In a hidden corner of the universe.

After the successful jump, the Gaia Space Station was in silence, without any human presence.

Only the sound of Huihuang constantly adjusting the various parameters of the space station as the situation in the galaxy changed after the jump was completed, causing subtle changes in the space station, could be heard here.

But soon, the colonial management team that was here before reappeared.

However, one person was missing.

Lu Kang noticed this immediately and asked, "Mr. Wu..."

Huihuang directly told what had just happened: "His vital signs have been confirmed to be gone, and the last image has been saved."

After saying that, he even directly projected the last image recorded by the recording device that Wu An carried with him.

The scene of Wu An facing the Queen and being killed instantly was shown to everyone.

“…”

Silence dominated the atmosphere in the meeting room.

Whether it's seeing a close person die, or seeing a level 6 psychic being killed with almost no resistance.

In short, no one in the meeting room knew what to say.

However, soon, Tian Zhan, who had already mourned for Wu An in his heart for a while, recovered from the news of Wu An's death the fastest.

He asked Huihuang: "Where are we now?"

"In the stable space between two adjacent black holes that Chen Ming found, the gravity of the two black holes reached a wonderful balance."

"Light cannot escape from here, so our location will not be exposed. This is also a cosmic wonder."

"The star gate can still be used normally after adjusting the parameters."

"At the same time, the two original star systems, Origin and Gaia, have merged. After the merger, they are named Origin, with a total of thirteen planets."

"The Gaia star of the original source system and the Gaia planet of the Gaia system are renamed Gaia-1 and Gaia-2 from today."

"Merged?"

Tian Zhan couldn't imagine how the two galaxies would merge. If the planets really merged, there would be another problem: "What about the stars?"

"The two stars have formed a stable binary system."

"This is a result that has been calculated before. As long as the binary star system is stable enough and Gaia is aware of protecting the planet, the habitable planet will not be affected too much. Only the planet's orbital period will change."

Tian Zhan seemed to be thinking: "No wonder he asked me before whether Gaia plants in some special star systems can survive..."

After Huihuang explained the situation outside after the binary star system jump, he said: "The sky curtain protecting the space station will soon dissipate, and you will be able to see the changes outside soon."

"I have also been bringing back the colony population and afterglow cores that were taken away earlier. The colony will soon return to normal."

"So what should we do next?"

"Do what needs to be done. Continue to send afterglow and engineering facilities to surrounding areas to expand the colony."

"This place is absolutely safe within the next ten years. We are only hiding here temporarily and have not cut off contact with the outside world. We can still provide all the help to the empire."

"Let the empire last longer, or let the empire rest in a more dignified manner, and preserve the last hope of mankind."

Tian Zhan had no objection to what Huihuang said. He would find a way to bring his wife and daughter back anyway.

"Then there is one more thing, Mr. Wu's funeral."

Huihuang took the task upon himself: "I will be in charge. I will set up his statue near the fairy tree when the time comes."

"Don't spend too much time commemorating the dead. It's meaningless. We have other things to do."

Tian Zhan nodded in understanding, patted Lu Kang on the shoulder and turned to leave the meeting room.

He walked a distance away from the conference room, and suddenly a brilliant voice rang out beside him: "Aren't you worried about anything?"

"There's nothing for me to worry about, and I should be the least worried one."

What Tian Zhan said had a very clear direction.

"I never thought I could have my daughter back, but he made it happen for me, so I have no doubts about what will happen in the future."

"Even if the resurrection mechanical fluid may not be able to revive a complete level 6 psyker, he will definitely try his best to do it."

"And I believe that Mr. Wu also had this thought before making the decision."

"We just have to believe that he will come back."

at the same time.

The capital of the empire.

The Minister of Psychic Powers was busy sending command documents to the various departments under his charge.

Not only because of the current war, but also because of the four unsettling words he had just received from Chen Ming Colony.

What's more, after receiving those four words, the connection between the Empire and Chen Ming's colony was unilaterally severed.

Only Chen Ming Colony can send the message over, and they have no way to contact them actively.

