Genshin Impact: I am best at sacrifice, don't cry

"Attention all units, the insect swarm is about to attack, be prepared to fight at any time!"

"Fire Dome System is ready to launch, be careful to avoid it!"

A majestic female voice sounded in the ears of all the Firefly warriors, and everyone started to armor up.

Leaving the ground, near the asteroid belt far outside the planet, the Firefly warriors formed an array and were ready to go.

Suddenly, some vibrations began to come from the dark and silent starry sky, and then the Firefly warriors saw a spectacular scene that they would never forget.

Countless true stinging insects of various sizes fluttered their wings and rushed in from the deep space of the universe. Their sharp mouthparts collided up and down, making people shudder.

"Deploy the protective shield and prepare for impact!"

Outside the planet of Poqis, the captain's command sounded, and the Firefly warriors driving the Alpha-type auxiliary Firefly mechas mobilized their mental power, blending with each other, and soon formed a protective shield that spread for several kilometers.

"emission!"

Almost at the moment the protective shield was deployed, countless missiles were launched from the planet Boqis, breaking through the atmosphere, passing through the camp of Firefly warriors, and heading towards the Zerg at a faster speed.

The Zerg was not afraid at all and faced the missiles, which were far less in number than their own, without slowing down at all.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The missile exploded, turning into brilliant sparks. Countless insects were reduced to ashes in the flames and impact, and the insects that were farther away were also dismembered by the powerful shock wave.

Sound cannot be transmitted in a vacuum, but as long as you see this scene, a huge explosion will automatically appear in your mind.

The Firefly Warriors, who had anticipated this, were not excited at all.

The next moment, more bugs rushed out from the aftermath of the missile explosion.

At the same time, the flames produced by the missile explosion were completely consumed, and the insect's remains were also completely consumed.

"Fire!!!"

The Firefly warriors' protective shields had just blocked the impact of the missile explosion when they were immediately attacked by a swarm of insects.

Firepower that was no less powerful than a salvo of missiles erupted from the Firefly Warriors.

The protective shield formed by mental power disappeared instantly. In a frontal combat state, it is not suitable to maintain a high-consumption protective shield.

In an instant, various energy attacks streaked across the starry sky, silently tearing the insects' bodies apart, leaving their bodies to be dismembered, blood splattered wantonly, and then immediately evaporated by the high temperature.

Simple energy attacks can only kill some of the insects. Once a large number of subsequent insects break out of the encirclement and get close to you, all your advantages will be lost.

Therefore, the weapons of the Firefly Warriors are special. They release excessive energy in the same area, which gathers together to form a chaotic energy tide. The range of the energy tide is full of terrifying energy fluctuations.

The swarm of insects has no idea what fear is and wants to consume all the energy in the energy tide by relying on their numbers.

"The second wave of fire support is about to arrive, all teams deploy energy barriers to evade!"

Because of the existence of Nandou, a familiar insect swarm, the Grammer Empire can be prepared to an unimaginable degree.

Just as the energy tide was taking shape, the second round of missile support was on the way. When the energy tide was nearly half consumed by the Zerg's numbers, the missiles also arrived.

Because of the energy tide, the second impact force will be much smaller, which also reduces the consumption of the Firefly Warriors who use mental power to release the barrier.

"Keep firing!"

In the communication channel, apart from the captain's command, there was no other noise, and every Firefly warrior was concentrating on executing the tactical arrangements.

As the impact of the missile explosion ended, the energy tide was basically about to subside. It was at this time that the Firefly warriors started a new round of volleys, and the energy tide reappeared.

Although there are powerful queens among the breeding Zerg, their command ability is basically zero. They basically charge wherever there is food!

Such command naturally made the swarm of insects unable to avoid danger. They could obviously bypass the protective circle formed by the firefly warriors, but they went towards them instead. This was because in the eyes of the insects, the firefly warriors were also a kind of food.

Is there any need to escape from food?

However, it is unacceptable for the queen insect that she cannot break through the protective circle formed by the firefly warriors for a long time.

So just as the energy tide formed for the second time, a queen insect following the swarm opened its jaws.

