My Children Swarm the Cosmos – Chapter 49.2

➖How many more heads can I raise if I convert all the matter and energy here into chimeraz . . .!

‘Extend your tentacles and absorb and store the resources you need. So that I can use them right away. And create a suitable flatland and build structures on it. Can you do that much?’

➖I can do it. I will prepare the foundation for the colony site that Anima-nim will use. After that, do you plan to attack the capital planet again and annihilate the main force?

‘No.’

➖Didn’t you just say that to the Crolr fleet? To annihilate them all, occupy the Craclot star system, and prepare for the main fleet that will come in the future. . . .

‘I lied. I’m only going to produce enough children to take over the planets other than the capital planet. So just prepare that much resources.’

➖Why are you giving up the capital planet just like that?

‘They destroyed everything on the surface with their own hands anyway. There’s no value in retaking that place. I intended to do that from the beginning.’

➖. . . Ah.

Attack the Crolr to expand your power.

Take what the Crolr have and weaken the Crolr’s forces, which could pose a threat in the future.

‘It’s not necessary to unconditionally occupy the Crolr’s star system or planets. They’ve already broken and ruined the planet anyway, so let them have it if they want it back so badly.’

At least several hundred million the Crolr must have died in the battle just now.

Considering the value of the destroyed planets and cities, as well as the other planets that were about to be taken over, the Crolr had suffered tremendous losses.

‘The goal has been achieved.’

The 5th planet, which had become a continent-sized fragment that couldn’t even maintain its spherical shape due to the satellite’s impact, had its remaining parts turned into a hell by the lingering dust and heat, not to mention the wounds that were like scars.

Even such a planet soon became a colony site at Anima’s will.

It was an unusually abundant environment for the chimeraz. Thanks to this, 155 Lemegeton and countless chimeraz were created on the colony site of the 5th planet in just one day.

The newly produced swarm took over all the planets except the capital planet as colony site planets in just two days, and the Crolr main force of the Craclot star system simply waited for the Guardian Fleet while strengthening the defenses of the capital planet.

However, Anima, who had sufficiently spread the seeds of chimeraz throughout the Craclot star system, suddenly disappeared with 100 Lemegeton and Euryale.

After that, the Guardian Fleet arrived from the Tarantula Nebula and reclaimed the colony site planets of the Craclot star system one by one, but it was meaningless.

By the time the Guardian Fleet arrived, billions of the Crolr had already died and their civilizations had been destroyed.

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Within Jupiter’s massive stripes, cosmic lightning strikes caused by high-voltage static electricity, and storms with wind speeds exceeding hundreds of meters per second rage on.

If one approaches closer than the orbital path of Jupiter’s moon Io, one would be exposed to massive radiation, causing damage not only to humans but also to electronic devices.

On the other hand, Europa, a moon with a long semi-major axis of about 670,000 km, is also exposed to a considerable amount of radiation, but if a dome is placed over it, it becomes a place where humans can live safely.

Europa was slightly smaller than Earth’s moon and had a similar mass, but due to its gravity and elemental composition, it was not a suitable moon for terraforming.

Therefore, the cities formed on Europa looked like lids slightly buried in the thick surface layer.

And Ganymede succeeded in terraforming. Ganymede was the capital of the Jupiter United Government, a satellite nation.

Ganymede’s moon orbited an average of one million kilometers from Jupiter, making it relatively safe from radiation. It was also large for a moon, and its mass was also large for a moon, so terraforming on the rocky land had been successful long ago.

The nation-state of Ganymede possessed the largest floating city and military force in the solar system. And the floating city of Ganymede was so large that it could almost form a continent and was clearly visible even from space.

On the outskirts of the floating city, on one side of a wide grassy plain, stood a six-story church.

A brightly shining holographic cross was projected from the pointed top of the church, even in broad daylight. The cross was as vivid as the sunlight shining down from the heavens.

In front of the main entrance of the church, luxurious anti-gravity vehicles were parked, and around them, people dressed uniformly in white suits gathered in groups of three or five, chatting or smoking cigarettes.

Creak.

At the main entrance of the church, an old priest wearing a silver cross necklace opened the traditional wooden door and came out.

“Thank you as always, Chairman.”

The man who followed the priest out of the church was the chairman of the Whitehole Group, Illinoi Rittan, wearing a white suit and a white jade cross necklace.

“I do it because I want to. Hahaha.”

Behind Rittan, a 12-year-old girl came out clinging to him.

“Your daughter has grown up to be very pretty, just like her father.”

“Is that so? I hear more that she takes after her mother.”

“Oh, to be honest, she looks more like your wife. Hehehe.”

“Oh my, I got my hopes up for nothing. Haha.”

“Is your wife still working as the secretary director?”

“Yes. She recently returned to work. This child is old enough to be on her own now, right?”

At that, his daughter smiled brightly.

“I’ve made a lot of friends.”

“Friends your age?”

“Yup.”

“That’s great.”

Rittan stroked his daughter’s hair and asked the priest.

“Is the orphanage you run doing well?”

“We’re receiving help from Whitehole. The humanoid you sent us last time is so popular with the children that it’s a handful. Hehehe. . . .”

“It’s a custom-made humanoid, so please educate them not to break it. Artificial intelligence is a friend of mankind.”

“Hehe. Yes. Of course. Then, let’s be grateful that we were able to do a good deed today.”

Rittan nodded at the priest’s suggestion, closed his eyes, and held the white jade cross on his necklace.

Like that, the two men each offered a short prayer.

“. . . Thank you. I pray with all my heart that the Lord will take care of Chairman Rittan’s tomorrow.”

“Thank you, Priest.”

With a kind smile, Rittan bent his waist and met his daughter’s eyes.

“Daddy will be back in the evening. Until then, you have to listen to the priest. Okay?”

“Then can I play more with my friends?”

“Yes. Save some of your allowance. If you spend it all like there’s no end, you won’t be rich like Daddy.”

“I know. Rather, it’s a little strange when you say that, Dad. Mom said that when you were young, you were bad with money. . . Um. . . Ouch. . . !”

Rittan hugged his daughter with all his might to stop her from saying any more.

“You’re so pretty. . . . Haha. I’ll be in your care again today, Priest.”

“No. Chairman. I’m always grateful. Hehe. . . . Be careful.”

“Come back soon!”

Rittan turned his back on the priest and his daughter in front of the magnificent church and walked toward his subordinates.

“Chairman. The ship you asked for is ready.”

“Oh, really? Let’s go.”

“Mirnyy Solar System Branch Jupiter Ganymede Headquarters. Is that your destination?”

“That’s right, but I think there are too many bodyguards around right now.”

“Oh, if you’d like to go with fewer people, I’ll rearrange them.”

“I’m on my way to see the general, and if there are so many of them, the trust I had will be gone. Pick a few and follow me as a minimum.”

“Yes. Chairman.”

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