Martial arts have become extinct worldwide, yet I am forced to have a large family.

"Report this to headquarters!"

Sun He gazed into the depths of the rift, his eyes narrowing slightly.

Investigator: "Yes, sir!"

The communication channel is connected.

"Headquarters, this is Rescue Team Three. We've discovered an anomaly in the middle of the rift—Iron-Eating Insects are moving en masse deeper into the rift. There are a huge number of them, and they're all moving in the same direction."

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the communication line.

"Team 3 received. Maintain your position and continue to observe."

As soon as Sun He turned off the communication, the voices of other teams came through the channel.

"Headquarters, Team One reporting, same thing here! The bugs are all moving deeper in, not a single one is coming out!"

"Headquarters, Team Five reporting the same thing! We tried to intercept a few, but they just bypassed us and kept charging in, completely ignoring us!"

"Team Two reports: The swarm is confirmed to be massing deeper into the fissure!"

One message after another flooded into the communication channel.

Outside the crack, a murmur of discussion could be heard:

"...They showed no aggression, as if they had received some kind of order, and were all rushing deeper into the area."

"This is very unusual. Why would the iron-eating worms collectively head deeper into the area?"

"The Iron-Eating Bugs originally appeared from that direction, but now they're going back... Could there be something hidden there? A nest? The mother insect?"

"Iron-eating worms do not have a parent organism. Their reproductive mechanism is individual replication, and there is no central node."

"That's even stranger. Without central command, how can they act simultaneously?"

The discussion inside the tent grew louder and louder.

There are many different opinions, but no one can give a definitive answer.

Teacher Zhong turned to Liu Qin, who was standing to the side.

"Chief, what's your opinion?"

Liu Qin crossed her arms and remained silent.

Her sixth sense told her.

All of this was caused by Yang Xian...

-

Deep within the fissure, high in the sky.

"That's about it."

Yang Xian stared at the ever-expanding black area below and asked.

"There shouldn't be anything missing, right?"

Lin Ai's voice echoed in my mind.

Don't worry! Low-level Iron-Eating Insects aren't very intelligent; all they do is eat!

This small rift also limits their potential; none of them are intelligent enough to resist the summoning command.

Therefore, there will definitely be no omissions!

Yang Xian nodded.

"That's good."

He looked down at Lingling on his shoulder.

"Lingling..." Yang Xian's voice turned somber.

"Let them disappear."

A bright blue light suddenly appeared.

A special detonation command was released from its body, spreading from Lingling to the entire swarm of insects.

one second.

two seconds.

The first group of iron-eating insects to arrive at the assembly area below began to tremble violently.

Immediately afterwards—

"boom!"

One of the iron-eating insects exploded.

Black shell fragments scattered and flew everywhere, splashing onto the insects nearby.

Then came the second one.

The third one.

The tenth one.

The hundredth.

The explosion spread exponentially.

From a point, it quickly expands into a line, and then from a line into a surface.

The entire insect swarm area turned into a sea of ​​explosions.

Standing high in the sky, watching the spectacular chain of explosions below, Yang Xian couldn't help but shout:

"Art……"

"It's Patrick Star!"

What about SpongeBob?

Lin Ai's voice immediately followed.

"Huh?" Yang Xian opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.

"...Why did you use SpongeBob to catch it?"

Because Patrick Star can't live without SpongeBob!

Yang Xian: "..."

-

The explosions became more frequent and intense.

The entire mud house was shaking violently, and the cracks in the walls were visibly widening before her eyes.

"not good--"

Before he could finish speaking, clods of dirt rained down on him.

The orange mech instinctively raised its left arm overhead to block.

A few seconds later, the entire mud house collapsed with a roar.

Guo Jingyi piloted the mecha to stand up from the ruins, brushed the rubble off her shoulders, and looked up outside.

Then she froze.

The sky deep within the rift was illuminated by patches of orange-red firelight.

"It worked?"

Guo Jingyi murmured, her voice trembling.

Sister Yang really did it.

One person, deep within the rift, wiped out the entire swarm of insects.

This kind of thing... let alone witnessing it with your own eyes, even if you wrote it in a report and submitted it, no one would believe it.

Guo Jingyi looked up at the sky, where the white mecha hovered above the flames.

The blue flames ejected from the thrusters contrasted beautifully with the orange-red explosions that filled the sky below.

"That's amazing..."

Guo Jingyi stared at the white figure, her eyes filled with admiration.

His mech repair skills far surpass those of master-level engineers, and his understanding of the Iron-Eating Bugs exceeds that of all researchers.

Are there people like this in Star City?

If it exists, how come she's never heard of it?

"Sister Yang...who exactly are you?"

-

Middle section of the fissure.

"Boom—boom boom boom—"

A deep, muffled explosion came from the depths of the crevice, rolling across the canyon like a muffled thunderclap through the rock walls and mist.

All six mechs turned towards the depths at the same time.

"team leader!"

The investigator's voice suddenly rose.

"Sonic detection has detected a massive energy fluctuation! Location—the deepest part of the fissure!"

"Almost continuous explosions! Captain, this energy release pattern... is not combat!"

Another team member shouted, "Captain, look!"

He zoomed in on the optical sensor to its maximum magnification.

In the scene, the dark red mist in the distance is torn apart by patches of orange-red firelight.

The flames rose and fell, forming a continuous expanse.

And the locations where those flames erupted were precisely the areas where the swarm of insects had just gathered.

"Iron-eating worms...are self-destructing?!"

The investigator's eyes widened.

Sun He stared intently at the flames, his mind racing.

The swarm of insects first gathered together in the depths.

Then they all self-destruct at the assembly point.

This is no coincidence.

This is being manipulated by someone.

"Send the footage to headquarters!" Sun He's voice trembled. "Synchronize all detection data! Quickly!"

"Yes!"

-

Outside the crevice, the command tent.

The communications channel erupted in chaos once again.

"Headquarters! Team One reporting! A massive explosion has occurred deep within the rift! The Iron-Eating Insect's signal is rapidly disappearing!"

"Headquarters! Team Five reporting! The swarm signal we observed has dropped to zero! Repeat, zero!"

"Team Three reporting..."

The entire tent was completely silent.

Everyone stared at the holographic screen, their expressions shifting from confusion to shock, and then from shock to disbelief.

"What exactly happened inside?"

"Why would the iron-eating bug suddenly explode?"

"Who did this? And who has the capability to do it?"

The tent was instantly filled with chatter.

"Chief! This..."

Before she could finish speaking, Teacher Zhong noticed Liu Qin's expression.

The brows that had been tightly furrowed relaxed.

It wasn't surprise or confusion.

It's a kind of relief—"Just as I expected."

If Liu Qin was worried before, now it's completely confirmed.

Yang Xian is still alive!

No one else but him could make such a commotion.

Not only did he survive, he also helped Star City eliminate the insect plague!

Liu Qin looked away from the screen, lowered her head, and reached out to adjust her glasses on the bridge of her nose.

"Notify all rescue teams to conduct a full search of the depths of the rift."

"Looking for survivors!"