Chapter 1 Clear Evidence

"That's right, the evidence is already very clear." Mogansha suddenly said, "The Blackthorn Tribe switching from offense to defense is the biggest and best evidence! Now it seems that in order to balance their aerial disadvantage, the main force composition of the Red纹部族 (Red T紋 Tribe) is the explosive mosquito, hydralisk, and zergling! For the Zerg who have both evolved to level II evolution bases, there is really no better way than to fight head-on."

"But! If the Blackthorn Tribe can get a certain number of human tanks and set them up in their own positions—then only a large number of spine crawler turrets + more than ten tanks converted into siege mode + a moderate number of hydralisks will be enough to defend. You must know that the range of human mechanical tanks in siege mode is three times that of hydralisks, and the damage they bombard is area-of-effect, with extremely terrifying attack power. It just so happens to be the nemesis of the Red纹部族's (Red T紋 Tribe) troop combination. It can be said that it will form an extremely powerful targeted suppression, and no matter how many come, they will die!"

"To restrain such tactics, the winning side of the Red纹部族 (Red T紋 Tribe), which has only evolved to a level II nest, must either produce a large number of mutalisks and forcefully destroy all the siege tanks, or directly airdrop troops next to the tanks. However, the embarrassing thing is that it is now at a complete disadvantage in terms of air superiority… To break this situation, the Red纹部族 (Red T紋 Tribe) must produce a large number of air units to seize air supremacy, which is undoubtedly an arduous and lengthy process, and will make both sides fall into an embarrassing situation of attrition. But for the Blackthorn Tribe, which has a high-energy rich ore vein that can be mined for a full ten years, a war of attrition is undoubtedly the situation it most wants to see!"

"Damn it!" Jiao Shi (Reef) also understood and said in a deep voice, "Since the assistance promised by Lieutenant Colonel Dundi (Dundee) and the others is already insignificant, then for the Blackthorn cerebrate Mojito (Devil’s Juice), the giant spore colony air defense tower must be preserved. Officially speaking, this thing is a strategic weapon deployed by the Zerg leader, the Queen of Blades. Protecting their integrity will help ease relations with the higher-ups. Privately speaking, controlling this thing means controlling the safety of the human transport lines on this planet! When negotiating with humans, it can be used as a bargaining chip to get the best of both worlds."

Fang Senyan nodded and said:

"That's roughly it. In addition, we must also be psychologically prepared that there are likely to be direct guards sent by the Zerg leader, the Queen of Blades, near the giant spore colony air defense tower! Killing them is likely to be a difficult battle, so we have to go back first. One is to consolidate our reputation. We should be able to exchange Jiao Shi's (Reef’s) Nest Power to enhance everyone's survivability as much as possible. The second is to exchange for some hosts and troops. By the way, we have to ask Lieutenant Colonel Dundi (Dundee) to send all his direct troops to us! If our progress is smooth, then we won’t need them to take action. If the situation is bad and dangerous, then we will have to use them as cannon fodder."

After thinking it over, Jiao Shi (Reef) finally felt that Fang Senyan's arrangement was indeed watertight and impeccable, and silently nodded in agreement with his arrangement.

After returning to the Blackthorn Nest, as Fang Senyan had predicted, sixteen human siege tanks had been set up on the strategic high ground near the Blackthorn Tribe's main base. Giant flame-spraying bugs also began to appear on the position, constantly wriggling and patrolling. And it can be seen from the original markings on these tanks that they actually belonged to the "Lethal Helmet" base that Fang Senyan had dealt with before! The first human base to cooperate with the Blackthorn Tribe was actually this base, which was something even Fang Senyan had not expected.

However, this matter seems to be unexpected, but it is actually reasonable. Once the human forces of the mother planet cooperate with the Blackthorn Tribe, they will inevitably establish an outpost base nearby. There is no doubt that the "Lethal Helmet" base is the most affected, so of course he must strike first! Suppress the possibility of the mother planet landing in the cradle!

After Fang Senyan and the others controlled the hosts to approach, they could see that the sixteen siege tanks were actually operated by humans. However, most of them had been implanted with parasites, and their lives and deaths were controlled by the Blackthorn cerebrate Mojito (Devil's Juice). However, according to Lieutenant Colonel Dundi (Dundee), this parasite seems to be able to treat diseases in the body, so it should be a blessing in disguise for these soldiers. And a large number of hydralisks and at least two Zerg air defense spore towers were densely arranged next to each siege tank! Obviously, it was to prevent the opponent's air force from rushing up to forcefully snipe the tanks.

