Wills TE Supercluster, Xassalle Star Field.
This place was close to the Vitala Star Field where Chels was located. It was currently a strategic location that the Purgatory Legion and the insectoids were fighting over.
Once this place was taken down, Ipnos could turn to attack Chels without any scruples. He did not have to worry about being surrounded by a large number of insectoids when he attacked Chels.
Ipnos, as a Tier 8 creature, was not afraid of the terrifying number of insectoids, nor was he afraid of being surrounded or in close combat.
However, this did not mean that the other Tier 7 leaders were not afraid, nor did it mean that the ordinary warriors below were not afraid.
It must be known that the Purgatory Legion's strongest attack was the long-range type. Once surrounded by an endless sea of insectoids, the combat power of the entire Purgatory Legion would drop by more than half.
Although they were strong individually, their number was still their weakness.
Ipnos had led the Purgatory Legion II to attack here for more than a month, but the progress was surprisingly slow.
Until now, the Purgatory Legion had only occupied 30% of the Xassalle Star Field.
After all, this place was very close to Chels. Therefore, Aliya could rapidly increase the number of troops here, using absolute numbers to completely delay the enemy's footsteps.
What was that saying again …
With such a large number, even if they all stood still and waited for you to shoot them, you would be exhausted to death!
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"Olga, this battle is really infuriating. Can't you just send an elite force to Chels to block the Ocean Current?"
She opened her mouth and spat out a terrifying ray. After wiping out all the insects in front of her, Epnos' very unhappy voice sounded in Olga's mind.
During this period of time, she was simply annoyed. It was not as carefree as when she was advancing in the past few Star Fields.
Just now, she had just swept away a bunch of insectoids in front, but in the time it took to say a few words, the cleared area was almost filled with insectoids again.
After all, Aliya occupied more than ten Star Fields before, and her troops were scattered. Due to the distance, reinforcements were slow.
Now that she only had three Star Fields left, she could concentrate her forces and fight. Furthermore, due to the distance, the endless swarm of insectoids entering the Wills Special Super Star Cluster from the Kempinia Super Star Cluster could also quickly reinforce the battlefield.
As a result, the speed of Ipnos' advance was limited to the greatest extent.
"Commander, this won't do!"
"As you know, I'm the only one in the army who can accurately locate those disgusting parasitic bugs. It's too dangerous to split up!"
"Then what should we do? Can we only fight our way through slowly?"
"That's all we can do for now!"
"Damn insects!"
With a loud curse, Ipnos opened his mouth again and shot a terrifying ray at the insects that had just gathered in front of him!
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Cosmic ocean current node, Chels.
"Looking at the time, the human fleet should arrive today, and the Thassalle Star Field should be able to hold on for at least a month."
Aliya heaved a sigh of relief as she sensed the situation at the frontlines through the insectoid mental network.
Looks like … there shouldn't be much of a problem!
However, less than a minute after Aliya cut off the sensory sharing in the insectoid mental network.
Ipnos, who was still fighting the insectoids in the Thassalle Star Field, suddenly … disappeared!
"Commander, the dark energy network has received a message from the insectoid Aliya!"
"Content?"
"I've stopped the Purgatory Legion in the Thassalle Star Field. I can confirm that they won't be able to break through for at least a month!"
"Thassalle? Isn't Aliya overconfident? "
After hearing the communication officer's words, Lin Fan could not help but frown. He did not agree with Aliya's strategy at all.
That was right. Normally speaking, Aliya was correct. Under the deterrence of the Void Reaver, the enemy did not dare to split up and stop them outside the ocean current node.
However, there was a very serious problem here. Aliya had sent most of the insectoids to the Thassalle Star Field. They were either fighting in the Thassalle Star Field or on their way to Thassalle.
Although according to Aliya's estimation, this could at least delay the enemy in Thassalle for a month, the problem was, did the Federation really need a month?
Lin Fan was speechless. The Federation's fleet would arrive in a few hours, but she still sent all the insectoid reinforcements to Thassalle. As a result, Chels' forces were obviously insufficient.
If the enemy had more than one creature that could locate the Voidreavers, or if they had a way to deal with the Voidreavers, could they have split up and ambushed Chels? Would Chels be able to stop them with his meager forces?
If things went wrong, not only would the path to mobilize the insectoid forces from the rear be cut off, even the Federation would have to face the danger of breaking through the ocean current node when they reached Chels.
"Insectoids are insectoids. Even if they have high intelligence, they still take things for granted!"
