Chapter 89: Want Lord Mosquito to Take Action? 3 Portions of King-level Essence Blood Required

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Everyone turned in unison to look at Gu Yuexi, their eyes filled with utter disbelief.

’What is this?’

’Taking advantage of the crisis?’

’No, even if she were, you’d need the ability to back it up, right?’

’This is just... completely baffling!’

Chen Xiaozhang rubbed his throbbing temples. He felt like he was about to be driven mad by this girl who had no sense of her own limitations.

’Our top expert team from the Federation has already given up all hope, and you, an eighteen-year-old girl, say you can solve it?’

’What in the world gives you that confidence?’

He suppressed the fury in his heart and spoke in an almost pleading tone, "Gu, I’m begging you, all right? This is not the time for jokes!"

"You may not realize the severity of the situation!"

"These Spirit-Devouring Worms are suspected to have developed a ’Hive Will’! We need to determine immediately whether this Hive Will will proactively attack humans!"

"If they do have such aggressive tendencies, then all of Du Nan First Middle School, and even the entire city of Du Nan, is facing a city-ending crisis! Do you understand?"

He tried to use the gravity of the situation to snap the clueless girl back to reality.

Gu Yuexi, however, said calmly, "The collective will of the Spirit-Devouring Worms won’t attack humans. It’s not the same thing as the Hive Will in the Celestial Fall Insect Abyss. You’re overthinking it."

Chen Xiaozhang: "???"

’Wait, how do you know that?’

’We only just discovered the Spirit-Devouring Worms have this ability, and you’ve already jumped to the conclusion that they won’t attack humans?’

’Is... is she just pulling this out of thin air?’

Chen Xiaozhang was completely speechless. He truly had no idea what had gotten into this young lady.

Gu Yuexi ignored him, turning her head to speak to the mosquito on her shoulder. "Show them a little of what you can do. Otherwise, they won’t believe it."

Everyone: "???"

The room was stunned once again.

’What does she mean?’

’Does she... does she mean she wants this mosquito to solve the insect plague?’

This wasn’t just absurd; it was a preposterous fairytale!

"Who is she?" Zhou Ping frowned in confusion. He sized up the mosquito on her shoulder and couldn’t help but say, "This... Where did this madwoman come from?"

’This mosquito’s appearance is certainly strange,’ he thought. ’It’s a species I’ve never seen before.’

’But what good is it?’

’The individual abilities of insect-type Demon Beasts are universally recognized as having an extremely low ceiling!’

’Even taking a huge step back, suppose this mosquito was incredibly powerful individually. What kind of splash could it possibly make against an insect tide numbering in the hundreds of millions?’

’My own army of several thousand meticulously cultivated Insect Shepherds, all possessing mind-control abilities, was instantly overwhelmed by the Hive Will.’

’And she expects this single mosquito to do something?’

’Is this woman really not just here to cause trouble?’

However, in the next second, everyone saw the ferocious blood-red mosquito on the girl’s shoulder give a slight flutter of its wings.

BZZZ—!

A dense black shadow materialized out of thin air in front of it!

It was a massive swarm of moths, beetles, and mosquitoes of all different shapes and sizes... a thousand of them in total!

Every single one of them was burning with a strange Nether Flame, a swirling mix of ethereal blue and dark crimson!

Chu Sheng issued a single command with his thoughts.

His one thousand minions, like a suicide squad that had received its orders, transformed into a thousand streaks of burning light and charged fearlessly into the boundless sea of Spirit-Devouring Worms!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

A series of violent explosions erupted!

The self-destruction of each insect minion unleashed a small wave of Nether Flame, instantly engulfing the dozen or so Spirit-Devouring Worms around it and burning them to ash!

After a single suicidal charge from his one thousand minions, a vacuum over ten meters in diameter had been forcibly cleared in the black insect tide! They had killed over ten thousand Spirit-Devouring Worms!

In the conference room, every expert’s jaw dropped in astonishment.

’This mosquito... actually has the ability to summon an insect swarm and make them self-destruct?’

’What is this thing?!’

Zhou Ping was utterly stunned. He had been researching Demon Beasts for many years, specializing in insect types, and for the past two years, he had been studying them almost day and night.

But he had never heard of any insect-type Demon Beast possessing such an outrageous ability!

No one had expected that this "Country Cinderella’s" Contracted Beast could pull off a move like that!

But...

