Bengtie: A Genius's Out-of-the-Domain Idea

Ruan Mei: "The insect king's mandibles, the insect king's eyes, the insect king's limbs, the insect king's wings, the insect king's armor, the insect king's abdomen..."

"And the Star-Eating Whale, the Primal Dream Eater, the Nevado Giant Unicorn, the Silivia Elf, the Dead Dragon's Howl, the Comet Worm..."

As Ruan Mei recited a long list of dishes, everyone fell silent.

Lin Yi covered his face: "Aren't our timelines a bit different? It doesn't seem like much time has passed, does it?"

Ruan Mei: "Most of them were prepared in advance, and they were all rough embryos with only a little over ten percent of the experimental progress."

Black Tower: "They ate all the Star-Shattering King Worms??"

Ruan Mei: "Hmm..."

Lin Yi didn't know whether to call Ruan Mei a swindler or the Star-Shattering King Worm a glutton.

So, "moment" only mentions breeding, but doesn't mention how breeding came about, right?

Of course, this is a joke, but without Ruan Mei, where would the Shattered Star King Worm find these high-end supplements that are crunchy and delicious?

Ruan Mei: "Three memory envoys have just arrived, but... they're at a disadvantage... no match for the Insect King."

Lin Yi: "Black Tower~ Let's wrap up our looting here for now. Facing this ruthless guy, I can't afford to be careless and not take the 'Phase Walker'."

Black Tower: "Tsk~ Alright. You go first. I'll see if I can take it all, like the 'Floating Light Realm Sea' that stored memories of all realms last time. I'll make a replica and return it to the Memory Court. If I can't take it all, I'll just have to come back to the Memory Court another time."

Black Tower shook his head and sighed softly: "Even with the support of Screw Gum's computing pathway, it's only 1.3%?"

The Black Tower interrupted the automatically running recording mechanism, and Lin Yi took the falling "Phase Walker" with ease.

Lin Yi: "1.3% is quite a lot. It's already a miracle that Yi Ting has accumulated so much over the years and can replicate so many copies in such a short time."

Lin Yi parted the ripples in space, crossed to the vicinity of Ruan Mei, and simultaneously moved to the alternate phase, overlooking the entire battlefield from a unique perspective.

Ruan Mei, holding her ruanxian (a type of lute), stood amidst the boundless swarm of insects, her clothes fluttering, serene and natural.

The surging waves of the Sea of ​​Remembrance below add to the beauty.

Yes, that's how it is if we ignore the swarm of insects.

Despite being surrounded by insects, Ruan Mei showed no sign of panic. The insects seemed oblivious to her presence, guarding the massive, star-like Shattered Star King Insect.

And that Star-Shattering King Insect... is attacking the Memory Maker.

Chapter 269 The Insect King Who Bears the Reproduction

These are not ordinary memory users; there are three memory envoys here, surrounded by the Star Shattering King Insect and its swarm of insects.

This is why Lin Yi encountered Mona and Xiao Shi. They were both looking for the insects, but after finding them, they realized they couldn't defeat them and were held back.

The fate of memory lies more in its application of tricks and shortcuts.

A full range of mental abilities

Various clever manipulations of memory, such as copying, deleting, and restoring.

Information perception/leap through memory pathways

The immortality brought by the meme body

Overall, it is undoubtedly very comprehensive and flexible.

However, compared to Destruction, Hunting, and Nothingness, it truly lacks the ability to launch a direct attack.

Their opponent is the Starbreaker King Worm O Skarakabaz.

It possesses a powerful body resulting from multiple transformations and evolutions. Furthermore, it can evolve in a targeted manner to ignore the special characteristics of memetic life forms.

The various special methods related to "memory" are also rendered ineffective due to the "reproduction" destiny carried by the Star-Shattering King Worm.

In short, Tsar Taizyuros's gift has increased the Starbreaker King's resistance to negative effects and control effects below the level of Star God to over 90%.

Just like Lin Yi's natural enemy of Xiao Shi, there was no solution.

Lin Yi sent a message to Ruan Mei, informing her that he was observing the situation.

I reckon the screws and the others will be here soon.

Lin Yi watched and wondered, not even lifting a finger to fight, but just observing, he could sense the insect king's extraordinary abilities.

