World-saving Plan: The Only Savior

Chapter 1676 - 4: The Secret of the Drones

After a month of training, the combat ability of Yadun Squad has made considerable progress.

The good news is that this training method comes from the Second Universe and is highly efficient.

The bad news, however, is that this training method is very targeted, mostly improving how to fight against Desert Worms.

During the month, the Hail Spaceship was not idle either.

Zhang Xiaoman captured Insect Queens from the planet, and using Memory Reading combined with the passive ability of the Lord of Light, he discovered the locations of other insect swarms, especially the core position of large swarms beyond this planet.

"Huh? Ji Xing, your tracking ability is quite impressive. It’s the first time I’ve seen someone be able to use a spiritual power channel to reverse track insect swarms... It seems that if you continue like this, it won’t be long before we encounter the Insect King directly... could we even trace back to the source of the insect swarm’s will... hiss! I dare not imagine it!"

Ziwei said that in all the years she has lived, she had never seen anyone able to track insects in this way. It’s only because Zhang Xiaoman possesses both the abilities of the Lord of Light and the Shadow Lord that the plan could proceed smoothly. Without either one, she can’t guarantee such an outcome.

"Ziwei, it’s not as exaggerated as you think. The insect swarms are not stupid. Once they discover our whereabouts, they will certainly clean up their own situation. Besides, I don’t think the will of the swarms can be found so easily, even the Insect Kings themselves may not know where it is... If that’s the case, then my ability wouldn’t work."

On the Hail Spaceship, Zhang Xiaoman was in the room analyzing the current situation with Ziwei.

They have now finished clearing the insects on the previous Yellow Sand Planet and are advancing towards the next outpost.

This time, the target is a larger insect swarm fleet floating in the universe, from which the previous planet-level Insect Queen masses split away.

"The scale of the insect swarms is also graded. Those previous ones on the planet were small-scale, not exceeding Level 3 in scale, easy to handle!"

Ziwei said while staring at the star map displayed in front of her.

"Ji Xing, judging from your description, the insect swarm we are facing now is probably a Level 5 Insect Race space fortress. It won’t be easy to breach at a small cost..."

Hearing this, Zhang Xiaoman nodded and said:

"I understand, Ziwei. Your intelligence analysis has always been accurate. I hope, as you said, the swarm does not exceed Level 5. Otherwise, with our current strength, we might not be able to handle it."

Zhang Xiaoman and others have now reached another star system.

Through Yadun’s description and existing data collection, they learned that no life originated in this star system. However, many planets contain various metals and Level 1 Dark Spiritual Materials, which is why those Desert Worms temporarily stayed here.

"For a Level 5 insect race fleet, how many are there?"

"About tens of billions... To be honest, after being a Shadow Sentinel for so long, I’ve rarely fought with Insect Races and never dealt with such a large swarm. It feels a bit beyond our capability range, and it would be best to have an Upper Control Level master step in..."

A rare uneasy expression appeared on Ziwei’s face. A swarm covering an entire star system is indeed a challenging task for her and Zhang Xiaoman.

The two of them gathered again to discuss the upcoming battle plan in detail. During this process, the spaceship maintained high-speed flight and jumps.

Finally, when the timeline reached the second month, they finally arrived at the target area.

"What are those things? It seems like there’s a big fog in this star system?"

In the command room, looking at the scenes shown outside the spaceship, Li Xiang and other crew members expressed some confusion.

After flying into this area, it became difficult for the Hail to fly normally. The entire space was filled with a layer of white mist. Sampling analysis revealed that this strange dense fog was largely composed of Dark Spiritual Power. It could block all electronic device operations, and even with the Hail’s Dark Spiritual Shield activated, it suffered a degree of interference, becoming very sluggish.

More importantly, because of the fog’s influence, the Hail lost long-distance navigation capabilities. The scanning radar completely became a decorative piece, turning them into a blind crew.

"This ability seems familiar... Could it be that besides the Insect Races, there’s a Fog Heart entrenched in this star system?"

Upon seeing this scene about, Zhang Xiaoman immediately recalled a scene he had seen before, naturally recalling the most basic and headache-inducing Biological Species Alien—Fog Heart.

"Ziwei, do Desert Worms tangle with Fog Hearts? Wouldn’t these insects devour it?"

"This situation is also rare for me to see, but I’ve heard that Fog Hearts are ’great partners’ to all Biological Species’ Star Beasts, and even Desert Worms are no exception. Although it’s not often they coincidentally come together, as far as I know, the Insect Races don’t attack Fog Hearts but rather are willing to protect them."