I Am the Swarm
Chapter 327

Demolition

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After the Riken Race's plan was approved and launched.

The second, third, and fifth Chuyun Planet are all small planets with diameters of less than 1,000 kilometers, which became targets for the Riken Race.

Through meticulous calculations, the Riken Race planted "Glory of Riken" at several key points, which consumed almost all of their stockpile of super Nuclear Bomb.

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"Boom!"

The three satellites reached their designated positions one after another, and the Nuclear Bomb inside them were detonated.

The locations of these explosions were all precisely calculated. Super Nuclear Bomb are already incredibly powerful, but at these specific points in time, they can trigger even greater explosions.

The satellites began to experience earthquakes, cracking open the Earth's surface and releasing enormous amounts of energy, but these cracks were clearly insufficient to sustain them.

The gaps widened under the impact of energy, and stardust was propelled into the high atmosphere. The satellite could no longer maintain its round shape, and some structures began to detach.

The explosion continued, and the chain reaction it caused continued to unfold. Under the immense gravitational pull of Chuyun Planet, the satellite, which had developed a huge flaw, finally cracked apart.

The satellite, now divided into several pieces, is still enormous, but the impact of the explosion has caused it to drift out of its original orbit. Furthermore, being divided into pieces, it can no longer maintain gravitational balance with Chuyun Planet.

Part of the structure was pulled toward Chuyun Planet, while another part resisted stubbornly. The orbit was filled with satellite debris, which spun and fell toward Chuyun Planet.

A massive, tornado-like astronomical spectacle gradually emerged, along with the surface of Chuyun Planet and the fragmented satellite structures in its orbit.

Finally, the oxygen stored within the satellite structure that was crashing into Chuyun Planet came into contact with Chuyun Planet, and a huge burst of fire erupted, like fireworks being lit.

Flames surged rapidly upwards from the tornado, and the shattered satellite structure seemed to be ignited and exploded. Hundreds of millions of rock fragments were shot in all directions during the explosion.

The other Chuyun Planet were the first to be hit, their surfaces being ravaged by a barrage of meteorite fragments that stirred up dust and left countless craters.

Creep Swarm above them were also affected. The saturation attack at such close range devastated the purple patches spreading across the planet's surface, reducing the gains of the past few days to ashes.

Similarly, the 500 Ancient Class that were closer to the scene were also basically powerless against such overwhelming power. Their body tissues may have remained on the satellite debris that was shot into the distance.

The Ancient Class cluster, located further away, detected the intense energy fluctuations the moment the Nuclear Bomb exploded and retreated immediately. After the satellite was destroyed, the Electromagnetic Cannon fired at full power, shattering all the large fragments, but they were still severely damaged.

Although not many Ancient Class died completely, nearly half of them lost their combat ability and needed to lie in bed to slowly recover. Moreover, the number of Mature Form and Larval Form beings lost was even greater, and they all needed to be replenished slowly.

"It's truly spectacular, but unfortunately, this level of destruction isn't enough to wipe out that Zerg army," Hamis said with some regret, watching the footage on the monitor.

"This is the limit of what we can do. If those satellites weren't so small, we wouldn't even have a good way to deal with them."

"That's true. If we really had the means to directly destroy large satellites, or even planets, what would the threat of the Zerg be?"

"Destroying three satellites would release enough oxygen to Chuyun Planet shining for only a few tens of minutes before it would be completely consumed. Chuyun Planet itself wouldn't even be affected in the slightest."

"What? You want to blow up Chuyun Planet? You need to calm down. If you do that, our Mother Planet won't be spared either."

"Ha, what a joke, I was just saying. Blowing up Chuyun Planet is more difficult than blowing up our Mother Planet. We simply can't do it right now."

"Should we press our advantage?" The strange topic was finally brought back on track, and Major General Ricken asked.

"No, we don't have the capability for pinpoint detonation. The scattered satellite debris won't distinguish between us and the Zerg. In a few days, a meteor shower will arrive here. We must do everything we can to hold it off and minimize losses, otherwise this operation will be pointless."

As the Riken Race had predicted, some satellite debris, under the impact of the explosion, broke free from the Chuyun Planet and flew in all directions. A few days later, a shower of fragmented meteorites reached the Civil-Military Twin Star Defense Perimeter.

The Riken Race are experienced in dealing with this kind of solid kinetic energy attack, which is similar to Electromagnetic Projectile. And, perhaps for the purpose of demonstrating their strength and deterring the Swarm, the Riken Race are going to great lengths to deal with it.

The launch silo hidden on the Liwu Planet Satellite 2 opened, and several missiles, each over 30 meters long, flew out. Although they were not "Glory of Riken," their explosive yield was still considerable.

The missiles flew out, leaving long trails of flame. Their targets were several large pieces of satellite debris, each over ten kilometers in diameter. They didn't need to destroy the debris; they just needed to pulverize it into smaller pieces.

Several large objects were targeted and eliminated. Subsequently, energy beams flew freely in space, weaving an impenetrable network of firepower.

Almost all the fragmented meteorites were reduced to ashes in this barrage of fire. Even those that managed to pass through were worn down into tiny fragments and posed virtually no threat.

However, since it was a display of force, it had to be done to the extreme. After these small meteorites approached a certain position on the defensive line, streaks of red stretched across the starry sky and completely annihilated these small fragments.

"The Rikens' weapons do have merit, and the Swarm should also increase the diversity of their attacks to create more coordinated attacks." The Riken Race's display of force was observed by the Swarm's supreme will, but it did not seem to have any deterrent effect.

After the Riken Race launched their countermeasures, Chuyun Planet fell completely under the control of the Swarm. The loss of some surface Creep on those satellites was nothing to the Swarm.

Even those 500 Ancient Class creatures and numerous Mature Form and Larval Form are just a small matter.

The Riken Race had no idea what a giant charger like Chuyun Planet meant to the Swarm; otherwise, they would never have given up on it so easily.

The fallen Ancient Class were towed to near orbit around Chuyun Planet, where they will recover more quickly.

Meanwhile, all the Mature Form and Larval Form carried by the Ancient Class cluster were dispersed into various orbits Chuyun Planet.

The purple patches on the satellites also spread again, and the Strain mutated into Insect Empress Egg, giving rise to Swarm bases. Dozens of days later, the Larval Form flew out of the bases in an endless stream, and then searched for their location in the orbit of Chuyun Planet.

Chuyun Planet was gradually obscured by a large number of Space Octopus, the faces of the Riken Race commanders grew increasingly grim.

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