Conquering Myriad Worlds from the Mythical Three Kingdoms

Since learning that the insect plague was inevitable, Xinghan has entered a state of preparation.

Although all the data had been destroyed and the past that Xinghan was the culprit behind the insect plague had been erased.

However, the body samples brought back by Huang Tian and Fei Xiong Jun still greatly helped Xing Han in his research.

Moreover, the Ming and Mongol Yuan dynasties were happy to provide some samples to Xinghan.

Neither the Mongol Yuan nor the Ming Dynasty were fools; in fact, some people on both sides had realized that continuing in this manner might lead to trouble.

But neither side could stop.

If the other side throws a ball and you don't, you'll be at a disadvantage.

The war between the two sides was raging, and neither side was willing to be the first to stop. They would rather both sides lose than let the other side win alone.

This is no longer a question of rationality or irrationality.

Rather, both sides are now in a difficult situation.

It's like a tug-of-war where both sides are tied to a rope; whoever shows the slightest weakness will be dragged down by the other.

Both sides were willing to gamble that if they kept pulling, the rope would break, rather than back down.

Therefore, in response to Xinghan's request, both parties were willing to provide samples for Xinghan's research.
At least it's a form of insurance, so things don't completely spiral out of control.

Of course, this is the opinion of some rationalists, and there are also fanatical advocates of war. On the Ming side, the advocate of war is Prince Yan, Zhu Di, and on the Mongol side, the advocate of war is Möngke.

Both sides wanted to take a hard bite out of the other.

While carrying out war mobilization in an orderly manner, they also studied how to make the insects more ferocious and use them as weapons.

Both sides prepared secret techniques to control the insects, confident that their techniques would not fail.

But Xinghan, as a pioneer, knew very well that secret techniques were useless against insects; even if you locked onto their bloodline genes, it wouldn't matter.

"Is this thing actually useful?"

Jia Xu looked at the insect sealed in amber with some doubt and asked.

"It will definitely work. This is a super insect. We use the method of visualizing gods and Buddhas to control this insect, making it take eating insects as its duty. Once the visualization of gods and Buddhas gets out of control, we will use the mouth of Brahma to directly wither this insect god."

The newly formed Xinghan Technology Institute, which brought together research and technical personnel from Rome, Kushan, and Persia, confidently presented their first version of an insect weapon.

Since all non-insect creatures would be devoured by insects, they simply decided to fight insects with insects.

Modify some of the insects and let them infiltrate the insect swarm to cause damage. Use insects to fight insects, so that both sides suffer heavy losses.

Fearing that the insects would escape control, they also designed a self-destruct mechanism that, once activated, could wipe out the entire line of insects.

Jia Xu himself was knowledgeable in technology, and after careful consideration, he indeed found no problem.

But after Xinghan put this thing into use.

The problem is that the theory itself is indeed correct.

In the first three days, these insect-like deities achieved quite reliable results.

These insect deities, imbued with their own will, transform every insect they come into contact with into the same insect deity.

Xinghan released tens of thousands of insect gods and Buddhas.

These insects spread rapidly within the swarm, quickly reaching a scale of millions or even tens of millions.

These insect gods and Buddhas devoured the insects frantically, gaining a boost in their strength, and then continued to devour them until they could no longer sustain it.

They didn't listen to the concept of stopping; they just kept devouring other insects until they choked to death and then infected the next insect.

If it weren't for the fact that the range of infection from the insect god's visualization is limited, with each insect only able to infect a few hundred, this method might have been able to wipe out all the insects.

However, during this process, some special individuals emerged, namely insect gods who devoured too many adaptive insects and eventually evolved their own adaptive evolutionary abilities.

They adapted and evolved on their own, and then, through frenzied devouring, they surpassed their own limits, reached the boundary, and completed a transformative metamorphosis.

With these special individuals as fulcrums, the form has completely changed.

The collective will of the insects began to erode the contemplation of gods and Buddhas.

Initially, the technicians could directly wither away those special individuals using Brahma's words.

But once the special insects began to proliferate, everything changed. The decline of Brahma's mouth could not strip the insect gods of their divine status.

Conversely, the collective consciousness of the insects began to attempt to transform Brahma, this ethereal and elusive will, into insects as well.

The researchers on this side were so frightened that they immediately used Brahma's indiscriminate withering to sever the connection between the two sides.

