Chapter 381: Bug Planet (5-in-1)

Seeing Celes’s reaction, Su Ming knew he had asked the right question. He then put on a disappointed expression and said,

“See? See? Just now you were so confident, saying that changing the question would definitely be fine. Now you don’t want to say it again. Our feelings have faded, faded!”

Celes felt a bit ashamed after hearing Su Ming’s words, then she decided to just go for it.

“Forget it, I don’t care anymore, I’ll tell you.”

“That’s more like it. What exactly is this thing?”

Su Ming’s eyes lit up when he heard Celes’s words.

“This is a V-type Gene Agent developed by Xiguang Laboratory,” Celes told Su Ming.

Su Ming’s eyelids twitched violently when he heard Celes’s words, and he said in surprise,

“V-type Gene Agent?”

“Don’t be happy too soon. This is a semi-finished product. You can’t use it carelessly; it will kill people,” Celes quickly explained to Su Ming.

“No way?”

Su Ming was also startled. It was a good thing he hadn’t risked injecting it, or he would have been finished.

“I’m not kidding you; it really will kill people. This V-type Gene Agent wasn’t developed in recent years, but a hundred years ago, under the personal supervision of the Council Speaker. At that time, a total of ten were made and sent to various places for testing. As a result, eight people were tested, and all of them died suddenly! The remaining two gene agents were sealed away. Later, for some unknown reason, the Federal Government restarted this project and began to recover these two semi-finished gene agents. However, the Dark Star Empire invaded the Donao Star Sea, and one of them was lost.”

“So that’s how it is.”

“Wait, how did this thing end up in your hands?” Celes was also a bit curious.

“I accidentally got it from a general of the Dark Star Empire. This isn’t important, just remember to keep it a secret for me,” Su Ming replied, feeling a little awkward.

Although this thing was a semi-finished product, it was still the only V-type Gene Agent left in the world.

“Don’t worry, my lips are sealed. I definitely won’t betray you,” Celes said with a playful smile.

Su Ming looked at Celes, feeling a bit uneasy, and said, “Are you sure? Why do I feel like you’re saying the opposite?”

“Hmph, am I that kind of person? I’m not talking to you anymore, I’m leaving!” Celes made a face at Su Ming and then disappeared.

Su Ming chuckled, then got up and walked towards the bathroom, preparing to wash up and rest.

Seven days later.

Inside the Light Shuttle’s training area.

Su Ming sat on the strength training machine, continuously pulling the metal lever.

Beside him, Su Yuan complained boredly,

“It’s been seven days, and I’m almost bored to death. We still haven’t found a decent mineral planet to survey. I really don’t know what they’re doing.”

Bang~

Su Ming heard Su Yuan’s words and immediately released the metal lever in his hand.

Su Yuan was startled and looked at Su Ming, saying, “You’re not training anymore?”

“Phew! No more training. Let’s go to the central control room to check the situation,” Su Ming said to Su Yuan as he stood up.

“Let’s go!” Su Yuan immediately responded.

A moment later, Su Ming and Su Yuan entered the central control room and saw Zhou Mu, Lin Chuyu, and others already there.

Everyone stood in front of the console, discussing the images displayed by the optical device.

As Su Ming and his companion approached, they heard their conversation.

“This is unbelievable. It’s been seven full days, and we haven’t seen a single good mineral planet. There are pulverized rocks everywhere.”

“How many mines has the Shabask Kingdom actually dug?”

“I don’t know, but they really can dig. We’ve been flying for so long, and we still haven’t reached the undeveloped areas.”

“Is the situation not optimistic?” Su Ming walked to the console and asked.

Lin Chuyu and the others heard Su Ming’s words, turned their heads, and explained to him,

“It’s very unoptimistic. A quarter of the time has passed, and we still haven’t gained anything. We did find a planet during that time, but it couldn’t even pass the surface observation.”

“This is troublesome. What does Irelia say?” Su Ming frowned upon hearing this and looked at Irelia, who was sitting on the command platform.

She sat there steadily, very calm and composed.

“She doesn’t have a good solution either. We can only continue to explore deeper. This kind of prospecting really has a bit of luck involved,” An Ruoxue replied with a sigh.

