Chapter 173: The same level of spiritual power as the Insect King
Planet X-19.
As the only person who had talked with the Insect King, Sheng Heng was urgently summoned by Yu Xiuyuan as soon as he landed.
"Master Yu, what's the situation now? How many planets did the Insect King attack?" After Sheng Heng escaped from the Insect King, the Insect King was furious and immediately broke through the space to go to a nearby planet. After wreaking havoc, he immediately broke through the space to go to the next one. In the time since he came back, he had heard that three planets were attacked by the Insect King.
"Attacking the fourth one." Yu Xiuyuan said.
Sheng Heng looked guilty: "It's all my fault. I shouldn't have angered the Insect King."
If he had not been so quick to speak and had not asked his eldest brother to release the energy cannon, perhaps these planets would still be fine.
"The Insect King only destroyed the military fortresses of these planets. The residents inside are still safe. And you can't be blamed for this matter. In the eyes of the Insect King, we are all food for his evolution and breeding of offspring. If he doesn't kill us now, he is just raising us." Yu Xiuyuan said.
"Yu Shuai is right. It's not your fault." Others also tried to comfort him.
"Let's talk about your conversation with the Insect King." When the conversation with the Insect King was mentioned, the command room immediately became quiet. Everyone's eyes fell on Sheng Heng, including those other military leaders who could only communicate via remote video and could not get here.
Being able to talk to the Insect King was an unexpected surprise.
"Tell us in detail what your conversation was about and how you felt at that time." Yu Xiuyuan said.
"Yes. I first felt a very strong mental force, which formed a very strange connection with my mental force, and then I suddenly heard the voice of the Insect King." Sheng Heng immediately repeated the content of his conversation with the Insect King truthfully.
After Sheng Heng finished speaking, the command room fell into a long silence.
"The Zerg are a civilization that is one level higher than ours? And a civilization that has already been destroyed?" This was beyond everyone's expectations.
"I think Sheng Heng's guess is correct. This Zerg King should be the spark left behind when their civilization collapsed. The meaning of its existence is to allow their civilization to continue." The speaker was a representative of the Federal Academy of Sciences, and a biologist Professor Zhu Er who has been engaged in the study of the biological structure of the Zerg. "The special reproductive ability of the Zerg has always been the focus of our research. Just as the Zerg King said, once it has enough nutrition and food, it can give birth to an entire tribe."
“This is too horrible.”
"If the Insect King can breed a bunch of insects with the same high intelligence as itself with just one insect, then why did their civilization perish?" Yu Xiuyuan questioned.
Everyone thought this made sense. If the Zerg could continuously reproduce themselves, they would be like cockroaches that can never be killed. How could they reach the point where civilization would be destroyed?
"The Insect King mentioned that after eating Sheng Heng, it will enter the differentiation period." Professor Zhuer analyzed, "For the evolution of the race, the higher the level of evolution, the more nutrition is needed. This is why the Insect King wants to eat Sheng Heng. But at the same time, the higher the level of the race, the lower the reproductive capacity will be. Although I don't know what state the Insect King will be in after differentiation, I guess, and it is even certain that the reproductive capacity of the Insect King after differentiation will definitely weaken. Moreover, the nutrition required to breed each high-IQ insect race must be extremely huge."
"But one Insect King is already so powerful. Even if he can only give birth to another one, it will be enough for us to deal with." General Xiao said calmly.
"So we must never allow the Insect King to differentiate." Professor Zhuer said decisively.
Sheng Heng nodded in agreement. He had thought of this when the Insect King asked him to exchange his life for all the lives on a planet. He was not a coward. If sacrificing himself could really save the Federation, he would sacrifice himself without hesitation. But the Insect King was already so powerful. If he was allowed to become more powerful, the Federation would really have no chance.
"Once the Zerg King divides, the Federation will no longer have a chance to turn things around, and will even completely become nutrients for the Zerg. When they want to reproduce, they will come to the planet that nurtures us and eat some of the ones with high spiritual power levels. This will go on year after year, month after month, and over time, their civilization may really slowly recover." said Professor Zhuer.
Everyone's faces turned pale when they heard Professor Zhuer's idea.
"Even if the Federation is destroyed in the end, we must never let the Zerg King succeed." General Xiao could not accept that humans were raised and eaten by the Zerg like cattle and sheep.
"Can't you think of something positive? What destruction do you mean? Didn't you hear what the Insect King said? As long as enough people are eaten, it can still split." General Yun rolled his eyes at his friend in annoyance.
"Then what do you think we should do?" General Xiao was at a loss.
"If I had known, I would have done it a long time ago." General Yun couldn't help but retorted.
“……”General Xiao.
"In short, Sheng Heng must not be in trouble." Yu Xiuyuan said, "As long as Sheng Heng is not devoured by the Insect King, the differentiation period of the Insect King can be delayed for a while. This time is our opportunity."
"Marshal, the Insect King has gone to planet H-6 again." The soldier who had been monitoring the Insect King's trajectory reported loudly.
Everyone looked at the video screen, in which the Insect King was emerging from a wormhole and flying towards the atmosphere of the planet H-6.
"Marshal, planet H-6 sent a distress signal."
"Marshal, what should I do? Should I reply?"
Reply? How to reply? I can’t fight back, and I can’t catch up. What’s the point of replying?
With a "bang", Yu Xiuyuan punched the operating table hard, and the whole screen was shaking because of his punch.
"Marshal, there is no sound from the other side." The signalman continued.
