"Hmm, now that we’ve roughly completed the intelligence on this world, although the ’special’ aspect of this ’special’ world is still unclear, it won’t affect us starting to take action now.
Last night, it was mainly because we hadn’t developed and were unfamiliar with the world.
Now that we have enough intelligence, it’s time to make a move."
However, Bai Yi didn’t anticipate that instead of actively exploring the uniqueness of this world, the ’specialness’ actually sought him out.
Just as he instructed the Insect Swarm to begin taking action under the arrangement of the group consciousness, preparing to embark on the formal path of Conquest.
The plan was already set, with the first step being to target the surrounding villages and towns, especially focusing on a small city known for its mining industry.
First, let the Insect Swarm extract sufficient metal to start equipping the newly bred swarm with metal carapaces.
After all, the Insect Swarm’s fission reproduction can’t create metal out of thin air; to fully utilize the metal, allowing these swarms to reach their true peak Combat Power, they must first extract enough metal.
Although the altar-researched Creation Rune is available, its speed is ultimately limited, so it’s quicker to take what’s readily available.
And conveniently, there’s a mine, which naturally became the primary target.
Yet before the Insect Swarm officially set out, the surrounding plants were the first to alert Bai Yi.
Last night, not only did the Insect Swarm not rest, but Bai Yi also stayed up.
Besides waiting for the swarm to bring back intelligence, the most important task was to impart part of his Intelligence to the surrounding forest, massively converting them into Tree-man-like beings.
Making them serve as his important defense line, standing guard for him.
But Bai Yi didn’t expect that this defense line would be put to use so quickly.
Moreover, after communicating with the trees, it was discovered that the target wasn’t proactively discovered by the Tree-men but rather "bumped" into them directly.
To be precise, a strange presence entered the forest, but it didn’t catch the attention of the Tree-men, or even the Fei Wen hiding in the shadows.
Even with the swarm’s keen sense of smell and its perception of all things related to the mind, it was undetected.
It can almost be said it successfully infiltrated right under Bai Yi’s nose, but unexpectedly stumbled over some minor affair.
—The person seemed, unable to find useful intelligence, decided to use some unknown Plant Affinity, attempting to directly communicate with the trees for more information.
However, under Bai Yi’s nearly Abnormal Object-level affinity, the trees decisively chose to report the situation to Bai Yi.
Hmm, it’s a bit like someone slipping a note to their well-connected academic master during an exam, only for the academic master to hand the slip over to the teacher instead of providing an answer.
Yet even with Bai Yi activating the views of the Fei Wen and various reconnaissance capabilities, with a reference answer at hand, Bai Yi still couldn’t spot this "person" from that position.
But Bai Yi trusted the plants’ judgment, and the swarm ready to set out immediately got a new target.
Fortunate too that Bai Yi reacted quickly, and the swarm was just about ready to move.
In the moment the swarm began forming a circle, the "Invisible Man" seemed to decide to retreat after receiving no feedback for a long time.
But the swarm had already formed a circle; how could it let the target escape?
With this delay, Bai Yi had already teleported to the edge of the encirclement through the soul perspective brought by Soul Cutting, the position was clearly visible!
"Looks like my superpower is indeed more advanced than this kind of invisibility ability..."
Moments ago, realizing that some form of invisibility could bypass her various reconnaissance methods really set her heart on edge.
Even if she believed she wouldn’t die to assassination, just knowing there’s an undetectable assassin possibly appearing around her would keep her on guard.
Now that she knew she still had the final means of observation, she breathed a sigh of relief.
She resolved herself to enhance her subordinate race’s reconnaissance methods.
She couldn’t just mindlessly pile up Combat Power.
With that self-reflection, Bai Yi’s attention on the "Invisible Man" shifted from concern to interest.
How exactly did this person manage it?
Bai Yi did not intend to guess much, since she’s already inside the instance; just like that Tier Six Demon King, better to capture and figure it out later.
But even before Bai Yi made her move, the "Invisible Man" seemed to perceive that they had been discovered and surrounded, and thus ceased her invisibility.
Suddenly in the forest, a young woman appeared, dressed in black, form-fitting leather armor, with only her face exposed.
Around her waist, on her head, and chest, she wore various accessories with different styles, mixing in a way that somehow gave a sense of unity.
It made people feel there was something off, but they couldn’t quite put their finger on it.
After revealing herself, she didn’t opt to surrender but instead pulled out an oddly shaped sniper rifle from nowhere, firing a shot in a direction.
Bai Yi hadn’t even reacted before an Erosion Worm still in hiding exploded with the shot, spilling toxic blood everywhere, causing Bai Yi to widen her eyes.
Through the spiritual network connection, Bai Yi was most aware of that shot’s power, which is precisely why Bai Yi was especially surprised.