Research on "resurrection of the dead" is not uncommon in the galaxy.
Before civilization touched the starry sky, death and the world after death have always been serious topics for thought-provoking.
Some elderly emperors are afraid of death, so they send people to find the elixir of life, or make people buried, so as to continue to maintain their supremacy in the afterlife world.
There are also crazy genius scientists who sewed up corpses to save their lovers, and finally created twisted creatures who don't know whether they can be called "life".
Even in the interstellar era, there are not a few literary creations about "death". Every once in a while, a master will win the "Galaxy Star Scroll Award", the highest literary award every year, for his thoughts on "death".
In addition to philosophy, the scientific research on "death" has never stopped.
Just like some Huanyu companies, in order to maximize the use of employees, they have already had some unique insights in "employment after death", but they have not yet announced it.
And those idealistic civilizations pay more attention to "death", and a unique religious group that worships death has been born, but just like "employment after death", it is very small in the galaxy.
But even if there is psionic energy in this universe, it doesn't mean that the resurrection of the dead can happen at will.
Therefore, when the galactic civilizations discovered that the rapidly expanding ones were "corpse civilizations", everyone fell into discussion while guarding against them.
In the No. 13 trade enclave of Cribb, Breining was looking at the report sent by his subordinates, thinking seriously about this "crisis".
"... Judging from the captured pictures, what has recently appeared is indeed a civilization composed of a group of 'corpses'."
On the big screen in front of him, what was displayed was a "space whale corpse" that was advancing rapidly in the vast sea of stars.
It is indeed a corpse, because no signs of life have been detected on these space whales.
But even so, these corpses are still in a state of "activity" to some extent, as if they were manipulated by something.
Even if they are dead, the tentacles on the corpses are still swinging regularly. If they can ignore the fatal wounds on those corpses, they will give people the feeling that they are "still alive".
Space whales are a kind of space creatures that interstellar civilizations will almost certainly encounter. They wander in space and travel across galaxies at super-light speed through incomprehensible biochemical reactions.
It is unknown who was the first to name this creature "space whale". Although the name contains the word "whale", their appearance is similar to that of some kind of mammal living in the ocean of a certain blue planet. Animals are completely different.
If you have to say it, the space whale looks more like a "space squid", except that the topmost head grows into an umbrella shape.
This is a docile space creature. Although it has a size comparable to a large spaceship, it is difficult to provoke their temper as long as they do not actively attack them.
In the known habits, they always migrate in groups of a "small family" from one gas giant planet to another gas giant planet, and those thick surface atmospheres are their food.
After the "Space Whale Protection Act" was enacted, the act of killing these docile space animals became a prohibition against interstellar law.
In the past, no civilization actually hunted and killed such space creatures that were basically only of biological research value. Only some newcomers to space would catch a few out of curiosity.
Originally, space whales should live a carefree life in this environment, but until the appearance of "Pressolin", all this changed.
Some civilizations noticed this "hive lost empire"'s obsession with food, and tentatively delivered the space whale's meat.
After discovering that this matter is feasible, enough interests make these civilizations embark on the path of "killing space whales".
After all, space whales are very gentle and have plenty of time to lay traps around them.
Although these space creatures are crazy and have good combat effectiveness, hunters can always easily hunt space whales by making preparations in advance.
If it weren't for "Presolin" sternly declaring that it will not accept the corpses of intelligent creatures, otherwise the act of "killing the aborigines and pretending to be credited" might still be staged here.
Even now that the "Space Whale Protection Law" has been implemented, there are still civilizations that are taking risks for this "200%" benefit, using whaling teams disguised as pirates to hunt and kill space whales.
"...'Undead'?" Among the information Brainin received, there were not many records about the "corpse civilization" that controlled these space creatures.
"However, some small-scale frictions have already occurred in the interstellar space. I think the 'Galactic Community' will make an official announcement soon. Maybe I should consider going back to the headquarters for refuge?"
He thought about the possibility of this matter, but then he looked back at the star map—the "Mechanical Lost Empire" near his trading post.
"...Forget it, let's stay here, maybe my place will be one of the safest places in the galaxy."
Compared to Braining's leisurely attitude, the interior of the "Galactic Community" is much more busy.
The headquarters located in the triad galaxy constantly has ambassadors from various civilizations, gathering together to discuss the situation of these "corpse civilizations" that suddenly appeared.
Originally they thought that although these "corpse civilizations" looked strange, they were still civilizations in general, and they could understand each other through communication.
But this idea ended with the disappearance of the diplomatic envoys sent to contact the "corpse civilization".
These "corpse civilizations" may be civilizations, but they are very likely to be similar to extinct regimes.
Even if there is no exchange of fire yet, the expansion speed of this group of "dead" and the response of the "benevolent hosts" have put the "galactic community" under great pressure.
"How far are those 'corpses' now?"
"Their expansion rate is far beyond our imagination, and even the observation station cannot be updated in time, but fortunately, there is no catastrophe caused by the star map shared by the "benevolent shelter"..."
Accompanied by a group of staff talking, the known star map of the entire galaxy is also displayed in the center of the meeting room at this time.
I saw a dangerous red color occupying a conspicuous position in the star chart, spreading rapidly like a plague, and will encounter several civilizations head-on in the near future.
At this time, the red color block that is likely to be the "enemy" has not yet been given an exact name, but everyone understands the urgency of the matter.
"Did the 'executive fleet' sent to collect information get any results?"
"...No, although there were some small-scale engagements, the enemy rushed forward and followed like endless space creatures, so we didn't have time to take those corpses away..."
"So do other civilizations have a saying?"
"...No, they have the same problem as us, that is, there is no time to stop. Maybe a victory enough to crush the enemy will allow us to start research..."
Discussions about these "corpse civilizations" are still going on, but in fact, the "galactic community" has not been able to obtain useful information until now.
While the civilized representatives in the meeting room were still arguing about how to obtain enemy intelligence, the communication from the "Benevolent Shelter" was delivered here.
However, a holographic projection of a representative of the "Benevolent Shelter" appeared in the center of the meeting room, replacing the position that originally belonged to the star map.
After the meeting room calmed down, the representative from the Lost Empire said:
"In view of the rapid expansion of the 'Invasion of the Dead' this time, we will now share the information we know."
"This is a group of enemies who were defeated by us in ancient times. I thought they had died out, but I didn't expect to return today."
"We call these kingdoms made up of the dead and corpses 'Dead Invasion'. They will destroy all civilizations in their path and turn vitality into death."
“We didn’t understand these threats at the time, and we paid a huge price for it—most of the belligerents became part of them and became the ‘dead’ with them.”
"This is our greatest experience, don't fight with them alone, otherwise our enemies will only increase, we need to unite!"
"In that era, we finally gathered all the survivors in the galaxy and fought a tragic battle that lasted for decades in the decisive battle galaxy before we succeeded in driving out this group of 'undead'."
"Now, I hope that all the crisis fighters can transfer their civilized positions to our 'refuge', build a 'crisis fortress', and join hands to resist this 'invasion of the dead'!"