Above the Insect Race Mainbrain, Qi Sheng noticed a tiny crack, which was a nearly closed Space Rift.
It was certain that the Insect Race Mainbrain had just been air-dropped here.
What remained uncertain was whether this low-level Insect Race Mainbrain came specifically for the Black Tide or for resources, but it launched an attack on the Black Tide only after coincidentally detecting its presence upon arrival.
He didn’t think too deeply about this issue, as the reason was not important.
Both the Insect Race and the Black Tide would be enemies of the Player Corps.
He could see the insects near the Mainbrain nearly frenziedly chopping nearby greenery and rocks, transporting all material to the Mainbrain for smelting and digestion.
This force’s level of environmental and resource destruction was no less severe than that of the Mechanical Sovereign, and even, the ultimate mainbrain controlling the insects might surpass the strength of the Mechanical Sovereign.
[Fortunately, the arriving Insect Race Mainbrain’s Hunting Level isn’t particularly high; otherwise, the current stage of the Player Corps would have a very tough time.]
Qi Sheng nodded as he heard this.
He saw the arrival of the Insect Race as a good thing.
It was a suitable challenge for the players’ strength and could be used to enhance their combat prowess.
In terms of devouring and evolving capabilities, the players would only be stronger than both the Insect Race and the Black Tide.
At this moment, the perspective pulls back, and the intense war between the Black Tide and the insect swarm continues, with the Black Tide gradually increasing in strength by devouring parts of the Insect Warriors’ bodies.
The analysis revealed that the insects were like experience packs for the Black Tide’s growth, allowing the Black Tide’s strength to continuously climb.
But this wasn’t important.
The important point was that the front line of the insect swarm was advancing, and the resistance from the Black Tide’s Demonic Spirits was absolutely unable to block the steady press of the Insect Warriors.
This realization led Qi Sheng to grasp the true purpose of the Insect Race’s Intelligent Brain.
The highly intelligent Mainbrain must be aware that the Horror Black Tide gains strength continuously through devouring in wars and thus had no intention of engaging in a prolonged and tense war of attrition with the Black Tide; its core target had always been the "Evil Eye Tower" of the Black Tide.
This could be seen as the Insect Race’s Intelligent Brain using a quick-push tactic.
As long as the Evil Eye Tower is overturned, the influence of the Black Tide will be significantly reduced.
This was also why the Insect Race’s Intelligent Brain allowed the Black Tide to continuously gain enhancement from devouring during the war.
At this point on the Evil Eye Tower, the Earth Thought Evil Spirit’s expression was gloomy.
He controlled the Horror Black Tide whose strength was continuously escalating in the slaughter against the Insect Warriors, but he also figured out the real intention of the insect clan.
Facing the continuously retreating battle line, he tried multiple counterattacks with the Black Tide, but they were all suppressed back by the frenzied Insect Tide.
Following this trend, the Insect Race army would advance to the Evil Eye Tower.
If the tower were cleared, he would lose control over the Domain Node below, and his control over the Black Tide would also be significantly weakened.
It would then be difficult to recapture it later.
"Evil Eye, what exactly is the origin of these creatures?"
In response to his inquiry, the Evil Eye floating behind the Earth Thought Evil Spirit cracked open slightly and, after a long silence, spoke:
"According to the information shared with me by other nodes, this force is called the Combat Insect Clan, one of the most troublesome forces we have encountered, having erupted into world wars in multiple worlds against our warriors, significantly obstructing the speed at which our race devours worlds."
"Multiple worlds?" The Earth Thought Evil Spirit was somewhat surprised.
"Yes, multiple worlds. The Combat Insect Clan’s power is much more terrifying than you think. They possess the innate ability to collect pheromones to obtain target information, and they can also evolve organs that counter the abilities of opposing races by restructuring their offspring’s life structures. This is a Destruction Level force very similar to our race. When our race invades other worlds, we have repeatedly found that the Combat Insect Clan had already begun to devour that world."
The explanation from the Evil Eye made the Earth Thought Evil Spirit realize the gravity of the situation:
"So the noticeable slowdown in the backlash of the black mist and the inability to completely devour the corpses of dead Insect Units are also due to the unique traits of the Insect Race."
"Exactly, some worlds’ insect populations have evolved body structures that respond to our race’s devouring and backlash abilities. Although they cannot completely negate the traits of the Black Tide, they have managed to effectively lessen the pressure from the Black Tide."
As he said this, the Evil Eye shifted the macroscopic perspective in the mind of the Earth Thought Evil Spirit to focus on one of the fighting Crystal Wings.
"The crystal-structured body, the slow energy emissions... all these are created to counteract our race’s Black Tide traits. If I’m not wrong, this batch of insects followed the steps of our warriors and actively entered Monster World, possibly even to hunt down our race into Monster World."
"Pursue?" The Earth Thought Evil Spirit was taken aback, finding it somewhat hard to believe.
"Correct, the progress of our race devouring worlds ends with world annihilation, after which the warriors involved in this devouring war are reassigned to different worlds. But the Insect Race is completely different; they have a high desire for combat, and their ’end’ means no life exists."
"What’s the difference?" The Earth Thought Evil Spirit asked doubtfully.
"Completely different. For example, after our race’s Black Tide completely devours Purple Rain World, many powerful life forms escaped to other worlds through torn spaces. Regarding this, our race does not care and does not wish to waste time pursuing meaninglessly. Devouring worlds is our final aim, and it’s utterly foolish in our eyes to waste extra energy on pursuits."
"However, the Combat Insect Clan is different; they will devour all life, and upon discovering that life from a devoured world has fled to another, they would not hesitate to pursue them across worlds."