It can be seen from the military's layout that the entire theater has moved forward a lot.
The military command center is only a day's flight from the passage ahead.
Qu Jianlei and his party briefly rested for a day, and then, accompanied by the regiment-level ship, entered the passage.
At the other end of the passage, there are also a large number of imperial warships and several space fortresses.
Farther ahead, there are many engineering ships deploying space mines.
As for the movements of the Chiropterans, we cannot currently observe them.
The regimental-level ships had just arrived, and the frontline military got in touch with them.
Because Qu Jianlei and others refused to let the military board the ship, the two sides only communicated through the intercom channel.
The military stated that it has sent many small teams out to explore the overall situation of this world.
Then they suggested that if you want to enter the alliance, it is best to change to a starship.
Qu Jianlei also thought about this problem. The regiment-level ships are not only standard, but also have a large digital phantom logo on them.
What's rare is that the military has also come up with a solution - they can provide starships that look similar to those of Alliance civilians.
There are obvious differences in appearance between Alliance warships and Imperial warships, and the differences in internal structure are even greater.
The military can imitate Alliance warships, but they only resemble them in appearance.
The key is to pilot an Alliance warship, and there are too many various certificates that need to be prepared.
On the other hand, the difference between the civilian starships of the two countries is not particularly big, and the internal structures are also similar.
Therefore, the military provides a variety of civilian starships for digital ghosts to choose from, as well as counterfeit passes, etc.
Of course, only they have the right to choose, and other exploration teams basically use what they are given.
Qu Jianlei chose a heavy-duty cargo starship that looked a bit large, and the firepower on it was not bad.
The military applied again to send people to accompany the ship but was rejected, so it expressed the hope that they could keep relevant records.
Under the attention of many soldiers, the regiment-level ship grabbed the heavily loaded merchant ship and moved forward, disappearing into the depths of space.
The starship had been flying for less than a day when a large number of trees appeared in front of it.
When they first discovered it, they could have bypassed it.
But everyone wants to give it a try to see how strong the opponent's defense capabilities are.
According to Yi He, these trees have basically broken away from the category of wood and are closer to alloys.
In the world of migratory locusts, the weaker trees have long been chewed to extinction.
These surviving trees are almost impossible for locusts to gnaw.
That's right, the Chiropterans in the military's mouth are called migratory locusts in the world of immortality.
It's just that compared to real locusts, they are larger and have a pair of human hands.
As for saying that locusts can do magic? Yi He said that is nothing, as there are all kinds of strange things in the world of immortality.
However, the Locust world is not exactly the same. Just like the human world, some focus on technology and some focus on cultivating immortals.
From this aspect alone, Yi He's evaluation of the empire, alliance, and federation is not too low.
At least while focusing on technology, it also has its own extraordinary system.
If we only focus on technology, the human race's own body will degrade. The world of immortality has also encountered a similar human world.
Of course, the Awakened System was established with the help of immortal cultivators. It can only be said that these human races are out of luck.
These are far off bases, but Yi He is basically certain.
No matter how different the worlds of migratory locusts are, trees and locusts have a symbiotic relationship.
Now this kind of tree, which is basically an alloy, is not actually dead, but is looking for a suitable planet to take root.
Once such a planet is found, trees will soon come to life and locusts will be able to reproduce more offspring.
When the planet can no longer bear any more trees and locusts, some trees will retract their roots and wander into space again.
The purpose of migratory locusts is to help trees kill and conquer the planet.
Trees can fly at relatively fast speeds in space, and migratory locusts are responsible for controlling the direction.
Yi He can roughly only make this judgment, and the rest depends on everyone's exploration.
The regiment-level ship took the heavily loaded merchant ship into the cabin, released three small attack ships, and rushed straight towards the vast sea of trees.
At a distance of about 300,000 kilometers, the small ship rushing ahead began to open fire.
The regiment-level ships also began to shoot with various ship-borne weapons to test the hardness of the trees on the opposite side.
The trunk thickness of these trees ranges from forty to fifty meters to one or two hundred meters.
After several attacks, everyone was roughly sure that the company-class ship's main gun could break through the defenses.
A company-level ship's secondary battery can aim at one location and attack multiple times to break through the defense.
It doesn't seem difficult to hit, but the problem is that a tree only breaks through a certain part of the defense, and it doesn't cause too much damage.
If you want to shoot the trees into bursts, you must at least have the specifications of the main gun of a battalion-level ship.
And to completely blow up a tree, the battalion-level ship's main gun would have to fire at least ten times!
Ordinarily, the cost of a dozen or so cannons would not be too high, but there would be too many trees to support them.
Let's just say that the forest in front of us is overwhelmingly dense. There are at least hundreds of trees, and there may even be over a thousand.
