I became a god by treasure hunting after arriving 500 years early-Chapter 547 - 402 Great Fortunes of the Insect Race

Chapter 547: Chapter 402 Great Fortunes of the Insect Race

Just then, several scouts suddenly had a premonition and looked towards the distance.

It was a few reconnaissance Feilian from the Insect Clan Army, scaling up from the edge of the cliff, their flying speed was incredibly fast, practically comparable to a small fighter jet.

These reconnaissance Feilian gently placed a locust on the ground, “thinly” called out, and then they each activated their “invisibility” ability.

“Oh… You guys ate the insects here and also obtained the invisibility ability??” Lu Yuan’s heart skipped a beat.

In the past, only a few types of insects could turn invisible, but now it seemed everyone could.

And that captured locust, once freed from its restraints, suddenly leaped towards Professor Lu Tiantian nearby.

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Everyone was alarmed, for a national treasure-level professor being attacked was no joke; they all reached out to stop it.

But something strange happened, the locust seemed to be struck by some invisible force mid-leap, losing its strength and lying on the ground, struggling weakly.

In the blink of an eye, it was exhaling more than inhaling.

“What happened, why did it die on its own?”

Everyone came back to their senses and circled around the locust, studying it for a long while without reaching any conclusions.

“Let me try.”

Colonel Guo Dafeng ignited his Frost Field, a faint cold frost appeared in the air, dropping the temperature by several degrees.

Countless pieces of information pooled in his mind.

Gradually, he sensed the heartbeat and breathing of the insect and… a faint flow of Ideal Rules.

“The Ideal Rules inside the insect are being suppressed by this mountain… That’s why its life force is continuously draining.”

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Guo Dafeng frowned, “Is it possible, this mountain, and this crack, are an artificially made prison. All the insects here are in a state of imprisonment, and once they escape through that crack, they slowly die.”

Lu Yuan was shocked, “What about our Insect Clan soldiers here? Were they also imprisoned?”

Guo Dafeng sensed the Insect Clan Scythe for a moment and responded, “The soldiers do not sense any repulsion… It may be due to a different underlying gene. Our insects are from the Green Grass Civilization gene.”

“These here are different genes, not sure what kind.”

Lu Yuan pondered for a moment and tossed the dying locust to the side of the cliff.

The locust slowly regained its life force, just as it struggled to stand up, it was again captured by the Reconnaissance Scythe.

Several times this occurrence repeated.

Once it leaves that crack’s environment, it would weaken.

This fact was incredibly shocking, suggesting a high likelihood that these two mountains and the middle crack were man-made!

This interstellar civilization-level mega project, could only be described as “grand scale” and “bold vision,” even the once-industrial Cathulhu of Great Dong Country would not have been able to achieve it in ten thousand years!

In the past on Earth, experts had suggested using a hydrogen bomb to create an opening in the Himalayas so that the Indian Ocean monsoon could bring rain to the northwest, improving the climate there— but the issue was, human technology couldn’t achieve it!

Where can a hydrogen bomb create an opening? It’s a joke, it can’t even create a crevice! Let alone destroying the source of the Ganges River would certainly infuriate The Yin Trio.

And now… the volume of work on this mountain far exceeded that of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the engineering capability of this super civilization was definitely tens of thousands to millions of times that of the former Earth civilization!

A biological expert suddenly smacked his head, “If that’s really the case, it means staying here is quite safe… We can safely perform scientific research without worrying about these insects breaking out of the prison and attacking the human headquarters.”

Everyone nodded in agreement.

“As for reconnaissance, our side’s Insect Clan should also be able to blend in. Give them a scent disguise or something, considering how chaotic this place is… If they could find the Mother Worm, that would be the best, if not, they can also help us mine.”

“Wow gaga!”

The Reconnaissance Scythes seemed to understand and screamed frantically.

Even the Sky Fortress was pleading “bip bili bili,” it wanted to eat meat, these tender and juicy insects.

And Lu Yuan was somewhat worried about these loyally devoted creatures dying.

They are even more blindly loyal than humans, losing one for each death… How heartbreaking.

Professor Lu Tiantian, who knew the Insect Clan the best, seemed to recognize the difficulty Lu Yuan was facing, and smilingly said: “Great Commander need not worry, our Insect Clan here have excellent genes and ample opportunities, already belonging to the higher level kind. With abundant food sources here, perhaps they could evolve again…”

Yes, the Insect Clan on the side of humans indeed have strong Qi Fortune.

They grew from the Opium poppy, having consumed part of it.

Their innate foundation is much stronger than ordinary insects.