At this moment, Lan Ning reported, “Scanning a small-scale Kirami swarm, quantity 213, highest form Type III.”

Su Ming then looked at the optical imaging device and saw a group of Kirami, composed of black cells, shaped like jellyfish with black fleshy tentacles, flying at high speed from the distant starry sky.

Irelia calmly replied, “Maintain a safe distance and avoid them.”

“Understood,” the Operator, Lan Ning, immediately replied.

They were already accustomed to this situation, having encountered it many times along the way. However, due to the Light Shuttle’s excellent stealth performance, they had perfectly avoided them all.

Nevertheless, they still strictly followed the requirements, reporting every unexpected situation to Irelia.

Su Ming watched this scene, then patiently said to Zhou Mu and the others, “Just wait patiently. Maybe our luck will turn around later.”

“Alright,” Zhou Mu and the others had nothing more to say.

Time passed bit by bit, and everyone started to feel a bit sleepy. The long interstellar journey was mostly very monotonous.

Just then, the scanning device issued a warning, and a red prompt box popped up.

“Warning: Blue Moth Swarm detected.”

Immediately after, the optical image appeared.

In the distant starry sky, a swarm of blue moths came into view. Leading them was a giant blue moth, over a hundred meters long, with two antennae on its forehead and shimmering, beautiful wings like a blue oil painting.

“What beautiful insects!” An Ruoxue and the others exclaimed slightly.

At this moment, Lan Ning asked, “Irelia Senior, should we evade them?”

Irelia pondered for a few seconds and said, “Avoid them, change course, and follow the swarm!”

“Yes,” Lan Ning and the others were slightly startled, then responded.

At this point, Zhou Mu and the others, somewhat puzzled, asked Irelia, “Why are we following the swarm?”

“We are currently flying aimlessly, and the probability of encountering a mineral planet is too low. Insect swarms have certain requirements for their habitats, so following the swarm might give us a bit of hope,” Irelia briefly explained some common knowledge to everyone.

“Understood.” Everyone nodded, looking through the optical image at the swarm of blue moths flying in the starry sky.

After the ship had followed the swarm for several hours.

Suddenly, the leading giant blue moth, with a fierce shake of its massive insect wings, emitted a blue halo all over its body. The starry sky in front of it rippled, and then a vortex-shaped Wormhole Spacetime formed, continuously expanding.

Subsequently, the blue moth led the swarm into the Wormhole Spacetime.

On the Light Shuttle’s central control room’s operation screen, a gray prompt appeared.

“Prompt: Wormhole Spacetime detected.”

“Prompt: Target is a newly formed Wormhole Spacetime.”

Everyone was startled and said in surprise, “They can actually open a Wormhole Spacetime here, that’s amazing!”

Irelia looked at this scene, then said to Su Ming and the others,

“Now we have two choices. One is to continue deep into the Wormhole Spacetime to search. The other choice is to follow the swarm and enter this Wormhole Spacetime to explore, because this Wormhole Spacetime was opened by the insect race and should not have been explored by the Shabask Kingdom. The probability of finding resources is very high, but the risk also increases significantly. After all, no one knows which star sea this Wormhole Spacetime leads to, or what dangers it contains.”

After hearing this, everyone looked at Su Ming.

Su Ming was also startled and said, confused, “Why are you all looking at me?”

“We want to hear your opinion,” Zhou Mu and the others said with a chuckle.

Su Ming was in a bit of a dilemma for a moment.

At this moment, Irelia calmly reminded, “You’d better make a decision quickly. The swarm has already entered, and the Wormhole Spacetime is starting to shrink!”

Su Ming heard this and said without hesitation,

“Risk and opportunity coexist. If we want to win, we definitely have to take risks.”

Su Ming expressed his thoughts to everyone.

“I agree.”

“I agree too.”

Lin Chuyu and the others spoke up one after another.

Seeing this, Irelia gave the command, “Alright, adjust the course, prepare to enter the Wormhole Spacetime.”

“Understood!” Lan Ning and the others immediately responded.

The Level 5 Battleship- Light Shuttle then sailed towards the newly formed Wormhole Spacetime.

The moment the ship entered, the entire vessel vibrated violently.

The intensity of the vibration far exceeded that of a conventional Wormhole Spacetime.

