Resurrection Empire

Chapter 1324 - 502: Lying Low, Striving Forward

A laser beam descended from the sky, penetrating the thick atmospheric layers, significantly losing energy before reaching the ground.

At the center of this area on the ground, there was a cubic block of metallic element placed ten minutes ago.

This is a solid block of tungsten, with a purity beyond the imagination of 21st-century Earthlings.

Through earlier sample tests, researchers discovered that the ant colony digests tungsten metal slowly, using it as bait for testing.

The current test aims to examine the ants’ tolerance to high temperatures.

As the power of the emitter continuously rises, the energy level of the laser increases, and the temperature of the irradiated area starts to rise.

Astonishingly, even as the temperature surpasses 3,400 degrees Celsius, causing the tungsten block to begin melting, these white ants continued to bask in the high temperatures unphased, persistently chewing on the gradually liquefying tungsten block and reproducing at an incredible rate.

This scene was profoundly shocking to those aboard the fleet.

Obviously, since the high-temperature laser of 3,400 degrees Celsius could not deter them, they can certainly appear in the high-temperature focal points on the planet’s surface, bathing and reproducing in the magma.

The next broad scans revolving around the planet brought back more photos proving this point.

They have already covered the planetary surface, with their numbers and territory expanding rapidly, although in certain regions, their density has not yet surpassed the threshold to cause a qualitative change from the quantitative increase.

Meanwhile, in the Viscount Mansion on South Nine b, over a hundred million kilometers away, there was a group secretly monitoring the ant colony’s development.

Sosgate Augustus first comforted his frustrated second son.

The Viscount told his dejected son that you should not view the opponent as a clueless bumpkin.

In the Empire, no one becomes an Earl purely by luck. Our family has struggled for over ten thousand years, gradually approaching the status of Earl through unparalleled biomedical technology, but we are still a step away.

Yet Ren Zhong, who comes from an even lower background, achieved merits enough to become an Earl even before entering the sequence of the imperial society.

Ren Zhong does not only possess luck. From the time Ren Zhong handed over the Giant Reproductive Cells of a fourth-class Mother Empress to now, more than a hundred days have passed, and the family’s informants at the Royal Academy of Sciences Biological Research Institute have provided some extremely valuable intelligence.

The fourth-class Mother Empress defeated by the Source Star Fleet was not the common kind among the Ascenders but an elite fourth-class Mother Empress, with the potential to be directly elevated to a second-class Mother Empress. It can undertake research work among the Ascenders and seems to have played a critical role in developing the information flow invisible biological structure. It is exactly this new kind of gene that led to the Empire’s tragic defeat on the front lines decades ago. Its genetic library is a treasure trove, implying that its combat capability is remarkably formidable.

Yet it suffered a complete defeat at the hands of the Source Star Fleet.

Owing to the Mother Empress Ship’s independent intelligence and extreme self-destruct capability, the Mechanical Empire has gone many years without obtaining intact Giant Reproductive Cells.

Ren Zhong’s accomplishments are beyond imagination.

The Royal Military Research Institute also analyzed the detailed battle reports provided by the Source Star Fleet, unanimously believing that although there was a lot of luck involved in the entire campaign, Ren Zhong’s numerous perfect decisions and the extensive mobilization of researchers to timely achieve technological breakthroughs were also crucial.

This new Earl’s talent is indeed extraordinary.

However, as Sosgate Augustus noticed Grune growing more despondent with every word and even subtly suggesting the blame for choosing sides too early, Sosgate confidently said, "It’s premature to draw conclusions now. The Star Annihilation Ants are not so easily dealt with; using regular means, it’s impossible to exterminate them. If they carelessly land and allow the Star Annihilation Ants to infiltrate the fleet, they are doomed to inevitable destruction."

"But the intelligence indicates that they have mastered nuclear fusion technology. The super high temperatures released by nuclear fusion can kill the Star Annihilation Ants," Grune shook his head. Obviously, although not possessing the right to inherit the Viscount title, he is not uneducated and has already learned a lot.

Sosgate confidently replied, "According to the Augustus Research Institute’s estimates, if Ren Zhong attempts to use nuclear fusion to generate high temperatures to destroy the Star Annihilation Ants, he would need at least forty years to gather the necessary materials. Forty years is far too late. Given the genetic configuration of the Star Annihilation Ants, after reaching a certain density on the surface, they will begin moving towards the mantle and the Star Core. This process takes only fifteen years. In twenty years, the Star Annihilation Ants will have spread throughout all of South Nine C inside and out. Simply removing the surface Star Annihilation Ants is meaningless."