A Colossus rushes in at the start

Chapter 24 The Overlord's Main Brain is Too Useless

"How long are you going to keep arguing? Do you think arguing will kill off all the enemies of the Star River Alliance?"

A strange message suddenly appeared in the Overlord's swarm network. By tracing the source of the message, the Overlord and the Masterminds immediately recognized each other's identities.

It was Lu Shang!

Lu Shang connected to the new ruler's swarm network through the swarm mastermind that came to him for help.

Originally, I just wanted to get a basic understanding of the battlefield situation before the planetary creatures arrived. But I didn't expect that I would read out a series of military intelligence reports about the impending collapse of the Overlord's swarm shortly after connecting.

Lu Shang bluntly demanded of the Overlord, "I don't have that much time to waste with you guys right now. If you want to turn the tide, let me take full command, and also send me all the intelligence from the previous battlefield."

……

At the Star Alliance's general staff, there was a sudden commotion. They discovered that what had been an unstoppable and promising situation had turned into a quagmire in the blink of an eye. The fleet had not suffered serious losses, but the difficulty of strategic advancement had increased exponentially.

It was as if... as if a different commander had taken over.

"Direct all the miniature black holes toward the star, then use all psionic energy to resist the impact of the supernova explosion. If we survive, we'll hold that spot to the death..."

"Swarms at the Lanna Star outpost, listen to my command! Abandon the position! Do not hold out! The swarm's battle line will be completely withdrawn; there is no point in holding that place..."

"Ignore the Alliance fleet heading towards Dida Black Hole; many of them are old-fashioned warships, unable to contend with the psionic energy of Nest Star. Their objective is to block the swarm's escape route and harass its rear, diverting the swarm's main force. The main force of the Star Alliance's all-out offensive is heading towards Barada Star..."

"All nesting planets in the direction of Balada, listen up! Stop using stars as strategic outposts. Find nearby large nebula clusters of matter. The denser the matter in a nebula, the more suitable it is as your new outpost. Use the nebula matter as a natural barrier against black hole-induced attacks..."

Lu Shang methodically issued orders to each mobile nesting star, instructing them to rely on nebula matter as their outposts. Nebula matter is a natural barrier against black hole-induced attacks, which means that the Star River Alliance fleet needs to spend more time eliminating the outposts that the swarm has set up in space.

They couldn't leave it unattended, because letting it go would easily lead to the alliance fleet being surrounded. Therefore, the Star River Alliance fleet had no choice but to gradually eliminate it step by step.

Therefore, at a more macro level, the pace of progress has clearly slowed down.

"All done. All that's left is for my swarm to arrive," Lu Shang said with ease.

However, we should also thank the social habits of the Babel bee swarm. If it were humans, even the best strategic decisions would be useless in this situation. Morale would have collapsed long ago, and they would be completely unable to organize.

"So...it's stabilized like this?" The Overlord asked incredulously.

It's worth noting that the front lines were on the verge of complete collapse before, yet this series of orders has had such a good effect.

"Otherwise what? This isn't even a difficult thing to do." Lu Shang said speechlessly.

Thinking that it would take some time for his planetary creatures to arrive, Lu Shang decided to use the remaining time to deal with some internal issues of the Overlord Bee Swarm.

"Now, let's take stock of the internal issues. Hmm... to be honest, before I arrived, I tried my best to underestimate everyone's decision-making abilities, but I didn't expect that I would still overestimate them."

"When you individual bees make decisions, are you actually using your brains?"

Hearing Lu Shang's sarcastic question, the mainframes were momentarily at a loss for words, after all, the facts were there.

The Overlord chimed in, "You're absolutely right, Lu Shang. They're all a bunch of incompetent trash."

Lu Shang, speechless, emphasized, "The 'individual' I'm referring to also includes you, the Dominator."

"Huh?" The ruler was taken aback.

Lu Shang launched into a barrage of rebukes: "What 'huh'? Isn't it obvious? You chose these mainframes on behalf of the swarm. You were blind to select these incompetent ones to make all sorts of decisions for the swarm. What right do you have to blame these mainframes? Shouldn't you be blaming yourself the most? Why did you choose them in the first place?"

"Do these masterminds even use their own brains? Don't you ever observe that? Is the swarm network just for you to look at the stars? That means you definitely don't use your own brains normally either!"

"If the upper beam is crooked, the lower beam will be crooked too!"

The series of words left the ruler speechless, especially the last sentence, which was extremely damaging.

"you!"

"you're right……"

The Overlord has backed down. Compared to Lu Shang, the main brain, and looking at the other main brains it chose, they seem to be on completely different levels.

"The fact that you can openly admit this shows that you're not completely beyond redemption." Lu Shang nodded.

This is truly commendable. After all, if something really happened on Earth, how could such a leader possibly step forward to take the blame? They would all be temporary workers.

The fact that the ruler can simply admit to his poor personnel decisions puts him miles ahead of many other decision-makers.

However, Lu Shang's reprimand of the Overlord was truly appalling, something that had never happened before in the history of the hive.

This was unprecedented in history, which naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of the leaders.

"Mastermind Lu Shang, you should have reverence for the Overlord," one of the Masterminds said discontentedly.

"Is it your turn to speak? Who are you?" Lu Shang turned his stern reprimand directly at the mainframe.

"Just because the Overlord chose you as the mastermind, you think you really deserve to be called the mastermind? Are you proud of leading the swarm to a defeat?"

"How come you don't even know how to spread your intelligence network? You can't even infiltrate the enemy? You just simply deploy some individual reconnaissance swarms in space and call it a day?"

"The area around Dida's black hole is just a bunch of old-fashioned warships responsible for harassment. Apart from the Colossus, they pose basically no threat to the nest planet. How can you be so cowardly? Do you think you're qualified to command a swarm in battle? Don't you know the importance of intelligence in military operations? Did you use blind boxes to fight interstellar wars before?"

"Do you know what impression you give me? Incompetent!"

There's no way to refute it, because it's the truth. There aren't any humans in a bee colony who would knowingly say they're wrong but stubbornly insist they're right.

Lu Shang paused, then continued, "The enemy has new weapons. It's one thing to be unable to defeat them, but don't you even know the basics of adaptability?"

"Knowing that black hole-induced attacks can be prematurely triggered by dispersed matter, didn't you know to set up your outposts in nebulae? Why insist on setting them up in star systems with vast open spaces? Are you trying to kill your swarms because there are too many individuals?"

"None of you masterminds or overlords are anything but useless!"

(End of this chapter)