You tell me, this is called daily youth?

"The ten-second countdown begins. Activate the optical stealth armor of each landing module."

"Hangar deployed, pylons ready for unhooking, Mirage systems ready for short shutdown."

The atmosphere became visibly tense. Yuki glanced at Johnny Silverhand, who had put out his cigarette at some point. He was holding a pistol-like device in his hand and staring at the countdown.

"Four."

"three."

Special war item. God's Scepter is activated.

He pressed it hard, and with almost no delay, a strong light illuminated the window, causing Yuki to subconsciously close his eyes.

Mechanical believers, they even hid this thing. If we become hostile to them, won’t we all be destroyed by a railgun?

His eyes opened immediately, and he saw that the thick beam of light hit the mushroom cap directly, not only penetrating it, but also melting a large hole in the ground. The accuracy was also terrifying.

If the senior student stayed where she was, wouldn't she be killed by his cannon?

Yuki couldn't help but get nervous, but he couldn't let himself dwell on it.

"one."

"Operation Fire Chaser activated, all landing modules deployed!"

More than a dozen egg-like objects fell down, and their falling speed quickly exceeded the speed of sound. They kept adjusting their posture in the air and drilled into the round hole that had just been blasted out.

The railgun was the best guide. The landing capsule fell towards the big pit on the ground, and the Zerg finally reacted at this time.

The attack came from overhead, and a laser beam swept past, just a dozen seconds apart. To be honest, their reaction was fast enough.

Just like stirring up a hornet's nest, dense swarms of insects crawled out of buildings and sewers, and hundreds of bat dragons moved towards the hole. They began to attack the landing capsule, but the prop that sent the players into the dungeon was harder than imagined.

The technology in the game clearly surpassed that of the defense forces. There was no reaction at all when they spat out mouthfuls of thick phlegm, and they quickly passed through the defense line. This time, the landing capsule did not slow down, and smashed the ground into pieces like a stone.

The people inside must be feeling bad.

Yuuki showed a toothache expression and heard the cacophony of reports from various CICs.

"The lander successfully landed, with 80% accuracy at the planned coordinates."

"The first and second battalions are deployed, and the defense line is being arranged."

"Data transmission, connecting to the front signal in three seconds."

Cheers rang out in the bridge. The accuracy of the landing was beyond imagination. Because of Mai and the railgun, the raid was very fast.

If it is the Hope's main gun that is firing, then the cloaking must be lifted. Although it takes less than a minute, it is enough for the Zerg to organize a defense. The attack from outer space is different. The two are only a dozen seconds apart.

With the bombardment and the arrival of people, almost no landing capsules were intercepted midway, which means that more than 600 soldiers were all deployed to the battlefield.

Only Yuki frowned slightly.

It went too smoothly, really too smoothly. The Zerg was obviously prepared and had long known that humans would cut off their support. How could so many preparations be wiped out by the senior sister alone?

Theoretically, there is no problem, and the characteristics of Youth Syndrome are powerful enough, but can such a huge copy be completed with just one gamble?

As the image of the first soldier stepping out of the landing capsule came back, Yuki's pupils contracted.

This place seemed to be inside the body of some giant creature. The not-so-wide passage was covered with traces of laser burns, but there was nothing inside. Machines specially designed to detect higher-level Zerg were deployed, and invisible energy waves swept towards the depths of the cave.

There was a strong reaction to the Queen's energy. This specimen was still a top-secret remnant of the 'Thunder Project', but it could not be seen with the naked eye, and the pointer was spinning wildly.

Yes, but it's everywhere.

Only the rustling sound of footsteps could be heard from deep within the cave, as if a tide was rolling in.

"Where is the Queen?" Levi, wearing a mecha and holding two thin swords tightly, suddenly turned around and looked at Sakurajima Mai who had just come to meet him after the special feature ended.

"Where's the Queen?" I asked.

A perfect raid, a perfect landing, but the problem was that the target was gone, enough to turn perfection into a trap.

Hayasaka Ai moved sideways half a step to block her senior, while Sakurajima Mai stood there in a daze, as if she had not yet come to her senses.

She blinked and glanced around blankly, seeing the emerald stones embedded in the wall, the skulls crushed to pieces on the ground, and finally her eyes fixed on the side of the passage ahead.

There was a simple long knife there, which suddenly woke her up.

Is this the entrance to the Core Hive? Didn't I walk in? Didn't I hear the Queen's voice with my own ears?