What does the absence of sound mean? Everyone in the field knows that a military fortress has been destroyed by the Insect King. So far, the Insect King has attacked five planets in succession, and has only destroyed the military fortresses, without rushing to hunt down the ordinary residents inside. The purpose of its action is undoubtedly to warn and threaten Sheng Heng to make the option it wants.
"Shit! We have to do something, right?" Feng Ming couldn't stand it anymore. He was the first person to face the Insect King. He ran away at that time. It was the first time he was a "deserter" since he joined the army. Although no one blamed him, he always regretted it. If he had rushed forward, even if he was killed by the Insect King, it would be better than being so frustrated and unable to do anything like now.
"General Feng, calm down. The Insect King is in the differentiation stage now. Each of us here may be the nutrients for its differentiation." Professor Zhuer said, "Although your mental power level is not as high as Sheng Heng's, it is also S-level mental power. For the Insect King, your nutritional value may not be as good as Sheng Heng, but what if he eats a few more?"
"Then what do you say we should do? Are we just going to wait like this, waiting for the Insect King to invade six planets a day on average? How long can the entire federation delay?" Feng Ming asked back.
Yes, everyone was calculating how long it could last. The reason why the Zerg King was able to occupy six planets so quickly was because these six planets did not have strong military reserves. The highest-level combat power of the Federation was here. If they all went out to fight the Zerg King, they would certainly not be able to defeat him as easily as today. But once they failed, the remaining planets would really become the Zerg's cattle and sheep pens and vegetable gardens.
"Actually..." Sheng Heng hesitated for a moment, then said, "I think my mental strength shouldn't be much lower than that of the Insect King. We may even be at the same level."
"What did you say?!" Yu Xiuyuan and Professor Zhu Er exclaimed at the same time, and the others looked over in shock.
"Sheng Heng, this is not a joke." Sheng Zhuo was startled and quickly reminded him. This can't be said carelessly, it will directly affect the layout of the federal battleship.
Sheng Heng also knew the seriousness of the matter, so he didn't dare to say it too affirmatively, but if he said nothing at this time, the Federation would be unable to do anything in the face of the absolute strength of the Insect King.
"Why do you have this feeling?" Professor Zhuer was the most rigorous and began to question Sheng Heng, leading him to conclude that his mental power was at the same level as the Insect King's.
Sheng Heng said slowly: "When the Insect King talked to me, our mental powers were connected. After coming back, I felt that my mental power had improved."
Promotion? Everyone gasped.
"It's not an improvement in level, but... it's like a new field has been opened up." Sheng Heng paused for a moment, organized his words and then said, "The Insect King said that our research on mental power is still at the most basic level, and we haven't developed many ways to use mental power. For example, using mental power to achieve telepathic communication, disrupt space, and create wormholes."
"Also, when I sensed the Insect King's mental power, although I felt that it was stronger than me and even suppressed me, I didn't feel scared. Instead, I got used to this strength through continuous contact."
Hearing this, Professor Zhu Er suddenly became excited: "Generally speaking, low-level mental power will instinctively tremble when encountering high-level mental power. That is a strong suppression transmitted from the depths of the sea of consciousness. It requires a very strong willpower to overcome, but you will still feel afraid. If you only feel suppressed but not afraid, this is indeed a phenomenon of similar mental power, but it may also be that the Insect King did not release absolute mental power to suppress you."
"The timing was so good. If the Insect King could use his mental power to absolutely suppress me, why didn't he attack me? Although I deliberately kept my distance at that time, with the Insect King's strength, he wouldn't dare to even try." Sheng Heng said.
Everyone nodded, thinking it made sense.
"But it is also possible that the Insect King has just led his tribe into the Federation through a wormhole, and his mental strength has been depleted, so he is not in full strength right now." Someone suggested.
"That's also possible." Professor Zhuer nodded.
"I think it's impossible. If the Insect King has consumed too much mental power, he should rest and recuperate at this time. He shouldn't continuously use his mental power to create wormholes in order to warn us." Sima Mingxuan suddenly spoke.
Sima Mingxuan's tone was so certain that everyone's eyes fell on him. Yu Xiuyuan even asked directly, "Why are you so sure?"
"Put yourself in my shoes. If I were the Insect King, I would stay quietly on Planet X-18 and come out to wander from time to time. Anyway, you dare not act rashly when you don't know the details. This way, I can deter the Federation and buy myself time to recover. Once my mental strength is fully restored, I can come and get the food I need." Sima Mingxuan's eyes were fixed on Sheng Heng when he talked about food.
Sheng Heng had no idea what Sima Mingxuan was thinking, he just looked back calmly.
After hearing this, everyone broke out in a cold sweat. General Xiao even said bluntly: "You are a very scheming boy."
Sima Mingxuan chuckled and said nothing.
"It's normal for a Zerg that has been wandering the universe for who knows how many years trying to revive civilization to be so scheming," Yu Xiuyuan nodded in agreement.
"Then let's bet that Sheng Heng's mental power is about the same as the Insect King's?" General Xiao asked.
The others also looked at Yu Xiuyuan. The Insect King's destructive power was too strong. He occupied six planets a day. They couldn't even wait two hours.
"Whether the Insect King's spiritual power is similar to Sheng Heng's, or it has consumed too much spiritual power and has not recovered, we can't wait any longer." In fact, there has always been only one way before them, to fight the Insect King. Sheng Heng's guess only provides them with more methods.
"Everyone, make a plan."
On the invaded planet now, only the military fortress has been destroyed, and most of the people are still alive. As long as the Zerg King can be killed and the low-level Zerg can be prevented from entering to hunt, these people can be rescued.
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