The moment the Skrull Empire fleet collided with the Zerg forces, the situation completely spiraled out of control.
No one had expected the hooks on those insects, which looked little different from carbon-based lifeforms, to be capable of directly tearing apart the hulls of warships built from the Skrull Empire's advanced materials.
The shield ships meant to withstand the first wave of energy strikes were not pierced by lasers, but ripped to pieces by the specialized giant limbs of the Flying Scythes. The beams that followed completely destroyed the Annihilator warships behind the shield frigates. The laser weapons still charging had no chance to fire before they, along with their turrets, were blasted through.
Doreck VII roared in the command room, "Send more frigates forward! We must maintain our firepower and repel this wave of their attack!"
More and more frigates rushed forward, their dense formation nearly packing the empty void airtight. Yet the enemy's insect-swarm tactics were clearly more sophisticated than the Skrull Empire's sea of warships—or rather, it was as though this strategy had been designed specifically to counter the Skrull Empire's methods of warfare.
Magneto, who had transformed into a magnetic field to survey everything, noticed this earlier. Born in an era of war, he had far more experience in such matters, so he immediately sent a message to Mystique, who was disguised as Lilandra.
"These insects may have long ago stolen the Kree Empire's reports on fighting the Skrull Empire. They analyzed the Skrulls' basic combat methods from those reports and developed strategies to counter them. They are smarter than we imagined."
Mystique slowly frowned. Her expression was grave, but she did not seem especially shocked. If the Annihilation Zerg had not been strong enough, the Kree Empire would never have suffered such devastating losses.
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