Chapter 1420 War Horn
The light from "Acubador" shining on the Angel's surface became even rarer, which meant that Paradise Star was approaching Akron Star at an extremely fast speed.
Of course, the so-called "extremely fast speed" here is relative to the movement level of large-volume celestial bodies. Compared with the flying speed of Zerg units such as Wyverns, Devourers, and Scourges, it can be said to be very slow.
"Captain, please issue a combat order." Not only the ship officer looked at Nehemiah expectantly, but also the communication team, weapons team, and driving team.
Although the Dreadnaught Commander-class fortress ship was listed in the morning star casting, the Angel has been restored to its role as a scientific research aircraft. However, there are still ammonite-class battleships and Perseus-class destroyers moored at the outer ring pier, which can perform combat missions to a certain extent.
Nehemiah remained silent, watching the insect swarm rapidly approaching the Angel in space with serious eyes.
He hesitated about the deployment of the next battle, not knowing how to choose.
At the same time, on Behemoth in the deep space outside Erna, the debate has changed from whether to immediately perform the replacement operation for the new type of Baneling genetic material to whether to contact the swarm and become an enemy of the Queen of Blades superior.
Abathur knew nothing about command work, and Valentine was worried that if Behemoth was driven to block the way, the Queen of Blades would take the opportunity to land and take control of the star beast. You must know that Tang Fang already has two Bechymos and one Leviathan in the hands of this woman. If the only remaining Bechymos cast by Morning Star is captured by the Queen of Blades, it will be really embarrassing to grandma's house.
Bulwell Arnold advocated going to the battlefield, of course not to resist Paradise Star head-on, but to try to contain it from the side. Although Tang Fang has already gone to the Phoenix Empire and is unable to take care of the affairs here, the garrison of the Dilar star system is still there, and the Star Alliance also has elite armed forces to defend the Duma star system. Cruising in deep space not far away, they can try to use Behemoth to delay the Queen of Blades' attack rhythm and buy precious time for the arrival of friendly forces.
Resisting the swarm of the Queen of Blades or giving up the Alcubador star system, this multiple-choice question is a big problem for Abathur, Valentine, and Bulwell, as well as Nehemiah on the Angel.
Judging from the video image transmitted by the Nightmare, Walton has left the atmosphere of Star Erna, entered the high-altitude orbit environment, and is constantly retreating under the oppression of the epic creature.
Compared with the mothership Angel, the Nightmare is an aircraft specially used for reconnaissance and exploration. Both the strength of the hull material and the resistance level of the shield per unit area are much higher, so even if its combat objects are rare Epic creatures are also unsurprisingly broken through their shields in a short period of time and suffer substantial damage.
The images on the No. 1 big screen are constantly changing. Paradise Star is like a nest of monsters, and flying zergs are gushing out like bee swarms.
This scene is naturally very visually impactful for the bridge staff of the Angel.
What they don't know is that the Zerg units on Paradise are far from the scale of the Zerg swarm that the Master opened the wormhole and launched the Battle of Aiur.
Although they are all Zerg combat units, and even though they all have the same face, compared with the swarm led by Captain Tang, the swarm led by the Queen of Blades does not have a ferocious and fierce arrogance.
There is a protoss satellite in the interior of Akron, and fixed-point and synchronous satellites are also placed in high-altitude orbits to collect data about the planet's operation and atmospheric environment. As the swarm passed through, explosions and flames continued to expand on the big screen, illuminating the faces and eyes of the staff below.
Nehemiah took a deep breath, looked at the equipment pool staff and said: "Immediately inform Walton and Abathur to abandon the Acubador star system, and at the same time activate the warp drive of the Angel to carry out the evacuation process."
The ship officer looked at him with incomprehensible eyes: "Captain..."
"Follow my orders immediately." Nehemiah emphasized loudly.
The ship officer had no choice but to listen to the order. On the one hand, he distributed the retreat order to Bechymos and the Nightmare.
On the one hand, tell the driving team to start the warp engine immediately and evacuate according to the planned route.
