Stellaris Crisis: Rise of the Swarm
Chapter 293

Chain reaction

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The surrendered murloc leader looked up at the huge Swarm monster and Skadi above. He wanted to say something about surrender.

But before he could open his mouth, he was swallowed by the giant centipede, and not a single one of the platform and the attendants around him were left. At the same time, the fighting bugs that covered the city like dark clouds also swarmed down and began to kill.

Overmind never said that if any human life is left behind, then the existence of all life on this planet will be worthless, just the biomass of Consume.

Promising the fishmen to surrender was of course a lie. The purpose was to make them give up their resistance so that they could be slaughtered to death.

The floating Skadi watched with cold red eyes as the beautiful underwater city below her turned into a bloody purgatory. Unknowingly, Skadi, who was originally gentle and compassionate, also changed. The desire to kill in Swarm Network affected her just as much as the desire in Consume.

The corpse of a fishman floated by not far from Riskadi. Skadi squinted for a moment, and then a Hydralisk swam over and swallowed it in one gulp. A trace of the blood that spattered was smeared on Skadi's face.

The blood representing the killing and Skadi's beautiful face are blended together, symbolizing Skadi's judgment on the planet and the end of life on the entire planet.

After occupying the blue planet, Skadi colonized all the planets in the system and began to build strong defenses on them, building Spore Crawler and spine crawlers everywhere.

Her mission is to block Stellaris Council's reinforcements, so even if Stellaris Council's main force comes in full force, she must hold on for as long as possible.

The perspective turned to Overlord Coret's side. He was also very smooth, even smoother than Skati. After the fleet defending the galaxy detected the vibration of hyperspace, it abandoned the civilians and ran away.

Only a huge space station and corresponding defense facilities are left, because the front-line space station is basically a small world, with one hundred thousand soldiers living in it together with their families.

In less than an hour, the Swarm fleet turned the space station into garbage in the universe, and the population inside was basically Consume wiped out.

This galaxy is relatively poor, with no habitable planets, but Swarm never chooses a galaxy, as long as there are enough meteorites and a healthy star.

After occupying the galaxy, Koret began to build Swarm's own space station, arranging defensive positions based on the environment of the galaxy.

The harassment fleet commanded by War Cerebrate jumped into hyperspace under the watchful eye of Koret. This fleet of 100,000 people was basically hatched by Koret. Overmind only equipped it with corresponding netherworms, and there were only a few netherworms and leviathans in the fleet.

The combat effectiveness is the weakest, but the mission is the heaviest. It must go as deep into the Balance Star Territory as possible until the last bug is eliminated and the entire army is annihilated.

Seeing the Swarm he hatched himself dying, Koret, who was always an honest man, also felt reluctant to give up. In the end, he turned his attention away and started his work.

"Fight for Swarm, die for Swarm." This was his last thought.

Within half a month, the news that the natural disaster Swarm had begun to counterattack spread throughout the galaxy in an instant. The Libra star field spanning three thousand light-years shivered, especially the civilizations and planets close to the star field where Swarm was raging. Everyone felt that the end was near.

There is an endless stream of spaceships escaping. Even if the civilization and government here try their best to stop them, it is of no avail. Anyone who can get a ticket is extremely lucky. The price of a ticket to leave is so high that ordinary people despair.

The rich and powerful have their own paths and private spaceships, so leaving is a matter of course. But the most ordinary workers, those who have no money, can only stay on their own planet, crying and praying to unknown gods for salvation.

The more chaotic a place is, the easier it is to take advantage of loopholes and to incite the crowd to establish a new order.

The Mogors are a kind of bird with vestigial wings. Their arms are stronger than those of ordinary mammals. Their civilization is located in the center of the Libra Star Field.

In fact, this is a relatively safe location, far away from danger and with convenient transportation. Therefore, the Mogors also benefit from the geographical location. They are a very rich civilization and the political system is a federal republic.

Logically speaking, there is no need for them to be too panicked by the invasion of natural disaster Swarm, but even in the interstellar age, rumors and conspiracy theories still exist.

The natural disaster Swarm emerged from hyperspace, and the image information of destroying the fishman's home was clearly transmitted. Swarm's ferocious appearance and huge fleet can not only scare children to tears, but timid adults will also tremble with fear.

When the news came that one galaxy after another was attacked by the Swarm fleet, people's panic became higher and higher. The government has been trying to appease the masses, saying that there are not a large number of Swarm penetrating deep into the balance star field, and Stellaris Council is mobilizing troops to exterminate Swarm.

This kind of appeasement statement is very official and true, but the effect cannot be said to be good.

Under the control of thoughtful people, a rumor began to spread in the Mogor society: Stellaris Council's fortress plan failed and Cadian had fallen. Swarm began to enter the Balance Star Territory on a large scale, and Stellaris Council's fleet suffered heavy losses and was unable to resist it.

Many civilized fleets have withdrawn to defend their own civilization. What the mainstream media said are lies. Stellaris Council Active warships are simply not enough to stop so many bugs. The reason why they say that is to stabilize people's hearts and prevent the balance star field from falling into chaos.

It takes time for a civilization to be eaten by insects. This time can allow the main civilization of Stellaris Council to build a new defense zone. The balance star field has been abandoned and left to be eaten by insects to buy time.

This rumor is false, but there are several facts in it.

First, the fortress plan has indeed failed, and anyone with a discerning eye can see this; second, the current fleet size of Stellaris Council is indeed insufficient; third, many civilizations are withdrawing their fleets for rest and recuperation, some of which are indeed for self-protection; fourth, Cadian has really fallen, but it was not announced just to stabilize people's hearts.

Even if the truth is that Swarm's invading fleet is indeed small, only one hundred thousand in size, ordinary people will not believe it. Because the rumors are more in line with their imagination and what they have seen and heard.

Especially after the refugees from the fallen galaxy fled here, they were still in shock and kept exaggerating the huge scale of Swarm, exaggerating the bloodshed and cruelty of Swarm, which made people feel even more stressed.

In order to shirk responsibility, there are also some soldiers who have escaped from the battle and over-exaggerated the combat effectiveness and quantity of the Swarm fleet.

Appropriate rumors, refugees' narrations of pain, and deserters' lies about blaming each other were all added up. The Mogor society, which was already under great pressure, was detonated by panic.

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