Behind Wuying Qi, nine of the ten suns dimmed and perished. Only the last one, which seemed to be in the prime of its life, was enlarged, revealing the crazily dancing flames on the surface and the swirls that could swallow planets. It gave Lei Chenghu the feeling that everything was on fire.
Near the glittering sun, for comparison, some insignificant glass pellets were scattered. They were the planets that were orbiting the sun.
Around those planets, clusters of dust were floating. Even though Lei Chenghu had maximized the spiritual energy of the Divinity Transformation Stage, he could only vaguely see the black spots that made up the dust.
Those black spots the size of dust were the super warships that human beings were proud of and boasted that they could conquer the universe with.
Suddenly, the sun sneezed slightly.
Or rather, a certain extremely hot swirl that occupied less than one percent of the surface area of the sun sneezed slightly.
Immediately, countless tongues of fire that were millions of kilometers long spurted out, as if an arm of a god had extended out from the inside of the sun and snatched at the sea of stars.
Although the arm did not grab any specific object, it was stirring nonstop like a hand that had extended into a lake. Very soon, the overwhelming and destructive waves were stirred up.
The arm split, spread, and exploded. The crimson waves swept across all the planets like a cosmic storm.
Even the planets that were protected by the atmosphere sensed the intense shock, not to mention the fleets that were no more than dust. They were blown to smithereens.
"I am not a man who underestimates himself. However, compared to the vastness and magnificence of the universe, how insignificant and weak is the civilization of mankind right now? The warships that we boasted about, the Colossi that we call 'doomsday weapons', our extraordinary spiritual energy and techniques … Everything is nothing in front of the fury of the universe. Nothing can be stopped. "
Wuying Qi sighed deeply and said, "Since ancient times, the classic examples of the weak defeating the strong all required the help of favorable conditions. Sometimes, the magnificent power of nature was the key to the victory. Countless magnificent, unstoppable armies were lost in the boundless desert or destroyed by the surging tides deep inside the ocean.
"This time is no exception.
"Since the very beginning, I never intended to win the war with the Imperial Guards, the Deep Sea Fleet, or Marquis Liaohai's Thunder Fleet. Faced with an enemy ten times or a hundred times greater than us, any courage, determination, or ingenuity will be useless.
"However, even if the four Kurfürst families are ten times, a hundred times, or even a thousand times stronger, they will still be dead when faced with the roar of the sun!"
Lei Chenghu's eyes were deeply attracted to the raging sun. It was as if a small volcanic eruption had occurred in his pupils. He stared at the virtual image for a long time and couldn't help but ask, "Your Majesty, do you have a way … to make the sun sneeze?"
"Yes."
Wuying Qi smiled. "As I said just now, I will never underestimate myself. However insignificant human beings are, and however vast and powerful the universe is, human beings will be able to completely conquer and make use of the universe one day!
"Although a star is one of the most important celestial bodies in the universe, its structure and functioning state are relatively simple, even simpler than many planets. The stars in their prime years can maintain a stable functioning state mainly because of the internal fusion force to resist the universal gravity, which forms a subtle balance. You can imagine it as a highly sensitive balance. In fact, as long as a tiny force is applied, the balance will be broken temporarily, and it will slide toward chaos and violence uncontrollably.
"However, for the cognitive range and technological capabilities of the civilization of mankind, the balance is too enormous. Precise calculations and all the features of the balance must be grasped in order to find the 'point of application'.
"As long as the point is found, a series of chain reactions will be triggered, and the sun will sneeze without any trouble.
"There is no need to doubt our abilities, Marquis Liaohai. As a matter of fact, the whole thing is like a young and ignorant naughty child who accidentally bumps into a spark when he is playing in the windy and dry wilderness, which triggers a forest fire that burns down dozens of mountains and kills countless creatures. With the heat that the naughty child creates, his wisdom, and his physical strength, can he burn down dozens of mountains and kill countless people? Of course not! However, as long as all the conditions are gathered miraculously at the critical moment and the critical location, a naughty child and a spark will be enough to do it.
"Right now, it is the same for us. All we need to do is to project a tiny spark to the sun."
Lei Chenghu was silent for a long time, as if he were judging the authenticity of the whole thing. He asked very prudently, "Your Majesty, you said just now that we have to know the features of the sun like the back of our hands in order to find the subtle balance between the fusion force and the universal gravity and break it with a spark. I believe that the size, mass, and lifecycle of the stars in every Sector are different, and so are their features.
"Then, how do you know the specific features of the star in the Empyreal Terminus Sector, how do you grasp the subtle balance, and what methods are you going to use to project the 'spark' to the sun?"
"That's why I named the plan 'Sun Shooting'. 'Houyi Shooting the Sun'. Marquis Liaohai was not wrong at all. I've just woken up from a thousand years of dormancy and do not have the basic research institutions and specialists of the Imperium. Naturally, I don't have the time to understand the features of the sun. However, the Houyi Clan in the Pangu Civilization Alliance can."