What's worse is that none of the news sent over there is good news.

The stargate was restarted, the Colossus was ineffective, and the sky was damaged.

This series of events made it difficult for anyone who knew what was happening in Chen Ming’s colony to feel at ease.

The Minister must be prepared for the worst outcome.

But when he answered the call from his secretary, he encountered the worst result that he had never expected.

"Mr. Wu An was confirmed dead in the battle with the awakened Survivor Queen."

The minister's hand on the corner of his desk crushed a small piece of it into powder.

He quickly brushed off the sawdust on his hands and asked, "What happened?"

"Only one picture came over there. I'll send it to you right away."

A video file soon appeared on the minister's computer.

This is Wu An’s first-person perspective.

From the moment Wu An arrived at the Queen's carriage, to the moment the Queen's figure appeared in front of him, and then to the moment the shadow of the Psychic City disappeared, his chest was pierced.

In just twenty seconds, one of the empire's top psychics died here.

The minister was silent, listening to the secretary's voice in the terminal: "Chen Ming previously installed galaxy-level jump facilities in each of his two galaxies. Wu An's delay allowed everyone else in the colony to be safe."

"It has been confirmed that the Queen has passed through the wormhole and is not too far from our location."

"The Queen does not seem to be in a hurry to launch an attack on the Empire. Instead, she plans to transform the nano planets near the wormhole exit first."

“We have a small amount of records here to prove that, too.”

After the secretary finished speaking, it was a long time before the minister finally replied, "I understand."

"The second one... who would have thought it would be him..."

"Send an obituary, and warn all other psykers who are on standby to be prepared."

"What preparations?"

"Death in battle... and the preparation for the empire's demise. No one can escape."

"Just say it directly? Without using some rhetoric?"

"No need, just tell everyone the whole story. There is really no need to hide any clues at this time."

"I understand. I will inform them now."

"Um."

"There may be news coming from the Grand Archon later, and I may have to hold a meeting. If anyone has questions about Wu An, ask them to wait. I will answer them when the time comes."

"yes."

The computer in front of him was still playing the footage of Wu An’s last moments of life.

The decisive act of stating the coordinates of the destination and heading towards the Queen without hesitation really made him speechless.

Even though Wu An had a bad relationship with the empire, it is hard not to be moved by the fact that he sacrificed himself in something that affected the survival of mankind.

The minister could only sigh silently and calm himself down.

Go to the next meeting.

The arrival of the Queen and Wu An's death were like two heavy hammers hitting the heads of all the top leaders of the empire.

In just a few hours, the words "must lose" seemed to have occupied the minds of 80% of the empire's top leaders.

After receiving the news, the hall of an emergency online meeting held by the empire was filled with a depressing atmosphere, but no one surrendered easily.

The thirty or so people present were all top figures in various departments of the empire, and none of them were fools.

They all knew that neither the mechanical race nor the queen of the survivors would give humans hope of survival.

Either life or death.

At least there are only two pieces of good news for now.

In this sudden incident when the Queen awakened, only Wu An was killed, and everyone else was safe and sound.

Moreover, according to the news sent back from Chen Ming's colony, the Queen did not head directly towards the empire after passing through the wormhole, but chose to rest around the wormhole and expand their nano planet.

The empire may still have a little time to prepare.

"Bullshit!"

During the meeting, a military leader who was sitting not far from the Minister of Psychic Power suddenly started to curse: "We don't have time!"

"The current queen is definitely the weakest. If she were strong enough, she would just come over and crush us to death. What else are we preparing for?"

"There are only two reasons why she could prepare. Either she has no ability, or she was injured by Wu An before she died."

"We must take this opportunity to gather our strength and kill the Queen!"

"Delay? Can we afford it?"

The Minister of Psychic Powers listened to the speeches of other people at the meeting in a gloomy mood, and did not show any dissatisfaction with other people's misconduct.

All gaffes are fake and meaningless. If a temporary gaffe can produce a solution that allows the empire and humanity to survive, then that is real.

"Any plans?"

Someone at the meeting questioned the military chief who had just spoken.

