The long-range artillery of the Fiery Silkworm does not only cause pure fire damage, but also secondary damage from the explosion impact.

If it hits a dense swarm of insects, the effect will be terrifying.

Chen Ming had witnessed this scene before, so he knew that this must not be allowed to happen.

At this moment, a new type of insect suddenly appeared behind the insect tide.

It is similar in appearance to cysticercus, but is obviously different from cysticercus.

What it sprays out is not acid, but a liquid that can condense quickly in the air.

The rapidly solidifying liquid had the jet-black color of the Zerg carapace and the bright green of the Zerg energy crystals.

This makes the sharp cones formed by the liquid solidifying during flight have extremely strong penetrating properties and will also explode if destroyed.

It is a biological armor-piercing explosive bomb.

Although the coverage area is smaller than that of another insect that directly sprays out a large amount of liquefied unstable energy crystals.

But its ability of targeted blasting is obviously not comparable to that of another kind of insect.

Moreover, these throat muscles have developed to the point where the crystal cones ejected by the bloated insects can fly much faster, farther, and with greater accuracy.

This means that they can intercept the Fire Silkworm's artillery falling from the sky.

The planet where the Zerg and Mechanoids are fighting has no atmosphere.

In the sky, there were only the flaming wreckage of the destroyed orbital defense satellites and the postures of Chen Ming's five cruisers.

What remained was the continuous firing of the Fiery Silkworm, each shell being hotter and more red than the previous one, until the last one was almost pure white.

Dozens of bugs firing crystal cones were scattered throughout the insect swarm, and it was easy to lock onto the landing points and trajectories of these artillery pieces.

I saw countless huge fireballs exploding in the air.

Instantly, the earth, which is in the night of this planet, becomes as bright as day.

However, insects are not machines, and their actual actions cannot be 100% precise.

Moreover, the Zerg's long-range ability is ultimately a weakness. It is impossible for these insects to guarantee that every crystal cone they launch can accurately hit the artillery shells falling at high speed from the sky.

There will still be some fish that slip through the net.

Even if their numbers are not large, each shell can cause serious damage to the Zerg.

Moreover, the Fiery Silkworms located in the center of the mechanical city and in the rear of the front line were not threatened by the Zerg.

The moment their weapons finished cooling down, the second batch of artillery fired by the Fiery Silkworms once again appeared above the battlefield, above the heads of the Zerg.

The almost connected artillery shells were like a sword of Damocles, threatening the Zerg's offensive line.

If these fiery silkworms are not dealt with, it will be difficult for the Zerg to continue to gain an advantage on the battlefield, and they will gradually lose to the Mechanical Clan.

so.

Chen Ming took action himself.

He activated the Tachyon Spear, which had been adjusted to the highest point in advance, and fired at the path of the cannonball fired by the Fiery Silkworm Cannon.

Without the interference of the atmosphere, this slanted beam of particle torrents from space swept across the sky, accurately annihilating all the artillery shells fired by the Fiery Silkworm Cluster in the city.

As the firing of the tachyon spears came to an end, the aftermath of the concentrated particle torrent was controlled by Chen Ming to bypass the mechanical cruiser in the center of the city, and headed towards the location of the Fiery Silkworm cluster with flames and explosions along the way.

Large weapons are a dimensionality reduction attack on almost all ground units. Even the last remaining aftermath can instantly destroy those swarms of fiery silkworms that can pose a sufficient threat to the Zerg.

When the particle torrent of the tachyon spear subsided, a fiery red mark nearly 10,000 meters long and tens of meters wide was left on the planet due to the angle.

An ugly scar was carved into the city of the mechanical race.

This scene made Chen Ming, the instigator, feel extremely shocked.

But for the Zerg and Mechanical races that were fighting each other, a devastating torrent of particles had just passed over their heads.

What just happened had no effect on them at all.

They are still fighting desperately.

