Destroying these Zerg fleets is not very difficult.
After all, Zhao Chen had clashed with the Zerg fleet several times before, and the Xiaolong Legion didn't have many interstellar warships at that time.
Now.
Zhao Chen had only T3 interstellar warships in his possession, and even a considerable number of T4-class interstellar warships.
Things are different now!
The combat units deployed by those Zerg motherships include T1 flying insects, T2 hydralisks, T3 exploding beetles, and T3 corrupted drakes.
The close-in defense network composed of the T3 Triceratops-class interstellar heavy assault frigates and the T4 Paladin-class heavy interstellar missile frigates can completely destroy them, making it impossible for them to get close to the JF-17 fleet.
The remaining T3 starships can also destroy the Zerg mothership once it enters the firing range.
For targets at greater distances, the T3 Judgement-class heavy interplanetary missile ships will be used for long-range firepower strikes.
Sometimes, a T4 Suzaku-class medium star cruiser can even single-handedly charge into a Zerg swarm several times.
Under such an offensive, the three thousand Zerg motherships were quickly destroyed.
Zhao Chen also noticed something was wrong with this insect hive mothership.
Inside the hangar.
Several shuttles dragged the massive head of a T1 Zergling mothership into the hangar.
Zhao Chen stood on the corridor against the wall, several meters above the ground, looking down at the head fragments of the Zerg mothership in the warehouse.
Even though they were several meters apart, Zhao Chen could still smell a sour, foul odor.
Below, several female researchers in protective suits were slowly approaching with various instruments and equipment.
First, one of the female researchers took something that looked like a drill and began drilling holes in the head of the Zerg mothership.
The green juice splattered out, making the sour smell even stronger.
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Suddenly, a detection instrument in the hands of another female researcher emitted a piercing alarm.
Zhao Chen's eyes narrowed.
Suddenly, a dark creature emerged from the hole drilled by the female researcher. It resembled a spider, but its body had many tentacle-like structures covered in slime, making it quite 'appetizing'.
The moment the strange'steel spider' crawled out, it was subdued by two female researchers armed with weapons.
One of them first discharges electricity, rendering the'steel spider' immobile, while the other immediately binds its body, rendering it unable to move.
"What is this?" Lilith asked in astonishment, covering her mouth and nose.
"This must be why the Zerg fleet is here."
It seems that Prince Yan is indeed hiding a big secret! Zhao Chen squinted: "As for what it is, I believe we will find out soon."
The order was given to the fleet to rest for five minutes, then, while maintaining contact with the other Wraith Dragon fleets, to sail towards Blue Crystal Starport.
Lilith relayed the commander's orders.
Half an hour later.
Zhao Chen and Lilith arrived at the biological laboratory set up inside the T4 Suzaku-class medium-sized interstellar cruiser.
Although this is a combat-type interstellar warship, its interior is still fully equipped. While it may not be considered very advanced, it can still conduct basic research and experiments.
Zhao Chen and Lilith looked at the'steel spider' that was tied up across the glass window.
A female researcher stepped forward, looked at Zhao Chen, and immediately saluted: "Commander."
"Just tell me, what exactly is this?" Zhao Chen asked.
The female researcher retrieved relevant data: "Due to time and equipment limitations, we are unable to understand the structure and operating principles of this thing in detail."
However, we can roughly guess what its function is.
It's essentially an artificial 'brain' used to control the target organism.
Although he had expected it, Zhao Chen still showed a surprised expression.
“Controlling a target organism? Isn’t that... like mind control technology in science fiction novels?” Lilith said with some fear.
The female researcher shook her head: "It's not that scary. Based on our initial understanding, it currently has several limitations."
First, there's the issue of size. It can't be made too small, which means it can't fit into organisms that are too small.
At the same time, it cannot control highly intelligent beings, such as humans. If it forcibly intervenes, it will cause its core to overload, which simply means it will crash.
Based on the raw materials we have identified so far, many of them are scarce, and the construction requirements must be very high, making large-scale production impossible.
Their technological level has reached the late T4 stage.
Hearing these analyses, Lilith breathed a sigh of relief.
The thought of something like that crawling into your head and controlling your thoughts is terrifying!
As things stand, it seems that only large creatures like the Zergling Mothership meet the requirements of this technology.
Once you control the Hive Mothership as a whole, the combat units on it will naturally be under your control as well!
"That means these Zerg motherships are all under control!" Lilith exclaimed.
"It should be." Zhao Chen nodded.
"Qin Xiaotian? He has that ability?" Lilith was somewhat incredulous.
How could a prince within the Starry Empire possibly possess such incredible technology?
Zhao Chen also had doubts.
If Qin Xiaotian had possessed this technology long ago, he could have rebelled and declared himself emperor long ago.
That means Qin Xiaotian only recently mastered this technology, and it may not even be very mature yet, or the quantity may not be large.
But no matter what, this cutting-edge technology is terrifying!
"But... how did Qin Xiaotian obtain these Zerg Hive Motherships?" Zhao Chen frowned.
The interstellar insectoids are not native to this universe, but come from an unknown alien world.
Zerg fleets will only emerge when unstable cosmic wormholes appear.
Recalling the series of abnormal cosmic wormholes that had appeared one after another within the Star Glory Empire.
This gave Zhao Chen an idea.
Could it be that... Qin Xiaotian was behind all of that?
It can control the appearance of cosmic wormholes.
This is yet another terrifying piece of cutting-edge technology.
Qin Xiaotian.
This guy has quite a few secrets.
"Collect more of these intact'steel spiders' and arrange for researchers to study them in detail after we bring them back to the Xiaolong Galaxy," Zhao Chen instructed.
The most important thing right now is to get the Blue Crystal Starport sorted out.
After another half hour of sailing, Zhao Chen encountered the third echelon of the First Legion of the Xiaolong. The enemy had also been attacked by the Zerg fleet, but the number of Zerg was considerable and they suffered virtually no losses.
In this way, the first legion of the JF-17 Thunder can be considered to have been safely assembled.
The Blue Crystal Starport then appeared before Zhao Chen's eyes.
