"Our goal is, of course, to beat the game."

Noticing the quiet and awkward atmosphere after Lu Xiaoyao finished asking her question, Lu Gui suddenly laughed to defuse the situation for her.

As soon as Lu Gui finished speaking, bursts of laughter came through the communication channel.

Lu Gui's answer is correct!

Their goal—to beat the game!

"But……"

Hearing that Lu Xiaoyao still had something to say, Lu Gui had already pushed the accelerator in his hand and said, "Let's begin!"

As if afraid that Lu Xiaoyao would say something else, the others followed suit as soon as Lu Gui made a move.

Soon, the six mechs disappeared from their original positions, flying away at high speed into outer space...

"Is this the real black beetle?"

The full appearance of the black beetle and its mother, presented to players without being scaled down or presented at the same scale, is truly astonishing.

At least, the Black Beetle Queen's size was almost the same as the planet they were on. For some reason, the players suddenly remembered the Chef's assessment of the Black Beetle Queen—"Utterly useless!"

Such a big body, yet so little food to eat _(：3」∠)_

In particular, the enormous insect queen appears extremely small compared to their mechs, which are over ten meters tall.

In response, Zhen Po muttered to herself that she would definitely order a large mecha when she made money in the future.

Other players declined to comment.

However, when they realized what they had just thought of, the players thought to themselves that they had gotten carried away.

They didn't even look at the massive, mountain-like black beetles floating beside the black beetle mother; those were all insect generals.

Its defense is insane, and it's also incredibly powerful!

Moreover, in the pitch-black universe behind them, there was a dense, continuous army of black beetles, faintly reflecting starlight from elsewhere.

Thousands upon thousands of black beetles are ready and waiting for the players to approach so they can launch an attack.

My scalp tingled, and I hesitated to even approach it!

"Can we...can we break through from a different direction?"

Yuan Fang and the Zhen brothers stared intently at the black beetle in front of them, whose defensive capabilities were abnormally strong. Their muscles had already tensed up unconsciously.

Although their previous discussion concluded that coming out from this side was the best option, at least there was still room to stand when they came out of this location.

"Next to the Black Beetle are the Thousand-Eyed Insect Clan and its Queen. After training and selection, the best of them are chosen to guard the Queen Insect, taking on the roles of combat and reconnaissance in battle. That group is what we often call the scout bugs."

At this point, Lou Jia had to mention the different types of Zerg on either side of the Black Beetle Legion.

Upon hearing the scout bug's name, Mingmei suddenly turned her head, her gaze meeting the other's.

They remembered fighting them before in "Prelude to Bloodshed".

"The Queen Insect Mother..."

After playing Blood War Prelude, Mingmei crammed a lot more about the Zerg, including, but not limited to, the fact that the Queen of the Zerg that appears in the Zerg army during large-scale battles is called the Royal Queen. (Biquge)

Compared to black beetle queens or thousand-eyed beetle queens, these beetle queens with specific insect species names are born to reproduce and produce more insects.

The Queen Insect will only give birth to fewer than ten Queen Insects in its lifetime, and one of them will be selected as the Queen Insect.

The Queen's duty is not to reproduce, but to lead all the Zerg in battle, invasion, and destruction; they are essentially the commander-in-chief in war.

The insect queen that her brother killed was not the royal insect queen, but rather a kind of insect queen that produced a large number of insects.

“However, there shouldn’t be an Empress in the game design.” Lou Jia carefully zoomed in on the 3D interstellar map to examine the distribution of the Zerg and confirmed, “Where the Empress appears, different types of Zerg will mix together, forming a fully functional and diverse Zerg army according to the Empress’s needs and arrangements.”

Obviously, these intertwined, differently colored insectoids don't exist in the game, so there's no need to worry. However, even ordinary thousand-eyed insects possess a keen sense of perception that an A-grade mech's stealth mode cannot conceal.

After listening for a long time, everyone understood that their plan to secretly pass through the powerful Zerg forces at the forefront was to sneak around the Black Beetle's neighbor, the Starfire Zerg, on the other side.

It was something Mingmei had heard of—the Starfire Insect.

Thanks to "Prelude to Blood War," Mingmei encountered a bunch of strange insects, such as this Starfire Insect, and she remembered clearly the potion used to poison Xia He.

Starfire Insect Body Fluid: High Temperature, Highly Toxic.

Upon activating the mechs' "stealth" mode, all the mechs were covered by a light gray light film, and they officially began their operation.

The entire communication channel was completely silent throughout the process. Even Lu Xiaoyao kept her lips tightly closed, looking tense and paying close attention to the changes around her.

In the pitch-black universe, swarms of insectoids swept past him in a dense, familiar way.

Her face began to turn pale. Turning her head, she looked at the planet behind her, which was gradually shrinking and blurring, through the vision provided by the mecha. She seemed to hear someone saying to her, "Don't turn around."

"Don't look back."

The next second, Lu Gui suddenly said the exact same words as he remembered. He freed one hand to shield Lu Xiaoyao's vision and said in a gentle and reassuring tone, "It's all over now, Xiaoyao. We're playing a game now."

"Um……"

Lu Xiaoyao, her throat trembling, sniffed sharply. When her vision returned, Lu Gui was already piloting the mecha with his eyes level ahead, keeping an eye on the movements of the others.

"Everyone, give it your all! We'll be there in five minutes..."

Lou Jia was about to offer encouragement when he suddenly saw a dazzling red light shooting from their side!

"Disperse!"

To dodge the sudden burst of red light, the six mechs immediately removed their camouflage and their accelerators were instantly maxed out, allowing them to leave their original positions!

Unexpectedly, the red light, having missed its target, crashed straight down into the swarm of black beetles behind the Black Beetle Queen.

With a loud "boom," the red light slammed into the black beetle army, and the exploding red light instantly pierced through the shell of a black beetle that was facing them head-on, much to the astonishment of the players!

"Wow!"

The player's expression instantly became quite interesting; thankfully, the thing didn't hit him!

However, since this red light fell into the Black Beetle Legion, it was no different from someone who wanted to eat chicken rushing into a chicken coop!

By the time the black beetle realized it had been "beaten up," all it could see in its field of vision were these human mechs not far from it.

Black Beetle: %￥#@#@ (pointing and gesturing!)

Players: ...

Good grief! We've been discovered, haven't we?

"Run! Gather at the marker points!"

Suddenly, a marker point appeared on the star map in front of all the players, created by Lou Jia. Then, attacks from all directions instantly scattered their six-person team...