Chapter 176 A Rotten Mess

Pang Tan was a straightforward man without any hidden agendas. Although he now implicitly commanded and controlled the entire base, his respect for Fang Senyan remained as strong as ever.

At this moment, he was indeed facing a difficult problem. Upon seeing Fang Senyan, he immediately latched onto him as if he were a lifeline. After instructing the nearby short-skirted secretary to serve coffee, he impatiently dismissed her. Then, he invited Fang Senyan to sit down and said with a worried expression:

"Sir! Recently, something has been bothering me. I don't know what to do."

Fang Senyan smiled and said:

"Tell me about it."

Pang Tan sighed and said:

"Although our current base is far from discovering and mining Pandora crystals to its full potential, its scale is quickly exceeding the related limits."

Fang Senyan raised his eyebrows and said:

"Explain in detail."

It turned out that, given the relatively severe war situation (requiring cooperation with the Protoss to deal with the Zerg), humanity had implemented exploration and protection regulations among the populace.

This meant that even civilians, as long as they could afford Pandora crystals, could hire most of the military's forces and weapons to conduct exploration and combat in space. The General Staff Department would not interfere or take a cut.

Pang Tan was a beneficiary of this. Although he was an active duty soldier, the forces he had built were not actually authorized by the General Staff Department. Instead, he used his ample Pandora crystals to directly purchase soldiers from the one-way transfer device, utilizing the privileges granted by the exploration regulations.

For example, 50 units of Pandora crystals could buy a Marine. This Marine was a brainwashed death row inmate, absolutely obedient. A brand new Siege Tank only required one hundred and fifty units of Pandora crystals and one hundred units of rare gas.

According to the exploration regulations, Pang Tan, due to his hero unit status, directly became the leader. The purchased units were completely under his command. However, these units were expensive, and because they lacked the command of excellent officers, they could only exert 80% of their combat power.

The problem Pang Tan faced was that he had been informed that the military force he now possessed exceeded the standard, both in terms of base size and troop numbers.

Moreover, to possess advanced Valkyrie air-to-air combat ships, atomic bombs, and space cruisers, it was necessary to pass the review and evaluation of the General Staff Department. Pang Tan had been explicitly informed that, given the current violations, the General Staff Department would send an investigation team, and everything he had gained might be nationalized.

The difference between the current situation and nationalization by the military was that after going through the General Staff Department, if they felt this place had strategic significance, they would parachute in a large number of troops and officers. All power would be controlled by the General Staff. Of course, Pang Tan would receive sufficient wealth and honor, and could then choose to mine or retire. The Pandora crystals collected afterward would be directly handed over to the national treasury, and the troops would be transferred from the war zone, so no money would be spent.

Fang Senyan, of course, did not want Pang Tan, who listened to him, to be deprived of his power. He thought for a moment and said:

"When is the investigation team coming?"

Pang Tan said dejectedly:

"It has been made clear that I must respond within three hours. Otherwise, the investigation team will be sent after three hours, transmitted via the one-way displacement transfer device. I think the General Staff Department is very interested in this place, so these investigation teams are likely to be members who will directly take over my power. This means I am about to lose everything in my hands."

"I really didn't expect that I would be subject to the attention and investigation of the General Staff Department simply for possessing more than thirty Wraith fighters!" Pang Tan smashed the desk in exasperation. "This is unreasonable. I know a space farmer who even formed a force of more than one hundred Wraith fighters and is doing well."

Fang Senyan explained:

"This shows that the General Staff Department has focused its attention on this star region. So, even small anomalies will be paid attention to...."

Pang Tan tugged at his hair in annoyance and said:

"But I didn't know that."

Fang Senyan suddenly narrowed his eyes and said:

"Perhaps, the people on the investigation team will have some accidents?"

"Damn it, before the General Staff Department issued the order, they quietly dispatched some troops over here. With the existence of these military police forces, any action I take is under their surveillance, and these hired guys will not obey orders to attack the army," Pang Tan said gloomily.

Therefore, Fang Senyan's first suggestion was to stop expanding, but Pang Tan said that this was useless, because the General Staff Department had already paid attention to this side, like a dog that had smelled a fragrant aroma. No matter how tightly you hide the bone in your hand next, it will always run over to sniff it.

