Chapter 450: F-371
Luo Wen only briefly paid attention to the situation in the Genesis System before redirecting his focus to Planet Botian. It had been fifty years since the Swarm first landed on Botian.
The Botians’ lifespan was extremely short, likely due to their relatively poor technological development. Their average lifespan was less than a century. The once spirited young mecha pilots like Zeki and Rooney had now grown old and gray-haired.
Twenty years ago, it seemed that the forces on the other side of the wormhole had recognized the risks of this side. The wormhole’s activation times became increasingly erratic. On one occasion, it remained inactive for a full five years.
Just as the Botians began to believe that their adversary had given up, the wormhole suddenly reopened, and ten monsters emerged in one go—stronger than ever before.
The surprise attack caught the Botians off guard, resulting in devastating losses. The first wave of mecha warriors sent to eliminate the monsters was completely annihilated, leaving five of the monsters still alive.
The five monsters went on to destroy several submarines and, before the Botian reinforcements could arrive, split into two groups to advance in different directions.
Unfortunately for them, one group of three monsters was intercepted mid-journey by eight mecha warriors. At the cost of five mecha, the monsters were finally defeated. This attack exceeded the Botians’ defensive capacity—at the time, they had only twenty mecha in active service.
After dealing with the first group of monsters, only three severely damaged mecha remained. Attempting to stop the remaining two monsters with such a weakened force would have been tantamount to suicide.
In a last-ditch effort, the Botian leadership held an emergency meeting and decided to launch nuclear missiles to kill the monsters before they could reach the city. As a result, Botian gained yet another zone of radioactive pollution, which immediately claimed the title of the planet’s most contaminated area.