Because the areas outside the Shaanxi Province are teeming with insects and mutated animals.

When the Zerg lost humans as a food source, they changed their diet, hunting mutated animals or devouring all creatures in the mountains and forests.

The mountains and forests, which were originally covered with vegetation, were rapidly turned into deserts due to the devouring by the insectoids.

When the Shaanxi base discovered this phenomenon, nearly half of China's territory had already been ravaged beyond recognition.

If this continues, the human living environment will only get worse and worse, and eventually the entire Earth will become a desert.

So they began searching for the secrets of the Zerg's reproduction, determined to eliminate this scourge with the full force of the nation.

After Qiu Tong found out, she recounted her previous deeds of eliminating the white worm mother in various ways, in order to guide everyone to think about the mother worm.

"Old Sun, a couple of years ago, when Jiayi and I were on a mission in another province, we encountered a group of white insects. During the chase, we discovered that one of the white insects was different from the others."

I think it was being protected by the other white worms as it escaped. In all my years of exterminating insects, this is the first time I've ever seen an insect race protecting another insect race. That white worm gave me the feeling that it was the leader of the white worm race, controlling the other white worms to take the blows for it.

I was wondering if that white worm was the legendary Mother Worm? Novels often describe it like that: alien insect races invade a planet, and the insect race, led by the Mother Worm, wreaks havoc on all life on the planet.

I still have that white worm hidden in my spatial storage. Should I hand it over to the research institute for some research?

When fighting, the Zerg do not protect their own kind. After receiving the command from the mother Zerg, they will charge forward without regard for anything else, and will not even glance at their own kind dying beside them.

Qiu Tong used the plot of the novel to guide everyone to think about the mother insect. Moreover, she had the foresight to put the white insect mother insect into her space and keep it for future use.

Now everyone in the base knows she has spatial abilities, so she no longer needs to hide them.

Sun Jiayi cried out, "No way, boss, you actually hid the corpse in your spatial storage? Does that mean the food we eat is just sitting with the corpse? Ugh, I feel like throwing up."

The originally serious meeting was somewhat ruined by Sun Jiayi's joking and banter.

After hearing Sun Jiayi's description, several team members who often went on missions with Qiu Tong also started to gag.

Qiu Tong kindly explained, "Don't worry, I sealed that bug in a sealed bag, and sealed it several times, so it definitely won't smell."

The body bags used were the same compressed, sealed bags obtained from the magical city. When not in use, they were spherical objects. When needed, they were simply pressed onto the items to be packaged, and a permeable membrane would seep out from the inside of the spherical object until it completely covered the items it was in contact with, at which point the permeable membrane would gradually become a thick film.

The spherical object remained quietly on the covered corpse. Qiu Tong pressed it again, and it began to seep fluid to form a permeable membrane. After repeating this several times, she dared to throw the white worm mother into the space.

Spherical objects are packaging tools used in the magical city dimension, making them convenient and quick to use.

It can only be said that anything produced in a high-tech dimension is bound to be a masterpiece.

Upon smelling the pungent odor, not only did those few people gag, but other meeting members also felt a bit nauseous.

Grandpa Sun suppressed his discomfort, coughed twice, and said, "Alright, alright, let's not get off topic. Then I'll ask you to make a trip to the research institute." The first sentence was a warning to the others not to talk about this topic anymore, while the second sentence was spoken to Qiu Tong.

After the research institute dissected and studied the insect, it was found that, just as Qiu Tong had said, the white worm was indeed a female worm.

Humans have studied the corpses of all the Zerg, and without exception, they were all male. The female Zerg that Qiu Tong offered up gave everyone a clue to the secret of the Zerg's reproduction.

Everyone became even more convinced of Qiu Tong's theory of the mother insect's reproduction. In the following days, the base sent out various teams to search for traces of the mother insect in different regions.

With the help of Xiao Fu, Qiu Tong could find the location of the mother insect in no time. The problem was that the mother insect was always hiding in the deep mountains and forests, making it difficult for her and her team to go into the mountains to search for her.

Finally, she had no choice but to take advantage of the dead of night and have Qingqiong carry her into the mountains. The two of them, one human and one beast, went straight to the heart of the enemy and attacked the Zerg's stronghold.

The mother insect was so frightened that she abandoned even the eggs she had just laid and fled in disgrace with a group of male insects.

There were too many insectoid guards around the mother insect, and by the time Qiu Tong brought Qing Qiong to the mother insect's nest, she had already disappeared.

"They really escaped quickly," Qiu Tong couldn't help but mutter.

Qingqiong: "Should we still chase after them?"

"Forget it, it's almost dawn, let's head back first." Qiu Tong was worried that her companions would find out that she had sneaked out in the middle of the night to find the Zerg.

There's no rush to kill the insects, and besides, we've already eliminated quite a few tonight, so it's been a success.