The good news is that although trees move fast, they are still slower than starships.
It's just the mobility of trees that reduces the hit rate of artillery fire.
As you can imagine, if you want to completely destroy this large area of trees, the price you need to pay is definitely high.
And these are just trees. If you want to eliminate the locusts inside, you still need to use a lot of firepower.
Calculated in this way, the cost of war to eliminate such a group of alien races is definitely not low.
If space were filled with too many trees like this, a country's finances would simply not be able to withstand it!
This is just an economic account. In addition, everyone is still observing the fighting methods of the alien races.
What surprised everyone was that these alien races did not give in at all in the face of the powerful attack from the starship.
The trees withstood the artillery fire and were blown up without affecting other trees.
Some trees spread out, but they were not trying to escape, they looked more like they were trying to outflank them.
Fortunately, the trees can't move as fast as the starships, so these tactics are basically in vain.
But it can also be seen from this that the opponent is really not afraid of death. For an intelligent race, this kind of reaction is not normal.
However, Yi He said, "Their intelligence may not be very high. Don't think that being able to use magic means they are necessarily smart."
"Isn't that what it's like to fish for girls? Without long-term study, your knowledge is very limited."
But the ruler shook twice in the air, "Elves are born to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. There is something wrong with what you say."
Yi He replied disapprovingly, "If they can't find a planet to take root on, it's also death for them. Does it matter how they die?"
Trees can not only fly, but also attack.
Black threads spurted out one after another at such a fast speed that it felt like they could tear apart space.
The starship observed this abnormal energy. The fluctuation was very weak and the distance was relatively short. It disappeared after hundreds of thousands of kilometers.
But even so, Xiaohu still controlled the four starships to avoid the black line, not wanting to run into it at all.
As trees were blown up, shuttles rushed out one after another, targeting the small ships and regiment-level ships ahead.
To everyone's surprise, the locusts flew faster than trees.
The good thing is that they still can't keep up with starships.
However, these migratory locusts are extremely persistent and will not rush to other trees to live in. Instead, they rush in vain to the starships in the distance.
"Try to attack these locusts," Qu Jianlei ordered.
The wings of these migratory locusts have not been opened, and it is not known how strong the defense can be.
Soon, the test results came out. The wing shells were not only hard, but also had a certain degree of toughness.
Ordinary artillery basically poses no threat to it, and even some rays are bounced away.
The only thing that can cause effective damage is a laser weapon, but it must hit it head-on.
The two small attack ships made different reactions. One faced the black line, and the other faced the migratory locust.
Attack ships that touch the black line will directly break through the defense, and the protective cover will have minimal effect.
The good thing is that this attack ship is actively testing, and it doesn't matter where it touches the black line.
But even so, the small ship began to retreat and had the intention of breaking away from the battle.
The other small ship wanted to engage in close combat with the migratory locust to test the opponent's aggressiveness.
Facts have proved that even if these locusts open their wings, the defense inside is not too bad.
According to the analysis of the attack results, an ordinary Gauss gun can only cause minor injuries if it hits the opponent's chest and abdomen.
There is a very tough membrane on the chest and abdomen of the migratory locust, and its ability to resist physical attacks is not bad.
However, there is not much resistance to attacks such as radiation and laser.
Attacks such as stone cones and ice balls from the opponent can basically pose a certain threat to the protective shield.
Small ships are famous for their crispy skin, but even if they are crispy, it depends on what they are compared to.
It's just a single combat capability. The locust is only a little over two meters in size. It's a bit scary that it can cause such damage.
The most troublesome thing is that these alien races really refuse to retreat.
Because there was only one small ship involved in the fight, many migratory locusts found that they could not chase the other starships, so they turned around and besieged it.
After a few minutes of fighting, the small ship began to alarm. Not only was it running out of energy, but its protective shield was also broken.
The small ship began to flee at a faster speed, but another small ship, which was injured and was about to retreat, suddenly rushed over.
After rushing over, the small ship's mechanical arm stretched out, grabbed seven or eight locust corpses, and took them into the ship one by one.
Seeing that the locusts were about to turn around and attack again, the small ship grabbed two more tree fragments and accelerated away from the scene.
At this point in the battle, the three small ships released by the regiment-level ship have basically run out of ammunition and food.
So Qu Jianlei released three more small ships to respond to the retreat of these three starships.
The three ships that returned did not stow into the cabin, but were caught by the robotic arm of the regiment-level ship.
——Unknown alien races, only the devil knows what impact they may have, so it is better to handle them with caution.
Even Yi He recognized this, "Despite the number of worlds that the world of immortality has come into contact with, everyone is very careful every time."
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