Interstellar Super Planter

Chapter 1145 The Zerg Have Become Weaker

Even Su Qing carried a large backpack full of mecha buckles and entered the space to repair them;

Leng Ye's rookie mecha pilot was fortunate to have good mecha defense in the battle, so he suffered zero casualties. He was unharmed, but his mecha was severely damaged and unsuitable for continued combat.

The fleet hired professional repairmen to fix the mechanical parts, but Su Qing had to personally repair the array on the mech.

Fortunately, there aren't many mecha pilots in the fleet, and not everyone can pilot a mecha, otherwise Su Qing would have had to repair it for ages!
Su Qing released all the mechs into the space, which stood densely packed in a large open area.

Repairing the array wasn't difficult; it was just a matter of reconnecting the broken lines. Some of the more severely damaged arrays needed to be re-engraved. Although it wasn't difficult, repairing each one individually kept Su Qing quite busy.

Luo Zilan could only watch from the sidelines, unable to offer any help, so she said:
“Qingqing, Nascent Soul cultivators are already in the middle ranks of the cultivation world and have a certain status. Which Nascent Soul cultivator would do such menial work? You should consider taking on some disciples. You need to be careful about taking on personal disciples, but as long as the disciples you take on are not bad, that’s fine. You can’t do everything yourself.”

Su Qing nodded. In the past, she was only focused on cultivation, and later she was determined to avenge her grandmother. She had no time to take on disciples. As for nominal disciples, she did have some, such as Yang Wei and the Ye siblings, but they did not have spiritual roots and could not cultivate.

"Ancestor, I will consider it when I meet the right person."

Judging by the time, Su Qing is already in her forties. With her cultivation level, she should have taken on disciples long ago. However, in this world, supernatural abilities are prevalent, and there are very few cultivators. Apart from the Star Celestial Master lineage in the capital, there is also the Fairy Xihua who was sleeping and never woken up back then.

In a world teeming with superpowers, finding a satisfactory apprentice is probably not easy, since the imperial laws respect superpowered individuals.

What are cultivators? What makes them so powerful? More than 90% of the people in the empire don't know. Recruiting disciples is not easy; it depends on fate.

Su Qing didn't feel wronged that a Nascent Soul cultivator was repairing mechs. Whether in his past life or this one, Su Qing had suffered and lived the life of an ordinary person.
She doesn't exploit or enslave others to work for her just because she's strong. She pays generous rewards and abundant cultivation resources to those who work for her.

Of course, space pirates are an exception; those people deserved to die. Su Qing let them live simply to make use of them and atone for his sins by killing the insectoid race.

The entire Cold Night Mercenary Group was busy working hard to increase their strength. Even the space pirates trained tirelessly, and not a single person secretly went out to wander around.

Ye Zhi Qiu has already distributed the commissions to everyone; all those who participated in the mission received a considerable amount of Star Coins.

Although the space pirates didn't receive a commission, they were given cultivation resources such as pills and weapons. A few space pirates even performed well and received the antidote. Those dozens of people were overjoyed and wept tears of joy, finally free from the cycle of life and death.

After the initial surprise, they felt lost and unsure of what to do next. In the past, they would have tried every means to escape and find a new place to start their life as space pirates again.
But now that the mid-level star system has been invaded by the Zerg, where can they find refuge? They know very well how terrifying the Zerg are;

The Imperial army is no match for the Zerg; their strength is insignificant compared to the Zerg army. With the star field in chaos, space pirates will lose their jobs, and survival will be a struggle from now on.

After much deliberation, I decided to stay. Following Su Qing might allow me to live longer; if I ventured out on my own, I would either be killed or eaten by the insectoid race.

These people were among the smarter space pirates, able to recognize the situation, and had some influence among them. Ye Zhi Qiu appointed them as minor leaders in charge of managing the space pirates.

Their poison was cured, but instead of fleeing, they wholeheartedly followed Leng Ye. Their decision stabilized morale, and the space pirates on each warship trained even more diligently.

The strongest individual soldier in Star Wars is the mech. Leng Ye's mech team has a large number of people, more than 2000, but most of them are rookies. If they were to be tested, only half of them would barely pass.

