Chapter 218

Chapter 218

The human-insect cubs were inherently destined not to remain in one small place. They had to upgrade through various battles and devouring.

The population on planet F73 would continue to grow. This planet was also home to their parents, so they couldn’t fight for territory here. More importantly, even if they didn’t occupy the planets connected by the wormholes that appeared from this planet, sooner or later, the insects from those planets would come to occupy this place.

The human-insect cubs could vaguely sense some of this, but they weren’t afraid. To them, the solution was simple: just conquer all the planets connected by these wormholes at their source.

At this moment, the human-insect cubs were eager to try. Bai Xiaoyu’s mental energy threads had been entangled by the cubs' plump mental energy tendrils countless times as they acted playfully. Without permission, the cubs even rolled around and threw fits on the ground.

As a result, it became a common sight to see human-insect cubs rolling on the ground all over planet F73. Some cubs even rolled around together in groups, which amused the warriors who were watching and preventing them from sneaking into the wormholes during unauthorized times.

Still, Bai Xiaoyu didn’t give in completely, but he did extend their activity time on the other planet by thirty minutes.

The cubs were thrilled that rolling and acting cute had worked. On the first day, they twisted their insect bodies over to the other planet, only to return thoroughly unsatisfied when the time was up.

Was half an hour really that short?

No, they needed to ask White Papa for more time. White Papa had a soft spot for them. The more friends joined in rolling and throwing tantrums, the better the effect would be.

The human-insect cubs even spread this message among themselves, and some gathered together, whispering and plotting to get all their friends involved. Even the newly arrived cubs were pulled into the plan. Since they were using the Bug communication method, the warriors couldn’t understand what they were discussing.

Meanwhile, after the cubs returned, Bai Xiaoyu shifted most of his attention back to them.

When he sensed something was off with the cubs again through his mental energy, he found more than twice as many cubs lying on the ground as last time.

It was still class time, yet these little guys were lying around and rolling instead of attending class.

Bai Xiaoyu started to lose his calm.

At the same time, the teachers who had just arrived were also confused seeing this scene. They asked the cubs what was wrong and tried to bring them back to class but failed.

Bai Xiaoyu also received a flood of mental energy tendrils from the rolling cubs, all conveying requests to extend the time—the more, the better. They wanted to spend the whole day fighting and devouring on the other planet.

Looking at the rolling cubs, Bai Xiaoyu took a deep breath.

It seemed they didn’t have enough homework.

Just as the cubs were celebrating, thinking they’d get more time and skip school, their parents, who had received the news, suddenly showed up and gave them a good beating, dragging them back to school. Of course, the cubs whose parents didn’t show up were also frightened by the scene and obediently followed the teachers and warriors back.

After this incident, not only was the activity time on other planets not increased, but class time was extended by an hour, and the homework was significantly increased. This outcome left the cubs feeling deflated.

Worse, the rolling tantrum trick no longer worked.

For the next few days, the cubs behaved well in class, with almost no mischief, just minor antics.

Just as Bai Xiaoyu was about to breathe a sigh of relief watching the cubs, at noon that day, the warriors suddenly noticed an unstable wormhole fluctuation appearing about a hundred meters in the air.

The warriors' expressions changed slightly. It was similar to the wormholes that suddenly appeared on the battlefield, and the next second, a Bug army would emerge. They instinctively prepared for battle, aiming their weapons at the fluctuating spot. After a while, the space became blurry, and the warriors' weapons were all pointed in that direction. Suddenly, a bug cub’s head poked out.

If the warriors weren’t used to human-insect cubs, since many cubs had similar heads, they would have attacked immediately.

The warriors hesitated, and the excited cub above also saw the environment below and panicked. It tried to pull its head back, but the movement was so big that it tore the space opening even wider. Soon, the cub's lower body appeared, and its chubby little feet were kicking. In the next second, it fell straight down.

Bai Xiaoyu, watching from below along with the other cubs, realized he couldn’t do anything to save the falling cub. He was too far away, and his mental energy threads could do very little from such a distance.

However, he wasn’t worried because the warriors nearby had already moved. Watching the warrior easily catch the cub, Bai Xiaoyu had just started to relax when more cubs appeared in the sky. This time, it wasn’t just one but, within a very short time, over a dozen human-insect cubs fell.

