The night was dark and the cold wind was rustling.
Gu Qiongsheng covered his starry head and blinked. After his vision gradually cleared, he managed to climb out of the pit. He spat out the mud and sand in his mouth and looked around with a hoarse voice: "Yuan, Brother Yuan?"
"Zhou Qing? Tian Ming? Weng Wei?"
"How are you guys?"
A moment later, she heard the same rustling noise coming from all around her.
The thick sand and gravel buried in the pit were uncovered, and her teammates, covered in mud and sand and looking miserable, crawled out.
The pretty and handsome faces were now completely covered by mud, their clothes were in disarray, their hair was disheveled, and they looked like a group of homeless people.
But their eyes are extremely bright, even in the dark night, they are like burning candles.
"Sister Qiongsheng, we're here!" Zhou Qing shouted, "We're all fine, but Brother Yuan fainted. I'll dig him out..."
Upon hearing the news that Qin Yuan had fainted, Gu Qiongsheng's heart suddenly trembled.
Even though she was confident in the effectiveness of her skills, she still walked over nervously, held Qin Yuan's hand, and carefully felt his heartbeat.
...The heartbeat is steady and the breathing is normal.
Gu Qiongsheng breathed a sigh of relief.
She turned around and gave her teammates a gentle smile. "He's fine. He's probably just too tired. Let him get some sleep."
At the same time, Gu Qiongsheng opened the system panel.
Her level suddenly jumped up again. Obviously, when Qin Yuan used his ultimate move just now, she gained a large amount of experience points.
Holding the refreshed blue bar, Gu Qiongsheng raised his hand and gave each team member healing. Under the dim light of healing, the team members' mental state also recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Han Tianming looked at Qin Yuan lying on the ground, muttering with admiration: "Brother Qin is so strong, that attack just now was like a walking star destroyer!"
"Isn't it?" Weng Wei rubbed his red cheeks, feeling extremely excited. "I thought I was going to die this time, but I didn't expect Brother Yuan to have such an awesome killer move hidden away. Fuck!"
Gu Qiongsheng raised his head and glanced over his teammates' shoulders: "Where's that bug?"
Zhou Qing summoned the ice butterflies, and the translucent, fluorescent butterflies danced in the sky, lighting up a large area.
With the help of the ice butterfly's light, she carefully looked into the depths of the crevice beside the big pit, her tone filled with surprise: "Killed it, Sister Qiongsheng, really killed it!"
Gu Qiongsheng stood up: "Where is it? Let me see?"
She took a step and suddenly felt sore all over and her eyelids were twitching wildly.
Although there are skills to heal injuries and eliminate fatigue, after using these skills too many times, the tiredness hidden deep in the soul finally emerges.
After all, Gu Qiongsheng couldn't remember how many times she used her skills that night.
Barely holding on to his exhausted body, Gu Qiongsheng walked to the edge of the crevice and leaned over. In the pitch-black abyss, he saw splattered blue blood and large chunks of cysts and flesh that seemed to have been torn apart.
The insect mother faced the previous impact head-on and was torn into pieces by the powerful force. At this time, those pieces were like rootless duckweed, slowly sliding down the stone wall and gathering below to form a thick layer of blood river mixed with broken meat and pus.
Gu Qiongsheng closed his eyes and opened up his gifted vision again.
Can't sense it.
The black hole-like soul, the colorful malice, the greedy and hungry eyes... none of them can be sensed.
She could basically conclude that the big bug in front of her had been killed.
Han Tianming circled around the perimeter and trotted over. "Captain, the Zerg on the periphery are almost all dead. The few that are left were stunned and are just now getting up. What do you think they are doing?"
"They seem to have lost their minds and are now killing each other and fighting each other!"
Hearing the girl's excited voice, Gu Qiongsheng turned around and looked in the direction of her finger.
As expected, most of the Zerg forces on the periphery were turned into flying sand in the previous attack, and most of the remaining ones were missing limbs.
At this time, their state was very strange. Some of them squatted on the ground in confusion, as if they didn't know what to do, while others had fierce eyes, screamed and launched indiscriminate attacks on all life around them.
But is there any life left on this Xiling Star?
Beside them are other Zergs.
Gu Qiongsheng then witnessed a brutal fight. Giant blade worms chopped off the forelimbs of rift worms, rift worms chopped bat worms into pieces, and worms bit through the shells of silent worms, greedily devouring their flesh and blood...
That dull and crazy look was simply unbearable to look at.
But seeing the Zerg in such a crazy state, the members of the Dawn Team were so overjoyed that they almost jumped back into the pit from the ground.
Weng Wei opened his eyes wide and couldn't help but shout loudly: "It's done, it's done! We won!"
"The one we just killed must be the insect queen, right?!"
