Interstellar boss, she doesn't talk about martial arts

Chapter 1774 A Once and For All (Two-in-One Chapter)

The once pitch-black passage is now somewhat visible, and you can see shadowy figures inside, as if many insectoid creatures are about to rush over!
Ah Yuan quickly said, "Sister! Ah Yuan doesn't like eating insects!"

"Let Ah Chou come over here!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than the Chongming Bird, Achou, appeared in a flash.

He cooed happily and plunged into the passage.

Not long after, Xia Chujian stood on the head of the Starry Sky Phoenix, watching a bright red bird fly out happily from the passage.

After He emerged, the passage collapsed with a crash.

The energy wave swept across the entire starry sky once again.

This time, however, Xia Chujian was prepared.

She quickly hid under the membranous wings of the Starry Sky Phoenix to avoid being affected by the violent energy wave.

Neither the Chongming Bird, Achou, nor the Starry Sky Phoenix were afraid of energy waves of this magnitude.

After the energy wave dissipated, Xia Chujian communicated with the Chongming Bird in her mind.

"Ugly! What's going on in the passage?! Are they really all Zerg?"

The Chou Bird said, "Yes, Master! It's full of insectoids inside!"

"There are several more Zerg, and they have the aura of the Zerg Queen!"

"They must have devoured the mutilated corpse of the insect queen!"

Xia Chujian said, "But I clearly burned the insect mother to ashes!"

The Chou bird said, "Then what they're eating is the ashes of the insect mother!"

"The mother insect has a very strong vitality."

Even if it's burned to ashes, there are still gene fragments inside that can be recombined.

"The only way to truly and completely destroy Him is to be eaten by me."

"This way, we can solve the problem once and for all."

Xia Chujian immediately looked worried: "Then that dark purple mist you just swallowed...?"

The crow, Ah Chou, said cheerfully, "Those are actually fragments of the insect mother's genes!"

"Now, it's all gone!"

He let out a burp, still feeling unsatisfied.

Xia Chujian took a deep breath and said, "It seems I still have to take you to the Southern Cross."

Xia Chujian didn't want any insect mother remnants to remain.

If there are any, then let Ah Chou eat them all!
Having made up her mind, she scanned the starry sky again, confirming that there were no traces of Zerg or Hydragon.

She said worriedly, "Awu, Ayuan, Achou, is there any way to monitor this starry sky?"

"I'm worried that the Zerg will launch another sneak attack."

"We, Guiyuan Star, never had an interstellar fleet stationed there to begin with, and now we don't even have our only space fortress."

With absolutely no protection, it felt like Guiyuan Star was running naked in the universe.

The crow, Ah Chou, immediately said, "Master, don't worry!"

"Ah Chou left his mark here!"

"The Zerg are most afraid of Ah Chou!"

"They would rather die than attack this place again!"

Xia Chujian was overjoyed: "Really?! Are you sure? Don't exaggerate!"

The Chongming Bird, A Chou, proudly declared, "I didn't have this ability before, but recently I've consumed a lot of highly nourishing foods. My aura can cover the entire star field above Mulan City without any problem!"

Xia Chujian quickly said, "Thank you very much, Ah Chou!"

She felt somewhat relieved, then turned around and flew towards the satellite with the relay station.

When they arrived, the Divine Hou Awu, the Starry Sky Yuanchu Ayuan, and the Chongming Bird Achou had all transformed back into their previous forms.

They've turned into a teacup dog, a chubby little bird, and a little yellow chick again.

Teacup dog Awu and chubby little bird Ayuan were too lazy to fly on their own, so they sat on the two shoulder supports on Xia Chujian's mecha and let Xia Chujian carry them.

Little Yellow Chicken Ah Chou secretly envied, squeezing closer to Teacup Dog Ah Wu, his little paws gripping a branch of the spider lily held by its shoulder.

……

Huo Yushen is still inspecting the relay station.

This is a signal relay station of the Beichen Empire that covers the entire Beichen star network.

If it doesn't work, then the residents of Guiyuan Star will not be able to connect to the Beichen Empire's star network, and will only be able to access their own planet's local area network.

Just as she flew toward the relay station satellite, Xia Chujian's quantum optical brain wristwatch suddenly received a message.

She pulled up the virtual display screen and took a look.

It was Chen Yanjun again!

She immediately stopped flying.