With just one strike, the queen insect's size and defensive power were enough to easily withstand the energy tide, fly to the front of the firefly warriors' defense line, and destroy their defense line with one strike.

It’s just that the Queen’s every move has been monitored since she appeared on the Grammer Empire’s radar.

"Personnel from the planet Boqisi, please retreat twenty kilometers immediately. The penetrating cannon has locked onto a high-level target. It is expected to fire in ten seconds. The target will be reached in three minutes."

When Captain-General Boqisi heard the order in his ear, he immediately ordered a retreat, but she herself stayed behind, holding a huge cylinder in her hand.

"Three minutes is enough for the queen to rush through the energy tide and eat us all. Let me give it a surprise."

The captain herself is 1.9 meters tall, and the Firefly mecha she drives is even taller, more than 3 meters tall, much taller than the ordinary Firefly mecha.

But even so, the cylinder was taller than her entire mecha.

That’s right, that cylinder is a single-soldier star destroyer cannon. Although it is called a single-soldier cannon, not everyone can operate it alone. Under normal circumstances, at least two Firefly warriors are needed to complete the aiming and firing.

However, those who can be selected as the captain are certainly not ordinary people.

The captain used his mental power to fix the individual star destroyer cannon and pressed his palm into the bottom of the individual star destroyer cannon.

"Use permissions to scan..."

"Firefly Warrior AT-00001, permissions are met, restrictions unlocked!"

"Humph, now I'll let you taste the power of Grammer's Iron Cavalry."

The captain had a fanatical look on his face as he continuously injected energy into the individual star destroyer cannon, quickly completing the aiming and locking.

The individual star destroyer cannon is already fully charged, and the Firefly warrior only needs to activate it and aim at the enemy to fire.

The captain waited calmly until the moment when the queen insect could no longer hold back and began to attack.

"Go to hell, you damn bug!"

The surface of the individual star destroyer cannon lit up with a fiery red light, and violent destructive energy roared out from the muzzle on the other side.

A red light dragged its tail across the starry sky and accurately hit the queen insect that had just entered the energy tide.

The horrifying explosion was like a dazzling ball of light, burning people's eyes, but it was not a problem for the Firefly Warriors.

Everyone saw clearly that the queen insect twisted its body in pain in the explosion. Its proud jaws were missing a piece and some parts of its body were damaged. However, even so, it was still far from death.

This is a powerful queen insect. If they were not prepared in advance, several groups of Firefly warriors would be wiped out by such a shot.

After the captain fired, she immediately carried the individual star destroyer cannon and chased after the retreating army. The impact force coming from behind was blocked by her mental power and instead became a boost.

"Tsk, if there were large space equipment it wouldn't be so troublesome."

After catching up with the team, the captain casually threw the individual star destroyer cannon in his hand to the member of his team who was driving the Beta-type auxiliary Firefly mecha.

In fact, all Firefly warriors have their own storage devices, but they are much smaller than those of the members who specialize in carrying large space equipment. Together with ammunition and other things, they can't fit something as big as a single-soldier star destroyer.

"Let me check the time..."

"2 minutes 58 seconds."

The captain looked back and saw an extremely thick light blue energy beam shooting from the other side of the planet and hitting the queen insect with incredible precision.

"jump!"

The captain himself added the sound for the penetrating cannon and watched as the huge, ferocious-looking queen insect was pierced through the body and then torn into pieces.

The full name of the penetration cannon is the Star Destroyer Magic Explosion Penetration Cannon, which is actually a type of Star Destroyer cannon.

Star destroyers essentially penetrate directly through the surface of a planet to the center of the earth, and then detonate the planet's core.

A penetrating cannon is a star destroyer cannon with enhanced penetration capability and weakened explosive capability.

The Firefly warriors stopped to watch this spectacular sight. For them, this was the first time they saw a star destroyer cannon explode in front of their eyes.

Fortunately, it was a penetrating star destroyer cannon, otherwise the Firefly warriors would also be affected.

"Alright comrades, cheer up, the battle has just begun."

The captain is right. For the massive swarm of insects, the battle has just begun.

