Chapter 1911
Clearing out the BETA on Venus, whose numbers were smaller than Earth's in every respect, had taken half a month. Yet even more and larger planets awaited the Burning Legion's cleanup, especially Jupiter and Saturn, planets countless times larger than Earth. Everyone felt the pressure of time closing in.
Once Venus had been cleared, Xiao Ran led the team hurriedly to the Moon after briefly returning to Earth for supplies and rest. This former staging ground for the BETA invasion of Earth also housed a Level Six nest, but its BETA numbers were even lower than those on Venus.
When the BETA had previously invaded Earth, the BETA on the Moon had formed a major part of the first wave. They had dispatched several waves toward Earth throughout the ongoing battles, leaving the Moon's BETA forces extremely sparse. It took only two or three days to clear out the nest there completely.
From Earth to Mars, Venus, and now the Moon, the Burning Legion had developed a standard set of procedures for efficiently clearing BETA and destroying their nests. When facing the terrifying numbers of BETA—especially the Beam Types with their dreadful ability to snipe missiles—Naza's barrier field was simply invaluable.
The course of battle often followed almost the same pattern. Naza led a group of drones carrying MDE warheads and Reaction Missiles in a rapid charge through the barrier field, ignored all attacks, plunged into the nest, and unleashed a barrage. At that point, the mission was considered complete as long as the Mind-class had been eliminated.
Then Xiao Ran, Yuzes, and Ingram carried out penetrating sweeps with Split Cannons, while the warships used the Macross Cannon and Ideon Sword to sweep the area. Naza then returned with the Drone Unit and launched another barrage at the