Everyone’s nerves immediately tensed up.

Irelia said calmly, “Don’t be nervous. This Wormhole Spacetime was opened by the Blue Moth, so it’s not very stable, hence the bumpiness.”

Su Yuan and the others heard this, and their hanging hearts slightly relaxed.

Tens of minutes later.

The pitch-black optical image suddenly lit up.

The Light Shuttle was instantly in a vast star sea, with no piles of shattered rocks around, and some celestial bodies could be seen in the distance.

However, a series of prompts immediately popped up on the operation screen.

“Warning: Kirami detected!”

“Warning: Insect Race detected!”

“Warning: Mechanical Clan – Mechanical Flying Insects detected.”

The entire scanning screen was scattered with red dots, but fortunately, these red dots were not very large. This indicated that they had not encountered high-level alien forms, although this was only temporary and did not mean that this star region did not have them.

Irelia looked at the feedback information and gave orders to Lan Ning and the others.

“Avoid these scattered monsters and proceed towards the nearest celestial body. Prepare to activate the spectrum scanning device to scan the planetary terrain.”

“Yes!” Lan Ning and the others responded in unison.

At this moment, Irelia spoke to a man among the survey personnel, who had rough skin, a scruffy beard, and deep-set eyes.

“David, I will send you the scan data. You will begin analyzing it, and once you believe there’s a high probability of it being a resource-rich mineral planet, let us know.”

“Okay!” David nodded in response.

Su Ming and the others saw this scene and all became excited; they were finally going to start working.

Several hours later.

The Light Shuttle was docked on a gray planet. The entire surface of the gray planet was covered with large, bright brown spots, and air vortices could also be seen on its surface.

At this moment, several launch ports opened on the surface of the Light Shuttle.

Click!

Triangular cone-shaped devices were ejected, passing through the violent atmosphere, unfolding in mid-air, scanning the internal terrain, and sending back information.

Inside the central control room.

A holographic projection displayed the gray planet in front of Su Ming and the others.

Irelia said to Su Ming and the others, “This is a standard planet, which we have named SWC-1. We have launched MS-01 type probes to it and successfully collected some data. This data, after analysis by David and other surveyors, unanimously suggests that this planet is very likely a mineral planet, so I have decided to conduct a geological survey.”

“Mm,” Su Ming and the others nodded in response.

“To save time and improve efficiency, I have decided to divide the survey personnel into two groups to conduct surveys simultaneously at two opposing points, A and B, on this planet. Su Ming and Su Yuan, you will be responsible for the safety of Survey Team 1. Coke, Zhou Mu, and Hattel, the three of you will be responsible for the safety of Survey Team 2. The remaining combat personnel will not participate in the operation as they use biological mechs.”

Irelia said decisively.

“Understood!” The five, including Su Ming, nodded in response.

At this moment, the advantage of pure mechanical mechs became apparent: they could be put into operation and missions at any time. However, using biological mechs would place a heavy burden on the pilot’s body, which was very uneconomical.

“Let me briefly introduce you to the data of this planet. The atmosphere on the surface of this planet is very unstable. These brown spots are violent air currents, and the internal pressure difference is very large. The air contains highly toxic substances, and the gravity is three times that of standard gravity. You need to be especially careful when making a forced landing. At the same time, the magnetic field of this planet is quite chaotic, which causes considerable interference to the scanning device, so the internal situation cannot be scanned well, and there is a high probability that there will be monsters inside.”

Irelia Senior simply explained the planet’s data to Su Ming and others.

Su Ming and the others listened very carefully.

Soon, Irelia Senior finished her explanation, and she immediately said,

“Time is limited, let’s go.”

“Yes!”

Su Ming and the others left the Central Control Room and ran towards the hangar.

As for David and the others, they went to the throwing cabin. Dr. Blackes had equipped them with a professional multi-functional survey operation cabin.

Half an hour later.

Lan Ning and the others reported back to Irelia Senior.

“Hangar 1 exit opened. Major General Su Ming is going into battle, Su Yuan.”

“Throwing port 1 loaded.”

“Throwing port 2 loaded.”

Irelia Senior looked at the video footage of Su Ming and the others rushing out of the battleship and said in a deep voice,

“Survey mission begins, throw!”