Wuying Qi said, "I wonder how much you know about the Houyi Clan, Marquis Liaohai. They are a carbon-based life that is born on a solid planet that is very close to a star. The planets that are suitable for human beings are often the third or fourth planets in the solar system. The Houyi Clan, on the other hand, mostly live on the second planet in the solar system. Or rather, if the planets closest to the star can be kept solid, the Houyi Clan can survive for a while.
"At the beginning, the Houyi Clan was an insignificant bug that was covered in a black shell that looked like a solar panel. They were very heat-resistant, but the environment that they lived in was too harsh. The star gave them too much light, heat, and even destructive radiation. They had to pay attention to the changes of the star all the time and adjust the composition of their black shell and the internal structure according to the changes of the radiation so that they could absorb as much energy as possible and block the radiation. That was how they could survive in such an extreme environment.
"When the Houyi Clan developed high intelligence and boasted the ability to travel in space, they naturally became specialists in the study of stars. They were also specialists in the Pangu Civilization Alliance who were responsible for the incessant output of abundant energy.
"In the Pangu Civilization Alliance, there was also a branch of the Kuafu Clan, which was a star specialist in the same way as the Houyi Clan. They chased after stars and acquired energy. However, the Kuafu Clan's specialty was the steady utilization of star energy. They established abundant energy-absorbing panels on the orbit of the star, trying to enshroud the entire star with a piece of magical equipment named 'Kuafu Sphere' to achieve a 100% utilization of energy.
"Even if they could not enshroud the entire sun, as long as they could cover one percent of the surface area of the star, the energy that they could collect would be terrifying.
"Unlike the Kuafu Clan, which was relatively gentle and peace-loving, the Houyi Clan was a tougher species. They were better at breaking the delicate balance of the star and unleashing the most powerful force for the purpose of war and destruction.
"It is said that millions of years ago, before the Pangu Civilization Alliance was established, the Kuafu Clan and the Houyi Clan, two interstellar civilizations that were equally adept at the utilization of stars, had a protracted and magnificent war.
"At that time, the Kuafu Clan was the advanced civilization. They had stepped out of their mother planet ten thousand years earlier than the Houyi Clan and colonized the dozens of Sectors nearby. They discovered ten stable stars in the prime years that were suitable for energy collection in those Sectors.
"The Kuafu Clan established 'Kuafu Sphere' around the ten stars. With the energy of the ten suns, they established a brilliant and powerful interstellar civilization and suppressed all the latecomer civilizations in their range of exploration, not giving any chance for the latecomers to surpass them.
"The Houyi Clan, in particular, was a civilization that was equally adept at the utilization of stars in a similar way to the Kuafu Clan. They were the key targets that the Kuafu Clan was wary of and suppressed.
"At first, the Houyi Clan was no match for the Kuafu Clan at all. They were crushed by the enemy with the energy collected from the ten suns. Their entire civilization was almost annihilated.
"Everybody in the Houyi Clan said that the enemy had ten suns and was about to roast them alive.
"In the end, the Houyi Clan gathered all their elites and attacked the stars in dozens of daring squads. Finally, nine of the ten stable stars under the Kuafu Clan's control were detonated.
"The nine stars had drastic changes and spurted out destructive flames and radiation, destroying almost all the Kuafu Sphere and the fleets of the Kuafu Clan.
"The Kuafu Clan was enshrouded in the infinite darkness. Countless fleets cried miserably at the dim, messy sea of stars after the solar storm. They jumped from one Sector to another, only to see the same tragedy. Most of the fleets did not persist to the last sun that was still stable and peaceful. Everybody died on the way because of the lack of resources.
"The battle changed the balance of power between the Kuafu Clan and the Houyi Clan greatly. The Houyi Clan gained the strategic advantage and was determined to shoot down the last sun of the Kuafu Clan, which wouldn't do them any good. After all, they were born on stars too. However, their intense hatred for each other and their fear of the Kuafu Clan's rise made them determined to destroy the future of the Kuafu Clan at the risk of both sides suffering heavy losses.
"At this moment, the Pangu Clan showed up.
"Or rather, the drastic changes of the nine suns allowed the Pangu Clan to discover the existence of the Kuafu Clan and the Houyi Clan. They learned that the Pangu Clan was not the only carbon-based intelligent life in the boundless universe.
"At this time, the Pangu Clan was far more advanced than the Kuafu Clan and the descendants of the Kuafu Clan, but they were also amazed by the two carbon-based lives' utilization of the stars, both peacefully and violently.
"The Pangu Clan realized that the carbon-based intelligent lives had developed to such a terrifying level that their war could destroy the entire universe and even the civilizations that had nothing to do with the war. They had to stop the war among the carbon-based intelligent lives to maintain the peace of the entire universe. Therefore, the Pangu Clan mediated the war between the Kuafu Clan and the Houyi Clan, secretly supporting the Kuafu Clan and preventing the Houyi Clan from destroying the last sun of the Kuafu Clan. They also made a three-party agreement, which was probably the prototype of the 'Pangu Alliance' later.
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