The seemingly perfect theory came to a halt in less than three days, not to mention that things simply went beyond what the researchers had simulated.

Errors that are negligible in their design process and cannot affect the actual results are magnified infinitely when the scale reaches tens or hundreds of billions.

Moreover, the swarm's will is cunning; it only begins to intervene personally after the self-evolutionary solution has run its course, causing the swarm to evolve along the path that has already been tested.

Therefore, after the insects and deities had ravaged the land for three or four days, the insects once again proliferated. Moreover, the insect swarm absorbed the qualities of the deities' meditation, gaining stronger aggression, greater combat power, and a greatly enhanced devouring consciousness.

"You mean you not only failed to solve the insect problem, but also helped the insects evolve and be replaced?"

Mu Yi's forehead veins throbbed; if he remembered correctly, his order was to exterminate the insect swarm.

Instead of helping the swarm upgrade.

Jia Xu was also somewhat embarrassed, as this item had passed through his hands and, from a technical standpoint, there was indeed no problem with it.

The only problem is that no one expected that a bug with the adaptive elite talent could forcefully break through to the level of breaking the boundary by eating other bugs.

This is not just unbelievable, it's unheard of.

It's understandable that someone with exceptional talent could develop internal energy that leaves their body through eating.

But it's hard to understand how someone could break through to the next level by relying on their extraordinary talent.

This is completely impossible on a human level.

However, when applied to insects, the sheer number of them makes it a reality.

"We didn't come away empty-handed. We discovered that the insects may have developed their own consciousness, possibly similar to the situation of the demon race, where some insect demons have awakened the collective will of the insects!"

The Celestial Master of the Big Dipper came out looking embarrassed, trying to save face.

"Can it pinpoint the location?" Mu Yi's eyes lit up upon hearing this. The fact that the insects were intelligent was already quite obvious, and he had already made the corresponding guesses before.

But this time the speculation has been confirmed, and it is indeed very important.

“Current tracking methods are insufficient!” Master Beidou’s expression became even more embarrassed.

Their research institute is working overtime to find a solution, but there really isn't one right now.

The only certainty is that the insects are accumulating strength, and both the Ming and Mongol Yuan dynasties are aiding the enemy.

Just now, Xinghan also completed an act of aiding the enemy. "We need to come up with an effective solution as soon as possible!" Mu Yi was somewhat exhausted; this insect plague was indeed causing a lot of trouble.

It's like a huge thunderbolt; you never know when it will explode, and the aftershocks will definitely affect them.

This feeling of constant anxiety is truly a headache.

“Actually, there is an effective method now!” Jia Xu said thoughtfully.

"Our findings indicate that once the temperature drops to a certain level, the insects' activity will decrease significantly."

Mu Yi was initially delighted, as weather manipulation was a strategist's forte, but he quickly realized the drawbacks of this tactic.

To eliminate the insects, a worldwide cooling process is necessary, taking into account the insects' adaptive mechanisms...

It might take the entire world back to the Ice Age to get rid of most of the bugs.

If grain production drops drastically, this thing will be more destructive than insects.

"Don't tell me you didn't consider the temperature resistance of elite innate insects!" Mu Yi rubbed his temples.

The plan was indeed effective, but just a moment ago he thought of another possibility.

If we already have adaptive bugs, how far away can ice-disaster bugs be?

"The current plan is to force all the insects to evolve towards the direction of the Ice Disaster, and then use the Solar Legion led by General Oswin to create an artificial sun to burn all the insects in one fell swoop!"

Mu Yi was even more troubled. First, there was the global ice age, then global warming. After going through this back and forth, he couldn't be sure whether the bugs would survive or not.

But most humans can't withstand this kind of treatment.

The insects won't be wiped out, but humans will be.

However, Mu Yi also knew that this plan was indeed feasible, at least as one of the alternatives to a mutually destructive solution.

If we're ever forced into that situation, going through this process again isn't out of the question.

"Recall Huang Zhong and Lu Su back to Luoyang to work with the research institute to see if they can develop a secret technique for rapid regional cooling to achieve precise pest control within a small area!"

After a moment's thought, Mu Yi recalled Huang Zhong, the military general most familiar with freezing, and Lu Su, the civil official most familiar with cooling.

At least cooling down is a possible approach; we need to research it first.

