In the darkness, a searchlight suddenly lit up.

A slender humanoid appeared in the cavern streaked in insect corpses, slime, and unidentified, with what appeared to be a miner's hat on top of its head, and its beams of light swirled with the twist of his neck.

The searchlight could only illuminate a small circle in front of him, and beyond the scope of the pillar of light, he was still immersed in darkness that could not be seen.

Although the searchlight did not illuminate the area, it was still possible to tell that there had been a fierce battle here - not only the corpses of insects on the ground, but also the marks of collapse everywhere, silently telling how fierce the battle had been.

"Knock ......"

The ground trembled beneath his feet, and dust fell from the roof of the cave, followed by a rumbling sound...... Clearly, the fighting elsewhere is not over.

"Whoa...... Whoop ......"

The slender humanoid walked into the hatching pool, and as he moved, there were ripples and a slightly viscous sound of water, and the area illuminated by the searchlight slowly advanced with the movement of the humanoid, and after crossing the entire hatching pool, he finally came to the small hatching pool that the school uniform men had accidentally discovered.

"It should be here." The humanoid muttered to himself and took a few more steps forward......

Suddenly! A humanoid but mollusk-like corpse appeared in the range of the searchlight, the corpse glowing gray-white representing death, like a cool octopus floating quietly in the viscous culture medium.

"That's right, that's it." The slender humanoid crouched down, reaching forward with his fingers and gently fiddling with the octopus-like insect corpse on the ground.

Under the searchlight, the reflection of the humanoid fingers is particularly conspicuous - this is not a human hand, but a delicate, industrial-aesthetic manipulator.

And when the slender figure crouched down, the reflection in the water betrayed its identity—a standard, by Stark Industries...... A defense robot (unarmed version) produced by Arastar Industries.

“…… The epidermis is peeled off, which should be caused by the corrosion of the acidic solution......"

The robot's fingers nimbly flipped over the corpse of the insect man on the ground, and specially removed the sucker-like organs on the insect man's epidermis, and carefully observed its skin scars.

“…… The dermal tissue remains, the subcutaneous fat and muscles are not significantly alienated, and the tissue structure is completely different from the alienated organs on the epidermis...... I was right, this is a semi-finished product that has not yet been transformed. ”

Through the robot's eyes, Chen Zheng's gaze was completely focused on the corpse of the insect man, and he was still muttering to himself...... However, these self-talks are not nonsense, they are all some of Chen Zheng's current thoughts and judgments, and what he said will be faithfully recorded and archived, so as to provide information to others or let Chen Zheng recall the development process of his thoughts at this time in the future.

Recording the why, how and how to think these bits and pieces in the original form, in case there is any omission in the future, it can help Chen Zheng to recall the mental activities when he handled the corpse in the first place.

"Zheng—"

While recording his words, Chen Zheng did not slow down in his hand, manipulated the robot, popped out sharp "claws" from its fingertips, and gently swiped the skin of the insect man with the fingertips, and immediately cut off a sucker.

Underneath the thin, fleshy suction cups are functional tissues resembling sponges, and in the center of each suction cup is a zero crystal the size of a glass sphere in the center of the skin.

“…… Implanted suction cups have a strong ability to disintegrate, and each suction cup has zero crystals underneath...... Is this simulating a 'zero force field generator'? Interesting......"

As the unanalysing continued, Chen Zheng cut off a small piece of "sucker...... At this time, the skin on the insect body was extremely unpleasant, and there were no zero crystals in the base of the suction cup embedded in its body—which had been deducted by Chen Zheng—leaving a standard circular pit, and the fleshy structure that looked like earthworms or other insects would give people goosebumps when they looked at it.

Fortunately, Chen Zheng did not have a phobia of dense things, but rubbed his cheeks and neck very uncomfortably, and the "scalpel" continued to slash at the body of the insect man.

This time, Chen Zheng did not handle it carefully, but directly opened a standard Y on the chest of the insect man—this is somewhat similar to the standard dissection procedure of a forensic examination.