When they found the nests of the Knife-Hand Clan and the Multilegged Clan, these two queen insects, unlike the cowardly Spider Clan queen insects and the Scorpion Clan queen insects, directly confronted Qiu Tong and Qing Qiong head-on, and the result was predictable.

Upon learning that the Queens of the Knife-Hand Clan and the Multilegged Clan had been wiped out, the Queens of the Spider Clan and the Queens of the Scorpion Clan could no longer remain silent.

Unwilling to hide any longer, the two joined forces with the remaining Zerg to attack the Shaanxi base, determined to fight to the death. This led to the combined forces of Zerg and mutated animals attacking the base.

Over the years, the mutant animals have been subjected to rigorous selection by the Zerg army, and only the strongest and most difficult-to-kill mutant animals have survived.

Through natural selection, with the Zerg as their natural enemy, mutated animals have become far more powerful than humans.

The number of mutated animals attacking the base this time was several times less than that of the Zerg, but each mutated animal was extremely powerful.

Those at level four or five in the base went to deal with the Zerg swarm.

Meanwhile, level seven or eight ability users like Qiu Tong are responsible for dealing with mutated animals.

And then there are those who were reborn, who still harbor resentment towards the world-destroying war of their past lives.

After being reborn, these people are all working hard to become stronger and making plans, hoping to defeat the combined army of mutated animals and the insectoid race in this lifetime.

These reborn individuals are scattered throughout the country. They knew the ultimate fate of humanity in their previous lives, so they moved to the Shaanxi Province base early on.

They weren't very confident at first, but after witnessing Qiu Tong's strength and the alien beasts under her command in the last two battles against the Zerg army, they gradually felt that they could make it in this lifetime.

They privately approached Qiu Tong and confessed their secret of being reborn, expressing their desire to cooperate with her for mutual benefit.

Qiu Tong understood their intentions, but still cruelly shattered their illusions, "I know why you came here. I'm sorry, but in the battle to come, humanity can only rely on itself."

"The beasts I have will not participate in the battle," Qiu Tong said firmly.

One of the reborn individuals questioned Qiu Tong: "Why? Since you have such a powerful group of alien beasts, why not let them help the base overcome its difficulties?"

"They can help once or twice, but what about after that? Do you really think we can wipe out all the mutated animals and insectoids in one battle? Do you really think there's no cost to using alien beasts?"

It's better to rely on yourself than on others. You can use external forces now, but what about the future? Can you be 100% certain that you can wipe out all the mutated animals and insectoids in the country?

While we are alive, we can withstand anything. Have you thought about your descendants? If you only think about relying on external forces and don't strive for progress yourself, do you think humanity has a future?

"If humanity doesn't work hard and unite as one, even with the help of alien beasts, we won't be able to defeat our enemy," Qiu Tong said sternly.

Summoning a divine beast comes at a price, but that's just her excuse and not the point.

She just wanted to tell these people not to always think about relying on external forces. If you can do it yourself, do it yourself. Instead of wasting time talking nonsense here, you should go back and improve your own strength.

After hearing Qiu Tong's words, the reborn individuals fell silent and then left without saying a word.

Later, Qiu Tong learned through Quan Hongfang that these people had started taking on missions like crazy, doing their best to assist in the construction of the base and striving to increase their strength.

Seeing how hard they were working, Li Mengran and her team also became aware of the danger. If things continued like this, these people's strength would soon surpass theirs.

No, they absolutely cannot lose, so all sorts of cheat codes began to appear in the base: cheat codes for missions, cheat codes for strength, cheat codes for jobs...

It is because of this that everyone's strength has increased in just a few years, so that they can face the mutated animals and the insectoid race without fear and fight to the end.

Compared to the panic and helplessness during the previous two Zerg sieges, this time the entire team responded calmly and skillfully.

Although outnumbered, humans are not inferior to these insects and animals in terms of strategy and teamwork.

Except for infants who were unable to fight, everyone in the base, from elderly men and women in their seventies and eighties to three-year-old children and even pregnant women, stood on the city walls to fight.

They only need to deal with the mutated animals or insectoids that break through to the city walls, bombarding them with their superpowers.

Even if they can't kill them, they can cripple them, and the able-bodied men left on the city walls can take the opportunity to kill them.

The others were all attacking out of the base. As the saying goes, offense is the best defense, and the mutated animals and the Zerg army should not be allowed to get close to the base.

Qiu Tong led her team into the horde of mutated animals. Each person held a pistol that looked like a tranquilizer gun, but in reality, the pistol was filled with the liquid of an ability suppressant.

This is the latest weapon developed by the research institute, specifically designed to target mutant animals.

The bullet is filled with an energy suppressant. Once it is fired into the body, the bullet will automatically leak the energy suppressant solution.

As a result, the mutated animals will be unable to use their special abilities, and their original advantage will instantly turn into a disadvantage.

The battle lasted for three days, during which Qiu Tong and her team killed most of the mutated animals, including the Zerg.

