Stellaris Crisis: Rise of the Swarm
Chapter 214

Swarm civil war

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The first person to respond to Emil was Jonathan. He didn't think Emil's logic of divine punishment was right, but what the Queen's family members were doing was definitely not wrong.

As the supreme military commander of the empire, he ordered, "Assemble all military forces, follow the Queen's family, and fight the newly emerged Swarm monster."

Looking at the place where Zergling and Needle Crawler were looking at the corpses of Consume and Swarm in the place where the fierce battle had just taken place, Liszt, who was the most distracted, swallowed a mouthful of saliva and expressed his obedience to the order.

Among Death Forest, Chloe naturally has no intention to care about the affairs of the human kingdom, and she feels the pressure is increasing. Spore Crawler's level is not high. Before, Tabi Star had no power that could threaten Hatchery, and Zhang Han was also relatively lazy.

After only destroying more than two hundred Corruptor, half of the spore towers were destroyed, and the anti-aircraft firepower dropped sharply. More than 70% of the sporangia were able to safely land on the ground, followed by millions of Abaddon combat bugs.

Chloe has never commanded a battle of this level. She made many mistakes. The landings Swarm that should have been annihilated were unified together, and the scale began to grow larger and larger.

Chloe, who did not seize the fighter plane, could only order her numerically superior fighting bugs to surround Abaddon's landing Swarm, compressing the encirclement bit by bit in an attempt to eliminate them.

The civil war between Swarm seems not as grand as the war between humans. There is no steel, flames, and very few explosions. It is just that the intensity and bloodshed are several levels higher. In the most intense places, insect corpses are covered with thick layers.

On the contact line between the two Swarm, Zergling, Ultralisk, and Roach filled every piece of land. They collided with each other, fought, bled, and died.

Often Ultralisk kills everyone in the jump Swarm. Roach first appropriately slows down Ultralisk's charging speed, and Zergling will do it. He took the opportunity to climb on Ultralisk's back, used the Baneling hanging on his body to blast away Ultralisk's thick carapace at close range, and then used his sharp claws to inflict wounds on Ultralisk.

The Baneling here is different from the one in StarCraft. It is smaller and more powerful. Like a small alien larvae, the pairs of abdominal limbs on the body do not move very fast, but they can be easily mounted on any Swarm unit. They are intelligent living bombs.

It has many variants, which can be large or small. It can also be rolled into a ball and used as a cannonball. Its versatility and versatility are somewhat similar to Squiggly in Warhammer Orcs. The difference is that Squigg can eat or grow into giant monsters, and Baneling is just a variant of various explosives.

In order to prevent Zergling from making holes in its back, Ultralisk will shoot spikes from its back. This is also a variant of Baneling, except that it is a long strip with stronger penetrating power. It is usually a symbiosis with Ultralisk.

This kind of explosive spike can kill small units very well. Not only Ultralisk has it, but also the Corruptor in the sky. It is mainly used to kill small enemy units in fighting.

The long-range projection units are mainly Hydralisk and fire Roach, one is medium range and the other is long range. There are many differences in the types of Hydralisk. There are those with a high rate of fire that are good at dealing with small units, and those with a slow rate of fire that can deal with high-armor units like Ultralisk.

Fire Roach is the artillery unit of Swarm. It can be large or small, and is mainly configured according to the battlefield conditions. Some large fire Roach can be larger than Ultralisk, and the small ones are slightly larger than Hydralisk.

The ammunition fired is also different, there are red more corrosive acid liquids, and some fire Roach sprays blue hot plasma projectiles. This kind of fire Roach is also called plasma bug.

There are no ground units like the lurkers in the game here. The setting of launching fatal attacks from the underground is very good, but it is useless to use. The lethality of ground stabs is not as good as the high-speed shooting of Hydralisk and the fierce bombing of fire Roach.

The underground battlefield is not idle either. In the tunnel dug by the worms, the fighting bugs from both sides are fighting bloody battles. It is not uncommon for two worms to collide with each other and bite each other.

This high-intensity command confrontation consumes Chloe's mental energy very quickly. Her body is still incubating and her mental strength is not strong enough. She makes more mistakes, and occasionally allows Abaddon's Swarm to break through the battle line and gain a local advantage.

At this time, a sense of security appeared behind her, and Isa's consciousness came back and hugged her from behind.

"Due to the heavy losses on the space battlefield, I can allocate more energy to assist your command." Isa said in Chloe's ear.

Chloe didn't reply. She nodded and devoted her energy to command. With Isa's assistance, Chloe's command pressure dropped sharply, and the encirclement network began to become stable.

Defiler, which she had arranged early, could play their role. A large amount of gray fog began to cover Abaddon's long-range Swarm, and Hydralisk's steel needles were interfered with by the fast-growing and fast-dying Gray Mist Insect, and their power was reduced a lot.

The acid bomb ejected by a fire Roach was completely blocked by the gray fog due to its low muzzle velocity. It fell down and caused great damage to friendly parties.

In the densest places, red Blood Mist Insect spread like bright wounds, and tiny insects can eat away at the armor of battleships. Swarm units on the ground, except for Ultralisk, will be eaten up if they can't last more than a few seconds.

Defiler's special skills dealt a huge blow to Abaddon's Swarm. Chloe's commanding style has always been to dare to fight and rush. She quickly commanded her Swarm to launch a ferocious attack.

Taking advantage of the gap created by Blood Mist Insect, Chloe quickly commanded Swarm to divide and surround Abaddon's Swarm, gaining a greater advantage in the battlefield situation.

There were no casualties among more than a thousand Defilers, and the results were astonishing. The Swarms who landed Abaddons lost at least nearly one million.

More than thirty Corruptor flew over, intending to support the landing Swarm on the ground. They flew lower, and the Baneling, which was filled with dense holes on their bodies and was ready to go, shot like a heavy rain on the head of Swarm commanded by Chloe.

Chloe did not feel sad about the loss. A series of chain Psionics Shock exploded on Corruptor. In an instant, more than half of the Corruptor were shot down, and the blood from the huge wounds on their bodies poured down like a waterfall.

Immediately Chloe invested all the Mutalisk and besieged the remaining Corruptor, eating them all in ten minutes.

This was a trap set by Chloe using the giant Cerebrate. She wanted to eliminate as many Swarm fleets as possible. Brood Lord and Overlord in orbit had already released their sporangia, so the threat was no longer great, so she diverted the firepower of the giant Cerebrate.

The Cerebrate that Psionics is proficient in is really easy to use. It can provide computing power for research in normal times. In wartime, you can use Psionics Shock to attack the enemy.

If Tabi Star can be defended this time, Chloe plans to suggest that Overmind hatch out a few more giant Cerebrate to form a firepower array.

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