A star?

This caused Tom a bit of confusion, but he didn’t pay too much attention to it.

Perhaps that Space-level Star Beast had actively retrieved another star from the three-dimensional universe for resource replenishment?

The existing hundred-plus stars were probably all salvaged for this reason, which wasn’t surprising.

Tom’s attention remained on the battle before him. He was still fully engaged in industrial production, fully committed to fighting those powerful Dark Energy level Star Beasts, meticulously searching for any possible glimmer of hope.

However, what he didn’t expect was that with the appearance of that star, the battlefield situation in this solar system suddenly changed.

Originally, his full star defense line was already precarious, on the verge of collapsing completely under the shock of the Dark Energy level Star Beasts. But at this moment, for some unknown reason, those nearly ten million powerful Star Beasts suddenly turned around and retreated out of the solar system with an acceleration of over two thousand meters per second.

In just about ten minutes, the Dark Energy level Star Beasts that had been fiercely battling him had all retreated from the battlefield!

They gathered into a group hundreds of thousands of kilometers away from him, still maintaining their rapid acceleration.

What’s going on?

They just left?

Tom’s heart was heavy with suspicion.

According to his previous deductions, these Star Beasts should have been testing the limits of his combat power. And now, although he had exhausted all his trump cards, those Star Beasts shouldn’t have known that. According to past patterns, they should have continued to press him.

But... they just left now?

What exactly do these Star Beasts want to do?

Tom couldn’t figure it out.

But at the same time, the detectors he had deployed in the vast void and around other stars also transmitted some information back via super-distance communication.

Thus, he saw that this sudden withdrawal of Star Beasts didn’t seem to be happening only in his own solar system!

In the surrounding solar systems, whether there were gravity-level Star Beasts or Dark Energy level Star Beasts present, almost all of them, at the same time, shortly after the sudden appearance of that star, began to retreat towards the outside of their respective solar systems!

On desolate and dead planets, massive and ferocious Star Beasts soared into the sky.

They took off from canyons on rocky planets, or from massive mountains, or burrowed out of rock layers, or emerged from the thick clouds of gas giants, appearing from various places, and then, as if receiving the same command, simultaneously retreated violently out of the solar system at maximum acceleration.

At the same time, the suspected Space-level Star Beast, located amidst hundreds of stars, thousands of large planets, dwarf planets, moons, comets, and numerous interstellar dust rings, like a king of beasts, also made its move at this moment.

Its planet-sized body stretched out as never before, its thickness rapidly thinning, while its size grew explosively. In a short time, it swelled from a maximum length of only about 12,000 kilometers to over a million kilometers!

As its body stretched, a layer of mist that could refract and distort light seemed to appear around it, making its massive body indistinct and somewhat difficult to see clearly.

Is that some change based on space technology?

Tom was somewhat unsure. But he was certain that he had been in this Star Beast Nation for over a century, and during this time, this suspected Space-level Star Beast had never performed a similar stretch.

Coupled with the fact that Star Beasts in other solar systems, including the Dark Energy level Star Beasts he was fighting in his own solar system, all began full-speed retreat, this...

What in the world is going on!

At this moment, Tom clearly knew that something he didn’t know had happened, and this event must be related to the sudden appearance of this star.

But... what exactly happened? What danger does this event pose? Do the Star Beasts retreating from the solar system mean that anywhere near a star is no longer safe?

Should he also start to retreat?

Tom’s countless brains immediately entered a high-speed operational state. But soon, Tom found the correct solution through other channels.

He most likely didn’t need to retreat. The reason was simple: more converging information indicated that those Star Beasts were not just retreating from the solar system, but actively converging in a certain direction.

The movement direction of all retreating Star Beasts was consistent, all heading towards the star that had just appeared!

They were just going to that star, not retreating from the solar system!

In that case... it would be better for him to stay put.

Issuing a full alert order, raising the defense level of all his facilities to the highest, and at the same time taking advantage of this period to continue large-scale industrial construction, fully filling the defensive gaps caused by the previous war, Tom began to wait silently.

Whatever the appearance of this star meant, whatever those Star Beasts intended to do by going to that star, it was not something he could intervene in or influence. Since that was the case, it was better to just wait patiently.

Tom continued to closely monitor the changes within the Star Beast Nation. Not long after, he witnessed something that had never happened before.

The Space-level Star Beast in the center of the Nation, after stretching its body to its limit, suddenly vanished with a flash of light and shadow.

Vanished?

Did it also begin superluminal travel? If so, where was it heading? Was it also that star?

If so, then... this entire Star Beast Nation, over a hundred gravity-level Star Beasts, over a dozen Dark Energy level Star Beasts, and one Space-level Star Beast, are all converging on that star?

What kind of magic does that star possess?

And... is there anything in this that I can exploit?

Tom’s thoughts raced, and he finally made a decision.