194: Dilemma

Deep beneath an uninhabited planet near the Port of Friendship within the territory of the Free Star Alliance.

A black USB-shaped object hidden in a crevice suddenly floated up automatically, splitting into thousands of small black crystals.

These small crystals quickly arranged themselves in an orderly fashion according to a certain pattern, forming a complex small magic circle that burst forth with a blinding light.

A moment later, all the crystals dimmed.

However, nine figures appeared upon the magic circle.

This was actually a teleportation method similar to technological warps and wormholes!

"Fortunately, we set up these means in advance. Qingnü, sense if there are any experts nearby."

A Thin Youth waved his hand to brush away the crystals on the ground that had lost their spiritual energy, then took out more and larger crystal blocks to set them up on the ground.

"Military Strategist, no powerful life signatures have been detected within a 100,000-kilometer radius. However, that faint sense of being watched still exists; it should be the monitoring equipment those natives talk about."

The woman called Qingnü reached out with a slender finger to touch her forehead and spoke softly.

"Very well, it's better if they discover us."

The Thin Youth smiled faintly and struck a burst of spiritual energy into the prepared magic circle.

Instantly, intense ripples surged as a large number of hideous and massive Galaxy Beasts were teleported in.

Their eyes were crimson, emitting an unstable and violent aura. In the crowding, the uninhabited planet, which was already on the verge of destruction because its energy had been drained, was completely torn apart.

Then, they roared and scattered in all directions, wantonly destroying everything they saw.

“Tsk, that guy really has a lot of treasures. It’s good to have a father who is a high-level member of a sect. If I were asked to produce this many spirit crystals, I wouldn't be able to bear it.”

The Thin Youth smacked his lips, replaced some of the dimmed spirit crystals, and continued to activate the teleportation while turning to give orders:

"Qingnü, you can notify the other side to take action."

"Understood."

...On the other side.

Almost at the instant the Galaxy Beast swarm appeared within Star Alliance territory, the intellectual brain discovered it immediately.

"Sir, emergency!"

"A massive number of Galaxy Beasts has appeared near the Port of Friendship. They are spreading, and the nearest inhabited planet is less than 800 billion kilometers away."

"Near the Port of Friendship?"

Zhang Huaiyuan's face changed slightly. "How did they appear? In the form of a Disaster Zone?"

"I'm afraid not, sir. Judging by the destructive power and speed of these Galaxy Beasts, they are not products of new mutations but are already fully evolved. Look."

The intellectual brain quickly projected an image.

Zhang Huaiyuan's eyes flashed as he activated his ability.

[Berserk Thunder Monitor Lizard]

Classification: Carbon-based lifeform.

Rank: S (Overdrawing potential; remaining lifespan: 112.6 days).

Abilities: ...[Berserk Twin-Headed Snake King]

Classification: Carbon-based lifeform.

Rank: SS (Overdrawing potential; remaining lifespan: 152.6 days).

Abilities: ...With a single glance, almost the weakest ones were behemoths above S-rank.

"It seems they are all monsters bred through some special means. intellectual brain, is the number still increasing?"

"Yes, sir. Based on the movement trajectories, the origin coordinates should be near 266, 175, 344."

The intellectual brain quickly calculated.

"I didn't expect them to have this kind of method similar to a warp. However, there should be limitations... That's it, it's possible they left anchors behind when they were within Star Alliance territory."

Zhang Huaiyuan frowned, guessing the general situation immediately.

His understanding of the cultivation side was not extensive, limited to weapons from a few ruins and the cultivation techniques used by those Outsiders.

But even if he had known in advance, this kind of method was difficult to guard against.

"Notify..."

"Sir, a large number of outsider traces have appeared outside the Qi Xuan Star Region. They are attacking the outer defensive positions, and their numbers exceed 30!"

Just as Zhang Huaiyuan was giving orders, the urgent voice of the intellectual brain rang out.

"As expected."

Zhang Huaiyuan's expression darkened as he instantly understood the opponent's intention.

This was forcing him to choose between the intellectual brain's server clusters and the lives of the citizens within the Star Alliance.

The previous frontal assaults were all to serve as cover and to tie down the garrison so they couldn't move freely.

"Order the first and second main legions to go and support immediately, evacuate the citizens in the surrounding areas, and deploy all reserve combat robot legions to contain those invaders within the Star Alliance to a certain range as much as possible..."

"Understood, sir."

"These damned fellows!"

Zhang Huaiyuan took a deep breath, not daring to hesitate too much. A Warp Device appeared beneath his feet, and he quickly rushed toward the Qi Xuan Star Region.

He couldn't worry about saving energy now.

No matter what, the intellectual brain must not be lost. Otherwise, the loss would be far more than just the citizens of a single star system... Meanwhile, the berserk Galaxy Beast swarm finally descended upon the first inhabited planet.

As a planet in the outer region, although it had a permanent population of nearly a billion, various facilities were relatively backward, and it wasn't even equipped with stable Warp Devices.

Although the intellectual brain immediately mobilized over 3,000 large transport ships, it was still a drop in the bucket compared to this massive population.

Bang!

The spatial defense system that had already been raised collapsed by more than half after taking just one palm strike.

A monster even larger than the planet opened its bloody maw and swallowed half the planet in one bite.

More and more monsters arrived; they blotted out the sky and destroyed everything.

"Oh God, someone please save us..."

"Line up, don't push! Let the civilians go first. All active-duty soldiers, follow me to stop these monsters!"

Cries of fear and screams echoed throughout the chaos.

A captain of the guard shouted loudly, drew the kinetic gun at his waist, put on his combat suit, and led the charge toward the monsters, ready to face death.

Nowadays, the officials of the Star Alliance were basically elected based on their quality scores. They might vary in ability, but at the critical moment, not a single person retreated.

Whoosh, whoosh...!

"Go to hell, you monsters!"

Lasers from kinetic guns accompanied by roars were fired sporadically from various places, but for these Galaxy Beasts, the weakest of which were close to S-rank, it didn't even count as scratching an itch.

A long, entirely red worm impatiently opened its mouth and spat out flames that covered the sky.

Instantly, everything in the vicinity was incinerated.

Seeing the beast swarm approaching, the more than 3,000 transport ships had to stop loading and evacuate immediately.

In the next moment, the entire planet was completely destroyed.

Some of them went to pursue the transport ships, while others continued to advance toward the next inhabited planet.

The flames of war spread across the stars, and amidst the echoing wails, countless lives were lost in an instant.

At this time, the First and Second Legions, led by the two grand marshals of the Star Alliance, finally arrived through consecutive wormhole jumps...