Sky-cracking Rider-Chapter 1266 - 1233: Imminent Spore Flood

Heseman Brown, the S-Class Space Ability User, returned to the bridge of the "No.2 Command Ship" not long before a "Worker Bee-1" space-collecting mechanical being brought back a mass of sticky flesh, originating from a spindle-shaped organism. After being sealed in a package, it was delivered to Chen Fei.

One of the main characteristics of the biotechnology route is that with just a complete cell, one can obtain all genetic information. This characteristic allows civilizations following the biotechnology route to possess astonishing recovery abilities, much like an undying cockroach. Even if only a tiny bit remains, given sufficient resources and time, they can quickly rise from the ashes and make a comeback.

Thus, completely exterminating the "Sagali" civilization is not an easy task.

But currently, the Blue Star Civilization can't even gain the upper hand, remaining in a state of passive defense from beginning to end.

Chen Fei didn't even glance at the delivered flesh, directly throwing it into the Life Space of the "Boundary Pearl," where it plummeted into the enormous canopy of the "Life Tree," vanishing along with the sealed box.

There's no use in looking at it; only the "Life Tree" can uncover the real secrets of such spindle-shaped organisms.

"What is this thing?"

More than a dozen gazes in the bridge were fixed intently on Chen Fei, awaiting an answer.

Chen Fei let out a deep breath.

"This is a huge trouble!"

He received a message from the "Life Tree," a kind of understanding that exceeds verbal and visual representation, transcending imagery, symbols, and multimedia.

The "Life Tree" fed the complete form of this mass of flesh into Chen Fei's mind as if he had seen it with his own eyes.

The massive black vine possesses exceptionally strong climbing and drilling capabilities, capable of clinging to cliffs, breaking through underground rocks and soil. Its root system is extraordinarily developed, extracting nutrients from the Earth, air, constant star light, and even geothermal resources. The robust vines produce elongated pod-shaped fruits.

When these fruits mature, the pods crack open, revealing the spindle-shaped organisms inside, identical to those that appeared in the spatial rifts and the three abnormal regions on Blue Star's surface.

Each pod fruit can grow over a hundred meters long, with a diameter exceeding forty meters, nurturing eight to ten spindle-shaped biological flying ships, fully mature upon breaking the shell.

These biological flying ships aren't the main threat; the real danger lies in the spores each spindle-shaped biological flying ship carries, numbering in the hundreds of thousands. Just within the little mass of flesh that was brought back, there are over a hundred spores.

As long as they land in a suitable environment, each spore can grow into a black vine that produces giant pod fruits. If these spindle-shaped biological flying ships are allowed to land on Blue Star, given time, the entire planet will be overrun with dense black vines. After devouring countless biological resources, they will burst into innumerable biological flying ships. What would Blue Star humans have left to fend them off?

This is the truly domineering invasion method. Previously, the "Wormhole Cloud" and monster invasions were more like child's play. Perhaps only a biological space mothership, several kilometers in length, could match these spore-based explosive biological flying ships. One devours immensely, while the other consumes silently and steadily.

Under Chen Fei's narration, the Artificial Intelligence AI quickly generated and revised the complete form of what was named the "Pod Flying Ship" and the "Flying Ship Black Vine".

Simulated surface and underground expansion methods show that in just a hundred years, the "Flying Ship Black Vine" could fully occupy the land and sea surfaces of Blue Star. This spore-propagating plant doesn't care about salty or fresh water; it can even consume magma, while simultaneously spawning overwhelming biological flying ships, completely outnumbering existing Blue Star human civilization's air combat units.

Simultaneously, Blue Star would fall into an unprecedented biological extinction. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

For the "Sagali" civilization, whether Blue Star's native organisms or the rampant spore-based plants post-invasion, the planet's biological resources remain, albeit in a different form, with little increase or decrease. Their true interest lies in the "souls" of Blue Star humans, the most crucial resource of the civilized planet.

Blue Star humans have no special racial ability in terms of spiritual power, lacking even the qualification to become an enslaved race. By then, they will face two choices: be entirely devoured by the parasitic species, the race utterly extinct, leaving no trace on Blue Star; or be gnawed at while kept captive, never to rise again.

Louis Landon said solemnly, "We cannot let those flying ships step out of the abnormal region; otherwise, it will cause immense disaster."

Thank goodness for foresight, as the S-Class Space Ability User Heseman Brown used his Psi Skill to seal off these four locations. The "Isolation" is enough to prevent those spores, as fine as grains of sand, from drifting everywhere.

