Morningstar and Quinn finally set off in Nolyn Hill's tears. As expected, the swarm did not react to the two humans swaggering past them, and the biggest unsettling factor was that when it passed by a stinging snake, it seemed to regard Morningstar and Quinn as deserters, and after grinning for a while, Quinn glared back.

Morningstar and Soldier Quinn didn't choose to drive a means of transportation, and the noise from those things would most likely attract unfriendly glances.

As the two of them deepened, Quinn's expression became more and more solemn, and everything in front of her was already a little beyond her understanding. Insects shouldn't be like this, and the information Quinn received from Abbather clearly shows that although the clan will also have a combination of troops in the war, and there will be occasional simple tactics, most of the time, they still rely on numbers and fierce charges to win the battle. But the insects in front of them are very strange, just like the regular army of humans, these insects actually have a queue and a commander.

Morning Star also had to admit that the mysterious guy hiding behind this group did have some means.

Time was ticking, and Quinn and Morningstar were speeding through the ruins and jungle of Havenstar. A day's search yielded little to no avail, and all I saw was more and more bugs involved in the rally. As night wore on, Morningstar and Quinn stopped. There was no point in bumping into each other like headless flies, and both Quinn and Morningstar realized it, and the two of them sat on the roof of a ruined high-rise building, and the huge pressure made them feel no better.

Quinn's arrogant figure was standing a few steps away, staring coldly at the occasional swarm of insects passing by at his feet, not knowing what he was thinking.

Morningstar was holding a small wooden stick on the ground, drawing the distribution of the alien forces in his mind. The vision that existed in his mind was not too clear, but the picture that jumped on the paper surprised Morningstar a little. Even if the Vault had sufficient troops, even if it was the climax of the warriors' combat skills, this terrifying difference in numbers made Morningstar feel that this war had no chance of winning at all.

Quinn's voice came from behind him, saying, "Morning Star, I can't sense the location of the hive, what should we do?" ”

Morningstar stood up and saw Quinn's somewhat ashamed expression. Quinn, who has no release form, is no different from the sister of the chain family, whether it is appearance or heart.

"That guy deliberately hides himself, it's normal not to feel it, don't blame yourself." Morningstar walked over to Quinn and took her hand back to the edge of the building. Hugging her tightly from behind Quinn's back, Morningstar asked, "There are some things I want to confirm with you, after the battle begins, the Alien Insect Race will deal with emergencies on an individual basis or by the commander. ”

Quinn leaned back to make herself closer to Morning Star, and pressed the two powerful arms around her waist with both hands, and replied, "Naturally, it is up to the individual to judge, and although the commander will also receive the feedback, it cannot be processed immediately. The amount of information on the battlefield is too great for even a brain like Abbather to command as a whole. Before the battle begins, the troops can only get the goal and method of attacking, and then execute it according to the established tactics. And the information fed back to the commander is often only the result of the battle of the casualties of the troops. ”

Morningstar was also relieved to hear Quinn's answer, and secretly scolded himself in his heart for thinking too much. Think about it, according to Morning Star's previous imagination, if every picture in the battlefield is handled by one person, and then commanded to every individual in the battle, not to mention whether such a huge amount of information will blow up the commander's head, just this method of one person manipulating thousands of clones to fight, the execution and synergy generated, whoever masters it, must have already dominated the starry sky.

Now that he was sure that his thoughts were wrong, Morningstar also reassured. The existence of any thing has its two sides, just like this strange swarm. As I saw along the way, the commander of this swarm had a high level of tactical cultivation, and these swarms, who only knew how to rush and fight indiscriminately, already had an obvious tactical system under his arrangement. Since it is not possible to exchange information in real time, the commander will not be far from the battlefield, because he needs to see the scene on the battlefield. This tactical nature of the swarm, although it increased their combat effectiveness, also exposed the position of this commander.

Quinn can't sense the location of the hive, so don't continue to look for the hive, and kill the commander of the insect is also a solution to the current crisis.

After a short rest, Morningstar and Quinn set out on their journey again. This time they already had a clearer goal, according to Morning Star's previous analysis, the only place where they could clearly collect battlefield information was on the two high mountains near the shelter. It's a gamble, Morningstar is well aware. If the information Quinn had received from Abbather had been wrong, if the mysterious Insect Commander had really mastered some advanced methods, if Morningstar's judgment had been wrong, it would have been unimaginably disastrous. But none of this can stop Morningstar from making this big gamble, nine out of ten is certainly reassuring, but the current situation has no more time for Morningstar to fight for nine out of ten, if you don't gamble, you can only watch the cruel ending happen.