Although the staff in the equipment pool did not speak, their expressions were not very good-looking. Because withdrawing means giving up, which means failure. Ever since Morningstar Foundry established itself in the Hillenbel region, when has it experienced such a disastrous defeat? When the security forces of the Republic of Date and the Night Wind Assault Fleet attacked the Dilar star system, resulting in the deaths of Sheridan and Little Pierre, Morningstar Foundry It can be said that the loss was heavy, but the other party also paid a high price. Thousands of battleships of the Republic of Date were lost to Wandering Planet in that battle.
Today, facing the swarm of the Queen of Blades, Nehemiah chose not to fire a single shot, and handed over the Alcubado star system to that woman. Although there will be no human crew casualties, but as a member of the Angel, how do they face Byron and Chen Jian? It would undoubtedly be a very embarrassing thing.
Compared with those young and energetic staff, Nehemiah is much more mature and steady. The Alcubado star system is not as important as the Dilar star system. At best, it is just a colony, not the morning star founding base.
He is also very clear about Captain Tang's thoughts, and understands that for young people, temporary advances and retreats are meaningless. As long as the people around them are safe and sound, the lost territories can be regained, and the destroyed facilities can be rebuilt.
It was under such consideration that Nehemiah decided to abandon the Alcubado star system.
Those chaotic thoughts, those people with different ideas, disappeared in the high-altitude orbit of Akron star with the brilliance of the thruster system of the Angel.
At the same time, the Nightmare rotated its hull, letting the light beams from behind shine brightly, and the thrusters at its rear propelled brightly, accelerating a large distance in an instant, breaking away from the influence of Erna's gravitational field, and turning into an instant burst of light. gone.
Relatively speaking, Bechymos has been in a stable state, neither being targeted by the Zerg army, nor being chased and intercepted by epic creatures. Abathur did not hesitate at the next breath after receiving the news from the Angel. Upload the command to the Behemoth nerve center. This ten-kilometer-long starry sky giant slowly swayed its body, and water-like brilliance flowed on the surface of its appendages, and its body turned into a wave of light and slowly disappeared.
Angel, Nightmare, and Behemoth have left their original positions one after another, but it does not mean that they have rushed out of the Acubado star system. In fact, it didn’t go far. The end point of the jump set by Nehemiah was located in the safe zone on the edge of the star system. There are no Zergs here, and you can monitor the movements of Paradise Star and Queen of Blades.
Nehemiah chose to abandon the Alcubado star system, but it was necessary to collect information about the Queen of Blades. He needs to know what kind of method that woman is going to use against Akron, or what kind of purpose she has, so that Tang Fang can know himself and the enemy in future encounters.
This is the biggest difference between a veteran general and a recruit --- he does not stick to momentary gains and losses, will not be blinded by emotions and audiovisuals, and can look at problems very calmly and rationally.
Nehemiah's Archangel can withdraw from the high-altitude orbit of Akron, and the zerg living on the creep continent below cannot leave this land, although the ship officer of the Archangel has synchronized the news of the Queen of Blades' attack to the Protoss Satellites, but in the face of millions of Zerg units scattered in various corners of the continent, how could they all be notified.
It is better for some Zerg units under Dagos to transmit instructions through the Overlord, such as the leaders of the three native Zerg groups of Jager Claw, Slivan, and Dehaka, for those native Zerg units sent out to hunt local creatures There is no way to do real-time communication at all.
In fact, what if the message can be delivered in real time? Can they still escape as far away as the Angel?
For guys like Jagerclaw, Slivan, and Zurwin, perhaps Zerus is their birthplace, but for the Zerg units that spread across the four continents, Akron is the place of origin. their home.
Before the zerg world was ravaged by the Queen of Blades, the first thing that appeared was a faint moon shadow in the sky.
Yes, Moonshadow. The light from Acubador illuminates the side face of Paradise Star, and it can be said to be a strange scene when reflected in the eyes of the Zerg unit below.
Zerg units living on the Creep continent are quite unfamiliar with things like the "moon".
Including native organisms, intelligent objects all look at the sky getting bigger and clearer and have doubts about the light and shadow, and don't understand what it is.
Yager Claw's drowsiness disappeared, and he stood at the highest point of the Yager Claw Continent and raised his head to the sky, emitting a thick flame.
