Poverty makes me capable of anything.

Erin was startled.

She rarely pays attention to outside information, spending most of her time in the laboratory. She only comes out to greet experts sent from beyond the timeline.

She knew An Ran was strong, but she didn't expect An Ran to be this strong!

The thought of having once been at odds with An Ran sent chills down Erin's spine.

“If possible…” Erin said cautiously, “I think studying you is far more valuable than studying the Old Gods.”

"..."

You're out of here!

An Ran said expressionlessly, "I'll leave this ancient god and this mechanical behemoth to you for now."

Anran left the mechanical behemoth here because she was afraid that the sea people and rabbit-eared people of Dolphin Star would be wiped out by the rampaging ancient god. This was a reserve force that had grown beyond time and space, and the most reliable follower.

In ten or twenty years, a number of mid-level managers with strong capabilities will emerge to enrich the timeless organizational structure.

The mechanical behemoth used the "Strong Man Lock" technique, binding the ancient god with its powerful arms. Knowing that it couldn't escape, the ancient god could only accept its fate.

What could it do but forgive Anran?

"Alright, everything is ready!"

Meanwhile, somewhere in the park, a panda was curiously looking left and right, while An Ran walked out of the fleet. She stood in the starry sky, holding the item Heart of the Insect Nest in her hand.

It was a red prop that looked like a pom-pom.

After An Ran released her right hand, an option box popped up in front of her.

"Open the path to the special map [Border Hive]?"

Yes!

A breeze has picked up in the starry sky.

The whirlwind grew bigger and bigger.

It was as if a dancer was holding a red ribbon and spinning it around, the red arc of light dazzling.

A moment later, a gash appeared where the heart of the hive was located.

The crack, initially the size of a fist, gradually expanded into a 50-meter-wide spatial tunnel.

At this moment, all players, whether they were still inside the spaceship or not, received a notification from the game.

"You have discovered a new map: [Border Hive]".

Before the game notification sound had even finished, An Ran saw a dozen or so thin-winged insects fly out of the space tunnel, seemingly bewildered.

"Snap—"

The green sword energy flashed and disappeared in an instant, blasting the insects into pieces.

"We can set off now!"

A new journey has begun.

Players traveled through a space tunnel aboard small transport ships to a Zerg hive located on the border of the Empire.

This is a star system inhabited by insects; every planet suitable for insect life is covered with densely packed insect nests.

That grayish-brown insect nest was absolutely disgusting, crammed together like the contents of a drunkard's vomit.

"Bomb as much as you want!"

Anran released a mission with the same name.

There is no need to show any mercy to these insects; naval guns are the most brutal gift to be given away.

Under the endless barrage of artillery fire, the "contaminated" planets were reborn. Although the terrain was damaged, the disgusting insect hives were blown to pieces, and the planets looked much better overall.

The trans-temporal action immediately alerted the Zerg progenitor hidden in the border hive.

"Go, kill all those invaders!" the Zerg progenitor roared angrily.

However, the master-level bugs it sent were blasted into pieces before they even got close to the hyperspace fleet, adding a lot of cosmic debris for no reason.

"!"

The enemy's strength was beyond imagination.

Unaware of its peaceful existence, the Zerg progenitor split in anger.

"Go, kill all those invaders!"

The progenitor of the Zerg dispatched a Grandmaster-level Zerg Queen.

The highest-level fleet, consisting of battleships, could not possibly survive an attack by the Zerg Queen.

The Zerg Queen who launched the attack initially thought the same thing.

It carried swarms of insects across the starry sky, creating a spectacular scene, until Anran's even more magnificent mechanical army blocked its path.

[Mechanical Craze]

The mechanical legion's weapons were operating at full firepower, far exceeding their design capacity. But none of this mattered. Once a machine broke down, it would automatically disintegrate under the influence of the fanatical mechanical legion and combine with other weapons to form an even more powerful weapon.

The level 175 skill endowed the mechanical legion with "morale" similar to that of an army, causing the mechanical legion to unleash three to four times its original combat power.

"Chirp chirp!"

Stunned by the blow, the Zerg Queen finally noticed An Ran.

"The Great Demon King is here!"

After letting out a scream, the Zerg Queen turned and ran, ignoring even the tiny insects she had released.

This fully embodies the word "cowardly".

The players and the Zerg progenitor watching from afar were completely stunned.

"Ahhhh-"

The Zerg progenitor was so angry he swelled up again.

"Go, kill all those invaders!"

It dispatched four Zerg Queens this time, but before those Zerg Queens could even set off, Anran had already found it based on the instructions of the special map.

When enemies meet, their eyes are filled with intense hatred!

This human in front of them had ruined the Zerg's millennia-long plan to break out. The Zerg progenitor, whose size was almost the size of a planet, attacked An Ran without saying a word.

"You dare to come to my headquarters? You're dead!"

The planets in this starry sky are filled with clones of the Zerg progenitor; it could be said that this entire planetary system is the body of the Zerg progenitor.

The Zerg Protoss's strength is increased by 30% when playing on home turf!

With a level of 174, it had a significant advantage when facing Anran, the mechanic.

"Whoohoo-"

Using the surrounding planet as a base, countless red, rotting flesh tentacles flew towards An Ran.

This is filled with the resentment of the Zerg progenitor who wanted to torture An Ran to death. It looks like An Ran is about to fall into the endless hell of the Zerg progenitor's whipping.

Just then, the Zerg progenitor suddenly discovered that Anran had disappeared.

"What about people?"

boom!

The next second, a huge warhead flew out of hyperspace and smashed directly into its head.

While the Zerg progenitor was still reeling from the blow to the head, he also spotted An Ran, who had jumped into hyperspace!

That damn woman!

But soon the Zerg progenitor's opinion of Anran changed to that of a despicable and shameless woman.

Anran discovered that killing this insect in a short time would be extremely difficult, as it had an incredibly high health pool and could quickly regenerate health by devouring other insects.

So ordinary tactics won't work, let's see who has more stamina than this bug.

The massive Zerg progenitor expends considerable effort with each attack, while Anran is renowned for her endurance; she is capable of going toe-to-toe with Ella!

Seizing an opening, An Ran came out and gave the Zerg Progenitor a good beating before flashing into hyperspace. An Ran kept jumping back and forth between the two places. Although the Zerg Progenitor didn't lose much health, he was still exhausted by An Ran's shameless actions and couldn't recover his strength at all.

What, are you kidding me!

The tentacle monster can't even beat the magical girl!

How could such a script possibly exist!

The Zerg progenitor repeatedly increased its efforts, but being completely unfamiliar with spatial powers, it was completely outmaneuvered.

"Come and hit me!"

"You dare stop!"

"Come and hit me if you dare!"

Damn it!

An hour later, the Zerg progenitor looked dejected.

Two hours later, the Zerg progenitor began to tire.

Three hours later, facing Anran's crushing defeat of the Zerg progenitor, they decided to ambush Anran.

This attack is unacceptable, this attack is unnecessary; a counterattack will suffice, and we'll quietly make a fortune.

Unfortunately, An Ran possessed the Eye of True Sight, and the instant it made its move, An Ran vanished into the hyperspace.

bump!

The Zerg progenitor's actions backfired spectacularly.

Finally, in this protracted and back-and-forth battle, the Zerg progenitor was defeated and began to seek peace with Anran.

"Stop hitting me, stop hitting me!" it weakly relayed.

An Ran smiled and said, "It's okay if you don't want to fight, but you can help me with something."

Under Enron's coercion, the Zerg progenitor signed an unequal treaty.