“Yes!”

Lan Ning and the others immediately responded.

Light Shuttle then opened two throwing ports.

Bang!

Two large metal cabins, shaped like flower buds, were ejected towards different landing points on planet SWC-1.

Upon seeing this, Su Ming and the others immediately controlled their mechs and chased after the survey teams they were escorting.

Soon, Su Ming and Su Yuan caught up with the 1st Multi-functional Survey Operation Cabin, escorting it from left and right.

They plunged into the atmosphere.

Before long, they emerged from the thick clouds.

Su Ming looked down, and an endless brown land came into view. The entire land was covered with huge rocks and broken walls, with no trace of life, like a dead world.

At this moment, the multi-functional survey operation cabin activated its anti-gravity device, and its descent speed began to slow down.

Immediately afterward, the operation cabin activated its reverse thrust device, automatically correcting the landing point and descending towards a relatively flat ground.

When the multi-functional survey operation cabin was still ten meters from the ground, its round body split open, extending eight mechanical hooked legs that firmly pierced the ground rocks, fixing it like grappling claws.

Then, a gap opened in the operation cabin, and a metal plate extended to connect to the ground.

Su Ming and Su Yuan controlled their mechs to land on the ground.

“Wow, this operation cabin is quite advanced. Once it unfolds, it’s like a small operation base. It should be able to accommodate dozens of people.”

Su Yuan said with some amazement.

“Produced by Xiguang Laboratory, it must be good stuff.”

Su Ming couldn’t help but praise.

At this moment, David and the other survey personnel drove out in modified Iron Head excavators, with survey equipment strapped to their backs.

At this time, Su Ming said to David and the others,

“David, you survey nearby first, and you must not leave our sight. If you want to survey a distant place, you must tell us in advance, and we will go with you.”

“Yes, sir.”

David and the others immediately responded.

“You guys start working.”

Su Ming didn’t say anything more.

David and the others then moved in different directions, stopping after walking about three hundred meters.

They unloaded the survey equipment carried by Iron Head, then unfolded it into a tripod shape and fixed it to the ground.

From the center of the survey equipment, a rotating drill bit began to extend downwards.

Su Ming and Su Yuan guarded their surroundings while watching them work.

More than two hours later.

David’s voice then sounded in the communication channel.

“Sir, no mineral resources have been detected in this area. We need to survey forward.”

“Okay, we’ll follow you!”

Su Ming responded in a deep voice.

David and the others controlled the excavators and walked forward.

Su Ming and Su Yuan controlled their mechs to fly and followed them at a low altitude.

David and the others were like lonely travelers, walking in a dead world. Whenever they reached a new area, they would set up survey devices to explore.

They repeated the same thing over and over again.

Su Ming quietly followed them, occasionally looking up at the dim sky, a feeling of loneliness and desolation lingering around them.

In the Light Shuttle’s Central Control Room.

Irelia Senior sat in the commander’s chair, waiting patiently.

Suddenly, the scanning device popped up a gray dot.

A prompt then appeared on the operation screen.

“Prompt: Level 5 Battleship- Giant Peak detected!”

Lan Ning immediately reported to Irelia Senior.

“Irelia Senior, we have encountered the battleship of Simak, a member of the Shabask Kingdom royal family.”

“Ignore him.”

Irelia Senior replied indifferently.

“Yes!”

Lan Ning immediately replied.

In the starry sky, a Level 5 Battleship- Giant Peak, 48 kilometers long, with a hull like a protruding mountain peak, covered in layers of gray armor, a thick hull, and densely packed with various launching ports, sailed over.

At this time, in the Central Control Room, Simak sat in the commander’s chair, holding a young girl with smooth skin and a charming face, happily eating the grapes she handed him.

Just then, the scanning device also triggered an alarm.

Upon seeing this, Ximu immediately reported with a tense expression,

“This is bad, Lord Simak.”

“What’s bad?”

Simak was startled.

“A Federal Government battleship has been discovered. They are surveying this planet.”

Ximu swallowed his saliva.

“Damn it, why is it so unlucky? This place, logically speaking, should be unknown to anyone! How could we run into a Federal Government battleship?”

“Sir, we’ve run into them, what do we do now?”

