Eternal Sun

Chapter 1332: Greed Blinds the Eyes! Rusty Insect Swarm!

Two chapters in one!

"Is this the unknown black area? Aside from being unable to use any sensing or exploration methods, it seems to be no different from the Void Sea!"

In the fleet of the Lushi civilization, a spaceship captain said rather boringly.

"That's right. Why does this place feel even more desolate than the Void Sea? Could a place like this really contain the resources we need for the development of our civilization?"

Another Heron Stoneman said.

"Who cares? Even if there's nothing, it doesn't matter. The worst that can happen is that we can leave here empty-handed. If we do find any resources, we must bring back as much as possible."

"Hehehe, by then the leader will definitely praise us highly, and maybe we can even make further progress."

Captain Lu Shi, who spoke first, laughed obscenely, as if he was thinking of something.

After hearing his words, several other Lushi people around him also laughed.

More than ten days have passed since the entire Rat fleet entered the unknown "black zone".

Many civilized lives that have never entered the unknown "black zone" have gradually become accustomed to it, from their initial curiosity and uneasiness.

Some civilizations are accustomed to it, but they always remember the previous instructions of the Rat civilization and always maintain a cautious attitude towards the unknown "black area".

Some civilizations think that the unknown "black area" is nothing special. With the combined power of the entire Rat fleet, they can walk freely here.

Some civilizations also think that if the unknown "black zone" is just like this, they can become a powerful "black zone civilization" after they find the resources.

At that time, they would no longer need to look at the face of the Rat civilization, and they could even build their own [Black Zone Civilization] system.

Thinking of this beautiful future, those civilized beings felt very motivated and vowed to get enough opportunities and resources.

The people of the Rat civilization saw the performance of the fleets of other civilizations, but they did not give any further warnings or corrections.

Good words can't persuade a damned ghost.

Although there is no such sentence in the Lat civilization, similar principles are still understood.

This time, the Rat civilization brought in other civilizations, and also planned to screen system allies.

If there is a civilization that does not heed the warnings or does something else stupid, it can be kicked out of the [Black Zone Civilization] system.

As for those civilizations that always remain cautious and keep the warnings of the Lat civilization in mind, they are qualified to be further bound with the Lat civilization.

……

More than half a month passed, and it had been a full month since the Rat fleet entered the unknown "black zone".

However, apart from the occasional appearance of a small number of "resource points", they never encountered any "big opportunities" or "valuable resources".

The so-called "great opportunity" refers to something that can allow the top powerful people in the civilization to be reborn and take a step forward.

The so-called "heavy resources" refer to resources that meet the requirements in terms of quantity, quality and correspondence and can be collected to develop the entire civilization.

Of course, a mere month is far from enough to make the atmosphere in the fleet become impetuous.

The [Sea of ​​Void] is so vast that even if the fleet is moving at a very fast speed, it is just standing still in such a short time.

Moreover, if opportunities and resources were so easy to obtain, people wouldn't be so eager to get them.

Even the weakest members of the civilizations in the entire fleet would stay on the spacecraft for several or even dozens of years.

Patience, they have no shortage of.

After several months passed and the entire fleet entered the unknown "black zone" for half a year, they finally encountered the first "heavy resource".

It was a huge planet suspended in the ocean of void energy, its size was more than hundreds of millions of times larger than the largest mothership in the fleet.

What surprised everyone was that the entire planet was made up of a variety of minerals, and it was simply a ready-made open-air mineral resource collection point.

After some testing, it was even discovered that the purity of those ores was extremely high, and that they only needed a little refining to become usable finished products.

What's even more outrageous is that after the initial mining, they even discovered a large amount of essence from the convergence of mineral veins beneath the surface of the planet.

It is an excellent material for building motherships, even several times better than the material used in the largest mothership in the entire fleet.

This discovery immediately made everyone ecstatic.

In the following days, the entire fleet worked at full capacity to mine the mineral veins on the planet. After simple processing, the minerals were placed in the fleet's spacecraft specially used to store resources.

During this period, the attitudes of different civilizations towards these resources were reflected.

The Rat civilization only stopped after mining enough for the current stage of civilization development. The amount is insignificant compared to the entire planet.

Those civilizations that heeded the warnings also stopped after mining a suitable amount of resources.

Although the decision was very difficult, they ultimately chose to trust the credibility of the Rat civilization.

They were certain that the warnings of the Rat civilization were definitely not just alarmist, and there must be some inside stories that they did not know about.

That inside story is most likely the reason why the Rat civilization entered the unknown "black zone" but was not destroyed like some other civilizations that entered the unknown "black zone".

The senior officials of the Rat Fleet all nodded in satisfaction at these moderate civilizations.

He then looked with a strange expression at the civilized fleets that were still tirelessly mining the planet's mineral veins.

"Really...greed blinds the eyes."

"No matter what they can do, they will bear the consequences in the end. Everyone must pay the price for their actions."

"It's nothing, it's just a pity that our civilization will be missing some members."

"Hey, it's better to get rid of members like this as soon as possible, so that they don't do something stupid one day and implicate us."

"Right."

Listening to the discussions of the high-ranking members of the Rat civilization's fleet, they seemed very certain that those civilizations that did not restrain themselves were doomed to be destroyed.

"After this incident, it's time to explain the situation to those civilizations that withdrew their actions promptly, so as to avoid unnecessary conflicts in the future."

……

"Hahaha! With these resources, the rise of our Lushi civilization is imminent."

"What a pity! The size of our fleet is far from enough to take away all the resources of the entire planet."

"It doesn't matter. As time goes by, this unknown black area will eventually dissipate. By then, we will have the information here in advance. Do we still worry about not having the opportunity to continue mining with the fleet?"

"Yeah!"

