It was impossible to fit such a large insect inside the warship; even fitting a single insect head into the Reaper's 20-kilometer-long hull would be a struggle. In the end, the Reaper simply hurled out several long alloy ropes to tie the insect up and tether it to the stern of the warship.
A thousand light-years after the fleet returned, they found a quiet planetary system and waited for Academician Xiao's arrival. The Insect King seemed to have recovered some energy, but it was surrounded by the Third Reversed State, and no matter how powerful it was, it could not use it.
Academician Xiao led a dozen people under the protection of tens of thousands of guards to the planetary system where the fleet was located. The Insect King had been thrown onto the planet. The huge impact smashed two huge craters into the planet's surface, and the Insect King lay in one of the two craters. They had recovered most of their strength and were rolling in deep space. The rolling of this behemoth made the planet tremble.
As soon as the biological ship approached the planet, the academicians and guards all experienced headaches of varying degrees, with some even rolling on the ground in agony.
Even if the academicians don't say it, these guards are rigorously trained soldiers. Even now that technology has advanced to the stage of Small Star Sector Civilization, the fleet still maintains several million regular soldiers. Their training is no less than that of the Earth era, and those who can remain in the guard force are all elite soldiers.
The final stage of training involves using ordinary kinetic energy guns to directly shoot the soldiers' bodies, training them to continue performing missions even when injured and in excruciating pain. Of course, there are no safety issues with this training; as long as the brain is not shot, any other part of the body can quickly recover with the help of biotechnology.
Now even these elite soldiers who have undergone extreme training have collapsed, which shows how intense the pain must be. Ordinary academicians have already fainted, but Academician Xiao alone seems to be completely unaffected.
General Chen, General Chen, are you alright?
Academician Xiao anxiously inquired about Chen Peng, who was still barely holding on. From the large beads of sweat on his face, it was clear that he was in extreme pain.
"Academician, I... I can't hold on much longer."
"Get out of here! Get out of here immediately, start the warship!" Academician Xiao suddenly thought of something.
"Okay, okay," Chen Peng replied painfully, his voice already trembling.
Upon receiving the order, the fleet immediately changed course and sailed. After sailing for ten astronomical units, Chen Peng suddenly felt a sense of relief, as if he had just recovered from a serious illness or that a demon had suddenly awakened. Looking down at the ground, he saw that sweat had soaked through his clothes, and not a single piece of clothing was dry.
The other fallen soldiers felt the same way. They all got up and asked each other what had happened, completely bewildered as to what had just occurred.
"General Chen, how are things now?"
As Academician Xiao helped the academicians on the ground to chairs one by one, he asked, "The academicians have fainted, but the vital signs monitor indicates that everything is normal and they will wake up soon."
"Academician, I'm alright. What exactly happened?"
"It's probably the Insect King's doing, disturbing the Consciousness Field."
"Consciousness can be like this?"
"Hmm, you forgot? When we subdued the Nebula Consciousness Entity, didn't the Main Consciousness No. 1 also throw us into chaos? Consciousness Field, like electric fields, magnetic fields, and gravitational fields, also have offensive effects, only we can't use or control them. But there are always beings in this universe who can use Consciousness Field. For example, the Nebula creatures, and Tree Race Tree Race. Although the Tree Clan can't use them, their consciousness is also very powerful."
"Academician, how come you seem perfectly fine?"
"I don't know either. I just suspect that I've been with Number One and the others for too long, and my consciousness is a bit stronger than yours. But I've tested my brain and found nothing abnormal."
"Anyway, I'm glad you're alright, Academician. What do we do now? Should we just kill the Insect King? We can still conduct research on its dead parts."
"No, I need to be alive now. You can all stay on the warship. Since I'm fine, let me go down alone."
"No, Academician, you can't go alone without our protection. If something happens to you, the general will definitely execute me. No, no, absolutely not."
"Xiao Chen, don't worry, the Insect King is currently bound by the Reversed State and can't harm me."
"Academician, this thing is too big. Even a slight touch could seriously injure any human being. You are a pillar of humanity; I can't let you take that risk, and the general wouldn't agree either."
"Hey, why are you so stubborn? How about this, give me a set of the Reversed State Armor, is that alright?"
"Well... I'm still a little worried. How about I come down with you? I can manage."
"Can you hold on? Look at your clothes, look at the ground. It's only been a minute, and you're already like this. Another minute, and you'd definitely be dehydrated and faint. Alright, you just wait here for me. I'll send the RoboCop down. You and the soldiers need to rest and recover. And these academicians, check them out after the medical staff have recovered too."
"Academician, the RoboCop is still not as smart as humans, which is not quite right."
"Stop arguing, it's settled then. You all stay here quietly and wait for me to come back. Don't worry, this old man won't act impulsively; I have a lot of things waiting for me to do."
"Academician..."
"Okay, that's enough, I'm going."
Academician Xiao traveled alone to the Insect King Planet aboard a Reaper warship. Chen Peng immediately ordered the 50 million Reaper already there and the 50 million Reaper he had brought to control the airspace centered on the Insect King Planet with a radius of 100 astronomical units.
The Reaper sped along the edge of this space to prevent any accidents. If Academician Xiao really got into trouble, even without Hu Yu executing him, Chen Peng himself wouldn't be spared.
Under the protection of 10,000 RoboCop, Academician Xiao had landed at the edge of the crater created by one of the Insect King. From here, it was almost impossible to see the insects in their entirety, as human vision is quite limited. This Insect King was already 50 kilometers long, exceeding the range of human vision.
This was the first time Academician Xiao had seen this enormous Insect King. The previous Insect King was only at the sixteenth rank and a little over 300 meters long, making it one of the weakest in this swarm. This Insect King was estimated to be around the 20th rank, and its size was so much larger. It was hard to imagine what kind of creatures those insects that fought against the civilization of the Great Star Region Civilization were like.
Under Academician Xiao's command, the RoboCop quickly descended into the pit and controlled the dozens of pairs of exposed insect legs of the Insect King. These insect legs were four or five thousand meters long, with the thickest parts being hundreds of meters long. The RoboCop, which were tens of meters tall, appeared extremely small in front of these Insect Race.
Dozens of RoboCop worked together, revealing gear pieces forged in the Second Reversed State. Although the Reversed State would fuse together after combining, the academicians still managed to keep the gears sharp. These gears were virtually indestructible for close-range attacks, and their strength surpassed that of any metal. They were now perfect for cutting through the Insect King.