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the other side.

The homeland of Qian State—a mountainous area within the territory of Shazhou.

"Captain Yang?"

"Your eyes............."

A soldier looked at his superior in terror, instinctively raising his weapon.

The captain's eyes were completely filled with the whites of his eyes, and his face was extremely ferocious and painful.

But just a few seconds later, the captain returned to normal.

This made the soldiers who were on guard with guns nearby breathe a sigh of relief.

Bang!

Gunfire rang out.

The soldier from before was shot in the head at close range.

The one who fired the shot was the captain who had just recovered.

After the gunshots rang out, the soldiers who were conducting the search immediately surrounded them.

"I don't know what evil spirit has possessed us."

"He suddenly tried to attack me. If I hadn't fired quickly enough, I would be the one lying on the ground right now."

Seeing the soldiers surrounding him, the captain who fired the shot naturally stated his reason for firing.

"Sir!"

"According to procedure, we need to check the combat recorder footage from the scene first."

A second lieutenant on the scene remained on guard with some skepticism and gave a wink to the soldier next to him.

"Of course!"

"We need to take a good look at the combat recorder to see what exactly happened that made him want to ambush his superior!"

As the captain spoke, he put his sidearm back into its holster, appearing completely cooperative.

"Alright, two people are enough to check the combat recorder."

"Everyone else, be on guard and establish a cordon. I feel this area is very strange."

"Yes!"

Upon hearing this, the surrounding soldiers immediately began to form a perimeter and take their positions as instructed.

"Let's check my combat recorder too."

After issuing the alert order, the captain voluntarily handed his combat recorder to the second lieutenant standing beside him...

The moment the lieutenant lowered his guard and took the combat recorder.

With lightning speed, the captain drew his saber and slit the throat of the lieutenant in front of him.

Then, before anyone could react, the captain had already drawn his sidearm and shot the soldier on the other side who was checking the combat recorder at close range.

Then, the captain quickly pulled the pins on several powerful super-powered grenade-type explosives he was carrying...

Thud! Thud! Thud.................

Several loud explosions followed.

None of the dozen or so soldiers at the scene survived; they all lay dead in pools of blood...

Because it all happened so suddenly, the entire squad didn't even have time to react before being wiped out by their commander.

The captain who caused this tragedy also did not escape death—he died on the spot.

Clearly, this was an absolutely suicidal act..................

Soon, a nearly transparent little insect crawled out of the captain's body.

If you don't look closely, no one will notice this almost transparent and tiny insect......................

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The loud explosion attracted the attention of other search teams nearby.

ten minutes later.

A search team quickly arrived at the scene.

Seeing the chaotic scene, everyone immediately went into battle alert.

Everyone's first reaction was—someone must have ambushed them!

Soon, more troops arrived after hearing the news.

A thorough search of the surrounding area was quickly launched.

The combat recorders carried by the soldiers on site were destroyed by the massive explosion.

Therefore, it is not possible to immediately reconstruct what exactly happened at the scene.

All the combat recorders damaged at the scene were sent back to the military's technical department for recovery.

A few hours later.

What was initially thought to be just an attack was reported directly to the Interstellar Operations Command.

The specific follow-up investigation was also taken over directly by the Interstellar Intelligence Agency.

Moreover, Chen Guyan, head of the Interstellar Intelligence Bureau, and Han Yunsheng, commander-in-chief of the Interstellar Operations Command, also met urgently because of this matter.

"The footage from the scene has been restored."

"The team involved in the accident was the Fire Wolf Squad, which was on a search mission."

"The entire team consists of fifteen people."

"The team leader is Captain Yang Zhiquan."

"The deputy captain is Second Lieutenant Zhao Yijie."

"Judging from the restored footage, the problem lies with Yang Zhi, who was leading the team."

“There were a few seconds of unusual behavior before Yang Zhiquan fired the shot.”

"His face was extremely ferocious, and his eyes were completely white."

"The whole process only takes a few seconds."

"Then Yang Zhiquan suddenly fired his gun."

"Then, when Zhao Yijie was about to check the combat recorder according to procedure, Yang Zhiquan suddenly made trouble."

"The entire attack was very fast."

"Yang Zhiquan is a special operations pacesetter, so once he made his move, he didn't give anyone else any chance to react."

"Four super-powered grenade-shaped bombs were detonated at the scene."

"Moreover, the bombs were dropped with such precision that none of the entire squad survived."

"Seconds after the explosion."

Military technicians captured the image and enlarged it in high definition.

"This crawled out of Yang Quanzhi's eyes."

"Judging from its appearance, it should be a kind of miniature insect."

"When it first crawled out, its body was semi-transparent."

"A few seconds after crawling out of the body, the insect's body became completely transparent."

"This insect belongs to a type of microorganism."

"Unless you look at it under a very large magnifying glass, it is very difficult to detect the existence of this transparent insect with the naked eye."

"Our combat recorders are equipped with high-magnification, high-definition recording lenses."

"Therefore, we can very intuitively reconstruct the entire process at the scene."

"We have also conducted an autopsy on Yang Quanzhi's body."

"We found traces of the Badaf insectoid race in Yang Quanzhi's brain."

"So, this transparent worm that parasitizes Yang Quanzhi is undoubtedly a new species of the Badaf worm clan."

Chen Guyan stared intently at the screen, his expression grave: "Were any other bodies found?"

“No.” Han Yunsheng shook his head: “Only traces of parasitism by the Badaf insectoids were found in Yang Quanzhi’s body.”

"Moreover, we have also discovered a very bad phenomenon."

