Chapter 347 Destroyer
Chen Ming had no idea that the Machine Tribe would actually use the most powerful main-level weapon they currently possess here, against the Zerg Tribe against him.
And just now, he did not perceive any obvious psychic fluctuations at all, nor did he see the existence of any other mothership.
The weapons on the mothership that arrived after repairs had not changed at all, and they were not Destroyers.
The real destroyer is not on the frontal battlefield.
That leaves only one possibility.
The mothership carrying the Destroyer is currently in phase space.
The nature of phase space will interfere with psychic energy fluctuations, the propagation of light, and the radiation system of the spacecraft.
But it does not interfere with transition fluctuations.
Under normal circumstances, transitions in phase space can be perceived in the normal universe.
The mechanical race used a trick. They used the jump fluctuations of a large number of spacecraft to cover up the jump fluctuations of the Destroyer mothership in the phase space.
The Destroyer was hidden in phase space and sent here with a fleet on the surface.
Chen Ming really didn't expect that the mechanical tribe could already send the mothership into the phase space, and even used this ability in a raid against his Zerg tribe.
He didn't pay too much special attention to the phase space here.
At least I didn't pay too much attention to the phase space where the Zerg fleet is now gathering.
In the end, he was completely unaware of it, causing the Zerg fleet to be severely damaged in an instant.
However, this kind of raid method can basically only be used once.
After this experience, Chen Ming will definitely equip his fleet with a phase ship or a warning device that exists in the phase space in the future, so that he will never give another chance for a sneak attack.
And as long as Chen Ming spreads the news that he was raided by the machine clan in this way, the empire will definitely be fully vigilant.
The Destroyer cannot be easily delivered to anyone's face in the future without being discovered.
The only perfect opportunity for a surprise attack was used by the Machine Tribe on Chen Ming.
So Chen Ming now doesn't understand why the Machine Tribe would use this opportunity to launch a raid against his Zerg Tribe.
Would the Machine Tribe rather not have a better chance to create greater results against the Empire in the future, instead of targeting his Zerg Tribe now?
There seems to be no problem.
Chen Ming thought about it carefully. After all, his Zerg fleet was now attacking the most important logistics system of the mechanical race.
If the logistics system collapses, then there is no need to fight on the front line. If he is placed in the position of the mechanical race, he will definitely crush the logistics troubles with lightning speed and minimize the losses.
If only other motherships were sent over, Chen Ming might still be given a chance, but sending the Destroyer over and even choosing a sneak attack to enter the battle almost guaranteed that there would be no problems in other logistics systems.
This is an acceptable result.
In this case, Chen Ming felt that the Zerg fleet here should be unable to withdraw, and it was absolutely impossible for the mechanical tribe to let go of any insect.
There is nothing to say. What the Zerg fear the most is death, and what Chen Ming fears least is battle damage. Those cruisers arriving to cover the arrival of the Destroyer Mothership will inevitably suffer a painful blow from the Zerg.
Chen Ming immediately ordered the Zerg fleet to disperse to avoid being further affected by the range attack effect of the destroyed psychic energy.
All Zerg cruisers no longer perform any self-protection actions, and all they have to do next is fight desperately.
Bright green acid plasma cannons and beams from the Zerg's biotachyon spears flickered across the battlefield.
However, the effect this time was not obvious.
Not only was the Zerg warship itself being destroyed and melted, but all the attack methods of the Zerg warship were also melted as it approached the mechanical fleet.
The Destroyer can not only release destructive psychic energy from a distance, but can even use destruction to build a line of destruction near the fleet.
Moreover, the Zerg fleet is too fragile in front of capital ships, especially motherships loaded with Destroyers.
Without main-level protection, it will be destroyed easily.
The Zerg fleet had almost the same number last time. When fighting the three motherships of the Machine Tribe, it was able to fight them for more than an hour before being completely wiped out.
And facing the Destroyer...
The Destroyer's attack has no light, no impact, no sign, only the spiritual energy fluctuations hidden in the phase space quietly infecting
Unable to counterattack.
In just one encounter, nearly half of the Zerg cruisers had disappeared into the universe.
In the final firefight, the remaining Zerg fleet only lasted a few minutes before completely losing its combat effectiveness. In the end, the hundreds of thousands of cruisers only defeated the mechanical race's thousand-plus cruisers.
This is because the Machine Tribe, in order to completely prevent the Destroyer from coming into contact with the Zerg fleet, took the initiative to send some cruisers to stop those fish that slipped through the net under the Destruction Psychic Energy. This was the reason why they suffered such losses.
The Destroyer was even unscathed in this battle, and there was no attack method that could break through the line of destruction.
The Zerg fleet was completely destroyed in the process of resistance.
