The allied forces' counterattack had not been slow, but many had still underestimated the number of bugs and were momentarily intimidated. Once Gladiator gave the order, every turret instinctively opened fire.
Knowhere's dense laser weapons poured down on the bugs at once. They could survive in space, their bodies covered in thick shells, and they flew with incredible speed. Yet before the airtight barrage of laser beams, they were cut down in swathes like wheat.
Hundreds of thousands of bugs died in that wave of laser fire.
Their initial victory brought cheers throughout Knowhere, but before anyone could celebrate, a second wave, then a third—an endless tide of bugs—came surging out in a frenzy.
Forget ordinary people—even Daisy felt uncomfortable at the sight of those densely packed enemies stretching beyond the limits of her vision. There were simply too many!
"Activate the Energy shield!" "Activate the laser grid!" "Deploy the gene bombs!"
Working on much the same principle as insecticide, Mentor had analyzed the bugs' genetic chains and developed several gene bombs tailored to their properties.
Daisy and Gladiator had placed their hopes on his bombs, and Mentor had not disappointed them. The gene bombs were effective, but their transmission rate was far too weak.
These bugs clearly had no brains and ate anything they encountered. They did not hesitate to swarm over and devour their own kind killed by laser weapons, but they completely ignored their comrades whose genes had collapsed. It was as though some food-selection mechanism prevented them from eating bugs struck by the gene bombs.
"Perhaps it's another piece of information written into their genes? Mentor, your research is still effective..." Daisy comforted the old man through the screen. He stroked his beard and closed his eyes in thought.
Time was too short, and there was