"Bee Leader's form has changed," Olga suddenly whispered. Olga suddenly said in a low voice. I couldn't hear her clearly because of the explosions around us. However, when I turned around to ask her, she had already started to mutate.
Her ankle-length hair, which was almost comparable to Icetis's silver hair, had a faint glow on it and danced without any wind. Olga gradually floated into the air amidst a series of noises that sounded like electromagnetic interference. The three pairs of crystal bladed cannons behind her slowly adjusted their angles, and after a few seconds, they began to revolve around her body in opposite directions. Hidden energy waves floated in the air, and as Olga's six bladed cannons were gradually dyed in red, the energy waves grew stronger. A minute later, Olga was like a dazzling lighthouse, shooting out shockingly powerful pulses.
I looked at Olga's smooth visor. Of course, I couldn't see her expression at all. I could only see strings of data rapidly flowing across her visor, which looked like spatial coordinates. In my ears, the electronic noise that came from radio interference was even sharper than before, which meant that she was using her full power.
"Beacon Leader Bee!"
I heard Olga's words clearly.
At that moment, I was slightly dazed, and even turned a deaf ear to the increasingly dense explosions around us. My heart was filled with mixed feelings. Sandora was right, the Bee Leader was really versatile. She could deal damage when attacking, activate her shield when retreating, revive on the spot when someone died, summon her pet when there was a lack of manpower, and even transform into an antenna when the signal was bad. I couldn't imagine if the Bee Leader Bee's crystal ability had any limits. Other than transforming into a mechanical dog, there was nothing she couldn't do …
In the end, my conjecture was proven to be very wrong. After interacting with a few tourists on Cybertron, Olga quickly mastered the trick of transforming into a mechanical dog, and also learned how to transform into a Chery QQ — but that's for another story.
Speaking of which, what kind of story is that?!
"The teleportation device has been established. Please ensure my safety for the next ten minutes."
Olga turned her gaze to me and said with her head slightly lowered. Her bees had already taken action, activating layers of psionic shields and a seemingly sturdy crystal wall around the formation. The cannon fire from afar exploded on these walls, but Raven's magic and the Armored Scorpion's tail laser cannons were able to penetrate this physical barrier and launch attacks from afar. It was amazing.
"Ten minutes, easy!"
Bryndis laughed out loud as he released a row of holy light arrows with long tails of light trailing behind them. He then took out two Holy Books that looked as huge as hollow bricks and were wrapped in a metal shell. He used a large iron chain that was full of blades and barbs to connect the two books together. Then, he smashed the two books away like a crutch lock at an enemy Armored Scorpion that suddenly charged close to him. Once again, Ilson was pushed to the front by his sister. But this time, he didn't cry for help. Instead, he raised his giant shield and activated the Holy Light Barrier. He stood firmly in front of the Armored Scorpion with a determined expression as if he was going to blow up a bunker. If he didn't have 22 layers of psionic shields and the same number of crystal walls in front of him, his expression would be even more believable.
The enemy's rapid-response troops had already engaged the landing troops. The first to face them was the Armored Scorpion of the Avengers. They were a group of crazed warriors with equipment very similar to Vega's, but every inch of their shells and armor was blood-red. They braved the deadly arcane barrage and the Bee Leader's laser cannons as they charged forward. Their only target was Olga who was sending out navigation signals.
But standing in the way of these crazed warriors was the more powerful Vega and her elite soldiers.
The Armored Scorpion's swords clashed violently in the air, creating visible ripples in the air. Their only creed was to slash down with their swords, and if that didn't work, they would use their tails. So, what we saw was a brutal melee battle in an environment of super-advanced firearms. The deafening sound of metal clashing and tearing reverberated in our ears. Nearly a hundred Armored Scorpions charged, collided, and slashed at each other from a distance of half a kilometer. Vega seemed to have finally found an opponent who could give her a good fight in close combat. She waved her swords and challenged two Scorpions who were obviously low-ranking officers of the Avengers at the same time. Her eardrums were ravaged, and the ground beneath her feet was constantly being ravaged. The Scorpions were clearly no match for this special machine. Even though they also wielded their swords in a silver mist, they were still suppressed by Vega.