“What else can we do? Retreat quickly! Are we going to compete with the Federal Government?”

Simak said angrily.

“Yes!”

Ximu immediately responded.

The next day afternoon.

On planet SWC-1, in a deep gully with broken walls, David and the others were using equipment for surveying.

The strong winds were raging, and even the Iron Heads were struggling to stand steady.

Su Yuan yawned and said to Su Ming in the communication channel,

“It’s so boring. This prospecting is really incredibly dull. We haven’t found anything even after half a day.”

“Normal.”

Su Ming replied calmly.

At this moment, Su Ming saw David and his team starting to dismantle the equipment, so he adjusted the communication channel and asked,

“David, how’s the survey going?”

“Not ideal. So far, we’ve only detected components of Level 2 ore—Fine Iron.”

David replied calmly.

“Level 2 ore, that’s too bad.”

Su Ming said with a furrowed brow.

“Indeed. I wonder if Group 2 has had any breakthroughs.”

David sighed and said.

Just then, Irelia Senior’s voice sounded in Su Ming and their communication channel.

“Su Ming, have you had any findings over there?”

“Currently, only Level 2 Fine Iron components have been discovered.”

Su Ming answered truthfully.

Irelia Senior was silent for a few seconds, then said,

“Withdraw from the planet and return to the battleship. We will survey other planets.”

“Okay!”

Su Ming immediately responded.

“Great, finally we can leave this place.”

Su Yuan stretched, yawning as he spoke.

Su Ming then said to David,

“We’re withdrawing to survey other planets.”

“Okay!”

David didn’t say much either.

They then flew at full speed at low altitude towards the survey cabin.

Along the way, Su Yuan sighed and said,

“When we first came in, we were full of confidence, but after digging for half a day, we only found Level 2 ore. Why is this ore so hard to dig? I don’t understand why, with such good equipment and such elite personnel, we just can’t find high-grade ore. Is it really just bad luck?”

“Junior Su Yuan, you might have misunderstood. Prospecting is just like this. It’s impossible to find high-grade ore all at once. It’s a long process, it’s just that our time is too tight. Not to mention anything else, if it were normal prospecting, for this planet under our feet, since Level 2 Fine Iron components were detected, we would definitely stay and explore slowly.”

David explained to Su Yuan.

“Explore slowly? What else is there to explore? Haven’t you guys explored almost everything?”

Su Yuan replied, confused.

“You might not know, but this is just a rough survey. Under normal circumstances, the operating time for such a planet would be one year.”

David explained with a smile.

Su Ming’s mouth twitched slightly when he heard David’s words.

“One year? That long?”

“Not long. This amount of time is nothing to us surveyors. In our line of work, you have to be patient, especially when surveying for high-grade ores, which requires even more effort and time. To put it bluntly, many surveyors spend their entire lives without ever finding high-grade ores.”

David said to Su Ming and the other person.

“Cough cough, I finally understand why high-grade ores are so expensive. There’s a reason for their high price, indeed.”

Su Ming said helplessly.

Not long after, Su Ming and the others all returned to Light Shuttle.

Level 5 Battleship- Light Shuttle then sailed into the distance.

— —

Five days later.

In the Light Shuttle’s Central Control Room.

Su Ming and the others sat around a makeshift conference table.

Zhou Mu and the others sighed. They had surveyed many planets these past few days, but the results were not ideal; they hadn’t even found Level 3 ore.

“I feel like we’re doomed to lose. Forget about finding Eternal Metal or Titanium Chromium ore, we can’t even find Vibranium.”

Su Yuan sighed deeply and said.

Irelia Senior also said with some difficulty,

“Don’t be discouraged, everyone. This star sea we are currently in has not been mined before, so there should be high-grade resources. The only problem now is that our time is limited, and we can’t survey slowly. We must find a way to accurately locate high-grade mineral planets.”

“We understand the reasoning, but the problem is there’s no way to pinpoint the location!”

Zhou Mu replied, rubbing his head.

At this moment, Little Gray crawled out of Su Ming’s pocket and scurried onto Lin Chuyu.

Lin Chuyu then reached out and hugged it.

At this moment, Little Gray also raised its head and rubbed against her.

