Chapter 1303
Forced to Take Action
Chapter 1303 Forced to Take Action
As Yunxi continued to channel lightning-type immortal energy into the "Nine Thunder Annihilation Array," she also ordered the warships guarding the defensive line to retreat:
"Captains, my comrades have destroyed the wormhole from the other end, causing instability in the passage. The wormhole is now collapsing, and the spatial forces are strangling the Zerg that have entered it, but they are unable to annihilate them all."
After the wormhole closes, some Zerg will survive and enter this star system. You need to rebuild your defenses and trap the remaining Zerg in this star system. Please retreat immediately.
After listening to Yunxi's words, Hei Zhan and Chu Yuanzhen made the same decision: to abandon their current defensive line and retreat immediately, and then re-establish their defensive line once they were at a safe distance.
The two army groups reacted quickly. After issuing a series of orders, they retreated at full speed. However, Yunxi's side was even faster. At the moment the wormhole collapsed, some tough-skinned worms managed to save themselves and squeezed out of the spatial rift.
Seeing the endless stream of insectoids, Yunxi once again made hand seals to expand the coverage of the "Nine Thunder Annihilation Array," intercepting as many as possible and determined not to let these vermin escape the range of her divine sense.
Meanwhile, Yin Tong, who had been in hibernation for two hours, had just sat up in her hibernation pod when someone came to report the latest battle situation.
While undergoing Nalan Hang's inspection, Yin Tong listened to the latest battle report. After Nalan Hang confirmed that there were no problems, she took Yu Meng to the main command room.
Yin Tong and Hei Zhan are both seasoned veterans who understand the importance of the opportunity. Based on the number of Zerg that rushed out of the wormhole, they made a prediction and then decisively ordered the warships to retreat ten miles and redeploy their defenses, forming a double defense line.
Before the defenses here were fully deployed, the wormhole had already collapsed completely. The spatial strangulation force took away the lives of some of the Zerg, but some Zerg still managed to escape the passage alive and were fleeing in all directions.
Yunxi pointed a single finger, and the "Nine Thunder Annihilation Array" flew to the top of the Zerg's heads, then began to unleash a thunderstorm, attacking the Zerg that managed to escape the passage and preventing them from leaving this star field.
Yin Tong and Hei Zhan clearly saw that the other party was not going all out, but only temporarily restraining these insectoids, giving them enough time to set up defenses. Therefore, they issued orders even faster, fearing that the other party would abandon their post and the insectoids would scatter and flee, making it much more costly for them to exterminate them.
Although Yunxi did not turn around, the movement of the two major army groups' warships was within her divine sense range. It was clear that the two commanders were quite capable. After the last attack ship arrived, she withdrew the "Nine Thunder Annihilation Array" and left the remaining insects to them to deal with themselves.
Watching the figure disappear from the screen again, all the generals felt a little regretful. Although they didn't know who Yun Xi was, her combat power was equivalent to their entire army group, which was truly terrifying.
Worshiping the strong is a common trait among soldiers. Videos of Yunxi's two attacks on the Zerg have already circulated among the generals. Now that Yunxi has once again displayed her great power, they have new videos to share.
Although Yunxi withdrew from the main battlefield, she still kept an eye on the situation. The Zerg were like cockroaches that could never be killed; they always found a way to survive.
Although the mission taker was very effective, using spatial power to annihilate most of the Zerg, she also intervened to trap the Zerg in the collapsing passage. The result of this two-pronged attack was that the Zerg suffered heavy casualties, but one-third of the Zerg still managed to enter the Cloud Sea Star System alive.
Moreover, these insectoids are all quite powerful; otherwise, they wouldn't be able to withstand the crushing force of spatial power. Although the number of insectoids has been halved, their strength is not weak. It will probably take some time for the warriors of the Cloud Sea Galaxy to completely eliminate the insectoids.
Yunxi chose not to intervene. In order to cooperate with the mission takers of the Time and Space Administration, she had already passively cut off the Zerg's escape route. It was better to leave the rest to the Federation army to handle.
On the third day after the wormhole was completely closed, the Fifth Army arrived at the edge of the interstellar space and joined forces with the Second and Third Armies to build three lines of defense, launching a battle to completely annihilate the Zerg.
Soon after, Yunxi received Nalan Hang's upgraded Hong Energy Shield and a top-of-the-line military-grade healing pod. After storing these items in her spatial storage, she kept an eye on the battle while cultivating using the power of the stars. Just as the battle reached its climax, a research ship arrived at the rear of the battlefield and conveyed the latest orders from the Interstellar Federation to the three army group commanders. They ordered their soldiers to capture Zerg alive for their research.
This order greatly displeased the three commanders. Having faced the Zerg directly, they knew best the terror of these creatures, and now they wanted to capture these bugs alive for research—it was simply courting death.
If not properly controlled, the Zerg could easily take root in the Cloud Sea Galaxy. At that point, it wouldn't be a problem that could be solved with just one major battle; the Zerg's terrifying reproduction rate would quickly cripple the entire galaxy.
Therefore, after receiving the order, the three supreme commanders, Yin Tong, Hei Zhan, and Adams, held a meeting to reach a consensus and jointly report to the military to refuse to carry out the order. In any case, the research department and their military department belonged to two different departments and could not be forced to obey the order.
Black War said coldly:
"The people in their research department are really audacious. They want to study something that has been identified as a high-risk species. They're trying to drag our military into this. We absolutely cannot accept this order."
Yin Tong's expression was also very unpleasant, and she said somewhat forcefully:
"You have all seen the vitality and reproduction speed of this insectoid race. Even though Sage Yun intervened twice, these insects still managed to squeeze into Cloud Sea Star."
The mother insect that Chu Yuanzhen severely injured actually started laying eggs. We finally managed to control the situation, but they want to create an opportunity for the insect race to invade the Yunhai star system. I will not allow it.
I will not gamble with the lives of my soldiers. Even if the Zerg are of great research value, I will not agree to leave them alive. At worst, I will take off my uniform.
Adams, with his red hair and resolute face, rubbed his temples and said:
"Yin Tong, don't be impulsive. This isn't a problem that you can solve by taking off your uniform. It's because some people have seen the value of the Zerg that they're sparing no effort to reach out to us."
Now we need to find a way to keep these research fanatics in check, and then make them realize the dangers of researching the Zerg, so that they might voluntarily back down.
Otherwise, if we don't carry out this order, they might replace us with a commander who is willing to do so, which would put us in an even more passive position.
Adams' words made Yin Tong and Hei Zhan fall into deep thought, because he had said what they were most worried about. Changing generals in the middle of a battle is a big taboo, especially since they had already stabilized the situation, but there were many people who wanted to take the credit. Moreover, all three of them had people they didn't get along with in the military.
If these people unite and use their disobedience to federal orders as grounds for attack, it will give the Department of Research room to maneuver, and they might actually achieve their goal in the end.
Adams hesitated before speaking:
"Can we not capture the Zerg alive, but send their corpses for them to study?"