Chapter 713: Chapter 713, Purple Flames
“Why do they appear here?”
On the main battles.h.i.+p of Duo Neng Race, countless lights were flas.h.i.+ng on a big holographic screen, and several people in gray uniforms talked to each other in surprise.
In front of their fleet, on the left, and on the right, more and more fire elemental insects emerged.
Moreover, all the insects had a black line on their ridges. They were like surging sea waves, rolling endlessly!
“Who is that woman?”
Finally, from the screen, someone could see a cold woman surrounded by the insects.
“Zoom in, quick. We need to identify her as soon as possible.”
Another person, a 30ish years old man, who was in a slender uniform that was slightly different from others, with firm eyes and clear-defined cheeks, ordered the robot next to him.
The image continuously zoomed in. The image of countless insects quickly became larger and flew backward from both sides. The detection wave got closer and closer to the black-armored woman.
“Huh? What happened?” A person who gave the order whispered in doubt.
The image had already zoomed very close to the woman, but the imaging system seemed to be interfered by something; it was getting more and more blurry.
“Zoom out again!”
The 30ish years old man who was wearing a slender gray uniform immediately ordered again.
The standby robot loyally carried out his orders, and the image was pulled back sharply, and stopped at a far distance. Although it became clearer, they could only see that it was a woman with long hair, and that was it.
“Using the current picture as a reference, draw the shape of the face, and launch micro detection robots to approach her.” The man frowned and said.
Just when the standby robot was about to make arrangements, the large screen in front suddenly flicked, then an image buzzed open and an old voice came:
“No need. I have tried it. All the micro robots and detection rays that I have sent out to approach her were interfered. Her Harmonic Wave ability is extremely strong, and her energy level index has risen sharply. It is about to break through the core of the essence that the second Baktun and its sequences had obtained in the past. This is one of the top 13 technologies of Tzolk’in civilization. Since our technology is derived from this technoqgy, we cannot break it.”
If Chu Yunsheng was here, he would find that he was the Heaven’s messenger No. 1 who appeared on the screen at this moment, but no one knew why he seemed to be much older at this moment.
“But this place is different from the outside. We have prepared for so long. She cannot expand her force much faster than us.” The man in the slender uniform said sternly.
“You know it’s ‘different’ too? Since we can accelerate, why can’t others do it? The rules are the same and everyone can use it equally.” No.1 looked at the black-armoured woman on the screen and said with a calm but heavy tone.
“But-” The man in the slender uniform still refused to accept it. He raised his head and looked at No.1 firmly.
“There is no but. You also know the progress of Chu Yunsheng’s cultivation. Even he, who doesn’t know anything can progress that fast, let alone the Lord Insect behind those insects… When its force swept the world in the past, even the Supreme Being, who was unable to arrive at the earth in person, also felt helpless and had to endure it in the face of its terrifying computing power and combat effectiveness. If it weren’t for the fact that it suddenly disappeared, with its absolute loyalty to Chu Yunsheng, how would Chu Yunsheng be forced to come here?”
No.1 sighed and continued: “It’s just that this Lord Insect is too strong. It is even able to infiltrate here. However, everything comes at a price. It must have paid a heavy price for this. Moreover, there is also an opposing insect’s force. It means that they must have a serious internal conflict. I really don’t know why it wanted to sacrifice so much.”
“It regards Chu Yunsheng as its master, of course, it will do anything for him. Now that the insects are blocking the way of our fleet, and we can’t confirm if that black-armored woman is it or not, so whether we are going to fight it or not, please give the order!”
The slender uniformed man remained silent for a moment, his expression was still calm.
However, in his words, there was still a deep fear for that Lord Insect. The implication was that if it was determined that the black-armored woman was the lord insect, then there was no question of whether to fight or not. Because since the lord insect appeared, it had never lost a fight in the past. Many people were still terrified of its powerful ability even until now.
No.1 frowned slightly, and said decisively, “Fight, you must fight! This is our original purpose for coming here, and we cannot change because of her. If you don’t fight, once Shang arrives, it will connect all the Mins in the entire Asia. At that time, whether they are the insects with a black ridge or not, they will all listen to it. Even those normal insects will also listen to it. Then we will no longer be able to do anything to Chu Yunsheng!”
After the slender uniformed man heard the words of No.1, his face was as cold as a blade, but his body couldn’t help but s.h.i.+ver. Although Duo Neng race had been preparing for a very long time, the lord insect had endless insects, if they really allowed Shang to arrive… He didn’t dare to imagine what would happen next. In the past, after they trapped Chu Yunsheng under the pacific ocean, The Lord Insect swept across the entire world with its terrifying force, killing millions of people to vent its rage. But now, Chu Yunsheng was here, who knew what it would do for him! Even if the Supreme Being could not predict it.
“Look, what are they doing! ?” A person next to the man in the slender uniform pointed at the screen in surprise and said loudly.
The vanguard of the huge fleet consisting of more than 30 s.p.a.ce battles.h.i.+ps was getting closer and closer to the vanguard of the black insect army. The flying battle insects were like a dark cloud obscuring the sky. Suddenly, they began to accelerate, like arrows that had been released from the string; one by one they shot towards s.p.a.ce battles.h.i.+ps. The first red ray of the battles.h.i.+p shot out before green-sh.e.l.led insects approached, cutting through the darkness and shooting into the sky. Behind it, countless red rays appeared one after another like raindrops, covering the sky between two forces.
