The Insectoid Seven Champions!
Chapter 384: The Insectoid Seven Champions!
* * *: My fingers are swollen, and every time I type on the keyboard, I feel like I'm being pricked by needles. My mind isn't very good either. When I uploaded it last night, I made a mistake, making 383 out of 382. I can only make the best of the mistake.
Ten-some minutes before Xia Fei entered the armory, a short, middle-aged man less than a meter tall was led by a staff member to the underground armory.
As a member of the mite race, Mengen had black skin, which was very rare among the mite race. It was said that only one in a million mite race would have skin that wasn't white. This was due to a mutation. The darker the skin, the greater the mutation.
Mengen's skin was pitch-black like steel. This was the first time in the history of the mite race that a member of the mite race had black skin.
The Pan-human Alliance had no idea that after the first war between humans and insectoids ended, the insectoids had begun to mutate. Not only were there more and more intelligent members in the race, their bodies and appearances were getting closer and closer to that of humans.
The reason the insectoids dared to attack the Alliance's capital was because their people were rapidly developing. More and more insectoids were joining the ranks of intelligent life, and their industries, agriculture, and science were all making great progress.
This would have been unimaginable several thousand years ago! It had to be known that the construction of warships and the training of soldiers had to be done by intelligent insectoids. The primitive insectoids could only be used as labor. Even if they were trained for a thousand years, they would not be taught how to use weapons or write. This was because their intelligence level was far too low!
Just for this attack against the Pan-human Alliance, the insectoids had mobilized nearly three thousand fleets, and the number of intelligent insectoids in these fleets exceeded three hundred billion!
Several thousand years ago, the insectoid army had only been one thousand and five hundred fleets, with no more than one hundred and twenty billion soldiers. Due to the mutation of their race, the insectoids were far stronger than they had been in the past, so it was only natural that they could dispatch such a powerful fleet.
On the other hand, the Pan-human Alliance believed that the insectoid army was the same as before. Coupled with the fact that there was no war to reduce expenditure, the Pan-human Alliance army had shrunk from two thousand fleets to one thousand.
The result was obvious. The insectoid fleets had quadrupled, while the Pan-human Alliance army was less than half its original size. There was a fourfold difference in military power between the two sides! This was enough to make the human race pay a heavy price.
The Pan-human Alliance's only advantage was that they had supercapital ships. While these behemoths of the universe were indeed powerful, several dozen supercapital ships were far from enough to contend against an enemy four times their size. That was why the Alliance had been forced to retreat at the beginning of the battle, and now they were trapped by the insectoid army on the northern and southern fronts.
Just how much did the number of intelligent insectoids increase over the past few thousand years? According to the simulations conducted by the civil officials, this number was at least twelve times higher. It must be known that the insectoid race implemented a system where every citizen was a soldier! This new population could all be used as soldiers and workers, serving the insectoid war machine for free!
The Panhuman Alliance was lagging far behind the insectoids in terms of both industry and military strength!
They didn't have as many warships as the insectoids, nor did they have as many warriors. Even the production of new warships was faster than the insectoids!
Under such circumstances, how could the Panhuman Alliance defeat the Insectoids? This was a war with no chance of victory!
What was even more frightening was that the Zerg had produced a large number of Mutant Warriors due to the racial mutation! That's right, they now had many high-level Esper Warriors just like humans! In terms of both quantity and quality, they were on par with the Panhuman Alliance!
Uti had seven Sacred Champions under his banner: Mengen, Tohme, Yadan, Kikiger, Laresh, Goxan, and Fini. This black and thin insectoid, who was less than a meter tall, was one of Uti's seven Sacred Champions!
The seven of them were the most elite warriors of the insectoid race, the weakest of them at level 6, equivalent to human Eternal experts!
Xia Fei had never imagined that he would run into one of Uti's illustrious Seven Sacred Champions in this school. Of course, Mengen also had no idea that Xia Fei was on his way here.
Mengen nonchalantly examined the alloy door in front of him, his white eyes gleaming. The structure of his eyes was different from that of humans. They were white and had no pupils, like the whites of a dead person's eyes.
The ant worker next to him stood by his side, trembling with fear. The ants were hardworking and did not like to complain, so the Tanini Sacred Warrior Academy, like many other organizations, liked to hire ant sapients to be their school workers.
This insignificant school worker had never seen an important person like Mengen before. His legs were trembling, and all he wanted was to leave as soon as possible.
"Very good. You can go back now," Mengen said.
The worker felt like he had been pardoned. He hurriedly nodded. "Should I inform Headmaster Todd that you've come?"
"There's no need. This has nothing to do with him," Mengen said. "Don't speak carelessly once you're out. Just act as if nothing happened."
Mengen watched as the ant worker left in a small hovercraft and muttered to himself, "Brother Uti is truly interesting. He actually hid something so important in the school, and its location isn't well-hidden. I really don't know how he thought of it."
In truth, this Blood Demon Claw had a story no one knew of. Back then, Uti had accidentally obtained this miraculous plant, and after much investigation, he had learned that this plant had the miraculous effect of repairing any damage to the body.
