Zhixing
Jisung, a devastated planet, has been recklessly destroyed by alien life forms seeking to harvest its resources. Viewing this planet from the perspective of a planet inhabited by living things is a terrifying prospect.
If Ye Miaomiao had not delayed the arrival of the hairy locusts, they would be the ones who would have lost their land.
Fortunately, they now have enough strength to at least confront the Hairy Star Locusts head-on.
"Yes, that's right, you confront each other face to face." Ye Miaomiao nodded firmly.
The word "you" was used very subtly, as if she was not involved.
In fact, Ye Miaomiao really didn't plan to participate.
Under the subtle gazes of several people, Ye Miaomiao said confidently, "You guys face off and cover for me. Mingyi and I will take advantage of the chaos to sneak into the Maoxing Locusts and contact that civilization to have them cut off the transmission pipeline. From a certain perspective, I don't think that civilization will reject me."
What a genius idea! Who in their right mind would think of instigating a rebellion against the enemy's "granary"? They achieved their goal without having to resort to any personal effort, while letting others do all the dirty work. Crucially, they couldn't refuse and were forced to be grateful to them.
The only unreliable thing is - this sounds too unreliable.
"No! I'll go with you!" Fang Yan said instinctively. "It's still uncertain whether that civilization exists, whether they can communicate, and whether they're willing to cooperate. If they're all controlled, going like this would be a trap. Besides, infiltrating the locusts is inherently unreliable. It's too dangerous!"
The other two people's lips twitched. Fang Yan's words and deeds had clearly analyzed the situation. It would have been fine if they didn't object, but why did they join in the fun?
Mingyi opened her mouth, as if trying to silently convey something—"If you want to go, go ahead. I'm not going to compete with you." Honestly, she was willing to fight the locusts, but to infiltrate them? Firstly, she wasn't cut out for it, and secondly, she didn't want to die young.
However, Ye Miaomiao did not wait for the two to speak or listen to Fang Yan's opinion.
She shook her head: "No, Mingyi will take care of the logistics for me, I want to go in alone."
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Zhixing, a very small planet, is rotating at high speed every moment.
A small population could fill the entire planet. The Homo sapiens living on Zhixing were hardworking and capable. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to continuously satisfy the locust-like desires of Maoxing with just a few hundred thousand people. But even so, they were about to collapse.
Forty-five thousand six thousand two hundred and thirteen people were reduced to less than two thousand, or to be exact, one thousand two hundred and sixty. This shocking number lay bloody in Luo's heart, and he vowed to find an opportunity for revenge.
Three days ago, this opportunity finally came.
From all directions, there were continuous loud humming and explosions, and even debris falling from the sky. Houses were smashed, and people were injured or even killed.
But while Luo was grieving, he couldn't suppress his excitement and excitement - the locusts were attacked!
On the third day, a female finally appeared before him. She was the most powerful female Luo had ever seen. She bore some resemblance to Homo sapiens, though more fragile in appearance. Her entire body was covered in cold, sharp weapons, like a war machine.
At her feet was a pile of horrible colonist corpses, and in her hands she was playing with a huge headset and a small bee. The colonists said that this was its name - they could be used to translate hundreds of millions of languages in real time, but faced with a low-level language system like Zhixing, even the most powerful and advanced translators could not translate their language smoothly.
He heard the female say, "These locusts are so well fed that they're so fat they're unrecognizable. Thanks to them being so busy trying to make money, they killed them all before I could even use my ultimate move. Serves them right."
Her voice spread out like the bees, and Luo understood it. He looked at Ye Miaomiao in shock for a while, then excitedly knelt down towards her, burying his head deeply in the ground.
"Please save us!"
The female seemed to understand what he said and quickly pulled him back, mumbling, "This low-class looking little bee turns out to be a translator. I should have known I wouldn't have bought it from customer service. But...why are the words and sentences in both translators messed up? Never mind, as long as I can roughly understand the meaning, that's fine."
"Resurrect my companions, please, bring my companions back!" Luo prayed earnestly.
The female, Ye Miaomiao, waved her hand quickly and doubtfully: "Sorry, but, are you talking about bringing them back to life?"
She said this, gazing into the distance. Having rushed all the way to Zhixing and endured a fierce battle, she only now had time to survey the land.
