Chapter 597

"So, these are those 'new-type human insects'?"

The appearance of the Mimic Magic Insects was not much different from when they were alive.

This appearance was exactly those crows summoned by the Secret Demon, Swain!

"That’s right, is there a problem?" Lin Lao was puzzled.

Li Yao’s expression was pensive.

The worst guess had still come true.

Those crows he fought in the [God Ruin]

were only True Name level, not even the top-tier existence among True Name levels!

Even after the Insect Mother’s energy conversion and becoming Mimic Magic Insects,

they would absolutely not be strong enough

to injure the New King!

Swain could summon even stronger crows!

Summoning system,

capable of summoning Overlord-level creatures of unknown quantity!

This is the weakest demon?

Then what about the strongest?

Li Yao could now be certain

that those few demons definitely had existences surpassing Overlords!

Seeing Li Yao’s increasingly ugly expression, Lin Lao’s heart skipped a beat, "Is there a problem with these magic insects?"

"Hoo." Li Yao exhaled a turbid breath and said, "It's nothing. Lin Lao, continue talking about this poison mist; let me see if there is a way to solve it."

Lin Lao nodded hesitantly, "Okay."

"You saw it just now; the effect of this poison mist is corrosion."

"It is extremely corrosive. We have tested it; a Seventh Turn professional cannot last for a minute."

"Even the New King can only persist in the poison mist for ten minutes at most, and at the five-minute mark, it needs to take out a portion of its power to resist this poison mist."

"So there is no way to let the New King go to the Abyss to find the source of the poison mist."

"The most critical thing is that this poison mist can even corrode the arrays!"

"The durability of the base’s arrays is falling at a speed visible to the naked eye."

"Now all the Array Masters in the country have rushed to the Insect Mother Battlefield to provide energy to the arrays continuously."

"This is also why the Array Master that Senior Hua promised you cannot get away right now."

"Do you know why they are creating this poison mist now?" Li Yao asked.

Lin Lao looked ashamed, "There are only three speculations now, but no actual evidence, because we cannot enter the poison mist area to explore the truth."

"The first guess is also what I am most worried about right now."

"The Magic Insect race wants to corrode our military base first, and after all our professionals leave the Outer Domain battlefield, they will turn off the poison mist and let countless magic insects rush directly into Blue Star!"

"The number of the Magic Insect race is simply too large. Once they enter Blue Star without obstruction, even if we control the situation, there will be a large number of casualties."

Li Yao shook his head gently: "This speculation can be ruled out."

"Killing some low-level professionals has zero benefit for the Demon Magic Insect race, not to mention that the battlefield is on Blue Star, and they have no way to collect our human corpses."

"Hmm, the second speculation is to think on the bright side."

"The suddenly appearing human insects will also suddenly disappear."

"Did those new-type magic insects disappear? The Magic Insect race couldn't deal with the New King, so they released this poison mist to block the New King from going to the Abyss to kill their Insect Mother?"

"There is a slight possibility," Li Yao affirmed.

Swain’s probe of him had already ended.

It was very likely that it had to return to the Demon race’s stronghold, and its summoned beasts naturally had to be taken back.

Of course, this was just thinking on the bright side.

Li Yao asked: "What about the last speculation?"

Lin Lao’s brows furrowed, "The last speculation is what we think is the most likely."

"The Magic Insect race is doing something that cannot be disturbed."

"Once they complete it, who knows what unimaginable, terrifying things might happen."

"Now we can only wait for those people in the Weaponry Department to forge equipment that can be immune to this poison mist, or for the Magic Insect race to finish their business first."

Hearing this,

Li Yao pondered for a while.

He came here to solve the problem,

and he wanted to enter the Abyss from the Insect Mother Battlefield.

These poison mists must be solved!

The corrosiveness that even the New King couldn't withstand—

if he hadn't comprehended the [Chessboard] before, he wouldn't have been able to go in and explore either.

But now he could rely on the [Chess Player] talent and the [Chessboard]’s death immunity for chess pieces to go in, just like exploiting a bug.

He just needed to come back before his mana was exhausted.

"I'll go," Li Yao said.

Hearing this, Lin Lao almost fainted!

Sure enough, it happened again!

He had already told Senior Hua not to tell Li Yao, not to tell Li Yao!

Now that Li Yao knew,

he was definitely going in!

"No!" Lin Lao pointed to the New King lying behind him, "Li Yao, you should know the New King’s strength. Even if you can win against it, your physical body strength isn't stronger than it, right?"

"No! Absolutely not!" Lin Lao shook his head repeatedly, "And even the defensive arrays can't withstand this poison mist. Could your HP be higher than the durability of the defensive arrays?!"

The scientific researchers on the side also stood up.

The Chief General is the hero of the [Insect Mother Battlefield], and none of them wanted Li Yao to go in and take risks.

"Chief General, we have already detected that the underground is also covered by poison mist."

"The method you used to sneak into the Insect Mother’s core last time won't work either."

"That’s right, why not wait until the equipment to counter the poison mist is successfully refined, and then we'll let the New King go in and try."

Everyone said one thing after another, all opposing Li Yao entering the poison mist.

Li Yao could feel that they were all doing it out of kindness,

but his thoughts were the same as Lin Lao’s third speculation.

That cunning guy Swain

must be plotting something unimaginable.

The magic insects retreating and the poison mist appearing both happened around 10 o'clock,

which was exactly the time that crow left the God Ruin.

He had to go in and see

what that guy was up to!

Li Yao smiled lightly: "Lin Lao, you have to think about why Senior Hua would disregard your wishes and tell me about this."

"Don't worry, I have absolute certainty."

Senior Hua, that top powerhouse with rich experience,

as long as she had seen him make a move a few times,

she could easily guess the principle of [Chess Player].

Before the chess pieces die in battle, he will not be harmed;

it was just that she didn't say it out loud.

Perhaps if he hadn't contacted Senior Hua at that time,

Senior Hua would have called him to entrust him with handling this poison mist.