Chapter 1998: Day 31 of Being Pampered by My Wife in the Insect Tribe

The forest spanning Rupert Star blankets the entire star belt; the underground dark river system forms countless lethal dark pits, nurturing a horde of beasts that feed on dark matter.

East Longitude 117°, first quadrant of the dark matter radiation belt.

Aisaiya's breathing sounded especially heavy in the silence, and the sound of his boots crushing the dry bones on the ground made his temples throb.

"Your Excellency Jin Chen, are you sure you want to go into the forest's core? We haven't brought any female soldiers!"

The martial arts from the Royal Academy, Aisaiya had already returned them to the instructors; fortunately he had brought some weapons from the warship, but it was far from enough.

Jin Chen's black coat swayed lightly in the dark purple miasma; his quantum illumination flashlight trembled, burning the floating fluorescent spores around them to ash.

"As you see." Jin Chen said, his gaze slowly drifting to a point not far away.

；"Energy radiation magnetic field readings exceed the safety threshold by three times!"; Aisaiya watched the wildly jumping numbers on his wristwatch, cold sweat seeping from his palms beneath his gloves, and he stood firm before Jin Chen.

"Your Excellency, I'm not sure whether we can guarantee your safety if we continue like this."

The faint stirring in Aisaiya's heart was suppressed, his mind filled with annoyance: "You cannot proceed without regard for danger."

Ten meters beneath their feet lay the whirlpool where the dark rivers converged; liquid dark matter seeped through the rock layers, staining the air of the entire area a viscous green-black.

Not to mention the ever-present dark-pit monsters that could appear at any moment.

Jin Chen glanced at him and said, "Your father knows."

Aisaiya froze and asked, "What did you say?"

"Your father knows why I've come, which is why he had you follow me." Jin Chen again looked away, his cool brows showing some impatience, "Third Prince, can't you figure it out?"

Aisaiya had seen Jin Chen a few times, but he had never realized that this Excellency's aura could rival his father the emperor… no, it surpassed it.

"Is this my father emperor's test of me?" Aisaiya finally understood, then a sudden inexplicable anger rose: "You've all been keeping secrets from me!"

Jin Chen had no time to console the moody prince; his steps did not stop as he continued forward.

Just then, six dark-red tentacles covered in suckers burst from the ground, each tip splitting open into a ring-shaped mouth bristling with sharp teeth.

"Oh no, what an ugly monster! Host, be careful!" Ling Gun Gun swooped back into space, not daring to linger outside.

Aisaiya staggered backward, "Abyssal Salamander!"

That was the Abyssal Salamander's mimetic predatory limb; the ancient beast's neural synapses could directly unleash a super-strong radiation attack.

He instinctively reached for his quantum gun, but the radiation strike hit him first, and his vision instantly went black.

；"Hold breath."；

Jin Chen's black-gloved hand pressed against Aisaiya's trembling shoulder.

Aisaiya felt a cold energy surge through his spine, and the terrifying flickering phantom on his vision vanished instantly.

"Stay still." Jin Chen said again.

Aisaiya dared not speak, feeling for the first time the terror of S-rank mental power.

Jin Chen's pupils deepened to a darker blue; his mental power field took shape as a sky-covering net. When the Abyssal Salamander's first tentacle pierced the miasma and thrust forward, blue-purple sparks exploded in the air.

Jin Chen's consciousness followed the mental power surge straight in, precisely locating the salamander monster's true body hidden in a dark pit a hundred meters deep.

Capture, strangling.

The Abyssal Salamander emitted an infrasound shriek, and its twelve tentacles simultaneously burst into a mist of blood.

Aisaiya saw the flesh chunks fall to the ground, shocked beyond words.

Jin Chen didn't even move; he simply… relied on mental power alone.

The male insect's mental power actually has such strong attack capability?!

"Your Excellency Jin Chen, you…" Aisaiya instinctively turned back, but saw Jin Chen glance over lightly, his eyes holding a warning.

Don't ask what you shouldn't.

Aisaiya inexplicably understood that glance, his heart pounding with nervousness; he hurriedly changed his address, "You… are really impressive."

Jin Chen stepped on the dry bones and continued forward, lowering his eyes to his wrist optical brain—Ling Gun Gun had already placed Zenuoer's real-time location on the optical brain; at this moment they were on two levels of the same forest.

"Keep up."

West Longitude 154°, third quadrant of the energy fluctuation zone.

Military trackers occasionally fail in the fluctuation zone, but having probed our way in, the distance to the signal from the trapped soldiers is gradually closing.

Sensing vitality from the dark pit, the hidden wolves that came tearing at the squad were the third batch of monsters they had encountered.

Zenuoer's light gold tail swept over the ancient tree branches; his insectoid, molten-gold vertical pupils blazed terrifyingly bright in the energy storm.

；"Solidify field at seven o'clock direction!";

Zenuoer shouted sharply; the hum of the female soldiers' laser rifles instantly wove a fire net behind them, and three shadow wolves slammed into the suddenly slowing fire net, forced to solidify and endure the gunfire.

"Commander! Above……"

Anbo's reminder had not yet finished.

Zenuoer had already stepped on the branches and leapt into the air.

The special high-frequency gun in his fingers fired off afterimages, its trembling hum perfectly matching the rhythm of the female soldiers' collective fire.

When another batch of shadow wolves had their skulls pierced, Zenuoer leaned back to avoid the exploding flesh and blood; the arc of his bent waist made his combat uniform tighten into a fierce outline.

Upon landing, his blood-spattered lashes fluttered slightly; beneath his shattered visor, his full lips showed, that crimson hue more lovely than the flying gore of the beasts.

Zenuoer drew the special explosive wrapped with mental silk from his waist, biting open the safety pin, his teeth flashing a cold light in the gloom.

The female soldiers' electromagnetic bombs happened to penetrate the shadow wolf pack at that moment, opening a channel for Zenuoer's mental blast; a few instants later they detonated with a roar, and the hidden wolf horde was utterly wiped out.

"Rest here." Zenuoer's voice, somewhat hoarse from fatigue, locked onto a direction.

"Damn, the monsters here really never end." Anbo wiped the black blood from his face and hurried over a few steps to Zenuoer's side.

"Commander, what are you looking at?"

"Bones."

Zenuoer, blunt and to the point, picked up the half-buried bone covered in black leaves and carefully examined the ground for any dripping bloodstains.

His expression suddenly turned icy; he lifted his gaze to follow the bloodstains into the forest's depths.

"This is..." An Bo didn't understand, he summoned the survey troops; after the instruments scanned, the faces of all the female soldiers in the unit changed color.

Corpse-splitting Abyss Beast

The giant abyss monster that should have existed at the bottom of the dark river on Rupert Star, the legendary monster group guarding the treasure, was the main culprit that nearly destroyed the First Legion five years ago.

"Ze Nuoer." An Bo grabbed Ze Nuoer's hand, reminding him as a close friend, "Our mission this time is to find the trapped soldiers and ordinary civilians."

If they were to pursue the possibly wounded Corpse-splitting Abyss Beast, their remaining weapons would have no chance of victory.

"I know."

Ze Nuoer closed his eyes, his voice hoarse: "Take blood samples, continue forward."

"An Bo leads the survey troops, taking the samples back to the General Control spaceship; he must personally deliver them to Kai Wen, then bring back a new batch of assault troops and weapons. They will rendezvous at the new coordinates tomorrow."

"Yes, sir."