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Suspicion
Once he had his suspicions, he had to take action. This had always been Han Xiao's style. He had asked Philip to monitor the various intelligence in the galactic society and report any abnormal movements immediately. However, after being cautious for a few months, he did not discover anything, and the situation did not change.
Because of the Pivotal Snake, the World Tree Civilization impatiently attacked the border defense circle time and time again. The other troops entered the battlefield as if they were free, not caring about the damage. However, the Galactic Alliance Army was not to be trifled with. How could their defense line be broken so easily?
Even in the secondary dimension battlefront, the World Tree Blessed Race invaded several times. However, with Han Xiao guarding the shallow dimension, he was like an unshakable guardian god. The Blessed Race invaded time and time again, but they were defeated time and time again. They abandoned countless fleets and ran away, allowing Han Xiao to kill them all.
The worst thing was in terms of individual strength. The World Tree realized that it was completely crushed. At the frontlines of the Flickering World, there was Aurora, the healer, EsGod, and Herberlon, the top combatants. The World Tree experts exchanged injuries for zero, and the secondary dimension guardian was Han Xiao, who was at the Transcendent Grade. Even the Tree King did not dare to show his face, let alone the others.
All of a sudden, the Holy Tree Emissaries, ancestral spirits, and army leaders realized that they were no longer useful. Neither battlefront needed them.
If they had already invaded their homeland, they could still rely on their individual strength to move around the universe flexibly, just like special forces, dragging the energy of the enemy civilization and causing all kinds of damage. However, in the current situation, they could only wait for orders.
After a few months of war, the tens of millions of players had also re-integrated into the atmosphere of war. They could choose from both battlefronts, and the missions were much more abundant. Their wallets also slowly became thicker. Unfortunately, Version 5.5 had unlocked a new level cap. The players' main goal was to level up, and they did not have much money left to spend.
As more and more players stepped into the Calamity Grade, a qualitative change slowly appeared. The players became more prominent on the battlefield, and the three Universal Civilizations paid more attention to them.
From the perspective of the upper echelons, the explored universe was rich in resources. For a long time, with their strong productivity, they would be able to fight against the World Tree Civilization. However, there was always an end to this path, and the World Tree was still better in this aspect. As time passed, the three Universal Civilizations felt that they would start to weaken sooner or later, and the various hidden dangers of wartime policies would gradually appear.
Of course, this situation would not happen anytime soon. They were not the ones who were in a fix. The three Universal Civilizations were now sitting firmly on the high platform, and they wanted to fight a war of attrition more than the World Tree. They wanted to buy time and wait for the Pivotal Snake to grow. Therefore, players with Calamity Grade potential who could not be killed were important strategic weapons in the eyes of the three Universal Civilizations. They were not afraid of exhaustion.
Over the past few months, the situation had been good. The entire galactic society was gradually filled with confidence and optimism.
Although the players did not know about the Pivotal Snake, after analyzing the situation on the surface, they felt that the three Universal Civilizations were not in a stable situation this time. After learning Black Star's operation, the rest would be F2A. How could Flying Dragon Face lose?
Just as everyone's morale was at its peak, Han Xiao discovered some clues.
…
"The various members of the Supercluster Alliance have all set up secret stargates in the country and gathered a large number of civilians, countless supplies, and long-distance battleships. They seem to be preparing to escape?"
As Han Xiao flipped through the information, his expression changed as he pondered.
Facing the invasion of foreign enemies, it was normal for these advanced civilizations to leave a way out for themselves and make backup plans. Even though everyone was optimistic about the war and their confidence was boosted, it was understandable for the advanced civilizations to still plan for the worst. Han Xiao had noticed the Supercluster's actions previously and did not take it seriously.
However, because of the suspicion of the 'War of the Realm' and the few months of peace, Han Xiao's paranoia had become more and more serious. Now, everyone was a little suspicious. Even though the Supercluster Alliance's preparations were reasonable, they were still a little eye-catching to him.
Han Xiao recalled the performance of the Supercluster Civilization's troops on the battlefield. Although they had completed the mission, it gave him the feeling that they had not used their full strength.
