Traditional Specialty

A 300-meter-tall Mature Form is simply no match for the bombardment of more than twenty main cannons.

Although the Mature Form had its most defensive tentacles spread out in front as a shield, after a round of bombardment, apart from a few energy beams missing their mark, it was left with more than a dozen bloody holes over a meter in diameter, seven or eight of which were completely through it.

However, at this point, a weakness of the energy beam weapon became apparent.

That is its high penetrability, which means that after hitting the target, almost no kinetic energy is transferred to the target.

Therefore, although the Mature Form was severely injured, it still charged towards the Duoqi warship at almost the same speed.

"Switch to Explosive Energy Mode!" Dialo gave an urgent order. Although Explosive Energy Mode doesn't have strong penetrating power, the impact force generated by the explosion can effectively prevent Mature Form from getting close.

Dialo had a premonition that although this Mature Form didn't seem very strong, since the Swarm had shot it over, it must have some unique abilities.

However, the main cannon takes time to charge, Mature Form relies on the Megastructure for firing, which is very fast. As a result, before the second round of cannon fire in the Explosive Energy Mode could be launched, the Mature Form had already arrived.

The coiled arms and legs suddenly unfurled, many already broken, yet still appearing menacing and ferocious. Blue Electric Arc suddenly lit up at the nozzles on its abdomen, Plasma Propulsion Organ began to operate at full capacity, but instead of accelerating, it decelerated.

However, the output power of the Mature Form structure is completely incomparable to that of the Electromagnetic Megastructure. Even under overload conditions, it still crashed into the stern of a warship at an extremely high speed.

This was a typical 1600-meter-class warship. The massive impact directly shut down one of its main propulsion units. The warship shook violently, and the Duoqi People inside were thrown about. The Mature Form that had made the hard landing was also in bad shape. It had already endured a round of artillery fire, and now many parts of it were smashed into minced meat. Fortunately, it only had cartilage, so most of the impact was absorbed.

Despite its severe injuries, the Mature Form still clung stubbornly to the warship, while a gash appeared on its back from which a large number of Mature Form and Larval Form poured out.

These Mature Form and Larval Form, ranging in length from a hundred meters to seven or eight meters, scattered and pounced on various parts of the warship as soon as they emerged.

"Activate the Laser Defense Array and Close-In Weapon System!" Dialo, clearly aware of the danger these devices posed, quickly gave the order.

Some hidden hatches on the warship were opened, revealing laser emitters and Close-In Weapon System. The Close-In Weapon System were nothing special, but the miniaturized shipborne laser emitters made the watching Riken Race drool.

They had always thought that with this thing, they could disable the Zerg's Electromagnetic Cannon and then sweep the Zerg away. However, after discovering that the Duoqi Race, who possessed two advanced technologies— Repulsion Field and shipborne laser emitters—were still utterly defeated by the Zerg, they realized they had been overestimating themselves.

Countless tiny energy beams danced in the sky, accompanied by thin red lines sweeping across the heavens, creating a top-notch light and shadow effect and perfectly setting the atmosphere.

However, these two close-range defensive weapons of the Duoqi Race were not very effective.

The energy beams fired by Close-In Weapon System are not very effective against Biological Armor with resistance buffs. They can be somewhat effective against Larval Form, but against Mature Form Space Octopus, although they can create small blood pits on their bodies, they are only considered minor injuries.

Meanwhile, the miniaturized laser emitter was even less effective. Since the Riken Race introduced laser weapons, Rowan had slightly modified the bio-armor, upgrading it to a minor version.

Back when Rowan was still living on Origin Star, he had a skill that made him famous and was deeply hated by many native creatures— Optical Camouflage.

Its working mechanism is to use Nanocrystal Particles on the body surface to reflect light in the same way as the surrounding environment, thereby achieving the effect of blending in.

Lasers are ultimately a type of light, and are completely countered by this skill. All Rowan did was thicken the nanoparticle layer inside the Biological Armor so that it could withstand attacks from higher-powered lasers. He didn't make any other modifications, so it can only be considered a minor version upgrade.

This Nanocrystal Particles layer can form a reflective surface when a laser is in contact with it, with a reflectivity of over 95%. While large ground-based laser structures might be able to Mature Form the nanocrystalline layer defense by relying on the heat dissipation from the 5% laser energy conversion, these miniaturized shipborne laser emitters clearly do not possess this capability.

Thus, Dialo and his companions, watching through the large screen, witnessed this scene: a red laser beam locked onto an 80-meter-tall Mature Form. Although its speed was nearly the speed of light, making it impossible for the Mature Form to dodge, the red beam had no effect other than causing some charring on the Mature Form's body.

"Damn it! Another ability not mentioned in the intelligence!" Dialo cursed again. Such frequent swearing was rare for the third prince, who had received aristocratic etiquette training since childhood.

Dialo rubbed his head vigorously, pulling out several hairs. He was now wondering if he had unintentionally offended some important figure, and this was a deliberate attempt to retaliate against him.

The Suzerain's strength had always been unparalleled in his mind, but now the intelligence they provided was constantly riddled with flaws. He found it hard to believe that a somewhat strange, but newly formed interstellar civilization could have escaped the Suzerain's observation. Thinking about it this way, the possibility of being deliberately targeted was actually greater.

Before he could ponder it carefully, the Space Octopus outside the ship had already begun their rampage.

Although we've entered the space age, primitive close combat seems like a joke in the face of giant cannons, relegated to the sidelines. However, due to the Swarm's own structure and the whims of a certain Overlord, this skill has not only not been weakened, but has been upgraded several times; it just hasn't had a suitable stage to showcase it.

But now, a stage has been set up, and the Rowan's Combat Technique have reappeared in the martial arts world.

A Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) rotated, unleashing a barrage of firepower, a dense rain of light raining down on the Space Octopus. Each of these high-speed firing devices has 164 small cannons, capable of firing tens of thousands of rounds per minute.

But just then, a tentacle suddenly stretched out from its blind spot behind it and wrapped around its base. Then another tentacle stretched out and coiled around it, jamming its rotating mechanism and preventing it from fighting back.

Then the Space Octopus's other tentacles gripped the ship's hull, and its entire body exerted force together. Blue Electric Arc flashed on its tentacles, and even the plasma organs on its abdomen ejected streams of energy.

Rowan's Combat Technique: Radish Pulling!

Under immense force, the Close-In Weapon System's base support could no longer withstand the strain and was forcibly snapped.

With its power supply devices and wiring damaged, the Close-In Weapon System was forced to shut down, and its red-hot barrel gradually cooled, returning to its dark state.