Chapter 560: The Plan
With the full arrival of the Rashudia fleet, all the civilizations stationed at the frontline knew that a major battle was imminent. At the same time, various gatherings and discussions filled the camps.
The main topic of discussion was naturally how the upcoming battle should be conducted, followed by discussions about the Swarm itself.
As they prepared to engage the Swarm, the various races couldn’t help but do some homework beforehand. However, the Swarm’s current behavior didn’t quite match the descriptions in the records.
Compared to the Swarm of the past, the current Swarm seemed too docile. This led to two prevailing views among the outer-ring races. One was that the Swarm, knowing victory was hopeless, had already given up and was now enjoying the last moments of its existence. The other was that this was all a facade, and the Swarm was preparing some kind of devastating move, hence their calm demeanor.
The support for these two views was split roughly 60-40, with more people leaning toward the idea that the Swarm was preparing something big. As a result, the third most popular topic of discussion was what exactly the Swarm was planning.
Speculations ran wild, ranging from super bombs and stellar explosions to even science fiction concepts like dimensional flattening. However, as the discussions progressed, ideas like super bombs and dimensional flattening were gradually ruled out.
A super bomb was deemed impossible—what kind of bomb could affect a range of several light-years and annihilate a super fleet of 3 billion ships in one go? It was simply unimaginable.
As for dimensional flattening, that was even more far-fetched. While it was a fascinating concept, it remained purely theoretical. No civilization, not even the Ji Race, had made any progress in dimensional exploration.
This left the idea of triggering a stellar explosion as the most plausible option. If the Swarm could indeed cause the star in the First Star System to explode, the resulting massive release of energy and matter would easily destroy the Confederation super fleet. The explosion could even turn nearby star systems into dead zones, affecting the entire Interstellar Confederation to varying degrees.