Chapter 513: Corrosion
Under the stunned gaze of the Moto soldiers, the Vulturehawk flapped its wings a few times and ascended back into the sky. Then, as if gradually becoming transparent, it vanished into thin air.
“Such incredible stealth technology!” While the soldiers were merely shocked by the Vulturehawk’s power, the commander saw more. This kind of stealth technology explained why they had never detected the Swarm before. Now that he thought about it, perhaps the Swarm had always been right beside them, but they simply hadn’t known.
He glanced around. In the night sky, the brightness of the flares was beginning to fade, and the higher reaches of the sky remained pitch black. Perhaps up there, countless Swarm units were silently watching them.
They were like gladiators in an arena, fighting desperately to entertain the Swarm. And whenever something unexpected appeared, the Swarm would intervene forcefully, just as they had moments ago.
While the Moto soldiers were momentarily thrown off by the appearance of the Vulturehawk, the Swarm remained unaffected. As the Moto soldiers hesitated, the area that had just been cleared by missiles was once again overrun by Raiders, their sharp hisses filling the air as they charged toward the sentry post.
“If this continues, we’re doomed,” the Moto commander realized. “Send the footage we just captured back to headquarters. Tell them to send reinforcements—lots of reinforcements!”
Unfortunately, he thought the Swarm was only attacking his sentry post. He didn’t know that the Swarm had launched a full-scale assault, and every base and defensive zone was now fighting for its survival.
In truth, the Brood Queens that had been airdropped by the Swarm in previous days were far from sufficient to wage a global war. But LKDW262 was too close to Swarm territory.
Over a hundred years ago, the planet had already been infiltrated by the Swarm’s micro-seeding program. Deep within the planet, the Swarm had long since taken root.