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After tossing around for a while on the edge of the swarm domination zone, seeing that the human forces that could be evacuated in the swarm occupation zone were almost gone, Pan Wen and the player ships he led had to retreat in the end. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The density of the swarm air mine is indeed very low, but the irregular sudden blow is really amazing, especially after being beaten, neither the enemy can be found, nor the second air mine can be found, and the psychological blow is very big.

When leaving the area of operations, the fleet did not retreat directly to the border of engagement, and after consulting with the player's staff team, Pan Wen made a patrol evacuation maneuver. Jump from K29 to K30 in the original incident area, then go to K37, and then turn to K34 to pull back to K27.

There is almost no delay in the entire retreat, and the acceleration begins after completing the jump program, maintaining a certain speed halfway, and using the hyperspace information system to collect data and leave as soon as possible.

Although it is a bit risky, it is enough to prove that the swarm does not have the power to completely block the entire occupied territory for some time after the territory has expanded, even if the location is not on the edge.

From the K41-K42 defense line, it can be reached at one time without the need for a relay point, and there is no difference between the edge and the center.

As for whether there is a danger of total extinction in the territory of the insect swarm directly into this kind of direct operation, it is natural that it cannot be ruled out, but their way of action determines that the insect swarm will not have much reaction time, as long as there is no large-scale conflict at the moment of entering K37, the insect swarm should not have time to mobilize enough troops to retain them.

Back in K11, the two sides involved in the operation automatically parted ways, with the Panven fleet returning to their own property and the player's fleet returning to the main front.

Judging from the results of the operation, Pan Wen is personally satisfied. The force dispatched was not enough to inflict a devastating blow on the swarm, but he still had a lot of information, at least he could make reliable inferences about the existing strength of the swarm.

Non-combatants may think that the previous news of the combined fleet of the countries surrounding the K30 is also reliable, but it is good to listen to this statement. In the final stage of the combined fleet's operation, its own home was beaten by the swarm, the combat area was concentrated in the area where a strategic retreat was needed, and the entire intelligence system collapsed, and those news could only be regarded as rumors at best.

There may be some real parts of it, but Pan Wen, who has seen successive rebellions within the Combined Fleet, can't believe any news coming out of this fleet, and the same is true for most official intelligence agencies.

In addition to the previous combined fleet, only the fleet composed of Pan Wen and the players is qualified to "test" the bottom line of the swarm, and the current information is the most authentic and time-sensitive.

Considering the rapid rate at which the swarm multiplies, their weakening period may be short, and without subsequent action against the swarm's capture area, it may not be a week to be completely different.

Another thing that is more noteworthy than the speculative basis of the size of the Swarm force - not a single ship of the entire fleet rebelled during the entire operation.

There was no rebellion, and it was just a sentence in peacetime, but in combination with the situation during the previous operation of the Combined Fleet, it was a little unusual.

This means that the area of activity of the parasitic bug is extremely limited, or requires a not-so-short incubation period. Referring to the data and action results obtained from the fleet's repeated entry and exit of the K30, which has been ravaged by the Combined Fleet, it can be basically judged that there is a high probability that parasitic bugs will only appear in the strategic key areas of the swarm.

Of course, all judgments are based on the fact that the swarm really has such a group of insects that can parasitize and control humans, and if not, all precautions against parasitic species are useless.

Just returned to the hour and an unexpected guest came.

"Boss, Lady Kharida is here, do you want to pick her up at the port?"

Nadezhda could probably guess that there was a relationship between Panvin and Kareda or something, and she was visibly unhappy when she reported it.

Pan Wen didn't care about her, Nadezhda was very clear about the separation of business and private affairs, otherwise she would not have been able to be the deputy captain by his side for so long, and the two were still separated by the screen.

"What is she doing here? What about Hemer's side? ”

Nadezhda shook her head, and Panvin frowned.

Kareda is a very powerful woman, and sometimes very adventurous, otherwise she would not have dragged a group of pirates to Hemostar to set up the D21 development company. But K11 is now one of the most dangerous areas in the whole of human society, and the D21 company's liaison office in K11 has also moved to his light factory, and she will never come in person.

Karuida is not an enemy, and since he can't guess the eyebrows, Pan Wen doesn't bother to think about it.

Pan Wen directly called up the log file in the terminal of the captain's room, looked at it, and wrote down the arrival time, Pan Wen nodded.

"Inform the Guard Fleet that the Diamond will take over the command for the time being, and we will go back. There's still time to go to the restaurant for a while. ”

…… So Pan Wenzhen is not stupid, he still knows how good Nadezhda is, and he also knows how to appease him.

The Golden broke away from the alert fleet and soon returned to the port where its property was located.

It's a real spaceport!

In order to combat the growing threat of insect swarms, local owners have not only invested more armed forces in the resistance forces, but the industrial structure has also changed in the past few weeks.

Currently, there are only three types of facilities: those that remain in their original state, those that are weaponized like Panven's Farm, and those that are assembled.

Pan Wen's Light Factory joins six other T1 Industries to form a small industrial base, and the infrastructure connection was completed just as Pan Wen was away with the player fleet.

There are various negative and positive impacts on the small industrial base. The negative part is that due to structural changes, the solar energy harvesting capacity of the T1 facility has been weakened, and a small amount of energy harvesting equipment needs to be added. On the positive side, in a small industrial base, a simple industrial chain can be formed, which reduces the supply cost of orders, and in the context of rising prices, profits and selling prices are maintained.

The six sides of this industrial base form a hexagonal shape on the stars, and in the middle of it is converted from several giant containers to connect various industries, and now there are still projects such as various transportation pipelines in the airport that have not been completed, but it does not hinder the basic function.

