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Chapter 708 The Kona Civilization Makes its Move
In the command center, everyone stared at that number, forgetting even to breathe.
One thousand three hundred and sixty-two.
An aide's Adam's apple bobbed as he spoke:
"Is it... a missile?"
The person next to him suddenly stood up.
"Yes! They're all missiles!"
On the screen, more than a thousand high-speed flying objects are cutting in from behind the plasma worm swarm.
They trailed thin, almost invisible tail flames, forming multi-layered attack formations in the dark universe, like a metallic rainstorm crashing down from deep space.
At that moment, an urgent report came from the communications unit.
"Commander-in-Chief, we have received an external broadcast message!"
"Source confirmed: It's the Kona civilization!"
Han Niba's eyes narrowed, and he immediately said:
"Bring them in."
The next second, a translated text popped up on the right side of the large screen.
[To the Great Xia Civilization, this is the guardian of the Kona Civilization.]
We have detected your forces engaging in combat with the demons.
Based on current battlefield model simulations, your deployed equipment is insufficient to counter a large-scale plasma swarm.
Without external fire support, your landing site's core facilities will suffer devastating damage after three to five rounds of concentrated fire.
[Out of consideration for expelling the demon race and for shared strategic interests, our first batch of interceptor missiles has been launched.]
Please hang in there!
After reading the information, the despair that had been weighing on everyone's heads immediately turned into hope.
"The Kona civilization has come to our aid!"
"Holy crap, over a thousand missiles! We're saved!"
"Hahaha, there's always a way out!"
Several staff officers' eyes lit up simultaneously.
This is not as simple as just having an extra batch of missiles.
The key point is that the plasma worm swarm originally intended to overwhelm the Great Xia with its sheer numbers and rotating arrays, but now, they suddenly have an additional force of firepower from the Kona civilization behind them.
In front was the Great Xia landing site, and behind it was the Kona civilization's missile swarm.
They are no longer being hunted from one side, but are being blocked from both sides.
Han Niba also became excited and said:
"The communications team replied to Kona Civilization, saying they received the message and that they will cooperate fully."
"Fire control team, reorganize our remaining anti-satellite armor-piercing missiles."
"When the Kona missiles launch their attack, we don't rush for the main offensive positions, but only attack the key points of the formation and only finish off the critical ones."
"yes!"
As orders were passed down one after another, the morale, which had plummeted to rock bottom, was forcefully pulled back up.
The sound of keyboards clicking away again filled the air, and the communicator's headset was filled with short commands. The air was thick with the burnt smell of the equipment overheating.
At that moment, someone whispered something.
"The Kona civilization is getting involved themselves. Will the mission rewards be reduced if we capture the Kona satellite?"
The person next to him immediately cursed back.
"Are you stupid? What time is it and you're still worried about whether the reward will be reduced?"
"If we lose this battle, it won't just be a reduction in strength, it will be wiped out entirely!"
The other person quickly chimed in.
"That's right, the mission only said to recapture Kona Satellite, it didn't say that the other side was not allowed to provide support."
"If there's going to be any disputes during settlement, you'll have to survive until you reach the settlement page first."
After a few brief complaints, the deep space missile swarm had already approached the outer defense range of the plasma bug.
In the FAST (Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope) footage, thousands of Kona missiles were divided into dozens of attack waves, cutting towards the rear of the insect swarm from different heights and angles.
Their trajectories are extremely tricky.
Some initially pulled away as if to take a longer route, but then suddenly turned back the next second.
Some flew at high speed close to the edge of the plasma bug's defenses, forcing the spray capsules to fire prematurely.
Some missiles even simulate the main attack trajectory, deliberately deceiving the enemy's firepower into the air.
The blue-white close-in weapon beams crisscrossed across the universe, sweeping across empty space time and time again, only managing to shred a few decoy flares.
This was clearly not the first time the Kona civilization had encountered plasma worms.
Instead of recklessly plunging into the fire net, their missiles gradually disrupted the plasma worms' close-range defense rhythm by using batches, angles, and decoys.
Plasma worms aren't stupid either.
Soon, a large-scale disturbance occurred on the outer layer of the swarm.
The outermost few plasma worms were the first to flip their bodies, their tail-end propulsion chambers spewing out blinding plasma streams, and their huge, dark purple bodies slowly moved sideways along the track.
Subsequently, more plasmaworms redirected their jets, which were originally aimed at the Kona satellite, into deep space.
They no longer maintain alternating rows, but instead rapidly contract toward the same center.
Hundreds of kilometer-long behemoths simultaneously adjusted their postures, with their head ejector organs pointing outwards and their bulky energy sacs hidden deep within the array.
From the perspective of the celestial telescope, they actually formed a giant sphere in space.
Its outer layer consisted entirely of a ferocious head, a thick carapace, and densely packed close-in weapon jets, with its tail aligned with the center of the sphere.
The translucent energy shields lit up layer upon layer, like countless viscous water films squeezing against each other, completely enveloping the entire living fortress.
The blue and white close-range defense beams intersected and illuminated the spherical surface, making it look like a deformed planet covered with eyes and fangs from a distance.
They are transforming the swarm into a mobile, retaliatory space fortress equipped with a composite shield in the shortest possible time.
On the staff seat, some people's expressions changed slightly.
"They've changed their tactics again!"
"For Kona missiles to penetrate them, they must first break through the outer shield and close-in weaponry."
"But this significantly reduces the number of landing sites they can target simultaneously."
"Our crisis seems to be over?"
Someone stared at the model, disbelief flashing in their eyes.
"So... they were forced to abandon the concentrated fire landing site?"
Han Niba stared at the blackish-purple giant sphere taking shape on the screen, his eyebrows sharp as knives and his eyes cold and hard.
"That's right."
"They were scared."
The staff officers all looked at him.
Han Niba continued:
"If they are not afraid, they will not give up their continuous concentrated fire on the landing site."
"While spherical defenses may seem robust, they also prevent them from concentrating their bombardment of the ground for the time being, and from continuing to overwhelm our air defense systems with rotating arrays."
"This gives us exactly what we need." He paused, his gaze sweeping across the room.
"time!"
The eyes of everyone in the command hall lit up.
Han Niba gave the order:
"Notify the Kona satellite landing site to open all portals as soon as possible, with air defense systems and anti-satellite missiles given priority."
"They shrank into turtle shells, so we knocked them down layer by layer."
"As long as they can no longer concentrate their fire on the ground, the initiative will be back in our hands."
"Next, it won't be them attacking us."
"We joined forces with the Kona civilization to slowly devour these space behemoths!"