"The Queen of Blades... is the Queen of Blades. This time, I must unscrew your head and make a beautiful necklace. Only in this way can the anger of Mr. Yager Claw be appeased."
In the swamp in the middle of the opposite continent, Slifan shook his body in the green bubbles of the pool, and dropped transparent beads one after another.
It doesn't talk big like it used to, it's just ready to fight, ready to avenge its former self.
Dehaka's emotions towards the Queen of Blades are more complicated than that of Jagerclaw and Slivan. After all, they were the objects it once took refuge in, and the two parties have worked together for a long time.
Of course, it is very clear that the Queen of Blades here is not the original Queen of Blades it knows at all, but the inhuman, cunning and vicious Queen of Blades during the Brood War.
Unlike Jagpaw and Slivan, it has its own problems and worries. If the Queen of Blades captures Akron and creates a bloody massacre on the ground, and none of Yager Claw, Slivan, Zurwin, etc. are her opponents, then what choice will it make, is to die generously for Tang Fang , Or flatter and surrender again, seeking a chance to survive?
This is obviously a difficult question to choose.
Dehaka thought he had a choice, and Zurwin knew full well that it had no choice at all as a chrysalis guardian. If the Queen of Blades attacked Akron to obtain the ancient hatching pool, it must be resolved first. You must know that it is the inhuman version of Queen of Blades bred by the master, not Kerrigan who was later purified by the keystone. Now she only has a heart that yearns for power. , Slifan, and Dehaka will all become the biological essence for her to deepen her self-strength.
Compared to Jagerclaw, Dehaka, Slivan, and Zurwin who had different ideas, Dagos did not hesitate to send instructions to the king worm to prepare for the battle. It doesn't feel like a sibling to the Queen of Blades, even if they were both created by the Master. Its idea is very simple---to defend Akron, because in its eyes, Tang Yi is the master.
The distance between Paradise Star and Akron Star is getting closer and closer. There is a slight interference in the gravitational field between the two, and the sea surface on the edge of the Creep Continent becomes turbulent. Big waves hit the Creep Cliffs and Creep Tidal Flats.
The wind howls between the continent and the ocean, blowing the crowns and snow-colored branches and leaves of native plants, bringing up layers of white forest waves.
The mutated jellyfish that can glide quickly on the surface of the creeper retreat into the depths of the dense forest; the small crab monsters that can travel through the creeper tissue drill into the ground at the fastest speed; gray and white objects that do not exist on the ocean surface dive into the deep water area; The floating flying creatures that Tang Fang met when he came here were like out-of-control balloons, being swept by the wind and flying around...
The entire planet Akron was caught in a tense atmosphere, and the dangerous atmosphere was rippling in the sky, filling every corner of the planet.
Gradually, the sunlight shining on the highland where Yagerpaw was located became thicker, and the firelight rippling from its six-petal mouth became more vivid.
It wasn't when the sun was setting, it was the dense spots that suddenly appeared in the sky that blocked the light from "Acubador", causing half of the continent to fall into darkness and gloom.
What followed was the continuous neighing of insects, suppressing the sounds of the wind, waves and Lin Tao.
Yagerpaw raised his head, his eyes sparkled with sparks. It is always full of confidence and responds to all changes in the outside world with a positive...no, it should be said that it is a hot attitude. In its view, this is the temperament that only a king can have. In Tang Fang's words, what is it called... Wang Baqi? No, it's Wang Feng's domineering.
The Allosaurus and Devourer swarms from Paradise Star first arrived in the interior of Akron, and the local plankton began to collapse on a large scale. The blade worm galloping in the wind splits the transparent outer skin, and the water vapor inside gushes out. The originally bloated body is like a deflated ball, turning into a wrinkled skin bag and falling from the sky.
The Devourer's attack was even more straightforward, the balls of purple acid directly enveloping the target, melting the plankton into a viscous translucent liquid, which fell from the sky into the sea.
Standing on the ground and looking at it, it can be described by words like "black cloud cover".
Yagerclaw didn't see the Queen of Blades, but it didn't mean that it would feel frustrated. Facing the swarming Zerg Air Force, it waved its two axes and arms and roared like thunder: "Little ones, destroy these Intruder."
Thanks to FJN233, Menel Shah, for the glass smashing tip.