Chapter 174: Decisive Battle 1

How to kill the Insect King?

Yu Xiuyuan convened a meeting of the military leaders and all the experts in Zerg research of the Federation for an entire night, but still could not come up with a perfect method. They had to kill the Zerg King with one strike. But while the Federation was thinking of ways to deal with the Zerg King, the Zerg King was also thinking of ways to deal with the Federation.

"Marshal, something bad has happened. The star network of planet H-18 has been connected." A soldier rushed into the conference room with a pale face to report.

Planet H-18 was one of the six planets that the Zerg King invaded yesterday. In order to prevent the bloody scenes from leaking out and causing panic throughout the Federation, the Federation would immediately block the planets that were invaded by the Zerg. The Federation also blocked the six planets yesterday.

"What's going on? Was it the Capital Star that opened it?" Yu Xiuyuan asked.

"No, it's a special military channel. I don't know who opened it and circumvented the shielding of the capital planet and reconnected to the main network." The soldier explained anxiously. "Now the scene of the Zerg hunting civilians in H-18 is being broadcast live on the entire network."

"What?!" Yu Xiuyuan shouted angrily, "Why don't you block it?"

"But this is a military channel. Once it is blocked, the main military server must be put into hibernation and restarted, which will also cause us to lose internal connection for ten minutes."

At this time, the hunting scene on the H-18 planet was also transferred to the conference room. Before everyone had time to see the video clearly, they were shocked by the shrill screams. Then there was red everywhere, and broken arms and limbs everywhere. The Zerg stepped on the humans who had nowhere to hide like ants. Suddenly, the picture zoomed in, and the live camera gave a close-up of a Zerg, with a child on the front paw of the Zerg. The child looked seven or eight years old and was still wearing a school uniform. His body was pierced by the front paws of the Zerg, but he did not die. He was sent to the mouth of the Zerg bit by bit.

Everyone can imagine what will happen next.

"Stop!" A hot-tempered lieutenant general couldn't help but yell at the video, but the result was that the Zerg in the video opened its mouth and bit off half of the child's body.

The Zerg only ate the upper body of the child and did not eat the rest. They threw it to the ground, stretched out their front paws again, and pierced another human woman.

"Beast, bastard, damn it!!!"

"Block, block the signal!" Yu Xiuyuan no longer cared about the restart of the military server. These images must not be broadcast to the outside world.

"Yes." The man immediately lowered his head and spoke a few words quickly to his optical computer terminal. A moment later, the special military channel was blocked, and the live broadcast of the bloody massacre was replaced by a white scene.

Everyone in the conference room seemed to have blocked the signal. Their faces turned pale and they remained silent.

"Marshal." The soldier who came in to report did not leave immediately. He continued to report to Yu Xiuyuan, "There is another scene in the live broadcast just now. I think you need to take a look."

Yu Xiuyuan frowned.

"At the beginning of the live broadcast, the Insect King delivered a message." The soldier projected the video he had recorded in advance for everyone to see.

The scene was a square, with a close-up of a giant shopping mall in the square. On the outer wall of the mall was a line of huge red words, which was extremely eye-catching:

【These people died because of you. 】

Sheng Heng suddenly straightened his back. Although the words did not mention anyone by name, Sheng Heng knew that the words were directed at him. It was the Insect King who was warning him.

Not only Sheng Heng, but everyone else in the conference room understood it, and everyone's eyes were once again focused on Sheng Heng.

"It's not your fault." Sheng Zhuo was afraid that Sheng Heng would think too much.

"I know." Although Sheng Heng knew it, he still felt uncomfortable in his heart.

"Yu Shuai, we can't wait any longer, let's use the previous method." Feng Ming was the first to stand up, "I'm willing to be the first to try it."