Fortunately, the warriors managed to save them one by one. But even after saving these cubs, more continued to appear in the sky...

Watching the cubs drop one after another like they were being tossed into a pot, Bai Xiaoyu thought that it was possible situations like this were happening in other places as well. If cubs were falling where no one was there to catch them, they might get injured, or worse.

Bai Xiaoyu quickly attached his mental energy threads to a guilty-looking cub who was trying to sneak away.

The cub froze when he sensed Bai Xiaoyu's mental energy, nearly bolting on the spot.

Noticing the cub's abnormality, Bai Xiaoyu prodded the cub's shrunken mental energy tendrils with his own. "Little guy, what's happening here?"

The cub looked around, his black bean-like eyes filled with a pitiful expression, but Bai Xiaoyu wasn't falling for it this time. His tone turned serious, "If you don't tell me, White Papa's going to get mad."

Knowing he couldn't hide it anymore, the cub immediately shifted into a full human form, grabbed Bai Xiaoyu's hand, and shook it. "White Papa, don't be angry. I'll tell you. We worked together to cover for each other and had the cubs who can build wormholes create a secret passage, so we could sneak to another planet to fight without using the main wormhole..."

From the cub's explanation, Bai Xiaoyu realized the Bug cubs had come up with a clever plan to get to other planets. They gathered all the cubs who could build wormholes and constructed them during their spare time. He hadn’t noticed because they were digging underground tunnels to build the wormholes.

The warriors were accustomed to the cubs digging holes, so it didn’t raise any suspicion, and Bai Xiaoyu's mental energy threads couldn’t keep up with the growing number of cubs. They waited until his mental energy switched to another group, then immediately started building the wormhole. Of course, they didn’t plan to build a wormhole directly from here to the target planet—they weren’t skilled enough for that. But they could build new wormhole entrances and connect them to the existing ones, which was much easier.

Although their skills were not perfect, leading to the current "dumpling drop" situation, they did manage to connect the wormholes. The new section of the wormhole was near the original one, so the falling cubs were concentrated near the original exit. Fortunately, no cubs fell in places they couldn’t see. The cubs that fell were just a few, and most had already entered the original wormhole through the six new, half-finished entrances and were close to reaching their destination.

Bai Xiaoyu finally breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at the rescued cubs trying to sneak away, he realized none of them had mental energy threads attached to them.

These little ones had gotten craftier.

Bai Xiaoyu asked the cub to lead him to the site, where he found a cave entrance. From the outside, it looked like an ordinary wormhole, but inside, there was a long tunnel dug. Thousands of tunnels crisscrossed from different directions, all leading to a large hollowed-out space where the new wormhole entrances were constructed.

Bai Xiaoyu was stunned. Seeing the cubs still drilling inside, he was speechless for a moment.

Without mental energy threads attached, the cubs worked until night before returning. The parents didn’t suspect anything since the cubs usually returned around this time. If it weren’t for the cubs' immature wormhole-building skills, they would have completely hidden what was happening.

For the cubs who had already gone through, Bai Xiaoyu couldn’t do anything, so he had the other cubs with his mental energy threads come over.

When these cubs arrived, they were equally shocked and more guilty. How did White Papa discover this place?

Instead of scolding them, Bai Xiaoyu told them to enter as well. He wanted to see the situation of the other cubs and would call them back once he saw them.

When the cubs ahead realized they had to return soon, their eyes were filled with disappointment.

At the same time, Bai Xiaoyu noticed another cub who had started fighting with a Bug larva more than three times his size.

The cub wasn’t weak, but the opponent was stronger. The cub was being overpowered and received his first wound. His blood was red but slightly lighter in color.

Instead of backing down after getting injured, the cub grew even more aggressive, fiercely biting the opponent. His teeth sank into the other larva's body, and a whitish liquid flowed out.

The fight was intense, and it looked like the cub was about to lose, so Bai Xiaoyu asked the cub with his mental energy thread to help.

The cub hesitated. "White Papa, if I go, that guy will think I'm trying to steal his prey, and then he'll be hostile towards me. But if I really need to go, I'll wait until he's dead. Then I can deal with the opponent without any issues."

