The moment the mud wave erupted and the Breaker appeared, it used its superior maneuverability to shoot upwards at the last possible second.
Although it was sent tumbling by the violent shockwave, and a sharp basalt shard sliced a deep, flesh-revealing gash across its tough chest armor, it fortunately avoided the first wave of fatal pincer sweeps and the subsequent center of the deadly melee.
Its compound eye array, like the highest-speed camera, clearly recorded the entire process: the fearless charge of its kin, the tragic, dazzling strike of the Hundred-Chief, the terrifying black flame clearing by the Breaker… all were fully recorded and could be directly transmitted to the brains of its remaining kin!
Fear?
No, the neural core of the Insect Race had no such concept.
Only cold directives drove it: Information, this information must be transmitted back.
On its escape route, the special glands on its six-segmented abdomen subtly opened and closed, secreting extremely faint biological pheromones with unique informational sequences.
These invisible markers, like beacons in the dark, silently merged into the cold seawater, precisely adhering to the rock walls, marine mud, and even plankton along the way.
Each marker pointed in the direction from which it came, towards the core of that bloody battlefield.
After an unknown period, the escapee entered a deeper, colder body of water.
This place was not silent; a vast, restrained, and icy aura, like a slumbering giant beast, lay within.
“Buzz…”
The biological engine at the tail of the fleeing He Bo Insect emitted a low hum at a specific frequency, like a password knocking on the door of slumber.
The next moment, this dim water “came alive.”
One point, two points, ten points, a hundred points… thousands of points of lava-like crimson light illuminated one after another.
As if a Hellish starry sky suddenly lit up in the deep sea.
Dense arrays of compound eyes focused on one point—that heavily scarred escapee.
The immense pressure made the water itself seem to solidify.
The escapee did not hesitate, rushing directly towards the core of this crimson star-sea—where three beings, far larger than their kin, floated.
One of them was particularly massive, twice the length of an ordinary He Bo Insect, its dark black bio-alloy carapace as heavy as a fortress, with dark gold energy patterns flowing along its edges, restrained yet containing a heart-palpitating, immense power.
It was the highest commander of this thousand-person team, a River Earl Bug Thousand-Chief, with a life strength of 54 points!
Flanking it were two other Qian Chang, slightly smaller in size but equally formidable in aura.
Behind them were over two thousand elite twelfth-order He Bo Insects arrayed like silent reefs, their compound eyes' red glow forming a crimson light band, an icy killing intent palpable.
The fleeing He Bo Insect came before the River Earl Bug Thousand-Chiefs, its massive head slightly bowed.
No words were needed; a powerful mental link was instantly established.
The immersive combat information stream recorded in the escapee's neural core—the terrifying might of the Breaker, the blasphemous power of the black flames that incinerated all, the fearless courage and tragic sacrifice of its kin, the strange coordinates and size of the light aperture—surged into the three Qian Chang's Sea of Consciousness like a bursting dam, without reservation.
“Hiss—Gah!!!”
Just a few breaths later, the River Earl Bug Thousand-Chief, its head covered in thick carapace, suddenly raised its head and let out a silent yet Soul-rending, sharp mental roar!
This roar was not anger, but the highest-level combat alert and assembly order.
A buzzing sound spread through the swarm like ripples.
From afar, and even further in the darkness, a similar sharp cry echoed back, quickly passing like a relay baton, penetrating layers of seawater and spreading into the wider dark abyss.
Answer the call!
Scattered He Bo Insect squads patrolling and lurking in more distant waters, like iron cavalry receiving a monarch's command, all changed direction.
Their caudal biological engines instantly overloaded, transforming into deep blue arrows that tore through the water, rushing towards the source indicated by the sharp cry—this crimson star-sea where the three Qian Chang were stationed—to converge!
In just a quarter of an hour, the swarm, originally over two thousand strong, expanded again!
More than two thousand five hundred elite twelfth-order He Bo Insects assembled like a torrent of steel, their crimson compound eyes converging into a suffocating sea of blood in the deep sea, their icy killing intent so palpable it lowered the temperature of the surrounding seawater.
The Qian Chang quickly received the complete information stream transmitted by the fleeing He Bo Insect.
Without lengthy discussion, the Insect Race's logical core instantly completed the battlefield situation assessment and tactical deduction.
Stay!
A hundred-person squad immediately detached from the main force and, led by a Hundred-Chief, stealthily and at full speed, infiltrated towards the Antarctic Base.
Their mission was to deliver this critical intelligence concerning the invasion from another world to Yuan Mei, the research supervisor at the Antarctic Base, and ultimately directly to the Dominator!
Depart!
The remaining two thousand four hundred-plus He Bo Insects, led by the three Qian Chang, instantly transformed into a destructive deep blue torrent.
They no longer concealed their tracks.
The deep blue bio-energy patterns on their tails suddenly glowed intensely, as if over two thousand deep-sea engines ignited simultaneously.
Their massive, heavy bodies, augmented by their innate control over aquatic environments, burst forth with speed beyond physical limits, like a dense cluster of torpedoes.
Following the pheromone trail left by the escapee, they tore through the biting cold seawater with overwhelming force, heading directly for the light aperture battlefield on the edge of the Mariana Trench, which emanated an ominous aura!
Everything in their path yielded!
Giant deep-sea fish, fierce predators, and even mutated sea monsters occupying their own territories, upon sensing this terrifying torrent of aura, like a natural disaster descending, were all panic-stricken and fled far away.
The seawater was compressed by the high-speed impact, forming visible shockwaves and dense bubble trails, emitting continuous low-pitched explosive roars.
This was a death legion from the deep sea of the Insect Race; their only goal was to crush the invaders.
In less than an hour, that suffocating deep blue torrent, carrying a pressure capable of making the seabed tremble, descended once again into that dim abyss.
The massive, pale white light aperture still floated in the center of their vision, emitting a cold and eerie glow, like the gaze of the abyss.
But in front of the light aperture, the Breaker beast was nowhere to be seen.
“Disperse and search! In units of a hundred-person squads!” The commands from the Qian Chang instantly spread to all individuals.
The two thousand four hundred-plus He Bo Insects immediately dispersed, transforming into over twenty deep blue undercurrents, like an efficient hunting swarm, silently infiltrating the complex terrain around the light aperture, including rugged canyons, deep trenches, and massive reef clusters.
Their crimson compound eyes, like searchlights, scanned every inch of darkness, their scythe-like forelimbs poised and ready.
