230: Chapter 231 The Garbage Collector

At the same time.

Outside the atmospheres of Abyss Prison, the agricultural planet Ceres, and even the industrial planet Gorgon, massive Zerg fleets appeared!

Countless drop pods slammed into the surface like a torrential rain.

In an instant, the entire Yuanwang Star System was in distress, plunged into total war!

...

The Guardian, core operations room.

Lin Li watched as Ushtan continuously compiled and transmitted surface battle reports; even though he had been mentally prepared, he was still somewhat worried.

At this moment, multiple planets were being invaded by the bypassed Zerg fleets, and the casualties of local Defense Forces and civilians would certainly increase; the heavy industrial infrastructure that had been established with such difficulty would inevitably suffer significant damage.

Coupled with the expected failure of the first wave of rocket pod boarding parties.

Looking at the overall situation, the Alliance had somewhat fallen into a disadvantage.

Once the bugs established a foothold on the surface of various planets, frantically devouring civilians to snowball their biomass, the overall situation might take a sharp turn for the worse and deteriorate completely!

But with the war having reached this point, Lin Li had no way out.

He could only choose to trust the Defense Forces in each region.

As long as they could temporarily delay the Zerg swarm, it would be a success!

"My Lord!"

Ushtan stared at the holographic sand table and reported loudly, "The core fleet of the Hive Mind is undergoing large-scale formation shifts to evade our mass-energy cannon fire network! Several defensive gaps have appeared in the perimeter! The second wave of boarding squads can launch!"

Lin Li narrowed his eyes and nodded decisively, "Very good! All forces, launch!"

As the supreme command was issued.

The massive bottom hatch of The Guardian opened once again, instantly deploying hundreds of heavy rocket pods!

Compared to the first time, this wave of rocket pods was relatively smaller in number.

However, this batch of players had richer combat experience, and the rocket pods they were riding were equipped with superior penetration equipment.

Inside one of the rocket pods.

Flame Fist of the Brotherhood of Steel sat on the shock-absorbing chair, feeling somewhat angry.

"Damn it!"

Flame Fist slapped the armrest hard, "Why were we scheduled for the second wave? Those guys from the Scourge Legion, like Ming Shen, are actually acting as the finale behind us? Is my muscle mass, my combat power, lower than theirs?!"

Nicotine Truth blew a smoke ring on the side and teased, "Give it a rest; who told you the Scourge Legion is the official's favorite guild?"

Flame Fist pouted unconvinced, "Damn! I want to be the official's son too! I would even pay the game company to become a son!"

Wang Shouyi checked his Bolter while ruthlessly dismantling his argument, "Forget it; with your current white-dyed hair and this flashy getup that looks like it's plastered in gold flakes, which developer would want to be your dad?"

Flame Fist was puffed up with anger, with nowhere to vent.

He could only lower his head to carefully check his melee equipment again: the Power Thunder Hammer was fine, and the multi-barrel arm-mounted laser cannon was fully charged.

"Huh?"

Flame Fist touched his belt and suddenly exclaimed, "Holy crap! How is one of my mud stink bombs missing?! Who saw it?"

Pi She sat opposite him and waved his hand indifferently, "Who would want that stinky thing? Maybe it fell off somewhere when we boarded. Forget it; one less won't matter!"

"Cheer up, brothers!" Pi She drew his Chainsword, "Whether we can take the first kill of the Norn Queen depends on this wave!"

Flame Fist rolled his eyes, "We aren't even piloting this rocket pod; it's the system AI on autopilot. What's the point of us cheering up?"

As soon as he finished speaking!

The opposing Zerg fleet locked onto them and immediately projected a massive barrage of bio-plasma glowing with a fluorescent green light!

"Hold on!"

Several people hurriedly gripped the seat armrests tightly, preparing to resist the terrifying G-force from the ship's sharp evasive turns.

However!

Flame Fist widened his eyes, terrified to discover that this rocket pod had no plan to turn and evade the barrage at all!

Instead, its engines overloaded, accelerating insanely once more, rushing straight toward that dense, deadly barrage!

"Holy crap!" Flame Fist's face turned green, "What's going on?! Did the AI crash? Is it taking us to our deaths?!"

However, just as that mass of high-energy plasma was about to make contact with the rocket pod's hull!

"Hum—!"

Ripples of pale blue energy suddenly appeared three meters around the rocket pod!

Those deadly plasma shots hit the ripples, were directly deflected, and ejected into deep space!

Zhen swallowed, letting out a sigh of relief as he escaped death, "Good heavens! So the second generation has deflector shields installed! It almost scared me to death. I've put on all my gear for this run; if I had died halfway there, it would have been a huge loss!"

Flame Fist also joined in, grumbling, "Exactly!"

The rocket pod, with its shields up, brute-forced its way through a few intercepting bugs.

It charged precisely toward the formation gap created by the movement of two massive escort ships!

As long as they could charge through this brief gap, they would be able to successfully board the Zerg Hive Mother Ship protected in the center!

But obviously, those bugs would not grant their wish.

The giant maw on the side of the Hive Mother Ship opened again, spewing out a large number of suicide squids, rushing towards them!

However, to the surprise of Flame Fist and the others!

At this moment, the rocket pod's auxiliary piloting AI demonstrated astonishing computing power!