Zhou Qing's voice was slightly calmer, but she couldn't hide her excitement. "You're right. Only by killing the Insect Queen can these guys lose their leader and expose their foolish side."
"Without the bug mother, these are just bugs!"
Han Tianming blinked continuously, and his eye circles turned red as he blinked: "Did we really kill the insect mother?"
She covered her cheeks in disbelief, "The war is over? Humanity won, did we really win?"
Why does it feel like... it's like I'm in a dream?!
At this time, Gu Qiongsheng's clear voice floated from behind, and he said lightly: "Indeed, the one we just killed should be the insect mother."
Hearing her affirmation, the team members' breathing suddenly stopped.
Their faces flushed, but before they could scream in excitement, Gu Qiongsheng suddenly said seriously, "But the war isn't over yet. Everyone, stay alert."
Everyone: “???”
Looking at the rotten corpse of the Zerg Queen and the group of remaining Zergs who looked like fools in front of them, the team members couldn't believe their ears for a moment.
The Zerg Queen is dead, the Zerg are going crazy, how come it’s not over yet?
Zhou Qing pondered for a moment and suddenly asked, "Sister Qiongsheng, are you saying that after the death of the Zerg Queen, the Zerg will gradually evolve into a new one?"
"But if we can eliminate all the Zerg before they complete their evolution, we can end the war forever. Besides, the transformation of the new Zerg Queen also takes time. At least we have bought humanity a dozen years."
Everyone nodded, their eyes filled with pride.
Gu Qiongsheng shook his head: "No, I mean the war is not over yet."
She looked around, her natural vision being stimulated to its maximum. Under the astonished gaze of the team members, after a long search, she finally locked onto a piece of insect mother flesh stuck to the rock wall.
Unlike other disgusting pieces of meat covered in pus and blood, this piece of meat appeared a light blue in the dim light, and looked like it was wrapped in something.
Gu Qiongsheng hooked the fingertips of his right hand and was about to materialize a silk thread to hook the piece of meat over.
Suddenly, a black shadow flashed before her eyes!
"call out!"
Everyone had been fighting for a long time, their bodies were not in top condition, and their reaction speed had also declined slightly.
Although they subconsciously tried to intercept the figure in front of them, the ice butterflies, silk threads and shields were all a step too slow. They could only watch as the light climbed up the stone pillar, grabbed the piece of meat glowing with blue light, and swallowed it into their stomachs in two or three bites.
Then, under the astonished and doubtful gaze of the Dawn Team, he burped with satisfaction.
Team members: “!!!”
"What the hell is that?"
Han Tianming watched the blue flesh being chewed and swallowed by the black shadow. He was so disgusted that he covered his mouth and retched on the spot: "Damn, it still looks like a human. Could it be another damn parasite?"
"No, we killed the insect mother. The parasite should also be without a master, right?"
A cool breeze blew, and Gu Qiongsheng looked at the dark shadow in the distance, his eyes slightly narrowed.
Her voice was cool and floated in the gentle breeze.
"I'm afraid there might be someone else behind these parasites."
...has another owner?
Han Tianming and others were almost shocked by Gu Qiongsheng's statement.
What made them even more panicked was that after Gu Qiongsheng finished speaking, he suddenly raised his head and shouted at the figure from a distance: "Hey, no matter who you are, it's such a critical moment, why don't you come out and see me?"
After she shouted, the figure underground actually responded.
He climbed up the rock wall, his body as nimble as a reptile, and in an instant he reached the surface.
With the help of the light from the ice butterfly, they could see his handsome facial features, his slightly round baby face, and the faint smile at the corners of his lips.
“Snap, snap.”
The black shadow clapped his hands at Gu Qiongsheng.
"That's great, Gu Qiongsheng. You're really quite interesting."
There was admiration in his voice, a smile in the corners of his eyes and eyebrows, and ice butterflies fluttered, illuminating a face that looked too young.
The moment they saw that familiar face, all the members of the Dawn Team were dumbfounded and their breathing almost stopped.
"Fuck!"
"What's your name? The one from Class A?"
“Sheng, Sheng Zhang?!”
…
Under the vast sky, the two sides confronted each other in a very solemn atmosphere.
Sheng Zhang put his hands in his pockets and looked in a very good mood.
He even whistled as he slowly walked towards Gu Qiongsheng and the others, and asked casually, "When did you start to doubt it?"
Gu Qiongsheng stared at him coldly: "Ever since Yalan Star, I have had doubts."
"At that time, you sent that parasite, Pirate Lao Liu, to absorb the energy of the larvae underground on Yalan Star to hatch spider worms. Although I benefited from it and stopped the Zerg uprising, I have always found it strange."
"If it was the Insect Queen who ordered you to hatch the spider worms, then she could have laid spider worm eggs directly from the beginning, rather than transforming them into larvae first, then absorbing them and transforming them into spider worms again. How much energy would be consumed in these multiple transformations?"
