Chapter 1844: Chapter 89: Cleaning Up the Aftermath
"Deploy all drones, exterminate the Insect Race, try to preserve the bodies."
Zhang Xiaoman issued the command to the Death Omen Star, and all the drones moved simultaneously.
Without humans as targets, the drones could now focus entirely on the Insect Race, leading to higher battle efficiency.
The battle had shifted from a three-way melee to a two-against-one fight, with the situation quickly turning in favor of the humans.
"It really is true, he actually controlled these drones, how did he manage to do it..."
The Alliance Army members watched the drones fighting alongside them, their inner shock beyond words.
There’s never been a record of anyone capable of controlling the Beller Clan’s drones. Even a simple reconnaissance soldier-level drone could not be truly controlled by anyone.
This was a conclusion drawn from countless years of practice. Even the Great Elder of the Star Spirit Council could not control a drone.
But the fact was right in front of them, making it hard not to believe. Even those with initial doubts had their suspicions completely dispelled upon witnessing the drones’ current actions.
Watching the falling Insect Race and the relentless drone swarms, Yeluo’s heart was restless.
"So... this was Lord Jixing’s true plan all along... luring the Insect Race was just a small part of the overall strategy..."
"Lord Jixing’s objective was to use the battles of the Transcendents to draw in the Desert Worm, then attract the Death Omen Star with the clash against the fleets... And he, through means we cannot comprehend, controlled the Death Omen Star itself, thus gaining control of all the drone swarms..."
Yeluo took a deep breath.
"Lord Jixing’s arrangements had the Insect Race, Beller Clan, and Spiritual Wisdom Clan all figured in, playing everyone like pawns, while I foolishly believed I had seen through his plan from the start. Good thing I didn’t say anything, otherwise it would have been truly embarrassing..."
As she thought this, her gaze turned towards the direction of the Alliance Army, her strong mental perception clearly seeing everything there.
"The expressions on these people’s faces seem quite excited, they all appear to be very grateful to Lord Jixing..."
Yeluo felt complex emotions, mixed with awe amidst the shock.
"Lord Jixing truly lives up to being a Dominator-level powerhouse, with a shocking strategy, manipulating countless lives as chess pieces, yet leaving those people feeling grateful in the end... Hiss... If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I could never imagine such means in my lifetime. When will I ever be like him..."
Seeing Yeluo in deep thought, Zhang Xiaoman was puzzled, wondering what this Holy Angel was contemplating.
He had already left the Mother Nest and returned to his previous position.
Having successfully subjugated the drone Mother Nest, the battle here held no suspense. As time passed, Desert Worms were slaughtered in droves, and after a few months, there wasn’t a single living Insect left on the battlefield, even the Ancestor Worms were reduced to corpses under the siege of numerous Godslayer-level drones.
Looking around at the devastating aftermath of the battle, Zhang Xiaoman shook his head silently.
Most of the Insects were blasted to pieces, making it nearly impossible to recover intact corpses as materials for reuse.
Although he had instructed the drones to preserve the bodies if possible, Zhang Xiaoman noticed a problem, which was that the drones’ minds seemed not particularly sharp, and they hadn’t executed his commands well.
This issue stemmed from the drone Mother Nest, Death Omen Star. Although Zhang Xiaoman had reset this behemoth through the Star Pattern Talent’s ability, he hadn’t sufficiently endowed it with intelligence.
For him, the level of Death Omen Star was still too high, and erasing its original consciousness was already a challenging feat, let alone bestowing it a new consciousness and elevating it back to its original level.
With his current strength, he was unable to reset Death Omen Star to its peak status.
The previous Death Omen Star’s consciousness had strengthened through myriad years of honing, and Zhang Xiaoman had just given it a new, fragile consciousness that needed continuous growth, hence its apparent dullness.
Similarly, the drones endowed with consciousness by Zhang Xiaoman were, if anything, even more lacking in autonomy than the Death Omen Star, resembling individual, mindless insects that also needed growth.
Perhaps, once this batch of drones matured, they would establish their own faction, becoming new Mother Nests.
Of course, these were concerns for later, temporarily unnecessary to address. Zhang Xiaoman’s immediate priority was handling the battlefield’s aftermath.
Months of continuous fighting had heavily depleted the drones. Confronting the fearless Desert Worm Clan, their desperate counterattacks were not easy to withstand.
Now the total number of drones had dwindled to about twenty percent of the original count. The collision of two elite forces resulted in considerable casualties.
