Chapter 430: Imitation Alien Race Insect Armor and the Void Toad

Outer Realm, an unknown planet.

Alien Race Expeditionary Force - Outpost Base—Rocky Peak Forest.

Inside one of the lowest-level caves.

A slightly small and thin Fierce Soldier Level Alien Race member was sitting on a stone bed with its back to the cave entrance. Its body was bobbing up and down in a rhythmic fashion, and from time to time, a strange "HEH HEH" sound came from its throat.

The sound was a mixture of pain and a strange sort of pleasure.

And right behind it...

Chu Sheng had already snuck inside.

Seeing this, Chu Sheng was a little speechless.

’Is it... entertaining itself?’

’Doing some "sewing," are we?’

’Well, you deserve to die, then!’

The creature was completely engrossed, its vigilance practically nonexistent.

"HUMMM—"

Without any unnecessary nonsense, Chu Sheng moved in an instant.

Like a black Ghost, he crossed several meters in an instant, appearing right behind the Alien Race member’s head.

His forelimbs, like sharp scalpels gleaming with a cold light, instantly sliced into the central nerves in the back of the alien’s neck.

CRACK.

A faint, crisp sound.

The Alien Race member, caught in the throes of its excitement, suddenly went rigid. Before it could even let out a scream, it collapsed limply onto the stone bed.

Deader than dead.

After dealing with the unlucky bastard, Chu Sheng focused his mind and opened the [Nether Flame Insect Nest] within his body.

"Time to get to work, my children!"

SHH SHH SHH...

Amidst a scalp-numbing, rustling sound, countless tiny black dots appeared out of thin air.

It was the two-thousand-plus specially modified [Spirit-Devouring Worms]!

The combat power of these Spirit-Devouring Worms was now considered average, but their special characteristic was... they possessed an incredibly terrifying ability to mimic and devour.

Under Chu Sheng’s command.

The Spirit-Devouring Worms, like a black tide, instantly covered the Alien Race member’s corpse.

If a human were to witness the scene that followed, they would probably throw up on the spot.

The Spirit-Devouring Worms began to frantically gnaw on the alien’s flesh and blood. However, they weren’t eating to sate their hunger; instead, they stored the essence of the flesh and blood within their bodies, and then...

They began to reassemble!

The two thousand Spirit-Devouring Worms linked together, acting like the most precise nanobots. They rapidly constructed a skeleton, muscles, and meridians, and finally, the carapace and skin to cover the surface.

In less than three minutes.

The original corpse had vanished.

In its place was a shell that looked completely intact, with an aura identical to the Alien Race member from just moments before!

But the core of this shell was empty—it was the "cockpit" reserved for Chu Sheng.

Ta-da! The [Knockoff Alien-Race Bug Armor] was complete!

Chu Sheng sized up his masterpiece with satisfaction. Then, with a flicker, he slipped directly through the alien’s mouth and settled comfortably into the core control area inside the bug armor.

The once-dead shell of the Alien Race member suddenly opened its eyes.

The turbid, pale-yellow eyeballs swiveled, revealing a cunning glint.

Chu Sheng tried moving its arms and legs.

Although it felt a little stiff, basic movement was no problem at all.

Most importantly, this layer of bug armor perfectly concealed his aura as a "mosquito." Now, even if a Lord Level Alien Race member stood before him, it would never recognize him as a fake!

’Perfect!’

’Time to go out for a stroll!’

Piloting this "bug armor," Chu Sheng swaggered out of the cave.

...

The world outside was still dim and oppressive.

Chu Sheng did his best to imitate the walking posture of the other Alien Race members around him, observing his surroundings without a trace as he walked.

There weren’t many Alien Race members about; most of them seemed to have gone into the caves to rest.

Judging by the time, it was probably nighttime on this planet.

However, the necessary defenses were still in place. In fact, the closer he got to the center of the base, the tighter the security became.

Chu Sheng noticed a heavily guarded open area in the central region.

The spatial fluctuations there were extremely intense; one could even see ripples in the air with the naked eye.

If he wasn’t mistaken, that must be the core area where the Alien Race opened their space channel—the path to the "Demon Eye."

’If only I could blow that place up...’

The bold thought had just surfaced in Chu Sheng’s mind when he immediately extinguished it.

’Don’t be ridiculous.’

’Never mind how to blow it up.’

’If I actually did, what would happen to me? How would I get back?’

Just as Chu Sheng was wondering where to wander next, suddenly, a large, rough hand slapped him on the shoulder.

"KAKA! SSSS—?!"

Chu Sheng’s heart leaped into his throat.

’Holy shit, have I been discovered?’

He turned around stiffly.

Behind him stood a patrol squad of fully-armed Alien Race members.

The leader was a tall Warrior Level Alien Race member. It was staring at him menacingly with a pair of red eyes, chittering and clacking about something.

’This is bad.’

’I may have an alien’s skin, but damn it... I’ve never learned their language!’

’Who can understand this gibberish?’

Seeing Chu Sheng just staring blankly without a word, the leading Alien Race member grew even angrier. It slammed the bone spear in its hand hard against the ground and raised its voice:

"SSSGA?! GULUU!!"

’What do I do?’

Although Chu Sheng couldn’t understand the words, he could guess the meaning from the creature’s tone and gestures.

’It’s probably interrogating me, asking why I’m here.’

In a flash of inspiration, Chu Sheng thought fast.

He controlled the bug armor to assume an expression of extreme pain and terror. Pointing at his throat and waving his hands, he let out a series of "Ee-ah, ee-ah" sounds, all while pantomiming falling down and getting injured. The message was clear: ’Sir, my throat’s been injured! I can’t speak!’

The leading Alien Race member frowned and looked Chu Sheng up and down.

"HMPH! SSS—KABA!"

The leading alien cursed, then suddenly reached out, grabbing Chu Sheng’s arm as if he were a little chick and shoving him aside.

It pointed toward a fork in the road not far away, where a large group of low-ranking Alien Race members were lined up and walking in one direction.

’Moving things?’

Chu Sheng breathed a sigh of relief internally.

’Thank goodness. They’re just rounding up laborers, I haven’t been exposed.’

’As long as I don’t blow my cover, a little work is fine. This is a good opportunity to sneak into some places I normally couldn’t access.’

And so, Chu Sheng obediently lowered his head, put on a subservient look, and shuffled into the line of "laborers."

...

The line was long, comprised of several hundred Fierce Soldier Level Alien Race members.

Led by an alien overseer, they arrived at an open area situated between two massive mountain peaks.

Chu Sheng looked around and discovered that the dozens of rocky peaks here hadn’t been carved out with individual caves for living. Instead, their entire interiors had been hollowed out.

These rocky peaks seemed to have been converted into massive warehouses.

Not long after Chu Sheng arrived, the once-calm sky suddenly rippled with intense spatial fluctuations.

The surrounding Alien Race members seemed to be used to this sight and all looked up.

Curious, Chu Sheng looked up as well.

He saw the space in that area being pulled open like a curtain.

Immediately after, a creature of immense size—like a small, moving mountain—squeezed out from the void.

It was a... toad?

That was right. Its form was similar to a toad’s, but its entire body was a translucent, silvery-gray, with mysterious black patterns flowing across its skin.

It had no wings, yet it could float in mid-air.

With its appearance, the surrounding space became extremely unstable, as if it could collapse at any moment.

An Outer Realm Fierce Beast—the [Void Toad]!