"This time the insect general is extremely powerful," said Kang Kesi. "They have devoured several professionals around the vacation beach, gaining their abilities. Also, there are more than a dozen high-ranking officers of our Freedom Alliance on this vacation beach..."
Chen Gu was surprised: "Their brains were all devoured by the insects?"
Kang Kesi sighed: "They are officers from a fleet stationed nearby. This fleet is resting, and these officers are also here for vacation."
The newly evolved insects rely on devouring brains to learn human "knowledge."
Kang Kesi said: "From the situation we've seen in the battle, the insects are very familiar with our tactics, repeatedly uncovering our strategic intentions, so we must kill this insect general."
Chen Gu couldn't help but sneer, giving Kang Kesi a jab: "Why doesn't the Freedom Alliance deploy your powerful Ninth Power Level?"
"Firstly, Your Excellency is on Tai Star, and you have rich combat experience against the Insect Race, so you are the most suitable choice." Kang Kesi paused, then continued, "Secondly, the Freedom Alliance cannot forcibly order the Ninth Power Level to do anything."
Chen Gu laughed: "So you're trying to find ways to coerce me?"
Kang Kesi said "sincerely and earnestly": "Your Excellency will always have the friendship of the Freedom Alliance."
Chen Gu snorted and asked: "Where are my team members? How much do we know about that insect general?"
The remaining six members of the squad are military professionals, either at the Fifth Energy Level or the Sixth Energy Level. The overall strength is not weak, but the only one who truly counts as high-end combat power is Chen Gu.
However, all kinds of weapons and equipment are very complete. Kang Kesi even said, "We have prepared seven units of first-level war puppet, which can provide seven devices similar to your Dimensional Cage, packing the war puppets inside, so you can take them out for battle when you need them."
Chen Gu was somewhat satisfied with this sincerity: "Very good."
But about that insect general, there was no information at all, only judging from the battle responses of the insect swarm, there must be such a battlefield commander existing.
Since Chen Gu had already decided, he no longer tangled with Kang Kesi on these matters and immediately set off with the squad. Marshal Kang Kesi dispatched a fully invisible fighter jet to send them to that beach.
This fully invisible fighter jet is the newest technological achievement and is currently in the testing phase, one of the only two test models available in this project.
It can evade all known detection methods, including visual and auditory.
The fighter jet passed through a large battle zone, and Chen Gu saw the ground forces of the Freedom Alliance retreating step by step. Even heavy tanks were easily submerged like rocks in the sea in front of the powerful insect swarms…
Occasionally, Freedom Alliance fighter squadrons appeared in the sky, but often dozens of fighter jets would soon be surrounded by tens of thousands of insects, and then burst into flames from the swarm...
Chen Gu wondered to himself: "Why do these insects have these black stripe patterns? This color is much like the mutant insect swarm."
"Could it be they've found a way to control mutations within a certain range?"
This is very frightening, as mutations would greatly enhance the strength of biological organisms, whether human or insect. But the madness and fury brought by mutations are unavoidable, even for insects; once they fall into this state, they wouldn't listen to the commands of the Insect Queen or the insect general.
Suddenly, Chen Gu said: "Look for some lone insects."
The deputy team leader's name was Bei Dang, a Sixth Energy Level [Potential Energy Postman], with a thick full beard on his face, immediately asked: "Why?"
Chen Gu coldly glanced at him: "Who is the team leader here?!"
Bei Dang was obviously very dissatisfied, but Kang Kesi's voice sounded in the common channel: "Bei Dang, follow the team leader's orders, remember your mission!"
"Yes." Bei Dang replied sullenly, maneuvering the plane in circles, finding a few Blazing Mammoth Bugs eating. Their food was a pile of corpses, including native beasts of Tai Star, as well as several… humans.
The squad members' faces looked very grim upon seeing those corpses because they were wearing Freedom Alliance military uniforms.
The fighter jet landed nearby, Chen Gu said, "I'll go by myself."
Bei Dang wanted to speak again but remembered Marshal Kang Kesi's earlier words and held back. Chen Gu opened the cabin door and quietly approached the Blazing Mammoth Bugs. Without using his professional abilities, he relied on his powerful physical capabilities, throwing a punch at one of the Blazing Mammoth Bugs.
With a thud, a cobweb-like crack appeared on the thick bug armor of the Blazing Mammoth Bug. This Blazing Mammoth Bug shook a few times, turned around with difficulty, spat a flame towards Chen Gu, and then fell dead with a crash.
Chen Gu dodged the flame flash, while other Blazing Mammoth Bugs had already discovered him, rushing towards him and continuously spitting out flames.
The squad members inside the fighter jet watched as Chen Gu unexpectedly did not dodge, allowing those flames to be sprayed onto himself!
"Has he gone mad…" Bei Dang couldn't help but remark.
The raging flames could directly melt the alloy armor of a tank, but after the flames passed, Chen Gu was unscathed.
And at this moment, those Blazing Mammoth Bugs had already rushed in front of Chen Gu, one of them slammed into Chen Gu. Chen Gu raised his hand to press down on the Blazing Mammoth Bug, starting to wrestle with it!
Chen Gu's formidable strength also made the squad members inside the fighter jet secretly amazed. The gigantic body of the Blazing Mammoth Bug exerted all its might, but Chen Gu remained immobile.
