Chapter 647 378: Insect Race Invasion

The cosmos was vast!

One thousand kilometers above the Ancestral Star's atmosphere, two immense, gyroscope-shaped space stations floated silently in space.

Around them, in several smaller space bases, Mecha robots constantly moved in and out.

"Did you hear?"

"What?"

"According to a reliable source, we've got a superman here!"

"A superman? Aren't we supermen, too?"

"He's different from us genetically modified types. This guy's the real deal—a genuine superman. The kind who can move heaven and earth with a flick of his wrist."

"For real?"

"Absolutely reliable."

Inside the base, two men in military uniforms were talking. Outside, there was nothing but the endless, dark void.

By the twenty-third century, space was no longer an unfamiliar frontier.

Humanity from the Ancestral Star could now travel easily between outer space and their home world.

The number of humans living in outer space was not much less than the number living on the surface of the Ancestral Star.

Some lived in orbital space bases, while others lived in bases on the Moon Guard and the Ancient Yinghuo Star.

Their sights were no longer limited to the mere Solar System. They now looked toward the distant Proxima Centauri System, and even further beyond.

RUMBLE!

As the two men were chatting casually, a violent tremor came from the space base beneath their feet.

It knocked them both to the ground.

"Is it a malfunction in the gravity gyroscope system?"

'I told them the system was getting old. Those useless bureaucrats…'

Confused, the two men were still mentally blaming the base administrators for their negligence.

Until a terrified scream echoed from the distance!

"What is that!"

The two followed the man's terrified gaze and saw a space rift, vast enough to blot out the sky, slowly opening outside the base's viewport.

"Space is tearing apart!"

The two men's eyes widened in shock.

Before they could process it, piercing alarms blared, and they scrambled toward the combat zone.

"Enemy attack!"

The words had barely been spoken when countless strange creatures poured out of the space rift like a tidal wave.

These creatures looked like mutated beetles, with fangs and sharp claws. Their massive, thick hind legs strongly resembled those of locusts.

"Lightning Group One, move out!"

"Aurora Warriors, Squad One, assembled and ready!"

"Space Knight squad, requesting permission to launch."

With the appearance of these giant insects, the base's well-trained Mecha Warriors quickly took their positions, ready to attack at a moment's notice.

"Hold your positions. The shore batteries are testing their defensive capabilities."

The base commander watched the constantly flashing points of light from the explosions outside and said in a deep voice.

In front of him, on a massive digital screen, the biological characteristics of these insects were being continuously analyzed and broken down.

"Reporting, sir. Their carapaces are extremely hard, but their resistance to explosive combustion is average…"

A staff member quickly reported the information from the front line.

"General, it seems these insects are nothing to worry about. Their defenses are too poor," an officer at his side said, his expression relaxing slightly.

"Yeah, they gave me a scare. Just looking at their numbers was honestly terrifying," another officer chimed in.

"We can't let our guard down."

"Order the Mecha corps to remain on standby. No slacking."

The general's expression remained stern. 'He didn't believe that insects capable of interstellar travel would be so fragile!'

「Outside the space station.」

Countless shore batteries fired beams of searing energy.

After two hundred years of improvement and development, laser weapons had long become the military's primary offensive tool.

Not only did they have high Energy density and strong penetration power, but their anti-jamming capabilities had also been greatly improved.

Under the assault of these searing light beams, the suddenly appearing swarm of insects fell in droves into the darkness of space, like flying bugs sprayed with insecticide.