The Bug Queen analyzed the situation, her pure black eyes deep and unfathomable.
Everything happening on that star was transmitted in real time, through written reports and live footage, as though she were witnessing it firsthand.
"First, an attack descended. Then this chain of disasters began. Many insect offspring fell ill, and the symptoms kept worsening. The symptoms are spreading wildly. More and more insect offspring are becoming infected, and the contagion is extremely potent—even barriers cannot stop it. If this continues, that star will be ruined. I have an ominous feeling. This disaster must be strangled in the cradle!"
The Bug Queen hardened her heart and issued a decisive order. She instructed the armies near the site of the incident to rush over and completely seal off the star. No insect was to leave, and the disaster was to be contained on that one star.
The insect army obeyed and mobilized, surrounding the target star and erecting a massive barrier that sealed in the entire celestial body. The insects outside could not enter, and those inside could not leave.
The epidemic came with terrifying force and spread at tremendous speed. Nearly half the insects on the star had already been infected.
The fates of those insects were sealed. The Bug Queen abandoned them, leaving them to fend for themselves. Their progression of illness still held value as a reference.
The Bug Queen sensed that this would not be an isolated incident. Similar outbreaks would likely occur again in the future, and the culprit behind them had to be the hostile human faction.
"Our insect race possesses all sorts of methods, but compared with the human race, we still fall far short. Humanity's creativity is too formidable—they can create every kind of thing. With the insect race's analytical abilities alone,