Gao Wu: You have science, and I have magic!

Using the cover of night, the assault team approached the base of the hive along an abandoned underground pipe.

The inner wall of the pipe was covered with a layer of sticky organic matter, which squirmed from time to time, as if it had life. Anna's scanner showed that these were the "nerve veins" of the hive, used to transmit information and nutrients.

“We are being watched.”

Anna warned in a low voice, her expression serious: "These substances can sense vibrations and temperature changes."

Victor sneered, and his fingernails suddenly grew into claws: "Then let them see."

After saying this, he quickly slid across the wall, and the organic matter immediately withered and died.

The team continued to move forward and finally reached an exit leading to the interior of the hive. The scene before them made even the battle-hardened warriors gasp.

The interior of the hive is a vast organic space, hundreds of meters high, with countless blood vessel-like structures pulsating on the walls, transporting green fluorescent fluid.

Thousands of blood-colored cocoons were scattered on the ground, each three meters high, with distorted biological forms vaguely visible inside the translucent cocoons.

What’s even more horrifying is that many cocoons are connected to pipes, with the other ends extending towards the captured humans - they are fixed to the cocoon walls, their faces are distorted, and their vitality is slowly being drained away.

"God is above..."

A swordsman from Stromgarde muttered and made the sign of the cross on his chest.

Adeline felt nauseous. “These cocoons… they are using living people as nutrients.”

Anna quickly scanned the nearest cocoon: "There is a unit of insect commander level growing inside. At this rate, it will hatch within 24 hours."

“We’re running out of time.”

William clenched the plasma giant sword, his eyes bursting with infinite murderous intent: "Route?"

Anna pulled up the holographic map. "Follow the main pipeline and you'll reach the core area two kilometers later. But there will definitely be heavy guards there."

The team began to move forward cautiously. Adeline walked in front, relying on the martial artist's keen perception to avoid the patrolling insect soldiers.

However, as they passed through a wide chamber, the ground suddenly shook.

“Discovered!”

Adeline yelled, leaping back, and where she had been standing a huge scythe forelimb pierced her.

Three insect generals descended from the top of the chamber, each of them was five meters tall, with dark golden carapaces and a gleam of wisdom in their compound eyes. They did not attack blindly like ordinary insect soldiers, but surrounded the team in a triangular formation.

"Use sword as shield, defensive formation!"

William gave the order, and the five silver swordsmen of Stromgarde immediately formed a circle with their backs to each other, and their shoulder armors unfolded to form an energy shield.

Victor and his vampire warriors turned into black mist and shuttled around the insect general at a speed that was difficult to capture with the naked eye. Their sharp claws left scars on the carapace but failed to cause fatal damage.

Adeline took a deep breath, and the moonlight energy surged in her body.

She clasped her hands together, then pulled them apart, and a silver longbow made of pure energy appeared in her hands.

"The moon shines through the sun!"

She pulled the bowstring to its full extent, and an arrow as dazzling as a small moon condensed into a silver light after leaving the string, directly hitting the head of the insect general in the middle.

The shell cracked, green fluid splashed out, and the insect general let out a shrill scream and staggered backward.

William seized the opportunity, and his Star God weapons and power armor were running at full power. The giant plasma sword chopped down with the force of thunder, splitting the injured insect general into two.

The remaining two insect generals seemed to be enraged, and the shells on their backs suddenly opened, revealing dozens of jet holes.

“Beware the sting!”

Anna warned, activating the jammer at the same time. A high-frequency pulse spread out, and the insect general's movements slowed down significantly.

Adeline and William seized this brief opportunity and attacked simultaneously.

Adeline's figure turned into a silver light, moving quickly around the insect general, and each blow accurately hit the weak joints; William adopted a frontal charge tactic, attracting firepower while waving the plasma giant sword to collide with the insect general's sickle forelimbs, bursting into dazzling sparks.

Victor suddenly emerged from the shadow of an insect general, pierced his sharp claws directly into its compound eyes, and then pulled hard, tearing half of its head off.

The insect general struggled frantically and finally fell to the ground with a loud bang.

The last insect general saw that the situation was not good and suddenly let out a high-frequency chirp. The entire insect nest seemed to be awakened, and the sound of countless insect soldiers responding came from afar.

“It’s calling for reinforcements!”

Anna anxiously checked the scanner: "We only have nine minutes left!"

"keep going!"

William cut off the head of the last insect general and shouted: "I will cover the rear!"

