The giant corporations that started in Night City - Chapter 396

“Since the Zerg army is coming with force, should we consider taking the initiative to intercept and annihilate part of the Zerg fleet?”

Jack Wills asked.

Frontal toughness and taking the initiative to attack are his usual moves. Although they are a bit monotonous, the effect of using force to create miracles is often pretty good.

For example, last time in the “Transformers” universe, when the advance legion of global giants blocked bounty hunters, it worked wonders.

Maybe the same applies this time!

“No, our mission this time is not to wipe out the main force of the Zerg, but to capture the Queen of Blades. There is no point in sending a fleet to stop the Zerg rashly.”

V immediately retorted, saying that he knew very well what the core goal of the mission was. If it was just to kill bugs, then the giant companies in the world could release manticore virus spores in large quantities.

Why go to extra trouble and send out any blocking troops?

With the defense system carefully deployed by the giant company, there is a high probability that it will be sufficient.

“We have deployed nearly 100,000 orbital hard light cannons in the outermost star orbit area, although there is no 100% guarantee that we can successfully block the Zerg attack wave.”

“But it can always slow down the Zerg offensive, cause more damage to the Zerg, and force the Queen of Blades out of her position!”

David Martinez said, according to intelligence, the number of Zerg troops in the entire Koprulu sector is in the hundreds of millions.

This time the Zerg came out in force, and their number would only be larger than the giant companies had expected.

Under such circumstances, the hard light cannon array in the outer orbit of the galaxy is indeed nothing. After all, it is difficult to withstand the attack of the flying dragons and the Zerg that blocks the sky and the sun with just a few defense systems.

David was not sure whether he needed to temporarily deploy additional troops, so he raised this not-so-critical issue in this meeting.

“Don’t worry, the Zerg’s main goal is to seize the keystone. They won’t spend too much energy on a full-scale attack and capture the orbital defense zones one by one.”

“I think there is a high probability that they will concentrate their forces, tear apart the defense line with a quick attack, and rush all the way into the core orbital area.”

Li Ang analyzed calmly.

He considered it from Eamon’s point of view. The key stone held by humans at this moment was definitely the most dangerous point, and it had to be dealt with as soon as possible before the next step could be taken.

In terms of time and situation, Eamonn couldn’t afford to wait.

“If the Zerg concentrate their forces and forcefully break through our lines, there is nothing to be afraid of.”

The keystone can still use a small range of psychic impact during the charging stage. This impact force has the effect of killing the Zerg with one blow.

If the Queen of Blades led the troops to attack fiercely, they would not be able to rush to the core orbital area in a short time and land on the frontline base star of the giant company in the world.

After listening to Li Ang’s addition, the executives present were thoughtful. If this is the case, then the offensive strategies that the Queen of Blades can use are quite limited.

First of all, it is impossible for the Zerg to attack step by step and gradually erode the defense system of giant companies. This is a waste of time. It will take at least one or two months to penetrate the core orbital area.

If we concentrate our forces to attack one point fiercely and pursue a quick victory, the key stone’s psychic impact will be extremely destructive to the Zerg.

No matter how you choose between these two methods, the world’s giants will definitely have the upper hand.

This battle is a battle between Eamon and Li Ang on the chessboard. It depends on who can lose his composure first.

“Then what we have to do next is to hold off the Zerg offensive as much as possible, so that the key stone’s psychic impact can exert its greatest effect.”

“As long as we can keep the Keystone at the frontline base, no matter how many Zerg troops come, they will rush to die!”

Morgan Blackhand made a parliamentary summary and determined the giant company’s subsequent course of action.

“This was a tough battle. We haven’t had a defensive counterattack for a long time.” David Martinez took a deep breath and spoke in a heavy voice.

But no matter how worried you are, this day will still come, and everyone is fully prepared, waiting for the Queen of Blades to arrive.

At this moment, the key stone was transported to the frontline base headquarters. In order to charge the key stone, the giant company directly connected a War Moon engine to it.

The long-lost keystone signal reappeared, which meant that the Zerg would soon be like sharks smelling blood, coming here in a steady stream.

The final battle also begins!

After the giant company’s scientific research team repeatedly confirmed that the key stone was in good condition, it officially started the engine device and began to charge the key.

