When dealing with enemies, Nie Yun always prepared for the worst. By the most pessimistic estimate, the aliens had an extremely well-hidden "All-Seeing Eye" spying on Earth!
That meant his every move would be completely exposed to their scrutiny. It was like buying a single piece of equipment and immediately letting his opponent know whether he intended to fight head-on or play sneaky. How could he allow that?
Strategically, he had already lost the initiative before the fighting even began!
To reclaim that initiative, Nie Yun had devised Plan B!
Right now, they could see him, but he could not see them. If he could make it so that they could see him and he could see them too, their strategic positions would be even again!
The core of the plan was these eight Mechanical Insect projectiles. Nie Yun had named their transformed forms "Hawkeye Scouts"!
At that moment, each Hawkeye Scout looked like a monocular telescope with its own thruster. Its main internal component was the Hawkeye system, while its barrel-shaped casing was covered in strange, regular, scale-like patterns.
Besides establishing reconnaissance bases on the eight planets or their moons, these Hawkeye Scouts would also gather information on celestial bodies along the way, allowing Nie Yun to draw a more detailed map of the celestial bodies in the Inner Solar System.
Naturally, Plan B's proposal to place wards across the entire map could not possibly mean establishing a mere eight reconnaissance bases.
"Hawkeye Scout No. 3 approaching designated position. Target asteroid detected, distance: 200,000 kilometers. Target locked! Space Spy count: one. Launch!"
As its internal automated program determined that the specified conditions had been met, a scale on the Hawkeye Scout's surface glimmered and suddenly detached from the casing. Then a tiny jet of ghostly blue exhaust flared, and