"We must release this intelligence, and be mentally prepared for the worst-case scenario at all costs."

Heseman Brown was grateful that his psi skills could be of assistance. If it were any other supernatural power user beside Chen Fei, they might just have to watch these terrifying spores fall to the surface of Blue Star and then become an unstoppable flood.

"But it's not all bad news. We have an excellent team of biologists."

Chen Fei instructed the "Life Tree" to synthesize around a hundred spores of the "Flying Ship Black Vine" with restricted reproductive abilities, and then transfer them to the research institute within the Life Space.

"Haha! It's destiny!"

"God's will! God's will!"

Landon and the S-Class Space Ability Users visibly relaxed, letting out a collective sigh of relief.

No matter how domineering the plant might be, what it fears most are botanists.

Destruction is easy; construction is hard. If they can't figure out how to cultivate and grow, surely they can figure out how to kill a vine, right?

To botanists aiming to kill spore-like plants, it's a match between titans, with plenty of methods to employ.

Among the experts and scholars sent over by the sovereignties, there's no shortage of top authorities who can now prove useful, maybe even identifying the weaknesses of this black vine that can spawn Biological Flying Ships and spores.

Perhaps just a sprinkle of glyphosate could wipe out a whole bunch directly!

"First, share the intelligence on 'Flying Ship Black Vine' and 'Pod Flying Ship,' warning everyone not to touch the remnants of 'Pod Flying Ship.' Once discovered, immediately use incendiary bombs, preferably White Phosphorus Bombs, for immediate elimination. Strictly prohibit sample collection—don't overestimate the biological technology of Blue Star Civilization over 'Sagali.' Any research attempts are suicidal!"

Chen Fei issued a stern warning.

He had the Life Space's "Life Tree" research institute engage with the spores mainly because the spores used for research had adjusted base pair information from the "Life Tree" and limited reproductive ability, alleviating fears of accidental loss of control. Even if it went out of control, the damage would be confined within the Life Space. Modern cities are shielded by a "Skylight," so spores can't get in, and it's not easy for the black vine to break through high-purity silicon carbide Skylight translucent panels.

The "Life Tree" institute is within the Life Tree's barrier radius, where with just a thought from Chen Fei, any out-of-control entity can be directly purged by the Life Tree, reverting to basic substances, eradicating all threats.

The "Life Tree" is the zenith product of the "Sagali" civilization. Without it, Chen Fei wouldn't dare to delve into the spores of "Flying Ship Black Vine," as one misstep could lead to deadly consequences.

Chen Fei's warning was timely, as some sovereignties had already begun eyeing those spindle-shaped biological spaceships, trying to understand what they truly were.

You can imagine, during transportation, scattering tiny, sand-sized spores, carried away by the wind to distant locations, resulting in unimaginable consequences.

As long as the gateways for the isolation barriers at the three abnormal regions are tightly guarded, restricting access and ensuring thorough cleanliness checks, the spores spreading internally in these areas won't impact Blue Star.

If worse comes to worst, Brown could use psi skills to completely seal off the three abnormal regions, sacrificing the special resources inside, especially since significant quantities have already been harvested. Destroying civilization with insatiable greed would be incredibly short-sighted.

However, ahead of the spatial rift, countless remnants of "Pod Flying Ship" fragments floated, and their numbers increased. The spores in these flesh structures remained active, with some even sprouting, producing soybean-sized buds on the wreckage surface, indicating these spores could grow even in uncontrolled and vacuum environments.

Chen Fei quickly noticed that the side of the flesh containing "Flying Ship Black Vine" spores, facing the sun, did not produce any budding in areas lit by the constant starlight. Instead, the tops of the small bulges were brown, withered buds, indicating stress.

He ordered the space-collecting mechanical beings to gather this portion of flesh and bring it back for analysis by the Life Space's Life Tree.

Chen Fei found that on the side exposed to the sun, the budding spores all died, and the remaining spores in the flesh sprouted on the unexposed side, meaning these spores, though able to forcefully sprout in such an extreme environment, still had considerable constraints.

After sharing this discovery with the experts at the Life Tree research institute, it was quickly confirmed.

Continuous exposure to ultraviolet light with a wavelength of 80 to 315 nanometers for 1 second is sufficient to kill these spores. More accurately, it disrupts their cellular division capability and genetic integrity. Though they maintain activity, they can no longer sprout.