After the three of them gathered together to discuss, they exchanged Nest Power for Jiao Shi (Reef): increase all your attributes by 1 point. Then Mogansha exchanged zergling gene modification adrenaline: permanently increase your basic movement speed by 33%. This increase is for basic unequipped agility. The actual effect is probably an 8-point agility speed increase. The hydralisk body cavity muscle contraction hormone increases ranged attack distance by 15%. This attribute is not a must for Mogansha, so he saved it.

Finally, the three of them scraped together 12,000 universal points, used the reputation they earned to buy Zerg units, spent it all, and then went to Lieutenant Colonel Dundi (Dundee) and successfully obtained command of all the soldiers except him. Therefore, the troops when they finally set off were as follows:

"Human elite machine gunners: 7. Hydralisks: 7, Zerglings: 30."

"Explosive mosquitoes: 12, Hosts: 6, Spore flyers: 4."

Such a force, coupled with Fang Senyan and the other three, can be said to have quite strong combat power. It is estimated that ordinary Zerg forces of less than a hundred units can be easily eaten directly head-on. A force of two hundred units can also fight evenly.

After staying at the Blackthorn base for a while, Fang Senyan expected that the battle ahead had reached a fever pitch, so he ordered to set off. The six fully loaded hosts were surrounded by four spore flyers in the middle, and twelve explosive mosquitoes escorted the outermost area to avoid sudden situations as much as possible.

After flying for nearly half an hour, it could be seen that the intensity of the battle ahead had exceeded imagination. Looking down from the high altitude, it could be seen that a terrifying number of hydralisks and zerglings were pouring out of the Red纹部族's (Red T紋 Tribe) main base, like a huge black torrent, which was divided into four streams not far ahead. Three streams were rushing to their three branch bases to provide assistance, and the largest stream was rushing straight to the Blackthorn Tribe's main base!!!

According to Mogansha's visual estimate, the military strength ratio between the two sides has even reached a terrifying suppression of 3:1, and it seems that the Red纹部族's (Red T紋 Tribe) chances of winning are still greater.

Probably because the air supremacy was completely suppressed, the Red纹部族 (Red T紋 Tribe) should not know the existence of siege tanks. Therefore, Fang Senyan could expect that this action, which the Red纹部族 (Red T紋 Tribe) cerebrate had placed great hope on, would mostly end in failure! Under the successive bombardment of up to sixteen tanks架 (jia) (mounted) on the vital high ground, I am afraid that more than half of the Red纹部族's (Red T紋 Tribe) troops would be killed or wounded before they even approached.

Fang Senyan cautiously controlled his treacherous force, bypassed the main base of the Red纹部族 (Red T紋 Tribe) from a distance, and began to try to approach its rear. According to the markings on the electronic map, the dozen or so giant spore colony air defense towers were placed on top of a steep rocky hill. The shape of this hill was very much like a giant tree stump that had been magnified many times. The top was flat and the edges were steep. The human race named it Spore Highlands.

The main base of the Red纹部族 (Red T紋 Tribe) does not seem to be too far from Spore Highlands. They can see after watching the periphery of the battlefield for a while that although the Blackthorn Tribe occupies the air supremacy, not a single spore flyer dares to attack from the sky above the spore highlands in the rear. Either they are afraid of the majesty of the Zerg Lord, the Queen of Blades, or the Queen's direct Zerg on the Spore Highlands do not recognize their relatives. As long as any flying object dares to violate the air rights, they will all be shot down!

In the distance, a mixed force of explosive mosquitoes/hydralisks from the Red纹部族 (Red T紋 Tribe) collided with a force of mutalisks from the Blackthorn Tribe again. The forces of the two sides were like two giant dark clouds in intense conflict. At least dozens of units died every second. It can be said to be an extremely tragic battle of offense and defense.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Fang Senyan gave an order, and the small force he led obliquely approached from the rear, especially the hosts full of people. Without exception, they all flew close to the ground, naturally to avoid being suddenly shot down and causing an extremely tragic air crash. Finally, they broke into the vicinity of Spore Highlands without any surprises or dangers.

After approaching Spore Highlands, everyone saw the mountain wall in front of them through the gaps intertwined with the roots of the host and was shocked. They saw that on the rock wall of Spore Highlands, many huge organic tentacles like tree roots had already appeared. The surface of the Qingjin (green veins) burst out and tightly clasped the rock wall. It looked as if a huge tentacle monster had grown in the entire Spore Highlands, which was terrifying.

Spore Highlands is actually not too high, probably only five or six hundred meters, but because it rises from the ground, it gives people a feeling of being steep and unparalleled. Especially when flying down below and looking up, there is really a feeling that the neck is going to be sour—this sounds outrageous, but just try to think about the feeling of looking up at the bottom of a hundred-meter-high building—and then multiply the height of the building by five. Probably because this is a forbidden area for other Zerg tribes, there are not even half of the Red纹部族's (Red T紋 Tribe) zerglings nearby.