Translator: AnubisTL
Beneath the sky pit lay a vast nest—the lair of the insect race players.
The insect race players were organized into a strict hierarchy.
Those personally spawned by the Queen Mother possessed human-like intelligence, capable of independent thought and speech, granting them high status within the insect race.
The offspring of these intelligent insect race players also inherited intelligence, though their status was slightly lower.
The remaining insect race players, like Brother Gun'er, were modified drones—devoid of independent thought or intelligence, acting solely on command.
The vast, swarming mass of insect race players they encountered were all of this type.
In theory, the insect race could convert any species into insect race players, such as the insect race titans.
The colossal sky pit beneath the nest had been carved out by the relentless gnawing of insect race players, their wings vibrating in unison to amplify the excavation.
The massive flying beasts weren't always the natural enemies of the insect race.
Initially, the two species inhabited separate planets, making the concept of natural enemies irrelevant.
But upon encountering the insect race players on this planet, the flying beasts discovered their protein-rich, crunchy bodies irresistible. They began relentlessly hunting and devouring the insect race players.
Under the overwhelming pressure of their sheer numbers, the insect race players, who were renowned for their numerical superiority, couldn't even lift their heads.
Chen Jiang narrowed his eyes slightly, gazing toward the sky pit without speaking.
He likely understood why the insect race players had created such a massive pit.
Brother Gun'er didn't have the authority to know the full details, but he could make a rough guess.
The insect race players' racial innate ability was rapid reproduction.
Regardless of the alien race, by severing their heads and injecting eggs into their necks, they could convert them into insect race players.
This particular group of insect race players clearly lacked high-end combat power.
If he were the Queen Mother, he would definitely find a way to sacrifice these cannon fodder insects to kill several alien race players with exceptional individual combat strength.
For example, the titan race or that massive flying beast.
Then, he would convert them into insect race players.
In this scenario, they could effectively compensate for the insect race's weakness of having only quantity but no quality.
By simultaneously developing both numbers and quality, the insect race would become—
Both numerous and powerful!
In other words,
There were likely two reasons for the creation of this sky pit:
The insect race players sensed the presence of City 18 and attempted to convert all the mechanical race members into insect race players, but unfortunately, they arrived too late.
The insect race players were planning to set a trap to kill the massive flying beast that had been hunting them and convert it into an insect race player.
Chen Jiang narrowed his eyes, remaining silent in place. After a moment, he climbed into the driver's seat, glanced up at the night sky still hanging overhead, and said, "Get in."
Outside and inside City 18, there were numerous corpses of mechanical race members he had killed.
Unfortunately, these corpses were utterly useless to the insect race.
After all, the enemies he killed never left behind intact bodies.
Even if the undead race arrived, they would only frown and remain silent in place.
Boom!
Chen Jiang slammed his foot on the accelerator, and the armored vehicle roared to life, kicking up dust as it charged through the night toward the ruined mine.
Soon, he arrived at the ruined mine and stood beneath the massive heavy truck.
Activating this truck required ten energy blocks, but he didn't have nearly that many.
Energy blocks were a specialty of the mechanical race and were completely unavailable in the human merit shop.
Fortunately, there was a substitute.
Chen Jiang stood still, browsing the human merit shop until he found an item.
[Item Name]: Lasting Glimmer
[Item Tier]: One-Star Item
[Item Effect]: Allows you to bypass restrictions and forcefully use a restricted item for three hours. However, after the duration expires, the item will be destroyed and rendered unusable.
[Item Description]: They say a wise man wants a fishing rod, not a fish. But in the wilderness, doing so is foolish. Every bite you take could be your last supper.
[Item Price]: 100 merit points.
After purchasing this item for 100 human race merit points, his remaining balance was 132,730 points.
To be honest, the purchasing power of human race merit points was quite impressive.
For just 20 merit points, you could buy a high-explosive TNT.
For 100 merit points, you could exchange for a lasting glimmer.
For 300 merit points, you could exchange for a human race horn that broadcasts messages to all human players.
But then again, you only earned 1 merit point for killing a mechanical race enemy during a declared war, and a mere 0.1 merit point for killing other alien race players not at war.
Given how difficult it was to acquire merit points, this purchasing power seemed reasonable.
Without hesitation, he selected the high-explosive TNT item in the human race merit points shop and immediately maxed out the purchase quantity.
[Ding! Player Chen Jiang has successfully purchased 6,636 units of the one-star item, high-explosive TNT.]
In the next instant—
A massive pile of red high-explosive TNT materialized in mid-air, crashing down before him in a small mountain!
Normally, items purchased from the human race merit points shop would automatically appear in his space bracelet. However, his bracelet was clearly full, causing the excess to spill out before him.
"Holy crap!"
Scar Dog stared at the sudden mountain of TNT, frozen in place. He muttered, "Brother Jiang, if you detonate all this, you'll definitely earn the title of Class A war criminal."
"War criminal?" Chen Jiang frowned, displeased. "I haven't lost any battles! Why would they call me a war criminal?"
"Brother Jiang?" Li Hao, who had been standing nearby, paused, a sudden realization flashing through his mind. "You two are Chen Jiang and Scar Dog?!"
"You're the Chen Jiang and Scar Dog who single-handedly killed 140,000 aliens yesterday, topped the race kill rankings, and also dominated the race competition event?"
"What about it?"
Scar Dog glanced at Li Hao, a hint of exasperation in his voice. "I've always called him Brother Jiang, and he's always called me Scar Dog. You're just figuring this out now? Are you deaf?"
"No, no, it's not that—" Li Hao stammered, flustered and unsure what to say. "I didn't realize you were the Brother Jiang from the global announcement. I never expected it."
"Even Brother Gun'er knew. How could you not?"
When Brother Gun'er first approached them, he addressed Chen Jiang as Brother Jiang right away.
"If I knew everything Brother Gun'er knows, I'd at least be his second-in-command, right?"
"True."
Chen Jiang remained silent, his gaze fixed on the mountain of TNT piled before them.
The high-explosive TNT blocks were perfectly square, each roughly the size of four stacked cigarette packs.
(End of the Chapter)
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