The team rushed to the core area at high speed, and William faced the incoming insect swarm alone. His Star God weapons were dim, and his power armor was damaged in many places, but his plasma giant sword still shone with an unyielding light.

“For humanity!”

William raised the greatsword high, and the armor's energy core began to overload, emitting a dangerous blue light.

As the first wave of Zerg soldiers approached, he detonated the core.

The violent explosion shook the entire hive passage, and the shock wave even provided propulsion for the team ahead.

Adeline looked back at the passage engulfed by flames, a trace of sadness flashed in her eyes, but she did not stop.

Finally, they arrived at the core area.

This is a huge hemispherical space, with a green light ball about ten meters in diameter suspended in the center - the Heart of the Zerg. Energy ripples continue to spread from the surface of the light ball, connecting to every part of the Zerg nest. Even more shocking is that there is a figure standing in front of the light ball.

It was a humanoid creature, nearly three meters tall, with the shell features of the Zerg, but a posture closer to that of a human. It had four transparent wings on its back, and no compound eyes on its head, but a nearly human face covered with a chitinous mask.

"Insect King..."

Anna's voice trembled and her expression was desperate: "It's evolving faster than expected. It's close to perfection."

The Insect King slowly raised his head, his golden pupils locking onto the invader.

Instead of attacking immediately, it emitted a sound that was almost like language, which was transmitted directly into everyone's mind through some kind of telepathy.

"You guys are...interesting. More interesting than the previous prey..."

Victor was the first to attack, transforming into black mist and rushing straight towards the Insect King.

However, the Insect King just raised his hand slightly, and an invisible force field bounced the Blood Prince away, hitting him heavily against the wall.

"A lowly creature... dares to challenge the king?"

Adeline felt an unprecedented pressure, not even when facing the insect general.

The energy fluctuations emitted by the Insect King far exceeded her expectations, and he was far ahead among the Golden Martial Saints, almost as powerful as a demigod.

But she couldn't back down, William's sacrifice couldn't be in vain.

"Anna, prepare the jammer."

Adeline whispered, "I'll get its attention."

Without waiting for a response, Adeline rushed out. Her body was completely wrapped in the Moonlight Qi, like a silver meteor. The Insect King seemed surprised by her speed and took a defensive stance for the first time.

"Thousand Shadows of Moonlight!" Adeline's figure suddenly split into dozens, attacking the Insect King from different angles.

Most of them were just afterimages, but they were enough to confuse the enemy. The real attack came from above, she held the energy longbow in both hands and stabbed the insect king's head like a sword.

The Insect King dodged quickly, but was still scratched on the shoulder.

Green blood oozed out, and it showed an angry expression for the first time.

“You will… pay the price.”

The four wings of the Insect King suddenly vibrated at high speed, and the air in the entire space began to distort. Adeline felt a huge pressure coming from all directions, as if she was about to be crushed.

Her Moon Qi barely formed a shield, but cracks had already appeared.

At this moment, Anna activated the jammer's maximum power. A piercing noise filled the air, and the insect king's movements visibly faltered. Victor seized the opportunity and attacked again, this time successfully leaving five deep wounds on the insect king's back with his claws.

“Now! Destroy the core!”

Anna yelled, throwing a battery of mini-nukes at the Zerg Heart.

Adeline knew this was her only chance. She gathered all her moon energy into her right hand, forming an unprecedented huge energy arrow.

"The moonlight...illuminates the world!"

The moment the arrow left the bow, the entire space was illuminated by silver light.

The Zerg King roared angrily and tried to intercept, but it was too late. The arrow hit the Zerg's heart accurately, and Anna's bomb exploded at the same time.

A huge energy shock wave swept across the entire core area.

The Insect King tried to protect the core at the last moment, but was hit directly by the explosion and his shell began to crack.

The nest began to shake violently, and the organic matter on the walls quickly withered.

"Hurry up! The whole nest is going to collapse!"

Anna dragged the injured Victor towards the exit.

Adeline took one last look at the collapsing Zerg King and Zerg Heart, then turned around and followed her teammates. The passage was constantly collapsing, and they had to escape before being buried alive.

When they finally rushed out of the hive, the huge structure behind them had already begun to collapse. The blood-red clouds were dispersed by the shock wave of the explosion, and the long-lost sunlight shone on the devastated land.

In the distance, the human army cheered in victory.

But Adeline knew that this was only a victory in one battle, and the war was far from over. She looked toward the horizon, wondering if there was a greater threat waiting for humanity there?

