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"There are no other energy sources in this relic space. If my body's energy is drained, how will I support the massive energy consumption of my huge body in the future? Wait to die?"

Song Chi was filled with doubts, but the nearly hundred thousand insects in front of him didn't give him much chance to think. As the energy expelled from the insect queen began to diffuse, these tens of thousands of insects initiated another evolution.

Looking at the densely packed double-winged tiger-headed bugs filling the entire space above the third floor, Song Chi felt his scalp tingle. Steadying his spirit slightly, he repeated his old trick, piloting Cang Qiong swiftly back to the second floor of the ruins.

Unexpectedly, this time the double-winged tiger-headed bugs did not follow him down. The insect queen, being a Third Rank lifeform, naturally possessed no small amount of intelligence. Having learned from the last encounter, it no longer commanded the double-winged tiger-headed bugs to pursue Cang Qiong, but instead issued orders to defend the third level of space.

Seeing that his method was ineffective, Song Chi's expression darkened completely. With tens of thousands of insects strictly guarding above, Cang Qiong would face an even greater danger if it tried to ascend again. Yet if he were to give up now, how could he be content?

Although there was the Spatial Anchor Point from the Ruin Market, which meant he could return after a month if this attempt failed, the problem was that he had already cleared the Repulsion Field from the Spatial Veil above. The double-winged tiger-headed bugs could pass through at will.
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Combined with the queen's intelligence, it could very well command these bugs to go out in search of various resources over the next month and then bring them back for its recovery.

Furthermore, whether the insect queen could ultimately leave this relic space was still an unknown factor. It had all been his speculation—if the queen could indeed leave, given its attitude towards the Crystal Box, it would surely take the Crystal Box away, or rather the contents within the box. If that happened, wouldn't all his hard work have been for nothing?

Don't be fooled by the strong defense of the Crystal Box; if those countless insects were to attack, it surely wouldn't hold up.

With these thoughts, Song Chi's eyes gradually firmed up.

At the same time, his mind raced, contemplating a strategy for this situation.

...

Hours later, the Cang Qiong, which had been silently hovering in the second-layer space of the ruins, showed a new move. The front of the ship began to gather Sword Intent Divine Light again.

Indeed, after six hours of buffering, the Mixed Hollow Extreme Yang Sword Intent Divine Light had finally completed its buffer, and this was the countermeasure that Song Chi had decided upon after careful consideration.

Since the insect queen had made up its mind to defend, what he could do was to kill it in the shortest time possible after Cang Qiong broke into the third layer again. Without the queen's command, the nearly hundred thousand insects would instinctively pursue Cang Qiong.

Then, he could repeat his previous maneuver and exploit the sandstorm outside to eliminate tens of thousands of double-winged tiger-headed bugs.

As for the remaining splatter bugs, with the Dark Matter Energy Shield re-buffered and the Shield Value refilled, it was enough to withstand until the Electromagnetic Ray Cannon cleared them all out.

Thirteen seconds later, the Mixed Hollow Extreme Yang Sword Intent Divine Light was about to complete its final charge, and at that moment, the Hornet-class drones poised at the side burst out fiercely.

Once they penetrated the Spatial Veil above, in just a second, Song Chi's Brainwave Beacon was completely invalidated.

Obviously, the insects lurking above the veil had discovered the Hornet-class drones as soon as they flew up.

However, far from being surprised, a captivating sharp light flashed in Song Chi's eyes, and simultaneously, the engines of Cang Qiong erupted, propelling the ship upwards through the space.

Pop!

The moment Cang Qiong burst through the Spatial Veil above and reappeared in the third layer of space, it was, unsurprisingly, met with a barrage of attacks.

Countless jets of Corrosive Acid sprayed onto the Dark Matter Energy Shield, issuing an intense sizzling noise.

At the same time, many double-winged tiger-headed bugs swarmed in frenzy. Consequently, plenty of Corrosive Acid splashed onto them, corroding small black wounds on their bodies. However, these bugs, as if possessed, disregarded their injuries and charged straight at Cang Qiong.

Soon, countless double-winged tiger-headed bugs breached the outer Dark Matter Energy Shield and clung onto the surface of Cang Qiong's hull armor, their tiger mouth-like mandibles voraciously gnawing at the Starshine V-type Warship Armor.

Inside Cang Qiong, the semi-autonomous shipboard intelligence began transmitting constant warnings.

[Warning, Warship Armor damaged by 8%, please make immediate repairs!]

[Warning, Warship Armor damaged by 16%, hull damaged by 3%, please make immediate repairs!]

[Warning, Warship Armor damaged by 30%, hull damaged by 9%, please repair as soon as possible!]

In just a moment, the extent of damage to the Starshine V-type alloy armor of Cang Qiong had reached 30%, and the hull itself had nearly one-tenth damage.

This highlighted just how terrifying the mandibles of the double-winged tiger-headed bugs outside were.

Yet, Song Chi disregarded this, and as the hundred-meter Sword Intent Divine Light fully formed at the bow, he suddenly directed the Pure Yang Sword Beam Cannon towards a certain direction and then abruptly fired.

A second later, an intense energy shockwave erupted once more within the third layer of space, mixed with piercing, miserable screeches.

If all went as expected, the sound of agony belonged to none other than the insect queen.