I Am the Swarm
Chapter 266

Reappearance

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General Masai considered it. Although the unauthorized deployment of Nuclear Bomb was a serious matter, given the other party's background, it would be difficult to handle the matter officially. It would be better to give Major General Porter face. This would not only improve relations between the two factions, but also provide a starting point for cooperation when it came to dividing the spoils later.

So, after a round of enthusiastic business compliments with Major General Porter, he went along with it and gave him face.

"Send a message to the other captains, saying it's Nuclear Bomb test to check the damage coefficient of Nuclear Bomb to Insect Nest." I made up a reason and sent it to the others to avoid them becoming suspicious. If he didn't bring it up himself, I bet a flood of inquiries would come in a little while.

Moreover, the location of the nuclear explosion was in the territory of Porter General Porter's faction, and it is believed that they would cover up the lie after receiving the news.

"General, a weak fusion reaction has been detected in area 39, and it's moving rapidly!" the crew member on the detection equipment suddenly shouted again.

General Masai, his face grim, put down the hot drink he had just put to his lips. Someone was up to something!

"Check who's over there!" the general ordered.

The crew member flicked his fingers and, after a few quick maneuvers, turned back to report, "General, we have no combat units nearby! It's shallow water!"

The Riken Race landed on Big Origin Star, and even including the time it took to build their base, it took less than two months at most. During this time, they were still fighting the Zerg and hadn't yet focused their efforts on the ocean.

Now, a fusion reaction has suddenly occurred in the sea... The general pondered for a moment, and then suddenly remembered that in addition to fighting the Zerg, he also had to guard against the alien race of T853, and had forgotten the original source.

Back in the day, the Riken Race came here because they detected a fusion reaction. Later, through data sent back by the Cat Ear Spaceship, they learned that the reaction came from a super monster.

Now that monster has appeared; it must have been attracted by the explosions of those two Nuclear Bomb. The Cat Ear Spaceship initially discovered the monster, apparently after detonating a single-soldier Nuclear Bomb.

However, Masai's expectations for this monster are not as high as they were at the beginning. The bio-fusion organ it contains is not something that can bring about a qualitative change for the Riken Civilization, which has already taken the mechanical route.

The Riken Race are more concerned with how the monsters survived from ancient times, hoping to extend Riken Race lifespan through research in this area. However, the appearance of the Zerg, according to biologists, suggests that they are also ancient species.

However, according to research on their bodies, the Zerg do not have any longevity factors, and the lifespan of the Raider is only about twenty years. Their ability to survive from ancient times to the present may simply be due to hibernation.

If it's just about hibernation, their space Stasis Pod can achieve a similar effect, but sleeping for 300 years is not the same as living for 300 years. For intelligent races, living like that is meaningless.

Furthermore, the Zerg's dormancy effect is not very good; they may simply be a few Insect Egg that have survived from ancient times and then revived for some reason.

The data they measured here showed a significant decrease in biological density compared to the data transmitted back by the Cat Ear Spaceship. At this rate, the life on the planet's surface might be wiped out by the Zerg race in just a few hundred years.

Perhaps the extinction of ancient creatures is inextricably linked to this insect. Although they are not strong, they consume enormous amounts of energy, and if they have no natural enemies, they will quickly destroy the entire ecosystem.

Therefore, experts speculate that the Zerg Insect Egg may hold some secrets. However, so far, they have not found any Insect Egg. The Insect Nest behind the Granary extends straight underground, and if the Riken army continues to explore, the Zerg will block the passage, preventing the Riken Race from reaching it in the short term.

If that monster is similar to the Zerg, only spending its long years in hibernation, then it wouldn't be very valuable.

Just as he was thinking about random things, the crew suddenly pulled up some images and projected them onto the screen in front of Masai: "General, satellite images of the scene are here."

On the sea, a large shadow was meandering and moving, with blue flashes appearing intermittently on it. It was moving very fast, heading towards the land.

Sure enough, it was that monster.

"According to calculations, the monster will land in five minutes," the crew member continued to report.

"Which Special Operations Team is nearby?" the general asked after a moment's thought.

"Reporting to the General, teams TZ131 and TZ084 are nearby and ready to deploy at any time. If we set off now, we will encounter the monster just as it lands." Another crew member quickly reported the information after a few actions.

TZ131? Yes, they were the ones who dropped the Nuclear Bomb, and they were on standby. TZ084 was probably a nearby patrol team; they were indeed the fastest mobile unit.

Thinking of this, the general quickly ordered, "Very good, send a message to them, instructing them to reach the coast and cut off the monster's retreat. At the same time, mobilize all Special Operations Team within a 5,000-kilometer radius. They must reach the battlefield within half an hour."

The original Godzilla had been dead for decades, and this was just a replica created by Rowan. It used the original Godzilla template without any additions or deletions.

The original purpose of creating this Godzilla at the cost of enormous resources was to ensure that if the Riken Race were found to be unable to defeat the Zerg, the Swarm would not leave any openings when it fled.

After all, if something so obvious were to disappear, it would easily arouse suspicion.

Later, they discovered that the Riken Race was nothing special, and thought this guy was useless. But then they realized that he could still contribute something.

Half an hour later, the nearby Special Operations Team had all assembled, but Godzilla did not land as the Riken Race had guessed, but instead lingered in the shallow waters.

"It seems very wary of Gunboat!"

"Of course, the Cat Ear Spaceship's report mentioned that they used this tactic to attack the monster before. Although it eventually escaped, it must have left some scars."

"Nonsense, I've read the report too, and it doesn't mention that they injured any monsters."

"The report didn't mention it, so why can't you analyze it yourself? If it wasn't damaged, why did it retreat back to the sea prematurely? If you ask me, if we hadn't used Nuclear Bomb to attack it, perhaps our predecessors could have worn it down before it returned to the ocean."

"Ha, when did you grow a brain? I thought your brain was all muscles."

"Ha ha..."

"Ha ha..."

"Tch, Mana, you want to fight, huh?"

"Come on, who's afraid of who..."

On the regional communications channel, several Special Operations Team Captain were having a friendly exchange.

"Order received. All Gunboat, charge your main guns and fire a salvo to take it down."

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