Stellaris Crisis: Rise of the Swarm
Chapter 247

Uprising

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Johnny does not command his mercenaries. These mercenaries have strong personal combat capabilities and are good at small-scale combat, but they have no experience in head-to-head combat with large corps.

Johnny, who possesses commanding talents, also gave up on them, while their opponents, Four-Armed Snake God Church, and their core members were all assisted by Swarm Network.

The weapons and equipment are at a disadvantage, but the advanced tactical thinking is also advanced, and in the slums, the church has an absolute numerical advantage.

A few simple EMP bombs have wiped out a large number of combat Robotss and drones. The company's purpose has always been to save what can be saved, so except for some of the latest Robotss, there is no EMP protection equipment.

Nearly 100,000 church troops surrounded the mechanized battalion and mercenaries. No one knew how they were organized or how they appeared. Satellites could not see anything. They seemed to have emerged from the ground.

Indeed, they came out of the ground.

The battlefield was chosen by the traitor Johnny. It was very simple to choose a place filled with underground passages and heavily ambushed, wasn't it?

Advanced weapons can never replace advanced thinking.

Ordinary machinery factories can manufacture simple rockets, and these cheap rockets are covering the heavy weapons positions of the mechanized battalion under the guidance of Johnny.

Most of these regular army soldiers were neglected in training, and they suffered heavy losses in an instant. Many of their powerful equipment were blown up before they were even used.

With mental arithmetic but no care, Serpent God Church gained some advantages as soon as it started.

Several large snake-shaped mechas started up, and the balls on their heads stood up. Soon the ball was charged and turned yellow, and then it shot a laser across the sky. After a few rounds, it shot down all the rockets that fell like raindrops.

The small Point-Defense System, if installed on a battleship, is specially used to intercept missiles and hit various small flying objects.

Without rocket attacks, the regular army and mercenaries merged together, relying on tanks and armored vehicles to establish a solid defense line. The church personnel who used various homemade weapons soon suffered a lot of casualties.

After all, the firepower of the professional army is much stronger, and the specially-made explosive bullets will kill anyone who hits them.

More mechas started to activate, and some transformed into giant cannons. After a round of fire coverage, the church army on one side was blown into ashes.

Johnny's eyes narrowed. In the network, he lost ten Infected. Looking at it as an army, the loss would be at least over a thousand casualties.

Criticized weapons cannot represent the criticism of weapons. There is still a big gap in equipment. The church's troops do not have tanks. Heavy weapons like mechas are still a bit more difficult to attack.

Slarkans, which was strengthened by Infestor, is not Swarm. It is difficult to shake steel and fire with flesh and blood.

Without the support of Cerebrate, Johnny could only use Swarm Network's own computing power to roughly calculate the battle loss ratio and winning rate, and he planned to order the troops to retreat.

Those mercenaries are nothing to be afraid of. The mechanized battalion's equipment is too good but its combat effectiveness is too high. Even if it wins, the damage will be too great.

As soon as the order was issued on the network, it was resisted by the swarm's network of thoughts, and the infected bodies refused to retreat.

"Archbishop, you said that Serpent God is disappointed with us because our progress is too slow. Therefore, we cannot retreat, cannot fail, and cannot let Serpent God down again!"

As the core of the network, no one can disobey Johnny's orders. Once Johnny makes up his mind, no Infected will refuse. However, Swarm Network has never been an absolute dictatorship. The core of the network must consider the power of Swarm Consciousness.

"But if we continue to fight, we will suffer huge losses. Only by conserving our strength can we better serve God." Johnny said.

"Archbishop! I'm prepared!" The worker's voice stood out from Swarm Consciousness on the Internet.

"My brothers and I stole two particle engines from the Battleship Foundry. We originally planned to use them to build battleships. Today's uprising order was issued too hastily. My brothers and I thought that since we can't build a battleship, we can transform it into a heavy cannon. We only need simple programming to adjust the intensity of its particle injection."

In an instant, the workers used the Internet to construct the process of transforming the engine into a particle cannon and its current appearance. Although it was very rough, it was very reasonable and effective.

"Serpent God will praise your wisdom, brother." Johnny said, "Your creativity is beyond my imagination, and I will be here to provide you with shooting guidance."

"The workers in our artillery factory all have unique skills, all for a fair future, all for the great Serpent God!"

The worker proudly praised his fellow workers, then went offline and started debugging the particle cannon.

Ten minutes later, when the soldiers of the mechanized battalion felt that they were sure of victory and could wait for reinforcements, two yellow particle rays instantly penetrated the giant mecha equipped with Point-Defense System.

This wasn't over yet, a minute later the only three remaining mechas were penetrated and exploded into pieces.

"Requesting support from the Aerospace Forces. The rebels have particle siege cannons! And over-the-horizon radars! These are not things that rags from the slums can build! Requesting support immediately!"

The commander of the mechanized battalion roared loudly on the communication channel. His roar was not transmitted as fast as the rockets falling from the sky.

Johnny, who saw the meritorious service of the particle cannon, knew that the morale of these soldiers had collapsed. It was only a matter of time before they were eaten by these troops, and it was time for him to escape.

"What does it mean to be unable to support? Particle siege cannons are usually equipped with defense and control matrices. The risk of supporting the Air and Space Force is too high! Those are just rebels!" The commander roared even louder, "Isn't it because the Air and Space Force's attack budget has not been allocated? Come and help the brothers first, and I will help you apply for a budget when you get back..."

Johnny, who was already sitting on the aircraft, sneered in his heart. The military of Nuune Mega Corporation companies are smarter in settling accounts than fighting wars. Dr. Mengka has not allocated military funds, and the aerospace army will never move.

The church's troops took the opportunity to launch a general attack. A large number of smoke bombs shrouded the battlefield. Some secret tunnels were also opened, and church soldiers rushed out one after another.

They are all equipped with simple but effective anti-material weapons. It is obvious that some warriors are no longer like the traditional Slarkans. They have a pair of strong arms, can lift more powerful weapons, and have stronger physical defense.

They also wear relatively simple Powered Armor, and they are the absolute main force in the battle with the mechanized battalion. In the church, they are called Chosen Warrior, and their physical changes are also gifts from God.

After each battle, the bravest church members will perform Ascension Ritual under the auspices of the priest. In the ceremony, they will inherit the mantle of the dead Chosen Warrior and become a new and stronger Chosen Warrior.

This ritual makes Four-Armed Snake God Church and ordinary Adherents very bloodthirsty and warlike, and they become fearless and fanatical in order to become Chosen Warrior.

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