Immediately, a large number of white beams, one after another, continued to shine on the Zhurong-class battleship.
Two minutes later.
Hundreds of crew members have all been transferred to three Pangu-class battleships through optical transmission.
The entire rescue operation was successfully completed.
"Commodore, all crew members on board 15528 were successfully rescued."
"Well done. Where is the source of interference? Have you locked it?"
After nodding, Shangguan Ningxue looked at the science officer on the ship again.
"Seventeen targets have been locked so far. They should be a new type of Zerg that is not recorded in the database."
The science officer answered while opening an observation image.
In the picture, there is a bug that looks a bit like an ant. You can even see slight spatial fluctuations around the tentacles on its forehead.
"Are you sure?"
"It is basically certain that the source of interference comes from this bug. A total of 17 such bugs have been found so far."
Soon, under the operation of the science officer, sixteen virtual observation images appeared again in the bridge.
In every image, there is such a bug.
None of them made any move, they just stayed there.
If it weren't for the slight trembling of the tentacles on their foreheads and the visible fluctuations in the surrounding space.
I really thought they were not doing anything, but just resting there.
"Scan all aspects of the data in detail and enter it into the database."
"Yes, Brigadier!"
"In addition, the entire fleet is ordered to maintain the attack while retreating, but the speed must be controlled slightly slower than the Zerg."
"clear!"
On the side, the adjutant nodded.
As for why the speed should be controlled slower than that of the Starry Sky Zerg?
Naturally, it makes them think that they can slowly catch up with them.
Otherwise, who would still chase after him knowing that he couldn't catch up?
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The battlefield is more than twenty light years away.
Star number.
"Commander, Brigadier General Shangguan reported that a new type of insect from the Starry Sky Zerg has been discovered, which can release an interference wave that fatally interferes with energy transmission."
"For energy tradition? To what extent has it reached a specific level?"
After hearing the report, Jiang Xingchen frowned slightly.
"According to Commodore Shangguan's report, the interference range is at least thirty light seconds. If the battleship does not raise its shield, all systems on the battleship will be unable to operate normally due to interference, even the life support system."
"Currently, one Zhurong-class battleship has been completely paralyzed due to this interference."
hiss...
As long as the shield is not turned on, this kind of interference can quickly paralyze a battleship.
Moreover, the interference range is at least thirty light seconds away?
This is definitely a fatal blow to the fourth-order civilization.
Just think about it.
What would happen if a fleet of a fourth-level technological civilization did not know that the Starry Sky Zerg had this ability and jumped directly there?
The jump requires the shield to be turned off.
After exiting the jump, the energy shield can be reactivated.
But what if, in the target area of the jump, the Starry Sky Zerg has already started such interference.
Then, no matter how many warships you jump over, they will all be paralyzed without firing a shot.
Become a pile of iron lumps ready to be slaughtered.
Fortunately...
The Federation has hyperspace technology, and there is no need to turn off the shield when traveling in hyperspace.
However, if we want to completely prevent this kind of interference, the role of the Zhurong-class battleship will be squeezed to the limit.
After all, without the support of the zero-point energy module, the Zhurong-class battleship cannot continue to use the hyperspace engine at will.
Otherwise, we will also encounter the dilemma of insufficient energy supply.
Therefore, this point must be taken into consideration when planning future operations against the Zerg Prince.
"Tell Shangguan Ningxue that if you have a chance, bring back the corpse of one of these insects."
"Yes, Commander!"
After the order was issued, Jiang Xingchen looked at the real-time model of the battlefield synchronized from Shangguan Ningxue in front of him again.
At this moment, the fleet is slowly retreating.
The more than one hundred insect swarms of the Zerg race are like a fishing net, covering it bit by bit.
Calculating based on the speed of both sides, I am afraid that the fleet will be completely trapped by this fishing net in less than three hours.
However, Jiang Xingchen is not worried about this.
After all, this was a planned behavior.
What needs to be paid attention to now is actually the biggest and brightest one in the real-time model of the battlefield...
The red dot represents the Zerg Prince in the Starry Sky.
At this moment, this huge red dot has been lagging behind for a long time from the large red dot representing the insect swarm.
And around it, there was only one insect swarm...
Protect the prince in the middle.
The time to take action has arrived!
"Synchronize the positioning coordinate data of the front line, notify the fleet, and set off in one minute."
"Yes, Commander!"
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A swarm of insects like a fishing net surrounds the back.
Hisham watched all this with interest.
At the same time, he also noticed that one of the opponent's battleships suddenly became paralyzed.
At this moment, several battleships were surrounding it, using tractor beams to drag it around.
After all, the Starry Sky Zerg comes from the Andromeda Galaxy, and when the Andromeda Galaxy was at its most powerful, the number of fourth-level technological civilizations alone was in the thousands.
It is not unfamiliar with tractor beams.
It also proved that the energy-eating insects played a role.
Although he only succeeded in paralyzing one warship, Hisham didn't care.
It only needs to know that the energy-devouring insect's attack is effective.
Because, if you want to jump to escape, you have to close the energy shield, and once the energy shield is closed...
Therefore, with the existence of energy-eating insects, Hisham is not afraid of these guys escaping.
Next, rely on the huge number of people to slowly surround them and consume the opponent to death.
And what makes Hisham happiest is...
In order to drag the battleship, the retreat speed of the entire human fleet was much slower.
This allows the insect swarm under his command to complete the encirclement at a faster speed and finally close the net.
Obviously, this is beneficial to myself.
However...
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"Commodore, relying on tractor beams to drag warships has caused our fleet's overall speed to drop by 70%. If this continues..."
"It doesn't matter, I'm just trying to show off to let the prince on the other end think that we have been successfully restrained."
Shangguan Ningxue shook her head and said.
Soon...
"The order is to drag the Zhurong-class Pangu-class battleship, turn off the tractor beam, and then open fire to destroy it. Others are not important, but the hyperspace engine and space cutting cannon must be completely destroyed."
"Yes, Brigadier!"
The three Pangu-class battleships being towed all turned off their tractor beams after receiving the order.
The next moment...
Dozens of attack space cuts have been attacked and released.
The silver-white cutting attack flashed quickly.
The Zhurong-class battleship was cut into dozens of pieces like tofu.
Then, there were several Zhurong-class warships nearby, using particle cannons to shoot out several energy projectiles.
It was a precise hit, containing fragments of the hyperspace engine and the space cutting cannon.
Complete destruction completed.
"Commodore, ship 15528 has been withdrawn, and it has been confirmed that the hyperspace engine and space cutting cannon modules have been completely destroyed."
"Command the fleet to resume its previous speed and continue to retreat."
"Yes, Brigadier!"
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I noticed what happened just now.
Hisham was very humane, showing a frown.
Of course, it doesn't have so-called eyebrows.
However, Hisham soon felt relieved.
Without the burden of the paralyzed battleship, the opponent can return to its previous speed.
The situation is still within his control.
It's just that it takes more time to complete the encirclement operation.
However, a change occurred at this time.
Hundreds of hyperspace windows were suddenly opened...
It's not far away.
Immediately, more than a hundred warships flew out from it and arrived at a position less than 1 light second away from Hisham.
"Full ship attack begins!"
"Open the way forward for the Star!"
In the bridge of the Star, Jiang Xingchen suddenly stood up.