Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!-Chapter 787 - 573 Bug Race Nemesis_2
The damp, humid heat rose from the ground, stimulating everyone's senses.
Among the remains and fragments of bugs littered across the ground were many pieces of human corpses.
Above the battlefield, tainted with the stench of body fluids and gunpowder, the Imperial Army's Eagle Flag fluttered eternally over the hive.
Atop the mucous-covered hive, countless human warriors wielded flamethrowers, thoroughly torching it again and again.
This incineration had to be repeated several rounds.
Whether it was all the contamination left behind by the bugs or the dismembered corpses of beastmen, fire was their greatest nemesis.
Bugs that knew neither fear nor flight didn't require humans to go searching for them; their bloodthirsty nature ensured they would present themselves before humans, one after another.
Now, what was left was an empty nest that no longer harbored a single bug.
The empty nest needed cleaning, and the world would also require time to detoxify or assimilate the bug's ecology... all of which demanded time.
But nonetheless, there was no longer any threat here.
The Blackrock District Hive, annihilated!
The darkness of this place would no longer be an absolute no-go zone for humans.
Humans could now freely choose to spend the night here or return to camp for rest.
Today, years later, everyone in Blackwater City could once again proudly declare to the world, "We humans are back!"
The Bug Race had been subjugated, and the remaining threats in the wilderness no longer posed a significant concern to Blackwater City.
It was only a matter of time and strategy before they extended their reach beyond the city walls.
And all of these achievements... much of the credit belonged to that tall, silent figure standing above.
Every once in a while, each person attending to their tasks would pause and gaze from afar at the blue and white Mecha, standing amongst the corpses of four gigantic beasts.
No one spoke, no one dared to disturb.
No one knew what this new human star, who had led the fighters of Blackwater City to take down the hive, was considering at this moment.
Was he immersed in the joy of victory, or was he planning for the future of mankind?
Bai E had no time to ponder these things.
[Side quest—Slay the Overlord, completed.]
[Reward: 10,000 universal experience points, title—Bane of the Bug Race, awarded.]
[Title—Bane of the Bug Race: You have personally slain an absolute overlord of a Bug Race Vanguard Team within its hive, their secrets can no longer hide before you, and no bug can easily approach you. You will be able to sense the presence of any bug within a 10-kilometer radius with you at the center. The closer they are, the more accurate the detection. However, having been tainted with the will of the bug overlord, you will face the Bug Race's most frenzied reprisal—their fleet roaming the Star Sea will quickly move towards your location. You die, or it ends!]
This quest from long ago appeared in his panel, promptly after he had slain the overlord.
However, this title's reward could not necessarily be considered purely beneficial.
If one had the mindset to level up, then being a human bait that attracts bugs wherever one went was undoubtedly the best reward.
But if what one sought was development, human safety, and happiness, then such a so-called reward was no different from the most profound curse.
Wherever he found himself, the Bug Race would always come knocking.
Not just one or two bugs, and not even a squad or two of them.
But... fleets.
Bai E, with a decent background knowledge of this "game world," had always known that the setting of this game was not merely confined to this one planet.
His future was destined to wander among the Star Sea, to witness firsthand what the stars of this universe looked like.
However, this plan, which had no set timeline in his mind, might now need to be expedited.
After all, it was the vanguard fleet of the Bug Race that had once struck terror into the humans of the so-called Golden Age on this planet.
No one knew the true scale of a full Bug Race fleet, nor did anyone know when the follow-up fleet to this Bug Race Vanguard Team would arrive at this planet.
Maybe tomorrow, perhaps in the near future, or maybe they would never come...
This was before.
Now, as long as Bai E, who holds the title of "Nemesis of the Bug Race," remains on this planet for even a day, he would draw the Bug Race's fleet closer to this place by a fraction.
A Vanguard Team's base hive was almost his limit; who knew what kind of terrifying strength the real Bug Race main fleet possessed.
If he continued to stay on this planet, there was no doubt he would be bringing destruction to this world that had just begun to see hope.
Pressing his lips together, Bai E stood atop his towering mecha, looking into the distance.
The earth and sky almost merged into a single line far away, and the afterglow of the setting sun fought desperately at the horizon, staining the snow-white clouds a dazzling gold-red.
Bai E suddenly laughed.
I no longer have any rivals on this planet; where else to go if not to the starry sky?
Turning around, sheathing his sword.
Bai E walked alone towards the direction of Blackwater City, never looking back.
Ambition for the starry sky did not require anyone's consent.
Only after acquiring enough power to carry out his plans, would it be his path.
Hope... May the alliance's action this time in the imperial capital achieve ultimate success.
Otherwise, relying on Blackwater City alone, Bai E did not have much confidence to craft a spacecraft capable of flying to the stars.
In his spare time, Bai E also discussed such topics with Helen.
But in Helen's expert opinion, Blackwater City, on its own, had no hope of sending humanity safely to the starry sky.
Union, only union!
"Thud!"
"Thud!"
With each step the mecha took, it caused a tremor upon the land.
As the blue-and-white mecha walked away, all the onlookers cleared a broad path in reverence.
"I don't know if it's just me, but doesn't General Bai E seem a bit desolate?" a high-ranking official from Blackwater City said, stroking his chin in confusion.
"Maybe he's tired? He took out a Dominator and its three guards all by himself; I can't even imagine how he did it. Battling at that level—if he's not tired, is he even human?"
"But to be able to do that, I think it doesn't seem like something a human could do..."
"Bai E... Bai E!" The captain of the messenger team gazed at the receding figure, his eyes sparkling with light.
He suddenly turned his head, looking at the Elder Council member from Blackwater City who had accompanied him, "My lord, considering the formidable strength displayed by your city, there are some matters I need to report back to the authorities in the imperial capital to determine more detailed plans for the alliance. To save time and speed up the alliance process, we plan to leave now; please grant us your permission."
"Go, go," the elder answered with a chuckle, "We will wait here in Blackwater City for your response."
That was the decisive sentiment held by him, or rather, the entire leadership of Blackwater City.
They used the power to destroy the hive to make the imperial capital recognize the status of Blackwater City, thus establishing an important geopolitical center for the new united empire to develop, in areas surrounding what had been an inconsequential Blackwater City.
This was the ideal plan that would allow them to not abandon the city in the union and yet not sacrifice the interests of any Blackwater City residents.
Lingering on the fringes, Yue Ying's eyes flashed briefly; she stepped back and detached from everyone's perception, quickly chasing after Bai E.
"Bai E..."
As he strode back, Bai E suddenly heard Yue Ying's messaging, and the next moment he saw her, not knowing when, sitting on the shoulder of his mecha.
"Hmm?"
"After you go back, my sister, look for you."
Before setting out, Wind Spirit had instructed Yue Ying.
"After Bai E leads the troops in annihilating the hive, tell him to come see me immediately."
