The news of the Divine Messenger's death hadn't reached them yet, but his silence for several days caused unease among the high-ranking officials of the Dawn Empire.
The Emperor was filled with suspicion and alarm, finding himself unable to contact the Divine Messenger.
Yet, he did not believe the Divine Messenger could have died; after all, the other party's strength was far beyond what mortals could compare to.
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Xia Jin slowly absorbed the energy, finding that the Tier 12 body was indeed exceptional, directly helping her true body and this projection break through to Tier 11 together.
This meant the Zerg now had three Tier 11 powerhouses.
Of course, seeing as a Tier 12 could still be killed, Tier 11 hadn't reached a level that caused a qualitative change. However, it was undeniable that at this level, killing one in a single blow would require at least a neutron bomb level explosion, and the target would have to be standing near the core.
Or something like the Zerg's rockets—a continuous bombardment of a million rounds.
“I need to make more preparations. It'll be a problem if something even stronger shows up later.”
Now that a Tier 12 had appeared, the possibility of even stronger beings couldn't be ruled out.
The Divine Messenger's combat power had indeed exceeded the current response capabilities of the Zerg; the previous kill was truly just a coincidence.
If extraterrestrials were involved, the trouble would be massive.
She felt a pressing urge to obtain enough power to leave this planet; otherwise, she would likely be defenseless against a cosmic civilization.
“That Goddess of Dawn probably has a free-range attitude toward this planet, or there's some reason she hasn't interfered too much with the primitive development here. This is actually an opportunity for the Zerg.”
Over the past few days, more than 800,000 combat bugs and over 2 million locusts had gradually concentrated toward the Border Forest. Although the locusts made up the bulk of the frontline, the overall expansion speed was incredibly fast.
In the direction of the Orc Empire, about 50,000 bugs began expanding along the northern coast of the Border Forest. A thousand swarm hosts were deployed there specifically to produce locusts and help the 50,000 main force units push the expansion line.
In short, the Zerg's expansion was extremely rapid. Hundreds and thousands of magic beast tribes were cut down by countless bugs before they could even react.
The quick-reacting magic beast kings were forced to begin their flight almost before they received word.
However, the territorial divisions among magic beasts within the Border Forest were very strict. Rashly entering another magic beast's territory would likely be seen as an invasion before one could even speak.
Consequently, in the outer regions, not only were the Zerg fighting magic beasts, but the magic beasts were also fighting each other. This created even better conditions for the Zerg's expansion.
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For an entire day after the start of the war, the Zerg attacked at an extremely high speed.
By the next morning, the southernmost tip of the entire Border Forest had been connected. A corridor roughly 20 kilometers wide was carved out under the bugs' powerful offensive.
Subsequently, the Swarm began heading north in two directions from the western and eastern coasts.
By the third day, the entire surrounding area of the Border Forest was under Zerg control.
The total scale of the main force units deployed by the Swarm in these outer regions increased to 1.2 million. Then, the main army began to push toward the central region from the south, bit by bit. Every day, millions of magic beasts perished under the powerful offensive. Most impressively, Xia Jin continued to send troops to the outer regions of the forest.
Indeed, roughly two-thirds of the newly produced bugs were sent to conquer the Border Forest.
It was estimated that it would take quite some time for news of the outer areas to reach the mythic kings. These days were the perfect opportunity for the Swarm to go all out and break through to a higher-level Hive.
Although the majority of the Swarm had been dispatched in this direction, it didn't mean there was no support for the Dawn Empire front.
In fact, over the last few days, two more battles with scales exceeding 500,000 units had occurred.
However, because the country had suffered heavy losses after repeated major campaigns, the reinforcements from the rear could not be replenished in time. Therefore, even though only over a hundred thousand new bugs were sent as support each day, the pressure on the front line did not increase.
The front lines of both sides stalled once again in the Gexilu region.
The Zerg's firepower was now incomparably stronger than at the beginning of the war. Countless rockets were thrown every day as if they cost nothing. Even when there was nothing to do, some soldiers couldn't help but fire off a few rounds into the distance.
The light constantly flying across the sky would sometimes illuminate the night as if it were day.
The stability of the Empire's front line and the sudden loss of contact with the Divine Messenger made the Emperor instinctively feel that the weakening of the Swarm's offensive intensity was related to the Divine Messenger.
But upon closer reflection, it didn't seem right at all.
Yet, he had no way to verify it. He could only report his thoughts to the Goddess through prayer.
Whether the Goddess listened or cared was another matter.
After all, if something truly had happened to the Divine Messenger, it would be a very serious matter. Moreover, from the Emperor's perspective, the death of a Divine Messenger was inherently absurd; it was hard to believe such a thing could be true.
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