The Real Boss Had Arrived

Not long after, another Insect Race force of the same size and configuration charged in this direction.

This time, they didn't undergo any evolution at all, but even so, Eden's forces were helpless against them.

The reason these insects haven't evolved isn't because their adaptability has reached its limit, but because they no longer have the need to evolve.

To guard against any remaining Consciousness Demon, the group of insects still included the large, black, spherical Suicide Bugs. However, upon reaching their designated charging position, they did not suffer a single attack from the Consciousness.

That Ghost unit is finished.

The commander of these insects must have had this thought in his mind. Then, the Fortress Bug finally arrived at their previous positions, their hind legs glowing once more, and they charged towards Eden's defenses.

In just one second, these enormous and somewhat slow-moving Fortress Bug transformed from sluggish to swift. As a result of recklessly burning energy within their bodies, their legs, aided by the Runes Power, burst forth with a speed even greater than that of the Flying Giant Insects.

Those enormous, imposing bodies surged forward like indestructible War Chariot, charging towards the Eden Forces' defensive line amidst the Killing Array.

The Ship Cannons roared, and countless bursts of light and fire were concentrated on these terrifying black creatures. The Killing Array of the Immortal Realm was indeed reliable. Some of them were cut in half by the array light during their charge, and one figure was split in two halfway through. Others were blasted into pieces by the concentrated fire of Eden's Ship Cannons.

However, in the end, the Fortress Bug, along with the Book of Pictures, still managed to reach the front of the Eden Forces' formation.

When they were only a few miles away from the array, these Fortress Bug lowered their arms raised in front of them. As their Tower Shield- like wrists opened, Eden's soldiers were astonished to find a huge, ever-expanding spherical object inside the crooks of these black Fortress Bug's arms.

Using the momentum of their charge, these Fortress Bug gripped the spherical appendages on their wrists and hurled them forcefully into the ranks of the Eden Forces.

"Raise the defensive barriers! Stop them!"

The frontline Commander, his teeth clenched and eyes blazing, shouted, "Close-Defense Guns, fire! Don't let a single one in!"

The Close-Defense Guns mounted on various Ships and defensive structures immediately opened fire. Under the command of advanced Fire-Control Radar, the projectiles, carrying powerful kinetic energy, easily tore apart these spherical objects. However, after these spherical objects exploded in mid-air, what shot out from inside were countless green liquids and, mixed in with the liquid, grotesque Larva were constantly twisting their bodies.

The green liquid fell onto the defensive structures and Ships, immediately making a hissing sound. The various alloy plates and Close-Defense Guns, constructed from sturdy alloys, softened and dissolved under the corrosive influence of the green liquid, turning into a pool of foul-smelling slime.

The Larva wiggled their bodies and burrowed towards the nearest Eden warriors.

Some reacted quickly and opened fire, shattering the fragile Larva in mid-air, but others were caught off guard and had the Larva stick to their bodies.

The Larva immediately burrowed through their skin and flesh, gnawing their way towards their internal organs.

"Help—I don't want to die!"

The first few Eden Forces members to be parasitized writhed on the ground in excruciating pain.

The pain of the insects tearing at their bodies blinded them to everything around them, leaving them only able to writhe and roll around in a final, futile struggle against their predetermined cruel fate, trying to alleviate their inner pain and fear.

As they rolled, two guys suddenly bumped into one person's legs.

"Help! I--"

"Stand up if you don't want to die!"

Before the soldiers could finish their shouts, the man rebuked them and then slapped the man closest to him across the face.

Strangely enough, after he slapped him, the Larva that was about to burrow into his brain suddenly chirped and crawled out from near the man's neck, as if it had seen something terrifying.

Covered in blood, it writhed its now-obese body, crawled a couple of steps on the ground, and was then stomped into a pile of minced meat by a foot.

Immediately afterwards, a strange feeling emanated from this person, and all the soldiers on the Eden Defense Line seemed to sense that some being had descended upon this route.

In an instant, the Larva that had burrowed into the bodies of the Eden soldiers of various races suddenly screamed and rushed out of their bodies, running frantically towards the outside of the defensive line.

The Fortress Bug that were preparing to launch their second wave of Insect Eggs immediately abandoned their "ammunition" upon sensing this aura. They ran back desperately, their Insect Eggs exploding as the green liquid sizzled and corroded their carapaces. The Larva, on the other hand, recklessly burrowed into the Fortress Bug's bodies through their joints, trying to hitch a ride.

However, the being that released the aura seemed to have taken over the Formation on the Eden Defense Line. The Killing Array released thousands of beams of light, instantly annihilating the insects.

His aura continued to spread, reaching the depths of the Void. The insects seemed to sense this aura, and countless Insect Swarm flew out from the world above the Void River, fleeing downstream without looking back.

Their sheer number sent chills down the spines of everyone in Eden. Yet, the Insect Swarm seemed like a bee colony that had been set on fire outside its nest, helplessly abandoning the worlds it had transformed into its nests and fleeing relentlessly down the Void River.

Waves surged on the Void River, and huge Energy Storm erupted. Suddenly, an unimaginable Giant God appeared from the Void River.

"Where did you run off with the book!"

It opened its massive mouth, shouted a cry that echoed endlessly, and then this Giant God crawled out of the Void River, stepped onto the water, and strode its unimaginably huge body as it chased after the insects.

"They are our [Founder]."

The Immortals who was controlling the Consciousness Demons breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.

"The Immortal Ancestor has intervened; everything is alright now."

Meanwhile, the Eden Forces were collectively in a state of bewilderment. The matter of the "Founder" was a secret even in the Immortal Realm, Eden Regime naturally had no idea where that Giant God, who was many times larger than Emperor-level Machine Puppet, came from.

"But it seems..."

They looked at each other and asked, "Are we safe now?"