Chapter 177 The Death of the Insect King
Sheng Heng disappeared into the wormhole along with the Worm King, and never appeared again. In the beginning, Yu Xiuyuan ordered all parts of the Federation to closely monitor the space, and not to miss any tiny space fluctuations, but more than three months passed in the blink of an eye, and no space wormhole appeared.
During this month, the military took advantage of the disappearance of the Zerg King to fight back with all their might. Although all the Federation's level 10 mecha warriors had perished, and less than half of the level 9 mecha warriors were left, the disappearance of the Zerg King seemed to have weakened the power of the Zerg, and most of the level 9 Zerg had died in the previous war, so the Federation gradually gained the upper hand in the war. Coupled with the popularity of level 5 mimic mechas, the combat power of the low-level Zerg was further weakened. After three months, the Federation had recaptured all the planets occupied by the Zerg and re-established military fortresses.
Judging from the results, this is the most victory of the Federation in the past three hundred years. Not only did it recover the planets previously occupied by the Zerg Emperor, but it also gradually suppressed the Zerg in terms of power. If this continues, in a few decades at most, the Federation will even wipe out all the Zerg. But all this is based on the premise that the Zerg Emperor will not appear again, so whether the Zerg Emperor is dead or not is still the most worrying issue for the military.
And the only one who can give them the answer is Sheng Heng.
"It's been three months, and there has been no spatial fluctuation in any part of the Federation. We can't be sure whether the Insect King is dead or not, but Sheng Heng..." A lieutenant general wanted to say something, but when his eyes swept across Admiral Sheng who was sitting across the conference table, he swallowed his words consciously.
General Sheng didn't say anything, but his hands holding the quilt tightened unconsciously.
It has been three months. The Insect King may not be dead, but Sheng Heng is definitely in danger.
"Let's talk about the planetary reorganization." Yu Xiuyuan brought the topic back. "Although we have recovered many planets during this period, we have only expelled the Zerg from the planets, and have not completely killed them. At present, there are still ten planets in the Federation that are full of Zerg, and there are also many scattered Zerg wandering in space. We must rebuild the military defense line as soon as possible to prevent the Zerg from invading again."
"After three months of recuperation, most of the soldiers have recovered from their injuries, and we still have sufficient manpower. However, only a small part of the modification of the level five mimicry mecha has been completed, and it will take some time to fully popularize it." Someone mentioned.
"Then send a few more mecha builders to be responsible for modification with the army. Master Yan Hao has released a tutorial, so any mecha builders above level four should be able to modify it. Then send a skilled mecha maker to each planet to provide guidance. Can Tianxing temporarily transfer some personnel from you?" Yu Xiuyuan said, looking at Admiral Sheng.
When Yan Hao promoted the modification of mimic mechas, it was implemented at the base of the God of War Legion, so the mecha manufacturing department of the God of War Legion was also the most skilled department in the entire federation in modifying mimic mechas.
"Okay." General Sheng naturally had no objection.
"How is the matter of the Zerg corpses being dealt with?" Yu Xiuyuan turned to a lieutenant general who was in charge of dealing with the Zerg corpses.
"We have only processed one third of it. Our transport ships cannot get too close to the sun, so the process is a bit slow."
The Zerg King accidentally revealed in a conversation with Sheng Heng that he survived by devouring the bodies of his own kind before coming to the Federation, which made the Federal Academy of Sciences pay great attention to it. They no longer randomly threw the bodies of the Zerg into space or into black holes as before, but used transport ships to throw them into the sun, burning all the Zerg into ashes, eliminating the possibility of the Zerg King or any other Zerg evolving through their own kind.
The meeting continued for some time until midnight.
After the meeting, Yu Xiuyuan specifically called out to Admiral Sheng: "Next month the Federation will hold a memorial service for the soldiers who died in this battle. Several generals who joined forces to stop the Insect King were awarded purple medals, including Sheng Heng."
General Sheng raised his eyes and looked at Yu Xiuyuan.
"I know that as long as you haven't seen Sheng Heng's body, you won't want to believe that Sheng Heng has died, so... if you don't want to, I can communicate with the Federation and give you Sheng Heng's medal privately, and then announce it in a few years." Yu Xiuyuan said.
"No need." He said and left without looking back.
Yu Xiuyuan stood there and sighed.
God of War Legion.