Putting aside its size, its appearance alone is completely different from the Star-Shattering King Insect (simulated) that Ruan Mei once experimented with.

It has a pale golden carapace, the original dark blue mouthparts of the Stardust King, with slightly transparent wings, long horns made of horn, and a huge abdomen.

Ruan Mei explained to Lin Yi: "Before, it was not much different in appearance from the Star Shattering King Worm, only differing in size. But after swallowing those experimental embryos, it transformed into this in just a few minutes."

Lin Yi frowned: "Appearance isn't important; inner qualities are."

"The 'Abundance' is frantically feeding back to me; this insect—no—has barely managed to get a touch of Him."

"It carries the remnants of 'reproduction,' is it the echo of that insect's cry that resounded throughout the universe?"

Ruan Mei: "Perhaps? The Phantom Queen Insect and the Pregnant Queen Insect have shown no signs of activity for a long time. If all the Queen Insects perish, it's not impossible that this could trigger a backlash from 'breeding'."

"Then—if His will truly still exists, He might glimpse the only one who could be called 'survivor'—the Star Shattering King Insect..."

Lin Yi shook his head: "No matter what, we can't let it continue to grow. The current swarm only has a handful of large and small insects. It not only carries out 'reproduction,' but it's also at the forefront of 'reproduction.'"

"If left to grow unchecked, it might truly transform from a vessel for 'reproduction' into the embodiment of 'reproduction.' If it creates something like 'It,' that would be a huge success!"

"Now, I'm certain that the 'moment' has arrived for this special insect king."

Lin Yi kept observing and calculating. Fortunately, perhaps due to the shattering of "breeding", the concept of "solidity" had been taken over by the Star God of Preservation.

The King Insect's carapace doesn't appear to be a single piece. After using Phase Walker to perform some calculations and determine its location and arrangement, Lin Yi decided to present a small gift to test the quality of the Shattered Star King Insect.

After reminding Ruan Mei to take cover.

Tens of thousands of conventional planet-destroying strikes that penetrate the Earth's core and cause planetary collapse are accompanied by the appearance of tens of thousands of space gates.

Through precise arrangement, all attacks converge at a single point: the junction of the insect king's waist and abdomen.

Before the smoke and dust had cleared, a rainbow pulse beam, having absorbed the essence of thousands of "bottled stars," followed closely behind. Lin Yi then swung his "Phase Walker" down towards the very spot where the attack had just occurred.

Lin Yi didn't care at all about the memory envoys nearby.

Since it's a memetic body, as long as it's not attacked in a special way, friendly fire is off.

At most, it will just dazzle your eyes and allow you to feel the shockwave up close, as well as prepare for the insect king's possible furious counterattack.

"Roar~ Hiss~ Ha~"

A loud chirping sound rang out.

Such an attack would have reduced a neutron star to interstellar dust.

However, Skarabaz was only blown in two by Lin Yi.

And with that hissing sound, both parts were restored to their original state, becoming two identical insect kings.

Breeding is just that unreasonable.

Then, the two insect kings that had separated from Lin Yi, one stayed in place to continue beating the memory envoy, while the other spread its wings and instantly arrived above Lin Yi. Its insect claws were like knives, and it closed them in an instant.

"Clang~ Click~"

Kripper's shield remained effective. Lin Yi divided the body of the King Insect into hundreds of spatial segments, twisting them in various directions. The chaotic spatial arrangement twisted the King Insect into a pretzel.

At the same time, he swept away a swarm of insects that came to help him from the side.

Lin Yi appeared to have easily slain the split insect king, yet his face showed no joy. The insect king's flesh and limbs, twisted into such a state, were still writhing; it had not died even in this condition.

If Lin Yi were to restore this distorted space, countless more insects would likely be created.

Lin Yi: "What terrifying vitality."

Screw Gum: "Perhaps 'breeding' is the driving force behind the survival of the Starshattering King Worm? Sorry I'm late."

Lin Yi: "It's good that it's here. We need to find a way to deal with it. We can't let this thing continue to live!"

As Lin Yi spoke, he casually erected another sturdy spatial barrier, sealing off the Insect King who was locked in battle with the Memory Envoy.

Then, within seconds, an ordinary true cricket transformed into the form of Skarakabaz.

Furthermore, within the two spaces established by Lin Yi, new swarms of insects were constantly being created from nothing, even though they had already been squeezed to a bloody pulp and their shells were shattered.

