Time flew by amidst the intensive training.

Although Han Ling had been searching through the Yao Clan's stored materials, he had still found nothing after several months.

However, Roderick's unarmed combat skills are rapidly increasing because his opponents have changed to female stag beetles from Emperor Planet.

Today.

July 14, 2395 (Astrological Calendar)

The three Zerg masterminds received another signal notification from the Tech City.

The Science and Technology City Competition is scheduled for July 20th.

Along with this news came a new technology—dark matter jump technology.

This technology allows intelligent beings to use the lair of interstellar beasts to traverse the dark matter plane and reach the science city directly.

Dark matter jump technology greatly shortens the travel time, but the energy consumption is enormous.

A single jump consumes the energy equivalent of the cores of 80 planets, enough to power all of the Zerg's transportation routes for 2000 years.

This technology is not practical for any race.

Han Ling and Roderick speculated that this might be the ultimate weapon that appeared in the Wu Clan's deduction, capable of destroying all intelligent races.

Dark matter jump technology can rapidly jump through the universe, wiping out intelligent species in any corner of the universe.

After acquiring this technology, the Seventh Construction Legion immediately began researching dark matter jump spaceships and launch devices.

With solid and reliable data to back it up, they can transform a War Fortress-class warship into a dark matter warp warship in just a few days.

At that time, Roderick, Han Ling, and the other participants will use spatial blades to cut through space, and then ride the dark matter warp warship along the wormhole rift to the Science City.

Using the dark matter plane for navigation is similar to Han Ling's construction of a spatial teleportation channel in the mental energy plane.

Having learned the exact date of the Science and Technology City Competition, Han Ling and Roderick made their final preparations.

Meanwhile, all eight Zerg legions were also busy.

The Seventh Construction Corps is busy modifying warships.

The Fifth Guardian Legion is busy finishing up the resource transportation work.

It's important to understand that each interstellar race brings sufficient resources to exchange for new technologies at every Tech City Conference.

This resource is substantial, typically consuming the accumulated resources of an entire race over a thousand years.

The Fifth Guardian Legion currently guards 128 resource planets.

All the resources on these 128 planets have recently been exhausted.

That enormous war fortress-class warship, comparable to half a planet, had its space filled with resources long ago, except for reserved positions for a dozen or so people.

The Third Protection Legion was also busy, distributing notices to their settlements on various planets.

Before Roderick and Han Ling return, the Zerg star system will completely ban the use of quantum computers, all household mechanical devices, and smart devices.

The female soldiers of the Protectorate Legion are tasked with monitoring every resident, dismantling the energy blocks of all equipment, and cutting off all energy supplies.

The First Exploration Legion abandoned its base at the edge of interstellar space.

However, instead of retreating, they advanced forward, expanding the Zerg's star system once again.

Even the smallest contribution every day is worthwhile.

They proactively severed network connections with the Zerg star system.

While ensuring they are not controlled by the AI ​​in the Science City, the First Exploration Legion has built a new border defense line outside the Zerg star system.

The four war legions were allocated the most logistical supplies during this preparation.

Because they are the Zerg's only hope after their defenses fail.

The four war legions have no spare protective fleets; each legion has only one cosmic-class warship.

The control of these four space-class warships has been taken over by the mastermind of the four marshals.

Even if the AI ​​of the Tech City were to invade, it wouldn't be able to defeat the main AI, which also possesses intelligence.

If the First Exploration Legion's defenses fail, an Omnic Crisis will occur within the Zerg sector.

Then the four war legions will become the Zerg's only weapon.

They will pilot cosmic-class warships, breaking through from the inside out to support the fallen planets.

Right now, undercurrents are surging throughout the entire Zerg star system. Although the ordinary Zerg are unaware of what's happening in the Tech City, they have a keen sense that a crisis is imminent.

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Beyond the Zerg star system.

Red-haired Admiral Olympus's fleet is docked at a temporary interplanetary port on a new planet.

At this point, the warship had already entered the planet's orbit.

The warships floated in space as the planet rotated.

Just now, all the female soldiers received orders to leave their starship cabins and come to the corridor inside the warship.

The hundred-story female barracks resemble a plastic running track, encircling the entire ship's cabin.

The aisle was now full of people.

Red-haired Admiral Ulysses flapped his elytra and hovered in the very center of the hundred-story building.

After a long pause, Ulysses gave an order:

"Check the pilot's mech, disconnect from the StarNet communication, maintain only the neural communication system, and check each other's systems."

Upon receiving the order, all the female soldiers uniformly pulled out the control panels of their mechs and directly removed the StarNet connection module.

Ulysses glanced around and spotted James in the crowd, then gave the order:

"Private James, your partner is not here. Let's check each other's mechs. In the upcoming battle, you will become my second-in-command."

"Yes, sir."

After eliminating all potential threats, Ulysses ordered everyone to go back and rest, ready to await the arrival of war.

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Freville Resource Star.

Lieutenant Bart is leading his squad to clear out the last remaining resources.

At this point, all resources on the resource planet had been removed.

Those resources were distributed to various places.

Some went to the War Legion, and some went to the Third Protection Legion on the surrounding planets.

However, the vast majority of resources were transported to the Seventh Construction Corps and loaded into the newly built War Fortress-class warships.

After Bart directed the transport robots to load and unload the last batch of resources, he reluctantly reached out and patted the robot's bald, shiny head.

"Alright, brother, it's time for you to rest. Hopefully, we'll meet again someday."

After saying this to the robot, Bart reached out and removed the power source from the back of the robot's neck.

A palm-sized energy block landed in Bart's hand.

Bart put the energy cube into the combat pouch on his waist, then raised his hand and waved it:

"Alright, job done, let's call it a day!"

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On the new office planet.

Because the quantum computer was removed, all employees of Lingtian Group were given a short break.

The employees in the game department were given a short vacation just as they started their official work.

The male insects that came from Aphrodite to settle here also had to stop their live-streaming work because their quantum computers were taken away.

Lately, everyone has been relatively free and unable to leave their new office space, so they can only wander around aimlessly, check on their neighbors, or go to the beach to enjoy the view.

However, these newly graduated and inexperienced employees of Lingtian Company, upon seeing the once unattainable Male Insect, all of them, like peacocks displaying their plumage, were constantly showing off.

These past few days, male insects have been walking on the road when they see a group of female insects suddenly appear from behind them.

These female insects, like crabs, waddle along the road, displaying their bodies.

Although the male insects were puzzled by the females' behavior, they smiled at them and then quickly fled.

The escape of the male insects damaged the confidence of a large number of female insects.

When these heartbroken female insects saw Parsons, the president of Lingtian Company, and Bernshan, the president of Lingtian Live, walking together sweetly, their jealousy exploded, and their eyes practically blazed with fury.

They secretly approached Parsons, seeking his secrets to making friends.

Within the star system, ordinary Zerg continued their peaceful lives, largely unaffected.

July 18, 2395 (Astrological Calendar)

That evening, Roderick finished his training and returned from Emperor Star via a spatial teleportation portal.

His body and face were covered in sweat from extreme sports, and his muscles were bulging, making his physique even more defined.

He walked up to Han Ling and said expectantly:

"Sir, let's set off tonight for the Seventh Construction Corps' base."

I heard the warships have been refitted and are just waiting for our inspection!