Collapse Iron: I just transmigrated! You want me to save the Black Tower?!

The corpse's clothes were embroidered with the mark of Fanghu Medical Clinic.

The captain of the Cloud Cavalry team recognized the clothes; they belonged to a doctor from the clinic.

"Report—Unidentified creature detected! Requesting backup—"

Only a piercing noise came from the communicator.

"Report? Report! Can you hear me?!"

no respond.

Communication is down.

The captain looked up and found that both ends of the alleyway were covered with insects.

Their compound eyes gleamed in the darkness, like huddled together bluish-green insect eggs, utterly disgusting.

[Potio: Damn, that's disgusting!]

[Potio: Is the Fairy Ship obsessed with bugs? Ugh...]

[Feixiao: Fanghu's communication...is there a problem?]

[Yu Kong: She doesn't even need to cut off everyone's communications; she only needs to cut off Fang Hu's connection with the outside world. Internal communications can be handled by the insects.]

[Sky Rider: Those Cloud Riders who discovered the swarm can't even send out their distress signals. The base stations receiving the signals might have already been eaten up by the swarm...]

[Yao Guang: ...That's terrifying.]

[Gui Naifen: ...What are you guys even lamenting about?! !!!]

[Gui Naifen: Insect plague! Insect plague!!! The insects are spreading again!!! Is this world going to end again!!!]

[March 7th: Damn it... Isn't this the script from the previous storyline? Is Fanghu going to become the second Zerg Hive?]

[Star: It's a little different. In the previous storyline, Xianzhou asked Ruan Mei to raise insects, while in this storyline, Ruan Mei helps them raise insects. They lead to the same end, but both are doomed.]

[Danheng: The most critical issue is that communications have been cut off. The patrol team can't send out distress signals, messages from inside Fanghu can't get out, and outside support can't get in... We're doomed.]

Ruan Mei had been planning this from the very beginning.

She asked Master Long to help her transport "materials," to help her cover up her disappearance, and to help her cut off Fanghu's connection with the outside world.

Long Shi thought he was using Ruan Mei, but in reality he was sending his own people to their deaths one by one on Ruan Mei's behalf.

Now, the Dragon Master has no further use.

The first group of enlightened beings to transform into insects devoured Longshi Yaofeng.

This is a very clear signal... "You will suffer the same fate!"

They all have to die!!!

"Dragon Master...you have such audacity!"

In the video, the moment Hu Yuanjun picked up his weapon and went out, Long Shi finally couldn't sit still any longer.

Zhuo Si blocked her way, a fake smile on his face: "Lord Dragon Lord, where are you going? Fanghu still needs your help with state affairs—"

"Get out of the way."

"Lord Dragon Lord, your impulsiveness will plunge Fang Hu into chaos—"

Lord Huyuan raised his hand and cleaved the doorpost in front of him with a single spear thrust.

The entire pillar collapsed with a roar, crashing down at Zhuo Si's feet, sending debris flying everywhere.

I said, "Get out of the way."

Zhuo Si's face paled for a moment, but he did not back down.

"Lord Dragon Lord, you cannot go." His voice was low, carrying a final warning, "That place... is not a place you should go."

Lord Huyuan looked at him and suddenly smiled.

"Not a place for me?" she repeated, the tip of her spear slowly rising, pointing at Zhuo Si's throat. "Then tell me, my Fanghu, my people, my subjects... where is there a place I shouldn't go?"

Zhuo Si did not answer.

Lord Huyuan didn't look at him again, and walked past him with his spear in hand.

Behind them, Zhuo Si's voice caught up: "Lord Dragon Lord, you will regret this."

Lord Huyuan did not turn around.

Silver Wolf: Regret? She certainly has reason to regret it (regret not killing all of you dragon masters sooner!).

[Fireworks: Finally, it's time for Lord Dragon to personally take action! We've been waiting for tens of minutes, are we finally going to see the power of the Vidyadhara Dragon Lord?]

[Topa: Don't get your hopes up. Didn't you hear what those Dragon Masters said? Who knows what Ruan Mei's lab has become? Even a Dragon Lord might not be able to escape unscathed.]

[Gold Sand: Dragon Lord is a Hunting Envoy, surely he can't be defeated by a few insects?]

[Jade: Even the previous few messengers couldn't stop the insect plague from spreading. What do you think she can do alone?]

Unfortunately, by the time the first insect appeared openly on the street, it was already too late.