A few seconds later, Chen Gu waved his hand and sent the Blazing Mammoth Bug flying, then suddenly flashed past each Blazing Mammoth Bug, dispatching them with a single punch each.
Afterwards, Chen Gu, with a cold demeanor, returned to the fighter jet: "Let's go, continue with our mission."
The team members exchanged glances, thinking this Confederation guy was a bit "naive". What does this mean? Showing off in front of us intentionally? Trying to intimidate us? Haha, how ridiculous.
Chen Gu could read their thoughts from their expressions, but he didn't feel like explaining. Shallow people always project their shallowness onto others' minds.
Chen Gu felt troubled because he confirmed his suspicion: these bugs, with special black line patterns on their bodies, were more powerful than ordinary ones.
Chen Gu had fought Blazing Mammoth Bugs many times and knew these big bugs well. With the force of his first punch, if it were an ordinary Blazing Mammoth Bug, it would have had a big hole in it. However, this kind of Blazing Mammoth Bug's armor only cracked, although it was still killed by one punch, it managed to spew out a jet of flame.
Later, he personally experienced the power of these flames, at least two hundred degrees hotter than those of ordinary Blazing Mammoth Bugs, and they burned for a longer time.
Finally, Chen Gu examined their strength, finding it about thirty percent stronger than usual.
When finishing off these Blazing Mammoth Bugs, Chen Gu used his professional ability, the [Radiation Field], to check the structure inside these big bugs, discovering that indeed, they had some "organs" different from those of real-world life, making them tougher, yet perfectly fit a boundary where they wouldn't go rogue and ignore commands.
But after all, Chen Gu wasn't an expert in this field and couldn't figure out how these organs managed to do this.
"Bring back some samples for Dr. Meng Ji and Dr. Obayan to study."
The downfall of the Freedom Alliance on Star Thai wasn't solely due to the Insect General's command abilities; the bugs were inherently stronger than those the Freedom Alliance troops had previously faced, which was also a crucial reason.
...
Four hours later, they reached the South Constance Coast. The area had become exceedingly "bizarre". Originally, Bei Dang thought this place would have turned into a "hell", with human skeletons scattered everywhere.
But in reality, it seemed more "vigorous" than when humans inhabited it.
The ground revealed nothing, with tall holiday hotels built by humans, various plants planted by the seaside, even cliffs and beaches, gone from sight. The entire area, spanning several hundred square kilometers, was covered by a layer of continuously wriggling "meat carpet".
The surface of these meat carpets also bore black line patterns. Every ten meters or so, there was a date-shaped air hole. As the meat carpet writhed, these holes constantly spewed out a pale yellow foul-smelling gas.
The meat carpet itself possessed extremely strong vitality, being the source of this enormous vitality on the entire beach.
"What the hell is this!" Bei Dang and a few others were dumbstruck, as the Insect Race had never used anything like these meat carpets for breeding insect soldiers before, it was always Troop Nest Beetles.
"Is the Insect General hiding beneath these meat carpets? How can we get through them?"
The squad members were stumped, knowing that any disturbance to the meat carpet would surely prompt a swift bug reinforcement; this was an impossible mission!
Kang Kesi's voice echoed once more in the public channel: "Lord Chen Gu, do you have a way?"
Chen Gu nodded: "I can infiltrate."
"Great!" Kang Kesi immediately ordered: "Bei Dang, you must fully support Captain Chen Gu!"
Chen Gu shook his head: "I'll go alone; it's too risky to bring them along."
Kang Kesi replied: "This is our Freedom Alliance's war; it doesn't make sense for you to venture alone. Please let Bei Dang and his team help."
Bei Dang also exclaimed: "You look down on us? We are strong warriors too!"
Chen Gu pondered for a moment, then suddenly changed his mind: "Alright, but you must follow my commands. I will use the [Psychological Spy] ability to make the meat carpet consider us kin, but if we retreat without orders, the bugs will eventually get suspicious, so time is short. We must find the Insect General quickly!"
Bei Dang immediately said: "Rest assured, Captain, during the mission we are standard soldiers, acting under the officer's command!"
"Good, make the landing, follow me."
The squad landed on the meat carpet, which wriggled irregularly but didn't react excessively, clearly having identified them as allies.
Then they drilled into one of the air holes. Seen from high above, these air holes were only fist-sized, but each was actually more than five meters long.
Guided by Chen Gu, the team continued to go deeper. Yet, inside the fully invisible fighter jet, Chen Gu sat calmly, accompanied by Milgray, while the advancing Chen Gu leading the team didn't exist at all.
Chen Gu actually didn't possess [Psychological Spy] abilities, but Milgray did. Likewise, Chen Gu lacked the obscure profession of [Illusion Weaver], but Milgray had it.
Chen Gu's [Brain Domain Hacker] had the [True-False Dream] skill which could achieve the same effect for Bei Dang and others. But when Chen Gu met Kang Kesi, he noticed an Eighth Power Level Protector standing behind him.
Chen Gu immediately signaled Milgray to act. At the Ninth Power Level, when Milgray saw Kang Kesi and his Eighth Power Level protector, she deployed [Illusion Weaver], and subsequently, to Bei Dang's team and everyone else, it was as if experiencing a real yet illusion-filled "daydream." What Bei Dang saw with their naked eyes, and what Kang Kesi and the Eighth Power Level saw through the surveillance inside the fully invisible fighter jet, it was all what Chen Gu and Milgray wanted them to see.
