He became the White-Haired Evil God after wearing the Seven Curses Rings.

If her guess is correct, then this Zerg crisis is probably far more terrifying than she originally anticipated.

To confirm whether this was true, Xie Bai quickly shifted the gaze of the Authority of Light back to the previous Devouring Insect Nest.

Since the Authority of Light needs to be in a place with light to have vision, and there is no light at all in the nest of the Devouring Insects.

So when his gaze shifted to the vicinity of the insect nest, Xie Bai used his authority of light to forcibly illuminate the entire surrounding area.

The next second, the exact appearance of the entire insect hive appeared before Xie Bai's eyes.

The bottom was an extremely open and flat area, with hardly any trace of the Devouring Insects.

Most of the Devouring Insects gathered in the transportation network at the top.

"Um?"

Xie Bai squinted at him.

In the space at the top, all kinds of Devouring Insects shuttle back and forth in an orderly manner in a three-dimensional transportation network, just like cars in human society.

Thanks to the life cycles within their bodies, these Devouring Insects can move freely without external assistance, even though their physical structure is completely unsuitable for flight.

Most of the worms in the transportation network are ordinary worker worms that we have seen before.

They are only about 200 meters long, making them appear extremely small in the vast insect nest.

The Core of the Last Nest

"That is...?"

Inside the central nest, Xie Bai saw a huge object that resembled an insect egg.

Before she could even see what the creature inside looked like, dozens of enormous Devouring Insects suddenly appeared near the central nest and surrounded the area.

Judging from their size of over 1,000 meters, they are probably top-tier soldier insects in the hive.

Each of these soldier insects is different, presumably because each species of soldier insect from the hive came one of its kind.

With a rustling sound, the group of soldier insects seemed to huddle together and start communicating.

Xie Bai tried to decipher the general meaning, but could only conclude that they were probably driven by fear.

What are you afraid of...?

Could it be that I suddenly lit up the entire insect hive?

"Cough cough..."

Although his actions disturbed the soldier insects here, the worker insects responsible for transportation did not seem to be affected.

What needs to be moved will still be moved, and what needs to be handed over will still be handed over. Even if the soldiers and insects block the way, they will find their own way around to another route.

It feels like only the soldier worms have become intelligent, while the worker worms are still in a primitive state.

After searching for a while, Xie Bai discovered that he couldn't find the Insect King in the huge insect nest.

Now, combined with what we saw in the central nest, the answer naturally comes to light.

"The egg in the middle...is it nurturing the insect king? So, are they accelerating the birth of the insect king, or...?"

How to suppress its emergence?

Xie Baifa realized that he seemed to have noticed something.

Based on her understanding of the Zerg, the Zerg within a hive generally obey a single supreme leader.

This supreme will is usually the Zerg King within the hive, but sometimes it may also be another entity that controls the entire hive.

But the world-devouring insects she was seeing presented her with a different picture.

Even if there is no supreme will within the hive, the intelligent soldier insects can decide their own actions, and even discuss cooperation and plan the future development of the entire hive.

In this situation, the birth of the insect king is actually the last thing they want to happen.

Once the Insect King is born, the Insect King, as the supreme will, will control all the Insects, causing the sudden display of self-will by those soldier Insects to vanish like a fleeting moment.

So now these soldier insects are controlling the remaining uncultivated worker insects, making them build cages near the queen's eggs to suppress their birth.

Ok…

What a blatant act of bullying the weak and defying the strong!

"But isn't this a bit too awkward?"

Only 5% of the soldier insects in the entire hive gained intelligence, while the remaining 95% of the worker insects remained a primitive group.

Although 5% of the army units allow the hive to have a transportation network and building infrastructure, it is still a long way from developing into a civilization.

Unless the remaining 95% of worker insects also become intelligent.

The current Devourer's Nest is in a very awkward position.

It has a somewhat civilized appearance but doesn't quite resemble civilization, and it retains some of the characteristics of an insect nest, making it not quite an insect nest.

But no matter what, this awkward state is definitely weaker than the previous two.

This is definitely a good thing for Earth.

"Could this be the result of Atori's power?"

Xie Bai nodded thoughtfully.

It would be best to inform Yu Yunsheng and the others about the current situation so that they can come up with a more suitable strategy.

"etc…"

Since the Insect King has not yet been born, could she do something to sabotage it?

For example, they could pick them up, train them to be one of their own, and then let them go back to control the Zerg or something.

In that case, we can avoid battle and achieve the most strategically successful victory without fighting.

Considering that she was not yet able to transfer power to the other side, someone had to carry out this plan on her behalf.

At this moment, Xie Bai glanced down at Alania, who was still spying on Yu Yunsheng's private life.

"uh-huh…"

……

Five days later.

A detailed plan was presented to Yu Yunsheng, leaving her momentarily speechless.

"This is…?"

She looked at Tang Ning, who had come to petition, with some confusion.

"Oh, you're asking about that."

Tang Ning replied with a smile.

"This is a decapitation plan devised by our bigwigs. It's roughly related to the Devouring Insect King, and the goal is to eliminate it before the crisis fully erupts. We usually call this... a proactive strike!"

"Well……"

Yu Yunsheng looked at Tang Ning hesitantly.

"So... are we abandoning the previous plan for the insect plague front?"

In response to Yu Yunsheng's question, Tang Ning blinked and then answered with considerable certainty.

"How could that be? Of course they'd stay behind to prepare together. You have no idea how many backup plans those old guys have prepared for the survival of Blue Star, all in case of any unforeseen events in the future."

As she spoke, Tang Ning went around behind Yu Yunsheng and pushed her back with both hands.

"Oh well, you'd better hurry over to the scene, otherwise I won't be able to give you instructions...!"

"Okay, okay, I know. Stop pushing. You're getting too close, something bad could happen."

"Easily something bad happens? Easily what happens... Ugh! It's so bright!"

……

Five minutes later.

Under Tang Ning's guidance, Yu Yunsheng successfully returned to the giant pit they had been in before.

The area has changed considerably since five days ago.

The first thing to be affected was the huge ship hovering in the center of the crater.

"Oh..."

Yu Yunsheng stared blankly at the enormous ship that was so out of place with the style of Blue Star, and couldn't help but think of the Void Fleet he had seen in the game before.

It seems that one of the transport ships in the film is of this size.

……