Bai Xiaoyu: "..."

He thought that the Bug race didn’t have a gentleman’s agreement about one-on-one fights. He had seen plenty of situations where Bugs fought to the death, and groups would swarm and devour each other. Two-on-one or three-on-one fights were common, so why did these cubs have such an odd rule?

Fortunately, the cub who was at a disadvantage suddenly retaliated, flipping the opponent over and biting hard into the other larva's head, creating a large wound.

From that point on, the fight was no longer in doubt. After finishing the fight, the cub, seemingly satisfied, invited the cub who hadn’t intervened to join him for a meal.

Bai Xiaoyu watched the victorious cub, his eyes gleaming with excitement, while the other cub who missed out looked completely deflated.

The invited cub didn’t hesitate. He went over and gave the other a knowing wink. "White Papa already knows. He’s coming with us."

The cub, who had just finished a big battle, felt guilty and instantly sensed White Papa's presence. "White Papa, I..."

Bai Xiaoyu was checking his body. He was seriously injured, so he simply grunted in response, "Where's the repair agent? Take it."

The cub said, "I didn't bring any because I was worried Mom and Dad would find out."

Bai Xiaoyu asked, "None of you brought any, right?"

After receiving an affirmative answer, Bai Xiaoyu fell silent.

At this moment, the cub pointed to the partially eaten Bug larva and said, "White Papa, just now this bug discovered the wormhole we built. Can we stay here and guard it?"

Bai Xiaoyu replied, "No, it's too dangerous. This wormhole was originally built by the other side. It's only a matter of time before those Bugs discover it. They will come through, and we'll handle them at the exit. The warrior uncles have always dealt with it this way."

At this point, two cubs puffed up their cheeks and said in unison, "Absolutely not. This is our territory, and with our parents and you here, we won’t let them step a foot in."

The cubs were unwilling to leave, but the repair agents were brought by other cubs who carried Bai Xiaoyu's mental energy. After taking the medicine, the cub was almost healed but still insisted on staying to guard the area. His partly insectoid body began to show a faint transparency due to the recent life-and-death struggle and devouring of the other larva, a sign of entering the second molting stage.

The other cubs were excited and envious after seeing this, and they also started to actively approach the Bug larvae.

This left Bai Xiaoyu feeling troubled. It was dangerous for the cubs to stay here, and humans couldn't enter the wormhole to protect them.

At this moment, Tao Limeng's team sent a message that the first batch of optical brain units for the cubs was ready, 5,000 units.

Bai Xiaoyu considered arranging a trip to deliver them in the next few days. Even though the application for the cubs hadn't been approved yet, they needed the optical brains. Even if the star system doesn’t recognize them, they’re still citizens of F73.

As for the cubs' plan to stay and guard the wormhole, he would need to figure something out. Just then, Little Prince and Little Bai suddenly came over and, seeing his troubled expression, snorted, "What’s got you so worked up?"

Bai Xiaoyu, knowing that Little Prince understood the Bugs well, explained the situation to him.

After hearing this, Little Prince looked at him as if this was hardly something to be troubled about. It was embarrassing for a royal to be so troubled over such a small matter.

But of course, such a trivial matter didn't require the royal to handle it... Little Prince froze for a moment before quickly realizing and suddenly becoming angry. Expanding territory and claiming new land hadn't been reported to him and Little Bai.

Little Prince grabbed Little Bai and stomped hard on Bai Xiaoyu's foot before leaving angrily.

Bai Xiaoyu was a bit confused. When had he upset Little Breaker again? Even Little Bai didn't speak up for him this time.

But even after Little Prince had left, something continued to whip his leg.

Looking down, he realized a finger-thick deep blue tentacle had wrapped around his calf at some point. The tentacle had a black eye-like spot at the tip, which seemed to be glaring at him, and the tail kept slapping his calf with a "smack smack" sound.

Not only that, but there was another tentacle of similar size on his other leg, a slightly lighter color, also staring at him with the black spot.

The front tentacle belonged to Little Prince, and the one behind was Little Bai's. The little black eyes were glaring at him exactly as they had when they left.

This left Bai Xiaoyu bewildered. Why were the two little guys suddenly angry?

But why had they left two tentacles behind on him?