The Snow Fyrefly-V strategic stealth armor was born to be a sharp blade inserted into the rear of the Swarm and to cooperate with the special sniper rifle [Severance] to assassinate the Swarm King hiding in the rear to command the Swarm.
Due to the special nature of the mission, the entire Glamoth Empire has only this one Snow Fyrefly armor. It cannot be mass-produced like the Fire-type Firefly armor, and the driver also needs to be cultivated in a special way to adapt to changes in the battlefield environment. This is also the reason why Ilu's size is smaller than that of other Glamoth Iron Cavalry drivers.
To combat the erosion of "Propagation," the Iron Cavalry Knights all have a genetic defect called "Loss Entropy," which will gradually make their existence disappear.
Ilu's "Loss Entropy" is slightly special. There is a trait called "Nihility" in her gene editing, which can make the surrounding organic life subconsciously ignore Ilu's existence, and the memory of her from others will gradually fade with the passage of time. For the Glamoth Empire, Ilu will soon become a person who has never existed and will be forgotten by everyone.
As long as no one remembers her anymore and the world no longer has any memory of her, she will completely disappear and return to nothingness, just like no one remembers the instrument bass.
However, this is not important because Ilu was originally a war weapon carefully prepared to kill the Swarm King.
If it were not for the fact that the other existing clone warriors could not control this Snow Fyrefly-V mecha, she would not even be born.
Using "Nihility" to fight against the erosion of "Propagation" is the most daring thing the Glamoth Empire has ever done. If it is not done well, they will be playing with fire and burning themselves, but they still made such an attempt.
As long as the goal can be achieved, for the Glamoth Empire, all valuable sacrifices are worth it; otherwise, they would not have developed weapons such as the Glamoth Iron Cavalry that use the power of "Propagation."
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In order not to make too much noise and avoid alerting the swarm, Ilu did not carry a series of large-scale lethal weapons such as artillery but took stealth and assassination to the extreme, focusing on behind-the-enemy operations so that she could drive for a long time without feeling tired.
The Empire even equipped her new armor with a sheath-shaped melee weapon similar to a mantis blade, which could kill the enemy with one blow after approaching. The insects killed by it would be frozen by the extreme cold; not only would they not explode, but they would not even have time to release pheromones.
This is undoubtedly the favorite weapon of assassins.
"Buzz——"
As Ilu completed her transformation, a strange buzzing sound suddenly came from the mechanical device in front of her, and the dark insecthole slowly opened a gap, seemingly connected to a starry sky. This scene instantly attracted the girl's attention.
Is this... an Fragmentum tunnel?
No, that is the trace left by the fragmentum eroding reality.
The one in front of me is more like a portal leading somewhere.
"This hole connects to the star system where the Swarm King is located. If you are ready, you can start the jump." The Queen's voice sounded in her ears again.
"After that, you will not be able to hear my voice..."
Can't hear?
That's great!
Seemingly unwilling to listen to her nonsense, Ilu picked up the sniper rifle on the table, jumped into the insecthole without hesitation, and disappeared.
"Bye, see you~"
The Queen: "..."
The Glamoth Council behind the scenes: "..."
Will there really be no problems if this child goes?
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"Woo——"
The time and space distortion caused by crossing the tunnel made the girl feel nauseous for a short time.
Even though she was wearing the Snow Fyrefly-V strategic stealth mech, Ilu, as the driver, was still affected.
After all, this was her first jump, and it was inevitable that she would feel carsick. She felt like vomiting now, but because she had not eaten anything, she could only retch.
Fortunately, the Snow Fyrefly armor has a strong internal adjustment ability, which quickly helped her adapt to the new environment.
After coming to her senses, Ilu began to observe her surroundings. She seemed to have arrived in a strange galaxy with dim stars on the verge of extinction through a insecthole.
At this moment, the land under her feet belonged to a planet ravaged by the swarm. The originally prosperous and noisy steel city had collapsed into ruins after the sting swarms had descended and become a Propagation base.
"Buzz--"
Just then, a group of dark insects with compound eyes and elytra flew from the horizon.
The high-frequency vibrating elytra made a harsh buzzing sound, which immediately aroused Ilu's vigilance. She immediately displayed her mantis blade and took a fighting posture, but these young Sting swarm did not seem to notice this "kind" with a strange action, and even left without looking at her.
"Wow, they really can't see me!"
Seeing that these young Sting swarm ignored her existence, the girl became excited.
Well, well, it is worthy of the Glamoth Empire's black technology. It seems that her safety is guaranteed.
Of course, Ilu did not forget the goal of her trip—assassinating the Propagation Emanator.
The Glamoth Empire knew the approximate location of the Swarm King, but they were not sure which star system the Swarm King was hiding in. So, her current task was to find the location of the Swarm King as soon as possible and then use this sniper rifle to deliver a fatal blow.
Whether this shot could kill the Swarm King or not, Ilu would choose to leave here and find an unmanned corner to live her retirement life.
As for why she didn't return to the Glamoth Galaxy...
The reason was simple: Glamoth was destined to be destroyed. It will become a cosmic garbage dump, with broken limbs of the swarm and the cavalry everywhere. Only a fool would go back to die.
"Only one bullet? It seems that I can't shoot at will..."
After carefully examining the sniper rifle named [Severance] in her hand, Ilu lowered her head and pondered for a while, and soon made a decision. The translucent elytra behind the mecha slowly unfolded, blooming with blue light wings, and took her to the sky like a meteor flying in reverse. The cold air released from the mecha left pieces of ice crystals in the air, condensing into snowflakes and falling with the wind.
"That is..."
After driving the mecha away from the devastated planet, Ilu's eyes swept around and suddenly noticed something strange in the distance.
In this star system that was about to fall into silence, there was still a dark red star emitting strong light and heat, and there were a lot of black spots near it, just like countless bark beetles were dormant on it.
For some reason, she always felt that the star was actually a Sting, or a very, very big Sting.
This reminded her of a terrifying sentence:
Maybe the universe is actually a huge True Sting...
"Yi!"
This sudden idea scared Ilu herself, but she quickly denied it.
Although "Propagation" has the ability of meme contamination, it can turn all newborns on a planet into Insects, and it can also turn newly born planets into Insects, it should not turn the entire universe into the Swarm, which would be too abnormal.
Although she said so, Ilu still planned to go over to see the situation. Since a large group of Stings could gather together, it meant that there must be something over there that attracted them