Chapter 229: One after another, situations occur frequently.
A lot of information can be inferred from the size of the mother nest.
The most obvious thing is the civilization level of the Zerg that owns the mother nest and the world in which it is located.
The mother nest located in front of the "Yuni" star battleship is the version owned by the Zerg in a typical level 5 civilized world.
The main purpose of the Brood is not interstellar combat, so there is no need to worry about the "Yun Ni" being quickly destroyed by the Brood.
As the core of a group of Zerg, its role is to reproduce in times of peace and to transport troops in times of war.
Therefore, the moment the mother nest appears, it means that the "Yunni" has been surrounded by countless Zerg groups that can travel short distances among the stars.
The trouble the "Yunni" has to deal with is not the mother nest, but the Zerg that have temporarily hidden their traces.
Sandora quickly reacted and ordered: "Turn on all reconnaissance modes at full power, find all the bugs hiding in the dark, assess the battle situation, fight if you can, and retreat if you can't." "Yes." The tower spirit was
serious
. respond.
In an instant, the various reconnaissance equipment of the "Yunni" were operating at full power.
One after another, the ferocious-looking Zerg were quickly found and their locations marked one by one.
The Zerg army was densely packed, surrounding the "Yunni" from top to bottom, left and right.
They are still far away from the "Yunni" and are outside the reconnaissance range of the "Yunni" when it is hovering. They will not be able to launch an attack for a while.
Otherwise, the Zerg would not have been able to lurk so well and not be exposed until now.
What's weird is that even though the Zerg were discovered, there was no movement.
There was no movement in the mother nest, and there was no movement in the Zerg surrounding the "Yunni", which was very strange.
This makes the sudden appearance of the mother's nest become a redundant failed move.
Link glanced at the holographic projection to get a general understanding of the situation, and then stopped paying attention.
The "Yun Ni" belongs to Sandora herself, so he should not get involved easily.
After Ta Ling's assessment, the current strength comparison between the two sides is still balanced, and there is no need to consider retreat for the time being.
Shandora frowned and pondered for a while, feeling that it was always a bit unwilling to retreat like this.
The three original goals of this mission may still be accomplished.
But there is no possibility of completing the three additional goals she set herself.
However, it is not a good choice to attack rashly without knowing the details of the sudden appearance of the Brood and this wave of Zerg.
Taking this into consideration, she gave the latest instruction: "Don't take the initiative to attack for the time being, keep a suitable distance, and do not give the Zerg a chance to focus fire. If the Zerg launches an attack, focus on dodge and defense first, and counterattack as appropriate when the time is right." "
Yes."
The tower spirit faithfully carried out Shandora's every instruction, but automatically put "patches" on it.
The "Yunni" interstellar battleship entered a state of maneuver at any time.
The warp drives are already warming up.
Once there is a change, you can travel at warp speed and escape from this star field.
After making these adjustments, the tower spirit issued a prompt: "The unknown injury condition of the wounded has been determined and is being treated. It is being processed and has been processed. The condition of the wounded is currently stable." After hearing this, Shandora drew her attention back to the transparent
warehouse where she was lying . Four little friends.
Link has been paying attention to the situation of these four people.
He witnessed with his own eyes the whole process of Talling finding out the records of small spots on the hands of four people from the complex data after testing, and then removing the small spots according to the recorded method.
As soon as the small spots disappeared, the vital signs of the four people stabilized instantly.
After a large amount of vitality replenishment, he was not only out of danger, but also showed signs of waking up.
"The small spots are the medium, and the attack method is the curse."
Recalling the way and time when the four people fell to the ground, and recalling how he felt when the aftermath of the howling attack hit him, Link intuitively felt that the fatal injuries to the four people were not caused by the howling attack. But there is another reason.
After carefully comparing the relevant memories and knowledge in his mind, Link came to this inference.
The decline of curses and witchcraft in the wizarding world does not mean that other civilizations also lack advanced curses.
Insects, firstly they play poison, secondly they play curse, and thirdly they rely on quantity.
This is common sense in all the worlds.
In the wizarding world, if you want to curse four second-level wizards to death silently, you must at least do it with a third-level wizard.
In order for four second-level wizards to be cursed to death without any resistance, the person who imposed the curse must at least have the strength of a senior third-level wizard like Wizard Serin.
According to the true combat power of the Zerg after its decline, it is a certainty that there will be a Zerg above level 4 lurking in the mission world.
Combined with the comet-sized nest in front of the "Yuni", Link believed that the number and strength of the enemies they faced might be far greater than what was exposed.
Thinking of this, Link solemnly reminded: "I think we should evacuate to a safe area first, and then consider the long term."
