Battle on the Insect Planet (22): Taking power

Xia Ruize no longer concealed his true feelings, and the White Jade insect was even more certain that it had been tricked. The only thing it couldn’t figure out was how and when these humans had tricked it.

The command was stripped away without any warning, and the order to retreat was given to the Insect clan without its permission. The thought of it made the Insect terrified.

Xia Ruize did not rush to answer. He waved his hand to call a drone and played a more complete version of the commander’s confession video to the White Jade insect. After the video was finished, Xia Ruize smiled gently at the White Jade insect and said:

“My lover has long said that he also wants to know why we came to this planet. We have been working hard to find the answer. Now, we want to hear what the Insect clan has to say.”

Hearing this, the tentacles of the white jade insect trembled more violently. Its black eyes stared at Xia Ruize for a while, and found that the smile on Xia Ruize’s face was not affected at all. Finally, it became discouraged and said in a low voice:

“Humans do call my species ‘invaders’. My species’ talent is to directly devour various resources, convert them into energy, and create more of my species.

Humph, we are all cosmic races, and it is only natural for us to compete for resources. Other garbage races cannot compete with our Insect race, so they unite to lock our Insect race on this planet.

What’s even worse is that they are now trying to snatch our remaining resources. We will not let them succeed no matter what!”

Xia Ruize nodded thoughtfully and continued to ask:

“It seems that the Black Flame Stone is a resource that the Federation is determined to obtain. How are you going to deal with it?”

“You want to take away our resources? Unless my insect race fights to the last insect!” The white jade insect said angrily, “In order to lock my insect race, they placed a lot of dangerous materials. Humans dare not use interstellar weapons to attack this planet, because once the planet explodes, the aftermath will inevitably affect humans themselves.

So humans can only resort to sending soldiers to land on the planet for combat. Ha, those who land on the planet can forget about leaving!”

The White Jade insect stared at Xia Ruize and explained in a threatening tone:

“For so many years, our insect race has always limited the population size to a very small level, and the entire planet still has a large amount of resources left. If those damn humans land on the planet in large numbers, all the remaining resources will be transformed into insects and become our fighting force!”

“But you’ve also heard that the soldiers sent here are all discarded by the Federation. No matter how many are consumed, humans will not feel sorry. However, the resources on this planet are limited. Once the resources are consumed, your race will be completely extinct.”

Xia Ruize analyzed patiently, then changed the subject and asked:

“Would you consider working with us?”

“Cooperation?”

The White Jade insect asked back in confusion, looking at Xia Ruize with a puzzled look in its eyes. Beat and control the insect clan first, and then discuss cooperation with them? Was this a new trick developed by treacherous humans?

“Yes, cooperation.

According to the agreement of the coalition forces at that time, the Federation had no right to enter Erdogan’s planet without permission. We will expose the Federation’s secret actions to other forces and let all races in the universe jointly sanction the Federation.

In addition, we also want to teach a lesson to the federal senior officials who personally commanded this operation, and this requires your cooperation. “

Xia Ruize suggested with interest.

“Haha, but what good will this do for my insect race?” The white jade insect said sarcastically, “The plan has been exposed. If the Federation simply reveals that there is a black flame stone here, I wonder if the other races will sanction the Federation first or unite to kill us first?”

Xia Ruize simply released a [Charming Creature] towards the weak white jade insect, “Are you willing to come with me? A large number of your kind may not survive, but at least you can survive.”

The white jade insect panicked and resisted Xia Ruize’s charm skill. It instinctively felt that this skill was not friendly to it.

After subconsciously refusing, the White Jade insect fell into deep thought because of Xia Ruize’s words, and asked back to confirm:

“You take me away? Can you really take me away? Where to?”

Xia Ruize smiled but did not answer, just looking at the white jade insect.

The white jade insect fell silent. It thought of the weirdness of these humans and looked at Xia Ruize’s determined expression. It couldn’t help but feel excited. Could he really take it away?

***

At this time, the human camp quickly returned to “normal” with the joint efforts of many soldiers, and the contact between the camp and the headquarters, which had been interrupted for many days, was finally reconnected.

The camp commander who had just been released from the interrogation room looked at the senior officers on the screen with a stiff expression. When they asked him why he had interrupted the daily briefing, he turned the background screen to the main command room and said cautiously:

“During the previous battle, there was an accidental discharge, which accidentally blew up the main command room… All the soldiers in the camp fought with all their might, and today we finally achieved a phased victory in the battle against the Insect clan, destroying a large number of Insects. The next step is to send people to explore the Insect clan nest and bring back all the Black Flame Stones!”

The commander quietly shifted the focus of the report to the achievements and expected goals, and tried to ignore the fact that the main command room was burned and there was no contact with the headquarters for two days.

As expected, the headquarters’ focus shifted to the upcoming Black Flame Stone resources, and the grim expressions of the officers all became excited.

After all, the Federation’s action against Erdogan was top secret, and even they had only just learned about it. They did not even think that there were traitors among the ground soldiers and that the entire ground camp was controlled by the traitors.

Not to mention that at this moment, the senior person in charge of the entire ground camp could be seen through the screen, and nothing seemed unusual.

The reality was that outside the screen, a group of soldiers were surrounding the officers, pointing their heavy weapons at them and threatening them unabashedly.

