In hyperspace.
There were still ten minutes before the fleet exited hyperspace.
At the same time, after nearly half an hour of fierce attacks, the vanguard fleet had expanded the safe zone to a radius of 5.2 AU, which was even a little more than Lin Tian's initial request.
But at the same time, as the safe zone expanded, the entire defensive line also expanded, and the final result was …
A delicate balance appeared again, the speed of killing Zergs and the speed of replenishing Zergs was almost the same, the battle line was once again in a stalemate!
However, this was not a problem for Lin Tian.
After all, for the vanguard fleet with only a million warships, this was already a pretty good job.
As for the rest, he could leave it to the main force!
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Tens of thousands of light years away, a certain Zerg was watching every move on the battlefield through the Zerg Race's mental network, perhaps even more attentive than Alba.
"Almost reaching the speed of light, how did the humans do it?"
It should be known that this was not through hyperdrive or teleportation, it was actually close to the speed of light.
Although the Zerg race was a biological civilization and did not take the path of science and technology, Amir had lived for a long time and had seen and destroyed many civilizations.
Therefore, he still had this basic knowledge!
That was, superluminal speed in the true sense did not exist!
Of course, this was based on the fact that the highest level was level 7, after all, he had not seen any higher level civilizations.
The so-called superluminal speed that Amir knew of was not actually superluminal speed in the true sense, it was just a shortcut.
Whether it was hyperdrive, teleportation, or the latest hyperspace navigation, although they could all be called superluminal speed, they were not in the true sense.
Strictly speaking, these technologies were all shortcuts. In other words, they used tricks to achieve the result of surpassing the speed of light, not the process!
Just now, the strange equipment used by the humans, if he was not mistaken, was infinitely close to the speed of light.
This should have been impossible, but it really happened in front of his eyes.
For Amir, the humans had given him too much shock recently, it made him feel even more powerless when facing the humans than when facing the Saint Wei Empire.
However, powerlessness was powerlessness, did this not mean that the humans were the most suitable target for his plan?
However, how to establish contact with the humans was quite a big problem!
Amir thought with a headache.
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At the same time, in the tunnel of the hive.
Alba did not look angry as he watched his huge swarm of insects being suppressed by a mere one million battleships. Instead, he calmly thought of a countermeasure, and he really did come up with one!
"Currently, the humans are keeping the Insectoids 30 million kilometers away. Do I just need to control the Insectoids to actively evade?"
"After all, the enemy's strange weapon didn't exceed the speed of light. It was 099 times the speed of light."
"In that case, even if they have the speed of light, they still need a full 100 seconds to reach the Zerg when they launch their attack. After all, even the speed of light is only 300,000 kilometers per second!"
"Most importantly, the enemy's weapon doesn't have the ability to move at 0.99 times the speed of light. Once it starts, it can only move in a straight line!"
"And I have more than 100 seconds to steer the swarm away from the path of the impact?"
It had to be said that Alba was very smart. In just a short while, he had already seen the fatal weakness of the assault ship.
Yes, very deadly!
Since he had thought of it, he would immediately do it and test it out.
Alba immediately controlled a swarm of insects through the Insectoids' spiritual network. Opposite the swarm of insects, more than 20 assault ships had already begun to move. The afterimage of the Golden Cudgel style appeared in the void once again.
"Now!"
A large number of orders were immediately sent out through the Insectoids' spiritual network.
Under Alba's personal command, all the combat insects in the swarm suddenly became like trained soldiers. The insects worked together in an orderly manner.
Imagine, in a swarm of Zergs with trillions of Zergs, the Zergs adjusted their positions one after another without colliding with each other.
It was just like when the Federation's fleet changed their formation.
Soon, more than a minute had passed. More than 20 elongated figures instantly disappeared into the swarm of insects and continued to extend until they emerged from the other end of the swarm.
There was no atomization.
There was no large amount of combat insect dust scattered in the void.
There was nothing!
Inside a Dreadnaught-class battleship operating the assault fleet.
"Captain, according to the battlefield assessment, the attack effect of this assault fleet is zero!"
"Impossible. This is too ridiculous. Recalculate!"
"Yes, Captain. The recalculation has been completed. The attack effect is still zero!"
"Show me the observation image. Let me see the actual attack effect!"
"Understood!"
Soon, a video was projected in the bridge.
Dozens of seconds later, the captain finally understood why the attack effect was zero!
The moment the assault fleet set off, the entire swarm of insects began to change. A minute later, 24 tunnels with a diameter of about 100,000 kilometers appeared in the swarm.
That's right, tunnels. There was nothing!
Then, the 24 assault ships entered from one end of the Insectoids' tunnel and exited from the other end as if they were sightseeing. They had nothing to show for it.
"Captain, the swarm is starting to press on!"
It was a very delicate balance to begin with. The entire battle line was stabilized in this position. No one could move forward, not even one step.
However, this balance was fragile. As long as one side made a mistake, even if it was just once, the other side could use this opportunity to push forward!
Clearly, the failure of this wave of attack had given the Insectoids an excellent opportunity!
"Captain, it's obvious that the Insectoids have grasped the weakness of our assault fleet. Should we slowly retreat while maintaining our firepower?"
"No. Once we retreat, it will affect the arrival of the main fleet. We have to suppress all the insects here!"
"But …"
The captain waved his hand and ordered his subordinates to continue speaking.
"Say no more. Not only are we not retreating, we're going to meet them head-on."
"Didn't the Insectoids use our slow speed to evade?"
"Then we'll get close enough that they don't have time to evade."
"Activate Phase Shield. Seventh battle speed. Target the super-large swarm in front!"