Immediately afterwards, all areas that the Zerg fleet had just visited were swept away by the Destroyer's destructive spiritual energy. Everything from the wreckage of the Zerg spacecraft to the smallest and invisible cells were completely wiped out by the Destroyer.
In the end, not even a single remnant of the entire Zerg fleet was left.
The mechanical race may have guessed something, or they may simply be conducting a sweep to prevent the insect cells from remaining and eventually falling onto a planet due to gravity, causing the problem of insect plague to happen again.
Fortunately, Chen Ming separated some Zerg cells when the Destroyer arrived and scattered them across the wider space.
At the same time, he is also preparing to arrange some iron atoms in the phase space that are almost impossible to be discovered by the mechanical family to provide him with a vision of the phase space.
Unless the machine race really sweeps the entire galaxy and even the phase space, it is impossible to find those scattered existences that continue to provide Chen Ming with a view of the inside of the galaxy.
But in the normal universe, only a very small number of cells scattered by Chen Ming that were far away from the center of the galaxy where the Zerg fleet gathered escaped the disaster.
Such a wide range of scanning made Chen Ming wonder how much radiation capacity the mechanical clan's mothership had.
As Chen Ming expanded his vision to the phase space, he finally saw the appearance of the mechanical race's destroyer mothership.
At first glance, it looks no different from an ordinary mothership. There seems to be nothing special except that the shape of the cannon head of the Destroyer's spine in the center is a little twisted and eye-catching.
However, if you look closely, you will find that this mothership seems to have undergone the same major changes as the temporary phase cruisers that Chen Ming saw.
It greatly increases the radiation capacity and greatly reduces the radiation dissipation. It has been specially modified for phase space.
Not a problem.
Both the spaceships and the individual machines of the Machine Tribe are modular and mass-produced. Replacing parts is very simple. At most, the Destroyer can be dismantled and installed on another mothership.
At this time, in the phase space, in addition to the mothership, there were dozens of cruisers following the mothership.
Moreover, just when Chen Ming was sending the things that could provide him with vision into the phase space, several cruisers suddenly docked with the mothership, as if they were exchanging some equipment.
Just after the exchange was completed, the cruiser that exchanged equipment immediately jumped again and disappeared here.
Chen Ming understood what was going on here after just one glance.
The docking and equipment exchange just now is that the mothership is exchanging its coils that are already full of radiant energy with the cruiser's coils that are not yet radiated energy, and then letting the cruiser send the radiant energy coil away and take it out of the normal universe.
Radiant energy is normally present in all electronic circuits of a spacecraft.
The length of the electronic circuit and its ability to accommodate current determine the radiant energy capacity.
A ship may choose to increase the total amount of radiant capacity by carrying additional radiant coils.
Radiant energy coils have become an additional piece of equipment that most spacecraft will inevitably carry.
Of course, such a device cannot be uninstalled at will.
Under normal circumstances, if there is radiant energy in the spacecraft's electronic system and radiant energy coils that exceeds about 10% of the total capacity, then if the coils are unloaded directly before the radiant energy is dissipated, it may cause the line to be disconnected. Radiation energy explodes at the location, causing the disconnected parts to melt and explode.
However, the phase space has a special property that prevents the radiation from dissipating and developing toward normal conditions. This eliminates the problems that would arise from uninstalling equipment that stores a large amount of radiation energy under normal circumstances.
This allowed the mechanical tribe to discover a special opportunity, so they prepared additional cruisers to be used as additional coils for the mothership.
These coils are radiant capacity batteries, which can be replaced at any time when they are fully charged.
The more cruisers you bring, the longer the mothership can stay active in phase space.
This is the technology that the mechanical clan has further extended based on the temporary phase ship.
It's not quite appropriate to call it a technology. This should be regarded as a technique realized by utilizing the objective laws that already exist.
It is an excellent special temporary replacement design.
That's why this Destroyer Mothership can still have the remaining radiation capacity to further sweep the entire galaxy after destroying all of Chen Ming's Zerg fleet.
The probability of coming into contact with the Zerg cells and iron atoms left by Chen Ming was minimized.
The Destroyer Mothership exchanged coils with other cruisers, restoring its radiation level to an acceptable level again.
The Destroyer Mothership immediately began to patrol the galaxy in phase space.
Chen Ming also thought that the Destroyer Mothership might be able to contaminate those cells or atoms while patrolling.
But in the end, the Destroyer Mothership still didn't get close to the few places where Zerg cells or iron atoms remained.
It was impossible for Chen Ming to take the initiative to make these cells and atoms move together.
Those cells and atoms of his don't move, so there's no problem if they are placed there.
But if it moves, this mothership equipped with the main psychic weapon will definitely be able to detect it.
Might as well stay there and wait for the opportunity.
Wait until there is an unlucky person behind you and join in on your own.