Raven 001, who was acting as fire support in the air, was now scratching her ears and cheeks in anger. She even had the tendency to curse. She said bluntly, "Idiot! Vega! Tell those muscle-brained soldiers of yours to stop jumping around! Be careful, or I'll blast your head! "
"Then blast them to your heart's content!" Vega replied loudly as she whipped away an Armored Scorpion that was about to sneak up on her. "I'm sturdier than them! The creed of the Armored Scorpions: Don't be afraid of breaking. As long as the enemy is worse than you, then it's a win! "
I felt ashamed of the Armored Scorpions' strong worldview. I now understood why Pandora and Visca would often praise the Armored Scorpions in private for their strict military discipline and high morale. They were truly war machines that regarded life as nothing. Their first characteristic was that they were not afraid to play with their lives, and their second characteristic was that they were not afraid to play with other people's lives …
Raven 001 glanced angrily at the Scorpion sisters who were already burning with helium-3. She hurriedly threw a large Nebula Chain Lightning into the distance. There, a large number of small black dots were rapidly approaching. They were the overwhelming Aerial Schilling Soldiers. These Schilling Soldiers were not strong in combat, but they often appeared in groups and regenerated quickly. It would be very troublesome to be entangled with them. Raven understood very well what role she and her magic troops should play in such a situation. She ignored the Scorpion Soldiers who were busy fighting with their swords and focused on intercepting the enemy's air support. The roar of single-soldier fighter jets came from afar. The enemy's next wave of reinforcements had arrived.
On the ground battlefield, Vega's Scorpion Soldiers had already gained the upper hand. Although they were all Armored Scorpions, these Vengeance Soldiers were obviously ordinary mass-produced soldiers. Vega, on the other hand, had brought along Captain Mechs that she had personally selected. Every single one of them held a position in the Royal Guards. With the same number of soldiers, there was a huge disparity in strength between the enemy and us. Very quickly, the Vengeance Scorpion Soldiers, who were crazy to the point of not distinguishing between friend and foe, lost more than half of them. On the other hand, although Vega's soldiers also suffered some casualties, their situation was much better. Furthermore, we had brought along a large number of Commander Bees. Even the Armored Scorpions that had unfortunately died in battle were quickly resurrected and rejoined the battle. The heavily injured were taken care of by Uncle Kenser. Although Uncle Kenser didn't understand mechanical maintenance, the unreasonable power of the Holy Light to heal 'wounds' was really overbearing. Uncle Kenser seemed to have become a professional battlefield mechanic. With a wave of his scepter, the soldiers were constantly replenished to full health.
Of course, when it came to the most professional healer, it was still …
"Yahhh … Jingle is the best!!"
This little one who was currently dancing in the sky.
Jingle, who had been suffering from jet lag for half a month, finally woke up. Strictly speaking, it was the deafening cannon fire outside that woke her up. When she realized that there was a battle going on around her, she chattered for a long time, looking as though she didn't understand what was going on. Then, she took on the heavy responsibility of healing the wounded soldiers.
No matter what their physical form was, no matter if they were mechanical limbs or energy bodies, as long as they were alive, they were no different under the power of the Goddess of Life. Jingle's Light of Life was even more unreasonable than Uncle Kenser's Holy Light. Only with the little one's energetic jumping up and down, our small army was able to withstand the enemy's large-scale bombardment. After all, even if there were a few Commander Bees among us, the enemy had reinforcements from the entire planet. Furthermore, the Commander Bees and 123's protection wasn't all-encompassing, so casualties were unavoidable. Fortunately, Jingle was there. The Raven that was hit by stray bullets (because it flew too high) and the Armored Scorpion that was riddled with wounds (because it went berserk) were always able to receive treatment in time.
"The sands of time are blown away by the wind …"
Shallow Shallow's voice echoed in my ears. Two fighter aircrafts that were about to drop their Space Implosion Bombs spun and crashed to the ground. But before they could land, they were reduced to ashes in mid-air. The chaotic time had shredded every single one of their basic particles. This kind of attack that was close to the Laws wasn't something that any shield could withstand.
The intense battle continued. At the start of the battle, I realized something. Regardless of whether it was my sister, Vega's soldiers, or even the five Protoss Cops, all of them were holding back.