On the land under the battles.h.i.+ps, where the man’s finger was pointing at, countless insects merging and wriggling frantically… A tremendous amount of black energy was radiated from the agglomeration of many insects, disturbing everything around it, and permeating the air with anxiety.
The few people in the main battles.h.i.+p felt extremely anxious, and the man in the slender uniform immediately shouted loudly,
“Deploy the ground forces and destroy it!”
“Launch the Compressed Air Bombs!”
“Activate the Five Elemental Cannon!”
“And get Jian Cheng cannon ready!”
…
On the other side, above the black-armored woman’s head, the sky began to crack open. Dark lightning bolts began to appear as if nature wanted to stop the sky from cracking.
On the edge of the sky, where the entire battles.h.i.+p fleet was surrounded by the crowded black insects, a dark purple flaming figure flew across the sky, pa.s.sing through the energy beams of Duo Neng race’s fleet with heinous killing intent; a moment ago it was still far away, but in a moment later, it arrived at the frontline.
However, it did not partic.i.p.ate in the attack initiated by frantic green-sh.e.l.led insects. Swinging its long tail, holding a sharp black spear, its blood-red eyes staring motionlessly at the rear of the fleet, which had more than 30 s.p.a.ce battles.h.i.+ps.
Over there, in less than a moment, more and more purple and black shadows swept across the sky, and the flames from them could almost blow up the entire sky!
Under the scorching heat, almost all the air was burnt and evaporated, with white smoke rising upwards. Even the houses on the ground were lit up one by one.
Old man No. 1 opened his eyes wide and said in shock, “We have been tricked by The Lord Insect! It had fooled us in so many reincarnations, and only this time did it show us its true strength. Shang has already arrived since the beginning. It is just waiting for this day!”
“What! ?” The man in the lender uniform gasped, a chill spread across his limbs. People around him didn’t know what Lord Insect was, but he knew it very clearly. If they fell into The Lord Insect’s trap, the chances of survival were almost zero!
“Wait, why don’t they attack us?” No.1 frowned deeply.
More and more dark purple shadows were standing in the air, but they were only surrounding them without attacking them. Despite the fact that all the green-sh.e.l.led insects were attacking the s.h.i.+ps, all of them were looking in one direction strangely.
No.1 hurriedly ordered the detection waves to scan toward the direction they were looking at, but all they got was some chaotic responses. It was as if it had been gently and effortlessly blocked by something. Its eyes gradually flashed a trace of sadness. After a long time of silence, he sighed,
“We are always p.a.w.ns… We are all p.a.w.ns played remotely by The Lord Insect and The Supreme Being…”
“Why?” Faced with the desperate situation where the blazing purple shadows had completely surrounded them, the man in the slender uniform suddenly thought of something and shouted like a mad man, “Didn’t The Supreme Being promise us to free us? Didn’t they promise us that they would acknowledge that we are not a bunch of broken machines, but lives with souls!”
No.1 closed his eyes in pain, the last lingering light in his eyes was still staring at the screen that showed chaotic responses…
At this moment, near the Arctic base, the crowded insects crawled out of the ice layer that seemed to have existed for thousands of years, as if they had been hiding there for thousands of years. They then rapidly degenerated, falling from the fourth-dimensional s.p.a.ce to the three-dimensional s.p.a.ce, and completely besieged the arctic base.
Through the projection, the man in the slender uniform saw everything that happened around the arctic base. His eyes were red, tears burst from his eyes, and he roared: “Why? Why abandon us? We serve them like dogs, why do they still want to abandon us in the end!? We didn’t hesitate to slaughter the humans who fed us for them, and we didn’t hesitate to control the humans who once treated us like brothers for them… In the end, we are still the bait to lure the Lord Insect out! ? I don’t understand, I don’t accept it, I hate it!”
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In the projection that was gradually disappearing, old Man No. 1’s desolate voice appeared, “No.2, I am too old. I have spent my entire life fighting for our people. I no longer have the strength to fight, and I can’t fight anymore… Do what you want to do, do it freely; just don’t forget that we still have No.5, I hope she…”
“No.1!” The man cried sorrowfully.
Tide-like insects flooded into the arctic base with their indestructible sh.e.l.ls and sharp legs, breaking through layers of defense, turning everything they encountered into debris. They were unstoppable.
In the arctic base under the ground, Old man No. 1 lowered his head slowly. The last ghostly light was drawn out from his body by a gray shadow in the sky, the wrinkles on his forehead became even obvious as if he would die very soon.
He raised his head with difficulty, trying to see the first insect that came in and the last human being struggling to protect him, muttering in a vague voice: “Chu, do you know that if there is an afterlife, I only hope to be a real human like you and them, a human of flesh and blood. No matter how painful it is, I still envy… those ordinary people who didn’t have those awakened memories..”
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Thousands of miles away, on the top of all insects, among the giant beasts that were slowly being formed, the black-armored woman, facing countless battle flags, said quietly, “kill them all!”