Survival Was the Way to Go

The Insect Race Empress's soul was held in the hands of the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable, and her body also fell silent.

However, in that very instant, its body still managed to send out a final signal in the form of a certain wavelength.

The next moment, the Imperial Guard Bug that had survived the attack of the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable gathered around it suddenly abandoned their Empress.

They scattered without looking back. The Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable saw that as they flew, their Golden Carapace fell off, and new, stronger shells grew from beneath them, along with larger lower bodies and Bone Matter on their heads that resembled crowns.

They are rapidly transforming and metamorphosing into new Empress.

"There's another trick up your sleeve?"

The Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable was stunned for a moment, but reacted quickly. He grabbed the Original Empress's soul with one hand and brandished his sword and spear with the other. The Sword-Spear Sword-Spear pointed out, and the spear tip emitted countless golden rays of light, crushing the fleeing, evolving Imperial Guard Bug into dust.

However, due to the large number of these Imperial Guard Bug, and the fact that the Space Insect Imperial Guard Bug its flower-like head ultimately shielded some of them with its massive body, a few managed to escape.

The Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable took two steps, turned his head to glance at the Empress's body behind him, and did not continue to pursue. Instead, the Giant God "Founder" used his two palms, one like a sky curtain covering down, and the other like land rising from below, covering the sky and covering the several Imperial Guard Bug that tried to escape.

We've got you!

Boundless energy erupted from between her palms, crushing all the insectoids except for the Original Empress Insect Race Queen into dust.

Just as the Giant God "Founder" breathed a sigh of relief, it suddenly realized that the Insect Swarm that had been abandoned by the Insect Race Empress had unknowingly scattered and fled. Among these insects, the Special Individual who served as commanders were beginning to show signs of mutating into the Empress.

Of course, their mutation rate is far slower than that of the previous Empress's guards, but if things continue like this, in a few years, these Special Individual may eventually transform into the new Empress.

That's enough.

Bai Qiuran's true form flew out from between the eyebrows of the Giant God Automaton, carrying boundless Sword Qi.

"Just how many more Moves do you insects have up your sleeve?"

Countless blazing white Sword Qi, like the most precise guided Missile, traced dazzling flight paths in the Void before accurately killing every single Special Individual in the Insect Swarm.

But the insects continued to flee. During their escape, some of the giant insects developed swollen abdomens, and reproductive organs even grew inside their abdominal cavities, where they began to develop special Insect Eggs.

"Will this ever end?!"

Bai Qiuran, somewhat annoyed, summoned Clear Autumn Waters and swung his longsword, doing his utmost to slaughter the countless insects. The Insect Swarm fell into the Void River like wheat being harvested, crushed by the Void River's energy. However, their numbers were simply too great, and they were scattered in all directions across such a vast Void. This time, even Bai Qiuran was overwhelmed and had no choice but to let many insects escape.

"They're incredibly good at hiding their tracks."

Faced with the insects scattering and disappearing into who-knows-where, Bai Qiuran sighed helplessly.

He manipulated the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable to separately collect the Insect Swarm Empress's body and soul.

"However, capturing this Original Empress means we can't say we've come away empty-handed."

"Oh, so this is the internal structure of this insect..."

When Bai Qiuran quietly returned to Eden's defense line, she saw Wisdom Immortal touching and groping the corpse of an insect.

The guy's Machine Puppet arm transformed into a sharp blade, slicing open the abdomen of a Black Giant Insect. Blue slime, carrying a foul stench and heat, oozed out, along with some strange substances flowing from the wound. The liquid was highly corrosive, and upon contact with Wisdom Immortal's Machine Puppet body, it continuously emitted sizzling white smoke, corroding his palm.

However, Wisdom Immortal was completely unaware of what was happening. He continued to open the wound wider and even tried to stick his head inside.

Jiang Lan and Li Jinyao stood aside watching his actions. The Little Demoness's face was full of disgust. Even Jiang Lan, who always liked to play with Poisonous Insects, couldn't help but frown slightly when she saw Wisdom Immortal's behavior.

"You're disgusting."

Bai Qiuran walked over and kicked Wisdom Immortal in the butt.

Wisdom Immortal's head was pulled out of the insect's abdomen in an instant, covered in Blue Slime from half of its face, and rolled around on the ground several times.

Then he straightened up, ignoring his corroded head, and asked, "Hey, Old Bai, you're back. Where are those bugs? Did you take care of them?"

"I chased them away."

Bai Qiuran sighed helplessly.

"We didn't manage to kill them all."

The other three were somewhat surprised upon hearing this news.

"That's rare."

Li Jinyao muttered, "Even Senior Qiuran couldn't wipe out these insects completely. According to the research results of the Machine God, aren't these insects most afraid of the 'Capture the King First leader first' Moves? Once the leader is captured, the rest will be wiped out?"

"We were all wrong; it was just a small group of insects doing that."

Bai Qiuran said, "During the process of driving them away, I captured their Empress... or rather, their former Empress. As a result, their Empress's Imperial Guard immediately began to evolve into Empress insects. After I killed them all, the Special Command Individual began to evolve into Empress insects. I killed all the Special Individual, and some of the other ordinary insects mutated and developed incubation organs, gestating the Insect Eggs of new Special Individual within their bodies... The number of these insects is unimaginable, and they are scattering in all directions. I have no choice but to take drastic measures and destroy that Void River along with countless worlds nearby. Otherwise, I can only let them escape."

"It's not your fault."

After listening to Bai Qiuran's words, Jiang Lan tiptoed and touched his shoulder.

You've done your best.

"No matter what..."

Bai Qiuran shifted her gaze and said, "I still managed to capture their original Empress insect, which is extremely rare research material. We crushed those insects, and they almost devoured the downstream world. There should be their natural enemies in the more distant Void, so they won't be able to make a comeback in the short term. We still have plenty of time to study them. Hopefully, the Machine God can find a way to wipe out these insects in one fell swoop."

"Since these insects have a clear method of communication and connection, then we must be able to find a way to wipe them out completely."

Jiang Lan pondered, "I used to study insects a lot. These little creatures are indeed difficult to catch when they're scattered one by one, but once we figure out how they communicate, catching them will be a piece of cake."

That makes sense.

Bai Qiuran nodded.

"Therefore, there's no time to lose; I must get this Mother Insect to the Machine God as soon as possible."

"I want to go too!"

Upon hearing this, Wisdom Immortal quickly said, "Let's go together, let's go together, let me see what the Empress of these insects looks like."