A Colossus rushes in at the start

Chapter 25 The Star Destroyer Strategy is Too Ruthless

In the vast open space between stars, even an observer without scientific knowledge could easily see that two opposing forces of space were clashing fiercely.

On one side is a new fleet of the Star River Alliance, and on the other side are planetary creatures from Lu Shang's side. One fleet is fighting against a species the size of a planet.

This is a complete head-on collision, because the battlefield where the two sides clashed was chosen to be between stars in an environment with extremely low matter density, where there is only one atom per cubic meter on average.

Therefore, neither the Star Alliance nor the planetary creatures can gain a greater advantage by relying on the environment. The competition is about who has stronger hard power without relying on external factors.

This clash wasn't a command error on Lu Shang's part; rather, it was intentional. His aim was to see if the improved planetary creatures could withstand a direct confrontation with the Star River Alliance fleet. He needed to uncover all the problems in this small-scale practical battle.

In this way, there will be no need to think about how to solve these problems in the future, because the problems have already been solved.

Lu Shang discovered that the planetary creatures were performing much better than during the initial tests. The enemy's black hole-induced attack was detected in an instant, and in the next instant, it was thrown back in a different direction, destroying a warship in the enemy fleet.

This is all thanks to the time acceleration effect of spacetime expansion, which gives planetary creatures' psionic brains ample time to react. Combined with the faster-than-light information transmission capabilities of the swarm network, black hole-induced attacks cannot pose an effective threat in the short term.

At the edge of the Scout Nebula, dazzling points of light constantly emerge. Each point of light is a miniature black hole that is evaporating, resembling a string of bright pearls against the backdrop of the starry sky.

The Star Alliance fleet was unaware that it was being used as a test case by others. Thinking that it had finally captured the swarm of bee creatures that had not had time to hide in the nebula, the massive fleet held the enemy firmly in its grasp.

It should be noted that the effectiveness of black hole-induced weapons is greatly reduced in most bee swarms because they are hiding in nebulae. Nest stars like this one, which are not hiding in nebulae, are a rare and valuable achievement.

At first, no one thought they couldn't win, because countless previous battles had demonstrated the lethality of the new warships against the enemy.

Although the fleet commander found it strange that there was a layer of mist enveloping the star, he felt that compared to the nebula, this layer of mist was worth trying to break through, just in case.

Moreover, just to be on the safe side, they also called on the nearby fleet to come over.

With multiple fleets working together to encircle and suppress it, how could such a small cloud of mist possibly withstand the continuous black hole-induced attacks?

This game is in the bag!

Not only the fleet commanders, but also every crew member in the fleet thought the same way.

But as time went on, the idea that the fog was surprisingly difficult to thin out gradually faded from their minds.

Because they discovered that the enemy could detect and lock onto the induced microscopic black holes at an unimaginable speed, and then use psionic energy to throw the induced microscopic black holes at them.

Although only a small number of these microscopic black holes hit ships in the fleet due to the great distance and the dispersed spacing between the fleets, it still caused considerable losses to the Star Alliance fleet.

Even if they reduce the frequency of black hole-induced strikes, the enemy can still maintain a high intensity of black hole-induced strikes using matter in the cloud.

Gravity-damping ships are being destroyed at a visible speed; soon it will be the turn of capital ships!

Now, the only hope for this fleet is the reinforcements that are on their way. If multiple fleets surround and encircle the enemy, they will be able to take them down!

The idea was wonderful, but when the fleet's commander saw an order from the General Staff, he almost fainted from anger.

After reviewing the military intelligence and orders sent by the General Staff, the fleet commander gave the order without hesitation.

"Withdraw from the battlefield!"

The Star Alliance fleet did not hesitate to enter faster-than-light mode.

The planetary creature did not force the enemy to stay, not because it did not want to, but because it could not, since the enemy fleet was outside the range of its psionic energy.

While the fleet was traveling at faster-than-light speed, the deputy commander, having escaped the tense decision-making and command, asked the main commander with some reluctance.

"Why order a retreat? If we can maintain distance and engage in close combat, delaying the arrival of other fleets, it's not impossible to take down this swarm of creatures' nest planet."

In this battle, one-tenth of the capital ships and two-thirds of the gravity-blocking ships were lost. So many ships were lost, and they just had to withdraw like this. It's really frustrating.

"No one will support us," the commander explained helplessly.

"The Babel swarm is detonating stars on a massive scale. Fleets at other captured points have already retreated. If our fleet doesn't retreat soon, we'll be surrounded by the swarm of creatures," the commander explained through gritted teeth.

He longed to unite multiple fleets to annihilate the enemy he had finally captured, but he couldn't.

The Babel swarm is using miniature black holes to destroy stars on the battlefield on a massive scale, and then using the nebula debris left behind by these exploding stars as outposts, advancing steadily and cautiously step by step.

This forced the Star Alliance to abandon the star systems they had painstakingly conquered.

After all, we can't just stay in the star system and take the brunt of a supernova explosion with our faces, can we?

Upon hearing this, the deputy commander's expression turned extremely grim.

Once the swarm of bee creatures executed this strategy, it directly forced the Star River Alliance to switch from an offensive to a defensive posture.

The commander sighed with worry, "Although I never naively believed that the swarm of bees wouldn't learn from us, it's just..."

"I just didn't expect them to be able to do it so quickly, considering that before they knew nothing but molecules and genes."

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On the other side, in the swarm network, Lu Shang tirelessly issued commands.

"Explode! Anything not controlled by the swarm can be blown up! Don't ask me what can and can't be blown up!"

"You need to learn to discern these things yourselves!"

While fighting, Lu Shang did not forget to provide on-site instruction and explanation to the main brain and the overlord.

"See that? Overlords, masterminds, this is how interstellar wars are fought."

"Use every means to enhance your own advantages and weaken the enemy's advantages. As long as you can achieve this goal, you can do whatever it takes."

"Because if you don't do it, your enemies will, so you have to strike first and crush your enemies."

The mainframe used its tentacles to hold a small notebook and pen, and solemnly tapped its ridiculously large head.

"I see."

Through the swarm network, Lu Shang immediately spotted the nodding mainframe, along with the other mainframes and overlords. He then said with displeasure, "You know, but you're not taking notes! How are you supposed to remember things if you don't take notes?"

"You all want to continue being useless bees, just loafing around and waiting to die, huh? Give them a good beating! Give them a good beating! Beat them until they actually start learning!"

At a command, a swarm of tentacle-like bees beside the Overlord and the Mastermind used their slender bodies as whips to lash out at the Overlord and the Mastermind.

"I'm taking notes! I'm taking notes! Stop hitting me! I'm already writing in my notebook!"

The agonizing cries of the masterminds and overlords echoed through the swarm network.

"Tch, they won't shed a tear until they see the coffin." Lu Shang curled his lip in disdain.

(End of this chapter)