"They still don't understand that as a commander, you have to consider the worst-case scenario at all times and leave more backup plans when you deploy!"
Just as Lin Fan had expected, every time Aliya arrived at a bug colony, she would send a bug colony to Xassar. Chelsne, on the other hand, only left behind all the King Beetles and a part of the King Beetle Guards to guard it.
This was a very dangerous situation.
"How much time do we have until we leave the ocean current?"
"Two hours, fifteen minutes, and thirty-eight seconds, Marshal!"
"Connect me to Lin Yu of the Underworld Fleet!"
"Yes, Marshal!"
With the communications officer's operation, Lin Yu's figure was quickly projected in the command center.
"Marshal, you're looking for me?"
"Yes. Do you remember what the worst-case scenario was in the various scenarios we simulated before we set off?"
"You're saying … by the time we arrived at Chels, the cosmic ocean current node had already been taken over by the Infernal creatures, causing us to be attacked by the Infernal creatures the moment we left the ocean current?"
Lin Yu raised an eyebrow.
Before they set off, the father and son had indeed simulated various scenarios of this battle. Among them, the worst-case scenario was … before the Federation's fleet arrived at Chels, Aliya had already failed, allowing the Infernal creatures to take control of Chels!
Now that he heard Lin Fan say this, did the worst-case scenario really happen?
"Not already, but because of Aliya's foolish deployment, the probability of this happening has increased by at least 17.32%."
"Of course, even if Ipnos rushed to Chels now, it's impossible for them to take it down in two hours, even if the Insectoids don't have many troops in Chels."
"So, if Ipnos has really divided its forces, then when you arrive, the most likely place you'll encounter is Chels, which is being attacked by Ipnos, and thus in chaos!"
"Phew …"
This allowed Lin Yu to breathe a sigh of relief.
To be honest, if it was really the worst-case scenario, before the Federation arrived, Ipnos would have already taken control of Chels.
Then, the moment the fleet rushed out of the cosmic ocean current, they would face powerful attacks from all directions, and it was very likely that they would have to pay an extremely high price to rush out.
However, if the other party only arrived at Chels and was fighting with Aliya, then the situation would be much better.
"Don't worry, isn't this the purpose of placing me in the first sequence of the fleet?"
Lin Yu smiled slightly and said.
This was also the best plan that the father and son came up with after simulating the worst-case scenario!
With Lin Yu, an A-grade dark energy manipulator, attacking first, the fleet's casualties would be minimized.
After all, according to the previous report, Jiang Feng, a B-grade dark energy user, could fight with Ipnos for a short time with the help of the nether-level battleship, let alone Lin Yu, an A-grade dark energy user.
And with Lin Yu holding back, the landing of the other fleets would be much safer!
"Be careful!"
Standing next to Lin Fan, as his adjutant, Liang Xue looked at Lin Yu's figure in front of her and said gently, unlike her usual cold image in the military.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine!"
"Brat, don't underestimate the enemy. Don't forget the latest information provided by Aliya. Ipnos has become stronger after recovering from his serious injuries and is suspected to have advanced!"
"General, in fact, I'm already at the door of advancement, what I'm missing … should be an opportunity, and this time, it's very likely to be my opportunity!"
"You mean …"
"That's right, the S-grade dark energy manipulator that only exists in theory at the moment, I can already feel that I'm only one step away!"
"Hiss …"
Lin Yu's answer was like dropping a bomb in the entire command center, causing everyone to suck in a breath of cold air.
It should be noted that although the Federation had set the level of a Level 5 dark energy manipulator, because no one had ever reached S-grade, S-grade dark energy manipulator had always been regarded by most as a fantasy of dark energy scientists.
But now, the entire command center had heard Lin Yu, an A-grade dark energy manipulator, say that he was only one step away from a breakthrough, to become an S-grade dark energy manipulator!
This … What kind of shocking news was this!
"Brat, can you talk about this kind of thing here?"
Looking at the somewhat chaotic command center, Lin Fan laughed and scolded directly.
Of course, Lin Fan was only joking. In fact, he was very much in favor of Lin Yu directly announcing his advancement to the public after becoming an S-grade dark energy manipulator.
After all, at this point, if Lin Yu was really an A-grade dark energy manipulator, then … No one in the entire Federation could pose a threat to him, so there was no need to keep it a secret to ensure his safety.
On the contrary, actively revealing one's identity would be a very powerful deterrent.
This was the case to the public, but internally …
It was also the case to the public!