The light in the void was still shining brightly.
The battle between the insect swarm and the Primordial realm continued.
Currently, the insect swarm had suffered quite a lot of losses, while the Primordial realm army had suffered some … attacks.
In Cryopteris' eyes, the dense swarm of insects had surrounded the Primordial realm ambushing army.
They approached the Primordial realm army and used primitive methods like biting and cutting to constantly attack the Primordial realm aircraft.
The defences of the aircraft constantly flickered, which stopped all attacks. However, they continued to move.
The energy they fired did not collide with their defences. Instead, it pushed them into the distance.
However, no matter how they fled, they were unable to shake off the insects. Occasionally, the aircraft that managed to escape the encirclement would immediately be destroyed by the attacks of the Purgatory Worms.
This was a successful encirclement. In reality, the battle was very simple.
Just like how the Primordial realm had prepared an army for a sneak attack behind the Rollers, the Incan insects had placed some troops in the surroundings as well.
Perhaps it was because they were placed rather far away, but Cryopteris had never been able to contact them before. However, it had been trying to contact them the entire time.
Soon after the battle with the Primordial realm army began, Cryopteris had contacted some of the troops in the surroundings and successfully got them to surround the Primordial realm army.
As long as they surrounded them and constantly attacked them, they would not be able to fight back. However, if the Incan insects fought by themselves, they would have large numbers of cannon fodder at the front while the heavy troops would constantly fire at the back.
Every time they fired, the troops at the front would disperse and dodge, so they would not be hit. However, Cryopteris was unable to do that. It could only get its troops to surround and tear at the Primordial realm aircraft while the other troops prepared to attack the Primordial realm aircraft that had escaped.
Fortunately, there were not a lot of Primordial realm aircraft. There were only a few thousand of them. When they were surrounded by millions of insects, even just the biting was difficult for them to endure. Their defences would become dimmer and dimmer. In the end, when the insects crawled onto their shells, they would basically be destroyed. The few that managed to escape would all be destroyed.
Apart from … there was one thing.
It was the crystallized disc-like aircraft. It was flying towards the distance at an extremely fast speed. It easily broke through the encirclement of the Zergs. The light it emitted melted all the Zergs that were chasing after it and intercepted all the attacks that were aimed at it.
Although it did not save any of the crystallized aircraft around it, it successfully escaped the encirclement.
However, it was not only because it was fast, but also because the Roaring Beetle noticed that the protection of the crystal disc was somewhat … different from other aircrafts.
Other aircraft's protection was like a ball, completely sealing the entire body, but this crystal disk's protection was scattered, surrounding the surroundings piece by piece.
It was as if he had placed a large pile of … shields on his body.
Because they were not completely sealed, the disc's firepower could be shot out between these shields. At the same time, these shields could be moved at will. It could combine two shields together and pinch the insects that tried to get in between the shields. When one of the shields received too much firepower, it would cancel it and replace it with another shield that had not been hit.
After a while, it seemed to replenish the shield and put it back in place.
Of course … it flew very quickly. After all, it was huge, and its propulsion system was not something that the smaller aircraft could compare to.
These characteristics allowed the disc to escape into the distance quickly. Under Cryopteris' command, the Purgatory Worms fired at it time and time again, but it was always able to block or intercept all the attacks.
However, it did not attack the Zergs here. Instead, it quickly flew into the distance, as if it was trying to escape somewhere.
The large number of Primordial realm troops in front of the Rollers did not plan on circling around. They moved slightly closer, moving from ten thousand kilometers away to around five thousand kilometers away.
However, they did not plan on circling around. Cryopteris believed that the Primordial realm experts might think that the Zergs had set up an ambush on the surface, so they would launch a sneak attack when they circled around.
If they circled around from far away, the Zergs could circle around them. The only feasible method was to scatter the troops and attack from all directions. However, the Primordial realm experts did not do that.
The only thing that could be confirmed was that they were calling for more reinforcements.
Cryopteris saw through the 'eyes' in front of him that even more Primordial realm troops were flying over from the Mirror World. Clearly … the Primordial realm experts felt that the Inca Zergs' ability to move had exceeded their expectations, so they needed more troops to ensure their victory.
