Mobile City Farming Guide

Chapter 385 Stellar Zombies (4K)

Since there are no white dwarfs nearby, the material filling the red giant's core was replaced with other high-density materials.

"Actually, it's not just red giants; the sun, neutron stars, white dwarfs, and even black holes can all be set up as bombs," Kaden warned.

"Is that so?" Li Ye asked in surprise.

In the universe, stellar bombs are a common means of combat and terrorist attacks.

It is quick to build, powerful, and difficult to detect.

Highly developed galaxies often have an agency specifically responsible for inspecting all the stars in the galaxy, finding and defusing stellar bombs, making them a kind of interstellar version of "bomb disposal units".

Once the star bomb was in place, Space Fleet KP-52 was granted detonation authority.

“Now, let’s go,” Kaden said.

Upon arrival at their destination, Tomorrow Alliance was the first to prepare to enter interstellar orbit.

Since setting out, Li Ye has become very familiar with the process and has ordered all mobile cities to activate their gravitational wave controllers.

But he soon noticed something was wrong.

This interstellar orbit has been completely destroyed.

Its enormous and smooth hyperdimensional slide has collapsed, and the once stable spacetime structure is like shattered glass, presenting a broken appearance.

Monitoring revealed that the orbit contains countless unstable gravitational vortices of varying sizes, like reefs and quicksand in the ocean, appearing and disappearing intermittently, posing an extremely dangerous situation.

"Who did this?" he murmured subconsciously.

"I don't know," Kaden shook his head.

“We have a gravity device, could we build a new one?” Li Ye asked tentatively.

“If it’s a complete rebuild, it will take at least a week,” Kaden replied. “And that’s assuming we have mature and stable interstellar engineering technology.”

Li Ye couldn't help but shake his head.

Given the current precarious situation at the edge of the Dagon system, where is there the time and resources to rebuild an interstellar orbit?

"So how far away is the nearest interstellar orbit from us?" he asked.

Upon learning that it was 42 kilometers, Li Ye couldn't help but shake his head repeatedly.

At the current speed, it will take quite a while to get there.

Just then, he realized something and slapped his forehead.

The system cooldown has been working overtime, and a new round of intelligence should have been updated by now.

This round of intelligence updates only has an eight-hour refresh period.

Although the intelligence value is not high, Li Ye hopes it can provide some real-time key information.

For example, why was the interstellar orbit in front of us destroyed?

Sure enough, when Li Ye opened the system panel, a new round of intelligence had already been refreshed.

1. The human civilization located in the McCallum system has applied to join the system's technology research and development program. However, due to its C- civilization rating, it has no competitive advantage among the newly joined civilizations in the McCallum system. (Intelligence Value: Average)

[2. Five minutes ago, another Level 7 super monster civilization was born. (Intelligence Value: Excellent)]

3. Located 15232 kilometers away, there is an unconquered ocean planet rich in resources. No civilization exists on this ocean planet. (Intelligence Value: Excellent)

4. The interstellar orbit you are currently observing has been disrupted by a stellar zombie manipulating its own gravity. It has detected your presence and is rapidly approaching. (Intelligence Value: Rare)

5. The edge of the Dagon system you are currently on has completely fallen. The Dark Alliance completely cut off interstellar communication here a few minutes ago, and the instructions from the Dagon System Supreme Council can no longer be transmitted here.

The Dark Alliance has united its various interstellar zombie hordes, forming a massive encirclement, intending to gradually shrink and destroy all civilizations and alien beasts on the edge of this star system from the outside in. Evacuate immediately. (Intelligence Value: Rare)

Li Ye quickly reviewed the intelligence before him.

"Another level 7 super monster civilization has appeared?" He was somewhat surprised.

He has now gained a preliminary understanding of the combat power of a level 7 super monster civilization.

As beings that have evolved to the pinnacle, there is no doubt that each Level 7 super monster civilization must possess its own unique civilization system.

Li Ye had no time to pay attention to the ocean planet mentioned in the third intelligence report.

Although the planet is rich in resources and there is no civilization, and the journey is not long, the Tomorrow Alliance has already reached level 7 and can hardly even look down on the resources of a single planet.

"Without realizing it, our Tomorrow Alliance's appetite has grown bigger and bigger," he couldn't help but sigh.

