The Queen's Conspiracy

With Bigge joining the fray, he was essentially as fast as two Gu Ding in terms of killing speed, which greatly reduced the pressure on everyone.

The top-ranked Kass and others, along with Stda and others from the Freedom Alliance, all knew about the Forbidden King. The Federal Government had two Forbidden Kings, one of whom was in the top organization. The Freedom Alliance also had a Forbidden King, a terrifyingly powerful being.

Bigge's strangulation attack reminded them of the existence of Forbidden King. A single strike could instantly kill 100,000 insect beasts—even with all their Trump Card, none of them could achieve that. But Bigge not only did it, he did it with remarkable ease, and even after unleashing that attack, he continued hunting insect beasts without the slightest pause.

Insect Tide surged in, and two days passed quickly. Although there weren't two waves of insect beasts appearing simultaneously like before, everyone was exhausted, and most of their energy had been depleted. Fortunately, many people had gained a considerable amount of Merit Points, which they used to exchange for potions and Energy Crystal at the Merit Hall while the number of insect beasts was still relatively low.

Gu Ding's Merit Points surged by over 20 billion, and due to his lowest Merit Points level, he saw the largest increase. Tagore, despite his fast hunting speed, was already a demigod, and his Merit Points only increased by slightly over 10 billion, second only to Gu Ding.

Just as the thirteenth wave of Insect Tide was about to descend, the Sea Emperor's voice once again reached Gu Ding's ears, "Elsa has awakened, and she has become much stronger. Her physical strength has reached the peak level of Low-rank God, almost on par with Mid-rank God. Judging from her physical strength alone, she has surpassed everyone here. Moreover, I can sense that the bloodline within her seems to have also begun its first stage of awakening, and her aura is incredibly powerful."

Not long after the Sea Emperor's voice faded, Elsa and Robert emerged from the Merit Hall. Some astute individuals immediately noticed the change in the two.

"That Mechanical Race survivor from Gu Ding Team has actually advanced to Mid-rank God, and that little girl named Elsa too. Their auras are so powerful. It turns out they've been cultivating in the Merit Hall all this time."

The two quickly located Gu Ding's location and rejoined the team.

"Elsa, how are you feeling?" Gu Ding could also sense the change in Elsa's aura.

"My cultivation hasn't broken through to demigod level, but my physical strength has increased significantly," Elsa, extending one hand and looking at her arm. "My bloodline has also begun to awaken, and I've received a portion of the inheritance from my Viking Clan ancestors..."

"The thirteenth wave of insect beasts has arrived!" The Sea Emperor's voice reached the ears of everyone in the Gu Ding Team.

"I can finally give it a try," Elsa, gripping the long-handled giant axe in one hand, her face beaming with excitement.

The Insect Tide soon returned, and this time Insect Tide was enormous, with over a million insect beasts gathered.

Seeing the Insect Tide arrive, Elsa was the first to leap out, Bigge a little uneasy. He quickly followed. But soon, he realized his worries were completely unnecessary. Wherever Elsa's giant axe passed, all the insect beasts were shredded into powder. Not only had her physical strength and power increased, but her use of shockwave force had also been completely elevated to another level.

Seeing Elsa's performance, Gu Ding and the others were secretly alarmed. Wherever she went, the insect beasts were reduced to dust; her killing speed was no less than that of Gu Ding and the other strong members of the First Array. Although she couldn't Bigge, she was wielding a giant axe, and the attack frequency was on a completely different level from Bigge's Dual Blades. Moreover, the sharpness of her giant axe was far inferior to the two longswords in Bigge's hands.

Seeing another formidable figure emerge from Gu Ding Team surprised both Top 1 and the Freedom Alliance members. Gu Ding Team wasn't large, and many knew that Elsa's performance in previous battles hadn't been particularly outstanding, even arguably mediocre. Her sudden burst of talent at this point truly astonished many.

"Should Elsa's performance also be considered that of Forbidden King?" Gu Ding suddenly asked.

"Yes, the strength she's displaying now, like Bigge's, is pure Combat Strength without any enhancements or amplification effects, and this Combat Strength has already reached the level of Mid-rank God. Therefore, she is undoubtedly also a Forbidden King." The Sea Emperor gave a very affirmative answer.

"It seems I really need to train harder..." Gu Ding couldn't help but sigh. Elsa and Bigge's performance this time really put a lot of pressure on Gu Ding.

Elsa's performance was also observed by the Top 1 and the Freedom Alliance, who were all somewhat speechless. The emergence of two Forbidden Kings in Gu Ding's team was something most major powers would desperately want.

The Federal Government, the largest power among humans, has over a trillion members across all its departments, but currently only has two Forbidden Kings.

The Freedom Alliance, one of the top five human factions, currently only has one Forbidden King.