Yan Hao was repairing the level 10 mecha with Elder Pang and Elder Zhong. In the final battle with the Insect King, the three generals used their mental power to stop the Insect King, and the level 10 mechas they were driving were also shattered in the explosion. After the battle, the soldiers who were cleaning the battlefield collected the mecha fragments. Elder Pang and Elder Zhong found that many of the fragments of the three level 10 mechas were intact, so they repaired them and planned to assemble another level 10 mecha.
After all, rebuilding a level 10 mecha is definitely not something that can be done in a short period of time. Sheng Heng is missing, and the two masters are worried about Yan Hao, so they chose the Ares Legion as the location to repair the level 10 mecha.
Only three months had passed, and the level 10 mecha had been almost repaired, but Yan Hao had always been emotionally stable, clear-minded, and not crying or making a fuss. He was also energetic at work, and he didn't look like someone whose fiancé had died. If he hadn't been so unwilling to leave the Ares Corps, the two masters would have thought that their apprentice probably didn't like Sheng Heng that much.
"The mecha has been almost repaired. Xiaohao, please notify the people from the military to come and collect it." After checking the system, Master Zhong turned around and said to the disciple who was debugging the arm of the mecha.
"Okay." Yan Hao nodded obediently.
Elder Zhong glanced at Elder Pang, who understood and said casually, "In this war, most of the level 10 mechas were destroyed. Repairing just this one is definitely not enough."
"Xiao Hao, you told me last time that you already had an idea about the eighth-level mimicry system? I haven't asked you much during this period. This time when I return to the capital star, I have to study it carefully and try to make another eighth-level mimicry system." said Mr. Zhong.
"Teacher, if you want to see it, I can send you the information." Yan Hao said.
Mr. Zhong frowned. Are you still unwilling to go back?
"Didn't you say you still have some doubts? When we get back we can study them together, and maybe these doubts will be resolved," said Mr. Zhong.
"It's almost solved." Yan Hao said.
"What?!" Both teachers were shocked.
How long has it taken for the eighth-level mimicry system to be conquered?
"How did you solve it?" After all, Mr. Zhong was the founder of the mimicry mecha, and he seemed much more anxious than Mr. Pang.
"My senior mentioned to me that when he first had a telepathic conversation with the Insect King, the Insect King said that the 'Victory' I created was just the prototype of a biological mecha. Then I started thinking about what a biological mecha is. Biological organisms generally refer to living things. Can mechas also become alive? How can I make mechas become alive? Then I had some new ideas."
Yan Hao paused for a moment, then smiled and said to the two of them, "I will write a detailed report later and ask the two teachers for their comments."
After saying that, Yan Hao lowered his head and continued to debug the mecha arm.
When the two saw him mention Sheng Heng, they stopped avoiding him and asked directly, "How long do you plan to stay here?"
"I promised my senior that I would wait for him to come back." Yan Haotai was not shy and said silently.
The two elders looked at each other, sighing in their eyes.
Mr. Zhong was impatient and couldn't help asking, "If he doesn't come back, will you stay?"
Yan Hao froze, raised his head and looked at Mr. Zhong in confusion.
Mr. Zhong suddenly felt distressed and began to regret what he had just said.
Elder Pang rolled his eyes at Elder Zhong in annoyance. This old man still couldn't talk. "I understand why you want to wait for Sheng Heng here, but your staying here will not have a good impact on the Ares Corps."
Old Pang knew Yan Hao's character better. If he was just told that it was not good for Yan Hao to stay here, Yan Hao might not leave. But if staying here would affect others, especially those related to Sheng Heng, he would definitely listen.
"Why?" As expected, Yan Hao's expression immediately became tense.
"I told you a long time ago that with your talent, if one day you reach the forefront of mecha manufacturing, you cannot belong to a single legion."
Yan Hao opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but before he could open his mouth, Elder Pang interrupted him: "I know, you want to say that you can continue your research in the Ares Corps, and the results of your research can be given to the Federation, but as long as you don't leave here, in the future, as long as the Ares Corps is slightly better than other corps in terms of mechas, especially mimicry mechas, they will think that you have contributed to it."
"Politics is the most suspicious activity in the world. Now that the Federation has just experienced a war, the Federation may not do anything to the God of War Legion, but what about in the future?" Old Zhong also said.
Yan Hao was silent for a while before he said, "How about waiting for a year? If the senior doesn't come back in a year, I will leave here."
