Chapter 171 The Insect King Appears
Ever since he knew that this Zerg tide might be the butterfly effect caused by his rebirth, Yan Hao became anxious. This anxiety came later than everyone else in the base, but it was more real than everyone else. He recalled the memories of his previous life every day, trying to extract more information about the Zerg and the war from his limited memory, but no matter how hard he tried, the information he knew was too limited.
In his previous life, he was just a pharmacist who was busy researching medicines. He was also an unpopular pharmacist who was excluded by most people. All his information came from the news pushed by the Star Network during that period. He knew that the Federation would deal with a large-scale insect tide. If Sheng Heng's analysis was correct, the large-scale insect tide in his previous life should be the insect tide in front of him. In this insect tide, the Federation suffered heavy losses, and many high-ranking military officials including the Federation Marshal died in the war. The insect tide lasted for three years, and the Federation lost eight or nine planets in a row. In the end, Sima Mingxuan, who became a level 10 mecha warrior, led a new generation of mecha divisions to kill the last mutant insect of the Zerg and ended the insect tide.
He didn't know what happened afterwards, because he died unexpectedly shortly after the Zerg tide ended, and then he was reborn. According to the memory of the previous life, the mutant Zerg had been completely wiped out, and the Zerg had stopped attacking, and it seemed that the Zerg tide had ended. From this point of view, this life seemed to be much better than the previous one. The federal marshal was not dead, and the military's high-level combat power was still retained. There were only four planets occupied by the Zerg, and they could be recovered slowly.
But the senior said that he felt an extremely powerful mental force, which might be the Insect King.
Did this powerful mental force appear in the previous life? Was it really the Insect King? Did the Insect King appear in the end? Did the Federation defeat the Insect King? These are what Yan Hao urgently wants to know.
"If only I could die a little later."
"What are you talking about?!" Sheng Heng brought food to Yan Hao as usual. As soon as he entered the room, he heard Yan Hao suddenly say that. He was so angry that he poked Yan Hao's crazy little head with his finger, "What are you talking about? Bah, bah, bah."
Yan Hao covered his head and looked at Sheng Heng with some grievance.
In Sheng Heng's eyes, Yan Hao has always been independent and strong. He had never seen him with this expression before. He immediately couldn't bear it and gently hugged him: "Don't be afraid, I'm here. I will stop the Insect King even if I risk my life."
"Who asked you to risk your life?" Yan Hao became even more anxious after hearing this. What he was worried about was that something might happen to Sheng Heng.
"Nothing can happen to you." For the first time, Yan Hao ordered Sheng Heng in a domineering tone.
"Why does your tone sound so much like my mother?" Sheng Heng said with a smile.
"Ah?" He had never met the senior's mother.
"When I was little, my mother would say this to my father every time he went to the battlefield." He was still young at that time and always felt that his mother was fierce. Now that he is in the same situation and someone treats him like this, he knows how warm these fierce words are.
"You haven't met my mother yet. When the war is over, I will take you to meet her. She likes you very much." Sheng Heng said.
Yan Hao hummed softly.
"Let's eat first. I made chicken wings today." Sheng Heng pulled Yan Hao to sit down, and then took out the food one by one. He made two portions of food, just right for the two of them to eat together. But before the food was served, the alarm sounded on the optical computer terminal in Sheng Heng's left hand.
Yan Hao paused holding the chopsticks and looked at Sheng Heng. Sheng Heng was also looking at him and had already stood up from his chair: "I'm leaving."
Yan Hao subconsciously grabbed Sheng Heng's hand, but he didn't know what to say because he knew that Sheng Heng had to leave.
"Eat your meal obediently and wait for me to come back." Sheng Heng had a relaxed smile on his face when he spoke, as if he was not going to the battlefield, but to the kitchen to get a bottle of vinegar.
"Okay." Yan Hao finally said nothing and let go of her hand.
He let go of his hand, but Sheng Heng suddenly moved closer, put his big hand on the back of Yan Hao's head, pulled him close, and hastily kissed him. The kiss was heavy and urgent, and when Yan Hao came to his senses, Sheng Heng had already pushed the door and walked out.