Su Ming glanced at it, feeling a bit helpless, but he didn’t bother it.

At this moment, Little Gray scurried onto An Ruoxue again.

An Ruoxue then calmly hugged it, gently stroking its small head.

At this time, Little Gray also looked very much enjoying itself, then turned its head to see Irelia Senior, and immediately jumped off An Ruoxue, scurrying at extreme speed onto Irelia Senior’s lap.

Irelia Senior was startled for a moment, then looked down at Little Gray.

Little Gray’s small head rubbed against Irelia Senior, then it raised its large, innocent eyes and blinked at Irelia Senior, frantically acting cute.

When Su Ming saw this scene, he almost jumped out of his chair.

Su Yuan and the others were also stunned, looking at Little Gray.

“Little Gray, come back.”

Su Ming shouted with a darkened face.

Unfortunately, Little Gray didn’t listen to Su Ming and directly lay on her fair lap.

However, to everyone’s surprise, Irelia Senior didn’t reject Little Gray. She reached out and stroked Little Gray’s head, then picked it up.

She looked closely at Little Gray, and a hint of surprise appeared in her purple eyes as she said,

“Su Ming, is this Boat Spirit your pet?”

“Yes, I hope it didn’t scare you.”

Su Ming replied awkwardly.

“No, but how did you get this Boat Spirit? This kind of Boat Spirit is a very rare creature.”

Irelia Senior looked at Little Gray, her eyes constantly flickering.

“It was an accidental encounter.”

Su Ming also didn’t know how to explain.

At this moment, Irelia Senior suddenly thought of something and immediately asked,

“Su Ming, did you tame this Boat Spirit, or did you raise it from a young age?”

Su Ming was also slightly startled when he heard Irelia Senior’s words.

“I tamed it.”

“Then there’s hope.”

Irelia Senior said thoughtfully.

“What hope?”

Su Ming was also completely confused.

“You probably don’t know, they weren’t originally called Boat Spirits, but Star Spirits, one of the planktonic organisms in the universe.”

Irelia thought for a moment before explaining.

Everyone was surprised to hear that, looking at Little Grey with disbelief.

Then Irelia continued.

“The reason they’re called Boat Spirits is mainly because these creatures have a strong searching talent. They usually look for sunken ships and make their homes inside them, so later explorers gave them the name Boat Spirit!”

Irelia explained to everyone.

“That amazing? Can it help us find high-grade ore planets?”

Su Yuan and the others asked in astonishment.

“Theoretically, yes, but its innate ability needs to be strong enough. Because most Boat Spirits, after entering human society, gradually degenerate their abilities due to their comfortable lives.”

Irelia said after thinking for a moment.

For a time, everyone gathered around Little Grey, asking curiously.

“So what do we do?”

“This requires domestication. We need to first make it recognize objects, and then make it understand what we mean.”

“That’s not difficult. Does anyone here have high-grade ore? Quickly take it out and try.”

Tigerdo immediately said to everyone.

“No need for that much trouble, I have some!”

Su Ming directly took out a large bottle of Eternal Metal.

In an instant, Zhou Mu, Tigerdo, and the others were stunned, saying in confusion.

“Eternal Metal!”

“Such a large bottle?”

Irelia also looked at Su Ming with some surprise.

“Just a little bit.”

Su Ming replied with a smile.

“Damn, this is ‘just a little bit’? I’ve never seen so much Eternal Metal in my life.”

Tigerdo couldn’t help but complain.

“Su Ming, you’re too Versailles. This Eternal Metal is probably enough to add to two pseudo-V mechs.”

Zhou Mu and the others said with extreme envy.

Su Yuan, on the other hand, had a pained expression. He hadn’t even held such a large bottle of Eternal Metal for long.

“These aren’t important. Let’s get down to business first. Little Grey, come here!”

Su Ming called out to Little Grey.

This time, Little Grey flapped its wings and flew over, obediently landing in front of Su Ming.

Su Ming carefully opened the bottle and said to Little Grey.

“Little Grey, look closely at what’s in the bottle.”

Little Grey blinked and looked, then nodded at Su Ming.

Seeing this, Su Ming closed the lid and asked.

“Little Grey, can you find this thing?”

After hearing this, Little Grey chirped at Su Ming, then spread its wings and flew towards the observation deck.