When Yan Hao talked about leaving, his eyes were misty. This was the first time that Elder Zhong and Elder Pang saw a sad expression in his eyes.
The two finally stopped talking, tacitly agreeing to Yan Hao's proposal.
Deep in the starry sky, in a twisted space tunnel, a blue mecha was moving forward. This tunnel was very strange, with dark surroundings and occasional bright white dazzle patterns. Sheng Heng didn't know what it was. He had entered a wormhole before when he was on a spaceship for a space jump, but he didn't see those bright white dazzle patterns in the space wormhole.
But at this moment, he had no intention of paying attention to these things. All his efforts were spent on searching for the Insect King. Yes, he was searching.
He entered the wormhole a second later than the Insect Emperor, and after entering, he saw the Insect Emperor, but fortunately, this wormhole was constructed and created by the Insect Emperor's mental power, so the space corridor was still filled with the Insect Emperor's mental power. Along the way, Sheng Heng followed this mental power to pursue the Insect Emperor. He almost caught up with the Insect Emperor several times, but the Insect Emperor always disappeared behind those bright white dazzling patterns, causing him to miss several times.
How long has it been?
Sheng Heng subconsciously glanced at the time. Half an hour had passed since he entered the wormhole. Why didn't the Insect King come out? Although he didn't know how to construct a wormhole with mental power, it would definitely take a lot of mental power to construct such a wormhole that could travel through space. Moreover, Sheng Heng could clearly feel that the distance between him and the Insect King was getting closer.
If that's the case, why doesn't the Worm King leave the wormhole? It's obviously more beneficial for it to leave. Unless... it can't leave?
Sheng Heng felt the spiritual power of the Insect King trying to escape in the space corridor but was firmly grasped by him, and his mind suddenly moved.
[Your mental power is entangled by me, so you can't open the exit of the wormhole.] Because he was entangled with the mental power of the Insect King all the way, Sheng Heng gradually understood the method of telepathic communication and tried to say something.
As it finished speaking, the Insect King's movement suddenly stopped.
Heard it?! Sheng Heng was pleasantly surprised.
[You learn very quickly.] The voice of the Insect King also came from his mind.
[Thank you very much for this. If it weren't for your inspiration, I wouldn't have learned it.] Sheng Heng continued, [Since you can't leave, don't run away.]
The Insect King fell silent. Sheng Heng could sense its thoughts fluctuating through his mental power. After a long while, the Insect King's voice came again: [Let's make another deal.]
[You still want to make a deal with me? ] Sheng Heng was surprised.
【I admit that you threatened me. 】
Sheng Heng's eyes lit up: [Then why should I make a deal with you? ]
[Although my mental strength has been damaged, you cannot kill me with your current ability. We can only consume each other here. Do you see those bright white dazzling patterns? Each one represents a time and space. Only I can send you back.]
Sheng Heng paused for a moment, and the images of Yan Hao and his family immediately appeared in his mind, but he quickly calmed down. However, the Insect King's mental power was connected to his at this time, so how could he not feel it?
[I can promise to take my people away from your civilization and send you out, how about that?] said the Insect King.
[Do you think I'm stupid? The Federation has done its best to force you to this point. If you were given a chance to breathe, would you give up revenge?] Sheng Heng sneered.
[I can swear that if I break my promise, I will never be able to restore Zerg civilization in this lifetime.]
[Your civilization, which relies on devouring others to revive, should have been destroyed long ago. And...] Sheng Heng sneered, [You opened up this space. Although I don't know how you did it, the longer this kind of thing lasts, the more mental energy you will consume. No matter how strong you are, there will always be a time when you will be exhausted.]
[Humph, if my spiritual power cannot maintain space, we will all be crushed by the power of time and space.] The Insect Emperor said.
[When my comrade-in-arms was willing to self-destruct in order to kill you, I was also prepared for the same.] Sheng Heng said.
[Foolish, do you know that if you upgrade your mental power, you can upgrade your civilization to a second-level civilization. If you die, your civilization may have to wait for thousands of years to become a second-level civilization. There are all kinds of races in the universe, how do you know that there will not be alien races like our Zerg? But if you become a second-level civilization, you can apply to join the Cosmic Alliance and get asylum.] In order to survive, the Zerg King can be said to have risked everything, [How about, as long as you agree to my conditions, I can teach you how to improve your mental power.]