They discussed the battle plan for the whole night. Although they didn't come up with a complete plan, they came up with a way to really hurt the Insect King. The Insect King's use of mental power is too powerful. Mental power below S level will be directly shattered by the Insect King. Even S level mental power will be temporarily absent-minded. Currently, only Sheng Heng's mental power can barely support the Insect King. Therefore, if you want to get close and hurt the Insect King, two conditions must be met.

First, the mental strength level must be S level.

Second, use weapons that can hurt the Insect King.

With the current combat power displayed by the Insect King, everyone agreed that the weapons that come with the level 10 mechas are no longer able to harm the Insect King, and more advanced weapons must be used. The only weapons that are more advanced than the weapons equipped with the level 10 mechas are star-level weapons. The only weapon in the Federation that meets the star-level weapon standard is Pang Lao's Tianhe No. 1 battleship.

However, the Tianhe-1 battleship could not change the direction of shooting after accumulating energy. With the reaction speed of the Worm King and his ability to create space wormholes, it was difficult for the Tianhe-1 battleship to harm it. In order to solve this problem, everyone only thought of one solution, that is - human bomb.

In simple terms, a mecha warrior with a mental power level of S, carrying a star-level weapon, flies to a certain distance from the Insect King and detonates it at the same time. In this way, the Insect King can be injured without fail, but the mecha warrior responsible for this attack will definitely be killed.

This is a tactic that will kill an unknown number of enemies, but will definitely cause eight hundred casualties on your own part.

"General Feng, you are a level 10 mecha warrior. The Federation still needs protection. Let me carry out this mission." said a bearded lieutenant general. This man was the one who had just shouted excitedly when he saw the Zerg massacre scene.

"Lieutenant General Lin, although you are an excellent soldier, your mental strength level is not high enough," said General Feng.

"Marshal, I'd like to request a bottle of phantom potion." General Lin said fiercely to Yu Xiuyuan.

Yu Xiuyuan was stunned and said, "You want the phantom potion? With your mental state, the success rate of upgrading to S-level is very low, and even if it succeeds, the process will take a long time."

"You are right. With the state of my sea of ​​consciousness, I cannot withstand the effects of the Phantom Potion, and the success rate will be very low. But the Phantom Potion can stimulate my mental power in a short period of time, allowing it to reach S-level in a very short time. As long as it reaches S-level, I can get close to the Insect King." Lieutenant General Lin said.

When General Lin said this, it immediately awakened several people whose mental power level was also A+. For a while, the office was filled with requests for help one after another.

"Count me in."

"I would like to do that, too."

"Give me a bottle of phantom potion, too."

"Old Lin is right. We will still need you to guard the Federation. Let us do the job of the artillery position."

"You guys..." On the first day of joining the army, Yu Xiuyuan told himself that he would only shed blood and no tears in his life, but at this moment, his eyes suddenly turned red, his throat was sore and he couldn't speak.

If they could think of any other method, Yu Xiuyuan would not agree to this battle plan, but they all knew that this was the only method, and it must be implemented as soon as possible.

Before the Tianhe No. 1 battleship came to support, Old Pang brought two battleships over. What he has to do now is to dismantle the energy cannons on the battleships, modify them and install them on the mechas that are to perform the mission. Old Zhong also modified them with him.

"I remember you said to me at that time. You said that although this weapon is powerful, it lacks flexibility and is not a good thing. I scolded you at that time, but now... Sigh." Thinking of the past, Pang Lao couldn't help but sigh, "I should have listened to you earlier."

"Although I said so at the time, I knew in my heart that if we pursue flexibility, the lethality of this weapon will be greatly reduced, and it will not become a star weapon." Zhong Lao smiled bitterly, "You should have thought about improving it over the years."

Old Pang nodded silently. He had indeed thought about improvements, but as Old Man Zhong said, he could only choose one between flexibility and lethality.

"Now it seems that your choice is right. At the very least, this thing still has the potential to hurt the Insect King." Otherwise, if you face the Insect King at this time, a bunch of weapons will not be able to break even the Insect King's shell, so what's the point of fighting?