In order to avoid causing misunderstanding, the commanders and others who were pointed at by the weapons dared not even make unnecessary expressions, let alone report the situation.

Thus, a routine briefing ended smoothly.

The connection with the headquarters was cut off, and the officers were instantly paralyzed in their chairs. They were still injured. The murderer was watching them closely, but they did not dare to report it. There was nothing more terrible than this.

The officers who were pointed at with weapons wanted to cry but had no tears. They secretly hoped that their superiors would be able to notice their abnormalities, but reason told them that this was wishful thinking and that their superiors probably didn’t care about anything other than the Black Flame Stone.

“What do you want to do next?”

The commander looked at Cheng Huaiqian, who was sitting in a chair in the distance and no one dared to approach him within a one-meter radius, and asked weakly.

Cheng Huaiqian smiled kindly and politely, the smile that always brought success when negotiating cooperation in the business world. His tone of voice was also very gentle, but the words he said made people feel extremely bitter:

“Next, I’ll have to trouble you all to work hard to create an atmosphere where the soldiers are unstoppable, winning one victory after another, and the treasure is about to be obtained. I think when the tempting Black Flame Stone is placed before them, those masters will be willing to come and personally inspect the final results.”

Before the commander could ask more questions, Cheng Huaiqian added naturally:

“You just need to do a good job in the camp, and I will naturally take care of the cooperation with the Insect clan.”

The question “How are you going to do this?” was on the tip of his tongue, but the commander wisely swallowed it back in the end, not daring to cross the line in the slightest, for fear that his life, which was already in the countdown, would end prematurely.

Anyway, he was still useful and safe for now, so he should not jump too much.

After Cheng Huaiqian’s words were spoken, not only the commander was confused, but the other soldiers in the camp were also full of doubts. However, they were clear about one thing: Cheng Huaiqian, who possessed special abilities and means, should not be provoked.

After recognizing the situation, no one dared to question the legitimacy of Cheng Huaiqian’s control of the camp. After all, in this desolate camp that was isolated and beyond the boundaries of the law, the life that was extremely precious to oneself was just a small number in the situation reported to others.

The situation was already weird and chaotic enough, and no one was willing to risk their life to test the bottom line of those in power.

***

The white jade insect in the insect nest was getting weaker and weaker. It could feel that its vitality and mental strength were rapidly draining away. If the drain continued, it may not even be able to resist the human’s charm skills.

As time went by, the white jade insect realized that if the current situation continued, their race would inevitably be doomed to extinction.

Although this process could be delayed as long as possible, the final outcome would not be much different, because it was clear that the resources on this planet were limited.

Two hundred years ago, the previous queen insect who was about to die engraved a development plan of saving resources and limiting the size of the clan into the inherited memory. As a newborn queen insect, the white jade insect had been developing the clan according to this plan.

The result was that although these invaders were famous in the universe for their reproduction speed and number, their population size was now pitifully small.

The white jade insect knew clearly that even if the Human Federation did not suddenly intervene, they would be completely destroyed one day if they were trapped on this planet, and this was exactly the outcome that the coalition of various races wanted to see.

The federal government’s intervention may bring this outcome forward, and it was shamelessly trying to snatch away their last precious resources, which was really intolerable!

After thinking it through, the white jade insect gave up the struggle and took the initiative to tell Xia Ruize that it was willing to follow him. Then he agreed when Xia Ruize released the [Charming Creature] skill.

Since the result was predetermined, why not try the plan proposed by this insidious and cunning human? If it could survive, their invading insect clan would not be truly destroyed.

The skill was successful, and the white jade insect became Xia Ruize’s fifth pet. The moment the contract was established, Xia Ruize put the white jade insect into the [Spiritual Pet Space] to let the white jade insect feel at ease.

The huge creature named “Xiao Yu” suddenly appeared in another world and was completely dumbfounded. Even if it had accepted the huge inherited memory, it could not explain what it saw and heard.

In the spiritual pet space, the phantom Xiao Bai floated quietly to Xiao Yu’s side and released his control over Xiao Yu. The white jade insect finally realized what the hell had caught it.

The phantom could extract the vitality and mental power of a living being, and could also inject it into a living being. The White Jade insect decided not to bother with it any more because Xiao Bai had returned the vitality and mental power it had taken away.

The more real reason was that the White Jade insect had the memory of the last time it fell into the bloody world, and was very wary of Xiao Bai’s ability.

Xiao Yu reappeared in the cave with her big, bright black eyes full of intelligence. Her long, soft tentacles waved powerfully and gracefully, and she announced to Xia Ruize with full energy:

“I will have the clan dig out all the remaining black flame stones on the planet, and then I will take over the clan.”

After truly contracting the white jade insect, Xia Ruize finally understood the talents of the invading insect race. It must be said that this was really a race with unique advantages. As long as the mother insect survived, it could devour resources and accumulate energy to create a huge army of insects.

What’s more, if the colony was threatened, the insects created could be melted into energy again. The mother insect would then find a suitable place to stay dormant with the energy, waiting for the right time, and the entire colony would be able to develop again.

Even when threatened with death, the mother insect would instantly split into countless larvae and shoot into the universe at several times the speed of light. As long as one of the larvae finds a suitable planet and survives, there is hope for the continuation of the population.