Two weeks later, the main Zerg leviathans entered the actual controlled area of the civilization's home system.
During this time, Xia Jin had infiltrated the space military departments as much as possible. Using her authority, she ensured that the civilization's scanning instruments specifically bypassed the sector of space where the Zerg were located.
By bypassing surveillance, the Dulu Civilization remained unaware of the approaching alien civilization for the time being.
On the ground, Xia Jin began her infiltration of the civilization's economic system, directly causing all currency circulating on the network to drop to zero.
This immediately triggered severe upheaval within the civilization.
The Dulu of this era had long since abandoned cash transactions; everyone's accounts were tied to their identity files.
By simply presenting an identity file, one could access all of a person's data—from age and family to medical history and assets, or even the patterns on their skin. This made the entire civilization operate with exceptional efficiency.
People didn't even need to carry anything when they went out. When passing by any location, a simple biometric scanning of individual traits was enough to complete a transaction.
Naturally, every industry—from hospitals to schools—was bound to these personal physical characteristics.
Since this technology was first implemented thousands of years ago, there had never been a single incident.
But at this moment, under Xia Jin's psionic penetration, every account balance on the Capital Star was wiped to zero.
Not only that, but all past transaction records had vanished.
Making payments through accounts became an impossible task, effectively rendering the currency worthless on the spot.
Subsequently, during the incubation of the larvae, a thousand different types of viruses specifically tailored to Dulu genes were deployed on a massive scale via scouting mosquitoes.
The most terrifying of these viruses possessed almost every possible mode of transmission and an incubation period of up to three months. Once the symptoms appeared, the fatality rate was nearly one hundred percent.
Worst of all, detecting the virus during the incubation period was extremely difficult.
However, as Brain Bug No. 1 had said, viral strikes weren't actually a particularly favored method for the Zerg.
They were merely intended to complement the subsequent operations.
Xia Jin's actions were solely to create chaos, ensuring the civilization would be unable to form an effective resistance when the Zerg invasion followed.
On her fifteenth day on the planet, the cloaked landing pod that had brought Xia Jin down finally lost its functionality and was completely exposed to the civilization's view.
The object clearly incited panic among the high-ranking officials.
Specifically, its purely biological structure led some of the leadership to form unsettling associations.
...
Sitting in a Dulu office, Xia Jin glanced at the time and let out a lazy yawn.
The planet was currently in a state of total chaos. The lack of an economy meant that transactions themselves could not be completed. Sellers were obviously unwilling to give away goods for free, yet the ordinary Dulu still needed to buy food to survive.
Although the Dulu authorities had taken mandatory measures, public order remained difficult to control.
The most terrifying part was that the system was unrepairable.
No matter the device, as long as it displayed a monetary amount, it would immediately turn to zero.
The financial system had completely collapsed.
This was undoubtedly the end for the Dulu.
To maintain order, ground forces were even forced to enter various cities.
Judging by the news, everything was even worse than Xia Jin had imagined.
“The timing is about right.”
Counting on her fingers, Xia Jin had the parasite in the adjacent office send a message to the fleet in space.
“A biological entity suspected to be a Zerg ship has been discovered in Sector 12. Fleet, proceed to the target area immediately and maintain close surveillance.”
Once this order was issued, the entire military aboard the fleet grew tense.
“The Zerg fleet? They’ve actually arrived?”
Because the message came from the ground control center and the sender held a high rank, using a commanding tone, the Dulu fleet took it very seriously. After a wave of scans, they indeed spotted a large number of Zerg ships.
This fleet of ships was actually flying toward their home planet.
“Activate curvature engines. Prepare for interception.”
The Dulu aboard the ships were all on edge.
An invasion by an extraterrestrial civilization was something they had never encountered before.
The Dulu Civilization had indeed encountered other spacefaring civilizations in the past, but the enemies they faced back then were very weak.
This time was different.
The Zerg were a terrifying civilization that had caused an entire fleet to fall, with intelligence barely making it back.
...
The Dulu had no idea that what Xia Jin was letting them see was actually a mass of cheap empty shells that could do nothing but sail and had no combat capability.
In fact, they were just a bunch of transport ships that had been stripped of most resources, making them incredibly cheap.
Their appearance immediately drew the attention of the fleet's main force.
At the same time, the Zerg fleet hiding twenty million kilometers away initiated high-speed travel, preparing to ambush the Dulu fleet from another direction.
Because their attention was entirely fixed on the transport fleet, these space military soldiers never realized that the Swarm would launch a sudden surprise attack.
Xia Jin had prepared thoroughly for this strike.
At twenty million kilometers, traveling at maximum speed, it took about half an hour before the Dulu instruments finally detected the Zerg's approach.
Unfortunately, it was too late.
The distance between the two sides had already closed to within 3,000 kilometers.
Hundreds of fusion missiles and over thirty plasma cannons were fired directly.
The attack was so sudden that the Dulu hulls had no time to react.
Combined with a relative speed of over 100 kilometers per second, the projectiles hit their targets in less than twenty seconds.
Only a few ships managed to release their ejection plates in advance.
Sadly, it was meaningless. The Zerg had fired too much ordnance, and the ambush came from both the flanks and the rear.
After a series of dazzling explosions, the behemoths, each hundreds of meters long, were ultimately consumed by fire.
On the brink of destruction, a portion of the Dulu fleet attempted to retaliate, but they failed to significantly impact the battle.
It took a full half-hour for the flames in space to dissipate.
The combustible gases within the ships were exhausted, and the metallic wreckage settled back into the deep darkness.
...
The Dulu ground control center only learned of the situation in space six hours later.
When they discovered that the entire space fleet of over twenty ships had been wiped out, the entire leadership was stunned.
By this time, the Zerg ships were already on their way.
It was estimated that in just two days, a large number of small leviathans would appear in the skies above the home planet, escorting hundreds of transport ships.
Xia Jin leaned back in her chair, gazing at the chaotic, near-collapsing scene in the office next door, and couldn't help but smile.
She calmly picked up a Dulu drink and finished it.
“Cough, cough. This taste is really terrible.”
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