Su Ming and the others got up and followed.

Little Grey flew to the observation deck and kept scratching the transparent glass with its small claws.

“It wants to go out.”

Su Ming immediately realized and said.

Irelia pondered for a moment and said.

“It’s too dangerous to go out. There are monsters everywhere here.”

“It’s fine, I’ll protect it.”

Su Ming then spoke.

“How about this, let Junior Su Yuan protect it too.”

Irelia thought for a moment, then agreed.

“Alright, Little Grey, come here.”

Su Ming called out to Little Grey.

Little Grey darted onto Su Ming’s shoulder at an extremely fast speed.

Then Su Ming and Su Yuan walked towards the fast-moving elevator.

A moment later, Little Grey flew out from the Light Shuttle’s exit, followed by Slaughter Blade and Dark Fang Mecha rushing out.

At this moment, Little Grey’s whole body glowed with blue light, like a bolt of lightning, flying rapidly towards the left side of the starry sky.

It flew extremely fast, not inferior to a battleship at all.

The Light Shuttle also changed its course, following behind Little Grey.

Time passed bit by bit.

As Su Ming and the others delved deeper into this starry sky, the scanning devices of Slaughter Blade and the Light Shuttle continuously showed red dots, and warning messages popped up on the operation screen.

“Warning: Type III Elite Zerg-Stinger detected.”

“Warning: Type II Elite Zerg-Red Glow Worm detected.”

Su Ming looked at the pop-up messages, his brows furrowing tighter.

At this moment, a Stinger, thirty meters long, with a solid carapace, covered in many sharp stingers, and two pairs of black insect wings, discovered Little Grey.

It immediately flapped its insect wings, flew over quickly, rushed in front of Little Grey, opened its insect mouth to reveal rows of sharp insect teeth, and emitted a special insect cry.

Little Grey, however, was not afraid of it at all, and roared back at the Stinger with full momentum.

Just as the Stinger was about to swallow Little Grey in one bite, two massive figures appeared behind Little Grey.

The Stinger immediately froze, flapped its wings in terror, and turned to flee.

Su Ming and Su Yuan unceremoniously deployed their Thunder Light Cannons.

Swish!

Two beams of light blasted over!

Boom!

In an instant, the Stinger was blasted to death, its flesh and blood splattering.

Seeing this, Little Grey happily continued to fly forward.

Su Ming and Su Yuan controlled their mechs to continue following.

However, the further they flew, the more insects the scanning device detected, even appearing in swarms.

Su Ming looked at this phenomenon, his brows furrowing even tighter.

Inside the Light Shuttle’s central control room.

Zhou Mu and the others looked at the increasing number of red dots on the scanning device, feeling a bit uneasy as they spoke.

“Little Grey, where exactly are you leading us? Why does it feel like the insect swarm is getting bigger and bigger?”

“Yeah, there are insects everywhere.”

Irelia said with a slight glint in her eyes.

“Currently, no high-grade Zerg have been discovered, so the risk is still within controllable limits.”

Upon hearing Irelia’s words, everyone suppressed their unease and watched patiently.

Just as everyone was at their most anxious, a giant red planet suddenly appeared in their eyes.

Around the entire giant red planet, there were flying insects.

These flying insects occasionally flew into the giant red planet.

Instantly, the scanning device emitted a piercing alarm.

“High-intensity Bolok biological reaction detected!”

“Warning: Semi-formed Zerg Hive detected.”

Lan Ning and the others exclaimed in shock.

“Lady Irelia, that’s a Zerg Hive ahead!”

Zhou Mu and the others were startled. They didn’t expect Little Grey to lead them to a Zerg lair.

Irelia’s expression changed slightly, and she immediately said.

“Junior Su Ming, immediately take Little Grey and return!”

“Okay.”

Su Ming immediately responded.

Irelia immediately said to Lan Ning and the others.

“Stop advancing!”

“Yes!”

Lan Ning and the others immediately responded.

Not long after, Su Ming walked into the central control room holding Little Grey.

Seeing Su Ming return, Irelia spoke.

“Everyone is here. I’ll briefly explain. After scanning, that red giant planet ahead is a Zerg Hive, inhabited by an extremely large number of Zerg, making it very dangerous. However, such a large-scale Zerg Hive must contain high-grade ores.”

