The two sides in this battle were now in a state of absolute informational asymmetry.
Helme, a Level 4 Queen Bug who had personally destroyed more than a dozen Level 5 Civilizations, understood Level 5 Civilizations better than anyone.
Of course, this only applied to civilizations at the late Level 5 stage. Helme had never fought a civilization at the peak of Level 5.
After all, there was a massive threshold between the late Level 5 stage and the peak of Level 5. Once that threshold was crossed, there would be no further barriers until the early Level 6 stage!
Therefore, civilizations within a star system were generally either at the mid or late Level 5 stage at most, or they were already Level 6 Civilizations. It was rare for one to be stuck at the peak of Level 5 and unable to advance to Level 6.
And once one reached the level of a Level 6 Civilization, it was no longer something a mere Level 4 Queen Bug like Helme could handle. It required a Zerg grand duke—a Level 1 Queen Bug—leading a group of Level 2 to Level 5 Queen Bugs to deal with it!
But clearly, the Level 5 Civilization Helme was currently facing had not even reached the mid Level 5 stage. It was merely an early Level 5 Civilization!
On the other side, Hain was operating with a complete lack of information!
His limited understanding of the Zerg, coupled with the upper ranks deliberately concealing part of the intelligence, prevented him from making the most appropriate response and left him constrained at every turn!
On the battlefield, Hain's fleet had already curved around to both sides of the Zerg Warship formation. At his command, they abruptly drove straight into the Zerg battle line.
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