Chapter 506: Andromeda Galaxy

The eerie invasion crisis of the Dark Catastrophe forced the various factions of the North King Time Domain to actively band together.

Then, they all unanimously threw their support behind the Salvation Lineage.

A massive amount of resources was transported through the Xuanling World into the hands of Su Ping.

This added bricks and tiles to Su Ping's growing strength.

Su Ping did not just take the resources without doing anything in return.

Regarding the Dark Catastrophe, Su Ping first returned to the Pot Heaven to prevent it from continuing its invasion.

Afterward, he began to actively prepare for countering the Dark Catastrophe.

Having the experience of dealing with the Supreme Mother God.

Su Ping was quite confident in his ability to confront another Dark Catastrophe.

Although this time... the Abyss might not put in as much effort as it did last time.

But his own cultivation had also improved.

He was already the Galaxy Emperor, and after gaining the recognition of the Galaxy, his cultivation was increasing every day and every second.

As Su Ping discovered more and more fishing spots within the Galaxy, the various gods and saints in the Pot Heaven were also able to obtain sufficient resources to continuously upgrade their partner levels and thus grow stronger.

Judging from previous battles, whether it was the True Martial Demon-Subduing Emperor or the Nine-Tailed Fox God, their foundations were no worse than the Dark Catastrophe, and they were perhaps even slightly higher than most of the Dark Catastrophe.

After being summoned, they were at a disadvantage because his own realm was too low; although they could cheat by using Void Divine Power, it was not sustainable, and there was a clear shortcoming.

But as long as he kept fishing and obtained massive amounts of catch.

This final shortcoming of the gods and saints could also be compensated for.

And Su Ping, having become the Galaxy Emperor, had already discovered that he could achieve this.

Among the hundreds of billions of Star systems in the Galaxy, as long as Su Ping's Avatar appeared and took a glance.

He did not need the Fishing Compass to collect the fishing spots in that Star system.

And he could rely on the Galaxy Emperor's avatar to activate the fishing function to fish.

The only slight regret was that the vast majority of fishing spots in this Galaxy were only at the First or Second Tier.

And Su Ping also noticed that in Star systems with living beings, especially intelligent ones, the probability of Second Tier or higher fishing spots appearing was greater.

In those lifeless Star systems, even if there were several times more planets, it was very likely that there would not be a single fishing spot.

Fortunately, Su Ping's Pot Heaven had a synthesis function through the upgrade shop.

Low-tier catch could be synthesized to obtain higher-tier fishing materials that could only be used for upgrading and breakthroughs.

By relying on the accumulation of quantity.

Su Ping's gods and saints would eventually reach the point where they could face the main body of the Dark Catastrophe.

Because of this, Su Ping also gave reassurance to the Cultivation World and left behind the Taiyi Demon Emperor avatar to display his divine might, letting the cultivation factions of the North King Time Domain continue doing what they were doing before the Dark Catastrophe took its next action.

After all, the trading fairs in the Xuanling World still required High-grade Spirit Stones and various heavenly treasures from all over.

The cultivators of the North King Time Domain were initially somewhat panicked.

However, seeing that the members of the Salvation Lineage were all very calm and had not withdrawn their family assets but were continuing to operate, they felt reassured.

These cultivation factions also tried their best to calm themselves down.

There was no other way; life had to go on after all.

Su Ping saw that there were no major issues in the Cultivation World for the time being.

And after the Holy Domain suffered a setback this time, even if their next offensive were to be more terrifying, they would still need time to bicker and prepare.

Furthermore, the Dark Catastrophe's encirclement of the North King Time Domain.

While a threat, it was also a form of protection.

It made it difficult for the Holy Domain to come over and cause trouble with their many petty schemes at this time.

After all, they would also worry that if something went wrong and they led the Dark Catastrophe over, what would they do?

Therefore, Su Ping felt at ease focusing this gap of time on the Water Blue Star World.

Besides managing his own Galaxy and developing more Star systems and fishing spots.

Relying on the blessing of the consciousness of all living beings in the Galaxy, Su Ping's heart suddenly stirred, and he saw the Xian Nu Zuo He Xi, which had begun to intersect with the Galaxy.

The Xian Nu Zuo He Xi was one of the largest star galaxies in this galaxy group.

It possessed trillions of Star systems.

And most importantly, from a macroscopic perspective, this star galaxy had begun to merge with the Galaxy.

Not only could it be considered the nearest galaxy, but it also had the possibility of being considered a part of the Galaxy.

The only condition required was, just like here in the Galaxy, to gain the recognition of the intelligent civilizations of the Xian Nu Zuo He Xi.

And regarding this, Su Ping was still very confident.

Even if the other side also had ancient civilizations that mastered warp engines like the Xie Tiao Zhe.

