"Our fleet has been destroyed, and no information was sent back."
In another location, several strange creatures with three pairs of wings and hundreds of eyes distributed across their bodies were communicating with each other.
"I find it a bit strange. The civilization we encountered this time might be different from those we've met in the past. It seems it was a mistake not to inquire more from the Kawi Civilization."
"The Kawi Civilization withheld information and didn't tell us they were this powerful."
"Perhaps the Kawi Civilization was coerced."
"That is indeed a pity."
Midway through their communication, they discovered several Zerg leviathans had reached the outer regions of Dulu System 2.
It had been only half a month since their fleet was destroyed.
Navigating two light years in half a month—setting aside everything else, the Zerg's spatial navigation technology was already preposterous.
To the Starsea Alliance, at least, such a civilization already posed a significant deterrent.
...
Starsea Alliance, Black Forest Civilization, a certain habitable planet.
On the ground, amidst countless technological marvels, many individuals of the Black Forest Civilization were suddenly drawn by the commotion overhead and looked up one after another.
However, what appeared before their eyes was an apocalyptic scene.
Countless fireballs blotted out the sun, covering the entire sky.
"What... is this?"
A Black Forest person raised the single eye atop his tentacle, taking in the entire scene.
"Global Alert! Global Alert! Encountering an invasion by an unknown civilization. The interstellar fleet has been completely destroyed."
"All residents, please evacuate to underground facilities!"
"All residents, please evacuate to underground facilities!"
An incredibly harsh alarm sounded.
The Black Forest people fell into chaos.
Panicked crowds fleeing for their lives were everywhere.
The Black Forest person who witnessed it all looked at the scene in disbelief, seeing the end of the world with his own eye.
"What exactly happened?"
"What kind of civilization would launch such an attack? Won't the Starsea Alliance mediate?"
Some Black Forest people cursed as they ran.
Naturally, they didn't realize that this was a so called act of retaliation carried out by the Zerg for certain bargaining chips.
Of course, Xia Jin herself wasn't actually that petty. Retaliation was just an excuse; the whole thing was about her gaining an advantage.
This battle was purely a show of force to demonstrate the Zerg's foundation.
She simply wanted to intentionally reveal some of her strength so that the Starsea Alliance would recognize her in terms of power.
This way, the possibility for negotiation and delay would exist between the two sides.
Otherwise, if her strength was too weak, they might not even bother talking and just attack directly.
Xia Jin knew the truth about her Zerg. They looked strong on the surface, but in the end, they had developed for too short a time and were still hard to compare with the Starsea Alliance.
Rather than a full scale war, she still preferred that the two sides didn't fight.
Brain Bug No. 1's estimate was: "We will pick a nearby Starsea Alliance civilization at random to make an example of. If the other side has any intention of a ceasefire, they will have the Kawi Civilization contact us."
Thus, the battle took place.
"I've invested almost all my reserved ground units this time. Even if it means taking a loss, I must succeed with thunderous speed."
Xia Jin estimated she would send out 200 billion bugs, all of which were combat bugs.
Although most were zerglings, this wave of attack was absolutely insane for the unlucky souls on the planet below.
Not to mention, she had shown such disdain that she didn't even bother with orbital bombardment.
The goal was to show: My army is so vast that I don't care about losses at all.
Obviously, this battle was being broadcast in a roundabout way.
After the war began, the planetary communications of the Black Forest Civilization were not blocked. Consequently, some media outlets transmitted live footage to other Black Forest Civilization planets in the rear, who then spread it to the entire alliance.
In their eyes, after the first wave of fireballs landed, countless bugs crawled out of the ground.
They started with large groups of roaches firing the rockets from their backs.
These rockets were all composed of 100,000 ton yield tactical nukes. They converged into the first wave of strikes, creating a safe and stable landing zone.
Subsequently, the first wave of five billion bugs immediately began a decisive battle with the local army.
While the battle raged on the ground, the rain of fireballs continued incessantly in the sky.
Yes, Xia Jin had turned this war into a continuous assault rather than the waves of the past.
Under her preposterous preparations, a massive number of giant transport ships were continuously transporting troops from planets nearly 100 million kilometers away.
After resisting for more than half a day, the 80 billion living beings on this planet were completely wiped out.
After the war ended, the surface of the planet looked like the end of the world.
The total power of the explosives dropped by the Zerg was equivalent to 100 billion tons of TNT.
Yes, 100 billion tons.
Fighting a ground battle like this was so insane that they even accidentally killed several hundred million of their own bugs.
Xia Jin's heart was bleeding.
But she pretended to be a wealthy tycoon.
Just a few hundred million.
This war, in the Zerg's own way, demonstrated the combat power of a terrifying civilization to the entire Starsea Alliance.
...
Just one short day later, representatives from various civilizations of the Starsea Alliance held an emergency meeting.
During this meeting, after a series of analyses and discussions, all the civilizations agreed on one point.
"Consumables. This alien species seems to treat these terrible creatures as consumables. They completely disregard their own losses. Ridiculously, the resistance of the tens of billions of Black Forest people wasn't weak, yet in the end, the enemies they directly killed were fewer than those the opponent killed themselves through friendly fire."
After all, the Zerg's zerglings started at Tier 12.
This resulted in a loss count of only a bit over 200 million bugs after the battle.
A 400:1 casualty ratio truly gave off the feeling of a high quality Zerg.
If anyone called these bugs cannon fodder, no one would likely believe them.
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