Chapter 1872: Global Conference 4

Global meeting countdown: 30 hours 00 minutes

Galactic spiral star edge, d9871 Area

In the silent void of space, a silver-gray triangular warship ten thousand meters long, like a compass on a scale, streaked across deep space at extreme speed

Soon

As the entire warship suddenly halted as if defying the laws of physics, a massive black light gate instantly unfolded gradually before its bow

"All members, take note: all members below Fifth Stage enter the protection pods, prepare to begin first-rank jump"

"This jump will take one minute and three seconds; during the jump, activation of rules is prohibited"

Mechanical alert tones echoed throughout the warship

Inside this peculiarly shaped warship, among over a hundred Fourth Stage beings, a figure in a gold uniform holding a scepter, resembling a human in appearance—a Fifth Stage being—continuously rapidly selected coordinates on the light sphere before it

"Coordinates reacquired, slingshot mode engaged, reducing arrival time"

"I will reach the destination within thirty hours"

"No need to worry about energy consumption; after the transmission ends, directly activate the search module"

As the words fell, a Fourth Stage Peak in the control room suddenly turned his head, looking at him with some surprise

"Lord Yali'an, should we accelerate further?"

"This trip has already consumed a great deal; for a group of just‑sprouting worms, our coming is their honor"

I cannot fathom what the commander is doing. Originally, running from the Alliance interior to this barbaric land was already strange enough

It is said that the civilization at the target point is merely the lowest‑tier civilization, its strongest being only Fourth Stage

To put it bluntly, such a civilization is to them no different from an ant by the roadside—even giving it an extra glance is a waste of time

Yet the Alliance not only dispatched a War Star Peak, but also seems to place extra importance on that place

"Search? Search for what?"

A Fourth Stage civilization—any random individual could fly around the entire planet in a minute

This bunch of Fourth Stage beings that crawled out of a "landfill" likely lack even their own rule system; their true nature is obvious at a glance

"Don't underestimate them"

"If they make contact with our civilization's strongest, theoretically they have a chance to advance to Fifth Stage"

"If that human could become Fifth Stage, they might not be unable to become an outer member of the Alliance; by Alliance standards, that would put them on par with us. Perhaps they will even undertake missions alongside us in the future"

The commander, clad in gold like a robe, calmly explained and spoke with a smile

But as soon as he finished speaking, his subordinates all wore a strange expression

"My lord, you're joking"

"Although theoretically having Fifth Stage grants a chance to join the Alliance, what is a Fifth Stage? It's merely this newly emerged civilization"

"Frankly, their value at most is to help the Alliance share mission difficulty—they don't even qualify as cannon fodder"

"On par with us? If these worms dare to think that after seeing us, I'll show them what..."

"No need; you know it in your hearts. The Alliance is also under great pressure lately; gaining another subordinate civilization would ease our burden considerably"

Seeing that the entire team looked down on this remote, low‑tier civilization from the bottom of their hearts, the leader Yali'an gave a helpless smile and casually rebuked them

Things are not what they used to be; after the last intelligence crisis ended, even a Fifth Stage can barely serve as cannon fodder

Although, it is likely also the weakest combatant among Fifth Stages

However, the worm on this planet that is in contact with them seems utterly unaware of the Doomsday System

An ignorant civilization that knows nothing of the Apocalypse is easy to deceive; there is still some value in exploiting it. Moreover, according to Alliance records, they had contact here long, long ago

Just as if thinking of something, Yali'an's smile faded and he solemnly instructed everyone

"Of course, our primary purpose for coming here this time is not that simple either"

"In the stellar alarm, the early‑warning system issued the highest‑level alert! A death‑star‑level entity may have appeared here! Although this region is far from the Alliance, for such a super‑entity, even if it merely passed by, it would be an unimaginable disaster"

"This time, our most important goal is to determine why that super‑entity passed through here! Is it related to Earth! Or even to the recent World Destroyer"

"Such a death‑star‑level monster does not easily reveal itself! Once it acts, there must be an event of the same level"

"Even a one‑in‑ten‑thousand connection cannot be allowed to lower our guard"

Quite unlike the casual ease when mentioning Earth, at this moment the commander of the War Star Peak warship behaves as if facing a formidable foe, exercising caution to the utmost

Under excessive tension, he even had to forcibly suppress his inner unease

If controlling Earth and destroying a low‑tier civilization has an importance value of 1

then facing the news of a death‑star‑level manifestation, even just a second! an instant! its importance value for the entire Alliance reaches as high as one million

It is hard to imagine that, after the alarm system merely blurredly detected a few seconds of the aura of a death‑star‑level entity, over four hundred civilizations' War Star Peaks within the Alliance, and even the Star‑Destroyers, convened a starfield conference at the fastest speed amid great fear

Suspend local warfare! Cease all actions! Gather all strength

After a heated debate lasting a full twenty‑four hours, they finally dared to cautiously dispatch a small team, posing as merely coming to contact Earth, intending to secretly investigate

The death‑star‑level entity is too terrifying! For an Alliance whose strongest are only Fifth Stage Peaks, even a furtive glance at it could invite calamity

Especially, the news of this death‑star‑level entity appearing in this starfield also carries an extremely low possibility of being related to the rumors that previously shook several starfields

"My lord, we know! We will be careful! We will absolutely not reveal that we have obtained information about the death‑star‑level entity. Even when speaking with those worms, we will absolutely not leak it"

"However, I think that death‑star‑level entity is probably just passing by; let alone having any connection with this low‑tier civilization, I believe it may have already left this starfield"

"That's a death‑star‑level entity..."

"Moreover..."

"Wasn't that report from the spiral starfield?"

"It spans so many starfields—how could there be a connection... I think the Alliance's high‑level officials are being overly tense..."

Recalling the A‑level alert that just days ago—or rather, three days ago—shocked the entire Virgo Supercluster, the Fourth Stage Peak speaker felt this news was too distant for them, as remote as a myth, utterly impractical

In a warning issued by a Sixth Stage civilization, it was claimed that the aura of a World Destroyer had been detected in the Stellar Battlefield region

Not only that, after the aura appeared, there were even reports claiming that over thirty Overseers participated in the battle, causing the destruction of hundreds of civilizations.

Of course, as the Creator Alliance of the fringe region, they actually aren't even sure whether the thousands of reports they've received are true or false.

It's too far away, the level is too high—it's like a village elder in the deep mountains who unintentionally heard rumors of World War II.

They don't even know what a World Destroyer actually is.

Some kind of special disaster? Some kind of powerful Special Event manifestation?

Meanwhile.

Earth Long An.

"Are you mute?"

"Can you understand human speech?"

Inside the Astral Space, Lin An frowned at the motionless Shen Yuan's remains, feeling that this thing was like an idiot.