Ye Chen led a large number of lords, and the battle lines continued to retreat, even reaching the edge of this star field.
Of the original three hundred starships, only a little over two hundred remained. The ever-expanding battle area and dwindling combat power made the war against the Zerg increasingly difficult.
Ye Chen had even decided that if the battle line were to withdraw from this star field, he would have to ask Hua Xiyu for help; otherwise, with the rapid growth of the insect swarm, the entire plane would be devoured by them.
"Hmm?" Suddenly, Ye Chen's gaze sharpened. He saw that all the insectoids in the starry sky paused for a moment, and then the originally orderly insectoids suddenly became chaotic and disorderly, running around like headless flies.
"Success!" Ye Chen was overjoyed. This situation could only mean that the queen insect had been killed.
Unlike other races, all Zerg are ruled by their own queen. Once the queen dies, the entire swarm falls into chaos until a new queen is born.
At this point, they have no intelligence whatsoever and only follow their instincts to devour everything around them. Although they are also highly aggressive, these chaotic creatures are much easier to deal with. You might even attack them and they won't know to dodge, continuing to devour the matter around them, striving to be the first to evolve into a queen and rule the entire insect race.
Only when the queen dies can a new queen evolve within the swarm. This is an opportunity for all insectoid species, and for this reason, they may even fight each other when food is scarce.
Therefore, when Ye Chen saw the entire swarm fall into chaos after a brief pause, he knew that Zhulong and his team had succeeded, and there was no more exciting news than this.
"Really? The Queen is dead?" The news quickly spread among the lords. Some lords who knew about the Zerg explained to others that with the Queen's death, the entire Zerg race was no longer a threat.
Putting aside their own chaos, the very fact that they cannot continue to reproduce indefinitely has already caused the Zerg to lose their greatest advantage.
"The Queen is dead! Everyone speed up the process of eliminating the Zerg to prevent them from evolving a new Queen!" Ye Chen's message rang out on everyone's wristbands, and the message immediately drew cheers from everyone.
They are not afraid of powerful enemies, but they are afraid of endless enemies that can never be killed.
With the death of the Queen, the Zerg have lost their greatest advantage. The lords no longer need to worry about the war going on endlessly, nor do they need to worry about being devoured by an endless stream of disgusting insects. Some lords have even set up oil cauldrons, preparing a high-class insect feast.
"These people are really something!" Ye Chen shook his head helplessly. Some people's foodie tendencies are really... strong.
"However, the insect feast is quite famous, and it's said to be very nutritious! It's a pity, I don't really like it!"
Ye Chen sighed and shook his head, then sent the information to Raphael and Fatty before focusing on the war in the starry sky.
Although the Zerg Queen is dead and the Zerg are in chaos, it doesn't mean they are safe. The remaining Zerg population is still enormous and poses a great threat to many lords, especially lower-ranking lords, who could face devastating blows if they are not careful.
Moreover, he hadn't forgotten where the Insect Queen came from. Who knew if there was only one Insect Queen at the back of the spatial passage? If another demigod-level Insect Queen appeared at this moment, then we would truly be doomed.
The outer lords were advancing inwards, while the Candle Dragons and Phoenixes inside, after killing the Insect Queen, did not rush back. Instead, they stood beside the Insect Queen's enormous corpse and began burning it.
The corpse of the Zerg queen is extremely attractive to them, as it can promote their evolution and increase the likelihood of the birth of a new Zerg queen.
When the insect queen is alive, they are her most loyal protectors; but when the insect queen dies, they are also the most formidable competitors to the insect corpse.
The allure of the insect corpse even caused them to abandon the three-legged golden crows and other phoenixes that were within reach, and frantically pounce on the mother insect's enormous carcass.
Upon seeing this, the three-legged golden crows and phoenixes, after a brief moment of stunned silence, began a frenzied slaughter.
After taking away the spark of civilization and the crystallization of bloodline, it directly set the corpse of the mother insect ablaze with the true fire of the sun. The scorching flames burned in the starry sky, and countless guardian insects that rushed forward were also ignited. The entire starry sky was filled with the aroma of meat.
But the raging fire did nothing to dampen the insects' enthusiasm for rushing toward the mother insect's corpse. In fact, it made them overcome their fear of the flames and plunge headlong into it. Perhaps in their eyes, it was just a slightly warmer temperature, just like moths to a flame.
"Let's send a few phoenixes back to inform the master. We'll stay here just in case! Anyway, these insects won't attack us!" Zhulong said after pondering for a moment.
The three-legged golden crow and several leading phoenixes nodded, and then four black birds flew out in the opposite direction, heading towards the primordial star together.
Without the three-legged golden crow leading the way, the return journey of the black birds was naturally not as smooth as the journey there, taking more than twice as long. Ye Chen was getting anxious waiting before he finally saw the black birds in the swarm of insects.
Upon learning that Zhulong and the others had stayed behind to guard the spatial passage, Ye Chen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Especially after learning that the insectoids nearby were frantically rushing towards the mother insect's corpse, refusing to let it go even when it was being burned, he could only marvel at the terrifying greed of these insectoids who only acted on instinct.
"We do need to station troops over the space passage, but unfortunately we can't launch a large-scale attack right now. It will take quite some time!" Ye Chen nodded regretfully.
After letting a few Xuan Birds return to their territory to rest, Ye Chen summoned some powerful lords and began to rush towards the spatial passage, striving to quickly penetrate into the spatial passage from a single direction to reunite with Zhulong and the others.
The more powerful insects deep inside are no longer primarily targeting them, but rather the corpse of the insect queen. There is not much danger for them to rush in, unless a new queen emerges in such a short time and takes control of the entire insect race immediately.
Even if a new queen insect is born, it would take several days or even a month to control such a massive swarm, enough time for all the high-ranking insectoids inside to die out.
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