Xi Xiu Wasn't Sad (Bonus Chapter, Maybe, the Weather Was Too Nice?)

Xisai Si only had time to fling the soldiers into a safe area before his mecha was struck by a King Insect that suddenly dove from the sky.

Although he deployed the protective system in time, a King Insect's body was not made of tofu.

Though the protective system temporarily blocked the King Insect's body and kept it from crushing the mecha, it could not stop its pincers.

In an instant, the King Insect and the Insects attacking Xisai Si together rammed through his defenses.

Then, the King Insect's massive pincers swiftly clamped onto Xisai Si's mecha arm.

The Insects' movements had become unexpectedly nimble and fluid. That move was fast and precise!

Xisai Si had no time to respond at all.

After clamping down on the mecha arm, it directed the other adult Insects to tear open Xisai Si's mecha.

Those actions were completed in an instant.

No one else had time to rescue him.

It had happened too quickly.

And based on what they knew about the Insects, even if the mecha was breached, the Insects would not go far.

While they were still trying to figure out how to knock the Insects unconscious, the King Insect broke open Xisai Si's mecha and, a breath later, beat its wings into the air and left the ground.

The soldiers in the western sector were still fighting. Though the soldiers Xisai Si had saved immediately gave chase, they were ultimately too late.

The robots took to the air to intercept it at once, only to have their path blocked by other adult Insects.

For some reason, the King Insect did not immediately eat Xisai Si. Instead, it dragged him out of the mecha, held him in one pincer, and repeatedly slammed him with the other.

The Insects' heavy blows were