……

Ten years later.

The Queen.

"Nandou, the fourth generation of Firefly mecha has been successfully developed!"

Rodom ran out of his laboratory with an excited look on his face, his white coat draped loosely around his body, and found Nan Dou who was checking the battle report.

Nandou frowned, and Rodom's words did not attract his attention.

"Nandou, what's wrong?"

Rodom patted Nandou's shoulder with some doubt. Some time ago, he had told Nandou the news that the fourth-generation Firefly Mecha was about to succeed, but he shouldn't be so calm.

At this moment, Robert suddenly remembered the battle report delivered to him a month ago... Another front line was lost.

"It turned out to be because of this."

Nan Dou finally came to his senses and put down the battle report with numbers in his hand.

Behind these few numbers on a piece of paper are the bloody deaths of countless lives.

"The birth of the fourth generation of Firefly mechas can reduce the number of casualties on the front lines, which is a good thing."

Although he said this, Nan Dou didn't look very happy.

Because he knew that the fourth-generation Firefly Mecha was only partially optimized based on the third-generation Firefly Mecha, and the biggest change was the reduced consumption.

But no matter what, the Firefly Mecha needs to consume the genes of the Firefly Warriors, which will make the Firefly Warriors disappear from this world.

However, the Firefly warriors on the battlefield will not go to that step.

Because... when they feel that their lives are coming to an end, the Firefly Warriors will exert their last remaining energy, rush into the pile of insects and explode directly.

"This isn't good news, so what about that incident?"

Rodom lowered his voice and looked at Nandou seriously and asked.

Nandou silently pulled Rodom into his laboratory.

"Did the Zidela family agree to our request?"

"That's their family's ancestral star. Wasn't their attitude very firm before?"

Rodom snorted coldly: "So what? For the sake of the empire, it is necessary to make some sacrifices."

"And even if they have ideas, so what? If they have bad intentions, just bomb them with the Star Destroyer."

Rodom said this not to scare people, but he really dared to do it. To him, anyone who blocked him from developing more powerful weapons was an enemy, an enemy that could be destroyed.

After so many years of operation, the family behind Rodom has completely surpassed all the parliamentary families at the time and has no worries at all.

"Don't underestimate them. They have been operating Zidra for so many years, so they must have left behind a lot of good things. In their view, our move is probably targeting them under the banner of the empire."

"After all, as long as you get rid of them, your family will really have no rivals."

Nandou said this with deep meaning, but Rodom still didn't care.

"Let's not talk about them. So far, everything has been going steadily according to our plan."

"The insect swarm has been delayed for too long, and its feeding speed has greatly slowed down, but it is still within the range that the Insect King can tolerate."

"In this case, a high-quality planet will easily attract the insect king's attention. This is why we chose the Zidra ancestral planet."

Rodom was right about this. The reason why they chose the ancestral planet of Zidra was not complicated. It did not involve any struggles between the parliamentary families. Even Robert was very cooperative and gave the Zidra family enough time to evacuate.

But in this world, the hardest thing to trust is the human heart, especially those old guys who have lived for who knows how many years and believe that profit is the most important thing.

The poison that killed the Insect King appeared in the world many years earlier because Nan Dou had tasted it before. The difficulty now is the ancestral star of Zidra.

In the normal timeline, the civil unrest in the Grammer Empire broke out before the death of the Insect King, which makes it hard not to think of the current events.

But Nan Dou couldn't imagine how the people of the Zidra family would let Titania know the truth.

You know, in the entire Gramer Empire, apart from the Firefly Warriors, only Nan Dou can enter the dream world.

"You still have to be careful and be prepared. The current Imperial Parliament is only maintaining basic harmony. If you take the initiative, you will surely be attacked by everyone."

"Even if we can't defeat your family, other families control other industries in the empire. If something happens to them, the empire will fall into great turmoil."

"And now is the critical time point of our plan, and we cannot afford to make the slightest mistake."

Rodom immediately thought about the pros and cons and nodded: "Wait until the Zerg are dealt with, then we will deal with them. Before that, I will ask my father to calm their emotions."