"Now, another examination of Yang Tianzhi's body shows that the traces of being parasitized by the Badaf insectoids have almost completely disappeared."

"In other words—if we hadn't discovered the situation immediately and quickly performed an autopsy on the body."

"A few hours later, we were unable to detect any trace of the Badaf insectoids parasitizing us."

"The area within a thousand miles of the accident site has been designated as a complete lockdown zone."

"We have not yet found any trace of the transparent worm that escaped from Yang Quanzhi's body."

As he spoke, Han Yunsheng glanced at the time: "I have already given the order."

"If it hasn't been discovered after an hour."

"We will activate our emergency response plan."

"Conduct a full-scale physical bombardment of the completely sealed-off area."

Fortunately, the incident occurred in a remote and desolate mountainous area with few people.

"Therefore, we only need to relocate the villagers from a few small mountain villages to carry out a full-coverage bombing operation on the completely sealed-off area."

"At that time, we will put the villagers in these small mountain villages under centralized quarantine."

"To prevent the Badaf insectoids from taking advantage of any opportunity..."

Would bombing be effective against these transparent worms?

"I'm afraid there are quite a few of these transparent insects that have infiltrated Qianxing."

Chen Guyan frowned as he looked at the large screen: "If these transparent insects are allowed to spread..."

Chen Guyan glanced at Han Yunsheng, whose brows were also furrowed: "The consequences will be unimaginable!"

"We have also considered this issue."

Han Yunsheng said in a deep voice, "Therefore, we plan to first use ultra-concentrated incendiary bombs to fully cover the completely sealed-off area."

"Then use super-powerful thermal molten bunker-buster bombs to conduct a second, comprehensive coverage of the entire blockade zone."

"Finally, just to be on the safe side—there's a third overpressure bomb for complete coverage."

"These three strikes covered the area."

"If we still can't eliminate these transparent worms, then they're practically invincible..."

"If these transparent insects are exposed to our attack range, this level of attack will definitely wipe them out without leaving a trace."

Chen Guyan nodded: "The problem is—someone might have slipped through the net and escaped the restricted area..."

"We are already reviewing all of the Fire Wolf Squad's actions."

Han Yunsheng looked at the big screen with a worried expression: "Especially regarding Yang Quanzhi's movements."

"We hope to find out how or where Yang Quanzhi was parasitized by the Badaf insectoids..."

"Despite all our precautions, the situation we feared most still happened."

"And it's the worst-case scenario—the Badaf Zerg that landed on Qianxing not only have living members..."

"And they are even more troublesome manipulator-type Zerg than the Puppet Zerg."

"This transparent worm should be a higher-level parasitic manipulation worm species than the puppet worm."

"With the war for revenge imminent, what if these transparent worms cause a major upheaval on Qianxing's home planet...?"

"This will have a huge impact!"

"His Majesty has repeatedly instructed that the war of revenge must be carried out smoothly no matter what."

"We don't have much time left..." Han Yunsheng sighed, "If these damned bugs cause a major disaster, it will be a serious dereliction of duty on our part!"

"Chief!"

“There’s a new situation…” Chen Guyan’s assistant handed him the communicator.

Chen Guyan glanced at the assistant officer's expression, and a bad feeling instantly welled up inside him.

"Hello! This is Chen Guyan."

"Say!"

......................

One minute later.

"Okay! I understand..."

After ending the call, Chen Guyan's face was extremely gloomy.

"Director Chen, what's happened now?"

"Bad news?" Seeing Chen Guyan's expression, Han Yunsheng couldn't help but feel nervous.

There's been enough bad news lately...

For Chen Guyan and Han Yunsheng, it's a situation where one problem leads to another.

Before one problem was even resolved, another, even worse piece of bad news popped up right after...

"There's new trouble now."

Chen Guyan frowned and said, "The genes of the transparent worm match the genes of the Badaf worm race on the meteorite."

"However, our testing personnel discovered something new..."

"In addition to the genes of this transparent worm, the genes of another previously unrecorded Batav worm race were also found in the meteorite."

"That means there are at least two types of the Badaf insectoids that landed on Qianxing!"

"And we've only discovered one of them so far..."

"What!" Han Yunsheng exclaimed in surprise, "There's another one!"

"This is fucking..."

Han Yunsheng looked utterly hopeless: "Is this ever going to end?!"

"Are there any other clues?" Han Yunsheng asked helplessly.

"Have!"

Chen Guyan also looked helpless: "However............."

"It's still bad news."

"Based on gene comparison analysis."

"This new type of Badaf insectoid that we have not yet discovered should also be a micro-insectoid."

"In other words, it is very difficult for us to detect their existence with the naked eye."

"They should be a type of insect about the same size as this transparent worm."

"Moreover, our technicians believe that this insect should be an aggressive insect species."

"So here's the question—how can these tiny, aggressive insects generate considerable fighting power and destructive force?"

"quantity!"

"Given the size of these tiny insects, the only way to create combat power and destructive force is through sheer numbers!"

Hearing this, Han Yunsheng's expression grew even more serious: "So you mean..."

"If this kind of insect is found to have appeared on Qianxing, there's a high probability that its numbers will be considerable?"

"As long as there are living organisms."

"Then there will be more and more..."

Chen Guyan said in a deep voice, "Because the testing personnel discovered the insectoid genes remaining in the meteorite."

"This new type of Zerg gene, which has not yet been discovered, has the ability to self-divide."

"In other words, as long as one of these Zerg survives on Qianxing."

"Over time, their numbers will increase through continuous self-division..."