One billion warships was a lot, but compared to the sheer number of Insectoids, it was still incomparable.
To put it bluntly, even if the humans continued to use Zero-series weapons, the Insectoids would still be able to maintain this scale of Insectoid hordes for a long time.
This long period of time was measured in months, and this was before the main force of the Insectoids, which was Aliya's race, arrived.
Of course, Lin Tian did not have to completely destroy the Insectoids.
On the battlefield, the vanguard fleet had already retreated into the formation under the cover of the main force fleet.
At this moment, Alba discovered two so-called "truths" again!
One was that he had indeed grasped the weakness of the humans' assault ships. Ever since then, the humans had stopped using assault ships.
Alright then, who asked Lin Fan to give the order that all warships were no longer allowed to use assault ships?
As a result, the warships that had finally closed the distance with the Insectoids and were preparing to use assault ships at close range had to stop.
As for the other so-called "truth", it referred to the fact that the previous million warships should be the humans' elite fleet, and the one billion warships that had just arrived should be the normal fleet.
After all, although the new fleet had a lot of warships, the firepower of each warship was not even half of the previous fleet's firepower.
That must be it!
"Commander, Acting Commander Lin Kexin called. The 101st Special Forces has already departed from the Vita Defense Line. They are estimated to arrive at Target 1 in 4 hours!"
"Understood. Order the fleet to maintain the defense line. At the same time, reduce the overall firepower by 10% every hour!"
"Understood!"
On the bridge of the United Battleship, Lin Tian watched the Insectoids' actions through the tactical projection and could not help but smirk.
The Insectoids' ferocious attacks and the number of Insectoids gathered by the spatial radar …
The effect was surprisingly good!
"Has the technical team tracked down the location of the Insectoid Spy?"
"No, the technical team is still working on it, but they told us not to have too much hope. After all, Void Communication technology is almost impossible to track!"
"I see, I understand."
It was completely up to fate, and in reality, that was exactly the case. To Lin Tian, he would capture the Insectoid Spy if he had the chance. If not, it did not matter as it would not affect the overall situation.
Soon, time flew by, and an hour had passed. The Insectoids still could not advance even a little bit.
However, Alba was not discouraged at all. Instead, he became even more excited.
He noticed that after an hour of intense battle, the firepower of the human fleet was weaker than before.
It was no wonder that the human fleet retreated after an hour of battle. It was indeed the case!
Alba was even more convinced of the "truth" that he had discovered …
However, he didn't realize that a fatal killing intent was closing in and enveloping him!
The second hour …
The third hour …
The fourth hour …
The firepower of the fleet was getting weaker and weaker. According to Alba's estimation, the firepower of the humans was less than 20% of what it was when they first appeared.
Perhaps, in another hour, the stalemate on the battlefield would be completely broken. After that, they would have to be careful of the first elite fleet.
However, when the main fleet arrived at the battlefield, they followed Lin Tian's orders and only used half of their firepower.
After that, after deliberately reducing their firepower four times, the firepower they used now was actually only 10% of their maximum firepower.
Furthermore, if the assault ships that Lin Tian had prohibited from being used were included, then there might not even be half of the city when they were at full power.
The most important thing was that he didn't even use the Zero Particle Armament!
It could be said that Alba had completely fallen into Lin Tian's mental trap.
"Commander, the 101st Special Forces will arrive in five minutes!"
"Tell them to seal the entrance of the hive once they arrive and immediately deploy the Space Oscillator!"
"Commander, are you planning to kill the Zerg King directly?"
Vieruodis's eyes widened. She was a little confused.
'Wasn't this man determined to capture it alive?
Why is he going to use the Space Oscillator now? '
What was the Space Oscillator? Although Vieruodis had never seen it being activated with her own eyes, she had seen it in the Federation's files.
Once, it was used to destroy the hive tunnel that connected the Zerg to the Milky Way. It also killed a Class 3 Zerg King in the tunnel.
This was something that could directly cause the hive tunnel to collapse. When it was activated, everything inside would be completely destroyed. Not even a speck of dust would be left behind!
This was a killing move. It didn't seem like they were going to capture it alive …
"Of course we're going to capture it alive!"
"The premise is that we can threaten it enough!"
Lin Fan shook his head and explained.
However, Vieruodis still did not understand.
"I can understand deploying the Space Oscillator to threaten the Zerg King, but the problem is, how do we let the Zerg King know that we're threatening it?"
As Vieruodis said, you might think you're threatening it, but it doesn't know.
Take the Zerg King for example. You deployed the Space Oscillator at the hive tunnel entrance, but it doesn't know what these things are for!
Since it doesn't know that you're threatening it, it's almost impossible to rely on threats to make it surrender.
"Don't worry, don't we still have an insect traitor leading the way?"
"Although we can't track its actual location, we can still rely on the Void Communication technology to get in touch with it!"
"Since we've already become an insect traitor, we can't waver between the two sides, right?"
As he spoke, Lin Tian revealed an evil smile.
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A few light years away from the battlefield, there was a gigantic Space Rift that emitted a faint red light in the void. This was the tunnel that Alba opened to the hive.
Not far from the tunnel entrance, millions of azure vortex-shaped Space Windows appeared without warning. Then, a large number of battleships arrived.
Of course, there were also many combat insects guarding outside the wormhole. Although there were not as many as the battlefield where Lin Tian was, there were still quite a number.
The arrival of the 101st Special Forces was immediately discovered and the news was passed to Alba who was in the tunnel.
Alba was currently in a state of extreme excitement. The sudden news immediately pulled him back from his excited state.
Despite the sudden appearance of a human fleet, Alba did not panic too much.
After all, he was now in the tunnel of the hive. Even if the humans had Zero Point Armor, they could not do anything to him.
Moreover, the target of this fleet was most likely the royal guards that were being trained outside the tunnel, not him.
Alba kept comforting himself in his heart. Unfortunately, a few minutes later, he was quickly slapped in the face.
After the 101st Special Forces cleared the combat insects at the tunnel entrance and established a defensive line with the tunnel as the center point, they did not attack the royal guard cocoon not far away.
Instead, they released a large number of mechs to transport a large number of unknown devices.
They were constantly deployed around the hive tunnel entrance.