Bai Yunpeng laughed and said to the old general, "Commander Nan, the Chu-Xiang Mixed Brigade truly lives up to the unit you once served with. They fought beautifully in this battle, leaving the Gonggong Machinery Legion with egg on their faces, hahaha!"
He continued, "If the Chu-Xiang Mixed Brigade really can be the first to break into the insect nest, I'll immediately airdrop troops to support them. Our tactics are very flexible; there's no absolute main force. Whoever performs well is the main force this time!"
The old marshal, Nan Zhendong, naturally took pride in the Chu-Xiang Mixed Brigade's good performance but didn't get overly complacent. Instead, he cautioned Bai Yunpeng, "The bugs are cunning; they must have more than one nest. We can't let our guard down."
Bai Yunpeng nodded. "There are one hundred and twenty war satellites in the sky above this planet. No matter where those backup nests are hiding, we will root them out!"
Chen Gu stood bewildered atop a mountain peak. Where should I go next?
He had already used Mind Belief several times, hoping to find a "feeling" to guide his direction, but perhaps because he was too far from his own kind, it was fruitless every time.
But now, with no other options, Chen Gu had no choice but to activate Mind Belief again.
Then he turned around on the spot, and this time he suddenly felt an indescribable sensation in a particular direction.
Finally getting a response, Chen Gu hesitated a bit because he couldn't tell whether the feeling was good or bad. What if I plunge right into a swarm of insects?
However, after hesitating for only a second, Chen Gu unhesitatingly walked in that direction. Staying put meant certain death, and if he did find the Insect Race, following them could lead him to his own kind.
He crossed mountains and valleys, and then more mountains and valleys. With each step, the sensation from his Mind Belief grew stronger.
After an unknown number of hours, Chen Gu licked his dry lips beneath his face mask and carefully hid behind a strangely shaped rock.
He heard familiar hissing and squeaking sounds not far away—the sounds of an insect swarm!
He peeked out stealthily and saw several Ghoul Claw Bugs restlessly crawling back and forth on a steep stone ridge diagonally ahead.
Sentinels? Chen Gu figured.
The bugs were irritable. Staying in one place for a long time made them extremely impatient, but they dared not defy their species' orders. Thus, they would impatiently scurry about even while on "guard duty."
Chen Gu observed other areas and noticed a few more sentinels further away, but Griffin Wester's memories allowed him to quickly spot a loophole in this battlefield arrangement.
Crouching low and using the surrounding terrain for cover, he followed a carefully pre-selected route, winding his way forward. He avoided the Ghoul Claw Bugs' line of sight and slipped between two of their posts.
For the last stretch, Chen Gu had to crawl slowly on the ground.
He had to be very careful not to make any noise; the more agitated the Ghoul Claw Bugs were, the more sensitive they became.
When Chen Gu reached a mountain col, he cautiously poked his head out to look, and the corner of his eye couldn't help but twitch: in the wide valley below, thousands of specialized insects were patrolling in an orderly fashion.
These members of the Insect Race were entirely different from the Ghoul Claw Bugs outside. If judged by human standards, the Ghoul Claw Bugs outside were a "ragtag army," while those inside were an "elite force."
The patrol covered every angle. Even with Griffin Wester's insight, it was very difficult to find a way to sneak in quietly.
What truly astonished Chen Gu, however, was not these insects, but that among their ranks were hundreds of Troop Nest Beetles!
Around the Troop Nest Beetles, several dozen long, white insect cocoons were scattered in an orderly fashion.
Chen Gu recognized them. These are… the cocoons of the Skyrocketing Insect.
Chen Gu lay motionless on the ground, yet everything before his eyes reminded him: The situation seems to have changed... Has there been large-scale ground combat?
Merely eliminating the humans from the escape ships wouldn't have required the Insect Race to mobilize on such a large scale. They even deployed the mightiest Skyrocketing Insects of their terrestrial forces.
Chen Gu frowned and pondered repeatedly. To the Insect Race army, we are just a few who slipped through the net, yet they've turned this pursuit into prolonged combat.
Since their appearance in the Star Sea, all their actions have been very strange. What on earth are they trying to do?
Suddenly, Chen Gu noticed some newly dug caves atop the hills surrounding the valley. Horrific insect creatures, resembling vastly enlarged fleas, periodically crawled out from them. They opened their mouths and sprayed a stream of bioluminescent bubbles into the sky.
After recalling several times, Chen Gu was startled and thought to himself, This is a new type of Insect Race! It has never appeared in the military's top-secret records.
Chen Gu very much wanted to record what these special insects were doing. If he could make it back, he would submit it to the military for advance research.
But all the electronic devices on him were out of power.
Such a massive nest, with numerous Skyrocketing Insects, poses a huge threat to our forces!
Chen Gu thought about messing with it, but the elite insects below would certainly not allow it.
Hundreds of Troop Nest Beetles could also hatch a large number of bug soldiers in a short time.
If it were before, Chen Gu could at most use Quantum Teleportation to get in, set off several Biological Nuclear Explosions, and then swiftly escape using Quantum Teleportation again. He could really only manage a hit-and-run.
But now… Chen Gu curled his lip. Let me see just what a Third Energy Level Brain Domain Hacker can do!
The pale blue energy ripples, with which Andrew and the others were quite familiar, slowly began to surge. On two outposts, the irritable and sensitive Ghoul Claw Bug sentinels abruptly stood erect, their ferocious heads swiveling around. When their gazes swept over the spot where Chen Gu had been, it was already empty.
Chen Gu appeared beneath a huge cocoon. Read full story at 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩~𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖~𝙣𝙚𝙩
From a distance, these cocoons appeared "slender," but colossal warriors were being nurtured inside them, capable of contending with humanity's most powerful Close Range Attack Ships!
Even though they had not yet grown to their maximum size, these cocoons were over two hundred meters long.
Chen Gu hid within a gap between the cocoon and the rocky ground. Isabella Wu's memories took over! In that instant, a chilling, detached emotion permeated Chen Gu's consciousness.
He suddenly understood why Isabella Wu had become a Brain Domain Hacker. It was because she was too reclusive, never liked talking to others, always finding it "such a hassle."
Well then, I won't talk to you either. I'll just stuff what I want to express directly into your brain.
It was simply the "perfect" social solution for the antisocial! A wry smile crossed Chen Gu's mind.
He had no time to delve into Isabella Wu's personality; after all, a great enemy was at hand. He focused his mind, stared directly at the cocoon, and used the ability of a Brain Domain Hacker for the first time.