Anyway, wherever the Zerg fleet passes by, there will be cells and atoms left behind.
Just a little bit of contamination is equivalent to being marked by Chen Ming. Even if Chen Ming's every attack was fruitless, sooner or later he would be able to rely on the Zerg corpses to find a way to completely control the Machine Race.
The Destroyer Mothership did not stay in the galaxy where the Zerg fleet gathered for too long before it started the jump engine again.
The jump engine of the battleship is more effective than that of the cruiser. It can make several jumps in a short period of time. Of course, there are limitations, and it is still not as good as Chen Ming's repair power.
The location where the mothership jumped this time was, of course, another place where Chen Ming attacked the mechanical clan.
That border star field.
As the Destroyer arrives in the phase space of the mechanical race's border galaxy.
The Zerg fleet led by the Black Mist Prosthesis still chose to rush forward, but the Black Mist Prosthesis on one of the Zerg warships immediately chose to retreat.
The black mist prosthesis is used to attract attention. If it attracts attention, then the task is completed. There is no need to stay here to confront the destroyers of the mechanical tribe.
That's untouchable.
I saw that the mothership carrying the Destroyer activated the Destroyer again without any hesitation when it arrived.
Even the Zerg fleet, protected by thick black mist, could not survive the Destroyer's influence for even half a second.
It is impossible for the black mist prosthesis to compete with the main-level weapons of the battleship.
Even if there is support from Chen Ming behind, it will not work.
If you hesitate a little, the ending of the black mist prosthesis will be exactly the same as those disappearing Zerg warships.
If Chen Ming was in excellent condition and tried to compete with his own spiritual power, he might be able to hold on for a while.
But Chen Ming's current mental state is not very good. He is slowly recovering from a depleted state, and he still uses the black mist transformed by his mental power to do things.
It is impossible to withstand it, and there is no need to resist.
So when the Destroyer is activated again to clean up the Zerg here.
In addition to letting the black mist prosthesis retreat, Chen Ming also immediately divided the Zerg fleet shrouded in black mist into several batches.
Except for a group that stayed behind and continued to destroy the local mechanical colonies and various facilities, all the other Zerg fleets immediately jumped.
Some of them further jumped closer to the empire, relying on their last chance to attack more mechanical planets.
The other part jumped to some borderless planets bordering the mechanical tribe's stars, leaving insect eggs in areas not under the jurisdiction of the mechanical tribe to facilitate their comeback in the future.
This is not only Chen Ming's purpose, but also because Chen Ming wants to let the machine race and the imperial reconnaissance fleet that is still observing the battlefield see this scene clearly.
In addition to letting the Zerg fleet do this, he did not let the fleet led by the Black Mist Dummy jump to the Nebula area and take advantage of the opportunity of the Destroyer Mothership to deal with another machine that Chen Ming had encountered before. Those cruisers led by the clan mothership.
Although this is a good opportunity to destroy the backbone of the Machine Clan, after all, there are still Imperial reconnaissance ships here watching the movements of the Black Mist Zerg Fleet.
There are no Imperial ships in the Nebula area.
If Chen Ming chooses to jump the Zerg fleet on the border to the Nebula area, then the empire is very likely to discover what Chen Ming is doing now in a short period of time.
If things in the Nebula area are exposed, then the relationship between Chen Ming and An Wuping will be unclear and quite troublesome.
Of course, it’s not impossible to insist on an explanation.
But if you can avoid unnecessary complications, it's better not to do it.
The mission of the Zerg fleet itself is to fight to the death. Death under the attack of the Destroyer can be regarded as a loss of the life of the Destroyer. There is no need to do more things that will cause some negative effects.
The Black Mist Zerg fleet dispersed, and the overall combat effectiveness immediately weakened.
It's not even necessary for the Destroyer to continue doing anything.
The three previous motherships that had been in contact with the Zerg fleet and had completed their supplies each suddenly appeared with a fleet near several of the largest dispersed Zerg fleets and began to encircle and suppress them.
The Destroyer Mothership also continued to repeat what it had just done, cleaning up the wreckage of all the Zerg fleets.
Soon after, the Black Mist Zerg Fleet was almost completely wiped out, and this border area was once again completely controlled by the Machine Tribe.
But both the mechanical race and the empire's reconnaissance fleet knew that these Zerg fleets shrouded in black mist still had many seeds left in nearby galaxies.
The Imperial reconnaissance fleet quietly disappeared after the war.
However, the mechanical race's Destroyer mothership still did not stop. After replacing the radiation coil again, it started the jump engine again and returned to the galaxies in the nebula area that had been invaded by the Zerg.
This time the Destroyer aimed its cannons at the planets themselves that were invaded by the Zerg.
"This..."
Chen Mingzai immediately realized what the destroyer mothership wanted to do.