In fact, Xinghan did not think those boundary-breaking insects were troublesome. Even if the insects broke through the boundary, they were still just insects.

Zhao Yun could wipe out a whole bunch of them with a wave of his hand. The problem with this thing has never been the individuals, but the sheer number of them.

Even now, Mu Yi doesn't understand why the insects have spread to nearly thirty worlds.

It's even possible that there are other worlds they haven't observed that are being invaded by insects.

Every time he thought of this, Mu Yi could only sigh that humans were truly gifted at destroying each other.

Han Xin and his men opened the gates of hell, and the Ming and Mongol Yuan dynasties managed to escalate the problem to an unavoidable level.

Honestly, if the Ming and Mongol Yuan dynasties continued like this, they might actually destroy both of these massive empires.

It's not because the insects are so monstrous, but because the two great empires are monstrous in every way.

With Jiajing pressing the accelerator harder, some people in the Ming Dynasty finally couldn't bear it any longer and began to complain.

That's the overall situation.

Liu Bowen described the current situation in detail, including Jiajing's opening up and Zhu Di's radicalism, and reported it all to Zhu Biao.

This can also be seen as protecting Zhu Di and Jiajing, since it's better for Zhu Biao to handle it than for Zhu Yuanzhang to handle it personally.

"Xinghan's support is a bit too much. Are they taking this matter a little too seriously?" Zhu Biao immediately realized something was wrong.

Zhu Biao could tell whether Xinghan was offering his support willingly or was making excuses out of necessity.

"Our speculation is that Xinghan has some information that we don't."

Liu Bowen directly presented the overall assessment made by the cabinet.

"Moreover, the timing of the insect plague was quite special, coinciding with the beginning of the war between Xinghan and the Qing court. Yan Shifan on Jiajing's side suspected that Xinghan was responsible!"

"You mean the current situation could be an experiment involving the three of us, or even the four Qing court families?" Zhu Biao was not surprised at all.

Over the years of the Ming Dynasty's expansion, he has witnessed quite a few troubles.

Many problems are not problems in themselves, but become extremely troublesome because of the involvement of others.

It's like when Jiajing was dealing with an insect plague, Zhu Di was launching an insect attack, which was bound to cause problems.

"Now is not the time to investigate the source. Tell me, in your opinion, just how serious is this insect plague?" Zhu Biao waved his sleeve directly.

Since it involved Zhu Di, his own brother, he didn't want to continue investigating who it was.

What he wants to know now is whether this matter can be covered up.

"According to my estimation... it is probably no less than the threat of war from the Mongol Yuan Dynasty." As Liu Bowen said this, Zhu Biao had already closed his eyes.

This is a big deal; it can't be solved by covering it up.

"I understand, I'll go find my father right away!"

Zhu Biao sighed, packed his things, and headed to the Temple of Heaven, where Zhu Yuanzhang was located.

This is the place where sacrifices to Heaven are usually offered, and it is also the place where Zhu Yuanzhang and Temujin fought each other.

"Your subject respectfully requests the return of the Hongwu Emperor!" Zhu Biao shouted loudly while kneeling on the Temple of Heaven, simultaneously beginning to draw upon the will of the empire.

A moment later, a real dragon tore through the void and appeared on the Altar of Heaven, then transformed into human form and descended.

"Your subject pays respects to Your Majesty!" Zhu Biao respectfully greeted Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Biao'er, what happened?"

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned. His struggle with Temujin was a conflict between empires on another level. If Zhu Biao hadn't invited him, he wouldn't have paid any attention to it.

He completely delegated power in the Ming Dynasty to his son, who handled the situation very well, hardly causing him any trouble. He was his right-hand man.

But this time, the other party actually called for his return, and he suffered a loss because of this. He was scratched by the dragon-wolf that Temujin had transformed into, which annoyed him.

But he still suppressed his anger and asked Zhu Biao what had happened. He knew that unless something serious had happened, the other party wouldn't have called him.

"Your subject has important matters to report!"

Zhu Biao then recounted the whole story.

"Fourth Prince, Twelfth Prince, Hou Cong... those bastards!" Zhu Yuanzhang was furious when he heard the whole story.

While the fighting raged on the front lines, trouble broke out in their own backyard. Luckily, it was discovered in time; otherwise, who knows what might have happened. (End of Chapter)