Facing his own side's extraordinary sneak attack, wouldn't he still be able to succeed in one fell swoop!

The only obstacle remaining was that even though both sides had begun to merge and the nebulae had begun to make contact.

Yet, from the perspective of living beings, the actual distance between the two sides... was still so vast that even civilizations that had mastered warp engines would find it difficult to handle.

Fortunately, just because it was difficult for technological civilizations did not mean it was impossible when combined with the extraordinary.

In order to cross the long distance between the galaxies.

Su Ping prepared to take action personally.

He summoned the Neutron Battle Star, his life-bound Artifact.

He sat cross-legged on the surface of this battle star.

Then, he spread his hands, and the Sun Moon Star Chart appeared.

As the Sun Moon Star Chart unfolded, the phantoms of stars filling the sky emerged around the Neutron Battle Star.

The entire Galaxy behind Su Ping seemed to sense something and began to resonate.

This caused Su Ping's side to bloom with ultra-high-intensity starlight.

Viewed from afar, it was as if a supernova were erupting where Su Ping was.

Su Ping was also not afraid of this astonishing momentum being seen by others.

The speed of light is, after all, a bit slow in the face of a behemoth like the Galaxy.

By the time the light carries its information to the Andromeda Galaxy.

Su Ping believes he will have already gained the recognition of the intelligent civilizations in that galaxy and become the master there.

Amidst the starlight, warp engines in the form of pure energy appeared all around the Neutron Battle Star.

Hum, hum, hum!

Over a hundred warp engines activated in unison.

In an instant, the space in front of the Neutron Battle Star began to distort and collapse.

The Neutron Battle Star was not traveling at superluminal speeds.

It simply made the space ahead disappear, thereby shortening the required distance.

This is theoretically feasible, but with the power of technology, at least with the power of current technology, it is clearly impossible to shorten the distance between galaxies.

Even one-tenth is not possible, and once the warp engine energy is insufficient or simply malfunctions and breaks down.

Imagine a fleet appearing in a vacuum environment that is empty for intelligent civilizations, only to drift for hundreds of thousands or even millions of years before potentially seeing a Star system.

This is an unbearable despair for any technological civilization.

It was just that it was different for Su Ping's side.

With the Galaxy as his backing, Su Ping could continuously receive support from the Galaxy.

As for the energy-based warp engines, there was even less need to worry about malfunctions.

Wherever a problem appeared, it could be re-energized and restored at the first opportunity.

Andromeda Galaxy.

A spiral arm near the edge.

Here, there are tens of thousands of relatively scattered Star systems.

Even if intelligent civilizations exist between the Star systems, the possibility of them making contact with each other is minimal.

However, at this very moment, in this spiral arm, there was a Gravitational Wave broadcast continuously transmitting on a schedule, reminding the civilizations here to hide themselves and not be exposed to the gaze of the ghosts.

And subsequently, it provided knowledge on how to prevent a civilization from being exposed.

Within one of the larger planets of this spiral arm.

One of the intelligent civilizations, the Zack Civilization, resided here and had successfully entered the electrical age a thousand years ago.

Then, not long after, it began to step out of its home planet, attempting to launch its own civilization's interstellar Age of Discovery.

However, all this beauty was shattered the moment they stepped out of their home planet and received the broadcast.

The Zack Civilization had also obtained quite a few rare treasures and manufactured some Black Technology equipment.

Therefore, the first time they received the broadcast, the Zack Civilization did not quite believe the content of the broadcast and continued to go their own way, developing subsidiary asteroids and using high-energy explosives to mine in the asteroid belt.

And they built a Spaceport in the outer space of their home planet to mass-produce spaceships.

It was just that not long after, the Zack Civilization regretted it.

The ghosts mentioned in the broadcast had truly come.

These ghosts had no concrete physical form and were more like a type of energy lifeform.

They could traverse cosmic space at one-tenth the speed of light without the aid of any equipment.

They possessed an instinctive disgust and hatred for all other lifeforms.

The vast majority of weapons were ineffective against them.

Facing the ghosts, the Zack Civilization was like a field of crops that hadn't been treated with pesticide encountering a locust plague.

They could only tremble and bury their heads in the dirt, waiting for the ghosts to ravage them.

That ghost catastrophe caused the Zack Civilization to almost regress to the steam age.

Even though they subsequently developed again.

After the ghosts passed through, the few individual ghosts that remained behind.

Also became a huge trouble on the home planet of the Zack Civilization.

Relying on the research and sacrifices of generations, the Zack Civilization barely managed to Seal the few individual ghosts on their home planet.

But the counterattack of the Zack Civilization would be limited to this.

Regarding the residual ghosts in outer space, the asteroid belt, and on other planets.

