She wanted to let the regimental commander know why the flowers were so brilliantly red... Boom boom boom... With a barrage of artillery fire, Feng Yi's poor frontline houses could no longer hold up. The peasant didn't even have the chance to repair them before the buildings were obliterated by the barrage at a speed so startling that even the beautiful strategist was caught off guard.

The cunning strategist reveled inwardly, her soft lips briefly curled in triumph, before she immediately continued to direct two squads of soldiers to press their attack, intent on demolishing the frontline defense and pushing straight through. Her attention was fully on Feng Yi, not realizing that her own two units were quickly being reduced in a way that defied description.

Fuck! How... how is this possible? Her troops included quite a few medics, and, just as the peasant repairing buildings, they couldn't possibly suffer over half casualties in an instant unless they were being one-shot. After all, the medics' healing rate was not slow—wait, one-shot?

The beautiful captain now seemed to realize the problem. No wonder the house on the other side was destroyed so rapidly; they had deployed tanks, and not just any tanks, but upgraded ones with mounted guns. It's known that such large-caliber weapons have splash damage effects, indiscriminate in their destruction. It could be said that behind the destruction of that house, some of the blame was her own, and some was due to Feng Yi deliberately sacrificing it.

The reason she hadn't noticed the tanks on her screen was all down to visibility, plus the fact that the siege tanks had exceedingly long attack range, capable of hitting targets even further out than the Protoss' long-range units.

She was so irked she could grind her teeth. She cast a deep glance in Feng Yi's direction, then frowned slightly and gave a sweeping gesture to retreat.

The staff officers in the rear were a bit at a loss. They never knew combat could be conducted this way. The regimental commander was damn sinister, using the cheapest development to strike the opponent's most expensive mixed soldiers!

In terms of costs, tanks were definitely pricier than medics, with a single tank even costing more than two medics. But one must not overlook the prerequisites for constructing medics: one must first upgrade the medical facilities. In addition, to match the medics, she had to construct the buildings needed for Firebat soldiers and their stimpacks. All expenses considered, the amount she spent was quickly catching up to twice that of Feng Yi.

Yet, the result was that Feng Yi, at the cost of losing one and a half houses, had successfully destroyed a unit of soldiers. No matter how you looked at it, that was not a bad deal at all.

The officers and soldiers behind Feng Yi had already started a fervid discussion. Damn, seeing those smug faces of the combat strategists every day was irritating. Isn't it just a bit of knowledge, a couple more years of schooling than the rest of us? Why the arrogance? Today, weren't they taught a lesson by the regimental commander? Of course, it wasn't that the commander enjoyed abusing them, but he taught those who always held their noses so high a lesson. He indirectly told them that tricks don't work against everyone and reminded them not to think of themselves as invincible just because they were knowledgeable.

Look how calm the commander is, as serene as a middle-aged man going through a midlife crisis, occasionally taking large sips of 'tea' from his big plastic cup.

John and Apophis, standing behind Feng Yi, were also quietly observing, nodding to themselves now and then and occasionally exchanging a few words. John knew all too well that the regimental commander wasn't so simple. These rookies were still too green. They couldn't guarantee victory even against themselves, let alone against the commander.

In contrast, on the other side, the discussions were no less intense, but mostly they canvassed the unexpected tactical maneuvers by Feng Yi. In just a few days, they had studied numerous strategies involving the Protoss, Terrans, and Zerg. Their intricate layouts could even match those of experts. But who could have expected that just two houses could perfectly block an entryway?

Not an inch more or less would do. If the buildings were a bit bigger, it wouldn't be possible to squeeze two in the entrance. If they were smaller, it would leave a gap for the enemy to squeeze through. Uniquely in StarCraft, it was only this specific size of building of the Terrans that could block an entrance completely. In other words, if it were any other species or any other kind of building, it would have been impossible to perfectly blockade the entryway.

