1448: Chapter 1444: Cluster 1448: Chapter 1444: Cluster Marshal Lulu might have been overly law-abiding, but she was not blindly loyal.
In fact, she herself lacked a sense of identification with the new governnt and the military…
Her service always lay with the interests of the ethnic group, even the world.
To be more specific, noticing her always looking at the refugees and the injured with such distress, Lu Ping’an knew what she truly cared about.
Under such circumstances, her diligent return to the Capital to work was naturally because the frontline was no longer in grave danger, allowing her to leave.
If the frontline truly collapsed, when the ti ca, if she needed to disobey orders or even make a visit, she would not hesitate.
“The frontline has stabilized for the most part.”
This ti, the first batch of proactive combat power blocked the most difficult challenge.
And indeed, the military played a certain role afterward, at least the Strongn it pinpointed all ca to the frontline.
Blocking the Insect Swarm didn’t count as a victory, but blocking and expelling the Insect King was pivotal.
Yet, even with relatively sufficient combat power, the number of Insect Kings killed was limited.
After dozens of tug-of-war and chase battles, the Undying-nature of the Rule-level Bug Clan left a deep impression on Lu Ping’an.
He even took the initiative to set up a trap and then released multiple Rule-level creatures from the Courtyard…
“When that Insect King was trapped in a dire situation, just for a mont, all the insects around it, as if mad, ca to Self-Destruct, and the nearest Insect King also ca for support…”
The “only will” of the Abyssal Insect Swarm also left a profound impression on Lu Ping’an.
He might need to change his thinking.
“Let’s get another Weapon…”
And Lu Ping’an, who was transitioning his mode of operation, did not lack gains.
Since there were ample subjects and consurs, the numbering of his “Insecticide” had already reached nine, both low-end and high-end versions were selling quite well.
And the current version even advanced to a combination package of “Beetle Must Die” and “Abyss Must Be Expelled.”
Among all the Quasi-Contamination Weapons/Taboo items, weapons targeting the “Bug Clan” and the “Abyss” were selling particularly well…
Although it was a bit subtle, Lu Ping’an’s ability was indeed most effective in the logistics of the battlefield.
After another failed attempt at luring and hunting an Insect King, Lu Ping’an directly opened the “Trading Land” on the frontline of the battlefield.
And because of this, he secured his first victory.
Several Rule-level individuals used his “King of Scarlet Fang Must Die” to kill it…
and at the sa ti, two Rule-level fighters were seriously injured.
The na alone suggests that this was an extrely targeted restraint weapon, and even after two encounters, Lu Ping’an still let this “King of Scarlet Fang” slip away.
“Broad-area Passive Bloodsucking, floating fangs automatically bloodsuck…
Try this ‘Poisonous Blood,'” how about it?
This alchemy potion can poison you, rest assured, it’s far more effective on the Insect Swarm than on humans.
“Six-winged high-speed gliding?
Try this ‘Resonance Needle.'” Once it’s inserted into the wings, if it dares to flap those wings, it will cause them to resonate and self-destruct.
“Hard to penetrate its armor?
Would anyone like this ‘Beetle Must Die’?”
Lu Ping’an rolled out a whole set of weaponry and logistics dicines and made “suggestions” for tactics, and this brutal Rule-level was finally killed in six minutes and thirty-two seconds…
If it had been dragged on for ten minutes, regardless of whether it forcibly fled, the nearest reinforcents from the Insect Kings might have arrived.
Lu Ping’an also noticed that the Abyssal Insect Swarm was very powerful, its cold and rational decisions never failed…
but this almost chanical precision in thought made it easier to target.
However, the infinite Insect Swarm and the fearless Insect Kings turned many a plot into a joke.
Instead, Lu Ping’an, through repeated attempts, took out specialized “Rule Nesis” weapons and handed them over to multiple professionals to use, easily beheading that Rule-level Insect King.
“At least, I can report back…” Finally, there was an indirect killing record, not too embarrassing.
Lu Ping’an might still be sowhat displeased, but as a Newly Promoted Rule-Level, no one was going to look down on him.
Even for an eighth-tier Big Shot, killing a seventh-tier that was not dumb enough to fight to the death was not an easy task.
He indeed exhibited the standard of a Quasi-Eighth Tier combat strategist and possessed a noticeable “logistics-oriented” trait, earning him further recognition.