"Cowardly..."
Before Sandora could react, the round-faced young man spoke first, and his tone was not modest at all. .
"Shut up!"
Shandora glared over and scolded in a cold voice, "Go to the side and calm down. Don't let your emotions cloud your reason."
Then Shandora looked at Link and asked. : "Give me a reason."
Link didn't take the round-faced young man's attitude to heart.
This was something that had been expected.
He just answered Shandora's question with an indifferent tone and no emotion:
"I think the strength shown by the Zerg is far more than what is seen in front of you. Don't forget that those evolved individuals that are very likely to exist in the mission world are still hiding in the dark and have not shown up." The Zerg surrounding the "Yunni
" , obviously a Zerg from the level 5 mother nest.
Although it also has a human-like head, its body is similar to that of a scorpion.
It is completely different from the Zerg that lives in the mission world and has a body similar to arthropods.
The Brood Zerg and the Mission World Zerg are two different groups.
Sandora had actually noticed this before, but she had her own support, so she was not in a hurry to attack or retreat.
I want to understand the situation again, and then make different decisions depending on the situation.
After Link reminded her, she realized that she seemed to be overconfident again, so she immediately corrected her order: "Disengage at full speed and evacuate to a safe area." "Yes." Talling responded, and then asked, "The
shuttle
has returned. , Do you want to accept it?"
"No, just evacuate."
Sandra refused without even thinking.
The four friends only had brief direct contact with the Zerg, and then they were stunned.
The shuttle has been parked alone in the mission world for so long. Who knows if there was any hidden influence from the Zerg.
It would not be nice if it returned to the "Yunni" and caused any trouble.
Anyway, a shuttle is not worth a few magic stones, so I won’t feel bad if it is abandoned.
Sandora is wealthy and does not take this loss seriously.
"Does the shuttle have a self-destruct program?"
Link asked from the side as a reminder.
"Yes."
Sandora nodded, understanding what Link meant, and then ordered the tower spirit, "When the time is right, activate the self-destruction program of the shuttle and give the bugs a surprise." "Understood.
"
The tower spirit responded and at the same time controlled the warp engine that had been preheated and output power at full power.
The "Yunni" hovering in the quiet vacuum suddenly accelerated, went from extremely still to extremely dynamic, and entered the warp bubble.
As long as there is no obstruction, the "Yunni" can leave this star field in less than 1 second.
However, the Zerg seemed to be waiting for the "Yunni" to enter the warp state.
The moment the "Yunni" entered the warp bubble, a very thick and bright beam of light was emitted from the mission world.
Logically speaking, this beam should never hit a warp bubble that travels far faster than the speed of light.
Accidents always happen against common sense. After the beam is emitted, it has already taken effect before it touches the warp bubble.
The warp bubble burst silently.
There was a boom.
It sounded inside the "Yun Ni".
Starships are knocked out of warp.
The warp engine suddenly fell into a malfunction state and could not be started again for a short time.
The "Yunni" lost an unconventional power source, leaving only conventional engines and a jump engine.
It won't be prone to crouching, but it will lose perfect mobility.
"Hmph!"
The round-faced young man turned to Link and said, "If you don't understand the situation, don't talk nonsense. Now it's okay, something went wrong." This
was to put all the responsibility on Link. The blame started.
Link remained silent.
Judging from the current results, he does have to take the blame.
It was his advice on timely evacuation that caused the warp engine of the star battleship to be destroyed by the long-planned Zerg.
However, Link didn't think so.
Instead, he was glad that he gave this advice and lured the Zerg into a long-planned attack.
If the star battleship was not in a warp state that could not be selected, but was attacked head-on by that strange beam, how could it be as simple as just the warp engine being damaged?
The losses will be even more severe!
Sandora thought so too.
She recognized the beam.
That's the Zerg version of the Light of Annihilation.
At full strength, a beam of annihilation light can completely turn a planet into dust.
Its power is not comparable to the Star Destroyer Cannon, which is called a Star Destroyer. In fact, it can only punch a big hole.
If the "Yunni" were to withstand a beam of annihilation head-on, it might be able to barely "survive", but it would also leave extremely serious "injuries" and damage many functions.
Now, due to some strange combination of circumstances, using a set of warp engines to defeat the Zerg with a light of annihilation is a good deal!
"Counterattack with all your strength."
Sandra ordered coldly, ignoring the warp engine and the round-faced young man's strange aura.
This time, that time.
The situation was unclear before, so evacuation was indeed the best measure.
But now, it is time to launch an attack while the insects' light of annihilation is in the cooling down period.
