In truth, the infantry legion had already begun assembling without Claire's orders. The moment her command was issued, hundreds upon thousands of infantrymen carrying massive alloy shields, riot shields, laser rifles, armor-piercing grenade launchers... surged in from all directions.
The three blue portals were like three opened Pandora's boxes, endlessly spewing calamity forth. Blue, white, and warriors in mechs of every color steadily tightened the encirclement, while purple and black Zerglings continuously expanded their ranks. At last, one minute later, they met.
The first to open fire were neither the Laser Infantry nor the mech warriors, much less the riot troopers carrying enormous shields!
It was the Hydralisks!
The Hydralisks mixed among the Zergling swarm!
The towering bodies of the second-tier Hydralisks made them stand out among the Zerglings like cranes among chickens. It was precisely this height that allowed them to fire their spikes with ease, without the Zerglings ahead blocking their targets.
"Swoosh..." A shrill whistle came from afar and rushed closer, like the howl of vengeful ghosts, like Death's roar. A soldier charging at the very front, holding a transparent riot shield in both hands, had not even seen where the attack came from before he suddenly felt an irresistible force slam into the shield in his hands!
The riot shield had three layers. The middle layer was made of titanium alloy used in the construction of interstellar warships, while the first layer consisted of photosensitive material. The riot shield was not actually transparent, but the photosensitive material reflected images from both sides of the shield, making it look transparent. Of course, those materials had an even more important purpose: maintaining a constant temperature. No matter how scorching the heat endured by the shield, they ensured that the warrior holding it would not be burned by the