Conspiracy

Although Wheeler holds a high position of power among the Telo Race, this battle against the Zerg is the Alliance of nearly 20 civilizations, and his rank is not high enough to command this Coalition Army.

However, the commander of the Coalition Army was also a Telo Race, but he was not from the same faction as Wheeler and was often targeted by him. When he was awakened, he had a bad feeling, but he did not expect to be sent directly to the front line.

He didn't believe the Zerg would ultimately prevail in the fight against Zerg. After all, compared to the forces on the outer perimeter, the forces further inland had a longer development period and a higher level of technology. If they all personally intervened, the Zerg would be powerless to resist.

However, at this stage, he is not optimistic about the Locke the Alliance. He had once had close contact with the Zerg, a mysterious race with a great many things that, while seemingly reasonable, were also strange in every way. Those who have not truly come into contact with them cannot possibly understand that feeling.

The Zerg must have many secrets.

However, judging from the current situation, the Zerg's secret has been exposed. Although he doesn't know exactly what it is, the fact that so many civilizations, and even the Epoch Clan, are secretly taking action suggests that it must bring immense benefits.

The tribe might know something, but having only recently been awakened, he knew nothing about it, nor did he want to know. Benefits of this level were beyond his reach, not even for the Telo Race.

Wheeler couldn't understand why those people who usually considered themselves elites would make the decision to confront the Zerg head-on. He was a staunch averse to war; he had no interest in making any contributions or anything like that. He just wanted to live.

Wheeler wasn't a coward; he was ambitious and willing to fight for it, otherwise he wouldn't have reached his current position. But he knew the current situation: if he died, it would be for nothing, and he wouldn't gain any corresponding benefits or honors.

He wasn't exaggerating. Wheeler understood a principle: interests usually come with a corresponding level of risk. While this statement doesn't apply to everything, it's a rule that applies to most things.

The secrets of the Zerg, if they could involve even the Epoch Clan, must involve immense interests. And what, just how great would the corresponding dangers be?

Wheeler didn't believe that this matter would violate that rule with a small probability, because if there were no danger involved, the Zerg would have been wiped out silently and their secrets stolen long ago, and the Telo Race wouldn't have even had to get involved.

Two weeks later, during which time he slept for no more than 40 hours in total, perhaps because he had been in a long period of rest, he was still able to hold on and was in good spirits.

However, this was just an illusion. He seemed to have reached his limit. The insecurity he felt a few days ago caused him to overexert himself with adrenaline, which depleted his energy. He needed to rest now.

Fortunately, nothing unusual has happened these past few days. He keeps a close eye on the Zerg's movements, and if he senses anything amiss, he leads his team to retreat, even if it means facing a military court afterward.

Wheeler slept for more than twenty hours. When he woke up, he was completely dazed, and it took him a while for his memory to return.

At this moment, nearly ten million warships had gathered in this area, representing various races. The densely packed warships stretched across the void. He had never seen such a large fleet in his life, which gave Wheeler a sense of security.

And that's not all; additional troops will arrive within a month, totaling around 30 million. While that seems like a lot, it's less than half of the original plan.

This is because too many warships were not equipped with warp engines. Even the Telo Race did not have a high adoption rate of warp-powered warships, let alone those civilizations that were a step below them. Some emerging civilizations did not even have warp technology.

Although at the beginning of the war, in order to improve the combat power of the Outer-Ring Civilizations, the Epoch Clan received an advance payment, and everyone had warp drive technology. Those who already had it also upgraded their technology.

But technology is technology, and physical objects are physical objects; turning technology into reality takes time. Although, due to the wartime state and the pursuit of militarism, all the newly produced warships were equipped with warp engines.

However, although the warships before that were also undergoing engine replacement, thirty years was still too short, and too many warships could only maintain sub-light speed of travel.

In this kind of blitzkrieg where every second counts, sub-light-speed warships, no matter how powerful their firepower, are unable to participate in the mission.

The actual number of warships deployed was more than half less than expected, almost putting the plan on the verge of failure. However, the opposing faction overcame all objections and allowed the plan to proceed.

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"Your Majesty, we have located the combined fleet's assembly point. Should we take advantage of their unstable foothold and annihilate them?"

Although the Locke Mutual Aid Society Coalition Army had implemented jamming and concealment measures to deceive the Swarm's reconnaissance equipment, the Swarm possessed an extremely strong infiltration capability. The plans the Coalition Army had just discussed would soon be presented to the Swarm.

Therefore, although they did a good job, it did not have much effect.

Sarah thought for a moment and made a decision, "Fine, they're going to come and attack us sooner or later anyway, so let them have their fun."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Sarah thought that if they launched an attack at this time, as the initiator of a blitzkrieg, their formation would be very poor, making it difficult to encircle the Coalition Army at the assembly point.

At that point, if they were focused on escaping, the Swarm probably wouldn't be able to wipe out much of the Coalition Army's manpower. Moreover, if their rally point were captured, it was uncertain where the Coalition Army's follow-up troops would go.

Since that's the case, it's better to pretend we don't know and wait until they've regrouped. They'll attack eventually anyway. The Swarm, as the defenders, will have the advantage of terrain and can then deliver a devastating blow to the Coalition Army. Wouldn't that be wonderful?

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Thus, the Coalition Army forces thought they had done a good job, completing their troop assembly right under the noses of the Swarm, and even felt smug about it.

But Wheeler didn't think so. No one really knew the extent of the Zerg's technology. During this time, he reviewed all the events and battles involving the Zerg and found that although the Zerg had always given the world the image of mindless beasts, they had never suffered a loss so far.

Therefore, the Zerg are not so weak that they cannot even detect the enemy forces gathering right under their noses.

But if the Zerg have already discovered them, why pretend they don't know?

Moreover, it's not just their battlefield LKDW262 anymore; there's another almost identical battlefield right next to it, LKDW263.

The Coalition Army on both battlefields failed to reveal the slightest clue, preventing the Zerg from detecting their Zerg. The odds of this happening are...

Wheeler sensed a conspiracy.