CHAPTER 832: CHAPTER 636: WORRY

"What do you know? My scan covers the entire planet, how can it be detailed everywhere? Moreover, there’s strong interference here, and the terrain has a shielding effect, so it’s not surprising that nothing was discovered."

The Fake Owner·Swallower seemed a bit annoyed as he replied.

"Alright, I understand."

Su Mo smiled. He successfully grabbed the Eternal Metal along with the sticky liquid and brought it to his chest.

Immediately after, Su Mo opened the cockpit and crawled out.

He reached out and picked out the Eternal Metal, then twisted open a bottle of mineral water to clean it.

This piece of Eternal Metal is a bit larger than the one he got before, at least 15KG, really an unexpected surprise.

Then Su Mo returned to the cockpit and stored the piece of Eternal Metal.

"The items are all collected. Send everyone out; I’m going to drain the energy here."

The Fake Owner·Swallower replied deeply.

"Wait, let me ask you something. If you absorb this, how much energy can be increased?"

Su Mo asked seriously.

"One percent. The Energy Ore Vein here can’t compare to that Insect King’s nest. It’s also one of the reasons I didn’t notice it immediately."

The Fake Owner·Swallower responded.

"If it’s one percent, then don’t absorb it yet. It won’t make much difference if you do, it’s better to leave it for more tasks. I’ll make some plans soon, which may require a considerable amount of startup capital. Also, with the stuff in our hands, you can absorb it anytime if you really want to use it."

Su Mo deliberated and tried to communicate with the Fake Owner.

The Fake Owner·Swallower was silent for a few seconds after hearing Su Mo’s words, then replied: "Alright!"

Seeing the Fake Owner·Swallower agree, Su Mo took a deep breath and said: "Then next, we can start digging without hesitation, finally it’s our turn to get rich."

"It’s not that easy; before digging, you need to deal with those uninvited guests."

The Fake Owner·Swallower replied sternly.

Su Mo was slightly stunned, reacting to ask: "Didn’t you say there’s no danger here?"

"I said there’s no danger temporarily, doesn’t mean there’s truly no danger."

The Fake Owner·Swallower responded.

Su Mo realized, and his expression turned dark instantly.

Just then, the originally silent nest suddenly became restless.

Various-sized Red Ridge Flying Insects drilled out from small passageways on the surrounding stone walls.

They opened their mouths and emitted a series of insect calls.

There weren’t thousands, but there were hundreds.

Among them were several sizable ones, but fortunately, there were no IV-type ones, it seems advanced insects should be extinct.

"Boss, not good, we really poked a hornet’s nest."

Sun Duoxiang shouted, utterly terrified, upon seeing the emerging insect swarm.

"Su Mo! Get back quick."

Xiao Wen noticed something unusual and was the first to shout at Su Mo.

"You all stay at the entrance, provide long-range fire support, don’t worry about anything else."

Su Mo took a deep breath, raised the beam saber in his hand, his eyes sharpened.

"Understood."

Xiao Wen heard Su Mo’s words and responded sternly.

"No, boss, are you going to deal with so many insects alone?"

Sun Duoxiang looked puzzled.

"Aren’t you providing long-range fire support?"

Su Mo couldn’t help but retort, but he wasn’t too afraid.

At that moment, as a III-type Red Cicada Flying Insect opened its mouth, emitting an ear-piercing insect cry, a large number of Red Cicada Flying Insects rushed towards Su Mo.

Su Mo felt no fear, instantly pushing the Power Unit to the limit, causing the Slaughter Blade’s Power Unit to emit a piercing hum.

The Slaughter Blade immediately headed toward the swarm like a reaper.

At this point, the Fake Owner·Swallower said gravely to Su Mo: "Within twenty minutes, resolve all insects by any means!"

Immediately, a countdown appeared in Su Mo’s eyes, and the Fake Owner·Swallower didn’t provide Su Mo with any combat hints.

It was evident that this was a rare extreme training.

After hearing the Fake Owner·Swallower’s words, Su Mo felt no fear, his blood boiling even more.

"Alright!"

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In the Black Brilliance Command Room, Li Ruiqi was reviewing the feedback from planetary operation teams.

Apart from the resource points distributed among many, the Federation actually controls the largest share.

Meanwhile, the official operation team dispatched by the Black Brilliance has started work, and the feedback from various regions is very good.

At that moment, a series of heavy footsteps sounded from behind.

Li Ruiqi didn’t need to look back to know who had arrived.

Spade and Augustus simultaneously entered the command room.

"Greetings, Lord Spade."

"Greetings, Lord Augustus."

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Everyone in the command room greeted them.

Augustus raised his hand in acknowledgment before speaking to Li Ruiqi.

"How’s the excavation going?"

"Very smoothly, several reconnaissance teams even found small-scale II-type Energy Crystal Mines. Although the content is low, it’s still decent. Lord Augustus, how come you have some free time today to come by?"

Li Ruiqi responded with a smile.

"It’s like this, Beilo communicated some matters with us not long ago."

Augustus said with a furrowed brow.

"Oh, what matters?"

Li Ruiqi asked with some curiosity.

"You also know the Yanas Kingdom’s research on the Insect Race is deeper than ours. After their people studied the Red Cicada Bug King and combined some data, they found that there should be an Insect Queen in this insect swarm!"

Augustus said sternly.

"If I remember correctly, that insect swarm nest seems to be divided into their area."

Li Ruiqi asked with a serious expression.

"Yes, they took the risk to explore, and found that inside the insect swarm nest, there’s absolutely nothing, just a mess, let alone an Insect Queen."

Augustus continued.

"Is the Insect Queen a big threat?"

Li Ruiqi asked, staying calm.

Spade explained: "If it exists, the threat is certainly massive, at least V-type."

"That would be terrible, wait, that’s not right, if there’s truly an Insect Queen, why hasn’t it appeared?"

Li Ruiqi responded with furrowed brow.

"It’s just a hypothesis, the specific situation is unclear. There might be no Insect Queen, or there might be, but it sensed danger and escaped."

Spade explained.

"That does seem possible."

Li Ruiqi pondered and replied.

"There’s another thing, Beilo and their team, after researching the Insect King’s nest, their biologists proposed a hypothesis that the Insect Queen might have a separate nest, because in the Insect King’s nest, there’s no spot for the Insect Queen to reside. Normally, the Insect King’s and the Insect Queen’s nests shouldn’t be too far apart, implying the Insect Queen’s nest might fall within our area. They mean that if there’s indeed an Insect Queen, then everyone should work together to take it down, and afterward, they can offer resources to subsidize us, while the Insect Queen shall belong to them."

Spade explained further.