"But Master Mang, what do you mean by specific civilization?"
"Oh."
Only then did Chen Mang remember; it seemed he hadn't told Er Dan about civilization before. After pausing briefly, he pointed to the endless sky above, "Do you see those stars?"
"I see them."
"Those aren't stars."
"What are they then?"
"Bombs, the kind that can go off at any moment."
"The good news is the monsters on Blue Star are merely some bug eggs laid by the Insect Race Civilization, not the main force, not even the regular army. If you stick with me, you're relatively safe."
"The bad news is we're behind the Insect Race Civilization's main camp."
...
Ten minutes later.
Er Dan stood inside the Constant Star Train, looking at the Star System Map on the control panel screen and murmured, "Now I get it... The Federation should really be executed en masse; did they not notice all these civilizations near Blue Star before Doomsday?"