"It’s useless!"

Zhou Ping quickly recovered from his shock and shook his head in disappointment. "This attack method is too inefficient! Moreover, the force of the explosions is uncontrollable. It’ll destroy the Spirit Medicine along with the worms! The cost outweighs the benefit!"

Hearing this, the others calmed down as well.

Indeed, compared to the total number in the hundreds of millions, the tens of thousands Chu Sheng had killed were just a drop in the ocean.

It wouldn’t solve the fundamental problem.

However, just when they thought they had gotten their hopes up for nothing again, something even more incredible happened!

A large chunk of the dense, black tide-like sea of Spirit-Devouring Worms suddenly vanished into thin air!

It was as if an invisible giant hand had forcibly scooped several hundred Spirit-Devouring Worms right out of that area!

"What’s happening?!" everyone exclaimed in shock.

Before they could figure it out, the thousand Spirit-Devouring Worms that had vanished suddenly reappeared!

Only, these newly appeared Spirit-Devouring Worms were now wreathed in a faint aura of Nether Flame!

Under Chu Sheng’s control, these thousand Spirit-Devouring Worms—which he had forcibly absorbed into his [Nether Flame Insect Nest] and turned into new minions—instantly turned around and viciously stabbed at their own kind with their razor-sharp mouthparts!

This time, the efficiency was on a completely different level!

The Spirit-Devouring Worms being attacked had no idea why their own kind were turning on them.

Their "Hive Will" seemed unable to distinguish these "turned" traitors, still treating them as part of the collective!

Completely defenseless, not even trying to fight back, they fell in droves, backstabbed by their own.

In just a few dozen seconds, over one hundred thousand Spirit-Devouring Worms were slaughtered by this "rebel army" of one thousand!

’What... what is this ability?!’

In the conference room, everyone was dumbfounded, their minds completely blank!

They couldn’t comprehend the scene unfolding before their eyes!

’Vanish into thin air, reappear, and suddenly they’re on your side?’

’Isn’t this just a high-end version of the Insect Shepherd?’

’No! It’s ten thousand times more terrifying than the Insect Shepherd!’

The Insect Shepherd needed to influence and control its targets through spiritual fluctuations, but this mosquito’s "conversion" was instant and defied all logic!

The way Chen Xiaozhang, Zhou Ping, and all the other experts looked at Chu Sheng had completely changed.

They finally realized that this girl, Gu Yuexi, was probably... not just some kid who got in through connections!

Her real confidence seemed to stem from this mosquito with its unbelievable abilities!

But after the initial shock, Zhou Ping’s brow furrowed deeply once more.

As a genius in the fields of Spiritual Plant and Demon Beast cultivation, he quickly calmed down and hit the nail on the head, pointing out the problem.

His tone was complicated as he said, "Although this ability is incredible... it’s still not enough."

"If it can only control a thousand at a time, the efficiency is still too low. It can’t possibly keep up with the speed at which they reproduce and devour the Spirit Grass."

"The Spirit-Devouring Worms’ reproductive cycle is only a few hours long; they can produce several generations in a single day! At this rate, the slaughter from these one thousand is still just a drop in the bucket for the entire swarm!"

Hearing this, the others came to their senses as well.

’That’s right...’

’A thousand sounds like a lot, but in a tide of hundreds of millions of insects, it’s still pathetically small.’

’Did we... get our hopes up for nothing again?’

Gu Yuexi also realized this problem. She didn’t fully understand Chu Sheng’s abilities, so she could only cast a questioning glance at him.

When Chu Sheng heard their words, he found it laughable.

’A thousand?’

’It’s true that I can only control a thousand right now.’

’But did I save up all those Evolution Points for nothing?’

’A single manual upgrade will double my control limit, you know? I can definitely wipe out every last one of these Spirit-Devouring Worms!’

He immediately sent a few thoughts to Gu Yuexi.

Gu Yuexi understood instantly, and a faint, almost imperceptible smile appeared on her cool face.

She glanced around at the experts in the conference room, their expressions complicated, and slowly began to speak.

"Just now, it was merely warming up."

"One thousand is nowhere near its control limit."

"To eliminate these Spirit-Devouring Worms, it will need one night at most."

"However..."

"Now, I’ve changed my mind."

Gu Yuexi held up three fair, jade-like fingers and said in a calm tone:

"We will require three full sets of King-level Essence Blood!"