Sheng Heng was very surprised at what the Insect King said, but he still didn't believe him.
[I can share with you some memories about the second-level civilization. After you receive these memories, you will know that I am not lying.] The Insect King sensed Sheng Heng's doubts and thought that he had finally convinced him, so he immediately said.
[If there really is such a cosmic alliance, why don't they protect the first-level civilization? ]
[Because the first-level civilization has not yet been recognized by the Cosmic Alliance, only when the spiritual power is raised to a new level and the wormhole is learned, can the existence of the Cosmic Alliance be discovered and qualified to become their members.] The Insect King said, [As long as you become a second-level civilization, the technology of your civilization will develop rapidly. For example, the mecha you are driving now is just a low-level mecha in a second-level civilization.]
Sheng Heng thought of Yan Hao again. If there really was such a place, Yan Hao would definitely be very happy.
[How?] The Insect King asked.
【Nothing.】 Sheng Heng replied.
[You still don't believe me?] The Insect King was a little angry, [I already said that we can share memories...]
[If I let you go, you will definitely go find the next first-level civilization when you leave here. I will never let you leave here, no matter what, as a pest like you.] Sheng Heng said.
[Are you crazy? This is an opportunity for your entire civilization to advance. When your civilization is upgraded to a Level 2 civilization, you will find that those Level 1 civilizations are just ants.]
The Insect King was extremely angry, and his mental power kept jumping in the tunnel, causing the tunnel to become extremely unstable. Countless black lines appeared inside the tunnel, like cracks on glass.
But soon, the vibration stopped and the cracks gradually disappeared.
[The space tunnel almost exploded.] The Insect King said angrily.
[If this tunnel explodes, you will die.] Sheng Heng could sense this from the mental connection just now.
[You will die here too.] The Insect Emperor said.
[That's good.] Sheng Heng chuckled, and then he released the remaining spiritual power in his sea of consciousness and injected it into the surrounding corridors. He did nothing but stick to the Insect King's spiritual power and guided it in the opposite direction.
[What are you doing? Stop, the tunnel is going to collapse.] The Insect King screamed in panic.
Sheng Heng remained unmoved and continued to extend his mental power.
The Insect King finally couldn't hold back any longer. With a flash of golden light, the Insect King's body appeared in front of Sheng Heng, and its long front claws stabbed towards him.
Sheng Heng didn't hesitate, he fired the particle cannon on his shoulder at the Insect King. The Insect King didn't dodge at all, he rushed towards the gunfire.
Seeing that the particle cannon was ineffective, Sheng Heng immediately pulled out the Xuanming Spear. At the moment the Xuanming Spear was pulled out, the Insect King suddenly stopped, as if he was afraid of something?
Afraid of the Mysterious Nether Spear? Impossible. Although the Mysterious Nether Spear is quite powerful, it won't scare the Insect King. Wait...
Sheng Heng seemed to be at a loss, and suddenly stabbed the Xuanming Spear into the inner wall of the tunnel.
[No!] The Insect King roared and pounced madly, but it was too late.
The existence of two spiritual powers in the space tunnel at the same time is already extremely dangerous. If there is a third spiritual force, the space will inevitably be disordered. As the founder of the space tunnel, the Insect King himself will suffer a great spiritual backlash.
With a buzz, Sheng Heng felt as if his sea of consciousness was hit hard by something huge, cutting off his spiritual connection with the Insect King. When he turned around, the golden eyes of the Insect King had turned blood red, as if he had fallen into a violent state. But before he had time to observe carefully, the space corridor began to vibrate and split, and the black lines reappeared.
Suddenly, his heart felt cold, and Sheng Heng took a step back. Suddenly, an invisible force passed in front of his eyes, cutting the passage between him and the Insect King. On the other side of the passage, the Insect King had been cut into two because he failed to avoid the invisible force.
Sheng Heng's eyes widened in horror. In just one breath, the Insect King opposite him was cut into eight pieces in a row, and then scattered in the chopped corridor, falling into the deep darkness, falling into one bright white dazzling pattern after another. And behind him, there was also a bright white dazzling pattern.
Each dazzling pattern represents a space-time. Once you enter it, you can never return to the Federation.
Sheng Heng struggled hard, trying to do something to prevent himself from falling into the space-time exit, but his body was locked in the space corridor and he could not move at all.
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