Sheng Heng rushed to the command center, where all officers above the rank of major general of the Ares Corps had gathered. At this moment, everyone's eyes were fixed on the video in front of them, and Sheng Heng naturally followed suit to look over.
It was a round black hole, a black hole that was expanding rapidly.
"The formation speed of this black hole is unprecedentedly fast, and the Tianhe-1 battleship may not be able to make it in time," someone analyzed.
"It's more than just fast. Look at its size. If the other side is really a Zerg, the Zerg that appeared this time are probably more than the eight mutants brought before."
"Is this the main force of the Zerg?"
"The Insect King?"
Sheng Heng's eyes shone, and he walked over a few steps: "Did you detect any mental fluctuations?"
Admiral Sheng looked back at Sheng Heng and nodded slowly: "Since the black hole appeared, the military has detected an extremely huge mental force. It should be what you sensed last time."
At this moment, the command center's dedicated communication channel was suddenly opened, and Federal Marshal Yu Xiuyuan's face suddenly appeared on the big screen.
"General Sheng." Yu Xiuyuan looked anxious, "I require you to dispatch all the combat forces above level eight of the God of War Corps to the designated area."
"Yes." Admiral Sheng responded without hesitation.
Yu Xiuyuan's eyes swept across Sheng Heng who was standing next to General Sheng before hanging up the phone.
"Notice to the entire army, all combat forces above level eight, bring mechas and assemble at the port in ten minutes." Admiral Sheng issued the order.
Ten minutes later, except for Admiral Sheng, the commander, who remained in the base, all the others gathered at the port. At the same time, in the No. 1 maintenance room, Lidia was also selecting the corresponding mecha manufacturers, who would follow them to the battlefield later.
"Diyā, I want to go too." Seeing that Diyā had almost gathered everyone but had forgotten about him, Yan Hao couldn't help but jump out himself.
"You don't have to go." Diya refused directly.
"Why? Shouldn't we find a corresponding mecha manufacturer to follow and repair the mecha? I am the manufacturer of 'Victory' and the only one who can repair the camouflage mecha." Yan Hao said unconvinced.
"Mr. Zhong has already gone to the front line, so you don't need to go." Diya said.
"I am the maker myself, I am more suitable than a teacher."
"You can't go to the front line. This is the highest decision of the Federation."
"Why?"
"You are the future of the Federation's mechas. The more dangerous the situation is, the more we must protect you. Xiaohao, I understand that you want to go to the front line, but don't make it difficult for me." If Diya had just refused firmly, Yan Hao would definitely not give up. But since Diya said that it made it difficult for him, Yan Hao could no longer say that he must go with her.
"Then can you tell me about the situation on the front line?" Yan Hao asked, "Has the Insect King appeared?"
"At present, only a huge wormhole has appeared. A powerful mental force has been detected inside the wormhole. As to whether it is the Insect King, it is still uncertain." Diya told Yan Hao all the information he had.
"Minister, everyone has gathered." Someone pushed the door open and informed Dia.
"Okay, let's go." Diya nodded at Yan Hao and turned to leave.
Planet X-18 is the closest planet to the passive space. At this time, the planet is arranging the evacuation of the planet's residents, and reinforcements from all over are rushing to Planet X-18. As the spaceships on the planet fly away one after another, the space black hole is also expanding and the speed is getting faster and faster. If there is only one thing that can be thankful for, it is probably that no Zerg has flown out of the black hole so far.
If no Zerg flies out, it means the wormhole has not been opened and they still have time.
"Report your arrival time." Yu Xiuyuan sat on the battleship heading to Planet X-18, and at the same time used a special channel to contact the mecha warriors coming to support from various locations.
"It will take me another two hours to get there." Feng Ming was the first to respond, because the X-18 star field was closest to their base.
"It will take me another ten hours." This time, the one who represented the Sima Army to provide support was Sima Mingxuan. In the previous mutant insect attack, Sima Mingxuan had made considerable achievements with his strong mental power and superb combat skills, and is now a level nine mecha warrior.