As for the fourth and fifth pieces of intelligence, they are crucial pieces of information that Liye urgently needs.

"So this interstellar orbit was destroyed by a stellar zombie?"

Amidst his surprise, a chill ran through Li Ye's eyes.

Kaden once said that stellar-level zombies are something that even dozens of space fleets combined cannot handle.

He still didn't know the type of stellar zombie.

The fifth piece of intelligence made Li Ye appear very worried.

It turns out that the edge of this galaxy had already fallen long ago.

The enemy even constructed a giant network of countless interstellar zombie hordes—Li Ye couldn't even begin to imagine how many zombies there were.

He immediately contacted Kaden and informed him of the two messages.

Kaden tried to contact higher-ups with some skepticism, only to find it was completely impossible.

His expression immediately turned serious.

"If what you say is true, the enemy's encirclement has been formed and is gradually tightening, then we have to find a way to break through."

“Breaking out should be easy, right?” Li Ye asked tentatively. “The Dagon system should also have interstellar-level transportation infrastructure, including stargates. As long as we reach the stargate at the edge of this system, we can evacuate via space jump, and we can even escape to other systems.”

Kaden shook his head.

"What we can think of, the enemy can naturally think of as well."

Since the Dark Alliance can completely block communication here, they will naturally occupy or even destroy the stargates set up here.

After careful consideration, Li Ye proposed another solution.

The Tomorrow Alliance, the KP-52 space fleet, and the Rost civilization all hid in their microcosms.

Once the Alliance completes the blueprints for light-speed travel tomorrow, they will be able to escape safely.

With full-scale research and development, it will only take a few days.

“This method is indeed feasible, and highly efficient and safe.” Kaden’s eyes showed surprise as he spoke. “However… how could your human civilization develop light-speed travel in just a few days?”

Li Ye smiled slightly and didn't say anything more.

Just as he was about to activate the microcosm device to contain the Rost civilization, the KP-52 space fleet, and even all the mobile cities of the Tomorrow Alliance, an unexpected situation suddenly occurred.

The microcosm device had completely malfunctioned.

"What happened? Why is my inner universe gone just like that?" he asked in shock.

Kaden paused for a moment, then quickly realized what was happening. If he wasn't mistaken, the Dark Alliance had activated a technological lock while sealing off the edge of this galaxy, completely shutting down the microcosm technology.

Any microcosm located at the edge of a galaxy will completely malfunction.

"Can this technological lock be used like this?" Li Ye asked in astonishment.

“Of course! Tech locks aren’t just used to limit the technological limits of a civilization; they can also be used as a means of warfare!” Kaden answered loudly.

A few beads of sweat immediately rolled down Li Ye's face.

This creates a huge problem, as everyone has completely lost this effective means of refuge.

"Don't worry, your inner universe is only temporarily malfunctioning," Kaden reassured him. "Once we're out of the edge of this galaxy, it'll be running again."

Li Ye nodded and quickly took stock of the things in his cosmos.

Several planets with low-level civilizations that have been contained.

The H73 planetary cluster space fleet had just entered the interior for repairs and troubleshooting and had not yet been withdrawn.

Looking at the vast and boundless space before him, a strong sense of insecurity immediately welled up in his heart.

"Novi, notify the blueprint development center to accelerate the development of blueprints for the light-speed travel city components!"

House seemingly endless rain.

According to the space reconnaissance ship's monitoring, the stellar zombie was rapidly approaching the group.

Novi played the detected footage in front of Liye.

This stellar zombie is a white dwarf.

Its shape resembles an extremely pale eyeball completely dominated by the whites of the eye, covered by a deformed and disgusting membrane of flesh, and covered with a thick and constantly wriggling network of eerie green blood vessels.

Not only that, there was also a series of extremely twisted, fleshy growths and huge, bulging pustules.

What is most striking is its bizarre, gigantic mouth that stretches almost across both sides of the entire star.

Inside the giant mouth were countless sharp teeth.

One bite and it'd probably be enough to devour half a planet.

A slight change in Li Ye's eyes.

The appearance of this white dwarf zombie is so grotesque and spectacular that it is truly awe-inspiring.

To his surprise, the white dwarf zombie did not come alone, but carried with it hundreds of asteroids and comets.

