blogombal Chapter 95 Ground Warfare, Plasma Takes Flight
Chapter 95 Ground Warfare, Plasma Takes Flight
Chapter 95 Ground Warfare, Plasma Takes Flight
According to the previous plan, the outer and middle defensive lines were areas that could be abandoned quickly, but damage to the enemy should be inflicted before abandoning them.
The ultimate weapon of the outer defense line is the antimatter bomb, while the middle defense line is the Zerg swarm as the last line of defense.
Within the central defensive line, there are two planets, on which hundreds of mother hives have been deployed.
These nests are all located deep within the planet, making them difficult to destroy unless the Omnic Legion launches a massive attack or destroys the planet.
These mother nests, after absorbing the surrounding organic matter, can continuously produce new Zerg.
After all the natural beings inside the defensive line were evacuated, only clones and robots, along with the swarm of insects on the planet, remained at the scene.
However, the Omnic Legion was unaware of this at the time, as the Star Ring continued its attack.
"Boom boom boom!"
As the battle continued, a day later, the rings of both planets were destroyed. The surviving replicants and robots landed on the nearby planets and quickly entered the underground Zerg network, then teleported back to the rear defense line from the mother hive.
On the AI Legion's side, after detecting that there were no defensive facilities in orbit, the main fleet did not immediately land on the ground. Instead, it dispatched an engineering fleet, which, under the protection of the escort fleet, quickly landed on the planet's surface.
The two outermost planets of the Emerald Galaxy are an ice giant and a rocky planet. The Omnic Legion just sent out to the rocky planet.
After all, material resources are very important to the Omnic Legion.
[Beep beep, planetary anomaly detected, abundant life activity discovered, monitoring in progress...]
[Monitoring complete. Confirmed to be a ground combat force of a biological civilization. Location of the mother nest has been locked.]
[Warning: The mother hive is too deep to be locked onto by current weapons. A plan has been developed: ground troops are being dispatched to eliminate it.]
As soon as the AI completed its scan of the planet, it quickly discovered anomalies inside the planet and immediately determined a cleanup plan.
Furthermore, based on the previous biological warships and the current swarm of insects, it can be confirmed that this is a hybrid civilization with biotechnology as its primary technology and mechanical technology as its secondary technology.
Therefore, biological technology is also very attractive to the Omnic Legion.
Currently, intelligent machines have not yet developed into intelligent life forms, so technological research has not changed much.
With biotechnology, it becomes possible to cultivate intelligent beings and, by constructing virtual worlds, allow these individuals to continue their research in related technologies within those virtual environments.
However, previous biotechnology was not advanced enough to cultivate intelligent life.
But the civilization it encountered this time gave it hope.
The orbital drop was very fast, and the engineering and escort fleets landed on the ground very quickly.
[Life activity detected, approaching. Level 1 alert activated.]
The fleet's intelligent programs quickly detected the anomaly on the ground and immediately issued an alarm.
"boom!"
As the hatch opened, the combat robot strode out and immediately set up its weapons.
On the distant horizon, a dark, surging wave rapidly approached. From the sky, it could be seen that these waves were all the Zerg swarm's ground forces.
[Target locked, fire!]
The best way to deal with this kind of mass charge is to bombard the ground with artillery fire.
"Bang bang bang!"
With a barrage of artillery fire, the artillery barrage quickly covered the Zerg swarm.
Meanwhile, the AI fleet in orbit also began orbital strikes against the ground.
Countless shells rained down from the sky, completely annihilating the swarming insects.
With the battle over, the Omnic Legion's engineering fleet successfully established an outpost here. The next step is to establish a mining base, specifically for mining deep mineral resources.
On the Zerg side, although they lost a large number of ground troops, this number was not significant for the Hive; it was merely a test to probe the enemy.
After learning the strength of the enemy's firepower, they immediately changed their attack strategy.
Traditional ground attacks are no longer feasible. Even if the enemy base doesn't have many troops, the warships in orbit are not just for show. If too many Zerg swarms are deployed, the enemy will use orbital strikes, which will have little effect and will all be destroyed by the enemy's long-range firepower.
However, this attack also made the Mother Nest realize that the warships in orbit had to be eliminated.
Therefore, in order to ensure that the subsequent battles can proceed smoothly, some new flesh-and-blood structures have appeared in some hidden areas, encased in huge blood cocoons, waiting to be fully formed.
Three days later, as the blood cocoon ruptured, the biological structure inside was revealed.
It was a huge flesh and blood structure with a gaping maw at the top pointing towards the sky, and below it were various digestive organs and plasma production organs.