The Spider Queen and the Scorpion Queen thought they had victory in their grasp, but who could have imagined that even without using their most advanced combat power, the humans could still rout the Zerg.

In this battle, the two queen insects lost more than half of their offspring. They were already struggling to lay new eggs due to food shortages in other areas, otherwise they would not have risked attacking this place.

Of course, Qiu Tong's pursuit of the two was partly due to this, but the main reason was the lack of food.

In this battle, Qiu Tong, under Xiao Fu's guidance, killed the Scorpion Queen, which frightened the Spider Queen into immediately retreating.

The Spider Queen was also cautious, not personally going to the battlefield, but only remotely controlling her people using their shared vision.

The scorpion queen was positioned slightly ahead of the spider queen, and unfortunately, Qiu Tong was the first to find and kill her.

With the loss of their queen, the scorpion clan's attacks became loose and disorganized.

The humans took the opportunity to defeat them one by one, killing as many as they could.

Only Qiu Tong at the scene knew what losing the mother insect meant to these insectoids.

Unfortunately, no one knew that Qiu Tong had killed the Scorpion Queen. They all thought the Scorpion Queen was just an ordinary insect.

They never considered why Qiu Tong would venture deep into the Zerg territory to kill that Zerg creature. They simply believed that the Zerg creature possessed something special that would attract Qiu Tong's attention and prompt her to risk going there to kill it.

The scorpion queen was thus casually mentioned in human history books.

Every few years thereafter, the mutated animals and the insectoid race would return and launch a joint attack on the base, but each time they were driven out of the country by humans.

In a certain battle, Qiu Tong, along with Qing Qiong, infiltrated its nest and killed the Spider Queen.

From then on, all the mother insects within China were wiped out, leaving only some insectoids that could not reproduce. The base dispatched a large number of people to exterminate these insectoids and reclaim the occupied cities.

Seeing the dwindling number of Zerg, the people at the base didn't think much of it, assuming they had just gotten lucky and killed the queen Zerg during a Zerg extermination mission, which was why the Zerg population was decreasing.

As time went on, the base began to expand outwards, and surrounding cities were gradually incorporated into the base's territory.

For the sake of the ecological environment, the Zerg were listed as a primary target for extermination by humans, and they gradually disappeared from China.

The living space of mutated animals is gradually being eroded by humans, and in the end they can only hide in the deep mountains and forests, living a life of seclusion.

Because China has reclaimed land from the provinces and, coupled with rapid population growth in recent decades, its economy has gradually recovered to its pre-apocalyptic state.

Having resolved the crisis, China finally had the resources to spare manpower to rescue survivors around the world.

The Zerg have become rampant abroad, with only a very small number of survivors.

China brought these people back to the country and settled them in, and then sent fighter jets to bomb the Zerg in various countries.

Anyway, the environment abroad has become uninhabitable due to the invasion of the Zerg, and the environment is only one step away from desertification. So let it be destroyed. This will make it easier for humans to rebuild later.

It's just unknown how many years it will take for humanity to rebuild these areas back to their pre-apocalyptic state.

Or, to put it another way, will Earth perish prematurely due to environmental changes?

Qiu Tong had no idea what became of the mutated animals or whether they would attack human settlements again. Her lifespan in this world had come to an end, and she was preparing to leave.

Qingqiong has always been by Qiutong's side, but given that it is a beast, Qiutong has never considered it as a lover.

Even though Qingqiong always said flirtatious things, she ignored him and didn't respond.

But there is no doubt that she treats Qingqiong like family.

In this world, Qiu Tong was unable to marry due to Qing Qiong's various obstacles, and until her death, only Qing Qiong was by her side.

As I left, Xiao Fu's voice echoed in my mind: "Mission complete. Shall we return to the mission hall, or continue the mission?"

Qiu Tong gazed at Qing Qiong, who was sitting beside her with a reluctant expression. With all her might, she raised her hand to stroke it one last time before her hand fell limply to the side of the bed. At the same time, before her consciousness faded, she answered Xiao Fu: "Continue the mission."

As Qingqiong watched Qiutong's soul gradually dissipate, and then looked at the soulless body before him, he murmured to himself, "Tongtong, I will find you again. I will search high and low, I will find you."

As soon as it finished speaking, it disappeared from the spot, carrying Qiu Tong's corpse from this dimension.

The familiar feeling of falling continued until she landed in a new body, and only then did Qiu Tong slowly open her eyes.

Then she was stunned by what she saw: an unidentified creature was crawling on her body, nuzzling against her chest.

Call me (meaning outrageous), how dare you molest me, look at my feet!

Without thinking, Qiu Tong prepared to kick the other person away.

She was startled by the raised foot and froze on the spot. She forced herself to calm down and kicked the unknown creature off her.

With a cry of "Ouch!", Qiu Tong's eyes took in the appearance of the unknown creature.

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