No one expected the high-speed growth of the crystal explosion, when they fought before, Ma Yan had already paid attention to the speed of crystal regeneration, and the crystal weapon of the attack fleet would also regenerate, but the speed was very slow, and it couldn't be compared with the explosive crazy growth in front of him.

The strength and toughness of the crystals have reached an extremely high level, and after quickly forming a solid giant net, the crystallization chains begin to undergo new specializations, and their surfaces begin to grow protective coatings to protect against laser weapons, and the crystallization chains themselves have begun to become stronger and stronger, and are no longer as easy to destroy as passive energy weapons before. The rapidly spreading crystalline chain gradually formed a huge web, and the situation was reversed in an instant, and the human fleet, which had just been hunters, became the prey of the crystalline net in the blink of an eye.

"It's a trick, I'm afraid it deliberately lured us here, it wasn't afraid to fight us from the beginning, and the reason why it had to hide and run away was for this ......" Aske gritted his teeth and said, "It guessed that we would attack with all our might!" The crystalline fragments that we shattered scattered around, and those fragments did not lose contact with the core, and when they received the signal from the core, they quickly revived, and gathered all the explosive potential to this instant! ”

"It's like bamboo, it's the reason why it grows fast...... It's because each of its branches is growing at the same time, and so are the crystals. ”

"We have to find a way to escape, we can't spend any more."

"These crystals must have the ability to learn and analyze, and to be touched by them on our warships...... Maybe soon they will be able to analyze our weaknesses. ”

For a while, the command of the fleet was also a little flustered, the sudden change disrupted all their plans, there had never been such a thing on the battlefield before, the first time to fight with a foreign civilization that they didn't understand, human beings were still unprepared in the end.

"What is the damage to this ship?" Ma Yan asked the deputy beside him, she was also hit hard when she was attacked by the crystal counterattack, and she almost lost contact with the "bridge" system.

"Our position is relatively safe, but the left side is entangled in two crystallization chains, and the engine is still operating normally."

"Stand back, abandon the left flank, and retreat to safety at full speed."

"But ...... ahead"

"Quick...... It's too late. Ma Yan said and suddenly coughed violently, blood sealed her nose and throat, she bent down and coughed up two blood flowers, "I have already told the front to stop the attack and start retreating through the command system, this time we will lose a lot...... This is irreparable, at least we have to keep the wormhole generator and retreat...... In case of danger, the generator will be ejected from the cargo hold! Highest priority! ”

"Yes!"

The Barracuda's flanks shook, and the wings, decks, and suspended weapons on the flanks instantly disengaged, freeing them from the crystal chains that were tied to them, and the Barracuda writhed its damaged hull in quick flight, splicing its speed advantage through the criss-crossing crystalline chain jungle.

The explosive growth of crystals is not over, it is still growing rapidly, and it is getting faster and faster, the crystallization chain that unfolded before has become branches, and more crystals spread on these branches like leaves, and the three strategic ships on the periphery are far enough away to leave the battlefield early, while the other warships that are deep in it have suffered heavy losses, especially the frigate group responsible for leading the charge at the forefront, which is conservatively estimated to have lost more than half.

The frigate has a small hull, thin armor, and a light structure, and the most lethal thing is that the engine is not powerful, once trapped by those crystals, it is difficult to get out, and the crystals will soon grow along the surface of the spaceship, and finally infiltrate the interior of the spaceship, slowly destroying everything inside, after a round of laser baptism, the crystals no longer seem to care about this kind of attack, let people fire at it like this, it will only recover with a faster speed.

Ma Yan's order was quite timely, and she immediately decided to stop firing and retreat the whole army, which preserved the last combat strength of the fleet.

The scope of the expansion of the crystal chain is limited, the Barracuda stumbled out along the gap it extended, and when she saw the vast space outside, Ma Li breathed a sigh of relief, but soon she found something strange, the ventilation system on the left side of the spacecraft was blocked, just after disconnecting the flanks, the explosion-proof airtight door in the spacecraft should automatically close, closing the connection between the other areas of the spacecraft and the outside vacuum environment, the interior of the spacecraft is connected by a large number of airtight corridors and functional areas as a whole, and any place is destroyed, The surrounding airtight doors are closed to prevent the spread of the damaged area.

Ma Yan kept an eye on it, she closed several airtight doors connecting the abnormal location, and sure enough, the blockage over there disappeared after a few minutes, which made her more alert, although it was likely that the signal error caused by the separation, but she had suffered such a big loss just now, and any wind and grass at this time would attract Ma Yan's attention, let alone a place so close to her.

"Carl!" Ma Yan called a crew member, "You take the three of you to the feeding room to check the equipment, especially the ventilation ducts. ”

The man who was called Carl was a burly man of about thirty years old, he was obviously the kind of person who acted decisively and boldly, although he did not know the purpose of Ma Yan's order, he did not ask for anything superfluous, and did not even say a word of obedience, turned around and made two quick gestures with the other two crew members, and the two men followed him away.

Just lost a lot of ships in the battle, after liquidating the frigates lost half of them and two more, three of the ten cruisers were damaged, and the remaining seven were not completely lost, they were all a little damaged, the risk of failure of the most seriously damaged one was as high as sixty percent, and the combat readiness was also very low, and it was likely to be down on the spot if the operation continued, and the three strategic ships had almost no losses, but a lot of main gun ammunition was wasted when covering their retreat, but that kind of thing was useless in the future, The Crystalloid seems to understand the human fighting patterns, and soon it will find a way to break the human weapon offensive.

War...... It is the fastest way to understand a civilization. Ma Yan gritted her teeth, she didn't fully understand the mysterious crystal, but the other party had already thoroughly explored the human race in the war, and she still fell into the trap of the other party after all her calculations, what should she do next......

Ma Yan was in a predicament, and she needed to think about what to do next, and at this moment, the light in the cab flashed twice and went out.