The more intelligent a human was, the more they treasured their life, and the insectoids were no different. Though Uti was smarter than anyone else, he was most afraid of death. He rarely left the Golden Tent, and his residence was heavily guarded, constantly worried that someone would try to assassinate him.
Once the Blood Demon Claw matured, it could replenish lost life, so Uti viewed it as his most cherished treasure. He kept it in the Golden Tent all day long, preparing to take the Flying Guillotine with him once it matured, just in case.
Alas, not long after, Consort Qingyan's father was unfortunately diagnosed with a strange disease called myocardial necrosis. His heart would slowly stiffen over time, unable to supply blood to his body. Even if he replaced his heart with a new one, it would dry up due to necrosis.
Not even humans could cure this disease, let alone the insectoids whose medical technology was even more backward. Thus, it was basically an incurable disease!
The clever Uti guessed that Qingyan would definitely ask him for the Blood Demon Claw so that she could take the Flying Guillotine when it matured, relieving her father's pain once and for all.
Uti doted on Qingyan to the extreme, and the entire insectoid race knew of this. No matter what, Uti would always go along with her, but this was the only thing that put Uti in a difficult position.
If Qingyan was the one suffering from this incurable disease, Uti would definitely give the Blood Demon Claw to her without a second thought. The key was that the one suffering from the disease was not Qingyan but her father.
Uti was very grateful to Qingyan's father for raising his daughter who was as delicate as a flower, but to take away the Blood Demon Claw that he used to protect his life was something that Uti could not do.
It just so happened that the principals of the twelve Sacred Warrior academies were all reporting to the Golden Tent. Uti had always been very concerned about the affairs of the insectoids, and the twelve academies were the backbone of the insectoid race. Most of the high-class warriors were nurtured by them, so Uti valued them highly. It had always been a rule for them to report to the Golden Tent every three years.
Uti immediately decided to reward the twelve Sacred Warrior academies for their contributions to the revival of the insectoid race, and the reward naturally included the Blood Demon Claw.
The principal of the Tanini Academy, the longicorn warrior Todt, was an honest man. Uti had graduated from this academy when he was young, though he had not gone by this name back then.
Thus, Uti had given the Blood Demon Claw to Todt as a reward. Of course, though Todt had received this miraculous plant, he did not have any rights to it. Let alone use it, he could not even take a look at it.
This underground armory had been built under Uti's instructions. In fact, there was another one in the academy, and this one had been built specifically to preserve the Blood Demon Claw.
When Qingyan learned that her husband had given the Blood Demon Claw to the Sacred Warrior academies, she was naturally very unhappy, so she went to look for Uti with a cold face, hoping that he would take back this miraculous plant.
Uti's intelligence was unparalleled in the insectoid race, and he had long since come up with a countermeasure. He told Qingyan that he could not take back something that had just been given to a subject. If word got out, he was afraid that he would be laughed at. Moreover, the Blood Demon Claw had not yet matured. Even if he wanted it, he would have to wait until it matured and get the fruit.
Qingyan believed him and was very happy about this, even giving Uti several nights of ecstasy. Alas, she had no idea that in Uti's plan, the Blood Demon Claw would never fall into the hands of an outsider. Once the storm had died down, there would be plenty of opportunities to get his hands on it. For example, he could find someone to steal it, or pirates would suddenly appear while transporting it. There were plenty of such methods, and it would be as easy as blowing off dust.
However, he was somewhat worried about leaving the Blood Demon Claw here. Every once in a while, he would send someone over to check on it. Today, Mengen happened to be on this mission. Because he and Uti were cousins, they had great trust in each other, so they went on many missions together. As long as there was nothing else, Mengen would come here every few months.
It was quite a coincidence that Xia Fei had run into such a thing.
Mengen was a level 6 expert, comparable to a human Eternal rank expert! Even more frightening was his stealth ability!
It was a top-class ability that could catch the enemy off guard!
After watching the staff leave, Mengen extended a hand and lightly knocked on the wall. The true defense was actually behind this door, and Mengen had sent out the signal to open the door.
Suddenly!
Mengen sensed that someone had entered his spatial dimension, moving extremely quickly!
* Whoosh ~ *
He hurriedly took two steps back, his figure vanishing without a trace.
At the same time, Xia Fei had entered the armory, sticking close to the wall as he observed.
His stealth ability was not one bit inferior to Xia Fei's Breath Control. Not only could he hide his aura, but his body could also vanish! Xia Fei had no idea that after the staff left, there was actually another person in the armory! This was a high-level Eternal rank ability user! This was a full two ranks higher than Xia Fei's cultivation!
Mengen had already sent out the signal, and in a few minutes, the people behind the door would open the defenses and let him in. Xia Fei's intrusion had disrupted all his plans!
Seeing that there was no one around, Xia Fei approached the storehouse where the food was stored and prepared to open it to see what was inside. Alas, at this moment, something happened!
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