With the Epoch Clan's technological level, they quickly deployed the necessary instruments. However, they encountered a few minor setbacks during installation and calibration.
Even though the Epoch Clan had gained air superiority, without ground forces stationed underground to intercept them, those reconnaissance points still found it difficult to withstand attacks from below.
The Marines, along with their mechanical equipment, had all been deployed in limited numbers to the target battlefield for the search mission. There were simply no spare troops to set up defenses elsewhere.
Left with no choice, the Epoch Clan detonated several more X-576s, relying on their radiation range for defense. This way, they only needed to station a small number of troops to guard against any space-adapted organisms that might appear.
Under these circumstances, it was already a day and a half later when the Epoch Clan's detection equipment began operating and returning information.
"We have less than half our time left. The Zerg space fleet is closing in, yet we're still like idiots, with nothing to show for it."
"We've deployed several rounds of X-576 in succession, using radiation to blockade an area five hundred kilometers around the battlefield. But those Zerg simply retreated beyond that five-hundred-kilometer range. At that distance, even their fastest units need ten minutes to reach the battlefield. They have no emergency response capability within that time."
"True. If we find the target, that time will be enough for us to package her up and take her away. By the time the Zerg forces arrive, our airships will already have reached the near-orbit warships."
"If you were the Zerg commander, and the Queen were still alive, would you do that?"
"If I did that, then I must have a deep grudge against her..."
"As far as I know, the Zerg are quite