The Gu Ding Team, consisting of only seven people, produced two Forbidden Kings.

Two Forbidden King within an Interstellar Pirate crew—a tale only sung in legends of the previous era. That Pirate Crew, in the previous era, far surpassed the Federal Government in prominence, for they conquered vast territories for humanity in the Great Universe Sea, preserving humanity's position as a first-rate race and preventing the entire Human Race from becoming subservient to other races. The name of that Pirate Crew is etched in many people's memories— the Freedom Pirate Crew. After returning from the Great Universe Sea, the Freedom Pirate Crew formed a neutral force— the Freedom Alliance.

The origins of the Freedom Alliance are that of an Interstellar Pirate crew, which is no secret. Therefore, most members of the Freedom Alliance have no animosity towards Interstellar Pirate, and some Interstellar Pirate have even joined the alliance.

Actually, Robert, who appeared at the same time as Elsa in Gu Ding Team, also performed amazingly. His killing speed was in no way inferior to Gu Ding's, but many people sensed that the aura emanating from him was that of Mid-rank God, so his performance was not surprising.

The addition of Elsa and Robert brought new blood to the First Array and relieved a lot of pressure on everyone.

Waves of Insect Tide passed by one after another, but everyone soon realized that five days had passed and more than thirty waves of Insect Tide had gone by, yet the mutated insect beasts had not appeared at all.

"This time, we're in big trouble!" the Sea Emperor suddenly said. "I've been keeping an eye on that Mother Queen and discovered that the insect beasts she's conceived are fighting each other. I initially thought it was because her pheromone function was malfunctioning, but I never expected that she was doing it on purpose."

"In five days, it spawned five million insect beasts. But now, less than five hundred remain. Each one has devoured a large number of ferocious creatures of its own kind, and its cultivation has reached the level of One-Star Zerg Commander. Its Combat Strength is comparable to that of Five-Star Mid-rank God. If this continues, these insect beasts will eventually evolve to the level of a five-star leader, with Combat Strength comparable to that of High-rank God. At that time, a single insect beast can easily wipe out all of humanity."

The Sea Emperor not only spoke these words to Gu Ding, but also informed Liliath and the others.

Everyone frowned after hearing this.

"There's absolutely no need to advance the Zerg commanders to five stars. The current five hundred one-star commanders are all mutated Zerg beasts, and none of us can stop them." Although Bigge is powerful, he knows that with his current strength, he cannot win against a one-star mutated Zerg commander.

" With Combat Strength comparable to Five-Star Mid-rank God, there is indeed no one in this space who can stop them." Elsa nodded as well. After her strength improved, her perspective also broadened considerably, and she was able to roughly judge the strength level of the top 1 and the Freedom Alliance.

"It seems that holding out until the ruins close is no longer an option. We now only have two choices: one is to hide in the plaza or the Merit Hall after the mutated Insect Tide arrives; the other is to find a way to kill the Mother Queen and end the game early." Gu Ding knew that they couldn't continue like this. The longer they dragged it out, the stronger the Mother Queen's mutated insect army would become, and the slimmer their chances of survival would become.

"Mother Queen is unlikely to be possible?" Liliath thought this idea was too naive. "The Mother Queen has three five-star Insect Beast Commander by her side, making them invincible in this ruin."

"Killing the Mother Queen isn't impossible," the Sea Emperor suggested. "Robert has Super-Explosive Particle Annihilation Bomb. Given enough distance, they can even kill High-rank God. If we secretly place one of these Super Bomb at the Mother Queen's Mother Queen place, she will have no chance of surviving."

"Why can't we drop it from a distance? That would be safer," Dokter asked.

"Long-distance deployment will be intercepted by the Zerg. The Zerg and humans have fought countless battles, and they know the terror of firearms. This Mother Queen has clearly fought against humans before, which is why she used this tactic. A typical Mother Queen would directly produce a large number of Zerg beasts and overwhelm them with sheer numbers," the Sea Emperor explained.

"This kind of clandestine placement sounds simple, but it's actually quite difficult to implement." Gu Ding knew that the Sea Emperor's plan was feasible, but very difficult to put into practice.

"Let's discuss this with other teams. The more people involved, the faster we can come up with a solution," Sea Emperor suggested.

"But that would reveal that we know the Mother Queen's movements." Liliath still didn't quite trust the other factions.

"At this point, there's no other way. I will tell them it was my investigative abilities that revealed the results." Gu Ding also knew that in such life-or-death situations, the more you conceal, the faster you will die; only by sharing information can everyone live longer.

After obtaining the consent of the rest of the team, Gu Ding transmitted the matter of the Mother Queen to the top 1 Kass and Stda of the Freedom Alliance.

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(Chapter 2 might be after midnight, so don't wait. Get some rest and read it tomorrow.) (To be continued...)