"We still need eight hours." It was Sheng Zhuo who spoke from the Victorious Legion.
"Okay, it will take me another three hours to get there. Don't act rashly after you arrive, and don't enter Planet X-18. Fengming, if you encounter Zerg when you arrive, you can go up and test it out first, but don't be reckless." Yu Xiuyuan said.
"Got it." Feng Ming made an OK gesture.
Two hours passed in a blink of an eye, and Feng Ming's warship had entered the X-18 star field. At this time, the black hole could be seen with the naked eye without the need for optical brain images. Since entering this star field, Feng Ming felt an invisible pressure, the source of which was the direction of the black hole, and the pressure was getting closer and closer.
Isn't the approach speed a little too fast?
Feng Ming frowned, turned his head and ordered the battleship pilot: "Stop moving forward."
"Yes." The driver stopped the warship immediately after hearing the order.
But the battleship stopped, and the pressure that was approaching him did not stop, and even got faster and faster.
He was right, and he immediately switched to the special channel to tell Yu Xiuyuan his guess: "Yu Shuai, I'm afraid the wormhole has been connected."
"What?!" Not only Yu Xiuyuan, but everyone in this channel showed great shock at this moment.
"There are no scattered Zergs around the wormhole. I'm afraid it's because... the one walking in the front is the Zerg King, if this mental power belongs to the Zerg King."
"You mean..."
"Marshal, something is coming out." Someone shouted loudly in the command room.
Yu Xiuyuan turned his head to look, and saw a golden color gradually emerging in the black hole that was pitch black just now.
Golden...it's really the Insect King!
The Zerg King is different from ordinary Zergs in that its entire body is golden. This is a secret known only to the top federal officials, but at this moment, there is no need to keep it secret.
"Insect King!" Yu Xiuyuan shouted out.
Feng Ming, as the person closest to the Insect King, was already pale at this time. He could clearly feel that the Insect King had discovered him. He stared at the center of the black hole. First, a golden front claw stretched out, then two huge tentacles, then half of the head, and then the eyes. Those were a pair of extremely huge golden eyes, which glanced in his direction the moment they left the black hole.
Just one glance, Feng Ming suddenly felt cold all over, his body stiffened uncontrollably, and when he finally got rid of the chill and came to his senses, he was the only living person left in the cockpit. The others had fallen silently without a sound, and there was no trace of mental fluctuation.
"Keep your distance, don't get close to the Insect King!" Feng Ming reported to the outside through the optical computer interruption, while pushing open the door of the cockpit and running out. He ran to every corner of the battleship, but still couldn't find a single survivor. "Notify the X-18 garrison not to try to resist, evacuate, evacuate now."
It was just a wave of mental attack, but everyone on the warship except him had their sea of consciousness shattered. What a terrible mental power. You should know that besides him, who had S-level mental power, there were several other warriors with A+ mental power on the warship, whose sea of consciousness was also shattered.
Feng Ming was connecting with Yu Xiuyuan when he was attacked. Yu Xiuyuan also saw what happened inside the warship. At this moment, he had only one thought in his mind.
How can we fight this?
"Stop moving forward." Yu Xiuyuan stopped the warship. If they went any further and entered the attack range of the Insect King, only two people on his warship would survive.
"General Yu, what should we do now?" asked General Xiao.
Everyone thought that this battle might be difficult and there would be great sacrifices, but they never thought that the Insect King would be so strong. The top combat forces of the Federation were all flying towards the position of the Insect King, but when they got close, no one dared to get close.
Yu Xiuyuan couldn't answer General Xiao. The only thing he could do at this time was to urge the people of Planet X-18 to evacuate quickly through the special channel. However, half of the insect emperor's body had already drilled out of the black hole, and less than one-tenth of the residents of Planet X-18 had evacuated.
Everyone could only watch as the Insect King drilled out little by little. His movements were very slow, even with some difficulty, but he didn't tremble at all, and the black hole would get bigger, which was terrifying to watch.
Finally, the pair of red-gold wings of the Insect King broke free from the black hole, and then the wings fluttered, and the huge body of the Insect King jumped out of the black hole in one fell swoop. At the moment it jumped out, countless insects swarmed out behind it, and in just a moment, there were tens of thousands of them.
