My Weekly Refreshing Mentor Spirit-Chapter 373 - 310: The Hunting Plan

The soldiers of the Insect Race can be divided into multiple levels based on status and strength.

The lowest among them are the "pseudo-insects," which are subspecies twisted and corrupted by the swarm, akin to those "devils" wearing human skin that Xue Dili once encountered in the Holy Magic Empire.

Essentially, they have become part of the swarm, but their strength has not truly reached the level of an official part of the swarm, often related to their original power.

But in essence, they are not too strong, mostly between Tier Three and Tier Four.

These pseudo-insects often retain memories from their previous lives and can mimic past behaviors and speak in the same manner as before, yet their essence has been completely distorted, equivalent to an individual being connected to the collective network of the swarm, completely alienated.

These pseudo-insects make up the majority of the swarm’s main force; almost all that can be seen now are these pseudo-insects, accounting for more than 98% of the entire swarm.

The second type is the purebred Shabu Insect Race.

Their strength generally lies in the quasi-Tier Five, and some may barely reach the Tier Five level.

Although these insects are powerful, they must be birthed directly by the Insect Race Queen. However, for the Queen, this type of insect can be bred every moment.

They can corrupt the genes of other races, tainting their souls and consciousness, causing all corrupted beings to become incapable of normal reproduction, transforming them into pseudo-insects that can only reproduce more insects.

These insects serve as the commanders and unit leaders of the Insect Race army, disguised among the pseudo-insects, using their advancement to tear gaps amidst the pseudo-insects, creating terrifying havoc.

Most of the coastal defenses were lost in such a manner.

Among the Shabu Insect Race, the strongest individuals can grow into Baron Level Apostles known as the Insect Race War Soldiers.

These insects undergo several transformations and grow to be hundreds of meters large, weighing millions to tens of millions of tons. Despite their massive size, they remain extremely agile and possess frightening defense capabilities.

They are the heavy-armored warriors within the swarm, an elite few among the swarm.

Moreover, all their activities pollute the entire planet’s water bodies, atmosphere, and material cycles, so over time, the entire world’s water and air cycles are infused with the twisting power of the swarm.

Above this is the Insect Race Queen, who, although perhaps less powerful than the specifically battle-focused War Soldiers, has a formidable reproductive capability. Any mature Queen, given sufficient material and energy, can swiftly reproduce by laying dozens of eggs per second.

Each egg hatches a unit, the lowest being a quasi-Tier Five pureblood Shabu Insect Race.

Indeed, even the Super Beast transformation that the people of Giant Beast Star can sustain for three minutes at the cost of their lives, even when bolstered by the World Consciousness, can barely reach the quasi-Tier Five level.

Yet for the Insect Race Queen, this level of power is produced at the rate of dozens per second.

This is the power structure within the swarm, the reason the Insect Race is deemed one of the cosmic disasters.

Above the Insect Race Queen stands the true god of the swarm, the Sixth Apostle.

However, in this battle, He did not participate, but the Ninth Apostle, driven mad with jealousy, led the attack with two borrowed Queens and dozens of War Soldiers.

...

Within the Interstellar Corps, at the rear command ship.

"I have to go help my student," Xue Dili said.

"But we need you more here!" A woman in a uniform and glasses stopped him,

"We can repel this Apostle time and again, but we cannot kill Him. Even if the World Consciousness seals the space, if He wants to flee, we can at most hinder Him, not kill Him outright; thus, we need your power."

She stated bluntly, her expression serious: "If we fail to kill Him this time, He will return with stronger reinforcements next time. We cannot afford that gamble!"

Xue Dili wanted to argue that the Ninth Apostle had no more resources to borrow, but he fell silent as he was about to speak.

The Ninth Apostle did not disclose information about Giant Beast Star, and His insanity becomes understandable; because for Him, it is not just about this one Life Planet under the Super Iron Curtain but two alluring Life Planets.

Two Life Planets, once the wounds are licked after victory, may be returned within ten thousand years; the profit in this deal is something the Ninth Apostle will not abandon.

He would not even need to plant trees here; feeding all corpses to the Divine Wood would suffice for the Ninth Apostle to break even.

He has not invited other Apostles, purely out of greed, but if He escapes back and disseminates that there are two Life Planets here to the Parliament...

Xue Dili knows other Apostles wouldn’t mind sharing the spoils.

So if the Ninth Apostle acts recklessly, the next time he might not come alone but bring other Apostles, and from Xue Dili’s observations, the Apostle that has the best relationship with the Ninth Apostle is...

The Sixth Apostle! The god of the swarm.

If that happens, the intensity of warfare will surpass anything experienced so far. Even if they hold the planets, none would escape unscathed.