The meeting soon came to an end.
Unfortunately, most of the attendees did not look satisfied when they exited.
It couldn’t be helped.
People generally held meetings in order to bring everyone on the same page and agree on a plan to solve their problems.
The gathered leaders managed to fulfill the first condition easily enough, but they made much less progress on the second condition.
The Red Collective was not an endless wishing well. Its experts were predominantly newcomers to the field of cultivation science. How could they possibly have a mature set of solutions available that could readily address the novel set of challenges presented by the deathborn?
Nobody had ever fought against an enemy as vexing and confounding as this extragalactic incorporeal race, and past archives barely mentioned any cases that resembled this situation!
The problem became compounded by the fact that the entire combined fleet was effectively cut off from the rest of red humanity.
The dark miasma’s oppression was all-encompassing. It continuously dampened all forms of energy transmission. Though it did not snap the various connections entirely, the channels became so clogged with filth and darkness that nothing else could get through!
However, that did not truly stump Ves.
If he wanted to access the galactic net or communicate with red humans outside of the Hypeh-Tekas System, then he could still make use of a handful of unconventional methods.
Shortly after the end of the meeting, Ves and Gloriana returned to their separate workplaces and silently entered the System Space at the same time.
A young female Journeyman Mech Designer performed the same action after being informed just a moment ago.
Many light-years away, a certain swordmaster did likewise.
All four mech designers appeared at the foot of a picturesque mountain.
Three of them immediately felt as if a heavy weight had been lifted off their shoulders.
"This feels better." Gloriana said with obvious relief in her voice. "I forgot how much more pleasant it was to live in a normal region of space. The aliens have truly ruined the Hypeh-Tekas System. It is not a location that is suitable for habitation anymore. There is only death and resentment in the local space."
Alexa Streon gently nodded in agreement. "The arrival of the deathborn has introduced us to an entirely different approach to warfare. When it comes to E energy manipulation, they are undoubtedly the masters, while we are still the apprentices. Perhaps the only reason why we still stand a chance against these new aliens is because they are fighting far away from their true homeground."
"Deathborn?" Ketis looked puzzled. "You have met those strange aliens?"
Ves grimaced. "We did, and they are much more troublesome to fight against than we thought. Let me fill you in on what our forces have encountered so far."
A few minutes passed as three mech designers collectively brought Ketis up to date.
The latter initially did not take the deathborn so seriously, but that was because her only exposure to this new phenomenon were sporadic reports about their appearances on large battlefields.
The weak intangible beings spawned from those sites could easily be dispersed with a bit of effort, but the ones that had made the Hypeh-Tekas System their home sounded a lot more formidable!
Ketis gradually changed her expression. She had no reason to doubt the descriptions of her fellow Larkinsons.
"I wish I was there." She stated as her extraordinary willpower condensed a little around her body. "I would have loved to chop those deathborn apart with my blade. In fact, I believe that you guys may have been able to repel them a little better if you had our Swordmaidens or Penitent Sisters with you. They are strong in mind and will, and they have already developed a few techniques of their own to channel their power through their weapons. There is not much use of these tricks when fighting against the native aliens, but it sounds like it is a different story when dealing with the deathborn."

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