World-saving Plan: The Only Savior

"Impossible...?"

Muttering Ziwei’s words, Zhang Xiaoman’s eyes gradually brightened.

Perhaps for others, breaking through the restrictions set by the Insect Queen and using ordinary insects to track their location does seem hopeless.

But Zhang Xiaoman, with the passive ability of the Lord of Light, doesn’t fall for that.

Initially, he was thinking of how to extract intelligence from the Desert Worm, so it didn’t work.

Now, thanks to Ziwei’s reminder, Zhang Xiaoman immediately shifted his target to locating the Insect Queen and the nest, and feedback ensued.

Through psychic sensing, somewhere on this planet, a large bloated black insect was assembling an insect swarm under the protection of several Black Scale Armor Guards, seemingly preparing for some action.

Unlike many film depictions, the Insect Queen of the Desert Worm Clan is not responsible for producing the insect swarm. Those ordinary Desert Worms are all produced by hatcheries built by the worker bees of the Insect Race, not by the Insect Queen, like ants on the Water Blue Star.

After all, given the countless sea-like armies of the Desert Worm Clan, relying solely on the Insect Queen for production would be impossible, no matter how prolific.

The Insect Queen mainly serves to command an insect swarm, develop strategic plans, and engage in battle commands, akin to a human commander.

Zhang Xiaoman successfully sensed the opponent’s location. Based on their troop-gathering stance, they were likely targeting him.

Upon learning of his discovery, Ziwei was somewhat stupefied. For years, countless people tried and failed, but Zhang Xiaoman succeeded, which made her find it hard to believe for a moment.

However, recalling the extraordinary abilities he displayed during their earlier encounters, Ziwei soon accepted it.

This guy has many unpredictable tricks, even daring to dismantle the Demon Lord’s statue, so achieving these feats seemed less surprising.

Ziwei quickly showed her carefree nature; she stopped dwelling on things she couldn’t understand. After all, this guy seemed reliable, unlikely to joke about such matters.

As predicted, Zhang Xiaoman piloted the Hail to the target area, quickly locating the Desert Worm Clan’s army below through "No Escape for Bugs."

His Lord of Light ability nullifies all interference methods of the target during tracking. As long as the tracking route is correct, he will eventually find the target.

Currently, that Desert Worm was the first in Insect Race history to become a "traitor" due to some unknown reason, rendering the spiritual connection’s prohibition ineffective.

In fact, for ordinary people, even if they could sense the swarm’s location through such methods, the spiritual connection is mutual. When they perceived the Insect Queen, the Insect Queen could naturally perceive them too.

Moreover, spiritual connections are not considered attacks but "voluntary joins," so any means of resisting spiritual attacks would be ineffective.

This made spiritually searching for the Insect Race’s army taboo. Even many upper-level controllers within the Dark Star Alliance and those of the Extraordinary Level hesitate to touch this realm.

But Zhang Xiaoman is different. His other ability, the Shadow Lord, directly prevents others from tracking him. In other words, Zhang Xiaoman can lock on the Insect Queen’s location through a spiritual connection, but the Insect Queen cannot sense his existence.

Thus, with the enemy in the open and him in the shadows, the scenario instantly shifted to an advantageous situation for the Star Alliance.

"Eh? These insects don’t seem to be coming for us. What are they doing?"

Ziwei watched the displayed projection, showing the ground below. The Insect Race’s army, after assembling, kept attacking a certain area, seemingly engaged with another force.

"Star Lord, our ship is being interfered with by a strange power, some equipment has failed, and we’ve stopped operating."

Li Xiang’s voice came through the communication terminal, sounding quite anxious.

At this time, Zhang Xiaoman could also clearly feel some changes inside the spacecraft: reduced oxygen, gravity imbalance, and flickering lights, as if it had encountered a major accident.

The crew members aboard also showed painful expressions. Unlike Zhang Xiaoman and Ziwei, who had cultivated in the Spirit Breath Sequence, they would not survive long without suitable protective gear if the life-support system were compromised.

"This is the Insect Domain! The Insect Domain effect is causing the ship’s equipment to malfunction!"

Ziwei’s expression suddenly changed.

Zhang Xiaoman quickly glanced at her.

Ziwei proceeded to explain.

"The Insect Domain naturally forms when the Desert Worm Clan assembles enough numbers. The exact cause remains unknown, but once formed, the area becomes the home ground for the Insect Race. All basic material technological equipment will be rendered useless, low-level energy will be blocked, and only Dark Spiritual Power will be effective within the Insect Domain."

She couldn’t help but shake her head and sigh:

"I didn’t expect we were still late; this Star Domain has already developed an Insect Domain. Even though it appears to be a small one, having such a beginning means things will become uncontrollable. The Insect Race could rapidly develop using this Insect Domain. We must consider other methods..."