It suddenly performed an unreasonable sharp turn in mid-air, the nose of the pod violently lifting! It executed a perfect Cobra maneuver in the vacuum!

"Whoosh!"

The rocket pod slid past the edge of the squid swarm's explosion, and using the thrust from the explosion, accelerated, slipping like an eel directly into the gap between the two intersecting cruisers!

Passing through the gap.

The massive Hive Mother Ship was finally exposed to everyone's eyes without any obstruction!

Flame Fist was so excited that he jumped up in the narrow cabin, not caring that his head hit the ceiling: "We're in! Hahaha! Brothers, there's a chance for the first kill!"

However.

The reaction speed of the Hive Mind was astonishingly fast.

It had clearly sensed that multiple rocket pods had broken through the outer defenses.

A large number of high-speed small melee bio-ships nearby immediately swarmed toward the gap to fill it, like sharks smelling blood!

At this point, the rocket pod still had a final distance to cover before reaching the Hive Mother Ship's armor.

Flame Fist squeezed in front of the window, watching the airtight bio-ships blocking the way, his heart sinking as he quickly calculated the speed.

"Bad news!"

Flame Fist slapped his thigh, "Those small ships are reacting too fast! The gap is closing! We'll likely crash directly into the armor of those small ships and won't even touch the Hive Mother Ship!"

This left Flame Fist feeling a strong sense of frustration.

This time, he had come wearing the gene-enhanced Power Armor he bought with a large amount of points.

With this god-tier gear and the stink bombs, he was confident he could go on a rampage and slaughter everyone among the Overlord swarm.

But if he couldn't get inside, being powerful was useless!

"Damn it! I'm going to lose everything!"

Just at this critical juncture.

Zhen suddenly pointed in another direction outside the window, shouting in surprise: "Holy crap! Look over there!"

Several people looked in the direction Zhen pointed.

They saw that on the side of the Zerg swarm's nearly-closed defensive line.

Suddenly, a massive, dilapidated-looking large civilian mining ship appeared, dragging several huge Zerg warship corpses behind it with a tow rope!

This mining ship was like a reckless drunkard, brute-forcing its way into the center of the battlefield!

Relying on its massive mass and inertia, it unreasonably forced a tiny gap through those airtight small bio-ships!

Flame Fist saw the painting on that ship and was so shocked he kicked Zhen away.

"Good heavens!"

Flame Fist's jaw nearly hit the floor, "Isn't that Industrial Buzzcut who is always in the rear dragging corpses and picking up trash?! He's a pure life-skill player; how the hell did he end up in the Hive Mother Ship's defensive line with an unarmed mining ship?!"

Several people hurriedly opened the public channel.

They saw on the public channel, the frantic, desperate screams of Industrial Buzzcut:

"Holy crap! Help! The second-hand navigation module of this broken mining ship is broken! I got lost and went the wrong way! Now both I and the ship are going to be lost; this trip is going to be a huge loss!!!"

Flame Fist and the others watched this dramatic scene and laughed out loud.

The rocket pod's AI didn't care if Industrial Buzzcut was lost or not.

Taking advantage of that precious gap the mining ship had smashed open!

The rocket pod's engines erupted at full power, turning into a streak of blue light and diving right in!

Carrying massive kinetic energy, it slammed hard into the thick, purple-red carapace of the Hive Mother Ship!

"Bang!"

Accompanied by a violent vibration, the cabin door was wedged firmly into the flesh!

...

The Guardian, command room.

Lin Li was preparing to give the order for the third decapitation squad, composed of the Scourge Legion, to launch.

Iron Man 73 suddenly reported, "Creator! A miracle has happened! Among the second wave of boarding squads, eight rocket pods utilized a sudden gap and successfully boarded the surface of the Hive Mother Ship's armor!"

Lin Li heard this and raised an eyebrow in surprise, "No way? They got in on the second wave?"

But he quickly calculated the number of people.

Eight pods, which meant thirty-two people.

"No."

Lin Li shook his head decisively, "The interior space of the Hive Mother Ship is comparable to a city, and there are massive amounts of Royal Guard bugs. Thirty-two people going in won't even make a splash; it's not enough! The third wave must still launch immediately!"

"This time I will lead the team myself!"

Iron Man U-999's head turned sharply, and it issued a rare, stern, electronic voice of dissent, "Creator! Your core mission to expand the population has not yet been completed! As The Guardian logic center, I strongly advise you not to go to the front line!"

999's red eye lights flashed frantically, performing high-frequency simulations, "According to my super-computing calculations, if you board the sea breeze no. 9 to lead a forced boarding now, the survival probability is only eight percent!"

Lin Li heard this and sneered.

"Eight percent? That's high enough!"

Lin Li strode toward the command room door, his tone carrying an unquestionable air, "At a time like this, we can't care about those rigid rules! If we don't break the enemy in time and we all get surrounded, everyone will die!"

"Old Wu! You stay in the fortress and continue to control the overall situation! Feed battle information to those clones at any time and coordinate their resurrection drop pods!"

"Old Seven! Immediately transfer all power and fire control permissions of The Guardian to 999! Let him have full control of the fortress! You, come with me on sea breeze no. 9!"

73 unexpectedly did not refute this time, only emitting a cold electronic voice, "Understood! Creator!"