World-saving Plan: The Only Savior-Chapter 623 - 475: The Insect Race in Space (Two in One) _2

Chapter 623: Chapter 475: The Insect Race in Space (Two in One) _2

She looked at these Moon Trees through the thick glass of her space helmet, her eyes shining with excitement. Her reaction was no less intense than Richard and his team’s when they had first seen Moon Soil.

She gently scratched the surface of the trees with a small knife, but it appeared completely unaffected.

Tina was startled for a moment, then she increased the pressure, but still to no effect.

Zhang Xiaoman saw what she was trying to do and immediately ordered a Star Guard to step forward and help.

Unlike the other recent recruits to the Star Alliance,

Tina had already entered their laboratory half a month ago due to her relationship with Dane.

She had some understanding of these armor-clad warriors.

Seeing them approach, she immediately stepped aside to let them take action.

The Star Guard quickly drew his longsword from his waist and struck the branch of the Moon Tree fiercely.

The branch was easily severed, and purple sap sprayed out, almost as if the creature was bleeding.

"These things, they feel as if they’re alive..."

Zhao Liang’s voice came through the communication channel.

"Hey, did you guys hear a scream just now? Why do I feel like this tree just cried out?"

Another team member, who was closer, said.

"Liu Yang, have you lost your mind? This is the Moon. Even if it could scream, you wouldn’t be able to hear it,"

Yet, not far away, Zhang Xiaoman frowned.

Because he felt that the team member wasn’t wrong; the tree had indeed made a sound.

However, it wasn’t a sound in the usual sense, but rather a transmission akin to spiritual power.

In his perception through the Spirit Detection Technique, he could clearly sense that there was a violent fluctuation in the Dark Energy Fluctuation of the Moon Tree when its branch was cut.

Zhang Xiaoman was puzzled.

He remembered that when he first discovered this place, he had ordered the Star Guards to damage the trees, but it had not resulted in a similar effect.

"Could it be because it has grown in size?"

As he pondered, a sudden alert from the Star Order interrupted his thoughts.

"Alert, an unknown large number of creatures is approaching from five kilometers to the southeast."

"A large number of unknown creatures!?"

Zhang Xiaoman was alarmed and immediately thought of the Desert Worms.

Sure enough, as the projection displayed by Star Order appeared before everyone, they saw a dense swarm of Desert Worms running wildly.

Although there weren’t as many as what the Ninth Fleet had encountered before, the number was still terrifying.

"Zhao Liang, lead the team back immediately! An Alien Species group is heading this way!"

Zhang Xiaoman gave the command to the exploration team outside over the voice channel.

The team was briefly stunned, and then all were sharply alarmed.

They knew something about these alien species.

During the training before going to the Moon, they had even seen the bodies of these creatures up close and knew what a terrifying existence they were.

"How, how could this be... Is there really a creature that can survive in such an environment? This is really..."

The astonished voice of a team member came through, but he stopped midway because his eyes fell on the two Star Guards beside him...

Until now, he still thought they were living people.

The Star Guards didn’t pause at all; at Zhang Xiaoman’s command, they immediately started moving, picking up the box containing the Moon Soil and heading towards the Dawn.

The members of the exploration team reacted and retreated at their fastest speed.

Before leaving, Tina didn’t forget to bend down and pick up the fallen branch from the ground.

Fortunately, though the Insects were approaching ferociously, there was still some distance left between them and the team, providing enough time for their retreat.

As the five people returned to the isolation chamber of the spaceship, the outermost door closed immediately. The chamber emitted a puff of disinfectant gas and began to pressurize.

The Dawn immediately took off, raising its altitude instantly to avoid being attacked by the Insects.

Moments later, a group of people came in pushing the space box, and the branch Tina was holding was preserved in a special glass container.

"Star Lord, you just mentioned that there were alien creatures coming. Could it be those Desert Worms?"

After placing the glass container properly, Tina asked with a face full of fear.

Zhang Xiaoman nodded and then ordered Star Order to activate Holographic Mode, projecting the scene from the surface of the Moon for everyone to see.

"Hiss..."

Upon witnessing the dense insect swarm below, everyone gasped in shock.

They were all lifelong scientists, none of whom had ever seen such a terrifying swarm of insects, their faces turning ugly.

"These, insects... Are there many on the Moon? Will they run to Water Blue Star...?"

Zhao Liang stammered.

"We cannot rule out that possibility."

Zhang Xiaoman’s expression was grave.

What Zhao Liang spoke of was precisely what he feared most.

He had previously expended a great deal of effort to clear the insects on Rebirth Island.

It was all to prevent them from rapidly reproducing and sweeping across the entire world.

But now, just as Water Blue Star’s crisis had barely been resolved, a large-scale insect swarm had reappeared on the Moon.

This was indeed a headache.

After all, this wasn’t Water Blue Star.

If he wanted to engage in battle here, he could only rely on Dawn aside from the Star Guards.

However, Dawn had limited ammunition and was nowhere near enough to exterminate a large-scale insect swarm.

A broad plasma beam attack like the last time was no longer possible.

If relying solely on Star Guards, killing a small group of insects wouldn’t be a problem.

But once their numbers increased, the Star Guards’ attacks would be akin to trying to extinguish a car fire with a cup of water.

Should these insects be left to develop freely, there might someday truly be a scene of interstellar conflict.

As for his space program, that wouldn’t be affected.

After all, there was plenty of Moon Soil on the Moon, and all Zhang Xiaoman needed to do was land somewhere at random, then have the Star Guards dig and bring back the soil.

With the efficiency of the Star Guards, they could fully be deemed humanoid digging machines.

"Could it be necessary to use nuclear bombs...?"

Zhang Xiaoman felt somewhat helpless in his heart.

He really didn’t want to resort to this step unless absolutely necessary.

The Moon was to be the main site for his next phase of development, and he did not wish its environment to be damaged.

Moreover, attacking these insect swarms with nuclear bombs was somewhat unrealistic.

For starters, the Star Alliance itself didn’t have nuclear bombs.

To conduct a nuclear strike on the insects, it would be necessary to inform the countries on Water Blue Star that possessed them.

Following normal logic, upon hearing this news, the countries would definitely not ignore it.

But this would undoubtedly expose the Star Alliance’s hand, contrary to Zhang Xiaoman’s initial intention of stable development.

Furthermore, given the current technological level of Water Blue Star’s nations, detonating a nuclear bomb in outer space wasn’t easy, let alone on the Moon, which was nearly impossible.

It would only be possible to carry out a lunar detonation plan if countries were willing to hand their nuclear bombs over to the Star Alliance.

But then, it’s doubtful many would agree to this.

Handing over something like a nuclear bomb to an unknown organization is unlikely to happen.

Moreover, the destructive power of a nuclear bomb would be significantly reduced in a vacuum.

Space has no air to conduct shockwaves, and the extreme cold of space also results in a rapid decline in thermal radiation’s effectiveness.

The only real damage would likely come from the immediate energy release of the explosion.

So, this Ultimate weapon, which could end the world on Water Blue Star, would only be a powerful conventional shell in a real space battle.

In short, the idea of quickly eliminating the insect swarm with nuclear bombs on the Moon was unrealistic.

At this moment, Zhang Xiaoman thought of many things.

For him, Water Blue Star was his homeland and the foundation of his development.

He would never allow anything to go wrong here.

With this in mind, his gaze involuntarily turned to the System interface opened before him, and there, a special item should be able to resolve the current trouble.