Chapter 254: Addicted to Dreams

Casagrande Galaxy, Xunri Star.

A spaceship landed on a platform on the shore.

Dennis disembarked from the spaceship and walked towards the manor directly ahead.

"How has Brightman's ability improved recently?"

Dennis asked his subordinate without looking at him.

His subordinate respectfully replied, "He has already broken through to the SSS level and can perfectly control the replication ability, but there is a slight side effect."

"What side effects?"

"Excessive use of energy will shorten his lifespan."

Dennis paused for a moment, then asked, "What is the percentage consumed?"

Subordinate: "With the core fragment of the King Worm in hand, as long as Brightman uses energy within the normal range, the consumption rate will be less than one percent. Considering the lifespan of the Northern River Gene, this consumption problem is not a big one."

Dennis frowned. "Try to minimize the side effects."

The subordinates respectfully agreed, but inwardly they were bitterly smiling. This was the best they could do. To unleash Brightman's potential in such a short time, his mind and body had to endure tremendous damage. It was already quite remarkable that he could maintain normal thinking.

Everything has two sides, and the side effects are negligible compared to the abilities he gained.

Dennis entered the largest villa in the center of the manor and went to the room where Brightman was.

The large room was filled with various weapons and guns, all of which were Brightman's hobbies.

The room had pure white walls on all four sides. Apart from the weapons, there was a rest area in the corner of the room with many dolls, and a photo album on a low table in the middle.

The photo album shows Anuo with her lips pursed and her expression indifferent.

Brightman was assembling a pistol with his back to them.

The subordinate told Dennis, "We just woke up Brightman; he's been awake very little lately."

Dennis pushed open the door and entered the room. He walked over to Brightman and saw many papers scattered on the table and carpet.

He crouched down, picked up one of the drawings to look at, and saw that it depicted the little king beetle Aloo.

In this painting, Aloo is only about ten years old. She is sitting with Brightman on the edge of a tall building, gazing at the sun rising from the horizon in the distance.

The wind blew through their hair and clothes, making them look warm and cozy.

He picked up another picture. The painting depicted Aloo, who looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old, wielding a long sword and competing in an arena. Brightman sat in the lively audience, watching her triumphant spirit.

Each painting depicts Aloo at different ages, experiencing a different life than the current Aloo, and in each painting, Aloo is accompanied by Brightman.

He knelt down in front of Brightman. "Brightman, were these all your dreams?"

Brightman stopped assembling the gun, looked up at him, and said coldly, "It's not a dream."

Dennis placed his hand on his shoulder. "Bryman, there's no use in indulging in dreams. Aloo isn't by your side; she's not in your life. This is your dream."

With a "clang," Brightman finished installing the last weapon component, raised the pistol towards the floor-to-ceiling window, and said, "It's not a dream."

A gunshot rang out, and the French windows shattered.

Dennis stared at him for a while, then used his ability.

He whispered in Brightman's ear, "Brightman, if you want something, go get it yourself, understand?"

Brightman's beautiful eyes were devoid of any light. He nodded and said, "Understood."

Dennis smiled and smoothed his hair. "That's right. I'll give you the entire galaxy. You can have whatever you want."

Brightman lowered his eyes, his gaze falling on a painting on the ground. In the painting, he and a girl were sitting on the beach, their smiles radiant.

Did she ever smile at him like that?

Dennis walked out of the room and said to his subordinates, "Don't let him fall into a deep sleep these next few days. The plan is about to begin, and we need his abilities."

The subordinate looked worried: "It's the core fragment of the King Worm that's affecting Prince Brightman. The fragment and the core can sense each other, and the Zerg will come looking for us sooner or later."

Dennis gave a cold laugh. "Do you think it's too late?"

At that time, not only the Zerg, but the entire interstellar civilization will be in his hands. What is a mere Overlord core?

At the front-line headquarters, the leaders of the major Allied forces are holding an important military meeting.

"Now, bloodstones are not only scattered across the battlefield, but also in the ceasefire areas. Gravitational fields formed by bloodstones have also been discovered on the flight paths of various star systems, which have seriously interfered with flight paths and the travel of movie stars and the general public."

One of the Allied leaders said, "The Casa system has surrendered. They refuse to admit that they provided the Bloodstone, but what other race besides Casa could produce Bloodstone?"