However, there was still some time before they arrived …
"It doesn't seem to be done yet …"
During this free time, Cryopteris checked the Courage System. The blood mist and scorpion that had been sent flying due to the explosion had returned. The protective suits of the water troll and scorpion were equipped with flight devices, so it was very easy for them to fly back with the Courage System.
However, healing the Void Cockroach did not seem to be that easy. A large number of messages appeared on the screen of the Courage System, and all of them indicated that the Void Cockroach had not recovered.
"Gah … no!" The blood mist said, "There's no way for this nervous system to recover at all. Whether you place the spare cells there or try to heal it, it won't work. Even if you cut it off, the spare cells won't grow on it!"
"… That effect … Is it still there?" Cryopteris looked at the healing process and found that the Void Cockroach's condition was very similar to the corpses in the Abandoned World.
The spare cells did not repair the nervous system. They seemed to be in a daze and could not do anything. The spare cells were not something that could be ordered, so Cryopteris could not order them to repair the nervous system.
Moreover, Cryopteris did not have the time to pay attention to this.
He discovered that the crystal disc that had escaped earlier had returned. It had flown more than a hundred thousand kilometers away, but now it was flying back again. Moreover, it brought a large group of crystal flying machines with it. Just like last time, there were thousands of them.
"Those things …" Cryopteris turned his attention back to the crystal disc and felt that it was a little strange.
Those flying machines seemed to have appeared out of thin air and suddenly followed the crystal disc.
Therefore, Cryopteris suspected that the direction that the crystal disc had escaped to was … a teleportation point.
As he thought of that, the flying machines drew closer and closer. Countless flashing bullets immediately rained down on the swarm like a meteor shower.
Cryopteris did not have any time to think. He gave out an order.
The huge beetles that were several dozen meters long immediately swelled up. Countless tiny insects flew out from their stomachs, turning into a mist that obscured the entire swarm.
The beetles that were over a hundred meters long spread their wings and let the Purgatory Worms fire at the army of crystals. At the same time, two special groups of troops spread out from the two sides of the swarm.
They were known as' hidden insects'. They were the swarm that had been hiding in the surroundings. Cryopteris had gathered them together earlier, but now, he had them spread out again and surround the two sides of the Primordial realm army.
This battle was not very different from the previous one. The Primordial realm army focused on bombarding the main body of the swarm, so they still failed to sense the hidden troops surrounding them.
What was slightly different from before was that … the crystal disc no longer ran away.
Like a warrior, it launched a charge at the very front of the army.
Several huge, semi-transparent shields flickered on its body. The bullets from the Purgatory Worms collided with it and exploded violently, while it blocked the explosions and constantly charged towards the swarm.
The army of crystals behind it began to move as well. Most of them, who loved shooting balls of light, had switched to a single, rapid beam of light. The beams of light struck the barrage of insects that shot towards the disc. They did their best to block the attacks of the insects and open up a path for the disc.
"They're actually launching a charge like this …"
Cryopteris gave out another order as he watched the sturdy disc draw closer and closer. All the Purgatory Worms that had poked their heads out of the space station aimed at the disc. Powerful explosions constantly bombarded the disc, and the black mist around the swarm surged towards the disc as well.
When the disc got too close and was too far away from the troops behind it, it was surrounded by the swarm. When the reinforcements fired by the crystallized troops hit the swarm's smoke, it was like throwing mud into the ocean. There was no special effect. At most, it could only make some small … splashes.
Of course, they were unable to help the disc either.
The Roaring Beetle mobilized a large number of swarm troops, especially the troops that could self-destruct, and let them stick close to the shield of the disc and drill into the gaps between the shields. When the two shields were put together, the Roaring Beetle would immediately self-destruct when it was clamped in two.
At the same time, they were constantly attacking the surface of the shield, continuously wearing it down. The Explosive Howler Worm had already discovered that no matter how weak the attack was, it would still wear down the shield. Under the complete encirclement of the swarm, it could no longer retract the shield to replenish it.
However, there was another problem. It … did not slow down by much.
A small number of insects successfully burrowed in and blew up the outer shell of the disc, but they did not blow up key parts like the thrusters.
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