Chapter 158: Corpse Invasion
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Research on the resurrection of the dead was not uncommon in the Milky Way.
Death and the world after death had always been serious topics that made people ponder before civilization could touch the sky.
There were old emperors who feared death and sent people to search for elixirs of immortality or to bury people with them in order to continue to maintain their supreme position in the world after death.
There were also crazy genius scientists who stitched up corpses in order to save their loved ones, eventually creating distorted lifeforms that could not be called life.
Even in the interstellar era, there were many literary creations about death.
Every once in a while, a master would win the annual Milky Way Scroll Award for his thoughts on death.
Other than philosophy, the scientific study of death had never stopped.
For example, in order to maximize the use of employees, some companies in the world had already come up with some unique ideas about reemployment after death, but they had yet to announce them.
Those idealistic civilizations were more concerned about death and had already created a unique cult that worshipped death. However, just like reemployment after death, it was very small in the Milky Way.
However, even if there was psionic energy in this universe, it did not mean that the dead could be resurrected at will.
Therefore, when the civilizations of the Milky Way discovered that the rapidly expanding civilization was a corpse civilization, they were on guard, and everyone started discussions.
In Craybow’s No. 13 trade enclave, Blenning was reading the report sent by his subordinates and seriously thinking about this crisis.
“Judging from the images captured, what had appeared recently is indeed a civilization formed by a group of corpses.”
On the big screen in front of him was a space whale carcass that was advancing rapidly in the vast galaxy.
They were indeed corpses because there were no signs of life on these space whales.
But even so, these corpses were still in a state of activity to a certain extent, as if they were being manipulated by something.
Even if they were dead, the tentacles on the corpses were still moving in a regular pattern. If one could ignore the fatal wounds on the corpses, they would give the impression that they were still alive.
Space whales were a type of space lifeform that interstellar civilizations would almost certainly encounter. They wandered around space and traveled at superluminal speeds through incomprehensible biochemical reactions.
It was unknown who first named this creature space whale. Although there was a whale in the name, their appearance was completely different from that of certain mammals living in the ocean of a blue planet.
To put it bluntly, the space whale looked more like a space squid, except that the head at the top had grown into an umbrella.
They were docile space creatures. Although they were comparable to large spaceships, as long as they did not attack them, it was difficult to provoke them.
According to their known habits, they always moved in groups of small families, migrating from one gas giant planet to another. The thick surface atmosphere was their food.
After the Space Whale Protection Act was enacted, the killing of these docile space animals became a violation of interstellar law.
In the past, no civilization would actually hunt such space lifeforms that were basically only of biological research value. Only some newcomers who had just entered space would catch a few out of curiosity.
Originally, space whales should have lived a carefree life in this environment, but everything changed after the appearance of Presolin.
Some civilizations noticed the obsession of the Lost Beehive Empire with food and tentatively handed over space whale meat.
After realizing that it was feasible, the benefits were enough to make these civilizations embark on the path of hunting space whales.
After all, space whales were very gentle and there was plenty of time to set traps around them.
Although these space lifeforms had decent combat power when they went crazy, hunters could always easily kill space whales by making preparations in advance.
If it wasn’t for the fact that Presolin had solemnly declared that it wouldn’t accept the corpses of intelligent lifeforms, the act of taking credit for killing the natives might have happened again.
Even now that the Space Whale Protection Act had been implemented, there were still civilizations who took risks for the 200% profit, using whaling teams disguised as pirates to hunt space whales.
At this time, the space whale corpses in the video in front of Blenning looked like countless undead, taking revenge on the living.
“Undead?” In the information Blenning received, there were not many records about the corpse civilization that controlled these space lifeforms.
“However, some small-scale conflicts have already occurred in the universe. I believe that the Galaxy Community will make an official notice soon. Perhaps I should consider taking refuge in the headquarters?”
He thought about the possibility of this, but then he looked at the star map again – the lost robotic empire near his trading station.
“Forget it, I’ll just stay here. Perhaps my place will be one of the safest places in the Milky Way.”
Compared with Blenning’s leisurely attitude, the inside of the Galaxy Community, on the other hand, seemed much busier.
Ambassadors from various civilizations gathered at the headquarters in the Three Union Planet to discuss the situation of these corpse civilizations that had suddenly appeared.
Originally, they thought that although these corpse civilizations looked strange, they were still generally civilizations and could understand each other through communication.
However, this idea ended with the diplomatic envoys sent to contact the corpse civilization.
These corpse civilizations might be civilizations, but they were very likely to be existences similar to the extinction regime.
Even though there had not been any crossfire yet, the speed of the expansion of the dead and the reaction of the Benevolent Host had put tremendous pressure on the Galaxy Community.
“How far have those corpses gone?”
“Their expansion speed is far beyond our imagination. Even the observation station can’t be updated in time. But fortunately, the star map shared by the Benevolent Host didn’t cause a disaster…”
As a group of staff members conversed, the known star map of the entire Milky Way was displayed in the center of the conference room.
A dangerous red color occupied a prominent position on the star map and spread rapidly like a plague. It would soon collide with several civilizations.
At this time, the red block that was likely to be the enemy had not been given a specific name, but everyone understood the urgency of the matter.
“Did the executive fleet that was sent to collect information get any results?”
“No, although there were some small-scale battles, the enemies were like endless space lifeforms, so we didn’t have time to take away the corpses…”
“What about other civilizations?”
“No, they encountered the same problem as us, which was that they didn’t have time to stop. Perhaps we need a victory that is enough to defeat the enemy before we can begin our research…”
The discussion about the corpse civilizations was still going on, but in fact, the Galaxy Community had yet to obtain any useful information.
Just as the civilization representatives in the conference room were still debating on how to obtain information about the enemy, the Benevolent Host sent a communication request.
The holographic projection of a representative of the Benevolent Host appeared in the middle of the conference room, replacing the star map that originally belonged to it.
After the meeting room calmed down, the representative from the lost empire spoke, “In view of the rapid expansion of the corpse invasion, we will now share what we know.”
“This is a group of enemies that we defeated in ancient times. 1 thought they had already died, but I didn’t expect them to return today.”
“We call these kingdoms formed by the dead and corpses the corpse invasion. They will destroy all civilizations in the pathway and turn life into death.”
“At that time, we didn’t understand these threats, and we paid a huge price for it. Most of the combatants became part of them and became undead with them.”
“This is our greatest experience. Don’t fight them alone, or else our enemies will only increase. We need to work together!”
“In that era, we finally gathered all the survivors in the Milky Way and fought a fierce battle that lasted for decades in the galaxy showdown before we successfully drove away this group of undead.”
“Right now, I hope that all the crisis fighters can move the civilization’s base to our sanctuary and build a fortress of crisis to resist the corpse invasion together!”