Could it be just a coincidence? Even the numerous strategists couldn't convince themselves of that. Regardless, they had to keep watching the battle; by now, many from the opposing side had already switched over to Feng Yi's side.

Looking again at the beautiful strategist, although anger stirred in her heart, what showed more on her face was shock at the army commander's masterful move. She didn't lose her fighting spirit because of this minor setback. On the contrary, such a blow would only unleash her greater potential. As a young elite from the St. Carolina Military Academy, their dictionary didn't include the word 'surrender,' much less in front of General Feng Yi.

She quickly ordered her remaining battered troops to return to base. This time, instead of continuing to develop soldiers, they considered the route of a forced attack as a losing proposition, where the cost didn't justify the endeavor. However, she could completely bypass the ground assault, perhaps resort to airdrops, or even the ultimate aerial unit, the StarCraft.

In fact, just as he had thought, the beautiful combat strategist completely abandoned the idea of continuing to produce low-level soldiers, turning directly to the development of technological forces, the StarCraft.

At the same time, Feng Yi was certainly not idle. He upgraded his main base to the Tech Gate form, advancing from a 2.5-level civilization to a near 3-level human civilization, training the ultimate human warriors, Ghost Agents, and developing X-generation nuclear weapons that create white holes upon impact. Falling white holes were paradoxical assault weapons created by the principle of anti-gravity, through an antimatter medium.

Feng Yi chose a development path starkly different from his opponent's. Although both were developing ultimate technologies, Feng Yi was upgrading the Tech Gate and developing X-generation nuclear weapons, while the enemy was advancing quantum reaction technology and building StarCraft.

It is worth mentioning that the setting of the game StarCraft belongs to the 2.5-level space civilization of a millennium later, which is a primary cosmic civilization, a full level above the current 1.5-level human civilization. By then, mobile suits had already been eliminated, and humans had begun attempting near-light-speed travel, theoretically close to the speed of light, with control over more than 30% of the resources in the Galaxy.

Seeing Feng Yi's development, there was another collective silence from the crowd at the back...

This X-generation nuclear white hole weapon, also known as a Paradox Weapon, was a nuclear weapon that could only be developed one at a time, with a lengthy research cycle that significantly disrupted the pace. It required special guidance from the Ghost Agent to achieve a special warp strike. This paradoxical guidance was a kind of attraction between paradoxes, analogous to gravity, two-level magnetic fields, and Quantum Entanglement.

Minutes ticked by, and Feng Yi's X-generation nuclear weapon was finally developed. Since Ghost Agents naturally possessed the ability to stealth, their movement across the map was undetectable unless the invisible object was within a certain range of a human anti-stealth shuttle or scanned by Sky Eye; beyond that, no detection device could find it.

As the saying goes, victory and defeat are fickle by nature. Feng Yi's strategy of developing in isolation had certain early defensive advantages but ultimately confined him to a narrow space. He couldn't move beyond it and it was too late to transport troops through transports as his opponent had already surrounded Feng Yi's area, ready to discover and intercept any troops he tried to send out immediately.

She was determined to fight a late-game war against Feng Yi, and just as she had anticipated, it wasn't long before Feng Yi's transport appeared on the edge of her screen, only to drop off two farmers before her surface-to-air missiles destroyed it.

And Feng Yi's second transport didn't even get a chance to deploy before it fled with its tail between its legs. As one would guess, Feng Yi's ore was either depleted or close to it; hence, he was so eager to transport farmers to construct an outpost. Hmph, this is the disadvantage of developing in isolation. Early clever strategies may give a small advantage, but it must be said that the commander's vision is too limited, while more than 95% of the map could be exploited by her, the commander could only nestle within a scope of 5%.

Only a sharp-eyed few noticed that Feng Yi's transport not only carried two farmers but also a Ghost Agent. And there were no soldiers at all in the other fleeing transport, which was entirely a feint to confuse the opponent.

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