[Chen Yanjun]: Lieutenant General Xia! We've escaped from the space fortress! But we've discovered that hundreds of new mutated Zerg have also flown down with us!

[Chen Yanjun]: They didn't chase us; their destination was somewhere on Guiyuan Star below!

[Chen Yanjun]: We chased them to a small island in the Langya Sea near Mulan City. We're going to encircle and annihilate them!
[Chen Yanjun]: Lieutenant General Xia, you must send men over immediately! If we cannot deal with them, they will use this abandoned mine as a base and then invade the entire Mulan City!
[Chen Yanjun]: Farewell, Lieutenant General Xia!
Is this another attempt to wipe out the Zerg?!

Xia Chujian was very anxious and immediately replied to him.

[Summer's First Meeting]: Chen Yanjun! Don't make any rash moves! Send me your coordinates, I'm coming right away!

Chen Yanjun, who had originally planned to perish together with the relentless new mutated insectoid race, was immediately invigorated upon seeing Xia Chujian's news.

He quickly sent over the coordinates.

Xia Chujian realized that it would take at least ten minutes to get there.

Can Chen Yanjun and his team hold out for ten minutes?

Xia Chujian replied immediately.

[Xia Chujian]: I'm coming to find you right away! Wait for me for ten minutes! Don't be afraid! Protect yourself and your comrades!
Upon seeing this message, Chen Yanjun immediately shared it with Lin Nian'en, Old Zhao, and Wu Hang.

The three of them were also very happy and decided to stay with him and persevere for ten minutes.

With hope, they no longer intended to perish together with the Zerg.

Looking at this isolated island in the Langya Sea, they regained their confidence.

This isolated island must have been abandoned for many years; they saw no signs of human activity.

There are only some abandoned buildings.

Seabirds and marine mammals also occasionally stop there.

……

Chen Yanjun was in high spirits. He dragged the three of them out of a half-collapsed warehouse side door like headless flies and rushed into a dark alley filled with abandoned mine slag.

There are many places like this on the island, indicating that this place was once prosperous.

They hadn't really thought about why there was such a once-prosperous island on the vast Langya Sea. Looking up, at the end of the alley, there was a huge, rusty iron door of a mine elevator, appearing before them like a silent, gaping maw.

“The mine…this is an abandoned shaft.” Old Zhao gasped for breath, his cloudy eyes fixed on the door. “Quick! Go in! Those insects are too big! They can’t get in!”

Without the slightest hesitation, Chen Yanjun extended the mechanical arm of his mecha and shoved it hard against the heavy, rusty elevator door.

The hinges groaned shrilly, revealing the mine shaft behind them, as dark as night.

A gust of air, mixed with dust and mold, and a faint, cold scent, rushed towards me.

Wearing fully enclosed helmets, they couldn't smell the odors, but they could feel the dust and mold settling onto their goggles.

The four of them entered the abyss-like darkness one by one.

Chen Yanjun was the last one to go in.

As soon as he entered, he pulled the heavy iron door shut with his back hand and simultaneously inserted the thick iron bolt that was so rusted it was almost broken.

boom!
A heavy thud immediately came from outside the door, accompanied by a piercing metallic scraping sound and the distinctive buzzing of the Zerg, all of which reached their ears through the helmet's sound system.

The rusty iron gate trembled violently under the intense assault of the Zerg, with rust and dust constantly falling.

"They...they've caught up with us!" Lin Nian'en leaned against the cold rock wall, her voice trembling with sobs, her body shaking uncontrollably.

“It won’t last another ten minutes…” Wu Hang looked at the violently shaking door latch in despair. “This door… is too old…”

Chen Yanjun leaned against the cold, trembling iron door, the mechanical arm still pressed against it, his heart pounding as if it were about to explode.

He fumbled and turned on the light on the fully enclosed helmet of the mech, which was set to its lowest wattage.

A pale beam of light pierced the darkness, illuminating the space before them.

It turned out that this was the vertical shaft platform of the abandoned mine, huge and empty.

It should be abandoned for a while.

The thick, long elevator cable, like a dead giant python, coiled above the wellhead.

The air was filled with a strong smell of rust, and a strange odor.

It wasn't the smell of dust or the stench of decaying matter, but rather a scent similar to ozone, yet with a hint of the metallic, fishy smell of raw metal.

Extremely faint, yet impossible to ignore.

The data and samples of this aura also appeared on the mechs' eyepiece displays and at the tips of their noses, following the mechs' detection system.

