The Taesci Territory, Grade 1 Plane of the Taesci Species, unknown location, Temple of the Serpent.
For the past few days, the Ancestor of the Taesci Race was mainly tending to his wounds while also contemplating about the situation of the Ancient Eternal Star Region, or more specifically, the Taesci Race.
"Lord Ancestor, the Chtonians are marching from one plane to another, and we have lost more experts to them than we have to Hiveminds and the Void Insect Swarm."
Reported one of the remaining Tier 11 experts of the Taesci Race.
The Taescis were a very old, very ancient species and were one of the major ancient races in the Ancient Eternal Star Region, not only due to the fact they had a Tier 12 powerhouse overseeing their race but mainly due to the fact that they were old.
During countless Eras, they managed to survive, they amassed a ridiculous number of powerhouses, but right now, countless of them were being killed like flies.
Such was the result of the invasion from the Chthonian Empire.
The real problem was that many of their high-end experts were already injured in various degrees when fighting the bugs, and now the Chthonians came and started killing everyone here and there.
"I am aware of this fact... too late; we have noticed that the Hivemind didn't come here on its own."
Muttered the old man sadly, while a few gasps of shock were heard across the solemn meeting room, especially among the weaker and younger Tier 11 or Tier 10 powerhouses.
"Ancestor, you don't mean?"
Asked one young-looking man, who was the youngest here and was the newest addition to the Tier 11 powerhouses of their race, who broke through to the Tier 11 only a few decades ago.
"Indeed, it is... how else the Hivemind which started its invasion from the Divine Star Region appeared here? Somebody must have guided the Hivemind to our Ancient Eternal Star Region, not to mention that the Void Insect Swarm came into contact at first with Evil Spirit Sect; why that? Because the man who did it new that the madmen of the Evil Spirit Sect would attack the Hivemind instantly while committing some unspeakable atrocities, which would force the Hivemind to invade the Ancient Eternal Star Region at full force."
Explained the Ancestor of the Taesci Species with a defeated voice.
How did the Void Insect Swarm come here?
Easily...
Dimensional Pathway appeared somewhere in the territory controlled by the Evil Spirit Sect, and for sure, they entered it and found some plane that was controlled by the Swarm.
And it was not an ordinary plane, but it was one that had been remade into a hatchery for new bugs.
When it was found by the members of the Evil Spirit Sect, they immediately slaughtered all of the larvas that were in the entire plane, committed some other atrocities on the little bugs, and not surprisingly, they were immediately found, captured, tortured, and soon enough there were fleets of the Void Insect Swarms knocking on the doors of the Ancient Eternal Star Region.
When the Hivemind arrived at the doors of the Ancient Eternal Star Region, the first the bugs did was to kill every single member of the Evil Spirit Sect to the last one, and then they started spreading towards the other areas.
After then, three major ancient races of the Taesci Race, the Three-Eyed Race and the Venan Race decided to fight back collectively; this roped in other factions, especially those who once produced the Tier 12 powerhouse, not mattering if they were alive or not, and started resisting the advance of bugs.
Suddenly, as they were in the middle of the discussion, the Tier 12 Ancestor of the Taesci Race closed his eyes before he opened them once again, bearing a serious expression on his face.
"Everybody, immediately leave."
He commanded; not a single person dared to question his orders as they fastly emptied the meeting room, leaving their Ancestor alone there, sitting as if waiting for something or somebody.
After minutes, two figures appeared in the room.
One of them was a middle-aged man wearing a futuristic suit, which looked like a very advantaged form of nanotechnology, giving off the subtle hint of overweight power; he seemed very humanoid, practically indistinguishable from the average human, the only feature which would differentiate him from ordinary human was a third eye on his forehead.
The other figure was a purple-skinned humanoid with long hair, deep purple skin, with visible skeleton a bit, and red markings across his whole body, which were glowing like they were alive.
The first one was Ancestor of the Three-Eyed Species, which was a very technologically advanced species that based their technology and power system on psionic energy; originally, they were drifters within the void, survivors of another Universe until they crashed here.
The purple-skinned man was of the Venan Race, who were also not natives to an Astral Boundary, but could be considered as some sort of failed products of a very mighty Tier 14 individual.
He probably hoped for his creations to reach at least Tier 12, but their natural limit was only Tier 11. Only by heavenly luck could the one who became the Ancestor of the Venan Race reaches his Tier.
"So, why have you called us here, Sirren?"
Asked the Ancestor of the Venan Race with a frost voice as he looked at the injured Ancestor Sirren of the Taesci Race, probably deciding if it was worth attacking him right here and now in an attempt to obtain more resources.
"You should be already aware of the reason Vhar. The Chthonians who are right now invading the Ancient Eternal Star Region and are the masterminds behind the attack of the Hivemind on the Star Region this fast before we could finish our preparations."
The Ancestor of the Taesci Sirren bit back immediately, while the Ancestor of the Three-Eyed Race kept all of his three eyes closed, just listening to the conversation.