2644, Palpatine attacks
"Using tools... Indeed, in some records, Kilik Swarm can make and use tools. They do not simply rely on their own bodies and evolution." said a biologist next to him.
[Inefficient way.]Abathur said lightly, [Tools are products that humans cannot choose. A pure insect swarm requires no tools. Killiks, using the tools of Celestials, so evolved.]
The catastrophe 100,000 years ago has always been one of the focuses of Tang Xiao's research, and Kilik Swarm experienced it at that time, so Tang Xiao also told Abathur what he knew about Celestials and the Ones.
However, Sefrans-Tann was not interested in getting more entangled in the topic of biological evolution. She asked, "What can we get from this thing now? I need to find their nests and remove them completely. You want the essence of Kilik Swarm, then great, now is your chance."
[The essence is not complete. The swarm has revived, but not all. Jorib Planet, there is more than one mother nest. Find the mother nest, devour and analyze it, receive the Mainframe signal, and look for the Colony.]Abathur said.
"There is more than one mother nest in this galaxy?" Sefrans-Tann frowned, "But our scanning system cannot find them."
[The mother nest is underground in the satellite. Normal scan cannot find it.]Abathur said, [Dig up the ground worm, extract the signal receiving organ, make a receiver, and find the mother nest.]
Sefrans-Tann nodded, turned around and said to T-series tactical robot, who was waiting all the time. "Did you hear that? Make a plan immediately to dig out the huge monster under the wreckage of the battleship!"
"Roger!" T-series tactical robot immediately conveyed the order.
At this moment, Ye Chuan and others have retreated from the satellite. Of the 500 Fourth Civilization Marines, only more than 220 were able to return. The others were killed by Kilik Swarm, and most of them disappeared after the battleship wreckage was dragged into the quicksand. The number of personnel was reduced by more than half, and the losses were extremely heavy.
And you know, these people are all equipped with CMC-300 power armor! If they are still equipped with ordinary combat uniforms as before, then I am afraid that none of them will be able to come back!
Now on Nogu Satellite, some engineering ships and transport ships are undergoing mopping up work. Scorpion Annihilator Droids fell into quicksand during the previous battle and is now being lifted up by a transport ship to be sent back to the battleship Engineering Department for repairs.
Scorpion Annihilator Droids is a treasure. There are only three units in the entire fleet of Sefrans-Tann. Any loss of this thing would be heartbreaking.
In addition to this, there are some engineering robots and SCVs digging into the quicksand. Now that the SCV is completely unmanned, it doesn't matter if it works in such a dangerous situation.
One after another, the corpses of Marines were dug out from under the quicksand. These corpses were all mutilated, and even the power armor was damaged. This shows how amazing the destructive power of Kilik Swarm is.
Many Kilik Creatures corpses were also dug out and piled aside to form a hill. These are important experimental materials. At present, Sefrans-Tann and the others still know very little about Kilik Swarm. They must find enough samples to study in order to find the weakness of the insect swarm.
However, this delicate excavation work stopped immediately as the highest order of Commander Sefrans-Tann was issued. An orbital mining ship produced by United Mining Group, urgently transferred from Csilla, has arrived.
The orbital mining ship was seen descending to a low altitude of about 1,000 meters, and then the mining ship started four powerful mass accelerators on its belly, shooting down four magnetic field generators. The four generators fell on the four corners of the rear of the wreckage of the battleship and were driven hundreds of meters underground.
Immediately afterwards, an energy beam was connected between the magnetic field generator and the mining ship. After the generator received the energy supply, it immediately fired the laser beam deeper into the ground and continued to penetrate deeper.
At this moment, there was a sudden vibration on the ground, and the quicksand rippled like waves.
At this time, the magnetic field generator started immediately, and the extremely powerful magnetic fields were immediately connected in series, forming an extremely huge four-cornered cage!