But before he had time to respond, the Destroyer had already been activated, and the spiritual energy of destruction began to act on the planet from the precise point where the insect nest invaded the underground.
The earth of the planet is melting, and the collapsed insect nest passage is also being revealed.
The Destroyer Mothership of the Mechanical Tribe has no mercy or mercy at all. It constantly expands the scope of the Destroyer's effect and continuously drives the Destroyer's spiritual energy deep into the ground.
The planet structure in this area is collapsing under the influence of destruction, and a cone-shaped gap that is still expanding can be seen directly on the surface of the planet from outside the planet.
The underground insect nest gradually emerged within the sensor scanning range of the Destroyer Mothership.
The Destroyer immediately increased the output power again.
In an instant, the entire insect nest was completely wiped out. Of course, along with the insect nest, the planet structure in this area was also wiped out, as well as a large number of mechanical buildings that were not destroyed by the insect nest, but were now destroyed by the Destroyer. group.
Even after destroying the insect nest, it still did not stop. It continued to use the insect nest as the core and continued to annihilate everything deep underground with a spherical scope.
Some of the Zerg that had just escaped were completely killed by the subsequent Destroyer attacks.
The Destroyer chose to directly wipe out part of the planet that was parasitized by the Zerg.
In exchange for the horrific consumption and losses, the remaining parts of the planet can continue to be used.
After destroying the insect nest on this planet, the Destroyer did not immediately move on to the next planet parasitized by the insect race.
It seemed that its jump engine could no longer handle it. It did not jump again, but stayed in place, as if it was preparing to leave phase space and move through hyperspace.
This will buy Chen Ming time to allow the Zerg to move.
But things obviously weren't going to go that smoothly. A fleet of hundreds of pure cruisers suddenly jumped here.
One hundred cruisers started their jump engines again at the same time after a short period of maintenance.
The linkage effect of the jump engine can take away things with a mass no greater than itself or other spacecraft.
Although the quality of the capital ship far exceeds that of the cruiser, with the joint action of hundreds of cruisers, the capital ship can still be carried away through the company.
The jump engines of hundreds of cruisers brought the Destroyer Mothership to the next galaxy invaded by the Zerg,
Starting the jump engine multiple times in a short period of time will cause significant damage to the engine, but the mechanical tribe obviously no longer cares about these losses.
If the Zerg are not dealt with as soon as possible, their losses will only get worse.
And when this galaxy is destroyed, I am afraid that the next batch of mechanical cruisers will arrive soon and continue to send destroyers to the next galaxy.
Even if the mechanical race's cruisers are not enough, as long as the Destroyer is replaced with a new mothership, the new Destroyer mothership will still completely destroy all the insect nests on the planets that the Zerg have invaded.
Chen Ming was fully aware of the seriousness of the problem and immediately ordered all the Zerg that invaded the mechanical planet to begin migrating to other parts of the planet.
Whether it's going deeper underground, hiding underground in other mechanical colonies, or further away, as long as we can avoid the Destroyer's attack, it doesn't matter where we go.
But the mothership of the mechanical race shows no mercy at all, and the word mercy does not exist in their dictionary.
As long as there is a planet that has been parasitized by the Zerg, no matter whether the parasite is successful or not, as long as it is the location where the Zerg warship crashed, no matter whether there is a colony of the mechanical race here, no matter how precious the resources you have here, they will be destroyed by this aura of destruction. .
Chen Ming could only allow most of the Zerg to move closer to the core of the planet, where they would develop under horrific pressure and gravity, and even extreme heat in the core of some planets.
Efficiency progress is slower than in shallow areas, but it is still better than being killed by the Destroyer.
However, Chen Ming still underestimated the determination of the mechanical clan.
The Destroyer did temporarily ignore those planets where the insect nests were not found, that is, the insect nests were hidden in places where they could not be discovered.
But after the Destroyer visited all the other planets where the insect nest was discovered.
It once again returned to those planets where no hives were found.
And the mechanical races on these planets have been packing up their things since just now.
When the Destroyer arrived, all the mechanical races took off with all the buildings and materials that could be evacuated in a short time.
The Destroyer, on the other hand, acted directly on the center of the planet.
Destroy the core of the earth.
It is no different than directly destroying everything on this planet.
Chen Ming's Zerg fleet selected fifty valuable galaxies when setting off, with a total of seventy-three valuable planets in them.
Each of these seventy-three planets has been injected with insect eggs.
In the end, a total of eight planets where no Zerg were found were completely destroyed by the Destroyers, a number that was almost equal to one-tenth of the total.
And all the remaining planets that have been invaded by the Zerg and can still exist under the baptism of the Destroyer have begun extremely strict internal monitoring.
As long as insect eggs are found, the Destroyer's purging will be called again.
This is how the mechanical race fights the Zerg.
(End of chapter)