William's sacrifice, the blood of countless soldiers, all of this was to buy more time for mankind. Adeline clenched her fists, and the moonlight energy flowed through her body again.

As long as she lives, she will continue to fight.

The roar of the hive's collapse still echoed in Canaan, and the broken organic structures covered the ground like the entrails of a dying beast. Adeline knelt on one knee on the scorched earth, her long silver hair stained with blood and dust. She looked up at the dissipating blood-red clouds, and the sunlight pierced through the haze like a sharp sword, shining on her exhausted face.

“We…won?”

A swordsman from Stromgarde took off his broken helmet and revealed an expression of relief for having survived the calamity.

Anna's scanner issued a rapid alarm, which made her look suddenly changed: "No... The energy reading is still rising! Higher than before!"

Victor suddenly grabbed Adeline's shoulders. The blood prince had never lost his composure like this before: "Look up at the sky!"

In the center of the cloud vortex, a dark crack was expanding.

That was no ordinary space crack. Strange time ripples flickered at the edge, as if countless transparent threads were weaving something. As the crack widened, a suffocating pressure descended upon the earth, and the surviving warriors fell to their knees one after another, like ants facing their natural enemies.

“What is that…?”

Adeline clenched her teeth and her Moon Qi automatically circulated to resist the pressure, but it was as weak as a candle in a storm.

A huge outline slowly emerged from the crack.

The first thing that appeared was a head - half human, half insect, covered with a crystal-like shell. The face actually had some feminine features, but it was so cold that it did not contain a trace of emotion.

What's even more terrifying is that the body below the head is tightly wrapped in a blood cocoon woven by countless timelines, and each thread flashes light and shadow from different time and space.

"The Queen of Insects..."

Anna's instrument screen exploded, and she stepped back trembling, "It is absorbing the power of the entire Doomsday Swarm... It's getting stronger every minute and every second!"

Only half of the Queen Insect's head was exposed, and her golden vertical pupils swept across the earth.

Space began to distort wherever he looked. A group of cheering European soldiers suddenly froze, their time was cut short, and they turned into stone statues with the same expressions they had at the last moment.

"mortal……"

The Queen's voice exploded directly in everyone's mind. It was not a verbal attack, but a pure mental shock: "Your resistance... is very interesting..."

Adeline was bleeding from all seven orifices, but she managed to hold on and not fall down.

She saw the bloody cocoons in the distance suddenly explode, and countless advanced Zerg units broke out of their cocoons. The energy fluctuations emitted by each one were no less than those of the Zerg King that had been destroyed previously.

"Night God..."

The priests of the Crescent Moon began to pray: "Please save your people..."

As if in answer to a prayer, night suddenly fell—even though it should have been noon.

The stars appeared strangely, and a black moon was in the sky, casting a dark light. A figure walked out from the moonlight, wearing a robe woven from the night, his face hidden in the shadows, only his eyes were as deep as two black holes.

"Night God, praise you!"

The people of the Crescent Moon knelt down in worship.

The Night Goddess said nothing, but simply raised her flawless palm, and the entire night sky began to shrink according to her wishes, turning into a black spear that pierced the Insect Queen.

It was an attack that could penetrate a divine body. Wherever the spear passed, space shattered into pieces.

The Queen showed emotion for the first time—she smiled.

The timeline nematode cocoon suddenly unfolds, blooming like a peacock spreading its feathers.

The Night God's spear pierced into the cocoon, but it was like being stuck in a quagmire, and its speed became slower and slower, and finally solidified in mid-air. What was even more terrifying was that those timelines began to entangle in the opposite direction, spreading along the spear towards the Night God's body.

"impossible……"

Adeline witnessed that the figure of the Night God began to blur, and the timeline wrapped around the Night God worshipped by countless Crescent Moon people like a spider web.

Ye Shen tried to break free, but every struggle made the entanglement tighter. Finally, Ye Shen was completely still, turning into a black statue embedded in time and space.

The Queen of Insects defeated a war god with ease!
Despair overwhelmed the human coalition like a tide.

The most powerful guardian was easily sealed, what hope do they have?
"Prepare for the final charge."

Victor bared his fangs, even though he knew he would lose: "A true vampire dies standing."

At this moment, a cold star suddenly appeared in the eastern sky.

The light was as weak as a firefly at first, but in the blink of an eye it expanded into a sword light that spanned the sky and the earth.

The sword energy spans 30,000 miles, and the sword light chills the 19 continents! (End of this chapter)