114: Chapter 114: Efficient Pest Control Methods, Discovering New Areas!

Su Yang gave the order, and the Imperial Armor Troops responded quickly.

All infantry soldiers entered the black iron chariot and took their positions.

Under General Li Xin's command, the black iron chariot let out a massive roar as billowing steam and thick smoke erupted simultaneously.

"Move out!"

General Li Xin took the lead, his Shadow-Severing Steed shooting forward like a stream of light, with the black iron chariot following closely behind.

As for the other six Scout units, two followed General Li Xin's troops, while the remaining four departed towards the east and south respectively.

Su Yang's exploration strategy was to conduct a gradual, carpet-like exploration outward, trying not to miss any resources on the map.

The area to the north, from the territory to the Double Mother Insect Nest, had been roughly explored, but the east and south had not yet been deeply investigated.

The southern area had an elevation drop of nearly 100 meters from the territory, and other than one punitive expedition, it was almost a blank slate.

This made Su Yang full of curiosity about that region.

Moreover, besides killing enemies to gain command points, he also needed to find crops suitable for planting.

Food reserves within the territory were already tight, and as the troops expanded, this problem would become increasingly prominent.

The north had areas like Salt Flats, which were not suitable environments for crop growth.

The south, following the drop, was a plain with abundant water sources, making it more likely to have crops.

It was the last day of the Military Power BUFF, and Su Yang wanted to see exactly how many command points the Imperial Armor Troops could secure...

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Boom — — — — — — — — — —

The black iron chariot roared as it sped through the dense forest, kicking up countless dust.

The first third-generation Insect Swarm nest was about 40 kilometers from the territory, but the Qin Highway could not extend all the way to the target location.

After leaving the Qin Highway, the black iron chariot drove straight into the dense forest, using the crushing device on the front of the vehicle to clear the path.

Although the black iron chariot suffered a movement speed penalty in the dense forest, it still reduced the march time by nearly 80% overall.

Three kilometers away from the target area, the Imperial Armor Troops disembarked to conduct tactical deployment.

Two accompanying Thousand-Mile Scouts rode their Blazing Steeds ahead to Scout the situation.

Through the Sonic Detector, they locked onto the Insect Swarm, confirming that the troops were basically located inside the nest.

"Skyfire Guard, prepare!"

General Li Xin gave the order. One Skyfire Guard loaded high-explosive shells, and the other loaded a Skyfire Bomb.

This was the most effective artillery configuration that Su Yang had researched based on the characteristics of the Insect Swarm nests.

Two shells: the high-explosive shell was used to destroy the nest structure and force most of the Insect Swarm to rush out to the surface.

After the Insect Swarm rushed to the surface, another Skyfire Bomb would wash the ground.

The double-cannon combo meant that most Xenomorphs wouldn't even have time to react before entering a deep sleep.

Painless, very humane; it was recommended to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

"Loading complete, target calibrated, requesting permission to fire!"

"Fire Dragon Guard, prepare to move out! Fire high-explosive shells!" General Li Xin ordered.

A trembling sound rang out as the high-explosive shell was lobbed high into the air, then landed precisely into the largest opening of the nest.

Boom — — — — — — — — — — —

The earth shook, and countless flames and black smoke poured out from the nest openings.

The white dots representing Xenomorphs on the level 4 Scout detector instantly decreased by one-third.

Hiss ah ah — — —

Sharp shrieks erupted as Xenomorphs emerged from over a dozen dense openings simultaneously.

Boom — — — — — — — — — — —

The Skyfire Bomb landed, and all the openings were engulfed in the explosion of the Skyfire Bomb.

The Xenomorphs that had just rushed out of the openings instantly turned to ash, and the overturned earth continuously emitted white smoke.

After the Skyfire Bomb landed, while the Insect Swarm was digging out the buried openings and organizing a new offensive,

Four Fire Dragon Guards arrived at the nest openings.

"Preheating complete, fuel loaded, gear three, requesting ignition."

"Ignite!"

Boom — — — — — — — — — — — —

Four Skyfire Guards ignited simultaneously, and hundred-meter fire dragons surged directly into the nest openings.

All the Insect Swarms that had escaped the Skyfire Guard bombing would now endure Hell-like flames.

The raging flames drilled in from the bottom openings and shot out from the other openings that hadn't been buried yet.

The remaining blocked openings would become an inferno for the Insect Swarm; the Xenomorphs inside had nowhere to escape and could only turn into charcoal.

Their proud home had now turned into a giant furnace melting them down.

[Killed 7th-level Tyranid Spitting Insect, command points +90 (30% bonus)]

[Killed 7th-level Tyranid Stinger, command points +70 (30% bonus)]

[Killed 8th-level Tyranid Stinger, command points +80 (30% bonus)]

[Killed 7th-level Tyranid Burrowing Giant Worm, command points +500 (30% bonus)]

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A series of kill notifications flashed on Su Yang's panel.

Even through a different perspective, Su Yang could feel the horror inside the insect hole.

However, it was well known that Xenomorphs had no sense of pain, so this did not violate humanitarianism.

After nearly 30 seconds of "simmering" with the Fire Dragon Guard's massive fire, the Xenomorphs inside the nest were almost all dead.

Even the Tyranid Brood Mother located in the mother nest was not spared.

[Killed 10th-level Tyranid Brood Mother, command points +1000 (30% bonus)]

[Obtained rare E-grade drop: Heart of the Hive]

[Can be used to accelerate technology research speed]

Job done, the rare Heart of the Hive was in hand.

Su Yang now valued the Heart of the Hive highly.

He used to spend them casually, but now that he had more technology, he realized the value of the Heart of the Hive.

A total of 25,630 command points were obtained from one third-generation nest, which became 33,319 points after the bonus.

A battle from deployment to finish took less than 15 minutes, and 30,000 command points were secured.

This was the horrifying bug extermination method invented by Su Yang.

However, the biggest drawback of this method was the excessive consumption of resources and the extremely troublesome follow-up processing.

The nitre consumption of the Skyfire Guard and the fuel consumption of the Fire Dragon Guard were both staggering.

Fighting like this continuously, logistics definitely wouldn't keep up.

Additionally, because most of the Insect Swarm died deep inside the nest, collecting corpses afterward was inconvenient. The carcass recovery rate was only about 40%.

Although there were many downsides, it was indeed fast.

For Su Yang, who was in a hurry to accumulate command points, this was currently the best combat method.

After the scorched earth cooled down slightly, the black iron chariot entered to collect the corpses on the surface.

After finishing the final cleanup, the Imperial Armor squad got back into the vehicle and headed straight for another nest in the northwest corner.

In the past, at this time, the Imperial Armor Troops wouldn't even have walked half the distance.

This was the powerful boost that vehicles brought to the troops.

As the Imperial Armor Legion headed to the second fourth-generation nest punitive expedition site, reconnaissance information about this nest was transmitted back.

This was the second fourth-generation nest the troops had encountered since the Double Mother Insect Nest.

And according to the Scout's news, the area where this nest was located was somewhat unusual!

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