Xu Chuan smiled at her words.
"Stop joking around. Let's get down to business."
Xu Mingshu composed herself and nodded slightly, then began communicating with all the Spirit Insects inside the Mist Formation.
As though they had received some signal, the Spirit Insects in the formation all flew toward the same spot.
Buzzz~
Over a thousand Spirit Insects gathered around Xu Mingshu in an instant.
These low-level Spirit Insects had little intelligence. Even a slight disturbance from Divine Sense left them unable to tell one direction from another, and communicating with them was quite troublesome.
Xu Mingshu had to expend considerable effort before she gleaned a little information.
Things like "Insect Queen," "food," and "hungry."
"Father, has an Insect Queen appeared in our Moon Lake Commandery?" Astonishment flickered in Xu Mingshu's eyes as she looked at Xu Chuan in shock.
From those scattered words, Xu Chuan also pieced together what had happened.
"I suspect this Insect Queen woke from a long slumber, much like your Iron-Eater Flying Ant. Under special circumstances, they can sleep for centuries without dying.
"Although they're weak individually, they all have certain peculiar abilities that we simply can't match.
"Presumably, the Insect Queen wanted to grow stronger after waking, so she bred a number of these low-level Spirit Insects and sent them out to search for spiritual resources.
"The Insect Queen may not be particularly powerful, but her intelligence certainly isn't low, and she holds a special position among Spirit Insects."
Xu Chuan looked at Xu Mingshu and said with a faint smile, "You only need to control one Insect Queen to gain an army of thousands upon thousands of Spirit Insects."
A keen light flashed in Xu Mingshu's eyes, which brimmed with anticipation.
"Of course, judging by the low-level Spirit Insects she hatched, this Insect