Harrens, who returned to the colony with the remnants of the fleet, was devastated, and he couldn't believe that the mighty Star Spirit Fleet could become so "weak" in this universe.

It was at this point that his deputy, the Dark Templar Duren, made an offer to contact the swarm for assistance.

However, this proposal was initially resolutely rejected by the high-ranking executive who wanted to save face.

However, the water resources on the Sapphire planet contain an energy substance that is very beneficial to the Keldarin Crystal of the Star Spirits, and they desperately need this substance to speed up the construction of their colony.

And according to the gap between the phase technicians and the sapphire planet seawater samples brought back, they found that this substance in the seawater also has a very special effect, that is, it has an excellent protection and accelerates the growth of newborns for the star spirit women who have entered the state of "spiritual pregnancy".

This is a strategic resource that the Star Spirit must not let go, no matter what, even if it is just to speed up the reproduction of the population of their colony, they must obtain the seawater resources of that planet.

But if you want to get the water on the sapphire, you can't avoid the hostile fish-people natives there.

The Stars had no idea why the Fishmen were so hostile to them, having caught one or two living Fishmen, but had no way to read any meaningful information from their psychic activity.

Tempted by this powerful resource, the high-ranking executive of the Star Spirit finally relented, and he instructed Kelus to contact Xue Hua, hoping that the swarm would help them seize the water resources on the Sapphire Planet.

This is the purpose of this time Kehlers meeting with Xue Hua as an ambassador... Well... One......

In fact, in addition to the purpose of this official business, Keles himself very much hopes that Xue Hua can help them with this, because his partner seems to have begun to enter the "exhaustion period" recently.

This period is one of the most dangerous periods for female star spirits in the process of "spiritual pregnancy", and the growing "spiritual pregnancy tree" will begin to increase the absorption of spiritual energy in the mother's body to prepare for their final formation.

Most female spirits die after a period of exhaustion, and only a very small number of female spirits with abundant reserves of innate spirits can survive this dangerous period.

Kellers's partner, Mana, is also a phase technician like him, and the amount of psionic power in her body is no more, no less, just about the same as most of the people.

With such a total amount of psionic energy in the face of the exhaustion period, the chance of being drained of the psionic energy in the body of the newborn will be as high as 80%.

That's a very, very scary number.

For a long time, Kellers had been worried about the arrival of this moment, and he did not want to lose either his partner or his children.

However, in the face of this fertility curse that has been plaguing the astral spirit population, even if he is a knowledgeable phase technician, there is nothing he can do, and the insect swarm has tried its best to help him, but even the biomass blended by Abbathhar himself can only replenish the large amount of spiritual energy consumed by Mana in the exhaustion stage only a very small amount.

That's just a drop in the bucket.

Now, he finally heard such good news, and Kelles said that he would not let it go, so whether it was public or private, he hoped that Xue Hua could help him with this.

And after listening to Calus's request, Xue Hua was of course willing to help, after all, since he met this Star Spirit Phase Technician, he had already helped himself and the swarm a lot.

So even from the perspective of a friend, Xue Hua is duty-bound.

However, at this time, the swarm had no strength to help others, and the First Fleet had already pulled anchor and set sail for an expedition to Ferrin.

The flagship of the Second Fleet went to "Colony I." with half of the fleet strength to help the local worm mother suppress a possible rebellion.

The remaining half of the fleet's strength is absolutely immovable, and it is the last barrier to protect the old nest of the insect swarm.

Even the Third Logistics Fleet was far away from several galaxies because of the mission, and it couldn't be rushed back for a while, so Xue Hua was now more than capable of doing so......

However, when he asked Kellers tactfully and a little guiltily if he could push back the time of this military cooperation by two months, what he didn't expect was that Kellers actually agreed.

"Yes, we were going to be in action for at least three months, our fleet suffered a lot of losses in the previous battle, and it will take some time to recover before we can repeat the old look.

And my fellow phase technicians will also need time to try and crack the ship defenses of those Sapphire Starmen, and even if they can't, we will need to design a new level of non-energy weapon ships to compensate for the shortcomings of the fleet.

Although we lost this battle, it also allowed our compatriots to put away their arrogance, see our weaknesses, and start to learn and improve again, but it will take time. ”

"I seem to have heard you say the proverb before, which is called: sharpen the knife and cut the wood, and I think it makes a lot of sense, so we are now preparing to put it into practice."

There was a strange joy in Kellers's words, and although they had tasted the bitter fruit of their defeat in this battle with the Sapphire Starmen, this bitter fruit now seemed to brew a different kind of sweetness.

It is often said that it is not terrible to be a victorious general who stays in place, but it is terrible to be a defeated army that has been defeated but has been moving forward.

Because the former is destined to be left behind by time, while the latter has been changing even if he has been defeated repeatedly.

As long as it changes, it's a good thing.

Haralands's colonial fleet has regained its momentum for progress in the midst of its defeat, and they are bound to become stronger little by little as a result.

That's where enemies and targets come in, and only with them can you have the heart to fight!

Looking at the joy in Kelles' eyes, Xue Hua laughed softly, he was happy for this friend of his, and at the same time happy for the progress of the star spirit.

A powerful star spirit is what he wants to see now, and in order to meet the great challenges that will soon come to him, he now needs to unite all the forces that can be united.

Sarnagar, Chaos Purgatory and even the High Heavens, and the "Source" hidden behind the curtain.

These powerful names have the potential to become enemies of the swarm, so he needs an ally, one who can at least help him block the sharp knife from his back in a critical moment.

He didn't believe in the High Heavens, nor did he really believe in that "cosmic entity", so he didn't have much choice.

As for whether the powerful Star Spirit will challenge the swarm?

He wasn't afraid of that, because he believed that the swarm would only progress faster and faster!

As your opponents and rivals become stronger, the biters will become stronger at a faster rate!

They are not afraid of challenges, and any opponent will only become a stepping stone on the path of the evolution of the swarm!

If the Star Spirit wants to come, let them come.

Swarm, fearless!