The two men stopped talking, lowered their heads and continued their actions, praying silently in their hearts, hoping that the power of this star-level weapon could really kill the Insect King with one blow.

Compared to the Tianhe-1 battleship, the phantom potion is much easier to obtain. Almost every legion's garrison has a reserve. The pharmacist who came with them brought two bottles with him. The pharmacist was calculating the time it would take for the phantom potion to take effect based on the mental data of the two lieutenant generals.

"After Lieutenant General Lin takes the potion, he will be promoted to S-level in about 2-5 minutes, and Lieutenant General Yang may need 3-7 minutes." The pharmacist gave his own judgment.

"Can you be more precise? The timing of the drug's effect is critical. If it's too early, the Insect King will shatter our sea of ​​consciousness. If it's too late, we won't have time to get close to the Insect King." Lieutenant General Lin suggested.

"The efficacy of the medicine is based on each person's mental fluctuations. This is all I can be sure of," said the pharmacist.

"Can you give me a copy of the mental map and the medicinal analysis of the phantom potion? I'll ask someone to calculate it, and maybe it can be more accurate." Sheng Heng suddenly spoke.

"Are you looking for Yan Hao?" Sima Mingxuan immediately guessed who Sheng Heng was looking for.

Sheng Heng nodded slightly.

When the people who were about to raise doubts heard that it was Yan Hao, they immediately fell silent. Lieutenant General Lin even said, "Master Yan Hao has this ability. Let's pass it on to him quickly."

Only the pharmacist, in line with the rigor of a doctor, quietly reminded: "Master Yan Hao is a mecha maker, does he understand the properties of medicine?"

"Yan Hao studied pharmacy before going to college. He was the one who cured my mental power and Sheng Zhuo's mental power. If I'm not mistaken, the cute little pharmacist in the God of War Legion is Yan Hao." Sima Mingxuan said.

Yan Hao used to study pharmacy? The cute little pharmacist is him. Everyone present was stunned by the news, and then they all looked at Sheng Heng.

Sheng Heng glanced at Sima Mingxuan. Although he didn't understand why he wanted to expose Xiao Hao's identity at this time, he nodded and admitted: "Yes."

The pharmacist no longer had any concerns and directly passed the two sets of data to Sheng Heng, who then asked Sheng Heng to send them to Yan Hao.

Sheng Heng called Yan Hao in front of everyone, and didn't dare to say much about the situation here. He just asked him to calculate the time when the drug would take effect as soon as possible, and the sooner and more accurate the better.

Yan Hao knew that the war situation was tense, so he didn't ask much. He just said, "Okay, I'll give it to you" and hung up the phone.

Judging the pattern and time of drug effects based on the mental map was the longest task for Yan Hao as a pharmacist, so the calculation was not difficult and he figured it out in less than twenty minutes.

"Lin Zhongjiang's seizure time after taking the drug was about two minutes and fifteen seconds, with an error of no more than three seconds. Lieutenant General Yang's seizure time was three minutes and five seconds, with an error of no more than three seconds."

This value is many times more accurate than the previous one.

"However, the mental state of the two lieutenant generals is not suitable for taking the phantom potion. Forcing them to take it will be counterproductive. I suggest that they don't use it." Yan Hao couldn't help but add.

"Got it. I'll hang up first." Sheng Heng hung up the phone.

"Okay, the time is set, we just have to wait for the two masters to finish modifying their mechas." Lieutenant General Lin smiled heartily and put his bottle of phantom potion solemnly into his arms. Lieutenant General Yang did the same thing as him.

"Your attack time is faster than mine, so I'll go first," said Lieutenant General Yang.

"Okay, I won't argue with you."

The two spoke in a relaxed tone as if they were discussing who should eat first, but there was no smile in the eyes of the other people around them, only heavy sadness and admiration.

"Let's go and check out the mecha's modifications."

After that, everyone left and walked towards the mecha maintenance room.