The Zack Civilization no longer had the courage to face them.

Not only because containment required paying a heavy price.

There was another reason: even if they stepped out again, what could they do?

In this spiral arm star region.

As long as your civilization develops and grows even slightly, it is possible to attract the attention of ghost colonies in the starry sky and then be attacked by them.

The Zack Civilization considered itself lucky.

After the home planet sensed that something was wrong, the Leaders decisively chose to cut off their tails to survive.

Letting the ghosts just pass through and scan once, most of them left.

In the broadcast, there was a constantly increasing list of civilizations completely destroyed by the ghosts.

Almost every millennium, one or two more civilizations would be added to the list.

The Star system where the Zack Civilization is located.

On the side of the Sun opposite to the direction of the Zack Civilization's home planet.

A T-shaped Mothership hovered in the starry sky, maintaining its distance and position relative to the Sun.

It seemed to be using this Sun for concealment.

This mothership belonged to one of the oldest civilizations in the Andromeda Galaxy, the Creator Civilization.

The Creator Civilization was adept at creating life.

After their technological development reached a bottleneck, they even frantically created life in various Star systems, hoping to gain inspiration from it.

Carbon-based lifeforms, silicon-based lifeforms, and even energy-based lifeforms.

All were manufactured by the Creator Civilization using their own technological foundation or Black Technology equipment.

And the ghosts ravaging this spiral arm.

Were the greatest masterpiece of this Creator Civilization over the past one hundred thousand years.

It was just that because they were too successful, these energy-based lifeforms, manufactured by relying on Black Technology equipment, had also completely spiraled out of control.

They became what the Creator Civilization considered a stain.

Yet, even the Creator Civilization, after assessing the possibility of confronting the ghosts.

Under the forecast of heavy losses, the Creator Civilization decisively chose to play it safe.

They turned to passive warfare, using broadcasts to warn intelligent civilizations that might exist in the spiral arm where the ghosts were located to be careful.

This was not because the Creator Civilization was so kind as to care about the life or death of lower civilizations.

It was because the Creator Civilization discovered that this group of monsters they had created could consume the brainwaves of intelligent life and certain special substances.

Thereby accelerating the reproduction of individuals within their own race.

And as their numbers increased, the number of powerful individuals would also grow, becoming even stronger.

One-tenth the speed of light was merely the average speed of the ghosts.

Those strongest ghost individuals had already been detected approaching three-tenths the speed of light.

Making the Creator Civilization increasingly uneasy.

Not only did they move the main body of their civilization away from this spiral arm, they even contacted other ancient civilizations, leaving behind arrangements at the junction of the spiral arm and the main galaxy cluster.

As a last resort, they would rather destroy all the Star systems in that region.

Thereby attempting to trap the ghosts in this pond of a spiral arm.

After all, energy-based lifeforms also need to dock at Stars or enter deep into the cores of planets to obtain supplies.

It was in such a delicate environment.

In a certain part of the starry sky in this spiral arm, an extremely intense Space Fluctuation suddenly appeared.

This wave was so intense that even without Gravitational Wave equipment, one could perceive the anomaly in this patch of starry sky just by observing the changes in the heavens.

"What is going on?"

"Could those ghosts have caused a certain Star to explode prematurely?"

Inside the Creator Civilization's mothership, an alarm sounded.

In just a moment's time, an Elite individual of the Creator Civilization, with an octopus head and over a dozen slender arms capable of conducting multiple sets of precision experiments simultaneously, hurriedly detached from the virtual equipment.

It floated in a rush to its workstation and saw the data from the detection instruments.

"This is impossible!"

At the first sight of the data, this Creator Civilization individual shrieked aloud.

And immediately activated the highest alarm its level could trigger.

Forcing one-third of the mothership's high-level officials to wake up ahead of schedule.

Soon, these constantly complaining one-third of high-level officials, after understanding the situation, immediately woke up the remaining two-thirds of the high-level officials as well.

This mothership of the Creator Civilization was, for once, in a state where everyone was present.

They all looked at the data on the equipment in unison, all doubting at the first moment if there was a problem with the data.

After a good while, the octopus-person who had been the first to be awakened proposed a suggestion: they could link to the pre-set observation Sky Eye to see what was happening over there.

The captain hesitated for a moment; activating the Sky Eye had a probability of attracting the attention of the ghosts.

But looking at the outrageous data being continuously received.

The captain agreed to this decision.

Thus, with a few "beep-beep-beep" sounds.

The individuals of the Creator Civilization who had connected to the Sky Eye.

All saw, one after another, the culprit that had caused their awakening appearing on the giant projection.

A... neutron star that had abruptly appeared in this starry sky of the spiral arm through space jumping!