At this moment, a terrifying roar came from below the ground! Then countless huge tentacles suddenly broke out of the ground and shot straight towards the mining ship in the sky!
However, Viking fighter, who was always on standby, responded immediately and launched a large number of high-explosive missiles at those tentacles.
boom! boom! boom!! The bombardment of the missiles blasted countless large holes in the tentacles, causing bloody flesh and green mucus to splash everywhere.
The two Victory II-class Star Destroyers next to them also turned their guns and started charging. Once the Viking fighter's attack was ineffective, the two Star Destroyers would launch bombings without hesitation. Although this will destroy the magnetic field generator, it doesn't matter, the worst thing is to do it again.
The mining ship did not stop working, and the operators of United Mining Group began to recover the magnetic field. Only the Engine Department of the fallen Victory-class Star Destroyer was caught by this magnetic field and slowly lifted up from the ground.
The power of this magnetic field is so powerful that even though Star Destroyer wreckage, which is nearly 400 meters long, has almost completely sunk into the ground, it was still lifted up. It even includes tons of sand!
However, at this moment, a terrifying scene occurred!
The lower part of the wreckage was wrapped with countless tentacles, like a squid with a carapace. And in the center of the tentacles is an extremely huge insect!
This bug is at least 100 meters long, like a giant caterpillar. At the top is a terrifying Abyss mouth, with countless sharp teeth rotating in the mouth.
It struggled violently, but its body was also covered in scars, which seemed to have been caused by being shot several times by Star Destroyer in the previous battle. After struggling for a while, it finally drooped down helplessly.
The engineering ship that had been prepared immediately launched hundreds of harpoons, connected to thick steel cables, directly piercing the giant insect and lifting it up.
After the processing was completed, the mining ship followed suit and lifted the other half of the wreckage using a magnetic field. There was also such a huge bug underneath.
When the bug was hoisted into the air, two huge caves were exposed below, which extended in all directions until deep underground.
There are countless mucus and cuticles in the cave. It is this biological-like structure that supports the huge cave. Obviously, this is the trap that Kilik Swarm set up very early.
Their IQ is very high!
After taking care of these two giant insects, Sefrans-Tann once again sent out ground troops. This time, the combat robots took the lead. Thousands of B-1 combat robots were at the forefront, going deep into the cave to conduct a thorough exploration.
One day later, Abathur arrived at Jorib Planet in a specially designed spaceship. This spaceship was originally a Leviathan-class passenger liner, but it has been transformed into a mobile nest by Abathur. The interior of the spacecraft is completely a huge insect swarm incubation room.
There are also a large number of genetic samples he has stored here. In the experimental space grown entirely from biomass, his genetic experiments can be carried out at any time.
The tentacles of the two giant insects have all been blown off, and now only two lumps of caterpillar-like meat are left. They were sent directly to Abathur's nest spacecraft. He will personally conduct experiments and extract signal receiving organs.
According to him, these two giant worms also act as relay stations for signals from the brood, so they can receive signals across the distance of the planet. As long as this organ can be extracted, the location of Kilik Swarm will be located.
While Sefrans-Tann was waiting for the results of his experiment, he began to redeploy the border of Chiss territory.
Because Kilik Swarm's attack has never stopped, in the universe, there are countless simple hyperspace capsules carrying Kilik Swarm warriors flying to Chiss territory's major planets.
This kind of harassment is annoying.
But just like the intelligence displayed by Kilik Swarm at this moment, it is obvious that they did this as a pre-planned strategy!
That's the question... How did Kilik Swarm, which had degenerated into a primitive insect, regain its wisdom?
While Kilik Swarm was invading, the battle that broke out in Galactic Empire's Northern Territory was still going on fiercely.
Das-Malthael is currently driving Red Comet fighter, driving in circles with Lila Super Star Destroyer. He already knew that High Inquisitor and Aden Lin were on top of Lila, but he was not in a hurry at the moment.
He understood that these two people did not dare to fight him now. People of High Inquisitor's level must have known about Palpatine's failure under his hands.