Weigh the bugs and see if you can evacuate without having to rush.
Under the command of Ta Ling, the "Yun Ni" opened its firepower and attacked the Zerg army surrounding it beyond visual range.
The main gun began to charge up and was aimed at the nest.
In an instant, a full-power Star Destroyer Cannon was ready and then fired.
The Star Destroyer Cannon, which was more than half as thin as the Annihilation Light, was actually quite powerful. It spanned the long distance between the "Yunni" and the Mother's Nest at the speed of light, and hit the Mother's Nest head-on.
The turmoil caused by one shot has not subsided, and the second and third shots followed closely.
Now that the fight has started, let’s completely let go of the fight.
Under the rapid firepower, the Zerg, except for the mother nest, which was painted with countless layers of Zerg slime, could withstand three Star Destroyer cannons without being damaged.
The Zerg army surrounded the star battleship from all sides, but suffered heavy damage in the blink of an eye, losing more than half of its personnel.
The Zerg army withstood the attack of the "Yun Ni" and launched a bold advance without fear of death.
In exchange, the distance between the two is getting farther and farther.
The tower spirit strictly followed Sandora's instructions and maintained a suitable distance from the Zerg.
The long hand beats the short hand, this is the scene.
Through the holographic projection and portholes, Link frowned as he watched the sudden and extremely intense encounter.
He felt something was wrong.
The behavior of the Zerg is too abnormal.
The mission world can emit the light of annihilation, the brood can withstand three Star Destroyer cannons without being damaged, but the combat effectiveness of the army surrounding the "Yunni" is so low?
Even if it has been in decline for a long time, after all, the ancestors are rich, it is impossible to stretch the hips to such a situation, right?
Like paper, it breaks when you poke it.
"There's a problem, there must be a problem."
Link muttered to himself.
He stared at the Zerg army on the holographic projection carefully, zooming in on the bugs in his mind, and discovered a problem.
The bugs that survived under the firepower of the "Yunni" were more flexible in movement, more comfortable in their expressions, and more fierce in their eyes than the dead bugs.
The insects that fell in droves gave Link the feeling that they were puppets rather than real insects.
No wonder he kills a large area without any fighting.
Link was about to tell Sandora about this discovery when the corner of his eye inadvertently glanced at Lanie, Tiffany and Freed, who had not spoken to each other since returning to the starship.
It was found that the three people looked dull, their eyes were blank, and they seemed to be in a state of confusion and confusion.
"Well?"
Link's heart skipped a beat, and he was filled with doubts.
What's going on?
When did this change occur?
How come he hadn't noticed before?
With one quick step, he jumped in front of Lanie Taylor.
Link raised his right index finger, and a light the size of a grain of rice erupted from his fingertip.
This is a flexible application of the 0-level witchcraft of the light system, the lighting technique.
Raise the index finger of your left hand and place it in front of Lani, between the eyes, about 10cm from the center of the eyebrow.
The light on his right hand shines into his pupils, and the index finger of his left hand swings from side to side.
Lannie's eyes didn't react at all, maintaining their previous dull and stupid look.
Later, Link performed the same test on Tiffany and Freed, and the results were identical.
Link turned around, looked at Sandora and the round-faced young man, and then glanced at the other two children from the academy's big families out of the corner of his eye.
I found that the four of them had natural expressions and bright eyes.
At this moment, everyone was paying attention to Link because of Link's sudden movement.
"What did you find?"
Shandora asked, and when her voice reached Link's ears, there was a faint accent.
"Parasite."
Link replied solemnly, "The previous howl should not only be a sonic attack, but also contain parasites. We were completely protected, so we were not parasitized. The three of them were not completely protected, so they were already Parasitized. But that's not the point. The point is..."
Pointing to the outside of the porthole, Link continued: "Those Zerg that surround us are like puppets that have been chewed into empty shells by parasites. I think that the Zerg are They want to drag us here, then consume our reserves and fight a protracted war."
"Detect and treat."
After hearing what Link said, Sandora immediately ordered the tower spirit.
"clear."
Talling handles affairs in multiple threads. While commanding the medical puppets to carry out detailed tests on Lanie, Tiffany and Fried, he also conducts an investigation into the Zerg surrounding the "Yuni".
At the same time, the intensity of firepower output was also deliberately reduced.
What the enemy wants to do must not be allowed to happen.
Since you want to consume reserves, then output firepower leisurely and save "ammunition".
Although Shandora's "ammunition" reserves are extremely rich.
It is completely possible to fight a world-destroying war.
Thanks to book friend Xiu Yulei for the reward, thank you!
(End of chapter)