Tilt

"This is a trap!"

"For someone who's a staff officer, that was an ignorant thing to say. Our previous objective was practically common knowledge. It was only natural for the Zerg to make preparations."

"Exactly. You didn't seriously think the Zerg Queen would obediently surrender, did you?"

"What do we do next?"

"Proceed according to the original plan. Now we'll see whether we or the Zerg were better prepared."

On the battlefield, more and more drop pods broke through the Zerg anti-air blockade, which also meant that more and more Epoch Clan soldiers were reaching the ground.

As more Epoch Clan soldiers joined the fight, the scale of the surface battle continued to expand. Within a hundred-kilometer radius of the ritual venue, there were unexpectedly over a thousand battlefields of varying sizes. Sporadic fighting even broke out beyond that hundred-kilometer range.

As the number of Epoch Clan soldiers increased and they formed groups, they were able to defend more angles. Once a group exceeded fifty soldiers, they could even use Air Cannons to block attacks from every direction.

Air Cannons had a stronger stopping effect against physical attacks. Even the Mach 10 venom pellets fired by Flying Cannon bugs could not pass through. They were also quite lethal. Due to their smaller size, Flying Cannon bugs and spider war-bugs were usually killed by one or two shells. Even the massive Evil Eagles could not withstand sustained Air Cannon bombardment.

Since the Epoch Clan soldiers had all taken to the air to fight, the ambushers hiding underground lost their usefulness as well. Even with the enhancement of their tentacles, their attacks could not reach beyond a hundred meters. Moreover, while their attacks erupted quickly, they were nowhere near Mach 10. With the assistance of their auxiliary systems, Epoch Clan soldiers could