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Chapter 181 Dead Hand System
The appearance of the Void Tomb caused a massive upheaval in both the Federation and the Empire.

The security department representative raised its danger level to the highest level ever!

The Federal Central Parliament has initiated impeachment proceedings against the Ministry of Security and the Federal Government.

Karin Reynolds' pretty face was tense, her eyes practically spitting fire with rage: "This is your so-called Leviathan Project?! The Zerg have moved their lair to the Sixth Ring, and your people are still guarding the Holy Gate there! Dismissed! They must be dismissed!"

The security representative had small blisters around his mouth and didn't have time to see a doctor.

His anger was almost uncontrollable, and his tone was sharp: "Stop pretending to be innocent. The Leviathan Project was approved unanimously, did you vote against it? You're just talking and then you start criticizing the people who did the work. There's no such thing as a free lunch."

Karin Reynolds sneered: "If you don't have the skills, why take on the job? Whether it's resources or personnel, it's always your security department that gets to choose first, and yet your work has such a huge flaw, and you don't even want people to criticize it?"

The security representative leaned back in his chair, a mocking smile playing on his lips: "Speak, speak as much as you want! If you're so capable, talk your way back to the insect hive, that'll be something to be proud of."

Under immense pressure, all parties shifted blame to each other, arguing like 800 ducks quacking.

"Enough!" Chu Huaizhi's face was cold and his lips were tightly pursed.

His imposing gaze swept across the virtual conference room, and everyone, even across the network, seemed to feel his intimidating presence.

The meeting room fell silent again.

Chu Huaizhi took a deep breath and assigned tasks in a firm voice: "Everyone here knows how dangerous the Zerg Hive is. Whatever your interests are, everything is based on the premise that the Federation still exists."

"Without the Federation, humanity is nothing but lambs to the slaughter in the vast universe. At this time, we should unite as one to overcome this difficulty. The Zerg's large-scale offensive is both a crisis and an opportunity."

He paused, then went straight to the point: "We all know that without a new technological revolution, humanity's exploration of the universe will stop here. The existing six star rings and empires are the limit. The universe's resources are finite, and at our current rate of consumption, how long can we sustain this?"

"Whether it's Project Leviathan or the secret experiments of Starshine Life, they are all self-rescue efforts based on this reality."

"The Zerg... they are extraterrestrial life forms. If we defeat them, we might be able to learn how to transcend the realm! If there is a Zerg civilization beyond the realm, then there must be abundant resources. Humanity can not only escape the current crisis, but also reach a new level!"

After boosting morale, Chu Huaizhi, in his capacity as the Federation Marshal, assigned the next phase of the mission: "Construct five lines of defense based on the Star Ring boundary, with the fifth Star Ring defense line and the first Star Ring defense line commencing construction simultaneously!"

"In any occupied area, activate the self-destruct system to ensure that no resources are left for the Zerg."

"All schools have suspended classes, and second-, third-, and fourth-year students from various Star Ring Military Academy have been urgently conscripted into the army."

"Relax the control over nutrient solution production licenses to ensure people's livelihood."

"Nuwa, publish specific information about the Zerg and their hives on the StarNet and various regional networks, and strengthen self-rescue training for citizens."

"Notify the Institute of Life Sciences to accelerate gene storage and preserve the spark of human civilization."

As orders were issued one by one, the entire Federation knew that the most difficult test was about to begin!

At the end of the meeting, Chu Huaizhi remained silent for a long time.

He held an e-cigarette between his right index and middle fingers, his fingers trembling slightly, and a hint of reluctance appeared on his usually stern face.

Everyone was waiting for him to say those words.

He put the e-cigarette in his mouth and took a deep drag: "Nuwa, how's the sixth star ring?"

[Nuwa]: "After the insect hive appeared, the Imperial army urgently withdrew from the area. All 72 habitable planets lost contact."

Unlike cigarettes, e-cigarettes don't produce sparks, but Chu Huaizhi found them unusually hot to the touch. The Sixth Star Ring comprised a total of 540 billion humans, of whom perhaps less than 100 billion have survived.

Chu Huaizhi closed his eyes, and images of the Zerg indiscriminately slaughtering people flashed through his mind.

The scales in my heart are swaying back and forth.

He suddenly remembered a story Lin Xiaohe had once told him casually.

"If you were God, and a high-speed train had its brakes fail, there were two paths ahead of it. One path had one person tied to it, and the other had 1000 people tied to it. Which path would you let the train take?"

Chu Huaizhi's eyes hardened. He was not a god, but a human being, so he had to weigh the options.

"In the name of the Federal Marshal, I request the activation of the Federal Sixth Star Ring Dead Hand System."

[Nuwa]: "It has been confirmed that the Federation is in a major crisis, meeting the prerequisites for activating the Dead Hand System. Voting will commence in ten seconds."

The Federation has only two Dead Hand systems, located in the First Star Ring and the Sixth Star Ring.

The Dead Hand system wasn't developed by humans; they found it.

Based on years of research by scientists, it is speculated that this system is a powerful weapon designed by a Level 5 civilization or above.

To date, humanity has not figured out how the Dead Hand system was built. All that is known is that the design principle of this weapon is that if dark energy, especially p energy, is powerful enough, it may tear apart galaxies, stars, planets, and even spacetime itself.

The dark energy and p energy mentioned here only exist in human theories.

Scientists believe that the darkness of the universe is not empty, but rather filled with a form of energy that causes the universe to expand at an accelerated rate.

This energy was named the D element.

In addition, in the dark energy theory model, there is a dynamic form of dark energy that may change over time, which is named the Q element.

In the same theoretical model, there is an energy density that increases over time, which could lead to the Big Rip in the universe; this is called P energy.

When the Dead Hand system is activated, the planet, acting as a weapon, first absorbs the enormous energy of the star in its star system. This energy is then used to collect dark energy from the universe and compress and store it in a container in the planet's core, forming the Q element.

When the weapon is fired, the Q element is converted into p energy and released through a special spacetime rift.

P energy, passing through this spacetime rift, can almost instantly traverse vast interstellar distances and precisely strike the target star system.

Of course, this is the most complete operational procedure. Humans did not gain control of the Dead Hand system, but they knew how to activate its counterattack self-destruction.

Nuwa countdown: "Ten, nine, eight..."

"Unanimously approved! The Sixth Star Ring Dead Hand System is activated, fifteen days to go!"

Chu Huaizhi's face was as cold as ice, looking frighteningly ugly.

Can the Dead Hand system defeat the Zerg hive? I don't know.

Will the destruction of the sixth star ring affect the fifth star ring? We don't know.

On the bright side, the sixth star ring has three star systems, and the Dead Hand system will only affect the star system where the hive is located, leaving two star systems remaining!

(End of this chapter)