Hives are very rare, even on the frontline battlefield.

Rong Heng was still crossing the line of defense in a certain insect tide, looking for the Zerg's base area, only to see the insect nest.

In the thousands of years since the Empire and the Zerg have been at war, no one has ever known where the Zerg's earliest lair was, only that they were pouring into the Imperial Starfield from somewhere unknown. They were blocked by the line of defense, so they looked for suitable planets outside the star field to build their nests, and then used the nests as their base to attack the empire's defenses.

Those planets that were selected by the Zerg as the insect tide were like this. The surface vegetation was completely destroyed, and countless gray rocks covered the ground. Below, there were complex and criss-crossing Zerg nests.

In the worm nest, there are countless worm eggs. Once these worm eggs are bred, the defense line of the empire will be impacted by the worm tide again.

In the past, worm nests would only appear in star regions outside the empire's defense lines, but now, habitable planets in the empire's administrative districts have quietly become zerg dens.

The distance from this spacecraft to the port is quite close, and passengers can see through the portholes, and even see the gray rocks with high ground on the ground, and the Zerg crawling on the rocks.

There was a burst of exclamations in the cabin, and the passengers looked panicked and instinctively wanted to escape, not knowing where to flee.

‌The cubs looked serious when they saw the Zerg on the ground. They glanced at each other tacitly, and consciously guarded the hatch, and if needed, they were ready to go out to fight.

Garland followed behind the cubs to observe, and was a little surprised to see that they did not show fear in the face of the Zerg. Then remembered the news found when searched for the b3024 star - this junk star had encountered a bug wave, and finally survived.

It seems that these ‌ cubs are no strangers to the Zerg.

‌Long Zai glanced back. Also scared for Garland. After all, Hector said that Garland's father was a scholar doing research. He thought about it, stretched out his claws and pushed Garland back, and said with a serious face, "Don't be afraid, we will protect you."

Say "protect you" in a serious tone.

Garland didn't refute the situation of the cub, and with a "hmm", he retreated to the floor-to-ceiling porthole and continued to observe the situation on the ground.

And this time, Ruan Qingqing had already rushed to the cockpit with Rong Heng.

After getting close enough to the ground, the captain apparently also realized the abnormality, he reduced the landing speed, and was constantly trying to contact his superior.

But the communication signal here was very weak, and his request message was not sent.

Seeing that the spaceship was about to approach the port, Ruan Qingqing rushed up to stop his constant requests for help, and said in an uncompromising tone: "Immediately terminate the landing, and leave the floating ship as quickly as possible. Jupiter."

The captain still doesn't know what happened: "I haven't contacted my superior yet."

"The ground is a worm's nest!" Ruan qing said sharply, "I don't want a boatload of people to die. Now, turn around and leave immediately."

Insect nest.

The captain shuddered at the word, subconsciously terminated the landing as he said, and turned around.

Ruan Qingqing was very familiar with this type of spaceship. He put Rong Heng on the control panel and tapped his fingers on the control panel quickly. First, he activated the protective shield, and then called up the weapon system to stand by. At the same time, infrared scanners have sent back analysis data—a dense patch of bright red under this lifeless gray land.

The captain looked at the image and was shocked: "How is this possible?"

The imaging map shows that under the ground, there are densely packed Zerg, or in other words, insect eggs.

These worm eggs are obviously about to hatch successfully. Once they hatch, the consequences will be disastrous.

Several thoughts ran through Ruan Qingqing's mind, and finally he thought of the passengers on the spaceship. If he actively bombed the worm nest on the ground, although it could prevent the eggs from hatching, it would inevitably cause zerg. The crazy counterattack, these passengers are likely to be implicated... Five fingers clenched into a fist, he closed the image and urged the captain to speed up.

At the same time, he used his signal-enhancing brain to send coordinates and information to Hector and others far away from Barham and b3024, asking them to bring people here as soon as possible.

If the ship can successfully leave Driftwood, then they can land on the next planet, and then ask the Imperial Army to come to the rescue. During the period when the imperial army arrived, they were the first to stabilize the situation and prevent the eggs from hatching in large numbers.

However, things didn't go as smoothly as he expected.

When they approached the atmosphere, Drift Jupiter's defense system was disengaged, which was originally a defense system to protect the planet, and blocked their way here.

"What's the matter?" The ship tried to contact the space station, but there was no response.

Ruan Qingqing stared at the giant protective shield spread out above his head, his heartbeat suddenly slowed down, and he confirmed with the captain: "Is it necessary to get Driftwood's approval when the spacecraft lands? Is the program an intelligent program, or does it have to be controlled manually?"

The captain looked dazed: "It needs manual confirmation."

For the route of each spacecraft, an application is required. When landing on a planet along the way, the spacecraft needs to send its own information, and it will not be released until the staff of the space station confirms it. In this way, some interstellar pirates disguised as passenger spaceships can be prevented from infiltrating.

"But if I'm not mistaken, there are no living people on this planet." Ruan Qing's jaw tightened: "Who is confirming the release?"

The captain opened his mouth in horror.

Ruan Qingqing didn't look at him again, his heartbeat was fast, and something was about to come out of his mind.

So his anxious eyes could only fall on Rong Heng.

Rong Heng has now changed back to his human form, his face is calm, and even reveals a hint of gnashing of teeth: "It's the Zerg. They are trapping."

The tourism industry on Driftwood is developing very well, and the route of many spacecraft will follow this red planet. But after they boarded the ship, they didn't hear a single word about Driftwood being overrun by the Zerg.

This shows that the news of Drift Jupiter was deliberately withheld.

Neither the Driftwood government nor the local people can do this, so the only possibility left is the Zerg.

Ruan Qingqing immediately understood what he meant, and he used his brain to log on the official website of Drift Jupiter, and saw that there was a notice on the official website that "suspended reception of tourists". The statement was issued within a week, saying that the environment of Drift Jupiter needs to be renovated and the reception of tourists is temporarily suspended.

So recently, many tourist spacecraft have been suspended to travel to Drift Jupiter. Only passenger ships that have applied for a route early will still dock at Drift Jupiter.

He searched the news again and found that in the past week, a passenger spacecraft passing through Drift Jupiter had an accident. The passengers on these spaceships have all disappeared without exception. Only the wreckage of the spaceship with many holes was found in the star field that deviates from the route, and the culprit has not been identified so far...

"The IQ of these Zerg may be higher than we thought." Ruan qing's face was slightly pale.

When he encountered the Zerg on the b3024 star, he had already realized that the Zerg possessed intelligence, but judging from the situation of Driftwood, the IQ of these Zerg may be higher than what they thought. ‌. It can even be said that it is no different from humans.

Not only does he know how to hide his whereabouts, but he also conceals and diverts attention.  The closing notice on the official website is not something that low-IQ Zerg can do.

Without tourists, there is less chance that Drift Jupiter's true condition will be revealed. And the occasional passenger spaceship on the road, in such an unprepared situation, once landed in the port, it is sure to die.

What's even more disturbing is that they even knew that the wreckage of the spacecraft was transported to a star field far away from the route, which at best avoided the possibility of Drift Jupiter being investigated.

This is no longer ordinary wisdom, but more like a conspirator hiding in the dark and scheming.

No wonder the Zerg disappeared after the news that Renka Star was captured. Not that they have retreated or been eliminated, but that they have learned to hide.

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Perhaps within the empire's territory, there are countless "driftwood stars". Once the eggs in the worm nest hatch, the entire empire may be involved in the war.

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