Everything is like a mirage, making it difficult to distinguish between reality and illusion.

"Senior, what's going on?" Hiyori pushed her shoulder, finally bringing Mai back to her senses.

"I think..." The girl raised her head and laughed miserably, "I must have been caught in an illusion at some point."

Illusion?

Levi, who had never questioned Mai's stance, immediately came to his senses upon hearing this.

The Zerg doesn't have skills like illusion, so the only ones who can intervene are the players. However, the three players on the Zerg's side don't know illusion at all, so there's no need to intervene.

He looked at the knife, which was like a dead object, without any energy reaction. However, his intuition told him that Sakurajima Mai was deceived by this knife.

The rustling sound was getting closer and closer, and five or six warrior insects appeared side by side from the end of the passage, while the light above their heads gradually dimmed.

The mushroom caps that had been blown open were closing, isolating them from the Hope, and various communicators began to produce a rustling white noise.

The entire city was completely resurrected, and thousands of insects swarmed in from all directions. With a loud 'bang', the buildings were shattered, and crocodile insects as big as mountains crushed over.

This was a brilliant trap. Just as humans were ready to go all out, the Zerg were also fully prepared, even using something unexpected.

A series of tricks against a series of tricks? Fortunately, that Sky Island Yuuki was cautious enough not to reveal all his cards.

Levi took a deep breath, watched Rebecca's blaster blast a samurai bug into pieces, and slowly raised his two swords.

"Sky Island Yuu Castle."

There was a constant rustling white noise. Yuki in the bridge also saw the scene of the airborne troops. With his thoughts storming, it took him a long time to respond.

"You said."

"You crow mouth, hurry up and think of a solution, otherwise we will all die here."

The Zerg predicted the humans' prediction and dug a big hole, waiting for them to jump in, but they had to jump. The biggest surprise was that Sakurajima Mai was caught in an illusion, and the airborne troops did not find the queen at all, let alone the subsequent siege.

The plan was completely overturned, but fortunately Yuki had a trick up his sleeve, and the Hope carrying the "spark" was still hidden in the dark.

Communications were completely cut off, all images were lost, and you could hear a pin drop inside the bridge.

In this dead silence, Yuki remained expressionless, with only his fingers trembling slightly.

"it is good."

Chapter 5: Hope, Not Moving (K)

"Look, they're coming."

When the flying boat descended with the laser, causing the entire hive to boil, the two players stood on the top of a building and watched the scenery like outsiders.

The empty streets were soon filled with insects, and five or six meter long bat dragons flew low over, stirring the air currents they created and ruffling the hair.

It was like stirring up a hornet's nest, countless insects rushed into the red walls, followed by intense gunfire like frying beans.

The humans arrived as expected, but the difference was that they landed precisely in the core hive.

"Someone's sending the exact coordinates." Shenwei showed an interested expression, realizing that his previous illusion was not an illusion. "They are quite united. That player named Mai actually dared to take such a big risk and go deep into the insect nest without being discovered. Is that queen an idiot?"

"They must have taken precautions. Even you and I can't sneak in. It's probably because Mai's skills are too powerful." The real person stretched and stood on tiptoe to look inside, but of course he couldn't see anything.

"By the way, what if the queen dies? It looks like those people are serious about this."

"It's none of our business. Besides, that air battleship hasn't appeared yet. I guess it's in trouble." Shenwei propped up his chin and asked with narrowed eyes, "Did that ghost send back any information?"

"He arrived at the battlefield. Hmm, interestingly, the other side was all wearing power armor. It was impossible to tell which one was a player."

"Ah? Then who should we kill? We can't just run to the front and be cannon fodder." Shenwei was immediately disappointed. He had no interest in killing the miscellaneous soldiers, and he kept his distance from the miscellaneous soldiers who could threaten him.

Just like on the front line of the battlefield, hundreds of psychic warriors are fighting against thousands of insects. No matter how strong an individual is, it will be useless if they run in.

A single blaster can easily block an attack, but what about dozens of them firing at the same time? I'm afraid players below Monster III will be killed on the spot.

The battle situation was beyond the two's expectations, and they didn't know how to intervene. At this moment, a voice without any emotion came from behind.

"If you want to slaughter your own kind, I have a good place to go."

The two were startled and turned their heads to look. They saw a creature with dark skin and dreadlocks standing on the rooftop. It was the only remaining general Aldridge.

