“It’s settled.”
Returning to the home planet, Xia Jin’s true body was resting comfortably on the grass.
Beside her were the two cute magic monster princesses, her maid, and Ellie, the female knight who had followed her from the beginning.
Everyone was acting quite normal, except for the Magic Monster Eldest Princess, who spent the entire time drooling at her.
Xia Jin yawned and glanced at her, her lips twitching uncontrollably.
The maid sat on her heels in front of Xia Jin, her hands busy massaging Xia Jin’s thighs.
Life was incredibly enjoyable.
“Who wants to give me a lap to use as a pillow?”
“Me, me, me!” The Eldest Princess excitedly ran behind her and immediately stretched out her two small feet.
“Not you.”
Xia Jin was afraid this girl would do something strange.
Thus, the girl could only droop her ears and lie to the side, looking listless.
“I’ll do it.”
Ellie was no longer acting as a knight. Although everyone was Zerg now, they still retained their original basic appearances.
Wearing a simple dress with her long hair flowing, if Xia Jin hadn’t seen her past, she never would have imagined this girl could become so beautiful.
Resting her head on Ellie’s lap, Xia Jin gazed up at the sky, letting her mind go blank.
Soon, the sky grew dark, and countless points of starlight appeared in space.
“The universe is truly vast.”
Even with so many civilizations expanding for so many years, they still hadn’t filled this sea of stars.
She wondered how many living beings lay in their tiny corners, filled with anticipation and longing for the vast starlit sea.
Unfortunately...
When they truly stepped into the universe, beings often found that what composed this grand epic was not romance, but tragedy.
Even without interstellar wars, the simple act of developing into space and basic exploration was accompanied by countless disasters and deaths.
“We’ve crushed the fleet of an unknown civilization, but according to the Kawi Civilization, the information regarding our existence should have been reported to the Starsea Alliance.”
Xia Jin didn’t know how that powerful alliance would view her.
In fact, for the current Zerg, even if things got so bad they were driven out, it wouldn’t be a dead end.
At worst, they would withdraw the entire fleet and flee through hyperspace together.
As long as they stockpiled a large amount of energy, they wouldn’t need much time to quickly replicate their original power once they reached a new location.
Yes, the Zerg hadn’t encountered a transcendent civilization level disaster like they had in the past, so they hadn't fallen to the pathetic state of only having a single brain bug left.
The Hive Carrier was a mobile version of the Swarm's base, and in terms of navigation speed, the neighboring civilizations they had just encountered were far inferior to them.
“The Starsea Alliance is, after all, a major power composed of many civilizations. If they deem us insignificant and the power that provoked us more important, it’s not impossible for them to treat the Zerg as an enemy. Sometimes, an external enemy is used as a tool to unify the internal members,” the Magic Monster Second Princess suddenly spoke.
“You think the probability of them treating us as enemies is higher?”
“Hard to say, but the possibility exists. Once the two sides become enemies, the Kawi Civilization's position will become quite awkward. Their true strength within the Starsea Alliance is undoubtedly on the weaker side, so they might eventually just destroy their relationship with us and return to the alliance’s side. After all, we are an alien civilization, and they must prioritize their own interests as their primary rule for survival.”
“That makes sense.”
The specific situation was still uncertain, as the Zerg didn't yet understand the true state of the Starsea Alliance.
But since they could form an alliance, it meant the strongest civilizations didn't have an absolute crushing advantage over the weaker ones; otherwise, what would be the point of allying?
Just as a powerful kingdom wouldn't consider economic development cooperation with a primitive tribe, cooperation was only possible when the gap in development was within a reasonable range.
This also meant that even if a full-scale war broke out, the Zerg had a significant chance of surviving and dragging the conflict out until they won.
Moreover, Xia Jin was currently pushing the Zerg’s efficiency to a frantic degree.
Various strange, consumable bugs had brought resource utilization to a horrifying level.
They had even branched out what were called organ bugs from the drones.
Mouth Bug: A pair of legs dragging a mouth along. It swallowed and stored everything it saw.
Digestive Bug: Nutrients swallowed by the Mouth Bug were specifically given to the Digestive Bug for digestion. This thing couldn't even move; it was essentially an independent digestive organ.
Even more absurdly, some settings from the nydus worm were forcibly applied to drones, giving birth to a type of Channel Bug. These connected various parts of a planet like an intestinal tract.
Digested resources that weren't fully absorbed, or resources difficult to absorb, were thrown directly into them. After traveling through the channel, the utilization was basically complete, and some parts were even transported directly to the other side of the planet.
Within the stellar systems controlled by the Zerg, creep was being woven continuously in space.
Of course, with the current efficiency, this creep was actually quite sparse and difficult for other civilizations to detect.
But as the years passed, it was possible that civilizations would soon notice the light from the stars growing dimmer.
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