latelenovela Chapter 386 Variables, Reconstruction
Chapter 386 Variables, Reconstruction
Because of this sudden change, neither the aliens nor the humans had time to fight to the death. The alien plants in the base suddenly began to grow wildly, expanding to hundreds of times their original size and entangling the entire base.
The alien sea beasts, which had been stuck at the fifth rank due to insufficient supernatural abilities, all entered the sixth rank at this moment and no longer needed the assistance of special substances.
Humans could also clearly feel the superpowers continuously entering their bodies, and the elements in the air that they could use kept pouring in. The superpowers that had been depleted were replenished in a short time.
The previously ugly appearance of the low-level zombies gradually returned to normal, as if the whole world was being repaired and adjusted because of the drawbacks brought by the meteorite.
Meanwhile, the Zerg Queen, witnessing all of this on the StarNet, stared angrily and gloomily at everything on the screen. Her ten years of planning had gone down the drain, and the source cores that were supposed to bring abundant supernatural power to their Zerg planet had been spread to that backward planet.
They could have mined the black crystals little by little, continuously improving their people's superpower levels, and then expanded outwards, gradually occupying those small planets and devouring their existing resources.
But now, everything is destroyed. It's impossible for their entire race to migrate to that small planet. Moreover, after those superpowers were integrated into the planet, the natives absorbed those superpowers much faster than the creatures on other planets.
After the nuclear source was completely integrated into the planet, it also marked that the planet officially became a planet with a civilization possessing supernatural abilities, and they could no longer seize the black crystal and supernatural abilities.
Although they had obtained a lot of black crystals and crystal cores from that planet over the years, insects are greedy. They could have gotten them all in just three days.
If everything goes according to plan, the nuclear source of that planet will become the newest energy source for the insectoid planet. The lower-level natives will fight each other and be raised by the insectoids, continuously supplying them with crystal cores and supernatural cores.
The disruption of her previous plans had already greatly displeased her, but since the nuclear source was not yet mature enough to be brought back directly, she temporarily used mining as an excuse to keep her in the dark.
She was wary of Aquinas and cautious of the humans, but she never expected that the problem would ultimately arise from within their own insectoid race, and even from the insectoid offspring she herself had given birth to. If she had known things would turn out this way, she would have wiped Riva off the face of the earth the moment she was born.
However, there was no point in saying anything more at this point. The Insect King coldly ordered his subordinates to deal with the messages circulating on the StarNet and salvage the reputation of the Insect race. He also ordered Hilde and the other Insects to be recalled immediately.
The massacre is a fact, and now that the Black Crystal has been completely destroyed, their presence there will only slow down their advancement.
Before the source core is fully integrated into the world, they can steal black crystals from meteorites, but once the source core is fully integrated into the planet, the supernatural energy in the air will only be absorbed by the native inhabitants first.
This is the source core's nurturing of the people of their mother planet, which is why they would rather go to great lengths to steal the source core back to their mother planet than choose to migrate to another planet.
However, getting them to leave wouldn't be so easy. A sneer flashed in the Insect Queen's eyes. She wouldn't be able to swallow this insult without taking a piece of flesh from those low-level creatures.
Hilde and the other Zerglings temporarily retreated from the South Ridge base. Cecil was healing Hilde's wounds. Aquinas spoke in an unfriendly tone, and Noah knew that this was mainly due to their Zerg's mistake.
Who could have imagined that Riva, who knew everything, would do such a thing? She even chose to die on this land, never to return to her home planet, just to make this choice. She's truly insane.
Hilder's severed left hand grew back, and he turned his wrist, receiving the Insect King's command, his face grim.
Although it wasn't his direct cause, he was still responsible for the consequences of the mission's failure. Cecil felt a little conflicted seeing Hilde's discomfiture; now the entire Federation knew their mission had failed.
The repeated failures proved that these low-level creatures were not easy to deal with. Cecil, Noah, and Riva had been ridiculed quite a bit when they returned to the main planet after their previous missions failed.
Seeing Hilde and Aquinas fail as well, I felt a strange, inexplicable joy. Even the matter of the Source Core was only known to Hilde and Aquinas. As for how Riva found out, she probably overheard it from the Insect Emperor by chance.
Cecil had failed once, and now, seeing Hilde, a chosen one, fail again, he even had a bit of a "watching the show" attitude. Although losing the nuclear source was a pity, no one knew what would happen to the stolen nuclear source if it were placed on their home planet.
Cecil didn't bother thinking about these things. Anyway, the superpowers on his home planet wouldn't disappear anytime soon; they could last for tens of thousands of years without any problem. As for whether the living environment for future generations with superpowers would be like this, what did he care! He didn't even think he could have any offspring.
Moreover, even if the home planet's special abilities are gradually depleted, it will only make cultivation more difficult. The Zerg's foundation is still there, so things won't be too bad. Rather than worrying about the future development of the entire Zerg, the Zerg Queen is more likely to want to monopolize most of the resources.
Cecil was lost in thought about these things, and he also calculated the amount of black crystals they had secretly kept over the years. It was enough for him to improve his superpowers to the tenth level. It just depended on whether he had the ability to reach the tenth level.
Aquinas knew that saying more words of blame at this point would be useless, so he could only suppress his anger and ask Hilde, "The StarNet is probably in complete chaos now. What did Gloria say?"
Hilde knew about the relationship between the Insect King and Aquinas. Although she didn't understand why the Insect King would take a fancy to such a young and dissolute snake, these things were none of their business, and they didn't react much to him calling the Insect King by his name.
"Let's kill a few high-level ability cores and crystal cores and bring them back, especially that sixth-level mental crystal core."
Noah was the only one present who frowned when he heard this. The sixth-order mental crystal core was indeed very rare and had great effects, but he had spent a considerable amount of time with Lu Yize and the others and knew how much Lu Yize valued Jiang Yue.
The difficulty of bringing back that crystal core is no less than destroying the entire Nanling base. He had already stated the relationship between Jiang Yue and Lu Yize in his report. The Insect Emperor's issuance of this order at this time was obviously to teach Lu Yize a lesson for messing up all the plans.
However, Lu Yize was indeed the biggest variable in this plan. Starting with him, the other humans gradually began to lose control, overturning a game that had already been decided.
Noah did not think it would be a wise move to kill the person who was digging up Jiang Yue's crystal core.