The number of insect swarms within the two spatial blockades is still rising.

This is about using the simplest method—pure quantity—to achieve a qualitative change through quantitative accumulation, thus bursting the spatial blockade?

Lin Yi could sense that the mass of matter within the sealed space had increased tens of thousands of times in just a short time, and the growth rate was increasing exponentially.

If the inside were to grow billions of times, the massive collapse into a black hole could indeed distort the blockade and allow it to escape.

Lin Yi was speechless.

Lin Yi had seen many things breach his basic spatial barrier.

Feixiao, who disregards spatial barriers, has only just fought against them.

But this is truly the first time I've seen such a simple and unadorned method of breaking through using physical force.

Screwgoom observed the appearance of the Starshattering King Worm: "This shape..."

"The current Insect King may no longer be the Star Shattering King Insect. Logically, if we disregard the differences in color and some details, its appearance is almost identical to the 'Breeding King Insect' in my database."

I didn't pay attention to the text, and when I was writing, I looked up information again and found that there were probably two more of the Insect King alive. Oh well, let's just assume they're dead. Anyway, Old Mi won't give them any plot details.

Chapter 270 The Insect King, Constantly Regenerating Through "Reproduction"; Prelude to War

Lin Yi asked in confusion, "The Demon King Insect?"

Lin Yi wasn't really familiar with these old stories, since his research hadn't touched upon them.

As humans, we can't possibly have everything in a database like Screws and Goom.

Screw Gum: "The 'Breeding Ohmu' is the first Ohmu to be born, and its overall appearance is like a miniature version of Taizyuros."

"It is the original queen beetle that inherited the complete picture of 'reproduction'."

Ruan Mei then clarified: "There are rumors that 'Shattered Star,' 'Illusory Dawn,' 'Lingering Light,' 'Pregnancy Calamity,' 'Bewitching the World,' 'Peaceless,' and 'Extinct Ferocity' are all specializations and improvements made by the Star Gods based on the template of 'Born Descendants' after their birth."

"Based on my research, this rumor is true."

"Also related to the Evil Queen Insect is a rumor that appears to have been spread by the Ominous Vanguard—"

'The tide of reproduction never ends; insects are passively selected between death and being killed. They evolve, then emerge from their cocoons to be reborn—like Him.'

Ruan Mei: "Now, this rumor has been verified..."

Lin Yi and the others could chat idly, but Skarabaz wouldn't give them the courtesy of stopping to wait.

It swept up the swarm of insects like a giant wave that could bury everything, only to be completely destroyed by the suddenly appearing black tower.

Only Skarakkabaz remained intact, but eliminating ordinary True Stingers would be of no use in the current situation...

Black Tower straightened his pointed hat: "Sorry to keep you waiting~ After taking away the 'Floating Light Sea' last time, Memory Court reinforced their memory storage facilities multiple times, so it can't be unlocked in a short time."

"I was worried about the situation here, so I decided to give up. I can always come back another time."

Lin Yi and the others didn't react to these words, but the three memory envoys not far away looked very ugly.

Black Tower apologized to them with a sheepish expression: "Oh, I'm so sorry, I forgot you were here. Well, I won't say it in front of you next time."

Perhaps because of the imminent threat, those memory envoys did not retaliate.

Black Tower ignored them: "I overheard some of your conversation from afar. It was a very interesting topic, wasn't it?"

"Should we conduct a study on the 'global locust plague' in the 'simulated universe' afterwards?"

Lin Yi: "Agreed. But let's focus on the immediate problem first—that troublesome Skarabag is back again!"

Lin Yi then twisted the Star Shattering King Insect's neck to the right and imprisoned it firmly in a narrow space.

Unfortunately, and unsurprisingly, it had no effect; a true molting insect transformed into a new Skarachabaz.

Yu Qingtu and Stephen arrived one after another, followed by Mona and Xiao Shi, who had been trapped by Lin Yi earlier.

Lin Yi returned Mona's sword.

After all, a fight is about to break out, and they can be considered allies for now.

As for the Holy Grail? The sword is gone, so of course the Holy Grail will be kept as a souvenir; otherwise, Lin Yi's efforts would have been in vain.

Anyway, tricks are basically ineffective against the insect king.