Qin Longcheng did not hide anything from Zhao Chen's question.

At that moment, he seemed like an ordinary person telling his story to an old friend.

"The saintly families of the Holy Radiance Empire want to research Zerg technology themselves. They've asked you for the technology to open permanent cosmic Zerg lairs and the technology to control interstellar Zerg?" Zhao Chen was shocked.

These Zerg technologies are undoubtedly Pandora's box.

The more you open, the greater the harm it will cause.

After all... if this is a permanent cosmic wormhole, the consequences are unimaginable.

"If I destroy your interstellar fortress, will it destroy the activated 'insect egg'?" Zhao Chen asked Qin Longcheng.

Qin Longcheng smiled and shook his head: "That insect egg is about the size of a small room, but it uses the most robust armor technology in our universe, and it is divided into twelve layers."

Even if the most powerful T4-class starship were to aim its bow gun at it and fire, theoretically it would be impossible to destroy it unless it fired continuously for up to twelve hours.

Even if your interstellar missile ships launch a salvo, it won't make a difference.

As you know, the burst of power in a small, instantaneous area is far less powerful than the bow gun of a starship.

If you don't believe me, you can try it.

Zhao Chen didn't ask any more questions, nor did he actually do it.

Because he believed Qin Longcheng's words, Qin Longcheng had no reason to deceive him. If he wanted that thing to start smoothly, he had no reason to tell him about it.

Furthermore, Zhao Chen used his knowledge to confirm that the Starry Empire could indeed achieve this technology.

"You said before that in the very beginning, Qin Xiaotian and that doctor started a permanent level-two cosmic wormhole in an interstellar edge space."

"What are the coordinates?" Zhao Chen asked.

Qin Longcheng smiled, shook his head, and said, "I can't tell you that."

Zhao Chen took a deep breath and looked at the other person: "That's all? Nothing else you want to say?"

Qin Longcheng patted his head and held up one finger: "Oh right, there's one more thing..."

Qin Longcheng slowly pointed his finger at Zhao Chen, uttering a single word: "Bang!"

The video communication also came to an abrupt end at this point.

"Warning! A high-energy attack response has been detected, targeting our flagship!" Secretary Chu Xuan suddenly exclaimed.

Commander Charlotte said calmly, "No need to be nervous."

A green beam of light blasted through the mutated Zerg forces defending one side of the Dragon Legion fleet.

Zhao Chen looked at the battlefield footage he had captured; he recognized it.

This is an attack from a near-T5 Leviathan-class Zerg mothership!

That's right, according to previous intelligence, there are two Leviathan Sovereign-class Zerg hive motherships in this star system.

One is engaged in a fierce battle with the mutated insectoids, while the other...

Zhao Chen looked in the direction of the Snow Swallow Interstellar Fortress; it seemed to be right there.

The green beam of light was heading straight for the flagship where Zhao Chen was located.

But halfway there, they were blocked by a barrier of light.

That was a Star Shield Field composed of thirty T4 Paladin-class heavy interplanetary missile frigates.

The dazzling light shone on the JF-17 fleet.

Ultimately, under the protection of the Star Shield Field, the green beam gradually weakened. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

During this process, Zhao Chen saw the Snow Swallow Interstellar Fortress, which was teetering on the brink of collapse under the attack of the mutated insectoids, through the mutated insectoid area pierced by the green beam of light.

And the Leviathan Monarch-class Zerg mothership perched atop the Snow Swallow Star Fortress.

It seems that this Leviathan Sovereign-class Zerg hive mothership was severely damaged in the last battle and cannot recover, so it can only serve as a fixed turret for the Snow Swallow Star Fortress.

"Lilith, deploy some stealth interstellar reconnaissance aircraft and image recording equipment." Zhao Chen looked at Lilith beside him.

"I'll make the arrangements right away." Lilith had overheard Zhao Chen and Qin Longcheng's conversation and knew the commander's purpose in making these arrangements.

After this interlude ended, the JF-17 fleet headed towards the two distant stars.

"Is there enough time?" Zhao Chen asked Charlotte.

Charlotte replied, "If what Qin Longcheng said is true, combined with that countdown, the so-called permanent level-four cosmic wormhole will appear in thirteen minutes."

It takes us ten minutes to reach the coordinates where we are ready to jump, followed by ten minutes of preparation time, for a total of twenty minutes.

If this permanent Level 4 cosmic wormhole is similar to the previously recorded Level 4 cosmic wormholes.

Then we can still leave here smoothly.

Hearing Charlotte's words, Zhao Chen breathed a sigh of relief.

"Commander... is what Qin Longcheng said... true?"

A permanent level-four cosmic wormhole... This... This is incredible..." Secretary Chu Xuan looked at Zhao Chen with a complicated expression.

Chu Xuan comes from the Chu family. She heard a lot about the interstellar Zerg wars from Chu Changhe since she was a child, and later she and Zhao Chen experienced the Zerg threat several times.

They were fully aware of the terrifying nature of these interstellar insectoids.

"Now is not the time to think about whether this is true or not."

Instead, we need to confirm what Qin Longcheng just said: that the doctor used existing materials to create ten of these 'insect eggs' that can open permanent level four cosmic wormholes.

There is one here.

"Then...where are the remaining nine insect eggs?" Zhao Chen said with a solemn expression.

In that instant, the atmosphere around Zhao Chen became extremely cold.

Nine permanent Level 4 cosmic wormholes that could appear at any time—these are practically nine time bombs.

"Qin Xiaotian...does he really dare to do this? Won't he be nailed to the pillar of shame of the Starry Empire?" Chu Xuan asked nervously.

"History is written by the victors, and Qin Xiaotian will be the final victor."

"He can describe this history however he wants," Zhao Chen said calmly.

"Then what do we do? If it's really as Qin Longcheng said, a permanent level-four cosmic wormhole... this..." Chu Xuan felt her scalp tingle just thinking about it.

"After we leave, immediately notify the legion fleets on each battlefield."

Qin Xiaotian himself is certainly well aware of the dangers of this technology, and he will not use it unless it is absolutely necessary.

"Otherwise, even if he wins, he'll still have a lot of trouble to deal with," Zhao Chen said in a deep voice.

Hearing the commander say that, Chu Xuan and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

However, they were not in high spirits at the moment and had no joy at all from destroying Qin Xiaotian's base camp.

............

"Reporting to the Marshal, our attack caused no damage to the Xiaolong Legion fleet," the adjutant reported.

Qin Longcheng waved his hand dismissively: "I never intended to suffer any losses."

But we've at least been locked in a standoff; if we don't fire a single shot at the JF-17 Thunder Legion, I'll feel really uneasy."

Yes, so far.

The Dragon Legion and their fleet had never directly clashed, except for the first round of interstellar missile bombardment they endured.

They didn't even have a chance to fire a single shot at the JF-17 Thunder Legion.

"Bring me that bottle of my favorite wine," Qin Longcheng ordered.

Afterwards, Qin Longcheng sat on the captain's chair, took the bottle and drank directly from it, soaking his military uniform shirt.

At this moment, the red countdown in front of Qin Longcheng gradually decreased.

【100 seconds】

【10 seconds】

【5 seconds】

【1 second】

Deep within the Snow Swallow Interstellar Fortress, somewhere, a long-dormant device resembling a cocoon begins to activate.