"Roar, roar, roar!" Led by Ye You, Ye Yi, Ye Ci, and the others, the Zerg army finally entered the range of the standard turrets.
Otis clenched his teeth, his eyes bloodshot. "Open fire! All gunners, including the First Interstellar Orbital Cannon Artillery Legion and the Second Special Shell Artillery Legion, are authorized to fire at will! Remember, we must win this battle! Because we are not fighting for ourselves, not for merit, and not for civilization. We are fighting for our families, for our loved ones, for survival! Fire! Fire! Fire!!!"
"For our families! For our loved ones! For survival—fire!!!"
"Rumble... Rumble..." Laser cannons did not make much noise, but the launch of physical shells was deafening. A thousand cannons, ten thousand cannons, a hundred thousand cannons fired in succession. The armored walls of the defensive star ring trembled continuously as if seized by convulsions.
Countless blasts of artillery fell like a torrential rain from the sky, striking a still body of water. The wall formed by the Energy-Devouring Locusts immediately rippled with hundreds and thousands of waves. Having absorbed enough energy, the Energy-Devouring Locusts began frantically fissioning and multiplying. Within three seconds, the insect wall had doubled in size! Then, the frenzied locust wall began to weaken. Under the bombardment, crater after crater was instantly gouged into its thick mass. When struck by physical shells, it burst apart outright, sending the shattered limbs of dozens or even hundreds of locusts flying.
Ten seconds. The locust wall held for a full ten seconds. And those ten seconds brought the Zerg warships, army, and Alvin forces into close-range combat!
Boom! As the Interstellar Orbital Cannon unleashed its power once more, the locust wall immediately collapsed. This collapse was complete and all-encompassing; the remaining locusts were simultaneously bloated by energy until