But the questioner did not wait for an answer and continued: "Only one hour passed between the time we knew about this and the time we observed it."

"Do you know how much the Queen's nano fleet has expanded in this hour? Do you know how many nano planets their nano colossi have assimilated?"

"The latest news, everyone please take a look."

Everyone in the online meeting received a copy of the document.

The document shows how far the nano fleet has now expanded.

All I can say is... no one can understand such a speed of expansion.

"Based on the current efficiency of the survivors, it is estimated that they will be able to expand to the vicinity of the empire's territory in about ten days."

"They can assimilate all the star systems within the range of a capital ship's extreme jump in a day."

"This is the speed at which the survivors are really expanding step by step. If they don't occupy all the places, it won't take even ten days."

"Is it possible to come up with a way to kill the Queen in ten days, make full preparations, and then complete it?"

The military leader just now still insisted on his own idea and said: "We need to do this because time is so tight. If we don't do this, we will die slowly."

"So you choose to die quickly?"

"We know nothing about the survivors' nano fleet, and the only things we know about their queen are some historical documents and Wu An's video."

"Wu An lasted twenty seconds. How long do you think other psychics could have lasted? Who could have planned the action against the Queen?"

The answer to this question is yes for everyone.

There is no planning at all.

From the battle scene between Wu An and the Queen... this can't even be considered a battle scene, it can only be regarded as a one-sided crushing. No valuable information can be seen from this video.

"Thinking about killing the queen without any information is not accomplishing the goal, it's courting death!"

"There are only ten days. What should we do? What can we do?"

The person who was speaking obviously didn't have an answer, and most people didn't have an answer.

"I think it's necessary to carry out the Fire Plan."

"It is currently known that the negative effects of the scarlet dimension on the normal universe have been completely eliminated under Chen Ming's suppression, and the phase space can also be immune to most of the scarlet influence."

"Cloning technology is still available, so we can try to send refugee ships to all directions of the universe and rely on cloning technology to expand the human population again."

"The empire may perish, but humanity cannot."

The Archon sitting in the main seat of the conference room did not have any concerns because of this sentence : "We should implement the two plans together and prepare for the best and worst results."

The Grand Archon gradually assigned the task of the Spark Project to the Empire's Population Management Department and other related departments, led by the Life Science and Biotechnology Department.

The operation to assassinate the Queen was left to the Imperial Military and Psychic Department.

The content of the plan itself was not discussed much at this meeting.

The meeting was mainly about discussing more ways to solve the current predicament.

Even finding a way to bring Chen Ming back is part of the plan.

However, the president is the only psychic who can access the Scarlet Dimension, and he is no longer able to take on new tasks.

By the end of the meeting, only two major plans were on the table and were quickly implemented.

The implementation of the Spark Project brought together a group of scientists and began directly at the Fanchao Institute.

The most important thing about the fire is to preserve the genetic complexity of human beings. Otherwise, when the genetic complexity of those humans who leave the empire as the fire is not enough, human beings will be extinct.

The execution of the assassination plan requires first determining the combat effectiveness of the nano battleship.

Then consider breaking through the nano fleet's defenses and assassinating the Queen.

The commanders of the Fourteenth Legion were summoned.

The defense line in the direction of the legion headquarters has been stabilized and no longer requires his constant attention.

He is also one of the few top commanders who still maintains his mental state and can still fully demonstrate the strength of the fleet.

Two days later.

The fleet led by the legion commander on a exploratory mission was completely destroyed.

No one blamed the legion commander.

Because everyone knows the course of the battle and is clear about the intensity of this battle, it is due to the suppression of the ships' strength and nature.

The combat capability of the nano-ships themselves exceeds that of the Empire's warships.

Moreover, all the Imperial ships that were damaged in the battle would be infected and assimilated by nanomachines.

After a spaceship battle, the number of nano fleets increased by several ships.

This is not an opponent that an ordinary fleet can defeat.

The Empire might not even be able to defeat the Nano Fleet.

The Queen...that's even further away.

(End of this chapter)