Battle Losses

After a simple vote, the unknown subterranean race was finally named the Zerg.

The discussion continues.

The biologist continued, "We now know that the Zerg have at least two forms: one about 30 centimeters long, skilled in attack, and numerous; let's call them Raider for now; and another skilled in digging; let's call them Excavator."

"We know too little about the Excavator, only that they can dig tunnels quickly. The Raider, look here, they also have webbed membranes, meaning they're adept at attacking prey from above. So, we need to keep our soldiers careful of what's above them."

He thought for a moment and continued, "Besides, look here, here, and here." He pointed to some footage of the Riken Race being attacked and said, "Judging from these recently transmitted images, the Raider are indeed skilled at using their Blade -like forelimbs to pierce their prey! But while this attack method is powerful and lethal, easily penetrating our combat uniforms, there's one thing..."

The biologist glanced at the military leaders on the video and continued, "Look at these screaming tribesmen, does anyone have any ideas?" Seeing the group deep in thought, he didn't keep them in suspense any longer. "Their attacks are unlikely to be silent, which contradicts the mission reports I saw earlier."

Everyone suddenly realized that, indeed, the previous mission report stated that the attack was silent. If a patrol hadn't reported it for unknown reasons, they might not have discovered the attack until the routine report.

"Therefore, I speculate that the Zerg also possess a third type of member, who is like an assassin, adept at eliminating opponents silently. And what enables this effect, I suspect, is the use of a highly toxic substance."

In wars between civilizations, there is not much privacy. Unless you keep it hidden, as soon as you play a card, your opponent will analyze it thoroughly through various clues.

Whoever has more cards in their hand and can hide them until the very end will most likely win.

If Rowan wants to know the reason for the technological explosion hidden by the Riken Race, he needs to keep testing them by making moves to expose more of their Riken Race. At the same time, he must do his best to hide himself before he knows their trump cards.

If handled properly, even if the opponent truly harbors an advanced civilization, he can retreat at any time.

Simply put, if the other party has powerful backers, then what they're encountering is truly a primitive, low-intelligence creature awakened from ancient times. But if they have no backers? Heh, then sorry, the surprise will be huge, the kind that's unbearable.

On the battlefield, fierce fighting continued. Because there was a contingency plan in place, the transport ships were always on standby, and with a short advance warning, most of the Riken Race engineers, except for a few unlucky ones in the initial stage, managed to escape back to the transport ships.

More than twenty transport ships, fully loaded with personnel, took off one after another under the cover of soldiers' fire.

"Take off now!"

The last Riken Person leaped onto the cabin and roared towards the bridge.

But as soon as he finished speaking, he spat out a mouthful of blood, which landed on his protective mask, obscuring his face. A Blade- like forelimb emerged from his protective suit.

From behind him, seven or eight insects swarmed up and pounced on the other Riken Person.

"Ah!" A piercing scream rang out from inside the cabin. As more and more insects swarmed in, the screams gradually subsided.

Fortunately, the cockpit and cabin were protected by sturdy partitions, which the Raider couldn't break through in the short term. The pilot, at this point, lost his composure and instinctively pulled the ship up to a higher altitude.

But when he lifted the spaceship to a similar height to the transport ships that had taken off earlier, the Raider had already climbed from the cabins to the top of the transport ships, and then, after a leap, spread their limbs and glided their entire bodies toward the other transport ships.

"Damn it, this idiot, scatter the transport ships!" Winter, who was firing downwards from the Gunboat's hatch, saw this from afar and quickly warned them over the communicator.

Upon receiving the warning, the transport ships quickly dispersed to the side, but due to the suddenness of the incident and the lack of coordination between them, a collision occurred during the emergency avoidance maneuver.

Three transport ships plummeted from the sky, billowing black smoke, while several others sustained varying degrees of damage but were still capable of flight. However, taking advantage of the chaos, the Raider used the transport ships as springboards to successfully land on a total of seven transport ships.

Although the number of Raider on each transport ship was not large due to this dispersion, with some ships having only two and others having only six, the engineers had only received basic military training and were each issued a small weapon. Faced with the agile Raider, they appeared somewhat flustered.

Moreover, the confined space was particularly suitable for the small-sized Raider, who nimbly dodged the red beams. In the end, only two transport ships successfully dealt with the Raider, but they also suffered heavy casualties.

It is worth mentioning that most of their injuries were caused by accidental injury.

At this time, the battle on the ground also reached a fever pitch.

The Raider were small in size and their appearance wasn't particularly ferocious; moreover, their individual strength was far less than that of a Riken Race soldier. In reality, they weren't a significant threat.

Therefore, after the initial panic, most of the soldiers were able to calmly fire their weapons. Although most of them were still new recruits, they were still much better than the engineers.

However, this only applies when the Raider are still some distance away. When the Raider rush in front of them, they inevitably panic at the sight of these agile little creatures.

The Raider were extremely agile, and their long-range firepower was greatly reduced when they got close, as indiscriminate firing could easily injure their own men, as evidenced by the casualties on the transport ship. The Raider were also very adept at using the Riken Race soldiers as cover.

They weaved through the Riken Race soldiers, some of whom were caught off guard and captured by quick-witted soldiers, then dealt with using melee weapons. The Raider's advantage lay in their short-range burst speed and agility; once this advantage disappeared, their inferior strength and weak defense made them easy to eliminate.

Fortunately, this is merely a localized form of cannon fodder. After years of research, the Swarm has been able to use the Creep to simulate an external uterine environment, using this incubation chamber to accelerate the development of these cannon fodder units and greatly reduce their time to market.

Moreover, these cannon fodder units are extremely cheap to produce, and with the Swarm's latest multi-spawn technology, a single Insect Egg can even produce two to three native Raider.

Therefore, in terms of combat losses, even at a ratio of 100 to 1, the Swarm can easily withstand it.

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