Chapter 478: Chapter 293: Game of Wits
“Once we draw forces from here to provide support, it’s uncertain if we can withstand the attack here!” Grey Wolf assessed, and he could only say to Black Wolf, “Hold out for ten hours, and we can annihilate the Blue Star Civilization Fleet.”
“My lord!” Black Wolf saw the constantly depleting energy shields and cried out internally, “I can’t do it!”
The warship’s energy was already insufficient, and the enemy’s firepower was stronger than theirs. How could they hold out for ten hours?
He had no choice but to order, “Maneuver, they are not as fast as us, widen the distance!”
The vastness of space makes it difficult to completely blockade an area. Unless conducted by an Advanced Civilization against a lesser one, no fleet can guarantee the total annihilation of the enemy given a speed disadvantage.
The Black Wolf was being pursued by the Moon of Pluto and its fleet. Meanwhile, at the main battlefield on Pluto, a Half-Annihilated Starship was not as relaxed as Grey Wolf claimed.
The Sky Wolf’s firepower was on par with the Red Moon, coupled with “half” a Tianhe and their warships outnumbering the Blue Star Civilization Fleet, they seemed to have a slight advantage.
But this advantage was fleeting.
On an L8-grade warship, the Tianhe Civilization’s deputy command ship was transporting the remains of the Nether Sea Master.
To ensure the Planet Devourer’s corpse wasn’t destroyed by the Blue Star Civilization, the deputy command ship was evacuating with the body.
Some researchers were dissecting the remains on the ship. Before presenting it to the Maoshi Civilization, they intended to keep a portion for themselves.
In the science lab, a scientist from the Tianhe Civilization was cutting up the Nether Sea Master’s flesh.
He discovered that this piece of flesh seemed to still have life, writhing.
“What on earth is going on?” The scientist was filled with curiosity. They had heard of the Zerg only in the Virtual Universe, never having seen them with their own eyes.
As he was about to study it, the very next moment, a tentacle extended from the flesh, piercing his protective suit. A blood-soaked monster emerged from the Nether Sea Master’s corpse, devouring him.
“Warning, anomaly detected!” The AI system had just alerted when even more anomalies occurred in the surrounding compartments.
A multitude of monsters emerged from the Nether Sea Master’s corpse. They were highly aggressive, devouring the crew and capable of controlling them with a genetic virus.
A biochemical crisis was unfolding on the Tianhe Civilization’s deputy command ship.
This scene was all within He Xingzhou’s calculations.
“I didn’t expect it to be this easy to succeed.” He Xingzhou hadn’t anticipated things going this smoothly, perhaps because neither the Tianhe, Sirius, nor their backing Maoshi Civilization had experience dealing with the Zerg.
All these biochemical and genetic weapons are lessons hard-learned by humanity.
When the Nether Sea Master’s corpse was “stolen,” biochemical weapons had been placed on it, and now that they’ve hatched, they were disrupting the deputy command ship.
“Quick, initiate friend-or-foe identification, seal off the compartment passages, and eliminate them!” Deputy Commander Scott of the Tianhe Civilization promptly addressed the situation, “Lord Rafael, my ship is under attack by unknown biochemical weapons!”
“What’s going on, can you handle it?” Rafael quickly asked.
Scott, drenched in sweat, saw through video surveillance that biochemical monsters were continuously appearing. Many were faces he was familiar with, including his closest female deputy, now turned into a crawling Alien Monster!
“I don’t know. I can only try to eliminate them. We still don’t know how the biochemical weapons are spreading, but it likely originates from the Nether Sea Master’s corpse,” Scott stated.
“The Nether Sea Master’s corpse? How many warships obtained related biological materials?” Rafael inquired.
“Ten ships, and part of the Sirius Civilization’s warships shared some of it,” Scott replied.
Rafael’s face changed drastically, these ten ships were critical to their main combat power. Dividing biological materials was set up for both convenience in transport and as a safety measure.
Grey Wolf, naturally, didn’t miss out on this perk and also took a significant share of the biological materials.
As expected, a biochemical crisis was unfolding on all those warships!
At this time, a warship unexpectedly rotated its weapons towards the already impaired Tianhe ship, attacking it. Within less than ten minutes, all aboard had been controlled by the biochemical weapons and collectively revolted!
The Tianhe was already damaged, and with this attack, it suffered even more damage.
“Ship body armor damage exceeds seventy percent, Energy Shield System is damaged, cannot be maintained. Weapons bay at forty percent, energy remaining at thirty percent.” Each piece of news was deeply distressing to Rafael.
Grey Wolf also discovered the “rebellion” information occurring in his fleet and roared in anger, “The Nether Sea Master’s corpse was a trap, they have biochemical weapons!”
“It’s chaos, chaos, two of my warships have self-destructed, both crucial L8-level deputy command ships, and several others are attacking their own people!”
“Attack!” He Xingzhou observed and ordered, “Strike while they’re weakened, at any cost, take down the Tianhe and Sirius Civilization fleets!”
“Yes!” All ships focused their firepower, advancing aggressively.
Rafael and Grey Wolf exerted themselves dealing with the chaos, internally, clearly feeling their command slipping out of control.
The Red Moon unleashed Purgatory Beams without reservation, obtaining energy by burning rocks through Heavy Nuclear Fusion.
Conversely, the opposition’s Star Destroyers consumed energy, depleting it bit by bit.
As the battle continued, Rafael and Grey Wolf realized they were outmatched!
Even with Star Destroyers, they couldn’t balance offense and defense with energy deficiencies!
The Red Moon’s output was absurd, its myriad weapons firing without pause.