There was clearly no sun here; the light came from underground. The crust was like transparent glass, the faint light filtering through from below illuminating the entire planet. Although she had known this for a long time, it wasn't until she set foot on this planet and saw the cute little houses on the glass crust, and the vibrant crops next to them, that Ye Miaomiao felt a strong sense of otherworldliness.
Unfortunately, a large number of houses were destroyed and countless bones were found on the ground.
If Ye Miaomiao guessed correctly, what he meant was that he hoped she would resurrect these bones.
The dead cannot be resurrected. This creature, which looks a bit like humans, obviously misunderstood something.
"I can help you drive away the locusts," Ye Miaomiao pointed to the sky to ensure that his words could be understood by the Homo sapiens in front of him, "that is, those invaders, but I can't resurrect your companions. Sorry."
Luo was both happy and sad. He held Ye Miaomiao's arm and nodded sadly.
"But I need you to do one thing. Is there anyone else?" Ye Miaomiao sent him aside, quickly took out a bunch of things from his backpack, and began to assemble them on the ground.
Luo understood and quickly turned around and trotted off to look for his tribesmen who had already hidden.
Ye Miaomiao glanced at him and continued with her work. She had installed a signal jammer that would last three months. This was a decision Ye Miaomiao had made after discussing it with Hung Hung Hung. After the transport pipeline was destroyed, the locusts could still enter the planet in spacecraft, collect supplies, or even retaliate by slaughtering Homo sapiens. Hung Hung Hung did not want to see either of these happen.
This is when the signal jammer comes into play. Locusts have compound eyes and poor vision, so they cannot find people and supplies at high altitudes as accurately as eagles. If jammers are used to disrupt the spacecraft's search, they will not even be able to distinguish between east, south, west and north.
"How do I assemble this..." Ye Miaomiao tapped the screen again. She didn't know what was going on over there. It was clearly her dedicated logistics team, but the information was coming in at a breakneck speed. She had no choice but to flip through the instructions at the last minute. Fortunately, her memory came flooding back, and she successfully assembled the machine.
The remaining thousand or so members of the Homo sapiens group soon arrived in droves.
Ye Miaomiao stood up and did not choose to retract the mecha shell. In her opinion, there were more than a thousand relatively primitive humans in front of her. Even if she had high attribute values, she had to be careful.
"Here are eighteen high-intensity bombs," Ye Miaomiao took out the last item from her backpack and handed it to Luo. "They aren't very powerful. They can only produce a pound of TNT explosive equivalent within a hundred meters, but they're more than enough to blow up those blood-sucking pipes."
Luo was a little confused, and Ye Miaomiao didn't expect him to understand.
She said bluntly, "Now I'll say one sentence and you repeat it. I need to make sure you understand me. First, I need your men to drop the bomb into the pipe."
Luo nodded, pointed to the nearest pipe, picked up a bomb, and, feeling it wasn't enough, picked up a bunch more and repeated, "Throw it in."
"No," Ye Miaomiao rubbed his forehead. "One bomb is responsible for one pipeline. All the pipelines on this planet must be blown up."
No wonder so many tribesmen were called here. Luo understood and repeated her words.
"Second, after releasing the eighteen bombs, gather everyone together and press this button. The bombs will explode simultaneously."
Ye Miaomiao estimated that with their transportation level, it would take at least three days to complete the task. By that time, the hungry hungry hungry would have just finished their rest and would launch an attack on the locusts at the same time.
"Third, turn on this signal jammer and everyone hide. Don't go outdoors until I come back. This will ensure your safety."
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Ye Miaomiao did not waste too much time on Zhixing. After about three hours, when she finished her mission, she was ready to leave.
"Stay for a meal!" Luo called Ye Miaomiao. He and several Homo sapiens representatives behind him were full of anticipation.
Luo knew that, for both the colonists and the female before him, Homo sapiens civilization was terribly backward. After all, when the colonist said the translator couldn't translate it, his tone was filled with arrogant contempt. And as the female explained herself over and over again, her tone was filled with helplessness that she herself hadn't noticed.
They would not be willing to become friends with Homo sapiens on an equal footing, because to them, Homo sapiens might just be a synonym for lower species.
But Luo still wanted to treat the female with the highest etiquette of receiving friends - setting up a banquet - food is the proudest invention of Homo sapiens, and he wanted to take the opportunity to tell the female that they also have the ability to become friends worth associating with.
At least one day, Homo sapiens will repay the female for what she does today.
Ye Miaomiao checked the time and apologized, "I'm in a hurry." Every extra hour she delayed would cost her more manpower and financial resources. Now was not a good time to stay for dinner, although...
