Chapter 1801 - 567: Signs of the Insect Disaster (6k)_2

Chapter 1801: Chapter 567: Signs of the Insect Disaster (6k)_2

He was not concerned about the Roes Civilization. Such a small civilization, refraining from taking action all along, was only because they were constrained by the public opinion in the Star Space and the rules set by the Three Great Civilizations.

The Three Great Civilizations could deal with them at any time, but without sufficient reason, randomly exterminating low-level civilizations was a grave crime.

The Three Great Civilizations absolutely do not allow the civilizations under them to annex each other and grow rapidly.

This is truly a classic example of "the law encourages corrupt officials but forbids commoners to light lanterns."

When it really comes down to it, a civilization occupying less than a third of just one of the eight spiral arms within a star system is simply impossible to be a match.

What he truly worries about has always been that legendary high-level believer.

As a small civilization only at the Star System Level, his understanding of high-level believers is limited to the front-line battle reports shared by the Three Great Civilizations.

Of course, recently it has also included the records of victories from a short while ago with Fan Mao.

"To say I have confidence would not be much."

Ximu did not turn around, his gaze remained fixed on the front of the command room. On the gigantic virtual screen, aside from his own fleet, the fleet of the Roes Civilization was also rapidly assembling in the nearby border Constant Star System.

"After all, I’m just a ’newborn’ high-level, without their kind of formidable strength."

"Ah... that’s true."

The Emperor sighed slightly and shook his head.

He could understand, unless their own State Preceptor was one of those true geniuses who, after ascending, immediately gained formidable combat power.

Otherwise, as long as it’s a normal high-tier magician, without even updating their own spells, how could they possibly immediately attain the combat power to crush high-level believers?

"Even if you fail, Your Excellency State Preceptor must prioritize preserving yourself.

As long as Your Excellency State Preceptor is around, the Empire will always have hope."

"Of course, since we are on the same side, how could anything happen to me?"

Ximu squinted his eyes slightly. Others might not know, but as the executor of the mission, he was well aware.

The so-called high-level believer was just a pretext to make these civilizations muster their armies...

His Highness wanted to withdraw most of the Che Li Civilization’s defense forces from various places to advance the Insect Swarm’s assault progress on a large scale, and also to take this opportunity to control most of the Che Li Civilization’s means of resistance at once.

To pave the way for controlling the Che Li Empire.

And to make a civilization ruling a star system decisively mobilize such a level of army, a high-level believer became the best choice.

Now that the goal has been accomplished, that so-called high-level believer only needs to make an appearance and show existence.

Not even a formal confrontation is needed.

Just as the Emperor was about to say something more, a subordinate came rushing in urgently.

"Report, a large number of things resembling the Insect Swarm have been detected approaching our fleet’s flank!"

"Your Excellency State Preceptor! A large number of abnormal energy reactions have suddenly been discovered in the asteroid belt behind us, suspected to be the Insect Swarm..."

"State Preceptor..."

From the first report, it seemed to trigger something, as reports from subordinates followed one after another.

On the virtual screen, swarm coordinates had already emerged around their fleet.

From the asteroid belt, within nearby colonization stars, even in the barren space, energy reactions appeared here and there throughout the star system where the fleet was located...

"The Insect Swarm! They actually ambushed us in advance and surrounded us! It must be those high-level believers!" The Emperor’s expression was grim.

Ordinarily, the Insect Swarm had little cooperation amongst each other; at most, in a single battle, the insect clan of the same swarm might exhibit some tactical cooperation.

But among different regions’ swarms, let alone coordination, even the chances to gather together were rare.

The Emperor had once heard speculation from his think tank, saying that because the Mother Insects were of the same level, they couldn’t command and thus couldn’t coordinate with each other.

And now, as several swarms suddenly appeared and seemed to hold back and cooperate for the same goal, apart from those Church believers orchestrating the Insect Swarm behind the scenes, there seemed to be no other possibilities!

"I was wondering why they dared to make a move with just this Roes Civilization; it turns out they also had the Insect Swarm as reinforcements!"

The Emperor ground his teeth, his virtual projection clenching its fists tightly.

But this was just the beginning. Just seconds after the Emperor finished speaking, his expression turned even darker.

"Damn insect clan! Latest intel, those swarms hidden on our colonization star have also launched attacks!

And it’s not just us, the swarms across the starry sky have all become active simultaneously; it’s another large-scale swarm assault!"

"So we’re not the only ones being attacked.

If we’re thinking of asking for help, we might as well forget it. This time, we’re on our own."

Glancing at the tense expression of the Emperor of Che Li, although feeling that executing the plan immediately might succeed, Ximu still shook his head internally.

Now is not the time to formally take action.

Until just now, their people within the Three Great Civilizations had not received any similar orders of "utilizing the Insect Swarm" or "letting the Insect Swarm be."

To overthrow a large civilization at the Star System Level is not like the trivial matter of overthrowing a small civilization like the "Roes."

Even when the "Roes" Civilization was overthrown so smoothly, His Highness made extensive preparations, maneuvering in many aspects such as public opinion, besides the cooperation of the civilization’s leadership, to successfully and seamlessly bring the Mother Star under control.

And now, a civilization ruling a star system, the Mother Star would certainly attract more attention.

According to His Highness’s plan, at least another chaos caused by an Insect Swarm invasion is needed to take advantage and achieve control!