This was the advantage of space-type attacks. They could ignore obstacles and directly hit the target.
Of course, there was a limit to how much they could ignore obstacles. For example, if there was a problem with the spatial layer between them and the target, the attack would not be able to pass through. It was just like what the insectoids did during the Outpost War. They used special energy to bombard a certain area, causing spatial damage that could not be repaired in a short period of time.
As for what the insectoids were planning, Lin Tian could roughly guess. It was not a very complicated tactic.
Just like the Outpost War, they would first use three types of basic insectoids to advance, then use the breeding of Ejector Insectoids and Battleship Insectoids to create an area of spatial disorder between the two sides to block the long-range spatial attacks of the Fearless fleet. At the cost of most of the insectoids dying, the insectoids would advance to within 1AU of the defensive line in one go.
Of course, if that was all, Lin Tian had many ways to stop them, and the result would be the same as the Outpost War. In the end, the insectoids would have no choice but to retreat.
However, it was clear that the insectoids had other plans, and the key was the Royal Guards in the third section of the formation!
Although Lin Tian did not know if Aliya's Royal Guards had been greatly improved and strengthened like the other insectoids, at least based on the information provided by Emil, Aliya's Royal Guards from more than 100,000 years ago were already shocking enough!
Their attack range was 3AU, and their attack method was spatial slash.
Of course, if that was all, Lin Tian would not be shocked. After all, no matter how powerful a space-type attack was, it was useless without a method to deal with a phase shield.
Otherwise, the Saint Wei Empire would have destroyed the insectoids during the early stages of the war. How could they only have the advantage?
Just like how a level-4 civilization could not do anything to a level-5 civilization, a level-6 civilization could not do anything to a level-7 civilization.
One crossed the threshold of space-type technology, and the other crossed the threshold of phase-type technology.
Level-5 and level-7 civilizations were very representative and could be considered to have stepped into a new dimension.
Therefore, in the early stages of the Insectoid Holy War, the insectoids were only suppressed but not destroyed. This was the reason why the Royal Guards had a certain degree of phase-attack ability!
Of course, this did not mean that they could attack warships in different phases at will.
Instead, they could send their attacks to different phases. However, the Insectoids did not have the ability to accurately know which phase the enemy warship was in.
One had to know that in theory, the phases were infinite!
Of course, this was only in theory. In reality, the Phase Shield of a level-7 civilization could enter a random phase, and the number of phases that could be entered was limited. It was usually 100-200.
After all, it was basically impossible to calculate almost infinite phase data. Even a more advanced civilization would not be able to do it.
Therefore, the Phase Shield was basically just a record of the calculated phases of a civilization, and the phases that were the easiest to calculate — the so-called basic phases!
And when it was activated, it would randomly select one to enter, instead of randomly selecting one from the theoretically infinite phases!
This gave the Royal Guards an opportunity. As long as they kept trying in the basic phase and found the phase segment used by humans, the rest would be easy …
Just use numbers to pile them up!
For example, the human Phase Shield used 200 basic phases. Then, as long as they spent time repeatedly trying in the basic phases, they could eventually find the phases used by humans.
Finally, they could directly use 200 Royal Guards to attack all the phases at the same time. Then, one of the attacks would definitely hit, right?
Of course, during this process, the Insectoids would be in a state where they could not fight back. However, the Insectoids did not care about this. It was just a few dead bugs. What was the problem?
Well, this was indeed not a problem for the Insectoids. They were simply arrogant bugs!
Therefore, Lin Tian was very wary of the Royal Guards. Moreover, what if the Royal Guards were like the other combat bugs and had been improved by Aliya in the past 100,000 years?
Who knew if their range had increased, their attack power had increased, or if they had more ways to deal with the Phase Shield?
It was still the same sentence — lack of information!
However, in any case, the increase in range and attack power was almost certain. As for whether they had new abilities or more ways to deal with the Phase Shield, it was completely unknown.
According to the current development of the situation, when the Insectoids' front formation used the spatial disorder to rush into the defensive line within 1AU, the Royal Guards would also reach a distance of 5AU!
What if the attack range of the Royal Guards increased to the level of 5AU?
It could be said that all the combat bugs in front were cannon fodder, bait. Only the Royal Guards in the third section of the formation were the real trump card. They were the ones he had to be careful with!
Sacrificing all the basic combat bugs just to send the Royal Guards into attack range was the Insectoids' tactic. Only a race like the Insectoids could afford to use such a tactic.
If it was the Federation, don't be ridiculous. Sacrificing 99% of their forces just to send 1% of their forces to attack?
If anyone dared to do that — no, as long as anyone dared to propose such a plan, they would be directly wiped out.
Lin Tian's response to this was very simple. He would let go of all the formations in front and prioritize attacking the Royal Guards in the rear!
Of course, Lin Tian did not have much time. According to his calculations, the Insectoids would use the tactic of the Sentinel Battle in an hour at most. The Insectoids would create a chaotic space for themselves. At that time, Fearless would lose the ability to attack the Royal Guards in the rear.
With the experience of the Sentinel Battle, Lin Tian naturally would not sit still and wait for death. The arrangements he had made over the past few days were not in vain!
Separated by a distance of 9AU, a single-point penetrating space attack directly affected the front part of the Royal Guard Formation. A dazzling white light flashed, as if it directly drew a straight line in the void.
In this straight line, everything would be penetrated without any resistance.
At the moment of the attack, the royal insect guard had already activated a space barrier through the space organ in its body. It was similar to the unidirectional space shield that the Federation once had. It directly acted in front of itself, forming a shield!
Unfortunately, even the spatial shield could not stop the attack from piercing through. A huge hole was instantly pierced through the spatial shield, and the Royal Guards behind it were also pierced through.
Then the second one behind it … the third … until the seventh …
The attack …
It was blocked!!!