Battle on the Insect Planet (15): Processing 

The tiny white insects, the size of a finger joint, disappeared, leaving the humans who were host to them terrified.

The humans who had surrendered to the insect race were well aware that they were under surveillance and were under threat from the insect race. If they dared to make any unusual moves, the insect race hiding behind them would probably deal them a fatal blow.

Once the candidates were chosen, the plan began to be implemented.

Cheng Huaiqian reluctantly let go of Xia Ruize’s hand, and their eye contact was filled with tacit understanding.

After saying goodbye to Xia Ruize, Gao Hexuan hurried to catch up with Cheng Huaiqian. After all, his abilities were more suitable for the human world.

Cheng Huaiqian said seriously and responsibly that he had to act completely, so he led more than 70 soldiers to consume most of the energy of the mechas, and asked the insects to cooperate in creating a large number of battle traces on the mechas, making sure that these more than 70 mechas looked like the lucky ones who had escaped from the siege after a life-and-death battle.

Then, more than seventy mechas, led by the insects, climbed all the way to a depth of several dozen meters from the ground. In order to make it more realistic, the last section of the distance was opened up by human soldiers themselves.

After experiencing a series of disasters such as capture, captivity, and rebellion, they finally returned to the ground. The two stars brought everlasting daylight to the planet Erdogan. Compared with the dim underground, humans certainly prefer light.

A small number of drones sent out by the human camp were still hovering above the deep pit, recording the scene of these broken mechas suddenly leaping out from the ground. Unfortunately, they did not record the complex expressions on the faces of the operators inside the mechas.

At this time, in the hall deep underground, the White Jade Insect was very satisfied with the result of inciting a quarter of the human soldiers to rebel. It shook its tentacles a few times, and immediately, all the human soldiers who refused to surrender, except Xia Ruize, were escorted away and put under guard by the insects, leaving Xia Ruize alone standing among thousands of insects.

At this time, a one-meter-tall larva came out from the insect swarm with a “click”, walked to Xia Ruize’s side, and squatted down obediently.

The white jade insect’s tentacles swayed gracefully, and it pointed at the small larva and said to Xia Ruize gently:

“With it, you can go anywhere you want. Later, it will take you to your own Black Flame Stone Cave. Black Flame Stone is good for all life. I hope you will like it.”

After saying this, the white jade insect’s large and round body slowly flew up, and amid the restless waving of its forelimbs by countless insects, it flew to a high place in front of the hall and gradually disappeared into the darkness.

Then, the insects watching the excitement at each passageway turned around and left one after another. Soon, Xia Ruize was the only human left in the entire underground hall, along with a yellow larva following closely behind him.

The yellow larva was very curious about Xia Ruize and circled around him twice. Xia Ruize smiled and reached out to touch the larva’s little head.

He had the skill and bloodline talent of [Biological Affinity], and the little larva did not reject his approach at all. It even shook its little head and rubbed Xia Ruize’s hand.

Xia Ruize said: “Take me to see my cave.”

The little larva understood and turned to head towards a passage on the surrounding stone wall. Xia Ruize hurriedly followed.

The underground kingdom belonging to the insect race was not completely dark. There were some glowing parts on the walls of the passage from time to time. Although it was not bright enough, it could be considered a light source.

Xia Ruize followed the little larva for more than ten minutes. The insects he met on the way would observe Xia Ruize curiously. Xia Ruize tried to communicate with them, but received no response.

Xia Ruize looked at the small larva in front of him, and a look of understanding flashed in his eyes. So far, the only insect species that could communicate with humans was the white jade insect. Perhaps he was also assigned a small white insect, but out of preferential treatment for the hostages, the small white insect responsible for monitoring him hid on the body of the larva in front.

Soon, the larva brought Xia Ruize to a cave of about ten square meters. The entire cave was made of a solid black stone wall with a faint glow. It looked like it was made of the same material as the platform in front of the hall, but the glow was a little dimmer.

This was the “black flame stone” mentioned by the white jade insect. He wondered what effect it had?

Sitting casually on the ground, Xia Ruize looked around and found that there was nothing in the cave. He could not find out what was special about the stone in a short time. So he became concerned about other issues and turned to the larva waiting at the entrance of the cave and asked:

“What do you usually eat and drink?”

The larva looked at Xia Ruize, turned around and ran away, then came back not long after and spit out what was in its mouth onto the ground.

Xia Ruize took a closer look and saw stones of various materials and colors rolling all over the ground. The enthusiastic larva used its forelimbs to push the stones in Xia Ruize’s direction, indicating that he could eat them at will.

Xia Ruize’s mouth twitched. No matter how good his teeth were, they couldn’t withstand the stone. He had no choice but to ask Larva: “Can you take me to my mecha?”

As expected, the larva understood, turned around and led the way, motioning Xia Ruize to follow.

Xia Ruize found his Type 9 mecha, standing alone, because Cheng Huaiqian and Gao Hexuan’s mechas had already left. Xia Ruize climbed into the mecha cockpit and found two boxes of reserve nutrient solution, which was enough for him for his nutritional needs for half a month.

Then, Xia Ruize carried a box of nutrient solution, and the larva carried another box of nutrient solution. They returned to Xia Ruize’s cave. Xia Ruize piled the nutrient solution in the corner of the cave, lay down on the ground, and said to the larva at the door with a smile:

“Okay, I’m going to rest now. If you have something to do, go do it now.”

The larva tilted its head and saw that Xia Ruize had already laid down, which seemed to indicate that nothing was wrong. It turned around and left, walking into another cave not far away that was also made of black flame stone. It was so excited that it kept tapping the ground with its six legs, as if it was dancing on the spot.

Xia Ruize closed his eyes and shifted his attention to Cheng Huaiqian and Gao Hexuan.

Fortunately, the distance between his location and the human camp was no more than 10 kilometers, still within the coverage range of Xia Ruize’s [Heart Net] skill, so the three of them could still communicate in real time.

More than seventy mechas fled all the way back to the human base amidst the insect race’s pursuit and siege. The exhausted command staff in the base were so shocked that their jaws dropped. Who could have thought that there were actually survivors who came back alive?

As soon as more than seventy human soldiers came out of the mecha, they were summoned to the conference room. At the front of the conference room sat the commander with a serious face, who asked them to explain how they escaped.

Cheng Huaiqian was well prepared. More than 70 people spoke in unison, saying that after falling into the deep pit, they gathered together and covered each other to force their way out. As a result, more than 200 soldiers fell in the process of breaking out – in fact, they were strictly guarded by the insects.

This narrative, which was one part false and nine parts true, actually provided a set of acceptable explanations.

But the captain of the pioneer team did not look relaxed. Before these survivors returned to the camp, he had been severely scolded by the general command.

Because of his command, not only a pioneer team of one thousand people died on this planet, but also ninety more valuable frontline special forces soldiers were killed here. Now, only more than seventy of them escaped, which did not affect the final outcome of his treatment.