At this moment, the battlefield was in a mess, with fragments of insect mounds everywhere, as well as the corpses of war insects and tail scorpions.
Of course, it is not that easy to kill all the more than 1.6 million war bugs.
Therefore, in addition to these debris fragments, there are still more than 500,000 war insects scattered throughout the node area.
However, because the last worm mound was destroyed just a minute ago.
With their slow movements and unresponsiveness, they were no longer able to pose a substantial threat to the resistance fleet.
The rest is just to harvest them step by step until they are all cleaned up.
As for Hou Yi, after Jiang Xingchen asked Mu Zhengfeng for instructions and received approval...
Jumped away.
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Nebula Channel, Node 37.
Nearly two hundred mechas are floating in the starry sky at this moment.
In order to maintain it for a longer period of time, except for the life support device and communication device, all other systems have basically been shut down.
"It's been three hours. The battle over there should be over, right?"
"If nothing else happens, even if it's not over yet, it should be almost over."
"Hey, what's the surprise? After the tail scorpions are gone, what's left is still up to us?"
"I'm not worried about the situation of the war, but..."
"But what?"
"But I'm worried that after the battle is over, the captain and first mate will be flirting there and then forget about us..."
"I'll go, you really dare to say how much money you have!"
Through the combat channel, everyone chatted with each other, and even directly arranged Jiang Xingchen and Fu Wanting.
However...
"Qianduoduo, you are having a good time chatting, how about we come to pick you up tomorrow?"
"Uh...Captain?"
Jiang Xingchen's voice suddenly came out from the combat channel, causing someone to suddenly break out in cold sweat on his forehead.
This person was caught in action, what should be done?
The next second...
"Captain, you heard wrong. It was Yunzhou who said those words just now. I tried to persuade him for a long time, but he just didn't listen!"
"Lots of money!"
Not far away, Ye Yunzhou was in the cockpit of another mecha, and he was stunned.
Xuan even roared angrily.
"Captain, the battle over there is over?"
At this time, Lu Li spoke.
"All the insect graves have been wiped out, and there are about half a million war insects left. Admiral Mu Zhengfeng is commanding the fleet to clean them up."
"What, it's already being finished? So what are we waiting for? Captain, please take us back quickly. We can also get some military glory at the end!"
Before Lu Li could reply, Qian Duoduo immediately shouted.
Just kidding, the war bugs without the bug mound are just like moving targets to elite pilots like them.
If you don’t get some of the military merit that is just a gift, will you be worthy of yourself?
But it's a pity...
"Qian Duoduo, have you forgotten one thing? Even if the Houyi wants to jump back to the 38th node, it will take 28 minutes."
"Ah this..."
Well, Qian Duoduo really forgot about this incident.
Five hundred thousand war bugs that are like targets are all military achievements.
Thinking of this, Qian Duoduo's heart was bleeding.
I don’t know how much will be left when the Houyi returns...
He sighed slightly, and then silently started the mecha's propulsion system, preparing to return to the Houyi first.
At this moment, Jiang Xingchen's voice came from the communication channel again.
"I forgot to mention it just now. Qian Duoduo, the first mate asked you to return to the battleship and visit the bridge. She wants to have a good chat with you about the relevant regulations."
"Well, about the part about randomly assigning officers."
...
Qian Duoduo, who was operating the mecha, was completely stunned after hearing this.
The next moment, a burst of laughter suddenly broke out in the communication.
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In fact, until the Hou Yi returned to the 38th node of the Nebula Passage, the remaining number of war insects was still nearly 500,000.
On the one hand, this is because without the mother worm queen, the war worms do not maintain a dense sea of worms like before. Instead, they are scattered throughout the battlefield.
This directly significantly slows down the efficiency of the fleet.
On the other hand, Hou Yi is gone...
Although it only lacks one battleship, the firepower of the Hou Yi is comparable to fifteen to twenty Qingluan-class frigates, which is not an exaggeration at all.
The Hou Yi's twenty-four particle beam cannons alone are as powerful as the main guns of the Qingluan-class frigate, and their rate of fire is even faster.
As for the positron star-breaking cannon, let’s not talk about it. It is simply not something that the Qingluan-class frigate can compare with.
As soon as they arrived at the battlefield, the entire fleet of carrier-based mechas roared and went out to kill them.