Ye Miaomiao sniffed, and a strange but sweet smell of food came from a house in the distance.
The few Homo sapiens in front of him showed disappointed expressions. Ye Miaomiao casually plucked the neatly grown crops in the fields beside him. She was really curious about the glowing land, so she squatted down, grabbed a few large pieces, and threw them all into her backpack.
"Thank you for the souvenirs. Let's have dinner together again when we have time." She said with a smile.
Under the surprised eyes of Luo and the others, she activated the mecha and drew a beautiful arc in the air, quickly moving away from the sight of the Homo sapiens. She activated the [Human Skin Mask SSR] and transformed back into a terrifying locust. *Note 1
The mecha shell carried her back to the universe safely.
After leaving Zhixing, Ye Miaomiao finally received a message from the logistics team: "Boss, you connected the wires wrong here. It's blue to red, not blue to yellow."
Ye Miaomiao said "oh" silently, and then followed a team of insects transporting goods back to the front line in a dignified manner.
The fighting on the front lines was intense, a situation of dire straits. However, the locusts were able to fight the Hungry Hungry effectively, thanks to their disciplined collective combat. Their individual brains were extremely small, especially those assigned to fight the insect naval battle. Therefore, Ye Miaomiao successfully outwitted a few clueless locusts and made her way back to the Hungry Hungry spaceship.
Her smooth and quick return shocked the entire logistics team. After all, just a few seconds ago, Ye Miaomiao asked them how to connect the wire.
"Hasn't it been a few hours?" Ye Miaomiao glanced at them, thinking they were just fools.
It's time to go to the hospital for treatment, she thought lovingly.
"Notify Fang Yan to lead his troops to retreat and rest," Ye Miaomiao ordered, "for about three days, wait until the locusts are exhausted, then we will launch an attack."
The army quickly retreated from the front line. After taking a shower, it was time for dinner, so they ate and drank.
As soon as Ye Miaomiao returned to the spaceship, she threw the crops and soil she had gathered to the researcher. It was lunchtime, and the researcher suddenly found her with surprise: "Lord Ye! This crop is unheard of. It's rich in monoxide..."
"Wait," Ye Miaomiao knew she was going to talk about a bunch of terms she didn't understand before she started, so she quickly stopped her, "Just tell me the conclusion."
"This crop has an extremely short growth cycle. It doesn't require sunlight or rain because the soil provides all the nutrients it needs. Furthermore, this crop provides all the nutritional value that carbon-based organisms need. It's the ultimate potato, obviously!"
Ye Miaomiao: “!” And it smells very good!
She recalled the fragrance she smelled before leaving and did not tell the researcher about her findings because, based on her understanding of the researcher, the chances of the latter being interested in this matter were extremely small.
"The only drawback is that the nutrients it provides are limited," the researcher said, struggling to explain it in a simple and understandable way. "It can support prolonged physical activity, but it struggles to provide the nutrients necessary for mental work. More precisely, it provides virtually no unique nutrients necessary for brain function, especially neural activity in the right parietal lobe and putamen."
"No wonder," Ye Miaomiao nodded, "Homo sapiens is not very smart."
The researcher was excited. "So, do they have basically no sense of time?" she asked. "According to my analysis, there are no sunrises or sunsets, and crops have no growing cycles. If they have been relying on these crops as their staple food for a long time, their brains may not even have developed the neural activity required to perceive time..."
No wonder the Homo sapiens allowed her to resurrect their dead counterparts, because they simply didn't realize that on the same timeline, the dead cannot be resurrected.
Ye Miaomiao was listening and thinking, and suddenly some inspirations about time flashed through her mind. However, these inspirations quickly dissipated, and she had a premonition - there was a terrible thing that she seemed to have overlooked.
This ominous premonition lasted until the time for a walk after dinner. The team member who had been monitoring the locusts suddenly panicked and found Ye Miaomiao.
"Oh no, Boss! Didn't you say the pipes wouldn't be blown up until three days later? But just now! They were all blown up all of a sudden!"
"What?" The soldier who was happily drinking wine nearby was shocked.
At this moment, some of his companions were still playing cards, while others had already started to sleep soundly - although their mission was very clear: when the pipeline was blown up, they had to be ready to send troops to fight immediately.
But no one expected that this time node, which was originally scheduled for three days later, would happen now, just a few hours later.
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