Chapter 1673 - 535: Watching Fan Mao Thrive Hurts More Than Taking a Loss!
Chapter 1673: Chapter 535: Watching Fan Mao Thrive Hurts More Than Taking a Loss!
Even though I know this is a necessary sacrifice, even though I know that if I don’t act, the unrestrained Fan Mao will eventually destroy these warships.
It might even lead to greater losses.
But having things destroyed by the enemy and breaking them with your own hands feel completely different.
The commander gradually clenched his hands on the table in front of him, his gaze flickering as he calculated how much loss there would be after the battle, following this trend.
But no matter how he calculated, he only felt more heartache on the way.
"Lord Bishop! Lord Bishop!"
"Didn’t I say not to bother me unnecessarily!"
The commander glanced impatiently, but his startled subordinate did not retreat; instead, he urgently pointed to the battlefield projection in front of them.
"Fan Mao, Fan Mao has entered the Insect Swarm’s interior!"
The commander reflexively followed his finger, noticing the change on the battlefield projection.
The red dot on the projection had already entered the interior of the Insect Swarm and had disappeared.
"Fan Mao rushed into the Insect Swarm’s interior?
Is she trying to use the Insect Swarm to make us wary?
No, that’s not all; if I attack, it might also align with her plan.
As long as I continue to attack, it’s almost like using our hand to clean up the Insect Swarm.
And the Insect Swarm itself can serve as a cover, masking her actions...
Haha, thinking that hiding in the Insect Swarm will prevent us from targeting her, trying to put us in a dilemma? Forcing us to use high-level believers?
As expected! Fan Mao is indeed eyeing our high-level believers!"
The commander quickly deduced a conclusion, feeling he had discovered the truth, his face filled with excitement at seeing through Fan Mao’s trick, convinced beyond doubt.
"Still thinking you can rely on your strength to kill? Dream on!
Have those Longevity believers who control the Mother Insect find Fan Mao’s coordinates and report to me in real time!
Humph! Don’t worry about the casualties among the Insect Swarm! The lives of the Insect Swarm aren’t worth much!
Directly target Fan Mao, and hit her without mercy!"
The commander shouted with a booming voice, but secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
At least, by switching the target to the Insect Clan, it can reduce the loss of warships; sacrificing the Insect Clan is better than continuing to sacrifice warships.
As long as we have the Mother Insect, and with those Longevity believers having enough "reserves" to sustain them, the Insect Clan is not precious; they can be sacrificed.
With her permission, the fleet that had ceased fire erupted again with fierce bombardment, using the Insect Swarm to precisely target that massive cluster of insects.
Finally enjoying a brief moment of peace while capturing the Insect Clan, Bai Yi was forced to resume three-dimensional maneuvers in the face of the returning ship cannons.
However, Bai Yi soon noticed something unusual about these ship cannons.
"Is this because there are Insect Clan acting as a shield inside the Insect Swarm, making it difficult to target me accurately, so some shots are off..."
After slowing down a bit, Bai Yi watched the high-energy beams graze past the bodies of the Insect Swarm, murmuring to himself.
Compared to the persistent ship cannons earlier, the cannons chasing after him now seemed a bit scattered, and many would miss even if he didn’t dodge.
Although stopping still would make it easier to get completely locked on, at least the attack density had decreased significantly, reducing the threat level considerably.
Bai Yi breathed a sigh of relief and picked up the pace again.
"Fortunately, at least this way, the capture of the Insect Swarm can continue.
Being chased by these ship cannons, it would be too much of a loss if there were no gains at all!"
Bai Yi’s gaze toward the surrounding Swarm became sharp, as superpower perception swept the area, quickly locking onto the unfamiliar individuals within the Insect Swarm.
With a slight change in direction, Bai Yi sliced past the Insect Clan with a trail of flames in his wake.
Spatial fluctuations flashed and disappeared, and those locked-on Insects vanished within the Swarm.
The Insect Swarm blocking the way was all wiped out by the power of Apoptosis, and the vanishing insects among them didn’t cause any noticeable anomaly.
After capturing several of them, Bai Yi’s actions became more smooth, getting lost in the joy of capturing the Insect Clan.
Freely navigating within the Swarm, the storage space’s Insect Clan count continued to accumulate.
While Bai Yi was relishing capturing the Insect Clan, outside, the church commander chasing her was becoming wholly numb.
When outside the Swarm earlier, their artillery could at least pursue Fan Mao’s figure, forcing her to flee in embarrassment.
Now, based on feedback from within the Insect Swarm, entering the Swarm made targeting difficult, and the scattered artillery was less threatening to Fan Mao, making it easier to handle.
Originally thinking letting Fan Mao into the interior of the Swarm was a good thing, seeing her thriving inside made the commander fume with anger.
Seeing Fan Mao do well was more upsetting than suffering losses themselves!
The commander watched the fleet’s artillery continuously pour into the Swarm, yet the feedback had not caused any threat, gritting his teeth in anger:
"What are those people over there doing? Why is the returned coordinate so vague!"
"Lord Bishop, there’s... there’s nothing that can be done about it, you know the intelligence of those insects, getting even one coordinate is already pretty good...
Furthermore, furthermore..."
The surrounding believer quickly replied, afraid of being blamed by the bishop.
Fortunately, even though he was agitated, the commander knew venting on his loyal followers would do no good and did not truly cast his anger on them.