There was still half an hour before the swarm arrived.

Even the most temperamental men who resented the roughness of the Marines and the labor imposed on them had to tingle their scalps at this moment in the face of the vast swarm of insects above their heads, and then how to look at these Marines with weapons in their hands.

The watch base is on this desolate land, compared to a mere 1,000 marines and tens of thousands of people, it is like a behemoth. And those swarms filled the vast sky with a number never seen by humans. Everywhere the eye looks, there are the tentacles and air sacs of the insects, ah, these are actually the most important transport units in the swarm, the Boxi Behemoth.

In another time and space, an ordinary human walked on the road and saw a group of ants moving things, and some people would observe it curiously, but most of them didn't pay attention to it, just passing by. Occasionally, some people will step down with their feet, crush many ants, and then leave, not out of hatred for the ants or a little sympathy.

The swarm passing by the starry sky faced the humans on the planet Ross 128b, which is about the same attitude. They don't even bother to take care of this isolated and helpless planet, racing against time to drive towards a bigger goal.

For the swarm, all it takes is a few steps on Ross 128b. For those who watch the base, it is a catastrophe that is coming.

Ji Tianping: "How many swarms have been detected by the radar?" “

Kassandra: "Hundreds of millions, maybe more...... Ah, but judging from their paths, not all of them will be airborne on Ross 128b, but it is estimated that at least a million Poshi Behemoths will enter the low Earth orbit of our planet and drop swarm troops. “

Malaka: "That's millions, if not tens of millions. We ......"

Ji Tian'an comforted everyone: "Don't panic, Ross 128b planet is so big, and not all bugs will hit us on our heads." Closely, isn't there still an army in the copper furnace base that has not had time to evacuate? They'll share the firepower for us, too. There are more than a dozen bases and dozens of military zones on the planet, as well as a large number of troops and militias left behind to buy us time. “

Renault whispered: "Commander, I have to warn you, a protracted war is not a good way out, have you forgotten the ability of the bugs to reproduce?" They will eat up the resources of the entire planet before starving to death, converting them into their own kind. “

"Don't panic, before they eat the resources of the entire planet, I will definitely use up the resources of this planet first and convert them into good brothers." Ji Tianping replied in a low voice, this is a conversation between people who know the existence of the system.

Then Ji Tianping said to Kassandra: "I hope you are already familiar with the control of the missile base, I brought you a dozen guys who have done things here to fight, and they work hard, without overtime pay." “

Kassandra buried her head in a pile of instruments and said, "Ah, that's great, even though I've tried to integrate the control platforms here with my little homemade software, they're still too cumbersome to simplify." A dozen helpers came and that solved my urgent need. “

Each base requires a large number of humans to carry out the work, they are responsible for some important control commands, and they are also weak to control some work that, in Ji Tianping's opinion, can be completely thrown to computer intelligence.

However, in this time and space, human beings have made rapid progress in energy, power, and materials, but they are lacking in intelligence. This stems from a crisis of intelligent machines that humanity encountered when it stepped out of the earth. After being raided by a top hacker team to crack a space-based weapon system, a blackmail war was launched against the Earth Federation. This is a serious setback for humanity, which has just begun to establish colonies in space. After this battle, humanity did not choose to improve the relevant intelligent system, but believed that the development of intelligence would make the power of human creation uncontrollable, and eventually destroy humanity.

As a result, the members of the Earth Federation signed the "Proclamation on the Prohibition of the Development of Intelligent Machines", and while mankind has made great progress in other scientific fields, it has regressed a lot except in the field of intelligence.

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"They're provoking the rules that have been customary between the Earth Federation and the Colonies for hundreds of years, shouldn't we tell the people to rise up against ......," Reel's companion asked.

"The only human armed force within a radius of a few hundred miles?" Relei shook his head helplessly, "Anyway, wait for the day he defeats the swarm." I could see that this was a decisive warlord, not a reckless butcher. As long as he is a warlord, he needs someone to help him rule. When that time comes, we can quietly protect the democratic forces among the people while we maintain his rule. “

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A transport ship evacuated from the Watch Base.

"Did you detect the situation at the watch base?" The general, standing with his hands in his hands, asked.

"A large number of bugs passed by the upper edge of the planet Ross 128b, and about a million units of the Poshi Behemoth fell into the planet's low Earth orbit."

General: ".......... Well, what about the people who guard there? “

The watch base replied that the person in charge stationed there was Lieutenant Ji Tianping, and he mobilized all the people, retired veterans, militia and volunteers in the Xinqi District to join the guard of the base. He said: Pledge to live and die with the base. “

General: "Alas, they are all warriors. The Earth Federation has abandoned them, but they are still defending the Earth's defenses. “

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In ancient parlance, this moment is the black cloud that crushes the city and wants to destroy it. Ji Tianping addressed all the humans in the base, believing that no matter how much these people complained about him at the moment, they would unite with him in the face of the swarm...... Not necessarily, but you don't want to die to work for bugs.

"The sun has risen. How many of us who watch the dawn will live to see the night coming? Ji Tianping's voice was a little melancholy and lonely.

"Every citizen of Ross 128b, my fellow countrymen, soldiers, you already know the never-ending war between humans and the biters, and now it's our turn to fight it. You must overcome, or you will die; Fate has forced you to fight. “

"Today, when there is little hope and our world is apocalyptic, we choose to rely on our own strength and that of each other. None of the men and women standing here today are fighting alone! Today we will face the monsters that are coming to the city and fight them to the death! Today, we're about to win our first victory since the battle between humans and the swarm! We will reverse the fate of the end of the world! “