Because the asteroid's change of course had been discovered too late, the Federation had few ways to deal with it. There was no time for a jump, and it was also a bit too late to install engines on the asteroid.
The Federation had two options: one was to blow it apart, and the other was to use high-powered starships to tow the asteroid away.
Not long after the military warships took off, they launched a head-on attack on the asteroid. But what puzzled the military was, "Why is this asteroid so tough... even the Plasma Main Cannon can't move it?"
The Federation's technology was far superior to Blue Star's. There was no need to use explosives at all. As long as there was no energy shielding, Plasma Cannons, laser cannons, and the like on warships could easily deal with a naturally formed asteroid.
"Try Annihilation Bombs," the fleet commander decided.
Yet there was still no effect. A battlefield observer reported, "It seems none of them actually hit the asteroid. It feels like... there might be a thin layer of shielding?"
A military intelligence analyst's face instantly changed. "Could it be... the Insect Race?"
The insects really did have the ability to deploy asteroids, and they had done similar things before. But as the Federation's firepower grew ever more formidable, such attacks had lost their value, so they gradually stopped.
But this method was meaningful now, because Xingzheng Star did not have many members of the Human Race. Not only did it lack powerful weapons such as near-orbit cannons, it also had no advanced warships.
In fact, they did not lack reinforcements. Nearby star systems had advanced space fleets, but the incident had happened too suddenly. Calling for support and having it arrive within a day was simply impossible.
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