Star Odyssey

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Cheng Ji glanced over at Lu Yin in surprise.
It was very obvious that the larger squad had a great deal of respect for this youth.

Everyone continued traveling in the same direction as before, and after two days of travel, they encountered another squad that was surrounded by terror ants.
Once again, Shen Hai and others immediately attacked.

Lu Yin acted the same as before.
Before meeting up with Cheng Ji’s team, he had asked everyone to keep his strength a secret, and during these battles, he also used clumsy moves to deliberately conceal his strength, which made everyone believe that Shen Hai was the strongest squad member.

It did not take long for them to rescue the second squad from the terror ants, but their captain had already sacrificed himself, and there were less than five surviving members.

After another day, the growing squad ran into yet another squad that was surrounded by bugs.

This did not feel right.
These squads were tasked with eliminating terror ants, and they were not supposed to be fleeing from them.
While it was expected for one or two squads to run into large swarms of terror ants and be devoured, running into three consecutive squads all facing the same crisis clearly indicated that something was wrong.

“They chased after us from below.
There were too many of them, and we couldn’t recklessly fight them with fewer than a thousand people,” the third squad captain explained.
While Cheng Ji looked middle-aged, this third captain was older and was actually from Shen Hai’s generation.

There were also certain people who deliberately made themselves look older so as to not be looked down upon.

“Are there are a lot of terror ants down there?” Shen Hai had a bad premonition.

Someone from the second squad spoke up.
“We ran into the terror ants from just above, but they chased us all the way down here.”

Lu Yin still remembered the dead squad they had first met.
Those ants had seemed to be making their way upwards.
With this thought in mind, Lu Yin looked over at Shen Hai, and the old man’s heart sank.
“We need to go.
We need to head upwards on a diagonal to the left.”

Something occurred to Cheng Ji as well, and he agreed with the captain of the third squad.
Soon, a group of more than thirty people made their way upwards on a left-leaning angle.

After three days, they ran into a dense swarm of countless terror ants.

When he saw the ants up ahead, Shen Hai bitterly said, “You were right.
We’ve been surrounded by the ants.
They’ve set up a massive encirclement, and all of our teams were trapped inside.”

Cheng Ji gritted his teeth.
“There has to be an ant queen.
There’s no other way the terror ants could be so coordinated with their movements as to actively surround us.”

“It would be great if we found the queen.
Without her, these terror ants will naturally disperse.
However, who could find the queen within all this?” Shen Hai commented quietly while instinctively looking over at Lu Yin.

Lu Yin stared up ahead.
“We need to temporarily retreat and avoid making contact with the terror ants.
Then, we can contact the general to request help and also discuss our options.
There might be other squads that can help us, and we’ll only be able to break out after gathering enough people.”

Shen Hai felt helpless, but this was truly their only option.
Everyone had the same thought as they quietly retreated, and all of their faces were pale.

They were well aware that they would not be able to remain safe for much longer.
The ants’ encirclement would continue to tighten.
Quite soon, not only would they face an endless horde of terror ants in one direction, but they would also be surrounded on all sides.
Thus, the sooner they tried to break out of the encirclement, the fewer ants they would have to face.

Everyone fell into despair as they saw the black line off in the distance slowly draw closer.

This was not a situation that they could settle quickly.
If it was that easy to deal with terror ants, then they would have never posed a risk to the Mother Tree.

With his domain, Lu Yin noticed another person.
Lu Yin turned to look, and he saw a panic-stricken man who was about the same age as him running for his life.

Lu Yin had seen very few youths his age on this battlefield so far.
In general, those as young as him on the battlefield had either been forced to come or had done so to gain experience.

The other people also noticed the man, but none of them were surprised.
This person was most likely another survivor from some other team.

Shen Hai carefully observed the fleeing man, but the youth was not an Envoy.
In fact, the man was not even an Enlighter.
Shen Hai felt relieved, because he was still concerned about the Envoy traitor that they had been chasing.

“The gods are merciful! I’ve finally found other people! This is great! I’m saved!” The young man was ecstatic, and excitement was written all over his face.
His eyes were even framed with red.

One person in the large squad unhappily muttered, “We’re all about to die, so why are you so excited?”

The young man ran over, but when he heard the person’s words, he blinked in confusion.
“No way! How could such a large squad die?”

Cheng Ji quickly grew impatient.
“Focus on what’s important.
Are you alone?”

The young man nodded as he mournfully explained, “Everyone in my squad died.
There were just too many terror ants! If not for my innate gift, I would have died as well.”

The large group of people quickly retreated a sufficient distance, and some of them did not want to pull back any further.

“We should keep going.
We might find more people,” Shen Hai pushed.

Cheng Ji frowned.
“We can’t go any further.
The further we go in, the less space we’ll have to maneuver, and the more terror ants we’ll be forced to face.”

“It’s really a pity that we can’t find the queen ant.
If we could, it would be better to fight to the death than just wait here to die.”

As things became more desperate, people would become more restless.
However, the person who remained the most relaxed throughout the whole ordeal was Lu Yin.
Even if he was directly thrown into the middle of the terrifying terror ant swarm, none of them would be able to wound him in the slightest.

“Well, are you going to go look for the queen ant? I know where she is,” said the young man who had been the last to join the group.
As he stepped out from within the crowd, he cautiously raised his hand.

Everyone turned to look at him in surprise.

Lu Yin’s eyes flickered as he studied the young man.

Cheng Ji dragged the young man out front.
“Do you really know where the ant queen is?”

The young man nodded.
His neck ached from Cheng Ji’s tight grip as he yelped, “Let go! Let go! You’re about to strangle me to death!”

Cheng Ji quickly relaxed his hand, and the young man gasped for air as everyone stared at him.

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