Epilogue

The Ji Clan's tactics were quite sound. They first sent the black cotton-wadding sea forward as cover, then fired a Gene Destruction Cannon at the meat-pancake bugs bracing it from behind.

At the very rear of the charging force, within the Zerg formation, the scouting Overseers had kept watch on every move the Ji Clan made. The Zerg's past enemies had all been unable to resist Intellect infiltration, so during battles, the enemy's combat plans were usually completely transparent to the Zerg.

However, the Ji Clan's unique structural composition prevented Intellect infiltration. Rowan had previously made a conscious effort to train those command-type Intellects to operate without such comprehensive intelligence support. But simulations could never be as real as reality. Without Intellects relaying the enemy's battle plans from within, those command-type Intellects were rather unaccustomed to it.

Although this had affected the Zerg to some extent, it was not without benefits. Data showed that during the battles against the mechanical forces, the Zerg's observation systems had upgraded three times faster than before, rapidly establishing and iterating a conventional observation network capable of meeting all current needs.

The upgraded observation network laid every movement along the Ji Clan's front line bare before the Zerg. Naturally, the actions of key units like Ji Clan War Stars could not possibly go unnoticed.

Thus, when the War Star turned its cannon and began gathering energy, the Ancient Class units that had originally been clustered together behind the black cotton-wadding sea had already begun to disperse. After all, once that vast black ocean began moving, in the near-frictionless environment of space, it would continue onward even if the Ancient Class units stopped pushing.

The dispersed Zerg forces reduced the power of the Ji Clan's Gene Destruction Cannon to a minimum. Though some were lost, a