Next, Chen Zheng's speed of dissection became faster, because the bones, internal organs, muscles and blood vessels of the insect man were no different from normal humans, far from the insect man that Chen Zheng killed first, and there was no human tissue structure in his body.

However, the lower body of this insect man is completely different from that of humans, and there are no pelvic bones and leg bones from the spine downwards...... Judging from the marks at the fracture of the spine, it is likely that it has been corroded by some kind of strong acid liquid.

In other words, the lower half of this worm man's body had already been lost when he had just landed in the battle on Blue Star...... I don't know if he died after experiencing such an injury at that time - if he didn't die, it means that the insect people have a high demand for intelligent beings, and even half-dead intelligent beings will be picked up and reassembled.

And if this star thief was already dead at the time of the transformation...... That bug is terrifying! How can they come back to life!?

Even though Chen Zheng was on the recorder, he should have said everything he had found...... But Chen Zheng hesitated, and finally swallowed this discovery into his stomach.

You know, this video will be available for others to review! If some people find out that the bugs can actually come back to life, then God knows what crazy humans will do......

…… It is not impossible for some crazy humans to turn to insects for the sake of immortality, or to resurrect their relatives and lovers, and finally willingly become wormmen.

Never underestimate how strange humans are.

……

The slender robot crouched on the ground and busied, surrounded by several levels of the same type of defense robot lying in the small hatching pool, and around the pool there were piles of things like giant eggshells, cicada molts, or human skins.

The man with glasses had already assessed the other things left over from here - these messes were clearly left behind by the previous group of star thieves.

To be precise, it was left behind by those who had already been transformed.

As for why some people have turned into eggs, some people have become chrysalis and some people have just withdrawn their skins...... There is no answer to this question yet, and Lao Xia and the man with glasses have different opinions.

Outside of this small hatching pond is a collapsed, massive cavern entrance.

The whirring wind poured in from outside, and even without probing, you could know that there must be some other exit from this passage, and in fact—

- The entrance to the cave leads to the forest a few kilometers away.

Even though the bug had used this trick once, it still worked.

After relying on a large number of combat units in the caves on the first, second, and third floors to hold back the attacking feet of the boys in school uniforms, these unhatched insects escaped with the help of a giant creature.

Although he found only one insect man at the first time, and after discovering the location passage behind the small hatching pond, Chen Zheng rushed to the exit of the cave as soon as possible...... However, there was nothing here, and Chen Zheng could not find even the slightest trace of usefulness.

And even more discouraging...... The sea of natural calamity insects that was originally rushing towards here disappeared when Chen Zheng arrived at the exit of the cave!

The seemingly large and resolute "wave of flow" tactics actually didn't have any contact with the worms at all! Obviously, that sea of worms is just a target!

Therefore, the insects made such a big move just to attract the attention of the Blue Star Base, and when the Blue Star Base found out that something was wrong, the huge sea of insects immediately disbanded......

…… At this time, Chen Zheng didn't know that he had fallen for the bug, so it would be too stupid.

God knows how long those bugmen ran and where they went...... Anyway, neither the reconnaissance plane nor the satellite images can find any traces of the appearance of the worms.

It is no wonder that, despite the advanced reconnaissance system, if a person escapes into the jungle without satellite positioning, as long as he does not want to be found without sending any signal, it is difficult to find a needle in a haystack only within a rough and time-limited range.

Besides, insect people are not ordinary humans, although the hatching is not complete, they must have all kinds of strange abilities, and it is not difficult to hide in the jungle with a complex environment without being discovered.

After taking back the right to pilot the Viking fighter and driving it to slaughter the flying dragons and high-level units of the Wyvern and the bugs, Chen Zheng, who had chased hundreds of kilometers away, finally came here, came to the first scene where the worms were found, and began to harvest their biggest loot today-

- The corpse of the wormman.

So, the study of dissection is only incidental, and the harvesting of the spoils is the most important issue.

