Battle of Vilsert (IV)

The Zerg of today were no longer the Zerg of fifteen years ago. With the genes of Hegel and other high-ranking Purgatory Creatures, the entire race had undergone a wave of evolutionary frenzy.

And Aliya had kept all of this deeply hidden within the Boötes Void, never exposing it to the Federation.

Perhaps on the surface, the Zerg still appeared to possess roughly the same strength as before, having merely replenished a considerable number of troops.

Yet before Aliya now stood eight Emperor Bugs, each a seventh-order Biological Civilization individual. Compared with fifteen years ago, their overall strength had risen by several levels.

Even so, Aliya still had little confidence in defeating the Federation. Forget the Federation of today—even against the Federation of fifteen years ago, she had not been particularly confident.

In her original plan, the Zerg would have needed to focus on development for at least a century before gaining the strength to stand against the Federation. Yet Lin Fan had suddenly torn away all pretense, leaving her in an extremely passive position.

But no matter how passive she was, she could only grit her teeth and fight.

Aliya knew very well that since Lin Fan had already begun his operation, he must have cut off every route of retreat available to her. Other than fighting to the death, she had no other choice.

"We can't go on like this. Scattered garrisons simply can't stop humanity's offensive. Summon the entire race and immediately assemble in the Neumann Star Cluster!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

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With the Nether Fleet clearing the way and destroying the Zerg's command system, the conventional fleets followed behind to eliminate the leaderless swarms. Relying on this strategy, the Federal Fleet swept forward with unstoppable momentum.

In just one month, they had captured three Star Clusters,