As we all know, there are two major monstrosity disasters in this world: one is The Voracity's monsters, and the other is The Propagation's Swams. Their existence has brought indelible disasters to the universe.
Oh, wait a minute; a friend from the Xianzhou just connected and said that we seem to have missed the Denizens of Abundance and the Antimatter legion.
Hmm... Although from the current perspective, it is only a matter of time before these guys become the four pests of the universe.
But in that era, [Abundance] and [Destruction] had not yet been born, and the Swarm of Tayzzyronth was undoubtedly the most terrible nightmare in the hearts of billions of creatures.
—Into the Starry Sky Special Column, Ilu.
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"Goodbye, Mom, I'm going to sail tonight~"
"Don't worry about me; I have a mecha and a sniper gun~"
"Hehe~"
While humming a little song from her hometown, Ilu flew at full speed toward the dark red star in the distance.
Without damaging the driver's body, this is the maximum power that the Snow Fyrefly Armor can currently provide. Although it is not as fast as the Firefly-IV Strategic Assault Mech, or SAM, in terms of burst speed, it can accelerate continuously without worrying about the core overheating and has an absolute advantage in terms of endurance.
Similarly, as a pilot of the Snow Fyrefly, Ilu must also have the corresponding qualities.
What is the most important thing when traveling alone in the universe?
Yes, it is patience.
At first, Ilu was a little uneasy when she thought that the enemy she was facing was a Propagation Emanator, but after flying alone in the dark and empty universe for thirty system hours, her mood became extremely calm. Even if a bomb dropped would not cause any splashes for her.
It's like downloading an exciting movie on the computer when you go out in the morning, and when you come back in the evening, you find that the progress bar has only moved a little bit.
If it were someone else who was impatient, their mentality would have exploded at this time, but Ilu didn't feel much about it. She just felt that she was closer to her destination.
This adaptability was unfamiliar to her.
"Am I still me?"
At first, Ilu thought so.
But soon, she accepted the reality.
"Oh my god, this is me."
Because she didn't know the specific reason, Ilu could only speculate that her genetic characteristics were causing trouble. After all, the biotechnology of the Glamoth Empire was quite advanced. To make her adapt to the battlefield environment, it was easy to perform some genetic surgery on her.
Of course, this does not mean that she has no negative emotions in her heart.
She still has the emotions that normal humans should have; otherwise, wouldn't she become a monster in human skin?
"Ah..."
Passing by a desolate and dilapidated Earth-like planet again, the girl lowered her head and glanced down.
Looking at the dense black spots on the surface of the planet, she couldn't help but sigh.
As expected, life in this galaxy has basically been slaughtered by the swarm. The Earth-like planets she encountered along the way were all insect nests without exception.
There was no one to say hello. She originally wanted to see if there were any survivors, but in the end, she could only leave disappointed.
Although no one came to greet her, what Ilu didn't expect was that she soon met a group of insects who greeted her nearby.
"Buzz—"
Perhaps smelling the pheromones released by the Snow Fyrefly Armor, a reddish young Sting with more than a dozen young Stings stopped in front of Ilu and began to circle around her. The high-frequency vibrating elytra made a harsh buzzing sound and fanned out a large amount of wing powder, as if conveying some information.
As for why this group of insects with Propagation in their minds took the initiative to greet her, the reason is very simple—in their eyes, the silver mecha in front of them is also "the same kind."
Everyone is the offspring of the Propagation, so they have to practice the Path of Propagation. Since they can't actively copy themselves, they must help her "Propagate".
"Leave now; no insect will be hurt; otherwise, you will all die!"
"Buzz—"
Hearing her warning, the swarm of insects did not move away but got closer.
"You Insects, you really only think about breeding..."
After realizing what the Swarm wanted to do, Ilu's face suddenly turned dark. She showed the mantis blade hidden in her arms without hesitation.
The cold air spread over it, turning into a very lethal ultra-low temperature air blade on the outermost layer.
Since you don't appreciate it, don't blame me for being rude.
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Seeing this scene, the swarm of insects suddenly fell into confusion and chaos. They didn't understand why the "kind" in front of them suddenly took an attacking stance, but Ilu would not give them any reaction time.
From the elytra behind her, blue light wings bloomed, and then she flew in front of the young sting at a terrifying speed that was almost impossible to capture with the naked eye.
The sharp ultra-low temperature air blade slashed its body and cut it in half without any resistance.
"Crack—"
Not only that, but the self-explosion that this sub-sting insect was preparing to trigger when it died was also forcibly interrupted by the frost spreading from the wound. Its time seemed to stay at this moment forever, and it became a broken specimen of frozen borer.
"!!!"
Seeing the leader of the sub-sting insect die on the spot, the remaining insects suddenly became agitated, and Ilu, the initiator of all this, was also shocked by the scene in front of her. She looked down at the azure ice blades embedded in her arms with a look of disbelief.
I'm so powerful! Am I so powerful?
Even Ilu herself didn't expect the power of these two mantis blades to be so terrifying.
Originally, she thought she would fight back and forth with this young sting, so she chose to attack the opponent at the first opportunity, but she didn't expect it would be killed in one second with such an easy blade.
"Hmph, where to escape?"
"I said, all of you Swarm must die!"
Although Ilu was excited and agitated at this time, she did not forget to kill the Swarm and silence them.
With her blade, all the more than ten young Stings were sent to meet the second Sting just now and became space garbage floating in space.
After confirming that no other insects nearby saw this scene, she lifted the combat state, and the pair of ice-blue wings behind the silver armor also became dim, no longer as eye-catching as before.
After such a small episode, Ilu also understood a truth: sometimes, too perfect a disguise is not a good thing, it often leading to other disasters.
Fortunately, this was only a small-scale encounter, and she could still use violence to solve the problem.
If she encountered thousands or tens of thousands of them, she would think in a worse direction. If there was a True Sting nearby, she couldn't just rush in, right?
"It seems that we should try to avoid the swarm of insects..."