In the past, he thought that the Supercluster was worried that they would be used as cannon fodder by the three Universal Civilizations, so they were cautious. However, now that he was suspicious, he felt that there was something else going on.
After all, the Supercluster Alliance and the three Universal Civilizations had a deep-rooted conflict. In this kind of foreign invasion, if the Supercluster Alliance did not seize the opportunity to do something, it would not be their style.
"I have a feeling that they're not just leaving a way out. They have other plans …"
Han Xiao stroked his chin and made up his mind to collect the secrets of the Supercluster Alliance.
In any case, regardless of whether there was a problem or not, it was not a bad thing to investigate. It would be best if he could find something that could be used against them.
After sending a message to Philip to pay attention to this information, Han Xiao exited the quantum network and walked out of the room. A huge cloud appeared in front of him. It was the Pivotal Snake hiding inside. Beside it was the breeder, the Realmless King, and a bunch of mechanical troops acting as bodyguards.
Everyone was currently in a secondary dimension, allowing the Pivotal Snake to devour to its heart's content. Han Xiao had been using the mobile fortress to follow closely behind them. While protecting them, he was also thinking about how to speed up the growth of the Pivotal Snake.
For this reason, he had no choice but to give the Pivotal Snake a comprehensive examination. Naturally, the Pivotal Snake was unwilling, but under his strong control, it could only stare coldly and unwillingly at Han Xiao as he played with its body.
After checking its body, Han Xiao realized that the Pivotal Snake did not have a gender. It could also be said to be hermaphrodite.
After a more detailed inspection, Han Xiao also figured out the reproduction method of the Pivotal Snake, which made him feel complicated.
The reproduction of the Pivotal Snake required the use of the secondary dimension that gave birth to a consciousness to carry out mating. It absorbed the secondary dimension in another way and turned it into an embryo. This kind of behavior could be said to be independent reproduction or hybridization. In any case, it did not need the 'help' of its own kind.
However, it made sense. The Pivotal Snake would most likely not be able to meet another of its own kind in its life. Furthermore, it was being hunted down by the World Tree. If it could not reproduce alone, it would have been extinct long ago.
The problem was that the Pivotal Snake usually ate secondary dimensions … In other words, what did this snake do to its food?
Furthermore, after sleeping with it, it even ate it and absorbed it as nutrients … It could even eat it after sleeping with it. Was it a female mantis?
All kinds of thoughts flashed through Han Xiao's mind. He looked at the Pivotal Snake that was not polite to him and had some ideas.
"No matter how much the Pivotal Snake eats, it will at most become fat. It will not enter the mature period quickly. The growth of living creatures has to follow the rules … However, if I change the foundation of its existence, I wonder if it will be useful."
A bold idea popped up in Han Xiaoxin's mind.
If the Pivotal Snake was allowed to develop properly, who knew how long it would take for it to reach adulthood. However, if he used (Life Transformation-Virtual) to turn it into an artificial intelligence life form, then the difference in its life form would be like heaven and earth. Could he directly inject a large amount of data to accelerate its maturation and quickly 'reach adulthood' …
The only problem was that he did not know if the Pivotal Snake could still retain its sense of the World Tree after its form of existence changed.
Logically speaking, if the sense came from the Information Form level, then no matter what type of life form the Pivotal Snake became, it should not have any effect.
However, Han Xiao did not dare to take the risk now. There was only one Pivotal Snake, and he could not reverse it. If he broke it, it would be gone.
"If only I could get another one for me to experiment with …"
Han Xiao narrowed his eyes and looked at the Pivotal Snake with ill intentions.
Why don't … I let this snake give birth now?
Speaking of which, it's still a baby. Can it stand up …
Han Xiao fell into deep thought.
…
Just as Han Xiao was studying the breeding profession, the World Tree Civilization made some discoveries.
In the Tree King Palace, the Ancestral Tree King listened to the report from the frontline and revealed a subtle expression.