Das-Malthael is just waiting for the opportunity, waiting for the arrival of Palpatine. If he doesn't come, then he will be wasting his time here with Lila Super Star Destroyer, and then when Bilbrin Planet is captured, a gap will be opened for the Galactic Empire's Northern Defense Line.
Only then will he return to his fleet.
The Red Comet fighter jet is flying in space like Ghost. The fighter jet has activated its stealth system. Apart from the undetectable space distortion, it is impossible to see where he is!
Das-Malthael is looking for the next target - he has used Death Force to destroy the Empire garrison bases on more than a dozen planets, causing great chaos to the the Empire defense line.
But they still dare not send a fleet to defend, because those warships without Force user will be easily approached by Red Comet, and then Death Force will spread, and the warships will be controlled immediately!
Now Darth-Malthael is like an angel who brings death, literally bringing equal death to every planet he passes!
On May 21st, Darth-Malthael was on a planet named Doku, surrounded by hundreds of walking dead transformed by the Empire Stormtrooper.
At this time, he received a communication that General Trench was about to launch an attack at Bilbrin Planet. The time is just three days later on May 24th.
However, at this moment, Das-Malthael frowned and looked up at the sky.
As usual, when news of Doku Planet's attack came out, Lila Super Star Destroyer would arrive in two hours at most and then Orbital Bombardment the place.
Of course, as usual, Das-Malthael will fly the Red Comet fighter jet and use the stealth system to throw away Lila, and then quickly leave to find the next target.
However, this time, Das-Malthael felt a hint of danger in the Force's prediction!
Without any hesitation, he immediately turned around, jumped on the fighter jet, and turned on the sensors. Almost at the same time, a piercing siren sounded! According to the detection of the sensor, the hyperspace fluctuation reached its peak instantly!
This is definitely more than just Lila Super Star Destroyer!
Red Comet rose into the sky, the stealth device was activated, and the fighter jet disappeared into the air with a burst of electricity.
At the same time, in the outer space of the planet. The white light kept flashing, and one battleship after another left the hyperspace channel and arrived here!
In just a few minutes, more than 50 Imperial-class Star Destroyer arrived at Doku Planet! Then, after a burst of extremely dazzling light, Lila Super Star Destroyer's huge body appeared in the middle of the fleet!
Galactic Empire, actually sent a fleet!
If it were before, Darth-Malthael would only think that the opponent's Commander was crazy, and then immediately get closer and use Death Force to transform all the crew members of the opponent's warship into undead creatures.
But now, he feels the breath of danger...
Intense danger!
At this moment, on the bridge of Lila Super Star Destroyer, a figure wearing a black cloak let out a twisted and greasy laugh, "Jiejiejiejie... Archangel of Death... Do you really think that you will be invincible in the galaxy just because you got the body of one of the 'Trinity'? Jiejiejiejie."
As the figure spoke, he came to the throne on the bridge, sat down slowly, and lifted his hood.
This person is clearly the emperor of the Galactic Empire - Palpatine! Also Sith Lord - Das-Sidious!
However, on the screen nearby, the live broadcast of Palpatine giving a speech at Imperial Center was playing!
Obviously, Palpatine played a trick on the golden cicada to escape from its shell. He hid it from Kingdom of Dawn's intelligence system and quietly came to Northern Territory! Then, lead a fleet to surround Das-Malthael!
Including the mobilization of this fleet, it was also carried out in absolute confidentiality. Before these warships set off, even the captains did not know where their combat targets were. Navigation data is not given until the end.
Arden Lin and High Inquisitor immediately knelt down on one knee and saluted respectfully after Palpatine arrived.
However, Arden Lin's eyes swept over Palpatine, and at the same time glanced at High Inquisitor who was kneeling next to him. He and she immediately withdrew their gaze and maintained a respectful posture to welcome the arrival of His Majesty the Emperor.