“That’s right, at worst there’s a high-grade energy crystal vein. Zerg creatures love to inhabit areas near crystal veins the most.”

David and the others also said excitedly.

Tigerdo and the others, however, said with some difficulty.

“The problem is this is a Zerg Hive. We only have fifty people, and only thirty of them can fight. You know, there are at least hundreds of millions of insects in this Zerg Hive, and there’s no guarantee there aren’t high-tier insects.”

After hearing their words, Su Ming looked at Irelia.

At this moment, Irelia said calmly.

“Everyone, don’t worry so much. You might have forgotten something. We are here to participate in the Haunted Star competition, not to actually mine. We only need a small unit to break in, then conduct reconnaissance, obtain samples and record coordinates, and that will be considered a success. We can then directly evacuate! How many insects are inhabiting here, or if there are hidden high-grade Zerg, has nothing to do with us.”

Su Yuan and the others suddenly realized this, and said happily.

“That’s right, we’re here for the competition. As long as we turn in the samples and coordinates, it’s fine.”

“Senior Irelia is truly amazing, pinpointing the key point. So, what should we do next?”

Su Ming looked at Irelia and asked with a smile.

Irelia turned to look at the silent Dr. Blackes and asked.

“Doctor, do you have a way for our people to quietly enter this Zerg Hive?”

“Yes, I brought some Mechanical Octopuses. As long as our luck isn’t too bad and we don’t run into high-level Zerg, there will be no problem.”

Dr. Blackes replied directly.

“Alright, I’ll start arranging the operation now. This time, only one reconnaissance team will be dispatched, escorted by you five who operate pure mechanical mechs, Su Ming. But you don’t have to worry, I will have everyone else on standby next to the biological mechs. If anything goes wrong, I will have them support you immediately.”

Irelia said to Su Ming and the others.

“Alright!”

The five of Su Ming responded in a deep voice.

“No time to lose, let’s begin the operation!”

Irelia said decisively.

Su Ming and the others immediately left the central control room and headed to Hangar No. 1.

Inside Hangar No. 1.

Su Ming walked to the foot of the Slaughter Blade mech, and just as he was about to board.

Lin Chuyu and An Ruoxue walked over and instructed Su Ming.

“Su Ming, you must be careful in this operation. This giant planet must be inhabited by terrifying Zerg creatures. If you accidentally alarm them, send a distress signal immediately, and we will rush over right away.”

“Don’t worry, it’ll be fine. It’s just collecting a sample, it’s not like we’ll be that unlucky.”

Su Ming replied, feigning nonchalance.

“Mhm!”

The two nodded slightly in response.

Su Ming then took Little Grey, activated the anti-gravity device, and floated up towards the cockpit.

Soon, the five of Su Ming entered the cockpit, activated their mechs, and flew towards the exit.

The moment they rushed out of the Light Shuttle, Mechanical Octopuses flew over, wrapping around their mechs.

At this moment, the Light Shuttle’s launch port opened.

A small, conical reconnaissance module was also released.

Mechanical Octopuses immediately swam over, completely wrapping around the reconnaissance module.

The five of Su Ming flew to the small reconnaissance module, reached out and grabbed the handrails on its surface, then flew towards the red giant planet.

As they gradually approached the red giant planet, the surrounding insect swarm became denser.

There was even a group of Black Thorn Bugs that flew directly past them, almost colliding head-on.

Su Yuan swallowed hard and said.

“If there are so many insects outside this planet, will there be even more inside?”

“I don’t know, but we should be fine if we’re careful. Most of these insects are relatively low-grade.”

Su Ming said rationally.

“Understood.”

Zhou Mu and the others replied, a little nervous.

However, fortunately, Su Ming and their luck was very good this time. Soon they successfully flew to the giant planet’s surface atmosphere and began to descend.

Su Ming and the others held their breath, their nerves taut, their eyes fixed on the scanning device, fearing that an insect would suddenly appear and crash into them.

A few minutes later, Su Ming and the others passed through the atmosphere, and the pitted red earth immediately came into view.

Looking closely, one could see the red earth, excavated with gigantic holes.