False Court
Chapter 580 Ambush
"Order the Hai Kui to enter coordinates..."
...
In the starry sky, the escort fleet surrounding the Grol mother ship began to move.
A total of twenty-four escort ships, eight of which separated and moved forward, preparing for a frontal assault on the attacking insect swarm. The remaining eighteen escort ships scattered to various angles, guarding the Grol from all directions.
At the same time, a large number of fighters and mechas slid out from the escort ships.
The Grol also deployed its energy defense barrier. To prevent any unexpected situations, the mothership opened dozens of boarding exits. Over a hundred mechas rushed out, guarding every position as a supplement to the mothership's defenses.
It was an all-around, comprehensive defense.
All the combat personnel of the Yanas Kingdom were on high alert, and no one dared to be careless.
Soon, the eight vanguard ships were about to make formal contact with the incoming insect swarm.
Erica waved his hand and gave the order.
"All vanguard escort ships, charge the main cannons, open all launch ports, prepare for a saturation attack!"
"Yes!"
The ship captains who were linked in responded.
"1 minute and 38 seconds until formal contact."
"57 seconds!"
"40 seconds!"
The operator reported, holding his breath.
Erica slowly raised his hand, ready to issue the attack order at any time.
"32 seconds remaining!"
The operator continued to report.
Just then, a change occurred. The swarming insect swarm suddenly scattered like flower petals, flanking the Grol from all directions.
"Not good, the insect swarm has scattered!"
The operators present were somewhat stunned. It was the first time they had encountered this situation. Generally speaking, these monsters were not very intelligent.
"Don't panic! Vanguard units, retreat in an orderly fashion! All defensive units, shoot down all incoming enemies. Don't let a single insect fly past."
"Understood!"
All the ship captains in charge of defense replied in a deep voice.
In the starry sky, a large number of insect swarms flanked from all directions. The escort ships responsible for defense opened their launch ports and adjusted their close-in guns.
Whoosh!
Missiles shot out!
Boom!
In the starry sky, insects were hit one after another. Violent explosions rose, like brilliant and colorful fireworks.
But even so, the attacking insect swarm continued to advance as before, fearlessly like moths to a flame.
However, after they broke through the missile blockade, they were immediately subjected to a rain of close-in cannon fire.
Crack!
Insects were riddled with holes.
Even if some slipped through the net, they immediately crashed into the mobile defense mechas. They moved at high speed, appearing in front of the incoming Blackspine Insects, and without hesitation, swung the alloy blades in their hands, slashing down.
From a third-person perspective, one could see the swarming insects being killed, their corpses falling into the starry sky in groups.
Hardly any insects broke through the defensive fire net.
On the Grol, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief at this result. It seemed there wasn't a big problem.
After all, the Grol's own fire control system hadn't even been activated yet. It was able to withstand the attack with just the escort ships and mobile units.
Erica said, "Well done, everyone keep it up, let these damn insects come but never return!"
"Understood!"
Everyone said with confidence.
Just then, two pairs of dark eyes opened in the starry sky.
The IV-type Lord-class Blackspine Insect King and the IV-type Lord-class Blackspine Insect Queen simultaneously canceled the camouflage covering their bodies. Their huge bodies instantly appeared in the starry sky. The next moment, they flapped their thin wings, transforming into two streams of light, one in front of the other, rushing towards the top of the Grol at extreme speed.
The Blackspine Insect King opened its mouth, and a beam of dazzling red light directly bombarded the Nubick escort ship responsible for defense on the top.
With a loud bang!
The Nubick's energy barrier was directly penetrated, and the entire ship exploded.
In an instant, a piercing alarm sounded in the Grol's command room.
"Warning: Scanning detected IV-type Lord-class Blackspine Insect King!"
"Warning: Scanning detected IV-type Lord-class Blackspine Insect Queen!"
"Warning: Nubick escort ship destroyed."
"It's the Insect King and Queen! Not good, they're attacking from the top!"
An operator shouted in horror.
"Order the other ships in the top positions to focus their fire! Also, activate the outer ring fire weapons on the top and stop them!"
Erica issued the order in shock and anger. He never expected that the Insect King and Queen would rely on camouflage and stealth, as well as the attraction and harassment of a large number of insects, to sneak so close to the ship.
The worst thing was that they were attacking from the top, and unfortunately, the blind spot for the Grol's fire defense system was the top. Because a large area of the top was used to accommodate Grol City, there was no place to load weapons. There were only a few launch ports on the outer ring, but activating them at this time would probably not be very effective.
This was also the main reason why a living-type mothership was far less powerful than a combat-type mothership.
The escort ships on the top received the order and changed their targets to fire. At the same time, the outer ring of the Grol's top opened one launch port after another, and missiles were ejected urgently.
Missiles and beams of light shot towards the Blackspine Insect King and Queen!
Just then, the Blackspine Insect King took the lead and accelerated. Facing the numerous incoming attacks, it opened its mouth and let out a piercing insect cry.
The next second!
An AT Field was deployed, and an invisible barrier appeared!
Boom!
All the attacks were blocked.
"Lord Erica, the opponent has deployed an AT Field! The attack is ineffective, it's all blocked, the opponent is rushing over!"
The operators in the command room were stunned.
However, something even worse happened next. A monitoring staff member shouted in horror.
"Scanning target: the Bolok biological reaction on the Blackspine Insect Queen's body is skyrocketing!"
"Switch to the close-range optical imaging device to capture it."
Erica had already issued the order.
Soon, the captured image switched to the main screen. The bloated Blackspine Insect Queen had patches of red flares all over her body. Her mouth was torn open, accumulating an energy ball flickering with red lightning.
The violent energy contained within caused Erica's heart to tremble.
He turned his head and shouted, "Maximize the power output of the energy barrier!"
"It's already maximized."
The operator replied anxiously.
The next second, a dazzling red beam of light bombarded down, instantly hitting the Grol's energy barrier.
The entire Grol shook.
An operator shouted in horror, "The energy barrier is collapsing!"
"Damn it!"
Erica's face darkened.
And what made him even more desperate happened. A controller next to him issued another warning.