"If the Worm Queen isn't stupid, she shouldn't engage in such a wasteful business."
"So I guess the insect mothers and parasites belong to two major camps."
Sheng Zhang looked at her with a smile, neither nodding nor shaking his head, and said, "That's great. What next?"
Gu Qiongsheng's voice was slightly cold: "Then there is Xiling Star.
"The parasite you sent was powerful. Although he appeared to be our enemy, he didn't kill us right away. It was more like he was following orders to lure us in. He used the guise of a gift to guide me deep underground, to guide me to observe that terrifying black hole, and thus to raise suspicions that the Worm Queen was on Xiling Star. This is what you wanted me to see."
"And the last time we planned Operation Spearhead, sending the Spearhead Squad to assassinate the Insect Queen, was that also something you planned from the beginning? I'm guessing there must be one of your parasites among the top brass of the Federation."
Sheng Zhang's smile grew wider. "Yes, there is. But I'm afraid you can't guess who it is."
Gu Qiongsheng pursed his lips and said, "There's no need for us to guess, and your sharp knife plan has also failed."
"You didn't realize that the Worm Queen was also implementing a battlefront shift plan at the time. Not only did you fail to kill the Worm Queen, but you almost ruined the Sharp Knife Squad, especially Brother Yuan's card."
"You start to get nervous because you know there aren't many humans who possess the ability to kill a Worm Queen. You could even say that Brother Yuan is the only one you've discovered so far."
"You need a more thorough plan, more precise guidance, and a team that doesn't have to be strong, but definitely has greater endurance... Perhaps you thought that if Qin Yuan and I teamed up, we would have a better chance of killing the Zerg Queen, so you took advantage of my interest in the Dawn Legion to lure us to the Greater Sally System, and used a simple trick on the Zerg to force us to jump into the black hole and come here to face the Zerg Queen directly."
"You know, as long as we see the star destroyer being conceived within the Zerg Mother, we will never turn around and leave. Everything is just what you want: the vast terrain, the weak Zerg Mother, people strong enough to kill the Zerg Mother, and the unexpected encounter—"
"If I'm not mistaken, the Worm Queen's weakness is also caused by you, right?"
As soon as the words fell, someone in the Dawn Team gasped.
After calming down from their previous excitement, they immediately realized that, yes, this was very unusual.
How could the insect queen be so easy to kill?
Sheng Zhang nodded slightly and raised his hands to clap in the air intermittently.
"That's amazing! Your guesses are probably correct." He smiled slyly. "Indeed, the Worm Mother's weakness was caused by me. Otherwise, do you think you could kill her so easily?"
"It can use wormholes to travel long distances, but it needs a cooldown period. I found the anchor point for it to travel through time and space and led you into the wormhole, consuming its chance to travel this time. Otherwise, it would have escaped long before Qin Yuan could make a move."
"It has four empty bodies hidden on other planets. If it encounters danger, it can transfer its spirit into another body. I found these four bodies and destroyed them all, so that you can eliminate the insect mother in one fell swoop."
"Why do you think the Worm Queen waited patiently for you to attack? She knew she had a backup plan. Perhaps before her death, she was dreaming of reincarnation, wanting to return with a brand new body and tear you to pieces."
Sheng Zhang spread his hands and smiled harmlessly, "Of course, don't worry, I've taken all of this into consideration and have already solved it for you."
"You can fully believe that the Worm Queen has completely vanished and no longer exists."
His playful smile was an eyesore to the members of the Dawn Team, and it felt as if something was blocking their chest, making it difficult for them to breathe.
Han Tianming couldn't help but blurt out: "I don't believe you!"
A rich purple light once again condensed in her bloodshot eyes. She leaned forward slightly, her leg muscles tensed, and she was about to dash out in the next second.
But suddenly, Gu Qiongsheng grabbed her wrist tightly.
Gu Qiongsheng's fingertips were cold and his palms were covered in cold sweat.
"Don't be impulsive," she whispered. "What he said is probably true."
Han Tianming: “???”
"But why?" Han Tianming exclaimed in confusion, "He is obviously a bug too, why is he persecuting their bug queen?"
"He's obviously under the control of the Zerg Queen, right? As long as he's a Zerg, he's inevitably under her control! Why would he kill his own master? What good would that do him?"
Hearing this, Sheng Zhang laughed softly.
He raised his head, an innocent smile appeared on his baby face, and a faint blue light was shining in his eyes.
The light flickered in the dark sky and earth, like a ghostly fire flying out from the underworld. The depths of the eyes were filled with strong unwillingness, desire, malice, and greed, which made people shudder.
Even on the Insect Mother, Gu Qiongsheng had never seen such a terrifying look.
"How can it be meaningless?"
Sheng Zhang said slowly and quietly, "Killing the Insect Mother is, of course, to... replace her."
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