The Zerg King's huge head turned in the air and finally looked in the direction of X-18. Without any movement, the Zergs flying out of the black hole rushed towards the direction of X-18.
After noticing the Zerg invasion, the X-18 garrison immediately began to resist, but in front of the Zerg King and his army, this resistance was undoubtedly like an ant trying to shake a tree. Unlike the mutant Zerg that suddenly appeared before, X-18 had been fully prepared for battle since the discovery of the black hole, but even so, it only took half an hour for X-18 to fall.
Half an hour, the time it took for the Insect King to fly from the alien region into the atmosphere, was just a moment, and the garrison lieutenant general who was still connected to Yu Xiuyuan the moment before fell to the ground with blood gushing from all his orifices. Then came the sound of pitch-black sharp claws and the wailing of the entire planet.
Yu Xiuyuan punched the wall hard, creating a huge hole in the hard alloy wall.
"Fuck, open the cabin door." General Xiao turned around and was about to leave.
"where did you go?"
"I'm going to fight it." General Xiao said angrily.
"What's the point of you going over there? Didn't you see that Feng Ming can't even get close to the Insect King. Are you going to fight him to the death or just give yourself up to be killed?" General Yun, who is also a level 10 mecha warrior, grabbed his friend.
"Even if I die, it's better than watching these things here." General Xiao said.
"We're just getting started?" Yu Xiuyuan said in a deep voice, "There are a total of 136 planets in the Federation. If you die here, what will happen to the other planets?"
"Then what do you say we should do?" General Xiao said angrily.
"Turn off the communication." Yu Xiuyuan cut off the connection with Planet X-18 and forced himself to calm down. "Notify everyone to gather on Planet X-19."
Eight hours later.
In the X-19 planet base, reinforcements from various legions gathered together to discuss how to deal with the Insect King.
"Feng Ming, you are the only one who has had direct contact with the Insect King. Please assess his strength." Yu Xiuyuan looked at Feng Ming.
Feng Ming had a look of defeat on his face: "I can't evaluate it. I lost consciousness for a full ten seconds under the mental attack of the Insect King. If it was during the battle, these ten seconds would be enough for me to die countless times."
The Insect King was indeed much stronger than before. Could it be that a level 10 mecha warrior couldn't stay awake in front of it? Everyone was shocked, and the atmosphere of the meeting became more solemn.
"We must understand the approximate strength of the Insect King, otherwise we won't be able to formulate a strategy." Yu Xiuyuan said.
"I'll go." At this time, Sheng Heng took the initiative to come out.
"Sheng Heng!" Sheng Zhuo looked at Sheng Heng worriedly.
Sheng Heng smiled and said, "Yu Shuai is right. We must find out the strength of the Insect King. I have the highest level of mental power among all of them, and I also have the most stable mental power. The mimic mecha I drive also has a mental power bonus, so it would be the safest for me to go. At least, I can stay fully awake in front of the Insect King."
Although Sheng Zhuo didn't want Sheng Heng to take risks, he also knew that what Sheng Heng said made sense. If it were him, he would go too, so he didn't say anything else.
"Okay, but even if you go, you can't go without any preparation." Yu Xiuyuan looked at everyone, "Do you have any good suggestions?"
"I'll go pick them up." Sheng Zhuo said without hesitation.
"If Sheng Heng can't escape from the Insect King, what's the point of your support?" Yu Xiuyuan rejected.
"You can drive the Tianhe No. 1 battleship." Pang Lao, who came to support, suddenly said, "If the Insect King chases us, you can fire a cannon at the Insect King. This will at least hinder the Insect King's pursuit. If you hit it, that's even better. You can even use it to determine what level of damage will pose a threat to the Insect King."
"I suggest that you all carry a few Phantom Stones with you. Phantom Stones have the function of devouring mental power. Carrying Phantom Stones can help you share some of the Insect King's attacks and keep you awake." Old Zhong also suggested.
"Okay, let's do it." Yu Xiuyuan made the final decision.
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