As the humans repaired and fortified their fortifications, the swarm fell into an eerie silence. While the swarm of Queen Blades in orbit continues to strike at all enemy units in orbit that can be seen, there is once again an eerie peace on the surface.

The last fierce offensive may have consumed a large amount of the swarm's vital strength, so the swarm had to withdraw its troops to recuperate. The Leviathan that assaulted A1 was also forced back by Yang Yi with a hydra. Hydra's Drakken laser cannon has played its purpose, and with the right place and the right time, this originally land-based large railgun can play its due role. Because it was not clear whether this was the Blade Queen's car, Yang Yi did not choose to kill them all in the end, but chose to let her go, lest Kerrigan want revenge in the future and not even get a Leviathan.

But the protracted war of attrition in orbit has also exhausted the ships in the fleet, and the aerial units of the swarm seem to be endless, harassing and attacking them every moment from the moment they leap into Char's star field. Three warships, including Warfield's flagship, had sunk in this damn starfield.

The first to withdraw from the battle was Black Rose, the smallest and most invulnerable ship in the fleet. Her main body is just a pirate capital ship, and she really doesn't have enough hull strength to engage in such a long war of attrition with the swarm as the Imperial fleet. As a result, Black Rose had to withdraw from the battle and return to the Port of the Dead for repairs and supplies.

As for Hydra...... Her hull has remained largely behind the pride of Otaris. Her laser cannon can't take on small units like the Xenosaurus and the Corruptor, so she can only watch the show with the Pride of Ortaris in the back.

Black Rose left behind the last of her pirates and the ship's stored resources, and then jumped away. This group of pirates was naturally put on the surface by Yang Yi and placed under the command of A6.

With one less ship, the pressure on the other ships will inevitably increase a lot. This means that the work on the ground has been forced to speed up. After twenty-seven hours of intensive preparation and construction, the reactor in the cave was finally built in a paralyzed SCV.

After the last two rounds of standard procedure inspections, the reactor officially began to warm up. The engineering department expects that it will only take about two hours to begin charging the artifact. It is estimated that it will take nine hours to recharge to its optimal state, and in order to ensure the effect after charging, the artifact must be moved to an open area as soon as possible, the higher the altitude, the better.

But at the same time, the Wind Seeker has bad news for everyone: her scans reveal multiple tunnels dug into the mountain.

After completing the initial scanning, the Wind Seeker returned to the Pride of Ortaris for safety. After the Pride of Ortaris was jumped from the gang, the Wind Seeker temporarily ran out to ensure safety, and she couldn't intervene in the battle, so she began to conduct a detailed scan of Char's surface while dodging the scattered insect units, first focusing on the area where the surface base is located.

She soon noticed that the mountains around the canyon where the surface troops were located seemed to have multiple feedback that the interior was hollow. Although the instrument does not show a heat signature, it looks like a safety hazard. The Wind Seeker immediately scanned the area repeatedly and determined that there was indeed a possible tunnel inside the mountain. These tunnels are located above the surface and do not appear to be connected to the network of tunnels that have been destroyed by magma, so after Renault's commandos blew up the network of tunnels underground, the passages here were not affected.

This potential threat immediately attracted the attention of the fleet command. Renault and Warfield, who returned to their command posts, immediately ordered the SCV to excavate the mountain and explore the area marked on the schematic map uploaded by the Wind Seeker.

So the SCV, which was half exhausted for the construction of the fortress, the reactor and the military station, was called up again and ran to open the mountain, and they could only curse the troubled wind seekers while digging in the designated direction according to the order.

Since no one knows what the geology of Charr is like today, the wind seekers are not 100% sure whether this is a natural tunnel or a man-made (insect) excavation. Given that the swarm has stubborn units like cockroaches and tunnel bugs, no one wants to be careless.

While the engineering team was busy digging holes, the first planetary fortress was finally built in anticipation. The double-barreled Ibilisi guns of the Planetary Fortress were the most secure backing for the Marines. But with the planetary fortress, there is only a guaranteed card, and the fleet command is still busy discussing how to deal with the king beast.

Although as long as they gave up the entrance to the canyon, they didn't need to worry about the king beast rushing in. But they all agreed that the canyon entrance should not be given up easily. There are three canyon entrances, and each canyon entrance can force the swarm to divide up their forces, and the pressure on each mouth can be much less. The entrance to the canyon is so big, even if the troops are concentrated together, the width of the battle line is too narrow to spread, it is better to create a few more fronts, disperse the forces of the swarm, and reduce the pressure on a single front.

It was suggested that an attempt could be made to retreat the line a little inward, into the passage of the canyon. In this way, there is no need to worry about the attack of the king beast, anyway, the king beast is too big to rush in. This proposal does have its merits, but the fleet command is concerned about whether this will reduce the reserve space available to them. Guarantee is expected that they will have to retreat a third of the line.

It was suggested that multiple backup lines could be built in the passage of the canyon to prevent the king beasts of the swarm from breaking through the defenses again. But the plan was quickly rejected – they had neither the time nor the resources to complete it.

Eventually, they decided to let Tadarin handle it - yes, the invincible promoter was coming out again. Yang Yi's quid pro quo was that he needed resources, the more resources the better, preferably standard crystal ore and high-energy gas - because Tadarin's promotion was too costly.

Yang Yi didn't inform the others that there might be two Blade Queens on the ground for the time being, because this was just his guess, and he didn't want to cause panic among the others until it was completely confirmed. But even just one is enough for them to drink a pot. Yang Yi took the initiative to say that he could send someone to implicate the Queen of Blades, as long as she appeared, but he had to support, as long as there were resources, everything was easy to say.

Others expressed puzzlement at Yang Yi's extravagant behavior of seeking resources, and only thought that he was taking the opportunity to make profits. However, they are not very short of resources, what is really lacking in this battle is manpower, as long as it can ensure the victory of the battle......

"'Wolf's den', this is the 'water pump', the warm-up has been completed, waiting for your order." The words suddenly inserted in the communication channel lifted everyone's spirits, and several leaders glanced at each other, nodded to each other, and Yang Yi and Renault immediately went offline.

"Check the equipment again, wait for my order, notify all units to enter combat readiness, and we only have one battle left."

(Char dragged on for too long, and the first volume is about to wrap up.) ）