"The Life Ghosts... seep through the rifts in space, finding their way into every nook and cranny... bizarre and monstrous... impossible to eliminate completely, endless in number..."
"Mankind... pouring every ounce of its strength, can only barely seal the largest of these 'gaping holes', slowing their massive descent..."
"As for the scattered and sporadic ones... like those you have encountered... the 'fish that slipped through the net'..."
In the old man's voice, there was a deep-seated helplessness.
"We cannot... nor do we have the power... to lay down an all-encompassing web globally... to eradicate them at the budding stage..."
"So..."
Hong Qitian's voice suddenly dropped, carrying an almost brutal determination.
"The only option is... to drive them! Utilizing their inherent tendency towards certain space nodes... using the decoy force fields we set up and... the flesh and blood defenses..."
"Drive them... like herding sheep..."
