Sky-cracking Rider
Chapter 1157 1129: Fighting Poison with Poison
"Those things..."
Chen Fei shook his head.
First, he did not value those space creatures like cannon fodder that even tactical jets could annihilate en masse, even without using Element Annihilation Bombs.
Second, competing against so many biological space motherships with just one "Life Tree" was clearly a disadvantage, and not cost-effective or economical.
The cannon fodder strategy thought up by the Monk was impractical.
"Don't give random ideas!"
S-Class Space Ability User Heseman Brown lightly scolded, getting fed up with wild ideas.
Both sides were engaged in fierce combat; if a mistake led to a reversal of the situation, throwing this bald fool into the star as a sacrifice wouldn't be enough to recover.
"However... there is a suitable option."
Chen Fei narrowed his eyes slightly; Miyoshi Xuesen's words did remind him of something.
Heseman Brown asked with doubt, "Aren't they all the same?"
"But there are exceptions!"
Chen Fei took a deep breath; what he thought of was an inspiration, yet a double-edged sword.
In the "Boundary Pearl" Life Space, from the canopy of the "Life Tree" at the center of the continental plate, hundreds of egg-shaped fruits the size of cars fell. As soon as they fell onto the grass, more than a dozen disappeared into thin air.
"What is this..."
Seeing the giant fruits suddenly appearing in the cabin, Miyoshi Monk couldn't help but widen his eyes.
Such large fruits had only one source — the "Life Tree" in the Life Space, although it was unknown what they would incubate inside.
The "Life Tree" could breed all kinds of creatures, from small viruses and bacteria to the biological space mothership itself, although the latter required enormous resources to grow to the size that was currently battling with the Battle Mothership Group on the Second Battlefield.
"Mr. Brown, send these fruits to the Second Battlefield, behind those biological space motherships, and there will be a few more batches coming."
Chen Fei looked at the S-Class Space Ability User.
If it weren't for the limited space in the cabin of the small flying ship, he wouldn't have extracted just part of the fruits from the Life Space.
"Ah! Understood!"
Heseman Brown speculated about what kind of enemy weapon might be hidden in the fruits while activating a Psi Skill to transmit all these giant fruits. The error in "Space Transmission" wouldn't matter if it deviated by a few hundred kilometers or even ten thousand kilometers.
Fifteen fruits appeared at a time and were then transmitted. After eight consecutive times, no more new fruits appeared.
The optical images of the Second Battlefield did not yet show the figures of those fruits. The distance between the Third Planet of Emerald Star and the Fourth Planet of Canghai Star was about 219 light seconds, meaning that even if the S-Class Space Ability User sent all these hundred plus fruits to the edge of the Second Battlefield, the small flying ship located between Emerald Star and its moon needed to wait a delay of at least 3 minutes 39 seconds to observe the changes on the Second Battlefield.
219 seconds later, Chen Fei and others finally saw the images of the Second Battlefield. The fruits had already auto-incubated, and the creatures bred inside, after a brief confusion, instinctively targeted the numerous "food" in their field of vision.
The truth of the fruits was revealed, and Miyoshi Xuesen exclaimed: "It's the 'Star Perch'!"
Although assisting with continuous transmission, the contents of these fruits still took people by surprise. Heseman Brown, who didn't guess the answer, asked with emotion: "Wow, 'Rookie,' how did you know that kind of thing would attack the 'Sagali' civilization's space bio-weapons?"
"There is never a simple host that gets chosen by the parasitic species, and the fewer they are, the greater the threat."
Chen Fei was also gambling since sending them to the rear of those biological space motherships, even if things got chaotic, it would initially disrupt the enemy.
The 'Star Perch' was much stronger than those foolish space biological combat weapons, most likely being native species. The 'Sagali' civilization seemed very apprehensive of being retaliated against by the species they controlled. The control was said to be strict, but it was more like the possibility of rebellion was minimized from the start. Similar to how the Federation's class rules worked, lower-class people didn't need too much knowledge; it was best if they didn't even understand mental arithmetic, and their reading ability and vocabulary were as minimal as possible. The less brainpower the oppressed class had, the easier it was for the rulers, a truth evidently universal.
Unlike the "Star Perch" fruits that the "Life Tree" first bore, this time the fruits did not incubate immediately after ripening and their timing of emergence was entirely under Chen Fei's control. It was only when these fruits were transported by S-Class Psi Skill behind the biological space motherships did they incubate into many medium to small-sized 'Star Perches.'
This sharp-headed, short-tailed space creature with full mouth of fangs moved extremely flexibly in the void, pouncing on space biological combat weapons and tearing them apart effortlessly like they were made of paper, then dashed towards the next target, almost biting once then fleeing.
Filling a distance of 0.5 light seconds with millions of space biological combat weapons indeed became a feast for these hundred plus 'Star Perches,' and these space beasts ignored the tactical jets, wantonly hunting the monsters continuously released by the biological space motherships. The expanding number of 8700±200 per hour was momentarily suppressed by these hundred plus reckless 'Star Perches,' with the current inventory not increasing anymore, not even by one.
Without protein, tactical jets couldn't become 'Star Perch' food, thus launching aggressive attacks by taking advantage of the situation to eliminate numerous space biological combat weapons. While they could maneuver agilely in space, their body defenses didn't withstand attacks from the onboard weapons, and even a magnetically accelerated armor-piercing incendiary bomb easily took away their lives.
"Does this also work?"
Miyoshi Xuesen, stupefied, watched the three-dimensional holographic projection of the Second Battlefield, seeing the "stars" representing space biological combat weapons decrease rapidly at a pace visible to the naked eye.
Even though the total number of the tactical jet group had fallen below 600,000, if they could seize this opportunity, they could swiftly reduce the biological space motherships to nothing.
Once they lost the cover of combat sub-units, it wouldn't take many tactical jets swarming in to bring the battle to a possible swift conclusion should merely thirty or so biological space motherships not merge.
Even if Element Annihilation were to cause the loss of blood and flesh of many biological space motherships, Chen Fei, wary of potential variables, would still unswervingly execute this decisive tactical move.
S-Class Space Series Ability User Heseman Brown asked doubtfully: "Wasn't it said that the 'Star Perch' is hard to control? Is there a way now?"
While the combat strength of the 'Star Perch' surely overwhelmed the monsters released by biological space motherships, dealing with it afterwards seemed challenging.
"There's no way! It's out of control, but 'Star Perch' is easier to handle than biological space motherships."
Chen Fei still remembered the experience of their small flying ship being chased pathetically by a 'Star Perch,' only that particular 'Star Perch' was under the control of parasitic species. Without only its instincts, it's not a concern.