However, the Zerg no longer have to worry about the center of the city and can charge towards their targets more unscrupulously.

The larger long-range combat units created by the Queen of Insects that can fire crystal cones can completely output firepower on the front battlefield without having to continue intercepting artillery.

And as the Zerg continued to advance, a new type of Zerg appeared on the battlefield.

When Chen Ming saw this new insect, he was stunned for a moment, because this was not the insect that he and the Queen of Insects had discussed and actively created.

But just now, the Queen of Insects herself came up with a new thing on the battlefield.

This Zerg also has a cyst-like appearance and well-developed neck musculature.

What it can spit out are balls of purple fungus filled with thick liquid, which will explode after flying a certain distance in the air.

These exploding fungal thick fluids are extremely viscous and remain connected to each other, forming a huge capture net.

Used to restrict those flying mechanical units in the sky, preventing them from suppressing the insects on the ground with impunity.

Even the Fungal Web would have difficulty catching these units that could notice the Zerg's movements, react in advance to the crystal cones fired by other Zerg, and dodge them flexibly.

But as long as these mechanical races gave up the attack and made a dodgy move, it meant that the Zerg did not spit out the fungal ball in vain.

Even if the fungal ball misses its target, it can restrict the actions of other mechanical creatures after falling to the ground, or be used directly to expand the fungal blanket.

Or it may be absorbed back into the existing fungal carpet on the ground and turned into nutrients to provide the insects with the next round of fungus balls.

And this insect is only playing a supporting role now.

The real anti-air killer move is a new type of insect that appeared later.

A kind of insect that Chen Ming had discussed with the Queen Insect to create.

It is a flying Zerg with a similar appearance to the Bombing Bug, but the difference is that it has four black sickle-shaped limbs and a nimble sharp tail with a blade as well.

Although it is not necessarily possible to cut through the Baiyun steel armor, it is definitely not difficult to cut through the fragile joints.

The most important thing is that the number of these insects is far more exaggerated than the number of flying machines of the mechanical race.

Just three minutes after the first flying Zerg appeared on the battlefield, the sky over the mechanical city was already covered in darkness.

This is the ability of the Queen Insect to reproduce, and it is also the result of Chen Ming's cultivation of the Queen Insect over this period of time.

It has to be said that close combat is the Zerg's greatest ability.

This was the case even after Chen Ming used his psychic powers to deeply repair the Queen Insect.

As the flying Zerg completely took control of the sky, they quickly cleared out all the flying units of the Mechanical Clan that still dared to fly in the sky.

However, the Zerg's shortcomings were immediately exposed.

Or it could be said that this is the shortcoming of all carbon-based organisms: they are afraid of fire.

Even though the Zerg have various means to suppress the damage of fire, suppression also requires the assistance of various environments.

For example, the dense Zerg on the ground can share the damage with each other, the large amount of acidic liquid evaporates into non-combustible gas, and the fungal carpet under the feet of the Zerg can also suppress the spread of fire.

All these factors combined allowed the Zerg to withstand the fire damage of the Infernal Silkworms on the front line and hold off the Mechanicals despite the fierce output.

But suppressing fire does not mean completely ignoring it.

So in the sky, the Fiery Silkworm Flame can actually play its due effect.

This resulted in hundreds of fire torrents covering a terrifying area appearing in the city in an instant.

A large area of ​​Zerg covering the sky above the battle line was cleared out in an instant, revealing space again.

The Queen was forced to temporarily give up air superiority, allowing the Zerg to retreat temporarily and look for other opportunities.

However, the Mechanical Clan also did not dare to reoccupy the sky immediately, otherwise the flying Zerg that had just retreated would definitely return to the battlefield in an instant to hunt down the few remaining flying units of the Mechanical Clan.

It doesn't matter even if there is the risk of suffering heavy losses from being burned on a large scale by the flaming silkworms on the front line.

The Zerg can use their fungal blanket to quickly recycle corpses, but the Mechs cannot do that.