They only smelled a tiny bit, just enough to give them an intuitive reaction.

Just then, a very faint vibration, yet carrying a special rhythm, penetrated the metal platform beneath their feet and was clearly transmitted to the soles of their feet.

The tremor didn't come from the impact of the Zerg outside the door, but from below!

From the deepest part of this abandoned mine!

Cold, regular, even with a mechanical persistence and rhythm.

"What is that?" Lin Nian'en looked up in horror. The visor of her fully enclosed helmet reflected a faint light in the dark mine.

Chen Yanjun's heart sank.

He strode to the edge of the shaft and shone the beam of his helmet's light into the bottomless mine.

The beam of light flickered across the rough rock face, illuminating the dusty, abandoned tracks and the scattered wreckage of minecarts.

Then, the light spot suddenly froze on a huge rock wall.

It is about several tens of meters below.

There, the rocks were no longer raw and rough.

It was a huge, smooth area that had been forcibly melted by some strong acid or high temperature, revealing a strange substance underneath.

It shimmered with a deep blue light, as if it possessed a life-giving glow.

The crystal structure resembles a hexagonal snowflake, dazzling and like fragments of a star buried deep in the Earth's crust.

After Chen Yanjun readjusted the brightness of the helmet visor, he saw something even more chilling.

On this mineral vein that was forcibly melted open, there are still living creatures attached to it!

They were insectoids, only the size of a grain of rice, shaped like ants, but with their backs completely covered by a dark purple carapace. They seemed to be tougher than ordinary ants.

They clung densely to the dark blue vein, constantly secreting a viscous liquid from the tips of their mouthparts, corroding the surrounding rocks.

They dug out the stones that shimmered with a ghostly blue light, carried them on their heads, and headed deeper into the mine.

From a distance, it looked as if someone had lit up a dark blue star path, leading to some unknown abyss.

These dark purple, ant-like insects, with each bite and each secretion of acid, could trigger a cold, rhythmic deep vibration!

"My God..." Old Zhao followed, his cloudy eyes fixed on the eerie blue light, his wrinkled face contorted with shock.

"What are those?! Why are they transporting those dark blue stones deep into the mine?"

At the same time, the sounds of the Zerg ramming against the mine gates became more rapid and intense, and the frequency increased.

That iron gate was about to collapse.

In that instant, Chen Yanjun felt a chilling cold rush from his feet to the top of his head, freezing his limbs and bones.

All the clues exploded in my mind!

Why did the Zerg suddenly launch a surprise attack on Guiyuan Star?

Why were the space fortress's orbital defenses destroyed instantly?
Why are all the star network relay stations on Guiyuan Star paralyzed?

Why were even the high-ranking and mid-level commanders of the space fortress precisely beheaded by the Zerg?!

Why, when their space fortress was destroyed and the Zerg were almost wiped out, did they still rush into the atmosphere and come to Guiyuan Star?

They are not here to occupy the space fortress, nor to destroy Guiyuan Star...

What they want is this existence buried deep underground, something that humans don't yet know about!

All the resistance and command center of the space fortress are merely obstacles they need to eliminate!

Lin Nian'en's voice trembled with despair as she thought of the civilians living in the major cities of Guiyuan Star.

"Are the people from Guiyuan Star still alive?"

"This time, does Lieutenant General Xia have another chance to evacuate billions of people, just like he did with the residents of Shaofu Star last time?"

Wu Hang's voice was hoarse but firm as he pointed to the frenzied insectoids below, devouring everything in their path.

"They won't leave any survivors!"

"They're mining and moving the minerals underground at breakneck speed!"

"There must be something there consuming this mineral!"

"Wait until they've finished digging, or until they feel the surface is mostly cleared..."

He didn't finish his sentence, but the meaning was clear.

The corrosive liquid secreted by those ant-like insectoids is expanding the exposed area of ​​the mineral vein at a visible rate.

I wonder how long these ant-sized insectoids have been digging here.

The stones, shimmering with a ghostly blue light, flickered like will-o'-the-wisps in the darkness, and their numbers were dwindling.

The time they could have spent in this stalemate was being devoured bit by bit by those greedy maws!

At this moment, the banging on the iron gate outside became more frequent and violent!
The bolt groaned under the strain, and cracks spread rapidly across the rusted metal!
The buzzing of the Zerg outside the door became sharper and more aggressive!
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