I Am the Swarm
Chapter 530

Hijacked

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Suddenly, the Ancient Class surrounding the Yuntu Warship emitted a blinding blue light. The magnetic field erupted and interconnected, forming a large-scale interference field, creating a void cage that cut off all communication between the Yuntu Warship and the outside world.

At that moment, the two werewolf monsters in the eyes of the Yuntu Clan stretched out their claws and drew a circle on the porthole of the cockpit.

A miraculous scene unfolded: the porthole, made of a special metal, vanished completely where the werewolf's claws had scratched it. As the circle closed, the uncontrolled air pressure blasted the porthole in the center of the circle away, followed by a storm in the cockpit, sending everything hurtling towards the breach.

The Yuntu Clan crew members were in chaos, grabbing onto whatever was nearby. Fortunately, the air inside the cabin wouldn't be completely sucked out anytime soon, temporarily preventing them from suffocating.

The ship's sensors detect damage to the portholes, and the isolation hatches automatically lower to prevent further damage to the ship and also to prevent air from being drawn out from other areas.

Outside the ship, the werewolf monster, also known as the insectoid Wolf Striker, made its first appearance on the Star Sea Alliance. Its FN Blade were invincible; even the strongest defenses were melted away before it. The cockpit windows, which could block secondary gun attacks, were like tofu in front of it. If it weren't for its enormous energy consumption and the fact that it could only fight in melee, it would truly be an essential weapon for killing and robbing.

After making a hole, the Wolf Striker calmly reached down and pulled a curled-up insect from his lower back, then, braving the wind pressure, stuffed it through the hole into the warship's cabin.

This worm resembled an enlarged version of a rice weevil. Its body, which had previously shrunk into a ball, immediately stretched out after being stuffed into the cockpit, with several short segments firmly sticking it to the inside of the porthole.

Immediately afterwards, its body began to crackle with Electric Arc, which then suddenly exploded. After a ring of transparent energy surged through the Electric Arc, all the instruments in the cockpit came to a standstill.

This type of worm once appeared on the Duoqi Planet. It is an EMP Bug, like a living EMP Bomb, capable of destroying electronic devices within a certain range. However, due to its size and other limitations, it is a semi-disposable product. After detonating once, although it will not die, it needs to return to the Space Octopus for recharging in order to be used again.

Space warships can typically withstand a certain level of EMP impact on their hulls, but their internal protection is much weaker. The EMP Bug exploded directly in the cockpit, crippling most of the warship's operating system.

The hatch that had just been lowered rose again due to the system crash, causing a storm to rise again in the cockpit, which was about to be emptied of air. The Yuntu Clan inside had now awoke from their delusions and realized that this was a trap, but they were now struggling against the storm inside the cockpit and were powerless to stop anything.

Two Wolf Striker worked together to create a larger opening in the porthole, and several Larval Form that had been waiting nearby rushed in through the breach. The Larval Form, less than ten meters long, were considered junior in the midst of fleet firefights, but inside the warship, they were undoubtedly formidable monsters.

The Larval Form quickly eliminated the Yuntu Clan in the cockpit, completely eliminating any possibility of them causing trouble. Subsequently, more and more Larval Form entered through the breach and rushed into the warship through the open hatch.

In order to preserve the internal equipment of the Yuntu Warship to the greatest extent possible, the Larval Form continuously hurled EMP Bug stored in their Storage Sac along the way, paralyzing various circuits and preventing the automatic defense system from activating.

The captain and crew, who had just emerged from the Stasis Pod, knew the warship had been hacked, but they had too little time to react and hadn't recovered from the aftereffects of hibernation. In addition, the warship's remote control system was basically paralyzed, and they were finally cornered by the Larval Form in the medical room.

Having exhausted its last remaining forces, the warship completely lost control and fell under the Swarm's grasp.

The ten Yuntu Warships that broke through the encirclement were hit by similar attacks almost simultaneously. EMP missiles had paralyzed their propulsion systems, and the lights on their tail engines and hulls had all gone out. They could only rely on inertia to rush forward, and the Ancient Class that formed the void cage moved along with them, while the other Ancient Class ships silently made way for them.

With the help of the Swarm, the Void Cage quickly broke through the Swarm's encirclement and reached the outside. Here, the Void Cage contracted and split into three smaller Void Cages, each containing three to four Yuntu Warships.

Then, they flew in different directions, revealing the three colossal creatures, their enormous bodies appearing and disappearing in the void. The Yuntu Warship, about four thousand meters long, looked like a younger brother to the five-hundred-meter-class Ancient Class beside it. But at this moment Yuntu Warship, compared to these Void Behemoth, was beyond being described as a younger brother.

Perhaps only a void cage enveloping three or four Yuntu Warships could barely qualify as the title of "younger brother." Finally, the void cage slowly merged with the giant object, and then gradually disappeared.

A moment later, the three colossal objects vanished again, and there was no trace of the Yuntu Warship left in the void.

Meanwhile, within the encirclement, more and more Yuntu Warship leaped out. As the wreckage expanded, some warships even crashed into the debris as soon as they jumped out. Before the Swarm could make a move, they were destroyed on their own.

However, these debris also blocked the Swarm's attack trajectory. Some of the Ancient Class insects flew forward, intending to move the debris, but there was simply too much debris to remove in a short time.

With this cover, the Yuntu Warship finally had a chance to catch their breath and slowly regrouped. Finally, a warship equipped with Quantum Communication Device jumped out and luckily survived.

The captain of the warship, equipped with special instruments, was not allowed to hibernate, and he quickly realized his current predicament. After a series of thrilling and tragic operations—enough to be filmed as a four-hour blockbuster—the captain finally managed to send the message out before the warship was destroyed.

While the fleet was sailing at warp speed, there were rules governing communication silence. However, in times of crisis, there were ways to break these rules, and information was transmitted to the rear warships and command center without delay.

The nearby Coalition Army reconnaissance equipment had been cleared, but some remained further away. When they conducted focused reconnaissance based on the coordinates, although they couldn't obtain much useful information due to the great distance, they could still detect the anomaly in this area.

The danger alert was confirmed, and the fleet quickly communicated with command. Several warp-speeding Yuntu Clan warships jumped out of their Warp Bubble and then fired a large number of special shells at the surrounding area.

After these shells exploded, they created a unique gravitational wave. Other Yuntu Warship without Quantum Communication Device quickly received these waves and jumped out of their Warp Bubble to stop moving forward.

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