Chapter 167: The Great Dragon Unleashes Full Firepower, the Insect Swarm Is Unstoppable!

Ignoring the occasional gunshots and screams entering his ears, Li Ang turned to Lu Ke: "Go to the basement—the parts are all ready."

"Ah, okay!"

Lu Ke immediately snapped to attention and sprinted toward the basement.

At this moment, Mo Di's face had turned utterly grim; this elite of the Federal Inspection Bureau had realized what was happening.

Setting fire to the warehouse was a common trick, but it was indeed very effective.

And the terrifying assault of the insect swarm now clearly corroborated Blanchard's claims.

As for whether there was a hand behind the insect swarm—

Just as Mo Di furrowed his brow, pondering what to do next, Li Ang asked: "Didn't your starship carry any high-power weapons?"

"Just fire one shot at these bugs and it's over."

As he spoke, Li Ang's mind inexplicably recalled the chain-reaction weapons from *Ender's Game*—one shot at the insect swarm and every problem would vanish.

Including Colony Star 9527, solved along the way.

Upon hearing this, Mo Di fell silent for a moment, then replied: "Inspection Bureau flagship vessels never carry high-power weapons."

"After all, our mission is inspection, not suppression."

"But I've already contacted the mothership—reinforcements should arrive shortly."

Under these circumstances, Mo Di judged that there was no longer any need for concealment—Blanchard, the city lord, was almost certainly guilty.

Meanwhile, as Li Ang and Mo Di conversed on the first floor—

Lu Ke had already begun assembling the parts on the basement floor.

Rubbing the parts in his hands, he thought silently:

'Finding Li Ang to make these parts for me was the right choice.'

The superiority of these parts far exceeded those Lu Ke had previously commissioned from others.

But that was only natural—under the enhancement of the alchemical workshop, Li Ang's "Heaven and Earth as Furnace" had received a slight boost, making these parts more perfect than those he'd crafted for the 【M-311 Anti-Tank Cannon】 last time.

Though he marveled inwardly, Lu Ke's hands never paused.

Soon, a heavy sniper rifle gleaming with cold luster appeared in his hands.

But before Lu Ke could even marvel, a withered hand snatched the sniper rifle from him.

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Lu Ke looked up and saw a series of withered figures busily hauling ammunition from the basement to the first floor.

Seeing this, Lu Ke immediately resumed assembling weapons.

Yet every time he finished assembling a firearm, the Corpse Keeper would take it away, until finally only a small pistol remained in his hands.

He stared at the pistol, on the verge of tears.

'At least leave me a few guns…'

First floor.

Li Ang watched the Corpse Keepers continuously firing at the insect swarm and nodded in satisfaction.

The only thing he found regrettable was that the Corpse Keepers seemed unable to trigger 【Firepower Insufficiency Phobia】 or grant him 【Gunner】 experience points.

'Of course it won't let me exploit this loophole.'

But Li Ang suspected that once he completed the automation technology, he would be able to trigger the specialization and gain experience.

Due to time and cost constraints, however, he had only converted the basement into an alchemical workshop, leaving the upper floors untouched.

Seeing the insect corpses gradually piling up before the house, Li Ang thought silently: 'Efficiency is acceptable.'

Yet the scene before him always gave him the feeling of playing *Grounded 2*.

Just as the insect swarm's assault began to stall, a deafening roar suddenly echoed from the sky, followed by a torrent of searing breath that engulfed the entire street.

A dazed dragon circled above the street, continuously spewing the fury from its chest.

Even though most of the insects below were its allies, it could not be stopped from killing them all.

In the basement, Lu Ke felt the rolling heat waves from the opening leading to the first floor and involuntarily swallowed hard.

'What's going on upstairs?'

As Lu Ke pondered this, the wall behind him suddenly opened, and a towering figure flashed past him in an instant.

This sudden change left the Young Master stunned.

He glanced at the dark chamber behind him, then at the broken opening, and couldn't help trembling.

'What just flashed by?!'

Until now, Lu Ke had been completely unaware that another lifeform existed in the basement.

Recalling the chilling aura he had just felt, a suspicion slowly formed in his mind.

'Is that also one of Li Ang's alchemical creations?!'

First floor.