Mecha Star Wars.

Chapter 1614 A Desperate Struggle
Pulled by gravity, the insectoids seemed to sense an impending doom. They struggled frantically, their legs flailing wildly, but they could not escape the invisible suction and were pulled one after another into the silver-purple "pupils".

These insects, whose carapaces were as hard as alloys, were instantly torn to shreds by the violent and chaotic force field as soon as they entered the channel where positive and negative opposite energies clashed.

The scattered liquid and debris exploded in the air, then were crushed into finer dust and disappeared into the void.

Swarms of insects were forcibly pulled into the vortex, tearing a huge void at the entrance. Countless insects plunged one after another into the collapsing fissure, creating a magnificent yet terrifying scene.

In a short time, nearly two-thirds of the insect swarm behind the intelligent beast was sucked into the rift passage, creating a large open space.

The turrets of the Thersorn Battle Fortress once again charged up in unison, their main cannons roaring as a dazzling torrent of energy poured down, shattering the beetles caught in the barrage and instantly covering the front lines with thick smoke.

In the distance, that enormous pupil contracted violently once more.

The spatial rift, which originally stretched for thousands of meters, began to shrink at a visible speed, becoming much smaller in an instant.

Having completed their bombing mission, the light fighters that had been circling outside turned back and, taking advantage of the fact that the intelligence beasts were distracted by the frontal fire, launched a precise and fierce attack on the Zerg that were drifting at the edge of the rift's gravitational field.

As the rift continued to shrink, the area affected by gravity also decreased. Sersorn had long since figured out this pattern, and his fighter jets avoided the dangerous suction zone, firing only conventional shells in short bursts.

The shells couldn't penetrate the hard shell, but they could generate enough impact to push the insects into the receding gravitational field, and then pull them into the vortex.

The light fighter jets, lacking firepower advantage, quickly swept across the distant sky, easily reducing the number of insect swarms behind them once again.

When the gap shrank further and further, and the artillery fire was no longer enough to send the insects into the circle, the fighter jets left the battlefield without hesitation, pulled up their fuselages, and returned to base at full speed.

At this moment, the smoke and dust from the main battlefield slowly dissipated.

Thousands of Falcon mechs were launched from the sub-fortress and flew towards the dispersed swarm of insects. As soon as they reached the effective firing range, they fired energy blasts in unison.

In an instant, countless lasers and energy points of various colors burst into the sky, like exploding fireworks, shimmering in the dark sea of ​​stars.

At this moment, the intelligent beast was still surrounded by a large number of insectoids.

However, the main cannon had already blasted a clearing in front of it, and the scattered insects in front of it were also drawn away by the mech; behind it, a bunch of them were sucked away by the gravitational vortex of the spatial rift, leaving it in a predicament of weak defenses at the front and back.

Sensing something was wrong, the intelligent beast quickly mobilized the insect swarms on both sides to reinforce the guards and protect itself in the center once again.

In order to create an effective defensive distance, the originally dense swarm of insects was actively dispersed around the intelligent beast, with the gaps between them greatly increased.

"The intelligence of this intelligent beast..." Cen Fangyuan clicked his tongue lightly. He had thought it was much smarter.

"Calling it an intelligent beast is just a matter of having a slightly larger brain than ordinary insects," Helian Rongjin explained casually. "But it's enough to command swarms of insects and cause considerable casualties."

"What are the weaknesses of the intelligent beasts?" Lin Fan asked.

"Defense," Helian Rongjin replied. "This thing knows it too. Every time it appears, it uses its insect body as a shield, layer upon layer, to completely block itself."

"At such a distance, low-powered firepower can't hurt it, and high-powered firepower can easily destroy the ectopic source core. So the only way is to gradually break up the guard forces and then kill it at close range, slowly wearing it down."

If it weren't for the ectopic source core within the Tuzhi Beast, the method to eliminate the insect swarm wouldn't have been so complicated: even the toughest carapace couldn't withstand the fortress's heavy firepower.

However, such a powerful barrage could easily make intelligent beasts feel threatened, causing them to flee back to the rift in alarm.