"Are you sure? The particles you intercepted recorded a large amount of information about the enemy civilization? "
"Yes, these particles used microscopic recording technology that involves dimension conversion. We're still trying to decipher it and restore the specific content, but we can't be wrong. There are many spatial coordinates and star maps of the enemy's territory inside."
"There's such a thing?"
The Ancestral Tree King's eyes flickered.
The two armies were in a stalemate at the border, and the World Tree had also built a base, placing it at the entrance of the three Universal Civilizations. Not long ago, an urgent report came from the frontline. The radar of the frontline base had discovered signs of an abnormal space reaction and a weak energy explosion somewhere a certain distance away, so they sent out an exploration team to investigate, afraid that the three Universal Civilizations would not be satisfied with defending and would cause some trouble.
However, after some inspection, they found that it was a temporary wormhole that had disappeared by the time the exploration team arrived. To be cautious, the exploration team followed the traces of the energy explosion and searched. The microscopic field of vision scanner quickly discovered that there were some floating special particles in this area that seemed to have been thrown in all directions by the explosion. Thus, the exploration team collected a portion of them, but they did not expect to find a large amount of information related to the three Universal Civilizations.
As soon as he found out about this, the Ancestral Tree King's first reaction was to deceive them, thinking that it was fake information from the three Universal Civilizations that wanted to trick them with false information.
His second reaction was that there was a traitor in the three Universal Civilizations, and for some reason, they wanted to collude with the enemy … This was not the first time the World Tree had encountered such a thing. During their conquest of the universe, as long as their opponent was a composite civilization alliance, they would not be united.
His third thought was that there was a third party watching them, wanting to add fuel to the fire and take advantage of the situation … The World Tree was also very experienced in this.
"The variable actually appeared here …"
These thoughts flashed through the Ancestral Tree King's mind, and a strange expression appeared on his face. He seemed to heave a sigh of relief, but also seemed to have a cold smile on his face.
He had been at a loss for the past few months because of the war with the three Universal Civilizations. He did not expect someone to give him a pillow when he was about to doze off. The most important thing now was to confirm if the information was real. As long as it was not fake information deliberately released by the three Universal Civilizations, there would be a turning point in the battle.
"Decipher all the content as soon as possible and sort it all out. At the same time, try to reverse engineer the origin of this wormhole."
The Ancestral Tree King did not hesitate and asked the research department to produce results quickly.
Whether it was a traitor or a third party, no matter what their purpose was, no matter if they wanted to use the World Tree or not … it was not important to him. What was important was to kill the three Universal Civilizations and remove the mother tree's greatest threat!
As for the other problems, when the threat was eliminated and the World Tree was invincible again, there would be plenty of time to slowly resolve them. The Ancestral Tree King had always been able to grasp the main conflict.
…
On the other side, in the strategic command room of the Sibert Fortress in the Flickering World …
"Reporting, there is an abnormal spatial reaction outside the border. It is suspected to be a wormhole." A notification came from the military radar.
The many military officers present went up and looked at the source. They found that the abnormal signal was outside the border defense circle, not too far from the World Tree's base.
"Can we investigate and see what's going on there?" a staff officer asked.
"There is insufficient information. It is recommended that we investigate on the spot," the military artificial intelligence replied.
Hearing this, everyone looked at each other and muttered softly.
The Border Defense Army was stationed at various posts in the defense circle. If they left this place, it would be very difficult to deal with the tide of the World Tree fleet without the endless defenses and fast support channels. Therefore, the Border Defense Army had always been focused on defense and would not take the initiative to attack.
The source of the abnormality was outside the defense circle. If they wanted to investigate on the spot, they had to send their fleet out. Not only were they keeping an eye on the World Tree's movements, the World Tree had also been keeping an eye on the defense circle. Once the Border Defense Army sent out a fleet, the World Tree would definitely send troops over to fight in the field and eat up their fleet. Furthermore, from the distance, the World Tree was closer to the source of the abnormal reaction. Even if they sent troops over, there was an 80% chance that they would not gain anything.
Generally speaking, the border troops rarely sent people to carry out such high-risk missions of unknown value.
However … the players happened to be suitable for this job.
Thank you, Huang Maoyuan, for your 10000 reward!
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