Chapter 1 Since Its Inception

Since its establishment, the insect hive in the Door World has been advancing and exploring the initial location, the area around the island.

Whether it's the peculiarity of that sea area or the nature of the Xingmen (Star Gate) World itself,

The area around the island has always been shrouded in natural disasters such as tsunamis, storms, and lightning,

Greatly slowing down the pace of the insect hive's expansion.

Fortunately, by studying biological gene samples from the Xingmen World, the hive's brainworms have developed more varieties of soldier insects at all levels that are better adapted to the new environment,

Using these soldier insects to form new reconnaissance teams.

After paying a heavy price,

The reconnaissance soldier insects successfully broke through the storm and lightning layer, reaching beyond the island's sea area.

And now, they are transmitting a message back to the insect hive, which is then reported to Li Ang by the hive's brainworms through a divine power link.

(Lower-level soldier insects of the insect hive are not allowed to possess higher intelligence and, without modification, cannot send clear prayers to the Creator.)

"The reconnaissance soldier insects have discovered a piece of floating wood at sea..."

Li Ang pondered, scrutinizing the information sent by the brainworms. Judging from the shape of the wood, it looked very much like a deck railing from a two-masted sailing ship of the Age of Exploration.

The surface of the wood was black, appearing weathered and used for a long time,

But the fractured surface was fresh.

In other words, the two-masted sailing ship from which this railing came may be near the sea area.

"A sign of intelligent civilization..."

Li Ang murmured.

The Xingmen World has a slightly larger volume and gravity than Earth.

The air composition is different from Earth's; the nitrogen content is lower, the oxygen is denser, and the air contains more methane, chlorine, and hydrogen cyanide.

Earth's mammals, such as humans, would die from chlorine poisoning after breathing the air of the Xingmen World for about five minutes.

Only cockroaches and other tenacious Earth creatures can directly immigrate to the Xingmen World without any protection or modification measures.

Most importantly, the Xingmen World is prone to frequent natural disasters, abundant in natural resources, and its native species are particularly fierce and violent.

The surface seawater is filled with nutrient-rich algae and giant schools of fish that feed on them.

Some marine creatures that specialize in chasing schools of fish can reach sizes of fifty or even a hundred meters, comparable to Sea Kings,

And in the depths of the ocean, there are even larger, wild marine behemoths that possess primitive extraordinary powers.

Even a Tyrant insect from the insect hive would encounter unknown dangers if it entered the deep sea alone.

"There are two possibilities.

First, the areas of civilization outside the island are not as dangerous in terms of natural disasters and wild species, so a civilization similar to the Age of Exploration could have emerged."

Li Ang thought silently, "The second possibility is that the intelligent biological civilizations outside the island are also facing the test of natural disasters and wild species, but they have enough resilience and strength to survive and develop.

If it's the first possibility, that's fine, but if it's the second...

The civilizations established by those intelligent creatures are likely to possess a very complete system of extraordinary power to support their survival."

Li Ang had previously read the internal meeting text of the Global Supernatural Alliance regarding the potential threat of the Xingmen World, provided to him by Mule.

In the text, the think tank of the Global Supernatural Alliance repeatedly emphasized that,

When two civilizations with different technological systems encounter each other,

As long as the gap isn't so large that it can't be bridged,

Then the side that launches the attack first will have a huge, even absolute, advantage.

For example, a psionic civilization could dispatch a large number of high-level psionicists to release deadly mind memes on Earth in a very short period, erasing the minds of billions of ordinary people in a matter of hours.

And the Earth civilization could also launch nuclear strikes through the Star Gate, leveling all the civilization buildings on the surface of the hostile planet.

At the same time, in civilization wars, the side that has made more preparations and mastered more information will have a huge advantage.

For example, if humans knew that the entire hostile civilization was composed of psionicists, they could mass-produce anti-psionic helmets several months in advance.

And the psionic civilization could also relocate the entire population underground several months in advance to cope with nuclear bombing.

Secondly, in civilization wars, if it is impossible to eliminate all the opponent's vital forces in the first round of attack, and the opponent has mastered key information,

Then it is very likely to suffer the opponent's most severe counterattack.

In other words, once you make a move, you must have complete certainty and strive for a single blow to defeat the enemy.

The war between civilizations

Is a war of power systems and energy levels,

But also information warfare, blitzkrieg, psychological warfare, all-dimensional warfare...

Information about civilization war theories flashed through Li Ang's mind. Before this, he wanted to treat the Xingmen World as a simple resource planet,

Extracting biological gene samples from it to open up survival and garrison space for the insect hive.

However, after obtaining further information about ancient gods from Shiwang,

He had a premonition – he must take a further step on the path of faith and godhood before those gods recover.

The insect hive must not stop at one or two islands; it should go further, collecting more biological gene samples and extraordinary power systems,

Cultivating and modulating stronger types of soldier insects,

At least capable of participating in battles between high-level extraordinary individuals.

In a flash of inspiration, Li Ang made a decision. He issued an order to the brainworm Kerberos through the divine power link, ordering all the reconnaissance soldier insects in the Door World to hide and stand by.

And he himself, stepping on invisible steps, plunged into the seawater, speeding forward in the ocean.

Since the large-scale outbreak of the Star Gate, military ships and submarines are everywhere in the oceans,

The underwater insect hive had to go to deeper and more remote ocean trenches.

Li Ang released divine power, creating a vine sphere to prop open the surrounding seawater, sank into the trench, and slapped the surface of the underwater cliff with his hand.

Using alchemy to melt the soil, he slipped into the winding tunnel behind the rock layer.

After advancing hundreds of meters along the winding tunnel, he finally arrived at the insect hive base located in the cave.

The brainworms in the insect hive base had received the news of the Creator's imminent arrival in advance, and they all put down their work and came to the base gate to welcome him.

Li Ang waved his hand, signaling the brainworms to return to their duties. Under the guidance of a brainworm, he came to the very center of the insect hive base.

At the center of the insect hive base stood a dazzling and shimmering Star Gate.

On the other side of the Star Gate, several thick cables resembling electrical wires extended,

All the cables were connected to a color-changing skin organ resembling a movie theater screen.

This organ could convert the information sent by the insect hive's ships in the Xingmen World into video form for Li Ang to watch.

"Let's begin."

Li Ang nodded in place, and the giant screen organ immediately lit up, displaying the perspective of a reconnaissance soldier insect from the Door World.