Despite the intensity of the battle and the incessant cries of 'kill', except when it was necessary to kill, everyone was doing their best to incapacitate the enemy and not completely destroy them. Most of the Armored Scorpions of the Avengers only had their limbs chopped off by Vega's Scorpion Troopers. To the Armored Scorpions, losing a limb or even a torso was a minor injury. Their true body was only their torso. The other parts of their body were external weapons that could be changed immediately after they returned to base.
Needless to say, everyone knew why they were holding back. Even though it was not in line with the usual ruthless attitude of Schilling's soldiers, but in this distressing battle, holding back had become a subconscious choice. Because the enemies that were charging at them looked exactly like the soldiers they usually had.
But as the battle went on, we noticed something strange. And this strange thing made us feel that maybe we didn't have to hold back anymore.
All of the enemies seemed to have … no souls?
Of course, I couldn't sense any of this at first, but the leader bee could sense it. One of their crystal powers was to use souls to revive their comrades, which was why they were extremely sensitive to soul reactions, no matter if it was the souls of enemies or allies, dead or alive. After the battle went on for a while, a Queen Bee suddenly reported this strange phenomenon through the mental link. She noticed that the souls of the enemies before us were abnormally weak. Some of them didn't even have any soul reactions!
I don't know how to describe my feelings at that moment. It was a mixture of surprise, confusion, and even a little relief.
No souls, what did that mean?
Could it be that the enemies before us were just shells?
All this while, Sandora and I felt helpless because we had to fight against our former comrades in the Old Empire. Even though they were normal Apostles who weren't tainted by the Chaos Abyss, and even when they died in battle, they were still shouting 'Long live the Queen', but we had no choice but to pour lethal artillery fire on them. We had had enough of this unwinnable battle, and Sandora had been extremely depressed for the past few days. But now, we finally discovered the difference between the Avenging Army and normal Shiring Apostles: they were only left with their bodies.
"Soldier, are you sure?"
As I blocked the increasingly concentrated artillery fire from all directions, I shouted at the Bee Leader who was acting as a guard next to me. It was this Bee Leader with a long ponytail who had suddenly reported that she couldn't detect any soul reaction from the enemy. She seemed to be a soldier with a special enhancement in the scouting aspect.
The Queen Bee was wearing the same silver-white mask as Olla. There was a red triangular warning symbol floating above the mask, indicating that she was currently in the "Burning Blade Queen Bee" state. Speaking of which, I really didn't understand the messy state of these bees. The Queen Bee maintained the energy shield around Olla as she replied in a meticulous voice, "I am absolutely sure, Sir. The soul reactions of the Avenging Army's soldiers are extremely abnormal. Most of the enemies have major flaws in their souls. A small portion of the soldiers only have fragments of their souls left behind. In extreme cases, the soldiers don't even have a soul. They are fighting based on their instincts, and they have a thought process that we are currently unable to determine."
An atmospheric bomber that was desperately throwing down an internal explosion bomb spun several hundred meters away before crashing. The surface of the aircraft was covered in plant vines that were as thick as an arm. The vines even penetrated the armor and directly entered the cockpit. It was obvious that the pilot inside had died before the aircraft crashed. The impact of such a gigantic aircraft crashing several hundred meters away caused dust to fill the air around us. I forcefully smacked Liliana's head to stop her from making such a huge commotion. Then, I turned to Liliana and asked loudly, "Thought process that we are unable to determine? What do you mean? "
"These soldiers have thought processes," the Queen Bee replied loudly as she fired her bladed cannon at the Avenging Army's infantries. "They fight by thinking, but this kind of thinking process has nothing to do with their souls. Sir, the Queen Bee's inherent knowledge system is unable to explain this phenomenon. However, I am guessing that the Avenging Army may have used an ancient mechanical code to replace their missing souls to maintain their operations."
"Just like the War Puppets?"
"Just as you said, but they should be more agile than the War Puppets."
The Queen Bee nodded and replied.
My sister and I shouted at the same time, "Think of a way to capture them alive!"
I never expected that we would discover such a truth during this landing operation. Just this piece of information alone made this trip worth it!
