The Mech Touch novel Chapter 3686

Chapter 3686 Tenacious Bugs

The voribugs sounded simple at first. The tough little exospecies was a race of vermin that weren't intelligent but could be as challenging to fight as any other major race in the Red Ocean!

The reason for that was their high adaptability. They were pests that liked to eat organic and inorganic matter. They were also able to tolerate different environments and reproduced quickly.

When all of these traits and more combined in a single species, the result was a pest that could gnaw entire starships if given time to proliferate!

Though they could multiply to vast numbers if they found enough sustenance, they had not taken over the Red Ocean due to numerous limitations.

First, they were unable to traverse the stars. Their ability to move in space notwithstanding, no amount of mutation or morphing could allow them to replicate the insanely complicated functions of a warp drive!

The local aliens therefore considered the voribugs to be parasitic in that the insects had to resort to hitchhiking on other ships to move around.

Second, the voribugs were not invincible. The other alien races had long developed solutions against them and many native exobeasts were also capable of crushing their shells.

Even if they did not encounter any significant resistance, the voribugs possessed such endless appetites that they eventually ran out of food to eat. At that point, they could only feed on each other, which often produced a lot of chaotic outcomes.

Third, the voribugs were not intelligent. As far as everyone knew, the voribugs had not evolved to the point where their intelligence grew on par with that of the sentient alien races.

The oldest voribugs encountered by different civilizations may have grown smart enough to lead other voribugs, but they were still incapable of moving beyond the instincts of their race.

That said, if the aliens weren't careful enough, the voribugs could still cause the collapse of many starships, space stations and planets!

There had been instances in the past where entire alien species went extinct because they failed to repel the voribugs that had managed to land on their planets!

The native alien civilizations of the Red Ocean had to come to an accord to wipe them all out, which didn't happen all that often!

Now, this voracious threat was advancing straight towards the expeditionary fleet in large and deadly swarms.

Yet before they could reach any of the ships and mechs of the Larkinson Clan, two energy silhouettes briefly came into existence.

The bugs all shuddered as two identical battle formations unleashed their waves of death!

One of them managed to blast through a single swarm that consisted of thousands of elder voribugs!

As soon as the death wave passed through their bodies, the elder voribugs along with all of the smaller bugs sheltering inside their bodies turned comatose.

Though their bodies were still functional, their minds had been snuffed out by the Superior Mother's merciless energies.

The voribugs would have been able to resist the effect if their minds were stronger, but they were ultimately insects. All of their tenacity and resilience was based around their bodies!

While the death wave unleashed by the Glory Seekers only destroyed a single swarm, the one released by the Penitent Sisters was much more effective!

With Venerable Joshua controlling the battle formation, the death wave partially fell under his control. With great effort, he was able to take advantage of the fact that he bestowed life to the extraordinary attack to steer it around and wipe out a few other nearby swarms!

Once the Penitent Sisters were no longer able to support the battle formation, over a third of the insect swarms fell apart!

"There's still more!"

The remaining voribugs still posed a substantial threat. They had dispersed too much to get caught by a single area attack.

They needed to be eliminated the old-fashioned way.

"Ranged mechs, shoot them down! Melee mechs, get ready to put away your rifles! We need to cut the voribugs down if they get close!"

The expeditionary forces didn't expect that their melee mechs would play a role this time!

However, it was better to block the advancing voribugs with a mech rather than a starship. Any mech that confronted one of the insects in battle could easily be cleansed once the battle was over.

More and more bugs fell as they got struck by weapons fire.

The desperate pakklaton ships also faltered as they lost their various systems to targeted fire.

Ves and the others remained on guard for any further surprises.

The Larkinsons and their allies no longer perceived the pakklaton ships as a threat. Their warships were all neutralized by now and their civilian ships were too fragile in front of massed firepower.

What truly concerned Ves and the others was the voribugs. There weren't enough mechs to intercept the approaching bugs at range!

Though this was bad news for most people, the melee mech pilots reacted differently towards this threat.

Many of them were grinning at the moment!

The mechs either holstered or tossed aside their spare energy rifles and drew their swords and other melee weapons.

All of this shooting business was not their cup of tea. Even if they possessed adequate marksmanship training, their mechs weren't suitable for this mode of combat.

"What they really wanted was to chop the bugs in pieces!

"Our time has come!"

"Chop these bugs apart!"

"Don't let any of the voribugs proceed any further!"

Soon, the first wave of voribugs crashed against the hastily-prepared formation of melee mechs!

Swordmaidens, Glory Seekers and Crossers dueled and danced against the tide of voribugs that mainly sought to reach the many ships of the expeditionary fleet!

The battle quickly grew intense. Though the melee mechs were able to chop or stab the voribugs easily enough, the problem was that there were still thousands more that were able to pass without being impeded!

The Valkyrie mechs of the Penitent Sisters and the Glory Seekers tried their best to catch up to these voribugs, but their pilots were no longer in their best condition. The battle formations they employed had already drained most of their mental energies!

Ves watched closely as the Ferocious Piranhas of the Battle Criers quickly closed in on the insects. _{ƒгeewebnovёl.com}

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