All the legions and troops of the world’s giant companies have also been assembled and are ready at the frontline base to jointly welcome the decisive battle.

boom–!

As the War Moon engine started, the planetary engine immediately produced a huge energy beam and rushed towards the keystone. This ancient Xel’Naga artifact began to activate.

In an instant, the keystone quickly emitted a mysterious signal source, which spread at a speed exceeding the speed of light and spread to the entire Koprulu star region.

The star system where the world’s giants are located is like a flame suddenly ignited in the dark night, and all the unknown creatures in the darkness focus their attention here.

In the distant space star field, the Queen of Blades is leading a huge Zerg fleet, destroying planets one after another, just to find the whereabouts of the Xel’Naga artifact.

Although the Zerg received the signal source of the Keystone fragment as early as three months ago, the weak signal would not last long in the vast universe.

The Queen of Blades attacked the city along the general direction, constantly igniting war in the Koprulu sector, and countless civilized species were reduced to coke in her hands.

Just when the Queen of Blades was anxious about how to re-lock the key stone’s location, the signal from the giant company’s base finally spread here!

“It’s the Keystone, it’s reappeared——!”

The Queen of Blades was overjoyed. Her Zerg troops had fallen into a state of never-ending confusion. Fortunately, the energy fluctuations emitted by the charged keystone pointed the way for her.

In an instant, the Queen of Blades ordered the entire army to set off and rush towards the giant company’s frontline base.

Here, as soon as the charging progress of the keystone on the War Moon engine reached 2%, countless wormholes appeared on the periphery of the star system.

A huge Zerg fleet appears!

The insect swarm disaster is coming.

Countless flying dragons emerged from the wormholes, and a huge Zerg fleet emerged in the dark deep space of the universe.

The Leviathan, the flagship of the Queen of Blades, sits in the center of the fleet with tentacles several kilometers long, like the central system for commanding this Zerg army.

Different from the steel fleets of giant companies, the Zerg fleet does not have the cold metallic texture, nor the strict order of the industrial system, but rather twisted, ferocious irregular shapes.

On the giant company’s detection radar, the red dots representing the Zerg were so dense that they occupied the entire screen. The suffocating bright red occupied the entire holographic screen.

【warn! Zerg biological signal detected, estimated at 39 trillion units…recalibrating, 41 trillion units, calibrated again…! 】

Prompt signals jumped out from the holographic screen like snowflakes, which meant that the scale of the Zerg troops entering the star system had completely exceeded the calibration of the detection system.

Seeing this scene, even Jim Raynor, who had already experienced hundreds of battles, couldn’t help but exclaimed:

“It’s so crazy. The Queen of Blades wants to drive us all away!”

Renault always felt extremely uncomfortable when he thought that the woman he loved the most had turned into such a big devil.

“Otherwise, she is the head of the bug now and is reproductively isolated from us. Your little affection for her is of no use.”

Tychus on the side said with merciless venom. Now that he had successfully taken off his power armor with the help of a giant company, he no longer needed to worry.

This time the Zerg did come out in full force. In order to seize the Xel’Naga artifact as soon as possible, the Queen of Blades spared no effort and sent a vanguard army to withstand the bombardment of the railgun and quickly open the attack channel.

Facing such a large Zerg army, a fierce battle is inevitable.

Upon seeing this, David Martinez decisively issued an order: “Open the defense system in an all-round way. The hard light cannons in each orbit will lock on the Zerg fleet, causing as much damage as possible and slowing down the enemy’s advancement.”

From this moment on, the entire star system will become a blazing battlefield, and the unity of the world’s giants will depend on this battle!

The deployment of operations three months in advance has already made the giant company’s frontline defense system impregnable. A large number of hard light turret arrays and fully AI automated attack fleets have begun to show their power.

[The highest directive from the headquarters of the giant company in the world——

Check out the correct version one by one!

The Zerg army has arrived, and its number is expected to exceed one hundred billion. All departments are strictly following Action Plan No. 1 to stop it.

This battle is related to the progress of the integrated operations of giant companies. All ministries are requested to implement the established deployment at all costs! 】

On the planetary engine of War Moon, five key stone fragments were floating erratically in mid-air, and the energy of the engine was continuously entering the interior of the key stone.