So at this time, the battlefield returned to pure ground combat.

Although the Queen of Worms solved the troubles in the sky, the troubles on earth did not necessarily decrease.

The mechanical clan's invisible units continued to break into the insect swarms and assassinate them.

Even if some of them were completely left behind due to the Zerg's quick reaction, there was no way to stop more invisible units from continuing to appear and assassinate the fragile long-range output Zerg, causing the explosions after their death to affect other Zergs.

Even if the fungal blanket absorbs the dead bugs immediately, it is impossible to completely prevent the unstable liquid energy crystals from exploding.

And there is another problem.

Even these fiery silkworms on the front lines were gradually starting to become troublesome.

Although the fire they spray does have a negative effect on Zerg who have various means.

But as the Fiery Silkworm continues to use flame weapons, the heat radiating from its body is constantly increasing.

The high heat contained in the steel can cause uncontrollable damage to the Zerg's body when in close contact.

The size of the Fiery Silkworm itself means that it is not only capable of long-range attacks, its melee capabilities are also excellent.

With these two points in combination, it is almost impossible for the Zerg's front-line soldiers to gain an advantage over the Blazing Silkworms.

However, the Queen of Insects quickly came up with solutions to these two problems.

Spores reappeared on the fungal carpet, which no longer needed to use spores to spread and reproduce due to the Zerg's own situation.

It was also actively raised up under the control of the Zerg Queen, covering the entire battlefield, and was carried by more Zergs, continuously spreading around.

Countless purple spots are extremely conspicuous in the environment filled with twisted flames and constantly disturbed acidic gases.

Of course, being conspicuous is not the main purpose. It is useless in this chaotic battlefield.

What the Queen of Zerg wants to do is to make these fungi become sensory organs extending outward for the surrounding Zerg.

Any mechanical race that wants to fight the Zerg will inevitably touch these fungi, and once touched, these fungi will immediately stick to the target and emit positioning pheromones to the surrounding Zerg in real time.

The mechanical clan's invisible units are no exception.

The reason they were able to move freely in the insect swarm was their mobility in various places on the battlefield and their concealment that made it impossible to be accurately targeted.

The moment they find the opportunity to step onto the fungal blanket, interception is no longer possible.

Without the stealth effect of optical camouflage, such a mechanical machine is just an enhanced version of the Mantis.

As for the Fiery Silkworm that has entered a high fever state, there is only one solution.

Taking advantage of the huge insects that came later from the Queen Insect, they relied on their incredibly thick shells to crush the Fiery Silkworm.

When there is no better way to deal with the problem, using force to suppress the opponent is obviously the most efficient way.

The high heat from these fiery silkworms cannot directly harm the flesh protected by the extremely thick shell.

After all the means by which the Mechanical Race could threaten the Zerg were eliminated.

Once again, the Zerg gained the upper hand.

Once again, they advanced a considerable distance into the mechanical city.

However, just when the Zerg were about to advance to the core area of ​​the mechanical city.

Suddenly the Zerg encountered resistance again.

Some short and thick figures that were larger than the Fiery Silkworms appeared in the mechanical city.

Some of them were equipped with two huge cannons with a caliber of nearly 40 centimeters.

And the gun body was already flashing with electric light, similar to the energy stored in an electromagnetic weapon like an electromagnetic javelin.

After a series of familiar loud noises like sledgehammers hitting each other, shells flashing bright arcs of electricity directly penetrated the bodies of almost all the giant Zergs at the front of the battle line and fell among the Zergs in the rear.

The shell exploded violently, and the violent impact and flashing arcs of electricity hit the surrounding Zerg.

Broken shells and severed limbs flew everywhere. The extremely solid black shell could hardly provide any protection against these shells.

The swarm suffered heavy casualties in an instant.

Chen Ming recognized them the first time he saw them. These were the main combat units of the mechanical race, centipedes.