A logistic specialist already possessing comprehensive abilities such as Gardener, Production, Craftsman, Magic Potion, and dical, was already preposterous enough, coupled with the combat power above Eighth Tier… In many people’s eyes, such entities were supposed to stay behind to avoid beheadings.
But once the strongn had experienced Lu Ping’an’s “custom service,” no one talked nonsense anymore.
“Please, ensure support on the frontline…” Whether it was the ability to snatch severely wounded individuals from Death God with “Postponed Paynt” or various “XX Must Die” Quasi-Contamination/Taboo weapons, each addition or reduction could completely flip the tide of battle.
His “Wish Granting” and “Taboo Library” traits also enabled many veterans who had been stuck for years, to begin progressing once again.
“You stay put at the base in the rear, don’t run around, it is easier for others to find you, and you are much more useful than if you were fighting on the frontline…”
When soone spoke such blunt truth, even Lu Ping’an himself could only respond with silence.
That’s the reality; although top combat powers were scarce, they did exist, and Eighth-Tiers being summoned were solving problems, while a super “Mobile base” like Lu Ping’an was probably unique in the whole world.
But after reluctantly accepting reality, the Lu who promised Lulu to “do a good job,” did not slack off… He was quite displeased with those biomass pools piled up with corpses.
As a “logistics” and “researcher,” he devoted more ti and energy to “targeted research.”
“So, it self-destructed again?”
Now, Lu had the ability to turn dead matter into living beings… So, could lost limbs, bones, and corpses likewise be “activated?”
After experinting, Lu Ping’an had confird he could indeed pretend to be a so-called “Necromancer.”
“… Is it without a soul?
Or is the soul incompatible with the body?”
However, the amalgamated monstrosities of the revived Abyssal Insect Race he “resurrected” often swiftly self-destructed.
Even so, this was still quite valuable…
The Abyssal Insect Race could not be captured; once caught, they would lt away and die.
“I can’t sense their minds…”
Next to Lu, Mudar, who had been pondering with closed eyes, finally shook his head.
As a “species peer,” since they were researching the Abyssal Insect Race, his expertise was naturally needed.
If evaluated purely as war Magic Pets for their panel stats, these life forms were incredibly valuable… But realistically, all previous taming attempts had failed; even if they pretended to be tad, they would betray at a critical mont.
Lu Ping’an had no interest in “taming the Bug Clan”… mainly because they simply didn’t fit his aesthetic.
But to extract so power from them and find targeted counterasures was still of great interest to him.
“Is that so?
If reassembled bodies can’t attract their souls, where exactly is the Abyssal Insect Swarm’s Hive Mind stored?”
To target the Abyssal Insect Swarm, the “Hive Mind” was an unavoidable factor.
The world was once isolated, turning their “internet” into a “local network,” and Mudar, the Psychic Technician, helped them with disconnection and regained their selfhood.
But once all the Awakened Insect Race awoke, the existence that appeared to be a collective will also disappeared without a trace.
“ntal Shock is ineffective…”
ntal Shock, a high-end use of psychic abilities, can directly crush an individual’s or an area’s ntal consciousness… If it’s a Mortal, they would be knocked unconscious.
If it’s a professional externalizing Spiritual Power, they would suffer severe damage.
If it’s a psychic network, it would be directly disconnected.
It’s worth ntioning that such “Psychic Technician” abilities were also sold in the Grand Library and were learnable, except that the required series of “ntal Knowledge (Taboo)” and the level of externalizing Spiritual Power seed out of reach for humans.
If even the respected Hero’s ntal Shock was ineffective, it could only an these “revived bugs” had no souls at all.
“But they were definitely controlled by the collective will…” This was a reality incomprehensible to Lu Ping’an and his group; after successful assembly, they regained the impulse to defect.
Lu Ping’an was pondering; there had to be an answer.
If the psychic network of the swarm couldn’t be deciphered, this ethnic war would remain unresolved…
No matter how many of the Insect Swarm were killed, it was just a depletion of their biomatter and growth ti, easily replenished with more hunting.
And when Lu Ping’an’s research hit an intellectual dead end, Kitten offered a suggestion.
“ow?
Doesn’t this resemble Lord Xiuyi’s network, ow?”
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