This is a newly developed bio-structure specifically designed to counter orbital warships, inspired by the bio-warships that were originally transformed into turrets.
Since biological warships can be transformed into turrets, it means that this technology is already mature and can be cultivated from scratch.
Such architecture is not limited to this one place; it can be found all over the planet.
Once cultivation is complete, the base of the building autonomously absorbs biomass from the soil, which is then transformed into the substances needed for plasma production organs through internal digestive organs.
As the plasma energy rapidly converged, it immediately alerted the global alert system for intelligent machines.
[Beep beep, high energy detected.]
[Warning, data correction: 3243 high-energy reaction zones detected.]
[Warning, data correction: A total of 19489 high-energy reaction zones have been detected globally. The opponent's energy accumulation is intensifying, and an attack is imminent.]
Once the AI system finished its analysis, the plasma turret launched the plasma directly.
"Whoosh!"
As if they had planned it together, plasma turrets all over the world opened fire at the same time, and huge plasmas quickly rose into the air and soon entered outer space.
"boom!"
Some AI warships were unable to dodge in time and were directly hit by the plasma cluster, exploding instantly.
Moreover, the current plasma corps is far stronger than the turrets transformed from biological warships. Battleships can only withstand two shots, while battlecruisers can be taken out with a single shot if their armor is weak.
Faced with such a dense attack, the AI Legion warships on orbit immediately started their engines, preparing to leave the area.
Meanwhile, some frigates broke away from the fleet, preparing to destroy these gun emplacements.
As time went on, destroyed warships continued to fall from the sky, while ground-based artillery emplacements were also continuously destroyed.
However, in some areas without turrets, the giant blood cocoons solidified again, continuing to nurture plasma turrets.
This is a war of attrition, and now it has begun.
Wang Yunfeng, watching the battle unfold from within the core defense line, nodded in approval.
While bioweapons created through biotechnology may have lower power, they are far more convenient for mass production than mechanical technology.
As time went on, the advantage in the battle did not shift in Fang Heng's favor.
After the AI Legion's large number of warships joined the battlefield, the turrets on the planet's surface were quickly destroyed. And as soon as the new blood cocoons appeared, they were detected by space-based radar and destroyed by lasers that descended directly from orbit.
Although this attack method failed, the operational objective was achieved.
At this point, a month had passed since the first attack by the plasma turrets. These omnic legions were bogged down here and unable to continue their assault on the rear of the defensive line.
Moreover, the same swarms of insects were harassing several other branch bases of the Omnic Legion, preventing them from operating normally.
At this moment, seeing the omnic legion remaining relatively still in the main camp, Wang Yunfeng felt a little more relaxed.
A year is enough time to pack up and move all the important people and resources on Earth today.
Meanwhile, during this year, Fang Heng also found a new foothold, Kepler-22b, which is about 600 light-years away from the solar system.
This planet is 2.4 times the size of Earth, located in the habitable zone of the current star system, and has liquid water on it.
However, this is only a last resort and may not necessarily be used.
Meanwhile, within a month, with the help of engineering robots, the defense of the entire rear line was strengthened again, and the firepower intensity was raised to a new level.
"Sir, the AI Legion has made a new move. The fleet is assembling and appears to be preparing to launch an attack on the rear defense line."
"Notify everyone to take their positions immediately and enter Level 1 combat readiness."
"yes!"
A week later, just as Wang Yunfeng was reviewing the deployment map, the reconnaissance department sent in new information.
Seeing the transmitted images, the AI legions that had originally gathered in orbit once again headed to outer space to regroup, and the warships' forward defensive line was clearly moving towards the star system.
"How have we fared this past month?"
"Sir, in one month, we have destroyed a total of 5,000 warships of various types of the AI Legion. Currently, the enemy's number of warships is around 70,000, but we cannot determine the exact number."
Upon hearing the report from the intelligence unit, Wang Yunfeng nodded.
This number was also within his expectations. The previous AI fleet was basically destroyed, resulting in a loss of 10,000 warships. In addition, after entering the middle defensive line, the number of warships destroyed by the Star Ring defense facilities and plasma turrets was also around 10,000.
After removing the warships heading to the three nearby Proxima Centauri systems, the current AI fleet has more than 70,000 ships left, which is enough to keep up.
"How many biological warships are there inside the mid-line defenses now?"
"We have already cultivated 3000 biological frigates, but these frigates have a very short lifespan, only one month."
"That's enough. They're just consumables anyway, there's no need for them to have a long lifespan. Order the bio-fleet to stand by. Once the AI assembles its fleet to attack the rear defense line, these bio-warships will immediately move out and cut off their rear."
"Yes, sir."