Chapter 1852 - 580: Deals Amidst the Gathering (6k)

Chapter 1852: Chapter 580: Deals Amidst the Gathering (6k)

The farce of forcing the Insect Swarm to invade advanced civilizations only lasted for three days, and the last battlefield was finally concluded completely.

The last Insect Swarm, under pressure from the fleet, entered the territory of a certain advanced civilization, bypassed the already prepared garrison, and launched an assault.

Initially, the Three Great Civilizations were not prepared for driving away the Insect Swarm.

But with repeated successes, the situation had already spread among the advanced civilizations.

Later on, there were even fierce resistances, directly gathering garrisons in advance to confront the driving fleets midway.

Fortunately, the Three Great Civilizations also simultaneously changed their plans, no longer insisting on a single fleet responsible until the end, allocating fleets that had already completed previous tasks to subsequent missions, thus smoothly completing the plan to drive away the Insect Swarm.

With the completion of this last action, the final report was submitted to the Emperor.

"Congratulations on the successful completion of your operation, gentlemen."

In the remote communication of the three, the Emperor was the first to speak.

"Mutual congratulations."

"This was all within the plan; after all, it was the target we all selected together, wasn’t it?"

The President and the Chairman each constructed their own remote projections, showing no favoritism.

The selected advanced civilization was naturally a target recognized by everyone, but among the targets chosen by each, there were still ones more aligned with their respective interests.

However, this meeting was not just for mutual flattery.

The Emperor casually tossed the materials in his hand, "What do you plan to do next?"

Now, all advanced civilizations were on guard, making continued driving of the Insect Swarm inefficient.

Furthermore, they could not indefinitely deploy their defensive fleets, disguising them as "Star Thieves" that could be easily recognized.

The other two were also very aware of this point.

"The Insect Swarm must continue to be guided; in the past few days, the Insect Swarm’s effect has been quite good. The initially guided Swarm has already started expanding to other colonization stars within that civilization.

This trend completely meets our expectations and can cause considerable damage to those civilizations.

But in the short term, continuing to use fleets to drive them away is rather inefficient."

"Stop beating around the bush; what are your thoughts?"

Seeing the President stop halfway through, the Chairman’s projection delivered a kick.

"The Insect Swarm, after all, can reproduce. Why do we have to drive the entire Swarm over?

As long as there’s a way to capture a Mother Insect, secretly transport it over, and then provide some initial resources for the development of the Swarm, a new Swarm can be successfully cultivated."

"How about the Mother Insect...

Wait, it seems it’s not impossible."

The Emperor’s skepticism suddenly paused, and he nodded in realization.

The size of a Mother Insect varies, but from an average specification perspective, although much larger than regular things, it’s still within the transportation range of cargo ships.

All they needed was to transport the Mother Insect into the civilization’s territory, not necessarily to deliver it to a specific colonization star.

It could entirely be concealed using a cargo ship.

As for the capture, high-tier Transcendents can handle it. Before reaching the frontline battlefield level of the Swarm, high-tier Transcendents still hold significant advantages.

"My Empire has no problem; indeed, I happen to have an idle high-tier Transcendent who can accomplish this task incidentally."

After weighing for a moment, the Emperor affirmed.

What he was referring to was that Quantum Ghost who, after the completion of the last swarm driving mission, had already entered the starry sky alone, beginning the search for the Meteor.

According to intelligence, she seemed to be following traces running in the direction of the New Star Zone.

But if given a similar task, she should be able to complete it easily, right...

"Oh, and it’s worth mentioning that the ’Angel Mechanical’ is about to be completed."

The Chairman suddenly seemed to recall something, his tone as calm as if discussing what to have for dinner; the Emperor and the President took several seconds to finally react.

"It’s finally completed?!"

A hint of surprise flashed across the faces of the Emperor and the President.

After all, the ’Angel Mechanical’ is machinery; in the beginning, they could invest some effort, but as the research progressed and entered a flat period, it couldn’t be expected of a Magic Civilization and a Martial Artist Civilization to delve deeper.

Once initial results were achieved, the Emperor and the President successively diverted their attention, leaving only the Gemini Empire and the Radiant Civilization to continue their investment and research.

Only the mechanical-side civilization Chairman remained attentive.

He was indeed unaware of the research progress.

"Yes, recent events.

Speaking of which, this was thanks to Fan Mao. The witch of Fan Mao I’ve recruited has a piece of technical data, which significantly advanced the research progress.

Recently, the Angel Mechanical successfully advanced to the Seventh Rank level.

In just the previous battle, using the Angel Mechanical, we successfully resisted and repelled a Believer."

Having said this, the Chairman shared a battlefield combat record, showing an intense battle between a humanoid machine and a Believer on the screen.

The two watched the record without blinking.

The battle ultimately ended with the humanoid machine sustaining damage and the Believer withdrawing voluntarily due to excessive energy expenditure.

"The combat power still has some gaps, but as a piece of machinery, being able to force a Seventh Rank to retreat due to excessive consumption is at least passable."

The Emperor made a judgment based on reason, but the Chairman was more concerned about something else.

"What about the cost? To what extent can it be mass-produced?"

"That’s the main issue; as the first generation version, the materials used in this item are of top-notch quality; optimizing it might take a while.