"Hmm? Why did those civilizations, and the fleets of the Rat civilization, stop?"

"I remember the Rat civilization did say something about stopping when enough is enough. Should we also stop? The amount of ore we're loading now is more than enough for our civilization to develop at this stage."

"Haha, they stopped. That's because they are stupid."

"Yes, the resources are right before our eyes. Of course, we must fill our fleet as much as possible. Otherwise, we don't know how long it will take for us to come back again."

"Yes, once we have filled up all the fleet's storage warehouses, we can stop there."

"Hahaha! That's right!"

"It has to be you!"

"Brilliant!"

In this way, several civilization fleets, including the Lushi Fleet, ignored the warnings of the Rat civilization and were determined to fill their fleets.

The Rat civilization and those civilizations that withdrew did not intervene in the actions of these civilization fleets, nor did they continue to wait for them.

hum!

As the order was given, the Rat civilization returned directly along the same route with those obedient brothers.

The harvest this time is enough, there is no need for them to stay in the unknown "black area" any longer.

None of the fleet members, who had been blinded by greed, cared about the departure of these fleets.

In other words, their vision has automatically blocked out the departing fleets, and all that remains in their eyes is the huge planet containing massive resources.

……

I do not know how long it has been.

Several civilized fleets, including the Lu Shi Fleet, finally filled up all their storage warehouses, even completely filling up some unnecessary spaces.

Looking at the huge planet whose overall size had not changed at all, the faces of these fleet members all showed expressions of unwillingness.

But there is no other way if we don't do it.

Their fleet was not equipped with the refining and assembly capabilities, and they were unable to build new spaceships on the spot.

Otherwise, they definitely wouldn't mind building a spaceship factory right here on the spot and turning all the resources of the entire planet into civilized warships.

"Alas... the fleet is already overloaded. We can only proceed so far this time."

"Return!"

With an order, the fully loaded fleet finally turned around and headed back the way they came.

Along the way, half a year passed without any incident.

But they still haven't left the unknown "black area".

At first, the fleet members didn't care.

I thought that the fleet was overloaded with resources, which slowed down the speed of the entire fleet, which is why it did not leave within half a year.

But after 8 months, 9 months, or even a year, these fleets finally realized that something was wrong.

"Something's wrong!"

"That's not right. Even if the fleet's speed has slowed down a lot due to the overload, it definitely shouldn't be this slow."

"Also, after comparing all the coordinates along the way, the coordinates we encountered on the way here are no longer there."

"Have we already gone off course?"

"Impossible. Although we can't use perception and exploration methods in the unknown black area, our sense of direction through naked eye observation is still not a problem."

"So what's going on now?"

"hiss!"

At this moment, someone gasped, as if he had thought of something bad.

"Do you think... could this be related to the warning given to us by the Rat civilization?"

"You mean... enough is enough?"

"..."

At this point, everyone fell silent.

"There's no other way now. We can't give up the resources we've already mined, or we'll never have the chance to become independent."

"Then let's go a little further and see."

In this way, all the fleets advanced for more than a month in a dull and depressing atmosphere, but still did not touch the edge of the unknown "black zone".

Now many people in the fleet finally panicked!

Just when they began to discuss whether to give up some resources to increase the speed of the fleet and comply with the Rat civilization's advice to stop when enough is enough, a huge crisis had already enveloped them.

……

Fear rumble!

In the empty and unknown "black area", several spaceships of the Lushi Fleet suddenly stopped.

"what happened?"

"I do not know!"

"The spacecraft seems to have been disturbed by something. Its engines and energy sources have all stopped working."

"Then why don't you go and inspect it quickly and make sure to restart the spacecraft in the shortest possible time."

After a while, the maintenance personnel brought bad news.

"No, I've checked everything, and there's nothing wrong with the engine or the power source, but I just can't restart it."

There is more bad news.

As problems arose with the first few ships, more and more ships across all fleets began to go on strike.

Tens of thousands of spaceships formed a long dragon with rows of ships sitting in front and back, silently hovering in the void energy ocean of the unknown "black area".

Now, everyone was completely panicked.

They tried to detach from the spacecraft by flying in their physical bodies and fly out of the unknown "black area".

But after flying around, he found that he had returned to the area where the fleet was located in a daze.

This is the case for those powerful extraordinary people. The weaker fleet members tried various methods, but found that all the facilities of all the spacecraft had failed.

Those small spaceships or escape pods that served as backup escape routes all went on strike.

Just when everyone was in a panic, an invisible shadow had already arrived above the fleet.

After an unknown amount of time, everyone suddenly heard a rustling sound, as if countless lives were crawling in their ears.

But no matter how they observed, they did not find any other signs of life, which made everyone's nerves tense to the limit.

Many people even had hallucinations due to excessive mental tension, and saw themselves, other people, and even all the spacecraft were covered with a strange insect that had never been seen before.

The extremely horrifying scene caused these people to completely collapse mentally in an instant.

They screamed and yelled hysterically, but the people around them just thought they were going crazy because they couldn't bear the fear of the unknown.

After an unknown amount of time, everyone found that they seemed to be much older than before entering the unknown black area.

Logically speaking, given the strength of these fleet members, even the weakest members should not have aged so much in such a short period of time.

Moreover, all the striking spacecraft seemed to have been parked here for a long time, and obvious signs of aging began to appear on the surface of the spacecraft.

In fact, this is just one of the countless crises in the unknown "black zone".

Rust Swarm!

It is a strange insect that looks somewhat similar to a locust. It does not exist in the real dimension, but is active in the projection of the time branch.

They feed on decaying time and also bring corrosion of time to the corresponding existence in reality.

Even if a demigod holds power, it is difficult to cause real harm to them without means specifically targeting them.

It's hard to even detect their existence.

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