[Keystone charging progress – 3.3%, expected to be fully charged in 39 hours. 】

Looking at the data displayed on the screen, Qiansihu frowned slightly. It seemed that charging the keystone was quite troublesome. They had to hold on no matter what in this battle.

“The Zerg Vanguard Legion’s offensive is very fierce, and our outer orbital defense positions in the galaxy may not be able to hold out for long.”

David Martinez looked at the data returned from the front line and was shocked. The Zerg attack was more intense than he expected.

“No matter how difficult it is, you have to hold on for me. If you don’t have enough manpower, ask for help from the rear. Since this battle is destined to burn money, then burn it to the end!”

Qiansihu gritted his teeth and said that the large-scale showdown between the world’s giants and the Zerg is indeed like burning money to compete for the internal strength of both sides.

The Zerg rely on their innate genetic advantages and crazy explosive production of troops, and the giant companies in the world rely on their century-old industrial system, including several super factories in the universe.

What the two sides are competing for is ultimate productivity.

“After the Keystone is charged by the War Moon engine, its psychic impact can spread to the entire star system. By then, no matter how many Zerg troops there are, they can be wiped out with one shot.”

“Before this, we could only defend passively, trading space for time. We can lose peripheral orbital positions, but we must not lose them so easily.”

Qiansihu knew that the Queen of Blades might also be waiting for this moment.

For the Zerg fleet, this is also an endless death race.

Either they must overwhelm the defense systems of the world’s giants before the Keystone is fully charged, or they will be wiped out by the other side.

At this moment, the Queen of Blades’ Zerg fleet has crashed directly into the first defensive line, and now the Zerg troops are rapidly destroying the position facilities.

But at this moment, the hard light cannons in other orbits were turned on at the same time, and countless dense bright blue beams appeared from the dark space battlefield.

The eyeworms and flying dragons at the front were instantly enveloped in blue light, and the spreading hard light cannons instantly devoured a large number of Zerg units, annihilating them completely.

Under the impact of ultra-high temperature energy at nearly stellar level, these bugs disappeared silently in the space in an instant, as if they had never existed.

Then, the blazing hard light cannons burned out a vacuum zone between the dense Zerg fleet array.

Hundreds of millions of flying dragons and eyeworms were wiped out in this blow, becoming cannon fodder that could be destroyed in a snap.

In addition, thousands of huge nest worm lords with heads similar to manta rays were affected, and they were burned to ashes before they could play the role of aerial siege.

The hard light cannons and other super plasma cannons bombarded the body of the nest worm lord together, causing it to explode violently.

And the spreading explosion shock wave successively involved other Zerg units.

At this moment, the entire Zerg fleet was illuminated by the dazzling blue light of the explosion. In the dark background of space, a dazzling blue light was particularly bright.

“Don’t stop, keep attacking!”

The Blade Queen calmly commanded and coordinated the Zerg fleets throughout the battle. She knew that this battle was bound to result in a large number of casualties.

As long as the Lord’s will can be fulfilled, this sacrifice is worth it!

Not to mention thousands of nest worm lords, even tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, she would not hesitate.

[Fire! ]

Here, the hard light cannons in the entire galaxy orbit fired at the Zerg fleet at the same time.

Millions of hard light turrets roared down at the Zerg swarm, like a dense meteor shower, hitting their heads one after another.

This round of intensive firepower bombardment directly smashed the Zerg fleet into pieces, leaving a large number of hideous high-temperature giant holes. With just this one blow, the Zerg troops were reduced by 20%!

Countless dragons and hive lords were hit by hard light cannons, igniting raging fires, and the light produced by the explosion of the shells rose and fell in the dark universe.

Even when attacking Aiur, the home planet of the Protoss, the Zerg had never encountered such a fierce defensive counterattack.

The battle had just begun, and the giant enterprise had caused the Zerg to lose no less than 10 trillion combat units.

Under normal circumstances, any fleet of any civilization would inevitably suffer a decline in morale or even collapse after suddenly suffering such heavy losses.

But for the Zerg, they have no concept of morale, and they don’t need any morale to boost their combat status. They just need to maintain a stable killing from beginning to end.

Under the social structure of the hive mind, most of the bugs will only act according to the will of the ruler.

As long as the Blade Queen who controls the Zerg troops does not shrink back, even if the fleet suffers a great loss, the Zerg will not collapse.