Stellaris Crisis: Rise of the Swarm
Chapter 220

The situation

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The picture that unfolded on the network was a star map that included a thousand star systems. "Most of the split Swarm are here for the time being. The civilizations of Stellaris Council are unable to trap Swarm, but now the competition between Overmind has reached a critical period."

Abaddon swiped his finger and framed an area, "More than three hundred of these thousand star systems are within the range of hyperspace channels, and 62 of them belong to a core node. Queen Zagara, Overmind are the most powerful contenders for consciousness."

Zagara, Zhang Han have only seen her information recently. She is a calm and restrained Queen, with the title of master tactician. Her combat characteristics are completely different from other Zerg nodes. She is best at fighting disadvantageous situations and can often fight against a large number of enemies with a small amount of Swarm.

Perhaps because of this characteristic, Overmind also hatched her. After Abaddon's introduction, Zhang Han knew that Zagara had at least six million Swarm fleets, and it was almost sweeping the surrounding Hatcherys.

"These 49 galaxies belong to the beast Kundera. He is Zagara's biggest challenger. He is not good at strategy and tactics, but he is impeccable in the details of command. Because of this, Zagara can't do anything to him for the time being..."

Soon information appeared in Zhang Han's mind: Kundra, the Crazy Pioneer, was one of the most physically strong beings among Swarm. Fusion strikes could only slightly damage him, and he had a case in which a single insect destroyed the capital of a second-level civilization.

He looks like a reckless man who rushes hard, but he is actually a thoughtful insect. He knows that his talent is not outstanding enough, and he is not as creative as other nodes in commanding operations, so he has been practicing basic skills. The idea is to stick to the stronghold and fight stupidly. He only thinks about not losing first, and then thinking about how to win.

In terms of precise command, especially in a battle with a scale of only 100 million, his command is among the best among all hero units.

"Other Hatchery nodes, as many as ten star systems, and as few as one or two. Like me, they have been eliminated. The nodes are waiting for Kundera and Zagara to decide the winner, and then return to the new Overmind's command."

"Great Overmind, if you want to regain control of Swarm, it is too late to develop. We must use war to expand our strength. Fortunately, there are still many Swarm Node like me. If we act quickly enough, we can build a strong enough Swarm fleet."

Abaddon made another circle on the star map, "These Hatchery are all single-star Hatchery. They are just developing slowly and are not strong. Originally, my goal was theirs, but I didn't expect to disturb the great Overmind."

The stars on the blue screen are as beautiful as a string of jade beads connected by the hyperspace channel. In Zhang Han's opinion, it feels like playing with stars. He needs to occupy each star system along the channel, expand his strength, strengthen his fleet, and unify Swarm.

In the Stars game, players can restart and use other diplomatic methods to gain time for development. Here, Zhang Han has no such opportunity. Abaddon has made the situation very clear. It is too late for development and can only seek change through war.

The giant Cerebrate begins to calculate various combat methods and plans. Abaddon is also optimizing production capacity and improving efficiency for Hatchery. Zhang Han has one month to prepare for the war. After this month, he will lead all Swarm all in the first Hatchery galaxy.

Swarm can only have one Overmind. Since Zhang Han has the consciousness of Overmind, he will not be willing to be inferior to others. He is completely different from the human consciousness. Being stubborn and weak is not Overmind.

Overmind is only for the king and not for the minister.

In the galaxy on the edge of the Milky Way, five Antilians fast battleships are sailing rapidly, chasing the special battleships ahead.

The shape of the special battleship is very strange. It is completely different from all civilizations in Stellaris Council. It is constructed with golden-red lines and multi-angular geometry. It does not seem to be a spaceship controlled by life.

Antilians's battleship clearly has many opportunities to destroy it, but perhaps because of the desire to capture the battleship, the battleship's firepower is concentrated on the engine.

On a Antill battleship, Yan Ren was inspecting his new recruits. The super soldier plan was being steadily implemented, and the scale of the super soldiers was also expanding. Not long after, Yan Ren was already the company commander.

Because of their strong combat power, the super soldiers do not have a platoon-level organization. Kunmao is his first squad leader, leading his most elite and experienced veterans.

The enemy they faced during this emergency mission was not the ferocious Swarm, but this did not make Yan Ren feel at ease at all. He had come into contact with Swarm, and he was quite familiar with it. There were too many weird monsters and monsters in the universe.

For an enemy you don't understand, sometimes you don't even know how to die.

What we have to face in this mission is an unknown enemy. The special battleship ahead was discovered by the empire's intelligence agency after a long investigation.

Recently, a special signal has appeared throughout the galaxy. In countries affected by the signal, domestic robots have disappeared, and the probability of malfunction has increased a lot. Recently, it has also spread to various electronic products.

After a long period of investigation and tracking, many robots will rob or build their own battleships and head to the unknown depths of the galaxy. The special battleship ahead is likely to be one of the sources of the signal. It has escaped pursuit several times and cannot be allowed to escape this time.

In order to find out the truth behind the entire incident, we must launch a boarding operation, control the special warship, and slowly investigate.

After introducing the mission, Yan Ren roared, "Is there anything you don't understand about the mission? If so, tell me right away."

The neatly arranged three hundred super soldiers in front of him were as silent as sculptures, not saying a word. They were the ones who were well-trained and murderous.

Yanren was still very worried. No matter how much training he put in, he couldn't compare to actual combat. The death rate of new recruits was the highest. He didn't know how many of the subordinates in front of him would come back alive.

There is no use in feeling sad. War will not come to you just because you are afraid of it.

"Use my body to destroy the enemy's sharp blade!" Flame Blade shouted to encourage morale.

"Use my body to destroy the enemy with sharp blades!!" the super soldiers roared in response.

"Everyone, board the ship and set off! Complete the mission and come back alive!" Yanbian ordered with a wave of his hand.

The three hundred super warriors were divided into six squads and boarded the corresponding combat boats respectively. Yanblade boarded the ship of the first squad and sat with Kunmao.

"Company Commander, you have become weak. In the past, you would never say such things as letting everyone come back alive." Kunmao teased the Yanbian.

Yan Ren looked unhappy and pulled down his mask, letting the terrifying skull helmet cover Kun Mao's face.

"You talk a lot. Be careful after boarding the ship. We have completed the mission and we still have to go drink."

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