I Am the Swarm

With the Ji Clan's technological level, they delivered the required instruments very quickly. But in the process of installation and debugging, it encountered a little setback.

Even though the Ji Clan had gained air supremacy, it was still difficult for those reconnaissance points to defend against attacks from the ground without the help of underground troops.

The Marine Corps, including mechanical equipment, has already been transported to the target battlefield in a limited amount to do search missions. There is no extra troops at all, so go to other places to deploy defenses.

As a last resort, the Ji clan could only detonate several X-576s again, relying on their radiation range for defense. In this way, they only need to send a small amount of troops to defend against those space creatures that may appear.

In this case, it was already a day and a half later when the Ji clan's detection equipment started working and fed back information.

"We have less than half of the time left. The Zerg space fleet is approaching here, but we still look like fools and have nothing."

"We have delivered several rounds of X-576 successively, sealing off the battlefield within a radius of 500 kilometers with radiation. But those Zerg simply retreated to 500 kilometers away. This distance, even their fastest It also takes ten minutes for the unit to reach the battlefield. At this time, they have no emergency response capabilities at all."

"Indeed, if we find the target, this period of time is enough for us to pack her up and take her away. When the Zerg troops arrive, our airships have already reached the close-orbiting warships."

"If you were the Zerg commander and the queen was still alive, would you do this?"

"If I did that, it must be because I have a big grudge against her..."

"As far as I know, the Zerg are very united..."

Everyone in the command room was a little depressed, and all the signs now showed that the situation was not optimistic.

"Everyone, don't be depressed. The latest information we just received shows that the target is still alive. Let the Marine Corps not relax." Suddenly, the command released a heavy message, telling everyone that the target is still alive in an affirmative tone.

"Sir, which channel gave you the news?"

The conductor shook his head.

Everyone understood a little bit, probably the Zerg queen who had confirmed to come here was my news channel. Thinking of concealing that channel, I'm afraid the commander didn't say anything, but even he didn't know the specific information.

However, since the news came from this channel, the credibility was extremely high, and everyone was refreshed because of this, urging the marines to speed up the search.

For the soldiers on the search mission, they also have troubles that they can't tell. This thing doesn't want to be able to get up quickly at all. The underground environment severely limited their scope of action, and they could only follow behind the excavated equipment to conduct a more refined search.

But in reality, they do more to reinforce the channel. Nine turns and eighteen turns have been dug out near the battlefield, and the original support of the sand and gravel soil layer alone may have collapsed long ago.

"How long will it take for our Hercules to reach the battlefield?"

"Soon, it will be escorted to the low-Earth orbit of the target planet by the third wave of reinforcements."

"I didn't expect the situation to develop to such a point. Fortunately, we still have a king bomb, otherwise it would be hard to complete the task within the specified time."

"Let the frontline soldiers work harder. It would be best if the target is found before Hercules arrives."

"Sir, the frequency of tunnel worms appearing below the target battlefield is getting higher and higher."

Due to the limited detection range of the Ji clan equipment, in the deeper underground, when the tunnel worms are active, they will occasionally enter the detection range, leave a message, and then quickly leave the detection range.

This kind of situation was not frequent before, but according to the report, it is happening more and more now. This only shows that the number of tunnel worms below is increasing, and the originally relatively ample range of activities has become crowded, forcing the tunnel worms to spread upward.

The situation obtained through another instrument also illustrates this point. Although this instrument cannot accurately detect the size and shape of underground targets, it can detect deeper ranges and mark the number of target organisms.

According to the information from this instrument, the number of underground tunnel worms has exceeded 500. These big guys with a length of hundreds of meters and a diameter of about ten meters, it is not easy to squeeze more than five hundred of them in the narrow place here.

"Sir, something is wrong."

"how?"

"The Zerg has too many tunnel worms."

"It doesn't matter, I have ordered people to lay more minefields, and at the same time, I plan to launch another X-576 downward to disperse these big bugs."

"Sir, I don't think the opponent has any plans to use the tunnel worms to continue attacking the defense line."

"?" The officer made a puzzled expression, please continue to speak.

"They may plan to directly hollow out the soil layer below. Look here, there are more than 500 tunnel worms, each of which can occupy an area of ​​tens of thousands of square meters. They eat the original soil layer, and then gather together, Use their bodies as new supports to prevent the upper layer from collapsing. When they eat up a sufficient area of ​​the soil layer, if they suddenly leave collectively, a huge deep pit will be left in place, and then..."

The staff officer made a free fall, and the commanding officer instantly understood what he meant.

The original target battlefield has been managed by their Ji clan into an impregnable fortress, and there is also a blockade of radiation. With this posture, it must be even more difficult for the Zerg to attack.

Therefore, the Zerg found another way, dug a huge pit under the target battlefield, and then pulled this area deeper underground alone.

Although there are still some soldiers and defenses of the Ji clan inside, they are no longer such a strong threat compared to the overall situation. They can grasp the initiative on the battlefield in an instant.

"Cunning Zerg!" The commander cursed secretly. In this situation, because the information was obtained too late, the Zerg has probably basically completed its deployment. Even if he took the initiative to fight now, it would be useless to eliminate those tunnel worms.

Although those tunnel worms can still play a supporting role after they die, don’t forget that the Zerg still has a gene collapse trick, and the creatures that start this program will eventually turn into a puddle of unknown liquid...

"\u0026*#!" The officer cursed again. It is useless to evacuate the soldiers' fortifications above. They are not fighting ordinary offensive and defensive warfare.

"Arrange the orbital fleet to deliver construction machinery troops, and order all K1KN10 to go below the area to form a new support. K2N9 is on standby, ready to fill the vacancy at any time."

"Sir, if we do this, I'm afraid the Zerg will not give us a chance to repair the support, maybe they will start it in advance."

The commander cursed again: "Since they want this place, it means that the target is in this area. Gather all the soldiers and search hard with me!"