Chen Ming also didn't know why this thing, which looks like a shortened caterpillar but has many small limbs supporting it from below, is called a centipede, but it is indeed recorded like this in the papers about the mechanical family.

These mechanical centipedes are usually equipped with three types of weapons, namely the Hellfire Cannon, the Charge Cannon and the Charge Machine Gun.

The one that was able to penetrate the Zerg armor with the strongest defensive capabilities with just one shot and cause an arc explosion at the point where the shell landed was probably the charged cannon.

The main mechanical body of the mechanical race successfully blocked Chen Ming's Zerg in front of the core area of ​​the city.

Just when Chen Ming was wondering whether the ground needed his support.

He suddenly discovered that the second batch of support from the mechanical clan had arrived in space.

But this time, Chen Ming failed to successfully use the equipment to stop them.

It’s not because Chen Ming doesn’t have a second device.

It was because the mechanical race did not leap from any position that he thought could best influence the situation.

They chose to jump to the other side of the planet, where Chen Ming's equipment could not reach, and then flew around the planet.

Chen Ming immediately realized that he had too little experience in space combat.

Otherwise, such a place would not be ignored.

Although in order to avoid being blocked by Chen Ming's anti-jump device, the mechanical race can randomly select a landing point unknown to them in the entire galaxy to jump over, and then fly over.

It can indeed be said that there is no way to stop it, and it is also the method of jump that is chosen under normal circumstances when it is known that the enemy has an anti-jump device.

Although it will cause a delay in joining the battlefield, it is better than not being able to jump at all.

But since the jump location chosen by the Mechanical Clan is the other side of the planet, a place that is very close and full of risks.

Then it was definitely Chen Ming's problem that he was caught off guard.

But it was just as Baiquan had suggested and reminded him before.

He wouldn't put all his hopes on the anti-jump device working successfully.

It was a pleasant surprise to succeed the first time.

The second time, just think of it as a mistake on his part.

In short, Chen Ming doesn’t have much time to take care of the ground now, and the main mechanical bodies of the mechanical clan on the ground can only be left to the Queen of Insects to deal with.

Chen Ming believed that the Queen of Insects would not let him down.

The reinforcements from the Mechanical Tribe that he has to face now is the real beginning of his surprise attack on the Mechanical Tribe.

The mechanical fleet was now advancing towards Chen Ming along the orbit of the orbital satellite defense facility.

Their fleet consisted of a total of eight cruisers, two hundred destroyers and two hundred frigates.

It seems that they knew the situation on Chen Ming's side, knowing that he only brought five cruisers and no escort fleet, so they configured such a fleet.

They wanted to rely on the suppression of cruisers and the interference of larger numbers of small ships to completely crush Chen Ming in all aspects.

But to Chen Ming, small boats didn’t matter at all.

As long as the enemy cannot blow up his cruiser directly, he can rely on his psychic power to maintain the shield and forcibly blow up all the small boats first.

Drag the battle to a fair situation where big ships are fighting against big ships, and then deal with the enemy cruisers.

This time is no exception.

As soon as the mechanical fleet entered the range of his spaceship, Chen Ming took the first step.

More than a dozen beams of light from the tachyon spears hit the mechanical fleet.

The mechanical clan's small boats had no room for resistance as Chen Ming's side was fully equipped with tachyon spears. As long as the spears swept past, a series of flames would explode from the mechanical clan's battle line.

Generally speaking, in a normal evenly matched cruiser-level battle.

The firepower of the cruisers, which are the main force of the fleet, needs to be output on the opponent's cruisers to prevent the entire battlefield situation from collapsing due to failure in the fight.

This is even more true for the weaker side, which has a chance of winning only if it is the first to destroy one of the opponent's cruisers.

But Chen Ming doesn't need to consider this problem at all.

He was able to withstand the firepower bombardment from the enemy cruisers and destroy all the enemy's small boats.

If the mechanical race dares to use the actual loss of ships in exchange for the loss of his mental power, then Chen Ming will make a lot of money.