Fang Senyan then pondered for a while, and asked for some intelligence to investigate. This showed the benefits of humanity's powerful reconnaissance capabilities. First, use radar to open the way, and then use Wraith fighters that can be invisible and fast to conduct aerial photography. The investigation of the battle between the Protoss and the Zerg was quite clear.

After a long time, Fang Senyan said to Pang Tan:

"If that's the case, then we can only throw a rotten mess to the General Staff Department, a mess that they are unwilling to take over. These guys will naturally lose interest."

Pang Tan said in astonishment:

"What rotten mess?"

Fang Senyan pondered and said:

"Humans have an advantage, that is, buildings can also fly in the air, and you are now mainly an air force, with strong mobility...."

So Fang Senyan then smiled and said, "I observed that since the spore flyers of the Zerg suffered heavy losses, coupled with the fact that the gas rare gas mine is really tight, they simply abandoned the air force, focusing on ground warfare and air strikes. We can use this strategy to borrow a knife to kill...."

*

Two hours later,

A Queen suddenly found the Queen of Blades, who was recovering in the nutrient solution of the hatchery.

It put its tentacles on the Queen of Blades' forehead.

The Queen of Blades immediately gained a new perspective. This perspective was observing the external environment from the body of a human Wraith fighter pilot. The reason for this was that this unlucky guy was infected by the parasites secretly sprayed out by the Queen.

These parasites would not cause harm to the host, and even had the benefit of enhancing resistance. Moreover, the infection was very secretive and would not be easily detected. Its only function was to share everything seen by the parasitized guy with the Queen.

Then, the Queen of Blades saw a human base of moderate size, and more importantly, she also discovered that there were actually two Pandora veins that had not been completely mined! It should be known that at this time, when the Zerg and Protoss were about to exhaust their existing veins, these two seemingly barren veins were likely to determine the victory or defeat!

Therefore, the Queen of Blades immediately assessed the defense capabilities of the human base, and she had decided to personally lead a small number of elites to flatten this human base. In this way, the troops would not be noticed by the opposing Protoss due to excessive mobilization and launch an attack, so that she could naturally achieve a decisive victory without anyone knowing.

The Queen of Blades did not consider that this was a trap, because if this was a trap, then the price would be the heavy loss of the human base, or even its leveling.

To put it bluntly, if there was no Zerg pressure, humans and Protoss would be at war. Unless the human commander's head was kicked by a donkey, they would do this kind of self-sacrificing thing for the "Protoss".

Three hours later, the Queen of Blades led a group of fierce generals into this human base. The other party showed no fighting spirit, simply resisted slightly (the resistance was all by the military police forces), and then raised the base in embarrassment and fled in transports. What the Queen of Blades wanted was these two mineral veins and a quick resolution to the battle, so she did not pursue too much. However, at this time, a group of late reinforcements emerged from the seemingly abandoned human base.

These seemingly flustered guys also killed seventeen or eight drones sent by the Queen of Blades to occupy the mines. The furious Queen, ignoring the fact that her mental power was always in a state of exhaustion, directly threw out her signature skill: a red psionic storm, and baked all these guys, whose true identity was members of the General Staff Department's investigation team, into coke.

*

The Queen of Blades also did not expect that her display of divine power had been filmed and sent to Fang Senyan.

And Fang Senyan was outside the Protoss base in Ul'Aqi at this time. After getting the video data, he rushed into the Protoss base and requested to see Lord Ul'Aqi. Although Ul'Aqi did not like Fang Senyan, he did not hesitate to attack the Zerg base in front of him at such a great opportunity!

It must be admitted that the Queen of Blades was indeed a very awesome legendary leader. Even in this situation, she actually left a backup plan. Although the troops left behind were defeated in the face of the Protoss offensive, it was more than enough to hold back the Protoss and wait for the Queen of Blades to return!!

However, at this time, a human force that suddenly inserted itself into the battlefield became the last straw that broke the camel's back. This human force was almost entirely air force-based. Thirty Wraith fighters and six Valkyrie air-to-air combat ships destroyed the Zerg's pitiful air force in a devastating manner, and then slaughtered all the Zerg hosts on the battlefield!!!