Chapter 475: The Trap
“Ah!” The harsh static transitioned into an even more piercing buzzing sound. Several Daqi team members couldn’t bear it any longer, hastily removing their helmets and throwing them to the ground. Fortunately, since they were on a life planet, removing their helmets didn’t cause any discomfort from the environment.
They shook their heads, trying to clear the disorientation caused by the sudden noise. The intense buzzing had inflicted significant harm, leaving some team members retching, while others already had blood seeping from their noses and mouths.
After a while, they began to recover slightly.
“Ugh… Captain, it’s an EMP!” shouted one of the Daqi soldiers. However, the deafening sound had left most of them temporarily hearing-impaired. The team leader, still dizzy and disoriented, couldn’t make out what was being said.
The captain struggled against the lingering effects, tapping his own helmeted head, but the noise and disorientation rendered him unable to hear anything clearly.
The soldier, physically sturdier than the captain and having been positioned further back during the EMP detonation, had recovered more quickly. He dragged himself closer to the captain and used his weapon to draw the letters “EMP” in the dirt.
The captain rubbed his eyes, focusing on the roughly scrawled letters. He nodded grimly. Although the Swarm predominantly relied on biotechnology, their mastery of controlled fusion and magnetic field technology was highly advanced. Deploying an EMP device was well within their capabilities.
What puzzled him, however, was why the Swarm would place an EMP here instead of a high-yield explosive. Wouldn’t a bomb have been far more effective? The all-terrain robots that had been leading the way were now disabled, their circuits sparking as they lay inert.
The Daqi had taken most of their valuable assets with them during their evacuation. Large defensive installations had to be left behind due to size, but smaller equipment, such as advanced robots, had been taken wherever possible. The robots left behind were older models, which, though equipped with basic EMP shielding, had failed to withstand such a close-range detonation.