"However, during this period, through the efforts of our own biologists and those from Freedom Wings, we discovered that these insects had severe genetic defects."
"They seemed to be artificially created organisms. Although they possessed powerful instincts, their survival time was limited. Judging by the arrangement of their genes, they would self-destruct and die after two weeks because of genetic collapse."
The base director continued.
"Of course, two weeks is still long enough for them to do many things."
"We have no intention of sitting around waiting to die, either. Therefore, biologists across the world are now working together to study the insects' genetic map, trying to use their genetic defects as a breakthrough to find a way to attack their genes and accelerate their deaths."
"However, until we find a solution, we can only use conventional methods to exterminate the insects."
"That is, treat them as miniature Upper-tier Giant Beasts."
"But there are simply too many insects. Even deploying mechs would have limited results."
"Moreover, these insects are extremely cunning. They already demonstrated this during the Changping defensive battle."
"They did not linger to fight the mechs. After failing to destroy the mechs quickly, they chose to bypass them and attack defenseless civilians instead, causing enormous losses to Changping City."
"And just today, we discovered that some of the insects had entered the sea."
A wave of startled exclamations rang through the meeting hall. Someone raised a hand and asked, "Can these insects actually enter the sea?"
The base director did not answer. Instead, he played a video.
The image on the large screen changed, showing the seabed somewhere.
At first, everything in front of the camera looked normal.
But before long, streaks of black shadows swooped down and appeared in view.
They were those human-faced ticks.
After entering