"Faced with a fifth-tier cosmic life form, my only weakness is my Divine Soul. Fortunately, the Hive Tyrant isn’t particularly adept at Divine Soul attacks."
"For me, it is the perfect target to test my true combat power!"
Lu Sheng murmured lightly, with a faint glimmer flickering in his eyes.
"It’s decided, it will be this one!"
Lu Sheng looked at the mission to support Earth Dragon Star and chose to accept it directly.
After accepting the mission, the mission center quickly sent over the latest task information.
Lu Sheng carefully examined it.
After all, it was his first time accepting an intermediate-level mission and his first time facing a fifth-tier cosmic life form. Lu Sheng felt he needed to be cautious.
However, when Lu Sheng looked at the information about Earth Dragon Star, he couldn’t help but slightly raise his eyebrows.
"These... are the names of Star River University students who previously went to Earth Dragon Star to execute missions?"
Lu Sheng said with some surprise.
Among the list of names, Lu Sheng soon discovered a few familiar names.
"Zhang Lei, Mu Qingqing..."
"It’s actually them?"
Lu Sheng was a bit shocked. He didn’t expect Zhang Lei and the others to be on Earth Dragon Star right now. According to the task center’s information, they had accepted a frontline mission on Earth Dragon Star, not knowing that the Void Insect Race would suddenly invade.
With the birth of the Hive Tyrant, Zhang Lei, Mu Qingqing, and other Life Factions students with only early fourth-tier combat power were now trapped on Earth Dragon Star, unable to escape.
Lu Sheng looked at Zhang Lei’s name and slightly shook his head, continuing to read, and came across another extremely familiar name.
When Lu Sheng saw this name, he couldn’t help but feel a bit stunned.
Previously, when on Tianqi Star at the Celestial Speed Training Camp, Lu Sheng knew someone named Xia Xun, who had displayed quite impressive command abilities.
Lu Sheng also had a good relationship with him.
"Could it be a coincidence?"
Lu Sheng clicked on Xia Xun’s profile to take a look. Given the vast number of students at Star River University, it wouldn’t be surprising to find someone with the same name.
But upon seeing the faction Xia Xun belonged to, Lu Sheng confirmed that the Xia Xun on the list was indeed the Xia Xun he knew from the Celestial Speed Training Camp.
"Conquest Factions... Xia Xun..."
Lu Sheng looked at the list and lightly spoke, then closed the information sent by the mission center.
"Qingtian, Life Factions’ 016 Star System Teleportation Station coordinates have been uploaded. Initiate Light-speed Flight."
Lu Sheng ordered calmly.
"Coordinates confirmed, initiating Light-speed Flight mode..."
Qingtian’s voice echoed in Lu Sheng’s ear, and after a minute of preparation, Qingtian instantly transformed into a streak of silver light, disappearing into the horizon, heading towards the Star System Teleportation Station.
Located on the front lines, Earth Dragon Star would take several years to reach even at light-speed flight. The only option was the Star System Teleportation Array to send Lu Sheng to the frontline hub, and from there to Earth Dragon Star!
Frontline, Earth Dragon Star.
As a small comet on the frontline, Earth Dragon Star frequently faced invasions from other hostile races of the Human Federation, preventing it from producing powerful Transcendent beings.
On Earth Dragon Star, the strongest Transcendent was only at the late fourth-tier.
At this moment, under the invasion of the Void Insect Race, most of Earth Dragon Star’s cities had already fallen, transforming the steel jungles on the surface into ruins.
Small, purple monster insects, each just a few tens of centimeters in size, surged from the ground, gathering together to form the insect army.
From a distance, it looked like a purple flood.
Sharp sounds echoed between heaven and earth, and upon hearing these sounds, all the Void Insect Race members swarmed towards a specific direction on Earth Dragon Star.
At the end of that direction stood a heavy steel city, towering over the land.
The city walls were already cracked with hideous fissures, seemingly on the verge of destruction.
Standing on the walls were various figures, each emitting a powerful aura, though their expressions looked grim.
"The Hive has already swallowed the remaining six survival bases on Earth Dragon Star; only our Seventh Survival Base remains now!"
A deep voice echoed, coming from a middle-aged man with a single eye, his body fully cast in steel – a Mechanical Transformer.
This man was also the leader of Earth Dragon Star’s Seventh Survival Base and the only late fourth-tier Transcendent there, Huang Tianhuan!
Beside Huang Tianhuan stood Zhang Lei, Mu Qingqing, and other veteran students who had previously completed the Heaven-Reaching Vine Insect mission with Lu Sheng, all looking weary.
Xia Xun from the Conquest Factions was also among them.
But their energies were drained, as though they’d just endured a fierce battle.
"The Void Insect Race has consumed the other survival bases, targeting our Seventh Survival Base next."