Zhao Chen looked at the haggard-looking man in front of him, with his head full of messy black and white hair, showing his vicissitudes at the moment.
Recall the character image I saw in this person's profile information before.
It's hard to believe that this person is the former five-star marshal Qin Longcheng.
He has been lurking around Prince Qin Ming for many years, serving as Qin Xiaotian's secret sentinel, and finally helped Qin Xiaotian ascend to power.
The two men stared at each other for a full half minute. Neither of them spoke first, both looking at their opponent.
"Where did your starship technology come from?" Qin Longcheng asked curiously.
"Do you think I will tell you?" Zhao Chen asked.
Qin Longcheng shook his head mockingly: "As long as you satisfy my curiosity, I will tell you a secret."
"Sorry, I'm not interested in your secrets.
If there is nothing else, I will hang up." Zhao Chen said calmly.
Qin Longcheng looked at Zhao Chen and said, "Forget it, I won't ask you about your secrets.
But I think you are definitely very interested in the secrets I want to tell you.
Because it has something to do with bugs.”
Zhao Chen looked at Qin Longcheng, waiting for Qin Longcheng's next words.
Qin Longcheng raised his hand and adjusted the direction of the video communication window so that a window with a series of red numbers appeared in front of Zhao Chen's eyes.
【831 seconds】
【830 seconds】
【829 seconds】
"This is a countdown of something. When this number reaches zero, that thing will start, tearing apart the space here and creating a passage.
A passage to the interstellar Zerg world!"
"Cosmic insect lair?" Zhao Chen blurted out this word.
He was not surprised by this, because he had previously suspected that the Zerg disasters that had occurred in the Azure Star Territory and the North Wind Star Territory might have been man-made.
"It can be compared like this, but it's not the same as the cosmic insect lair you know.
Because..." Qin Longcheng had a hint of fear in his eyes: "Because it will exist forever!"
Zhao Chen's eyes changed.
"Aren't you curious where our huge Zerg fleet comes from?
There is a man under your Majesty's command whom we call Doctor.
The doctor's origin was unknown, but he suddenly appeared in front of His Majesty one day and gained His Majesty's trust. Then he secretly started research on the interstellar Zerg.
Later, the first permanent cosmic insect cave was created in a certain interstellar marginal space. It was almost equivalent to a secondary cosmic insect cave. It could only accommodate the T2 insect nest mothership to traverse, and the number of traversals was limited.
This is because at that time, only the second-level space insect lair could be within the control of His Majesty.
Through that permanent cosmic bug hole, the doctor continued to carry out his crazy plan
..." Qin Longcheng began to talk there.
A doctor who studies Zerg technology.
Zhao Chen frowned slightly. He had heard about such a character, but so far there was no accurate information.
"Isn't the doctor you mentioned here?" Zhao Chen asked.
He originally thought that this doctor was either with Qin Xiaotian or in this important research institute.
"He was originally here, and the Zerg spore virus I released in the surrounding galaxies was the product of his recent research.
I know that he is a time bomb. Your Majesty, if you cooperate with him, you are seeking the skin of a tiger.
So I was originally prepared that since I die, I will take him to death with me. No matter what, I won't let him fall into your hands.
It's a pity that I underestimated this guy.
He probably already knew that we would lose this battle.
He disappeared without anyone noticing, although I don't know how he escaped or how he escaped from these huge mutant bugs.
But if it were him... maybe he could do it." Qin Longcheng replied.
"So, you are preparing to self-destruct?
Create a secondary space bug cave here?
Is this what you want to tell me?" Zhao Chen looked at Qin Longcheng confused, wondering why Qin Longcheng was telling him this.
Qin Longcheng looked at Zhao Chen with turbid eyes: "I know, in your eyes, I am already a heinous bastard. I released the Zerg spore virus in more than a dozen surrounding galaxies, killing trillions of creatures.
But that's because I am the commander-in-chief, and I must do this for Your Majesty's victory.
It will do me no good to activate this permanent cosmic insect den.
After all, if you want to leave, I can't stop you.
I gain nothing but make this galaxy worse.
This is a background program started by that damn doctor, and I can't close it here.
Damn it, I was tricked by him.
The reason why I tell you this is to alert you to the existence of this doctor.
Although you and His Majesty are enemies, at least your goal is to own everything in the Star Empire.
And that doctor... I only felt the aura of destruction from him.
I don’t know what his purpose is, but it’s definitely not a good thing for this world.”
"So you want me to deal with this doctor in the future to buy time for your master?
As expected of a dog raised by Qin Xiaotian, he was still so loyal until his death." Zhao Chen understood the other party's intention.
Qin Longcheng was not surprised that Zhao Chen saw through his purpose and just laughed it off.
“And what’s about to be opened here is not a second-level cosmic insect hole.
But...a level four cosmic insect hole, permanent!"
Zhao Chen frowned again.
"Level 4?"
Qin Longcheng explained: "That doctor has been studying how to create a more advanced and stable permanent cosmic insect cave.
With His Majesty's funding, he can currently create a permanent level four cosmic insect nest, but the cost is very high and requires some extremely rare raw materials.
So far, he has only created ten such startup devices, which we call 'worm eggs'."
Ten...
In other words, there are ten permanent level four cosmic insect holes.
The interstellar Zerg is defined as a nightmare-like existence by every Zerg in this world. Even the Holy Radiance Empire never dares to take it lightly.
However, an important reason why the interstellar insect scourge has not expanded is that the existence time of the cosmic insect den is limited, and it will disappear after a period of maintenance.
As long as the interstellar Zergs that appear in this world are eliminated, the crisis can be resolved.
But now... a permanently opened cosmic insect hole is actually going to appear, and it's still a level four!
In addition, Zhao Chen also heard about an important galaxy that this doctor has been studying. It is currently at Level 4, and next time it may be a Level 5 cosmic worm hole!
There should be a T5 Hive Mothership in the fifth-level cosmic insect lair, not the quasi-T5 Leviathan King-class Hive Mothership controlled by Qin Xiaotian.
But the real Leviathan King-class hive mothership.
"I have one more question.
You have some secret cooperation with the Holy Radiance Empire, what are the contents of those secret cooperations?" Zhao Chen asked.