Another officer said, "A long time ago, Kasa liked to use bloodstone as weapons. Although they were not sold to the public, a lot of bloodstone flowed into the black market. The rebels of Tianyun once used bloodstone to forge weapons, and His Majesty Erimus must have a deep impression of it."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone turned their attention to the communication screen of Skycloud's Chief Executive, Elimos.

Back when the rebel army in Tianyun was causing chaos, Erimos was still the heir. He was nearly killed when the rebels pierced his chest with a weapon made of bloodstone.

If it weren't for Anaya, he would have died by this knife.

Upon hearing this, Erimos's eyes darkened.

He didn't like to talk about it. If it weren't for this incident, Lofia wouldn't have had to go through all the subsequent events because of his trip to the Styx Galaxy.

He addressed the crowd, saying, "The Bloodstone is now harming a large number of ordinary people. What we need to do is find a solution."

Several key figures from the Weapons Development Department and the Scientific Research Department began reporting on the progress in dealing with the Bloodstone.

The head of the operation said, "Among the many ores of the Zerg, we have discovered a substance that can annihilate the gravitational field created by the Bloodstone, but it will take time to extract it."

Cangmiao asked, "How long will it take?"

The person in charge replied, "If we want to extract enough to annihilate these bloodstones, it will take at least six months."

The senior leaders all frowned, saying it had been too long.

"Once you finish extracting them, these gravitational fields will spread to our planet."

The person in charge also expressed some difficulty, saying, "This is the best result we have obtained so far. In the next six months, our material extraction process will become faster and faster. Even if the enemy uses bloodstone again, we don't need to worry. We can deal with it at any time."

A senior official said helplessly, "We haven't been able to resolve the gravity field caused by the bloodstone yet, so we can't even think about the future."

Bloodstone is currently having the greatest impact on the battlefield. Other civilizations, who were already hesitant to fight due to their fear of the Zerg and their allies, have now simply called a truce.

The entire Interstellar Alliance sat down at the negotiating table, waiting to see who could resolve the Bloodstone issue first and thus have more leverage.

Currently, only the Zerg's ore can counter Bloodstone, and the Zerg still hold the greatest power. However, without solving the Bloodstone problem, no one can escape the spread of the gravity field.

"Actually, there's another solution..."

Amid the murmurs of the crowd, the head of the research department spoke up.

Everyone stopped their discussion and turned to look at him.

"The Zerg have a natural sensitivity to ores, and their control over energy doesn't even require any instruments. They might be able to directly use ores to solve the Bloodstone gravity field."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone's attention turned to the Zerg Queen, Sevier.

Sevier's tall figure, even without uttering a word, exuded a tremendous sense of oppression.

No one dared to make any demands on the Queen first.

We can only wait and see what she thinks of the proposal.

Cangmiao tapped his fingers twice on the table, then nodded slightly to Sevier. "What he said is true?"

Sevier paused for a moment, then glanced at everyone in the conference room. “My people do have this ability, but it’s not as simple as just talking.”

Those present were mostly politicians; how could they not understand Sevier's implied meaning?

From conquering the Northern River system to the current interstellar war, the Zerg have demonstrated their strength to the entire galaxy in less than a year.

In the face of absolute strength, no amount of sweet talk will suffice.

The Interstellar Alliance has been broken up, and power needs to be redistributed.

At this point, the best course of action for other star systems is to choose sides.

Without the overwhelming dominance of the Zerg and Styx, this interstellar war, which had its seeds sown three hundred years ago, would have continued for several more years.

They should be thankful that the Zerg and Styx will not attack other civilizations unless they initiate an invasion, otherwise the entire interstellar space would be in chaos.

Now that the Zerg can solve the Bloodstone gravity field, they can go along with whatever conditions Sevier wants to make.

Since the Zerg will eventually take the top spot in the Alliance anyway, they might as well go with the flow. In any case, the Zerg will still have a say in the Alliance restructuring negotiations later.

After all, even Styx and Sun Cloud hadn't said anything, and these star systems were no weaker than the Zerg.

Even if they had any opinions, they were the ones who led the charge. Since these star systems didn't say anything, they couldn't say anything either.