This scene immediately reminded Li Ye of something.

White dwarfs possess extremely strong gravity and gravitational pull, and they retain this property even after being infected!

At this very moment, these hundred or so planets and comets are orbiting the white dwarf zombie star in a coordinated trajectory.

The accompanying Rosts also saw this image, and their faces showed fear and shock.

For this alien civilization that had been imprisoned on a white dwarf for millions of years, the zombies transformed from the white dwarf were undoubtedly terrifying.

"Novie, at our current speed, can we shake off the White Dwarf zombies?" Li Ye asked.

“Absolutely not. Based on my observations, the white dwarf zombie travels at 5 kilometers per hour,” Novi replied.

Li Ye couldn't help but take a deep breath.

It seems we have no choice but to fight.

The Tomorrow Alliance, KP-52 Space Fleet, and the Rost Civilization immediately entered a state of highest alert.

In an instant, countless fierce firepower swept towards the white dwarf zombie.

The latter manipulates gravity to form a shield, providing complete defense.

After this round of attacks ended, the white dwarf zombie opened its huge mouth and let out a roar, launching its own attack.

Suddenly, a planet orbiting around it changed its trajectory and hurtled towards it in a mighty rush.

The three parties immediately took emergency evasive action, but hundreds of Rostrum were still hit and killed.

For this alien civilization with a total population of only tens of thousands, this was already a considerable number of casualties.

But Rost and his men did not show much sadness; instead, they bravely and tenaciously continued to fight.

"Novie, send all the white dwarf shells to Rost," Li Ye reminded him.

However, Novi shook her head.

“Master, what you need to do now is to immediately maneuver to evade,” she said. “Not only the Tomorrow Alliance, but also the Rost Civilization and the KP-52 Space Fleet.”

"Why?" Li Ye asked instinctively.

"Because the white dwarf zombies are about to launch an unprecedented wide-area bombardment, the bombardment range of which completely covers the space region where you are located."

In reality, the white dwarf zombies carried not only hundreds of planets and comets.

It also used gravity to pull together a vast meteorite belt.

This meteorite belt is like a school of fish drawn by a gravitational net, densely following behind it.

The group did observe the meteorite belt, but assumed it was simply moving naturally and did not expect that the white dwarf zombie would carry it with it.

At this moment, the eerie green blood vessel network on the surface of the white dwarf zombie began to pulsate and flicker violently, emitting an ominous and intense light.

Countless meteorites of varying shapes and sizes, gradually accelerated under the influence of gravity, hurtled towards the three groups of people.

During their flight, the meteorites collided and combined at extremely high speeds, forming various irregular fragments that created a shockwave hundreds of thousands of kilometers wide, containing rocks, metallic minerals, and frost.

"Evade maneuver! Maneuver evade immediately!" Kaden roared hoarsely.

With this level of gravity and asteroid belt, gravity defense alone is not enough; all three parties need to find cover.

Fortunately, there are several barren, rocky planets nearby.

The three groups then sped into the back of the rocky planet and activated gravity defenses.

This scene was somewhat familiar to Li Ye.

It was like the torrential rain of stones that the giants unleashed in Nanliuzhou.

But what he didn't expect was that it also existed in space.

The meteorite belt then descended, and the immense mass and gravitational kinetic energy it carried caused severe disturbances wherever it passed, even distorting light.

From a distance, the background of stars in this region of space appears swaying, blurry, and even fragmented, as if viewed through boiling water.

Comets, meteorites, asteroids, satellites—any celestial body drifting in this region is instantly ground into incredibly fine particles simply by being scraped along the edge of the torrent.

The planet where the three factions were hiding was shattered by the meteorites.

Meteorites of all sizes violently rubbed against the atmosphere of the rocky planet, instantly heating the entire sky to incandescence and unleashing a fiery rain that covered the entire dome of the planet.

The mountain range was cleaved in two by the meteorite, and massive rocks were ejected hundreds of kilometers away. The planet's few lakes and oceans were instantly vaporized, exposing the dried-up and cracked seabed. Subsequent impacts then completely pierced through the seabed, and the continental plates, under the unparalleled force of the impact, cracked and bulged like fragile eggshells before shattering with a deafening roar.

(End of this chapter)