The swarm of insects was forcibly pushed back by the Reaper fleet, and the battle zone expanded again. The results achieved by Li Shun's more than 5,000 four-dimensional warships became smaller and smaller. When the battle zone expanded again to 150 million kilometers, the Reaper that could be destroyed by each explosion of a four-dimensional warship dropped directly from millions to hundreds.
The Reaper are no longer afraid of the dimensional reduction attacks from these four-dimensional warships. Even if they stand still and let these warships attack them, the Reaper can withstand the losses once they exhaust the four-dimensional structure. However, from the beginning until now, the Reaper have lost more than 30 billion, and a quarter of their power has been lost.
In the Third Reversed State, Li Shun's warships repeatedly destroyed the Third Reversed State, only to be repeatedly reversed and enveloped by the Reaper. After this cycle repeated hundreds of times, Li Shun finally gave up on the dimensional reduction attack. These warships had already been destroyed four or five hundred times, and now more than a hundred more times had been added. The consumption of the four-dimensional structure had exceeded half.
Li Shun simply remained motionless, abandoning the self-destruction of his warship and hiding in the Reversed State like a turtle. However, the Reaper had no intention of letting these warships go. They began to attack the Reversed State little by little, destroying any disc-shaped warships they found. Whenever Li Shun's warship exploded, the Reaper would repeat the reverse operation.
"Damn it, damn it! I spent tens of thousands of years building 200,000 four-dimensional warships, and the 100,000 I brought this time only destroyed Hu Yu's fleet worth a little over 30 billion! I've suffered such a loss!"
It is indeed a loss when you calculate it. Each four-dimensional warship is equivalent to a thousand ordinary warships. Although the total number of 100,000 warships is far less than 30 billion, the difficulty of building these warships far exceeds that of ordinary warships.
"Your Majesty, now that the Insect King has been killed, it's impossible for us to retreat," said Wei Kaiyuan, who was standing to the side.
"Have them send over a few more high-level Insect King!!!"
"Your Majesty, no! We've already paid a heavy price. A few Insect King mean nothing to them, but we can no longer afford to lose."
"So what do we do now? Just let all this hard work of tens of thousands of years go to waste?"
"Your Majesty, things have come to this point, and we are powerless to reverse the situation. Their development has been too rapid, far exceeding our expectations. Back in the Matter River, they hadn't even mastered dimensional strikes yet, but we didn't expect them to have mastered them so quickly. Now, we can only abandon these warships and send the remaining ones back as soon as possible. These swarms of insects cannot stop them."
"These beasts are as stupid as pigs. They all think they're so great and don't understand the principle of teamwork."
"Alright, Your Majesty, they're just beasts anyway. Let's divide the territory according to strength. Let's just bear with it a little longer."
"Endure, endure, I'll endure! We've been defeated by Hu Yu and his gang time and time again! How long must we endure this?!"
"Your Majesty, Hu Yu and his group are merely a thorn in your side. We need to broaden our horizons. The Milky Way is our priority. Once we control it, Hu Yu will be no match for us. Besides, even if we don't call in other Insect King, there are plenty of high-level Insects among these swarms. Now that this Insect King is dead, the next-rank Insects will be more than enough for them to handle."
"Alright, let them go for now, let's retreat."
Outside the swarm, over 300 billion disc-shaped warships reluctantly retreated slowly, eventually disappearing into the distance. Li Shun, passing by the vicinity of the Matter River, failed to notice that a tiny, inconspicuous meteorite, the size of a fingernail, secretly adhered to the surface of one of the disc-shaped warships and flew away with it. Li Shun was gone, but the situation in Wen Zhonghua remained dire.
A large number of high-level insects have gathered on the outermost edge of the swarm. Now that the Insect King is dead, a new Insect King must emerge in this area. However, before that, destroying the human fleet is the ultimate mission for all the insects. Three giant insects are flying at high speed from three different directions in the distance. At this time, Wen Zhonghua is still in the dark.
The three giant insects, evenly matched, gazed at each other from afar in the air, twisting their enormous bodies and staring angrily at one another, preparing to vie for the throne of this space. They had sensed that the original Insect King of this space had disappeared, which was a perfect opportunity for them to take its place. So, they arrived in a very short time.
However, the Reaper's fierce attack quickly attracted the attention of the three giant insects. They knew that the Insect King of this space must have been killed by these civilized fleets. Now, even if one of them won this space, they would still have to deal with the civilized fleets. In that case, they might as well let the other help them eliminate these civilized fleets first.
So they didn't communicate at all and charged straight at the Reaper fleet. The swarm sensed the arrival of the powerful aura and made way for the three giant insects, allowing them to rush into the middle of the Reaper fleet.
"Ah!~~~ My head..." Li Zhixiong suddenly clutched his head and screamed.
"My head... Ah, how could this happen? Chief of the General Staff, are you... are you alright..."
"Thank goodness, I can hold on!" Large beads of sweat streamed down Wen Zhonghua's face, and his hair was soaked through in just a few seconds.
"It's... it's an attack from the insect's Consciousness Field... We... we can defend against it, can't we?" Gao Jianchuan asked with difficulty, clutching his head.
"A dangerous insect has come in! Everyone, hold your temper and don't panic!"
At this moment, screams echoed throughout the ten command ships. Many people had already fainted due to the excruciating pain in their heads, leaving a large number of people lying haphazardly on the ground. This kind of pain that struck the depths of consciousness was unbearable. Those who were awake clutched their heads and screamed. Many people banged their heads against the ground of the warship, hoping to use physical pain to cover up the pain deep in their brains, but it had little effect.
Only a very small number of people were able to continue working, but their soaked clothes and contorted facial expressions revealed the immense pain they were enduring.
With his hands spread wide, Wen Zhonghua sometimes pressed his head down hard, sometimes gripped his hair tightly, breathing rapidly, his face covered in sweat, his teeth clenched. His strong willpower and sense of responsibility allowed him to stand up and forcefully command the fleet to attack.
Li Zhixiong and Gao Jianchuan were also on the verge of collapse, but as high-ranking officers in the fleet, they forced themselves to stay sober. They knew that if they couldn't hold back, the fleet would be in danger.
Gao Jianchuan grabbed a pen from the table and plunged it into his thigh without hesitation. Blood gushed out immediately, and a deep tooth mark appeared on the book Gao Jianchuan was biting down on. He could even feel his teeth grinding, showing how intense the pain was.