The mechanical race is obviously not aware of this.

In other words, anyone who fights with Chen Ming without knowing his abilities will think that Chen Ming is a fool when he sees Chen Ming using the cruiser's radiation energy to exchange for damage to the small boat.

So the same situation exists for the mechanical race now.

They just let the small boats suffer losses while the big ships continued to attack Chen Ming's ships desperately.

The weapons of the Mechanical Clan are a very even distribution of live ammunition, energy and missiles.

Although they may not be able to specialize in any one area, they can adapt to a variety of complex environments.

But it's obviously not that good in terms of explosion.

So Chen Ming just remained silent and relied on his mental strength to withstand the beatings from the mechanical clan's weapons and cleared all the mechanical clan's boats.

No ship could withstand the devastation of a nearly unlimited stream of tachyon spears.

As time went by, the mechanical race finally discovered that something was wrong.

The number and density of times that Chen Ming's tachyon spear can be fired are somewhat beyond normal.

Moreover, the increased radiation energy from activating the tachyon spear and the increased radiation energy from the damage the shield can withstand should have long exceeded the tolerance limit of Chen Ming's ships.

These cruisers should have collapsed long ago and it is impossible for them to still be standing there.

The mechanical cruisers' radiation energy capacity has been nearly halfway through the continuous fire output, and they have been outputting at a higher frequency. At the same time, the shields of these ships that are still suffering damage do not even show signs of being overloaded.

This strange situation caused the Mechanical Clan to immediately slow down their firepower offensive and ordered the remaining less than ten small boats to retreat immediately.

The mechanical clan slowed down their offensive, so Chen Ming had to take the initiative to put some pressure on them.

The flight deck doors on both sides of the Stardust-class, which had been fishing in the rear position with its only tachyon spear, were all opened.

Meteorite drones, similar to the Terminator drones in Heavy Rain, came out in droves.

The tail flames of the Meteor fighter drew arcs in space, sweeping towards the mechanical fleet like stardust.

As soon as the first batch of fighter jets came out of the hangar, Chen Ming used his repair power on the meteorite. Countless materials instantly condensed into a new batch of meteorite fighter jets, which flew out of the hangar again.

Then came the third batch.

A total of 1,600 fighter planes rushed towards the mechanical fleet, and the entire battlefield was like a grand fireworks show.

These Meteorite fighters continued to accelerate and overload during the flight. Their fuselages gradually began to turn red, emitting a red smell that seemed to be filled with the smell of blood.

Under the effect of Chen Ming's maintenance psychic power, it crashed into the mechanical cruiser with an overload efficiency several times higher than normal.

At the same time, with the support of Chen Ming's unreserved mental strength, the hull, which had been overloaded countless times, was maintained, just for their final moment.

Anyway, when the second and third batches of fighter jets were released from the warehouse, Chen Ming no longer expected these fighter jets to come back.

He just wants to see the big ones now.

Thousands of red meteors continuously bombarded the only remaining cruiser of the Mechanical Clan.

This number of Meteorite drones exceeded ten times the total number of the Mechanical Clan's fleet, and they all exploded in just a dozen seconds.

The sensors could no longer clearly see any situation of the mechanical fleet. Chen Ming could only rely on the scanning array at the highest point and the images transmitted by the Meteorite fighter at the last moment before its self-destruction.

It can be roughly seen that all the mechanical cruisers are destroyed.

Five of the eight cruisers had exploded under the attack of the meteorites and turned into large pieces of space junk.

The overloaded arcs on the hulls of the remaining three cruisers, the completely shattered armor, and the crumbling hull structure all confirmed their failure.

As Chen Ming easily won the battle in space.

He immediately began to control the highest point and began to arrange various afterglow individuals to prepare to recover the cruisers as trophies.

At the same time, just like before, he continued to pay attention to the situation of the Zerg on the ground.

(End of this chapter)