But Lengye is short of people right now. Even if they transfer people from mercenary groups, there aren't many mech pilots. Every mech pilot is a treasure. Lengye has less than 10 mech pilots on the Zerg battlefield, which shows how scarce they are.

Ye Zhi Qiu was also a mecha pilot, but after his serious injuries, his mental strength had declined, making him unsuitable for prolonged combat; otherwise, his crystal core would risk shattering. In the first two battles, Leng Ye's mecha team exposed many weaknesses.

This time, Ye Zhi Qiu focused on training the mecha pilots, and he had all the veteran mecha pilots guide the rookies one-on-one.
He also asked Bai Qian to engage in actual combat with them to improve the mech pilots' combat experience. As long as they weren't killed, Bai Qian could beat them up however she wanted.

Throughout the cold night, everyone was focused and dedicated to training, preparing for the new mission.

More than ten days have passed in the blink of an eye, and there is still no news from the Gale Mercenary Group. I wonder how their mission is going?

Ye Zhi Qiu didn't care about others. Taking advantage of the fact that everyone was no longer paying attention to Leng Ye, he quietly accepted another high-level mission. He didn't need to form a team and quickly led his team away from the camp to start a new mission.

This time, the military also dispatched two warships and a 10,000-strong contingent.
The military has its own plans to increase support for mercenary groups that carry out high-level missions.

The planet where the mission is located is very close to the front line. Once the battle line collapses, all the mercenary groups and soldiers on the mission will be a reserve force that can support the retreating troops. Although it is a drop in the ocean, it can still reduce losses considerably.

The star system where this mission was being carried out was less than three days away from the front lines. Before they set off, they had not received any news of the Gale Mercenary Group's return.
During high-level missions, only the military knows the specifics and the information is not disclosed to the public, so everyone is waiting for news. However, Leng Ye has accepted a new mission and set off.

The military commander in charge was a young officer, not yet sixty years old, from a minor noble family in a middle-class star system. He had decent military skills, but was a bit arrogant and looked down on mercenaries.
Although he had never been on the Zerg battlefield, at most he had escorted transport ships to the front lines and killed quite a few scattered Zerg.

Now, officers like him in logistics are considered excellent; many newly promoted officers are not as good as him.

The military was severely short of personnel, so the four-year curriculum at major military academies was compressed into two years, and all the students were thrown into practical training in the military. The best of the best were then assigned to various corps.

Having learned from his previous experience, Ye Zhiqiu made preparations when he landed on the planet again, but he did not encounter any attacks from the Zerg army, as the number of Zerg on this planet was relatively small.

The combat power of Leng Ye's group has increased slightly compared to last time, and their coordination and response speed are faster and smoother.

Ye Zhi Qiu was very comfortable in commanding, feeling as if the hundreds of thousands of people were his limbs, which he could manipulate at will without making mistakes.

The young officer led 10,000 soldiers, ready for battle. After watching the video of Leng Ye's battle with the Zerg, no one would underestimate the remaining Zerg, as they were a Zerg army that had fought against a regular army.

If he were unlucky enough to run into them, he would definitely order the warships to take off and be ready to return at any time; otherwise, their 10,000 men wouldn't be enough to satisfy the Zerg's hunger.

As for what the Cold Night Mercenary Group does? It's up to them. They have the autonomy to come on missions and choose whether or not to fight. Anyway, he just wants to go back alive.

It's normal for a junior officer to be a little afraid of death; otherwise, he would have applied to go to the battlefield long ago. It's just human nature.

The mission went surprisingly smoothly, but Ye Zhi Qiu remained on edge, fearing a sudden attack from the swarming Zerg army.

As time passed, hundreds of thousands of people searched every corner of the continent, leaving no stone unturned, even the rivers, lakes, and seas. Ye Zhi Qiu ordered the warships to quickly search the planet's oceans, but found nothing unusual.

The mission was completed in less than a week. After killing the last Zerg, another global search was conducted, but no unusual life forms were found.

Hundreds of thousands of people received the message that the mission was completed, but they felt that it was not enough. They were full of energy and planned to fight the Zerg. Unexpectedly, it ended before they even warmed up. Why did the Zerg become weaker?