“Even though I'm certain they aren't aliens, having them hanging over our heads all day isn't a good thing.”
From the recent conversations, the few people on the fat rocket were actually terrified.
The Dawn Empire was gone, and the Zerg did not believe in the Goddess of Dawn. Even if their power could reach the surface, conveying divine will to their believers would be useless now.
“Once the Leviathan is out, should I just fire directly at the target?”
Xia Jin wasn't entirely sure how many functions these people actually controlled on the fat rocket.
Perhaps she could give it a try. Her only concern was whether the thing could withstand the Zerg's weaponry.
For now, all she could do was wait.
During the time the Small Leviathan was incubating, she found a way to keep one of her projections permanently stationed on the lunar surface.
The planet Insect Guard 1, overall, did not have a particularly harsh environment.
In fact, it was similar to the moon from her previous life; an ordinary person could stand safely on it as long as they wore a spacesuit.
Due to the low gravity, one could clearly feel the reduction in body weight, and a gentle hop could send someone several meters into the air.
Similarly, if a bug were to take off from the planet's surface into space, the energy required would be much lower.
During this period, because of the fat rocket's “surveillance,” the Small Leviathan chose to take off and land only when the fat rocket was on the opposite side of the planet to avoid being observed.
Regardless, she remained cautious above all else.
Overall, the current hatching speed of the main Swarm remained at just under 210,000 per day.
Xia Jin also began ordering the evolution of many Tier 1 drones.
There was no other choice; in the space age, she couldn't afford to keep such weak bugs just to save resources.
Many drones would be dispatched to different planets in the future.
Although it felt for the moment that the drones' utility had diminished since the disappearance of monsters, she didn't believe the Zerg would retain a seemingly meaningless creature and place it in such an important position.
...
After waiting for a full fourteen days, the first Small Leviathan finally completed its incubation.
Exactly two weeks.
During this time, the Hive Carrier had been making trips to supply it with energy.
The long wait was worth it; the thing made quite a spectacle when it took off.
When it burst out of the surface of Clearwillow Lake, the resulting gale and waves were like a small-scale natural disaster.
After leaving the water, the Leviathan immediately vented high-temperature energy and began to accelerate.
Within a short time, its speed increased to 100 meters per second, and it began a steady climb toward the sky.
After flying for a few minutes, the Small Leviathan opened its biological hatches, allowing a large swarm of mutalisks, scourges, and devourers to fly inside. Several of the devourers were carrying drones and elf bugs on their backs.
Yes, she was preparing to deal with the fat rocket in space.
The Leviathan began to accelerate, reaching Mach 10.
A few minutes later, the silhouette of the planet below could be seen gradually shrinking.
“Force field shield activated.”
This was a dual-layered shield, comprising both an electromagnetic field and a gravitational field.
In practice, any local attack would be affected by a repulsive force once it reached within 100 meters of the ship.
Some proximity-fused weapons would be detonated at this distance.
As the distance closed, this repulsive force would rapidly intensify.
It wasn't until something reached within one meter of the ship that it entered the force field shield's primary interference zone.
This zone involved magnetic repulsion and gravity.
Due to the utilization of subspace, this gravity actually pulled outward rather than toward the ship. To an observer, it appeared as though the weapon was being blocked by a mysterious “shield.”
The force field shield was invisible and could withstand almost most methods of attack.
Laser beams would be deflected by the strong magnetic field, while objects with mass would be diverted by the gravitational field.
In short, it was incredibly useful.
However, the shields currently mastered by the Zerg were still quite low-tier, only possessing high resistance against nuclear weapons in the ten to twenty thousand-ton yield range. Anything more powerful could potentially break through.
Early civilizations usually hadn't even matured their laser weapon technology. Some civilizations that forcibly installed laser cannons found their actual power to be little more than a tickle.
Of course, if normal human flesh were subjected to such laser radiation, it would melt under the high temperature in a short time.
...
As the Small Leviathan left the planet's surface and reached an altitude of 1,000 kilometers, its speed had reached 10 kilometers per second.
At that moment, a viscous green plasma cannon was fired.
The sphere of green plasma and acid flew toward the target at a speed far exceeding that of the ship itself.
Simultaneously, Tyrant Scourges began to be catalyzed within the Small Leviathan, born in a short span of time.
The distance between the two sides gradually closed, reaching 3,000 kilometers.
At this very moment, an alarm suddenly blared inside the fat rocket.
“What happened?”
“It looks like an attack.”
“How is that possible? We're in space! Where would an attack come from?”
While the group was in a state of panic, the smart computer screen on the side finally displayed automatically captured footage.
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