She looked at the current production rates and tallied the recent total scale of the Swarm.
Land-based Zerg (approximate numbers):
Zerglings: 420,000
Roaches: 40,000
Ravagers: 3,000
Hydralisks: 60,000
Banelings: 5,000
Lurkers: 6,000
Infestors: 2,000
Scourges: 100,000
Mutalisks: 2,600
Nydus worms: 240
Ultralisks: 600
Elf bugs: 2,000
Swarm hosts: 2,200
Navy and Air Force:
Carrier Bugs: 16 (+4 being produced)
Escort ships: 30 (+8 being produced)
Mutalisks: 790 (+150 being produced)
Scourges: 20,000 (+60,000 being produced)
...
The numbers were high, but the main sea and air forces were all near the Mis Kingdom and were currently on their way back.
Meanwhile, 90,000 of the land-based Zerg were still in the Mis Kingdom.
Therefore, on the West Continent, the forces Xia Jin could mobilize to attack the Orc Empire consisted of 100,000 scourges, 2,600 mutalisks, and 400,000 land-based Zerg.
Of course, being able to mobilize them didn't mean she had to send them all out. She had to leave at least several tens of thousands in the kingdom, the forest, and the city states region.
Although scout bugs, locusts, and scourges could now gather intelligence in most places, she still needed to be able to mobilize troops in time to resist if an attack occurred.
Other areas of the Border Forest also required Zerg presence.
After a final calculation, Xia Jin withdrew 2,000 swarm hosts plus 300,000 other land-based Zerg, as well as 80,000 scourges and all available mutalisks.
Large swarms of Zerg now began to rush from various regions toward the coast of the city states region.
The first few tens of thousands to arrive didn't waste any time, directly taking the lead to charge toward the Orc Empire.
To the magic beast kings on the outskirts along the way, the Swarm's strength was truly heaven-defying.
An ordinary king was only Tier 6 or 7, and some of the weaker ones might only be Tier 4 or 5. This wave of Zerg, starting at Tier 6, was essentially a one-sided curb-stomp.
Even Xia Jin felt a sense of disbelief.
She remembered when she had to face two relatively weak magic beast kings with all her might.
And now?
These guys on the fringes with their few thousand subordinates weren't even worth a glance.
Thus, ten thousand Zerg tore through the coastline, advancing at a speed of sixty kilometers per hour. If they hadn't been fighting along the way, they would have been even faster.
Groups of magic beasts fled, and the Zerg didn't bother to pursue them. They only sent out some aerial Zerg to kill those that could fly while the ground forces surged forward rapidly.
Calculating the distance, it was only a little over four thousand kilometers from here to the Orc Empire.
During this time, new Zerg were produced every day in the rear and added to the front lines.
...
Two and a half days later.
Orc Empire, Forest Wall.
An incredibly grand, giant wall stood here.
Unlike the stone walls commonly seen, this wall was made entirely of steel.
Large patches of rust could be seen on the exterior of the wall, which was at least a hundred meters high. It hardly looked like something built by humans.
“Holy crap,” Xia Jin muttered after a long silence, having witnessed this scene through the Zerg's perspective.
It was too absurd.
Was this built by aliens?
Or was it some post-apocalyptic base?
A zergling raised its head, clearly seeing the image at the top.
Strong-looking figures with bull heads were walking back and forth.
“Minotaurs?”
Seeing this, Xia Jin fell into thought.
She didn't sense any magical aura, which meant this Steel Great Wall was a purely physical creation.
“Is it a product of technology? That doesn't make sense. How could creatures using ancient weapons build something like this?”
The most critical point was that the wall stretched as far as the eye could see, almost completely separating the Border Forest from the orcs.
With a thought, Xia Jin ordered several banelings to take flight and head out to sea, attempting to circle around behind the wall.
This approach proved successful.
A scourge soon attracted the attention of those on the other side, but they merely treated it as an unknown creature. After observing it seriously for a moment, they stopped paying it any mind.
The bug flew behind and gradually saw the outline of this giant wall.
It was a massive, base-shaped structure with a built-up area of at least several kilometers behind it.
However, it was also apparent that the number of orcs within this defense line wasn't very large, and many places were left unguarded.
Attacking by crossing the wall was not impossible.
Two lurkers tunneled underground, going down several hundred meters before reaching the bottom of the structure.
They attempted an attack with their earth spikes.
“Wow, it's solid.”
Xia Jin let out a breath and ordered a scourge to charge directly at one of the minotaurs.
The opponent clearly didn't have time to react and was hit directly by the scourge, which had accelerated to subsonic speeds in a short time, resulting in an immediate explosion.
After a burst of fire, only an ordinary corpse remained on the scene.
“So they can die.”
The surrounding minotaurs quickly ran over, saying something to one of another.
“Just attack.”
Xia Jin stopped testing and directly ordered 2,000 zerglings to scale the wall.
In an instant, black dots rushed out of the dense forest and began to climb the solid steel.
Without magic, these rusted structures could be easily punctured by the Zerg. Relying on their flexible bodies and powerful strength, the Zerg made their way upward, scaling the wall with ease.
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