The way intelligent beasts move around is different from ordinary beetles and mechanical energy-powered creatures. They can ignore the push of energy from other locations and move freely between channels.

Therefore, we must wait for the rift to collapse, for the positive and negative energies to clash, and for a huge strangling force to be generated. The weak defenses of the intelligent beasts will be unable to resist, and they will feel threatened and have nowhere to retreat before we can begin to "close the door and beat the dog".

The Thales military relentlessly dismantled and weakened the Zerg swarm, peeling away layers of the intelligent beast's protective scales until it was reduced to a "lone commander," at which point they would harvest the source cores. Deep within the battlefield, the remaining rifts finally began to close little by little in a not-so-long contraction.

The night seemed to ripple, violently shaking a few times before the concentric ripples gradually subsided and completely dissolved into the deep sky.

The spatial rift passage has been completely sealed off.

The medium-sized frigates, originally intended to fill gaps in the defense line, advanced in all directions, with their shipborne close-in weapon systems firing at full power.

The dense barrage of pulse bullets formed an impenetrable hunting net, instantly shattering any Zerg creatures that collided with it.

A few tough beetles withstood the artillery fire, charged through the barrage, and approached the frigate's defenses.

The mechs, freed up by this wave of firepower, charged forward from the rear. Under the cover of the escort ships, they cut into the heart of the swarm with a fierce momentum. The high-frequency vibrating alloy blades pierced the weak points of the swarm at tricky angles, mercilessly sending energy waves into the bodies of the swarms.

Laser beams crisscrossed, and the crisp sounds of blades colliding and shells shattering seemed to penetrate the 3D projection, lingering in everyone's ears.

One mech was unable to dodge in time. The giant insect claws on its chest and abdomen tore open a long gash, sparks flew from the mech, the energy light went out, and the power suddenly stopped.

At the critical moment, several nearby mechs immediately moved forward to surround and kill him.

The wounded mech pilot seized the opportunity to open the front hatch, leap out, and was quickly pulled into the half-open cockpit by a mech waiting nearby. The hatch was then quickly closed, and the mech rushed back to the battlefield.

Some Zerg fought back desperately, their sharp limbs piercing deep into the mech's cockpit, splattering blood everywhere, only to be instantly blasted into mincemeat by close-in weapon systems.

Amidst the starry sky, firelight flickers and blades flash across the horizon.

The escorting frigate, carrying its mechs, advanced relentlessly without hesitation. After clearing out the Zerg in front, it steadily approached the intelligent beasts' protective perimeter.

But as they got closer, the offensive suddenly slowed down.

The intelligent beast brandished its enormous tentacles, directing waves of Zerg to fly up and down, launching successive counterattacks.

The frigate precisely stopped in the tentacles' blind spot, striking the large swarm of insects that the tentacles couldn't reach.

The mechs transformed into sharp blades, moving nimbly through the gaps between the tentacles, approaching flexibly and eliminating them one by one.

Under the combined onslaught of long-range artillery fire and close-quarters combat, the destruction of the intelligent beasts is only a matter of time.

Once the surrounding guardian insects were completely eliminated, thousands of mechs surrounded them, their blades slashing repeatedly, causing the thick tentacles to break off and shorten little by little.

The scattered flesh solidified instantly under the high temperature of the laser. The intelligent beast, having lost its tentacles, was left with only a bare, umbrella-shaped body, which continued to surge and crash like a roaring wave, making a final desperate struggle against every threat that tried to approach.

At this moment, the frigates simultaneously launched specially designed binding force fields from all directions, firmly locking the remaining beast in place.

The sharp armor-piercing blade sliced ​​through the thick cavity layer by layer from top to bottom, carefully peeling out the crystal core inside, which was translucent and glowed with purple light.

The giant soft body, having lost the support of its source core, rapidly collapsed and shrank before the crystal could be completely removed, turning into countless tiny fragments in the purple light.

The cold sea of ​​stars returned to calm.

Only the scattered remains of the insect armor and the broken pieces of the machine remained, silently witnessing the end of the hunt.

Can you picture it?
I put so much effort into writing this; I really want to show you all the images that are in my head.