As the tea stall owner was pouring tea for a customer, an insect scurried out from under the stall and bit his calf. He screamed and fell to the ground along with the teapot, spilling scalding hot tea everywhere.

Before the old man playing chess could react, he was pounced on by a swarm of insects. His chess pieces rolled to the ground and were crushed to pieces by the insects' segmented legs.

A fox-person child queuing in front of a pastry shop had her collar grabbed by an insect. Her mother screamed and rushed over, but was blocked by more insects.

Some people were running, some were shouting, and some fell to the ground and never got up again.

Blood seeped from the cracks in the streets and alleys, forming dark red streams that flowed along the gaps in the stone slabs.

Lord Huyuan held a long spear in his hand, its dragon horns gleaming coldly in the night sky, illuminating the path ahead...

...The street ahead was covered with a dense swarm of insects, frozen solid.

Insects were everywhere.

Densely packed, layer upon layer, covering the sky and the earth.

She swung her gun again, the tip drawing an arc of light, and dozens of insects turned to dust in the arc.

But more insects swarmed up, filling the gaps, like an endless wave.

"Lord Dragon Lord!" the adjutant's voice came from behind, choked with sobs, "Communications are still down! All signals are blocked! We can't send any messages!"

Lord Huyuan did not turn around.

"Keep sending them," she said.

"But--"

"I said, keep sending them!"

The adjutant gritted his teeth, turned around, and ran back to the communications room.

Hu Yuanjun took a breath and looked up at the sky. The image followed her gaze, and a blue barrier enveloped the space directly above the square pot.

Before the insect plague even began to appear, Fanghu had already received a death order from the Dragon Lord.

It sealed off all channels of communication between the inside of the square pot and the outside world.

Even if Fanghu falls... the insect plague must not be allowed to spread!

She did not stop her people from fleeing Fanghu, but at this point, escaping had long become a pipe dream.

[Topa: Gokugen-kun's eyes have changed. It seems she knows she's likely to die here.]

[Silver Wolf: She won't die here; she'll choose to die here because behind her are the last surviving Vidyadharas. If she retreats, they're finished.]

[Yao Guang: This is the awareness of a hunting envoy: victory is not guaranteed, but retreat is absolutely not an option.]

[Gold dust: But the swarm won't stop just because she's become aware of it.]

[Jade: The fate of Fanghu was sealed the moment Longshi opened the door. Huyuan-jun's ability to hold on until now is already a miracle.]

[Cang Gang: Unfortunately, miracles don't happen forever.]

[Feixiao: ...So Fanghu never ran away, but now I actually wish they had truly betrayed the Immortal Ship.]

Lord Huyuan's spear slashed through the swarm of insects, leaving streaks of cold light. With each strike, dozens of insects were reduced to ice dust.

But there were just too many insects.

"Lord Dragon Lord!" the adjutant's voice came from behind, choked with sobs, "The shelters are full! There are still many people who haven't been evacuated!"

Lord Huyuan did not turn around.

"Seal the gate," she said.

The adjutant was taken aback: "What?"

"I said seal the gates!" Lord Huyuan's voice suddenly rose. "Save as many as you can! Seal the gates! Now!"

The adjutant gritted his teeth, turned around, and ran away.

Lord Huyuan took a deep breath, looked at the boundless swarm of insects before him, and suddenly smiled.

"I've thought about so many possible endings... but I never imagined that I, Lord Huyuan, would die at the hands of a bunch of insects."

The light on the dragon's horns surged at that moment, and a blinding white light burst forth from her body.

Scales appeared on her body, silvery-white dragon scales covered her entire body, her limbs transformed into sharp claws, and a long dragon tail trailed behind her.

Her form transformed from human to dragon, and from dragon to giant beast.

A giant, silvery-white dragon coiled above the square pot.

A dragon's roar resounded through the sky.

[Fireworks: This is... the true form of the Vidyadhara Dragon Lord? Such a powerful sense of oppression!]

[Yao Guang: I felt the tremor of that dragon's roar even through the sky on my celestial ship... Fang Hu's Chiming must be crying right now.]

[Jing Yuan: To transform into a dragon...?]

As the dragon's claws descended, dozens of insects were reduced to a bloody pulp beneath them.

The dragon's tail swept across, sending hundreds of insects flying, crashing into buildings and shattering into pieces.

The dragon opened its mouth, and its icy breath poured down, freezing all the insects on the street into ice sculptures, which were then crushed into dust under the dragon's claws.

The silver dragon hovered above the square pot, each swooping down taking the lives of hundreds of insects.