Abyss Solo
Chapter 321 - 156 Landing on Zubin Star!

Chapter 321: 156 Landing on Zubin Star!

Damn!

These bugs could even launch a preemptive strike!

Yang Ming was now thankful he hadn’t directly gone down to arm-wrestle this insect swarm.

Could he even win?

This swarm had already evolved the capability to counter-attack fleets, and if Yang Ming had rashly descended earlier, it would have essentially been solving the pests’ biggest threat for them.

The dim gray light bullets continuously shot out of the atmosphere.

This wasn’t an attack mode that human technology could produce, but Galactic humans were no strangers to it.

As six civilian spacecrafts exploded violently, the civilian ships attempting to approach Zubin Star immediately maxed out their protective shields, powered their engines backward, and fled into deep space in panic.

Three large shield ships immediately moved forward to cover.

Some Sherman warships received the order to open fire, targeting the area where the light bullets erupted.

Beams of ions blasted toward the uninhabited regions of Zubin Star, piercing a layer of dark clouds, only to trigger even denser clouds.

Ripples appeared on the ground.

In the sky, several civilian ships had their already thin protective shields penetrated, leading more warships to light up their main cannons and bomb the surface fiercely.

Both sides engaged in intense exchanges of fire.

Civilian ships scattered in all directions fleeing.

Aboard the Feinan.

Yang Ming held a steaming hot drink to stay alert, observing the battlefield through the main projection screen of the Feinan.

Boss Yang already had plans to head back.

Was it really wise for him, a close combat infantry unit, without direct support from the Sherman Imperial Military, to get involved in this level of battle?

Sure, all beginnings are difficult.

But the current situation was proving to be way too difficult.

There were still numerous insect swarms within the Sherman Empire, and Yang Ming wanted to take advantage of this ’spring breeze’ to enhance his capabilities, turning his disadvantage against Valkyrie at its root.

—That was his source of motivation.

To make the White Ghost become a ’superhero’ of the Sherman Empire, collaborate with the Imperial Military, and protect himself by leveraging public opinion.

—This was the only strategy Yang Ming could think of that allowed him to participate in exterminating insects from multiple aspects while ensuring his safety to the greatest extent.

In front of him, this Zubin Star, marked the beginning of his involvement in the extermination plan.

The most ideal situation Yang Ming envisioned was to be involved in every insect extermination undertaken by Sherman’s empire henceforth, whenever the non-dreadnought legions were activated.

Was this snatching food from the jaws of a tiger?

No, it was merely a determined personal struggle for the glory of the Emperor Star.

"Boss, two mechas have been equipped with auxiliary batteries and can be deployed to the ground battlefield at any time."

Lyu’s voice interrupted Yang Ming’s reverie.

He continued watching the screen, starting to maneuver the Feinan to circle around, moving slowly towards the Zubin Star while staying on the periphery of the main battlefield.

Unsure if the Imperial Military would directly shatter the planet, Yang Ming refrained from advancing recklessly, opting to wait for the situation to unfold.

He had enough patience.

Lyu’s holograms, 026, and Hera gathered around Yang Ming.

They brought seats, eating relatively tasty military rations, and watched the human-insect war unfold.

It was evident that the Empire’s three fleets were tricked by the insects.

In long-range exchanges of fire, the Empire’s warships didn’t suffer much damage, and the fire density of the Insect Race wasn’t particularly high.

The ground, however, had turned into a wasteland.

An empty city had been destroyed, and dense ’craters’ appeared on the surface, but the Insect Race suffered few losses, making use of the underground rock layers for cover.

Only a kilometer-class battleship’s main cannon could effectively penetrate through the ground.

Meanwhile, the Insect Race achieved their objective.

The latest satellite surveillance imagery showed,

Dense swarms hovered over the three major cities of Zubin Star, with the original defense system of Zubin Star completely destroyed.

The artificially hardened ground continuously broke open, revealing adult insects, each about six meters long with rock-like exoskeletons, emerging and ceaselessly attacking the structures where humans gathered.

These were the two fundamental types of Third Rank insects.

’Centipede form’ acid bugs that could spit acid to melt buildings;

Long-range fire insects with enormous abdomens conducive to storing energy, featuring membrane devices at their backs;

Rapid blade bugs, sized between two to three meters long but capable of ultra-high-speed flight over the surface, equipped with sharp mandibles and reinforced bladed limbs;

Also shield beetles that could release barriers, magnetic field insects capable of releasing electromagnetic interference, electric worms specialized in sabotaging human electrical systems, fake mother insects capable of acting as regional commanders...

Yang Ming had already discovered over a dozen evolved Third Rank insects.

The Second Rank adult insects and mother worms he annihilated two years ago were nothing compared to this insect swarm.

This was truly the second Natural Disaster.

They continuously destroyed buildings, driving humans from various places, causing hundreds of thousands of human casualties within a short time.

The bugs demonstrated their insidious and cunning side.

Their aim wasn’t to annihilate this batch of humans, rather to use panic to herd them, encircling the humans in the central regions of the three major cities, mingling humans and themselves.

The ground slowly cracked open, and massive ship insects emerged, resembling ladybugs magnified countless times. They now slowly lifted off under the influence of planetary gravity, bearing rings similar to ’superconducting levitation’ around their abdomens.

The number of these ships was terrifying, with thousands in the first wave alone.

Clearly, the insect swarm here prioritized cross-space mobility highly.

The ship insects began to head toward the region where humans had been driven and gathered.

Meanwhile, the warships in space had scruples and could no longer launch a direct attack on the insect swarm, having to sustain bombardments at the edges of the cities instead.