After figuring out the body structure of this insect man, and focusing on dissecting a few insect man's organs at the request of the man with glasses, Chen Zheng began to do the real work...... Harvest zero crystals.

Although it was a bit disgusting to dig out the Zero Crystals from the worm man's body, and the holes left in its body were even more disgusting, there was nothing more pleasant than the Zero Crystals.

Zero crystals!

There are more than a dozen kilograms of zero crystals!

This seemingly inconspicuous and aggrieved insect man actually has a large number of zero crystals hidden in his body! Chen Zheng pulled out no less than 300 large and small zero crystals from its corpse one after another.

And this, this is the largest zero crystal income that Chen Zheng has received so far!

Although the number is still a bit insufficient, if you add the zero crystals harvested from those boss-level units on the ground and the zero crystals accumulated in the Blue Star base...... The Zero Crystals needed to build a fixed portal are all there.

"Hmm...... There should still be some wealth......

Chen Zheng pondered about the zero crystal portal, put all the harvested zero crystals into the special "safe" on his back, and then personally controlled the defense robot through the battlefield of sporadic firefights, and finally took the "special plane" driven by the little fat man back to the Blue Star base.

As soon as Chen Zheng returned to the base, he personally carried the box and sent it to Lao Xia's laboratory, and finally watched Lao Xia open the vault and finally put it in with his own hands.

"Now I'm relieved." Chen Zheng let out a long sigh.

Now this safe is not only related to the question of whether the fixed portal can be established, but most importantly, whether Chen Zheng can return to the Blue Star!

The octopus monster that was killed by the boy in the school uniform before was just an unfinished defective product, but there were at least 60 star thieves in the hands of the bug...... This means that there are more than 60 incapacitators with unknown abilities and unknown strengths!

Even if it is a frontal large army battle, as long as bugs

After taking back the right to pilot the Viking fighter and driving it to slaughter the flying dragons and high-level units of the Wyvern and the bugs, Chen Zheng, who had chased hundreds of kilometers away, finally came here, came to the first scene where the worms were found, and began to harvest their biggest loot today-

- The corpse of the wormman.

So, the study of dissection is only incidental, and the harvesting of the spoils is the most important issue.

After figuring out the body structure of this insect man, and focusing on dissecting a few insect man's organs at the request of the man with glasses, Chen Zheng began to do the real work...... Harvest zero crystals.

Although it was a bit disgusting to dig out the Zero Crystals from the worm man's body, and the holes left in its body were even more disgusting, there was nothing more pleasant than the Zero Crystals.

Zero crystals!

There are more than a dozen kilograms of zero crystals!

This seemingly inconspicuous and aggrieved insect man actually has a large number of zero crystals hidden in his body! Chen Zheng pulled out no less than 300 large and small zero crystals from its corpse one after another.

And this, this is the largest zero crystal income that Chen Zheng has received so far!

Although the number is still a bit insufficient, if you add the zero crystals harvested from those boss-level units on the ground and the zero crystals accumulated in the Blue Star base...... The Zero Crystals needed to build a fixed portal are all there.

"Hmm...... There should still be some wealth......

Chen Zheng pondered about the zero crystal portal, put all the harvested zero crystals into the special "safe" on his back, and then personally controlled the defense robot through the battlefield of sporadic firefights, and finally took the "special plane" driven by the little fat man back to the Blue Star base.

As soon as Chen Zheng returned to the base, he personally carried the box and sent it to Lao Xia's laboratory, and finally watched Lao Xia open the vault and finally put it in with his own hands.

"Now I'm relieved." Chen Zheng let out a long sigh.

Now this safe is not only related to the question of whether the fixed portal can be established, but most importantly, whether Chen Zheng can return to the Blue Star!

The octopus monster that was killed by the boy in the school uniform before was just an unfinished defective product, but there were at least 60 star thieves in the hands of the bug...... This means that there are more than 60 incapacitators with unknown abilities and unknown strengths!

Even if it is a frontal large army battle, as long as bugs