"Why are you looking for us instead of going to guard us?" the real person asked casually, but he already had the answer in his mind.

After fighting outside the wall, he had raised his reputation with the Zerg to 'worship'. Apart from some blessings, the Zerg simply ignored them. It turned out that this freedom was reserved for now.

"Because there is no need. Human arrogance is their doom. The Queen knew they would come."

It was an expected answer, but a mocking smile appeared on Shenwei's face.

It's just bragging. Humans definitely didn't act according to their plan. No conspirator would lure the enemy into his own living room before taking action. The human surprise attack was definitely unexpected. It's a pity that it was not done to the best of their ability.

"You're so comfortable with this. There's no need for you to come to us. Just be frank. I don't like beating around the bush."

Shenwei was obviously slapping him in the face, but Chong had no emotion like "anger" at all, and his lifeless eyes turned towards him.

"The location where the humans landed is too delicate. I need you to work together."

"Right, honesty is key to better cooperation. Could you please explain the subtle method?"

"No, but their current area has restricted the Zerg's ability to move. The losses will be too great if they rely solely on numerical superiority."

This sentence contained an infinite amount of content. Shenwei and Zhenren exchanged a glance and roughly deduced the situation on the battlefield:

The humans' surprise attack was partially effective. Instead of storming through the main door, they appeared directly in the living room. The Queen was not watching TV there, but she was definitely not far away.

And because this is the inside of their 'home', the swarm cannot possibly tear down their own home.

No wonder those 'dandelions' didn't react.

Shenwei glanced at the square not far away. There seemed to be a field of sunflowers there, but he knew that the 'flowers' were just hairs, and underneath were starworms as big as buildings, well, the kind of biological cannons that bombarded spaceships.

The real person thought for a long time, clapped his hands, and said playfully, "Hey, it sounds like Her Majesty is lucky. She didn't have anyone sneak into the bedroom and then summon a bunch of strong men to break through the ceiling and do it."

Aldridge didn't understand his strange metaphor, but the content was indeed somewhat similar. The Queen hadn't expected the assassin to be so powerful, sneaking into the core hive silently. If it weren't for the "saint's" legacy, it is estimated that these hundreds of warriors would have landed directly beside the Queen.

Fortunately, the assassin was eventually confused by the legacy and sent the coordinates as soon as he entered the core hive, which caused an error and gave the swarm a chance to adjust.

"But the humans didn't know they were so close to success, so they were the ones who panicked."

Don't know? That's interesting. Yeah, on the surface it does look like a trap.

"So you want us to help drive them out?" Shenwei came back to his senses and shook his head like a rattle. "I'm not interested in random soldiers. If you can identify who is my kind, I can help."

"There's no need for you to take action to exhaust the humans. It's just that this accident has tied up the Zerg's forces, and we can't carry out our real plan." The general was too lazy to beat around the bush and raised his hand to point to the sky:

"That ship must have arrived, but I don't know where it's hiding. Once you find it, I want you to rush into the ship together. There are many of your kind there."

What kind of tactic is this, swapping homes? Wait, why are they so obsessed with that ship? Could it be that the 'Spark' is actually on board?

The Queen didn't know what the Lurker's mission was, but from her own experience, she had always been on guard against the players. However, because humans had directly broken into the core hive, she had to borrow our power.

Shenwei looked at Zhenren, their eyes met, and they laughed out loud together.

It's really like searching for a needle in a haystack, but when you look back, you still have a chance to complete the main task.

So, I have to thank you.

......

While Yato and Juling were in ecstasy, you could hear a pin drop in the bridge.

The commander-in-chief's expression kept changing, and veins appeared at the corners of his eyes. He didn't suspect that the senior sister was deceiving him, but he didn't expect the insect swarm to be so cunning and set up this trick of playing hard to get.

The staff officers were discussing, their faces flushed and spitting everywhere. It was obvious that they had stepped into a trap that had been set by the insect swarm long ago.

The commandos were isolated and trapped in the insect siege. A burst of firepower was enough to destroy them into pieces.

Once they are all wiped out, humanity will be completely defeated.

"Hope, immediately descend and support them with full firepower."

"Yes, the insect swarm has already ambushed them. They won't last more than half an hour."

"Commander-in-Chief, give the order quickly."

The burly man with a square face didn't say anything, not because he was not anxious, but because he felt that it was meaningless to do so. What would the point of opening fire at full force be? Could he rescue the assault team?

The arrow is already drawn, can it be shot again?