There are military industries all over the map. How can they not be active? Every one of them is afraid of being one step behind.
Of course, except one person.
That is Qian Duoduo, who has just been educated by Fu Wanting and is currently in confinement.
He is the most miserable person on the entire ship, bar none.
With the addition of Hou Yi, the efficiency of the entire battlefield was instantly improved.
After only two hours, you have slaughtered all the remaining war insects.
According to post-war statistics.
The fleet lost a total of two Qingluan-class frigates, both of which were caused by a large number of tail scorpions in the early stages of the war.
Another frigate was severely damaged and needs major repairs before it can be used again.
As for the destroyer, the situation is not bad.
Although the energy shield of one ship was breached, it only suffered some minor damage due to the thick special armor on the outer shell. After simple repairs and replacement of part of the armor, it was able to be put back into service.
After all, the Wuluo-class destroyer is different from the Qingluan-class frigate. Its shell armor is made of the front legs of war insects as raw materials, and its defensive power is extremely powerful.
However, compared to its battleships, the mecha troops suffered greater losses.
You know, they are all on the front line, fighting the insect swarms at close range, and there is no shield at all, so the results can be imagined.
According to calculations, a total of 872 mechas were destroyed in the battle, and of these 872 pilots, only 97 were confirmed to have survived.
Although the battlefield is now in a mess, some escape pods may be found and rescued in the future, but this number should not be many, maybe 20-30 people at most.
To say that the one with the most complete combat power should be Hou Yi.
Only more than 30 mechas were damaged in the entire ship, and as for the pilot, only one man was lost.
Of course, although the pilots on the Hou Yi were all trained by Jiang Xingchen, their skills were indeed much higher than those of other mecha troops, but they were not completely different.
If I really want to say that the reason why the pilots on the Hou Yi suffered so little loss is mainly because...
He did not participate in the chaos on the defensive line.
No, it should be said that I only participated in the beginning, but did not participate in the most tragic period after that.
Otherwise, even the Hou Yi's carrier-based mecha brigade would suffer huge losses if they were to resist millions of war bugs on the front line.
Overall, today's losses are much smaller than originally estimated.
After all, it was originally estimated that the loss would reach more than 30%. In other words, the loss of battleships would reach 8, and the loss of mechas would reach a terrifying nearly 2,000 units.
But no matter what, the death of more than 1,200 people in the battle still made everyone feel a little heavy.
You know, two years ago, all active combatants in the entire resistance army combined...
Not even that much!
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Just when the rebels defeated the Starry Sky Zerg attack and cleaned up the battlefield.
Somewhere outside the Death Nebula, a survey fleet composed of the four major civilizations in the galaxy is conducting a search.
And this location is exactly where the three worm graves that previously ravaged the Tolan star system were first discovered.
After half a year, they finally made some discoveries and confirmed a passage into the Death Nebula.
Although they still didn't know how far this passage could go, they also came to a conclusion.
The insectoid creature that attacked the Tolan star system is a new species that lives inside the Death Nebula and has never been discovered before.
Then, the problem comes.
Should we enter the Death Nebula and exterminate this species?
The answer is obviously necessary, after all, this species already poses a sufficient threat to them.
Especially the parts found in Tolan before, the remains of war bugs that have not been cleaned up by humans. After research, it was found...
The history of this species should be very long, very long, and can be traced back to at least 2 billion years ago.
In other words, even longer than the recorded history of the Milky Way.
This is what truly scares the four major civilizations.
If they were just trapped in the Death Nebula, then everything would be fine.
But now that they have come out, if there is a first time, there will be a second time, a third time, or even an countless time.
The opponent can come out from the Death Nebula and attack you at any time, but you can only passively defend.
This is obviously not a pretty situation.
Therefore, the joint investigation fleet came into being.
It would be best if we could find out the way into the Death Nebula and send a large fleet to encircle and suppress it.
Even if it cannot be done in a short time, the fleet can still be deployed here to prevent those bugs from coming out and attacking again.
so...
Although there are only four scientific research ships, the entire survey fleet has reached more than 200 ships. On average, each civilization has dispatched 50-60 warships of various types.
This is almost half of the total number of troops stationed by the four major civilizations in the Flood Star System.
And in these circumstances, due to the Zerg attack in the Starry Sky, the resistance forces who have not left the Death Nebula for more than half a year...