Luck sided with Morningstar this time, because he and Quinn both discovered something unusual about the mountain when they reached their destination. The surface plants of Haiwenxing are no different from those of Alpha 137, and they are also a symbiotic structure of multiple plants on the ground under the shade of tall trees. But the mountain, which is now at the foot of Morning Star and Quinn, is markedly different. The tall plants are growing more vigorously than usual, but the plants on the surface are mostly withering. Using a certain method to stimulate the growth of tall plants and hide all kinds of changes under them can be regarded as a good means of concealment.

And Quinn even found a trail of stray footprints.

Morningstar crouched next to the footprints, smiling merrily, knowing that he was not far from his goal. These footprints obviously belonged to humans, but on Haiwen Star, it had been affected by the insect plague for several months, and such a large-scale human movement would not have happened at all.

Following the footprints, Morningstar and Quinn stood in front of a cave. In front of the cave, there are two phalanx of insect soldiers, composed of jumping worms, sickle cockroaches, and a few stinging snakes. The guys looked at the two humans who were getting closer to them, but they didn't react. The alien genes on Morningstar and Quinn made them misjudge that they were the same kind.

Swaggering into the cave, Morningstar handed over the task of guiding the way to Quinn, who was still irritated by the painful memories of the last time he was on Alpha 137. The road grew wider and wider, and under Quinn's leadership, Morningstar felt as if the area had been hollowed out.

After hours of twisting and turning, Morningstar and Quinn finally see the cave as it really is.

Shocked, Morning Star only had such a feeling. Although he had been mentally prepared, the scene in front of him still shocked Morning Star.

The interior of the mountain has been completely hollowed out, and a large space is filled with green spores, just like the one seen on Alpha 137 before. But this space can be said to be more than a hundred times more than what I saw before, and it is not only the mountains that have been hollowed out, but also the underground. The space is surrounded by the same hexagonal structure as seen earlier, which is supposed to be used to hold the mountain, and the meter surface collapses. A huge hive stood in the middle of this space, and the alien was different from what had been seen on Alpha 137 before, with a bit more blood. Around the hive, there are countless egg-like objects, and the number is difficult to estimate.

Morningstar glanced back at Quinn, because he felt that these egg-like objects were very similar to the ones that had wrapped Quinn in Alpha 137 earlier, and he was a little worried about whether there were countless powerful insect queens like Quinn in these things.

Quinn felt Morningstar's gaze and gave him an angry look. I dare to think about it, and I'm not afraid of thinking about it.

"It's different, don't think about it." Quinn said.

Morningstar scratched his head, relieved, and asked, "Are these hatching eggs?" Like what Abbather showed me before? ”

Quinn shook his head again and said, "It's not all, some of the eggs near the hive are hatched eggs of alien insects, but none of these are on the periphery, and I haven't seen these things either, it's very strange." The flow of energy is reversed. ”

Quinn's words puzzled Morningstar, so he asked, "Reverse?" You're saying that these eggs are powering the hive? ”

Quinn just nodded, not answered.

Morningstar suddenly felt a tingling in his scalp, and a very bad feeling lingered around him. When carrying out the rescue mission before, Morning Star was very puzzled, the number of humans on Haven seemed to be much less. Counting the survivors, and adding those who have mutated, the creatures that Morningstar sees that can become humans, or that were once humans, are completely different from the population of Hywen provided by the Alliance, and there are too many less. And on the ground, the energy flow in Quinn's mouth is a reverse egg, could it be a human being?

Expressing his thoughts to Quinn, Quinn looked at Morning Star with a strange look. After a brief moment of eye contact, the two chose to exit the space and continue to walk down. The mountain, and the land beneath it, has been transformed into a building-like structure by insects. In the area that Morning Star and Echo had explored, there were no more hives, but the eggs were indeed densely packed and innumerable. Morningstar, who couldn't bear it anymore, pulled Quinn closer to the eggs.

The jumping worm in charge of guarding on the side didn't know whether it was attracted by the aura of Morning Star or Quinn, and it was like a prosperous fortune on Alpha 137, shaking its head and following behind the two. Morning Star, who approached the eggs, finally saw the inside of them.

Really human! Through the translucent mucous membrane outside the egg, Morning Star sees naked humans inside the egg. As if asleep, the humans encased in the eggs did not react, but the still vigorous skin showed that the bodies were at least alive. Look at it row by row, without exception. Morning Star seemed to understand, he understood why the alliance side was so sure that there was no reserve of energy crystals on Haiwen Star, because the premise of all his previous judgments was wrong. This swarm, they don't rely on the energy crystals to provide the energy! Rather, it is energy drawn from the human body. The purpose of the Dead Plague Disease is not to turn humans into combat arms at all, but its real effect is to transform the human body so that it can become a "biological battery" that supplies energy to the hive! As for those who go berserk, who are irritable, and who even die of exhaustion, they are all disguises!

"They're on the offensive."

Just when Morningstar was still in a responsible mood, Quinn said in his ear.