Chapter 242 – The Star Strike Finally Arrives

[With your help, the Kiosk has taken a very important step on the path of mankind.]

[Light burns]

[The wind’s lightness]

[All of it, all of it, flows through those white fingertips]

[Ailee is happy, in a way that is difficult to express in the language of the database.]

[On summer afternoons, you watch that human growth and can’t help but smile and look forward to a better future.]

“The 40th year of the simulation. You’re 59 years old. Thirty-eight years of Ailee’s company.

[You’ve absorbed most of the science and technology from Civilization 02.]

[You have grown significantly, acquiring more knowledge, and at the same time, your loyal machine servants have become stronger, and their math power has risen a bit more]

[This year’s Airey, has developed a new soup for you]

[You think it tastes good]

59 years old.

In a normal human being, this age would be considered advanced.

The body’s functions are declining, all organs are aging, and even the neural thinking is starting to slow down.

There have been related experiences with the Hsu system.

It is very understandable.

But this simulation was different, with the reinforcement of the genetic potion, Xu System’s lifespan was still very long, and he still maintained his youthful stance.

“Lifespan, not to worry about for now.”

“The third type of the gene potion in question has been added to the research and development process.”

“And there’s cryogenic hibernation technology to further mitigate aging.”

The Xu system muttered to itself as it sat in the main control room of the eco-starship, settling on a development plan for the following years, if not decades.

As the tech tree climbs higher and higher.

Technical difficulties are becoming more and more difficult to overcome.

Even with Organic Soul Pleasure, and Ailee’s special observation ability, it couldn’t do the explosive growth that it had done before.

It’s going to be an extremely long time in the future for advances in technology.

“If you want to develop warp sailing kind of FTL technology, well–“

The Xu system pondered for a moment.

Eventually shaking his head.

With his own hang-ups, and Ailee’s antics, he does have the potential to develop a successful one.

But that time, necessarily, is exceedingly long.

There is a high probability that by the end of the simulation, all will only be able to touch one edge.

“Trying to surpass light? This kind of thing is fine when you think about it, but it’s too hard to put into practice ……,” Xu System rubbed his swollen temples.

He thought.

Such incredible things.

Left to mortal wisdom, it might be able to be done.

It’s just a shame that this time, the red words are of the life-preserving type.

……

“The silence of deep space, the silence of death, this is the norm of the universe.

[The seemingly bright sea of stars is actually spaced far apart, tormenting every passerby on the starry path.]

[You’re not bored]

[Your life is still a three-way street]

[either researching technology, playing virtual games, or sleeping through the long voyage with a cryogenic sleep].

[The starship’s power increases year by year, leaving the past behind and enabling you to reach the distant future]

[Forty-fifth year of simulation, you’re 64 years old, 43rd year of Ailee’s company]

[You have completely digested the knowledge of Civilization 02]

[Thanks to this, Airey’s body became more anthropomorphic, and her face, originally full of stiff expressions, slowly became unrecognizable]

[Fifty years of simulation, you’re 69 years old, 48 years of Ailee’s company]

[You were sleeping in the hibernation bin and were awakened from the cabin by the sudden sounding of a war warning.]

Confusion.

Strife.

Pervasive.

The Xu system had envisioned that during the period of navigating the universe, it would meet a civilization that also had the ability to navigate the universe and have a hostile engagement.

However, how could Xu Department not have expected that.

The first opponent he had encountered in the vast starry sky would be an endless tide of insects.

A hideous and ghastly beastly gesture.

Armor that is comparable to alloy armor.

As well as a powerful body that ignores the harsh environment of the universe and can travel through vacuum environments.

“Intellectual Rebellion, Undead Plague, Bug Rampage, Gamers.”

“These four things are known as the four cataclysms of the sci-fi side.”

“Is today going to be a natural disaster showdown?”

System Xu stepped into the starship’s main control room and looked at the projected view of the outside world with a surprised expression.

Outside, within a small planetary system, the figures of the insect race were densely packed, frantically crawling across the surface of the planets, gnawing away at all the resources.

Those resources quickly, convert to worm eggs.

Hatch more and newer bugs.

Department Xu felt that something wasn’t quite right, the quality of these bugs was fine, but their numbers were too sparse to form a true swarm.

“Forget it, whatever.”

“Ailee, strike!”

“Aye, starship cluster ready, main control fire fully unlocked, auxiliary power units activated, wide area laser arrays released.”

The darkness of deep space devours starlight.

That bouquet of blossom fire is the radiant fading that originates from life.

You gave the final order of battle.

The weapons produced over the years under the control of Ailee were unleashed on the planetary system where the Bugs were located, and a fierce battle was waged.

[Soul Pleasure Trigger in Progress–]

[Your Intelligent Weapons units, all increase damage by 101 TP3T]

[Mechanical resonance triggered–]

[The main gun of the starship you’re riding on has been further increased in performance.]

[With an endless legion of Smartarms, and a noble damage gain, you managed to defeat the sparse Star Bugs]

You’re directing a smart device to collect dead bugs in the hopes of developing some kind of biotechnology.

[At the same time, your mind becomes more confused as to why the bugs are so few in number, and you set out on an interstellar journey once again with this puzzlement]

“Fifty-third year of simulation, your 72nd year, 51st year of Ailee’s company.

You’ve discovered a new insectoid race in a neighboring planetary system.

[You’re skilled at wiping them out and realizing one thing, the Bugs have always been plentiful, but they’re intentionally spreading themselves out]

[You don’t know why, and after looking up at the stars for a long time, you chose to replicate the behavior of the Bugs.]

“Ailee, spread out the fleet and form three successive waves.”

“Yes, Master.”

[At your command, Ailee disperses the cluster of starships, scattering the vast whole into three parts, which Ailee, by virtue of her own peculiarities, is still able to command perfectly.]

[Fifty-fifth year of simulation, you’re 74 years old, 53rd year of Ailee’s company]

[You finally understand why the Bugs you meet always show a decentralized layout instead of the endless waves of Bugs you know so well.]

[Simultaneous extinction of races due only to highly aggregated behavior]

[Space, broken]

Is it a light burst?

Is it a black hole?

Is it a temporal collapse?

Indescribable, unspeakable.

System Xu rested in the living area of the ecological starship as usual, contemplating his next plan.

In that calm, there was an attack emerging from the silent.

With infinite gravitational disturbance, crashing and shattering the space along the way, annihilating the stars and sky in an extremely violent gesture.