousand of his Warships. Faced with such a civilization, he was almost powerless to fight back.

Everything he took pride in seemed insignificant before a civilization like this.

As the fleet appeared, an electromagnetic signal was sent over. After a brief analysis, Li Qingsong saw that the message contained a complete dictionary and a specially marked block of data.

The dictionary was clearly for parsing their language and script, while the specially marked data must have been the message they intended to send.

The analysis was complete in moments, and the message was finally translated into a language Li Qingsong could understand.

“Greetings, esteemed traveler. We are a subordinate civilization of the Red Star Alliance.

Two thousand years ago, we detected that a Silicon-Based Calamity had wandered into the vicinity of this Star Domain, posing a grave threat to the Star Domain’s security. Consequently, our fleet was dispatched to attempt to purge it, but we were never able to lock onto its coordinates.

Until just over a decade ago, we detected an interstellar war break out in this Star Domain. As its nature matched the profile of a Silicon-Based Calamity, we traveled here at superluminal speed. Fortunately, the distance wasn’t too great, which allowed us to arrive in time to prevent the Silicon-Based Calamity from causing further destruction.

As for your Warships and vessels that were caught in the crossfire, as well as the technological constructs that were ‘parasitized’ by the Silicon-Based Calamity, we were unable to save them. Our only option was to destroy them along with the Silicon-Based Calamity. For the losses this has caused you, we offer our deepest apologies.

Now, this Silicon-Based Calamity has been completely purged by our ‘High-Power Gravity Cluster Bomb.’ You are now safe. We have also finally completed our mission and can return to the Alliance.

We wish you a safe onward journey. Farewell.

By the way, a friendly warning: this Star Domain will likely be unsafe for the next few thousand years. If possible, we urge you to leave the area as soon as you can—or at least travel a distance of 2,000 light-years away.”

In the void of space, the space around the unknown fleet began to fluctuate again. ‘And this… was this a sign their fleet was about to travel at superluminal speed?’

‘And what was it this unknown civilization said? Silicon-Based Calamity? ‘Parasitized’?’

‘What I encountered wasn’t some unknown phenomenon, but a life-form called the Silicon-Based Calamity? Was this creature’s so-called “parasitism” the real culprit that caused my ships to “come alive” and then “rebel”?’

‘And, what is the Red Star Alliance?’

‘Why will this Star Domain be unsafe for the next several thousand years? Is this related to the Purple Moon Civilization’s urgent voyage?’

‘This is clearly a benevolent civilization. If they hadn’t suddenly appeared, I might have already been wiped out by that Silicon-Based Calamity.’

‘As for the lost Warships, they were all remote-controlled anyway. It was nothing compared to the main fleet.’

‘Maybe I can use this opportunity to try and communicate with this advanced civilization? I might be able to obtain some vital intelligence.’

Li Qingsong immediately composed and sent a message: “Esteemed advanced civilization, thank you for rescuing us. If you had not appeared when you did, we might have been annihilated by the Silicon-Based Calamity by now. We are unfamiliar with the terms you mentioned, such as ‘Silicon-Based Calamity,’ ‘parasitized,’ and ‘Red Star Alliance.’ What has happened in this Star Domain? And why will it be unsafe for thousands of years? We do not understand these matters and were wondering if you might be able to enlighten us. We would be immensely grateful. If there is any information we have that might interest you, please do not hesitate to ask. We will hide nothing.”