The high-level members of the Avenging Army were hard to say, but their low-level and mid-level combat units were actually just empty shells. Even Sandora didn't expect this at all. Before this landing operation, the Imperial Army had already come into direct contact with the Avenging Army once. It was during the attack on the engineering fleet. Several Berserk Armored Scorpions invaded the engineering ship and were then surrounded and killed by the Main Fleet's guards. However, that contact ended in an extremely intense crossfire. It was impossible for the Main Fleet's guards to have the spare energy to observe the enemy's soul state (they didn't have this ability). Thus, this was the first time we truly understood the Avenging Army's state of mind.
Just as my sister and I finished speaking, Liliana immediately cooperated with us. She wanted to capture some "specimens." If we could capture the Avenging Army's soldiers alive, perhaps we would be able to unravel their mysteries. For example, we would be able to figure out where their souls had gone to and why they had become like this. However, this two-faced bishop's attempt wasn't very successful. Once again, we witnessed the Avenging Army's art of self-destruction.
* Boom — Boom! *
Several severely injured Avenging Army's soldiers exploded with astonishing strength. After breaking free from Liliana's vines, they charged straight at us. Halfway through their charge, their bodies began to split apart, revealing their flashing blue psionic cores. Fortunately, two bladed cannons suddenly jumped to their sides and intercepted them in time. Before these soldiers could self-destruct, they were turned into a pile of fragments.
This wasn't the first time such a suicidal attack had occurred.
It was impossible to capture the Avenging Army's soldiers, or rather, not a single one of the Xiling Empire's soldiers could be captured alive using normal methods. After losing the ability to fight, they all chose to self-destruct. Even the Avenging Army's soldiers that we had intentionally left unkilled became human bombs. Very soon, I discovered that an enemy without a limb was even scarier than a fully armed one. When they self-destructed, the power was much greater than the power of the guns in their hands.
Very soon, the area around us was filled with debris from the self-destruction. After Lin's landing, the ground had been turned into a basin. The enemy's close combat troops had been completely wiped out, and the special agents that attempted to sneak up on us were annihilated one by one by the armored scorpions. However, the bombardment from afar became even more intense. The enemy's third wave of reinforcements was about to arrive.
However, Ola's transformation had also completed. Countless translucent ripples appeared in the surrounding air. The ground troops from the mothership had begun teleporting.
"Expand the forcefield! Provide a landing point for the reinforcements. The rest of you, prepare to move! "
As I gave the order, I moved closer to Qian Qian. She had an excited expression on her face as she turned a bunch of mechs into dust. I patted her on the shoulder, and Qian Qian coldly said, "Speak!"
"Can you use Time Freeze to capture an enemy?"
Knowing that Shallow Shallow didn't like to waste her breath, I got straight to the point.
Once the Avenging Army's soldiers were captured, they would self-destruct. Even if we drained their energy, we would only be able to obtain their corpses. If we wanted to know the secret of their "soulless" abilities, we would need a living specimen. From the looks of it, the only person who could do this was probably Shallow Shallow.
"It's useless," Shallow Shallow replied without turning her head. "Time Freeze is something that those technicians are unable to study. And if we deactivate Time Freeze, they will still self-destruct."
I thought about it and agreed with her. I could only look regretfully at the other batch of enemy troops that were charging towards us from afar. Those fearless soldiers definitely knew that they were facing a group of Commander-class Apostles that couldn't be defeated with human wave tactics. Yet, they still continued to attack, all for the sake of stalling for time. But now, we didn't have to worry about this anymore.
The air around us was filled with transparent spatial ripples. Following Ola's "Teleportation complete," a large number of soldiers and battle vehicles within the atmosphere streamed out from these teleportation portals. The Leader Bees had expanded the effective range of their defensive forcefield to create more space for these newly arrived soldiers to set up their positions. The Ravens had also increased their firepower to suppress the enemy's long-range units and reinforcements, making it difficult for them to effectively bombard us.
Amidst the sky full of artillery fire, the reinforcements that had just arrived swiftly began to set up the frontline bunkers. There was no need for anyone to direct them. They had already completed all the coordination of their actions through the command link. Before the Leader Bees could forcefully expand the defensive forcefield, a large area near us had already been set up with rows upon rows of heavy bunkers and cannons.
The position had already been stabilized.
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