There was no gravity in the unfinished airport, which was inconvenient for reception, so Pan Wen simply did not go to the port, docked the gold on the barge of the light factory and waited for someone to arrive.

Because of the docking posture of the Gold, there are still a few barges available at the light factory, but during the communication, Karuida's housekeeper An said that he would still dock at the port.

Kareda wasn't alone, she had come on a ride with the Mushroomhead fleet, which was carrying fuel rods.

"Brother! You're awesome now! "This is the mushroom head.

"You're not bad, either."

After a gentle hug and a few pleasantries, Mushroomhead and Ann went to the D21 Development Company's liaison office at the light factory, saying that they were going to contact the fuel buyer, while Kareda stayed.

Pan Wen took Kareda aboard the Gold, and the robot brought drinks from the dining room to the captain's room before asking Kareda what he was doing.

"Something?"

From time to time, Kareda grabbed him and stared at him for a while, as if she hadn't seen enough.

"Should I call you Lord Pan Wen or Lord Commander?"

Since he met, Kareda always used honorifics when he talked to him, and it always felt good to be called by beautiful women, and Pan Wen was reluctant to change other people's habits.

"Lord Commander?" Pan Wen shook his head, "I'm just an 'ordinary' local owner. ”

"Giggles!" Kareda laughed and shuddered, "It's good to see you again." ”

Pan Wen shrugged: "I'm very timid, so I won't die so easily." If you don't mind, I'd like to know what you're here for before I talk about anything else. ”

"You're always so direct."

Kareda blinked, picked up the drink on the table and took a sip, and then behaved a little more seriously.

"Something terrible has happened near the company, Viscount Guiermet was involved in the development of the last bug-bearing satellite, and it seems that he wants to cross-stake with our company." As she spoke, she posted it on Pan Wen, "I don't want to promise him, and I can't find a good reason to refuse, so I will avoid it from you." ”

Pan Wen had never figured out whether Viscount Guiemet was Kareda's father or grandfather, but that didn't hinder anything, and after the D21 Development Company provided the cost of arming in the medium term, his position in his heart was getting worse day by day.

He didn't think about whether Kareda deliberately downplayed her relationship with Viscount Guiemet, or if it was really a bad relationship, and just told the truth.

"You're worried that I'm going to react violently when I'm diluted?" Pan Wen shook his head, "You're too worried." You should understand that a little change in dividends will not be of much help to me now, what I need is force, force that can affect the entire general trend! ”

Even if his shares are diluted at this time, he is probably not in the mood to look for trouble, which is too far from the front line.

Kareda's expression didn't change much, she just stared at him for a while and didn't speak.

In the Galactic Era, except for a few commanders in the fleet such as Nadezhda and Doris, Kareda probably knew Pan Wen the best, and it was this understanding that made her feel even more strange about him.

When she thought he was a man of extreme personal force, he suddenly turned into a "local owner" and began to gain prestige, and then his former enemies came to the door to make his fleet the flagship of a huge fleet.

Whether it is a "mercenary" or Pan Wen, there is a striking resemblance in some aspects, such as the complete lack of discipline - mercenaries were once hidden by the state, and when the world needed them, they went to the front line without complaint; Pan Wen, once the most brilliant and notorious pirate, has become one of the civil leaders of the Justice Syndicate, even if no one has publicly admitted it now!

"If I want to support what you want to do, what should I do?"

Pan Wen raised his eyebrows, and said in his heart, Could it be that the legendary Wang Ba's qi has exploded?

"Essence, the way to get the essence of insects. You really want to help, and I'd like to send the Empire and the Federation the best research data and a small number of samples from the company's stockpile. As long as we can take the initiative to obtain the essence from the insects, the armed forces of human society will be concentrated on the front line! Pan Wen paused, then repented, "Wait, let's see if the Empire and the Federation can produce results on their own." ”

The wait in Pan Wen's mouth is very interesting.

He didn't believe in the research capabilities of the Empire and the Federation at all, after all, they had to start the research from the most basic cell body of the swarm, and the devil knew if that thing could evolve on its own to produce the essence. The reason why we have to wait is actually to give the swarm a buffer time, otherwise once we see the benefits, most of the civilian armed forces will break out, and the left-wing star sector will have a firm foothold, not to mention that the right-wing swarm with K30 as the origin will definitely suffer, and it is not impossible for the entire space swarm to be wiped out, which does not meet the needs of the awakened to find food at the "balance point".

"Wait? How long to wait? She smiled, her instincts telling her that he hadn't become some messenger of justice at all.

Pan Wen felt that she was laughing inexplicably, but sooner or later, the company had to help with the essence of things, and sooner or later she had to talk about it.

"When the K21-K23 or K41-K42 lines are attacked or breached."

After the K21-K23 defense line is breached, humans have no natural defense line to use, but it will take three or four jumps to K11, which will greatly lengthen the battle line of the swarm. Then the K30-K40 area has actually become a weak zone, and if the humans in the K41-K42 defense line still have strength, they should not let go of this opportunity.

Similarly, as long as K14 and later areas are not taken, humans can obtain a small amount of K41-K42 through intergalactic communication technology, and if they are beaten there, they can also toss twice.

In short, it should be difficult for the swarm to directly extend its tentacles to K11 when taking these two lines of defense, and it will take a certain amount of buffer time.

At that time, or a little later, take the initiative to obtain technology, gather most of the interest groups of mankind who want to obtain new energy in K11, no matter how strong the swarm is, it should continue to stalemate, of course, it is not ruled out that the technology development is not timely, and the front line will have to die in several batches.