Moreover, they have also fused with Green Grass People’s genes, consumed Fire Attribute Ore, and even a drop of Ghost’s blood!

This opportunity is truly significant!

As for the insects here, spending their lifetime here is basically like the difference between a regular army and bandits.

“Insect Race’s evolution probably requires the genes of the strong ones and time…”

“The insects here have no genes, it’s hard to say whether they are strong or not, but they probably aren’t very smart.”

Guo Dafeng also nodded in agreement: “I think clearing this area is a suitable choice. The batch that came up, we can easily deal with… even just with cold weapons, hot weapons are still too expensive.”

“We also have Insect Soldiers here, like Leviathan, Mammoth, they are the well-cultivated ones… Letting them unleash slaughter, devouring some insects, might even develop invisibility abilities.”

Lu Yuan listened to their discussion and finally made up his mind, turned around, and said to the Reconnaissance Scythe.

“Alright then, be careful in your reconnaissance, protect your life, don’t die from being too greedy.”

“Wa ga!” The Reconnaissance Scythe swung their scythes.

The “Sky Fortress” that wanted to fly was stopped by Lu Yuan: “What’s it to you, you’re so big, are you going to jump down and die?”

“Sky Fortress” kept howling as if it felt wronged, got kicked several times, and then calmed down.

This was indeed a difficult decision to make…

In case the intelligence was wrong, it could possibly lead to the extinction.

Even though the “Greedy Demon God” had indeed high combat power, the behavior patterns of those insects were still an unsolved mystery.

However, if humans could find the Mother Worm… what would that imply?

That would indeed be a huge benefit—Control, and the reproduction of the Insect Race!

The Insect Soldiers on the human side were good, obedient and loved working, but there were only 1500, all elites gifted by the mother of Conch.

Quality rather than quantity, these 1500 insects helped humans overcome many difficulties.

But the problem is, these Insect Soldiers can’t reproduce, Lu Yuan felt heartache every time one died.

Especially after several wars, over a hundred Insect Soldiers were lost.

This problem, even if biology advanced, couldn’t be solved.

Because these 1500 Insect Soldiers are part of the Anomaly [Insect], its laws themselves are incomplete—It’s fantastical for humans to try to complete these laws to help them reproduce.

Only the Mother Worm possesses the complete set of rules.

“If we could ‘control’ the Mother Worm… what would happen then? Could the dead Insect Soldiers be resurrected?”

“Can Leviathan clone?” Lu Yuan thought secretly. All the dead bodies of Insect Soldiers were placed in the Sky Pit, frozen.

So he said in a low voice: “Gentlemen, since we have decided to explore, let’s get moving, this is our opportunity, but also a huge challenge! We must figure out the true combat abilities of these creatures.”

Lu Yuan’s expression suddenly became very serious: “First point, investigate whether there are any surviving civilizations in this abyss.”

“As long as there are survivors, we can find out the specific information of the Insect Race.”

“Also, we need to capture more biological specimens, but this requires elite soldiers, officers above Level 7!”

22 Level 7 Great Grandmasters stood out from the group.

“You lead the elites, capture live biological specimens. Be careful to only operate in the shallow surfaces, do not venture deep into the cracks.”

“Yes!”

After arranging tasks, everyone quickly set off energetically.

The 22 Level 7 Great Grandmasters split into 22 teams, moving in different directions.

This crack was too big, cliffs, caves, mountains, valleys, structures extremely complex, 22 teams weren’t considered many. Each team also had 5 Reconnaissance Scythes as scouts.

Lu Yuan continued to guard the camp, waiting for their news.

These scientists were all national treasure-level masters, it was safer for him to stay here.

He also communicated with the main base in the rear, asking them to be ready for combat at all times, and for more support.

“Yes, this abyss is full of Insect Race…”

“Not our domesticated insects, but wild Anomaly [Insects]… send some engineers over, we need to build a frontline reconnaissance fortress here. The Insect Clan Army should also be deployed, there are some experiments to be done.”

Old Cat knew the situation was urgent and quickly arranged everything efficiently.

Meanwhile, Sky Fortress transported loads after loads, bringing various cement, steel, and insects from the rear.

The construction team relied on the mountain body, building a large cement fortress at the fastest speed, like a dam, blocking between two mountain masses.

In case these insects really swarm out, this large fortress could attract fire and cover for Sky City escaping 6000 kilometers away… well, this was indeed a conservative measure, knowing that 6000 kilometers is like from Heilong River to Zengmu Ansha!

Also, the insects coming out would be weakened by this ‘rule-less’ big mountain.

But people had to do it, because the Insect Race is a very unique species, once the Mother Worm gives the order, all its offspring would charge fearlessly.