150: Chapter 150 I Want to Date an Insect

The bolded, red, pinned battle report thread posted by Wanna Sleep with Slaanesh on the forum was like a depth charge dropped into a calm lake.

It quickly attracted all the players who were browsing the forum and bragging.

However.

As a group belonging to the The Fourth Calamity, these players' focus was never on the same wavelength as normal humans.

The replies below the post instantly veered completely off track.

"Eating popcorn in the front row! OP, don't just cry for help; tell us the details of being forcibly kissed by a beautiful NPC! Was it soft or what?"

"Holy crap! This game has this kind of blessing? You can change to a hidden race for free just by being forcibly kissed?!"

A player named [Void Terror] was so excited that he posted over a dozen replies in a row:

"In other words, after being kissed by a bug, you became a bug yourself? Is there such a good thing?! I want to be kissed by a bug too! I want to be a Swarm Vanguard! OP, post the coordinates quickly; I'm flying my ship over right now to give away my first kiss!"

The players below were instantly disgusted by this outrageous statement.

"Is the guy above even human? Is he an alien spy? This fetish is way too perverted!"

"Is this something a carbon-based lifeform can even say?"

A player named [Yin Cha Xian] silently chimed in:

"Um... is a Guangdong Twin-tails okay?"

[Void Terror] replied immediately:

"It's not impossible. As long as it's a bug, I love it."

"..."

"Damn! I unilaterally announce that the guy above has been stripped of his human status! I suggest the devs ban his account directly!"

The thread quickly went completely off-topic.

Meanwhile, Ming Shen, the legion commander who had been secretly following Wanna Sleep with Slaanesh's solo movements, finally saw the post.

He didn't join the netizens' nonsense and instead asked a serious question directly in the thread:

"Old Slaanesh, what's the specific situation? Are you sure it's a Genestealer? To what extent has this level of infiltration reached on that planet?"

[Wanna Sleep with Slaanesh]: Absolutely certain! It's the Genestealer from the setting! These bugs have a very high degree of infiltration. Conservatively estimated, the high-level management system and Defense Force on that planet have all been assimilated by the Hive Mind!

[Wanna Sleep with Slaanesh]: Moreover, those low-level criminals locked deep underground are currently being kept as live food reserves.

Ming Shen immediately caught the key information in that sentence:

[Praise Ming Shen]: Criminals? Did you just say that place is a prison?

[Wanna Sleep with Slaanesh]: Yes! This is a massive interstellar prison! The person in charge here is a female Warden. She's the one who forcibly kissed me and planted the parasitic egg in my body!

Subsequently, Slaanesh recounted the details of his encounter on the Prison Planet in the thread, leaving nothing out.

Finally, he specifically added an important piece of geographical intelligence in red text:

[Wanna Sleep with Slaanesh]: I left that scrapped shuttle at the crash site; the locator on it should still be working. You guys can follow this positioning to force a landing on the surface.

[Wanna Sleep with Slaanesh]: Also! In the morning and evening of this world, there are definitely sandstorms of exaggerated intensity that can even shred spaceships! You must make sure to avoid these two time periods for your drop!

[Praise Ming Shen]: Received! The intelligence is very valuable. I'll send this news to the boss first, then go straight to the system to submit a legion-level [War Application]. Take it easy behind enemy lines; don't die too quickly!

Closing the forum.

Ming Shen immediately lay down in the gaming pod to go online, using his pv terminal to send a Tyranid warning message to Lin Li, the faction leader.

...

Fire Seed Shelter, surface camp.

When Lin Li received the War Application and Tyranid warning sent by Ming Shen, he wasn't idling in the control room; instead, he was inspecting the outskirts of Shahe Town.

He came to Shahe Town this time, on one hand, to have Stone Man Hong bring medical equipment to extract genetic samples from the healthy local residents to build a massive database for subsequent genetic warrior optimization;

On the other hand, it was to secretly observe the noble young lady he had sent to do grassroots work—Elena.

He wanted to see if this pampered lady was secretly causing any sabotage or playing tricks to incite the people.

As it turned out.

He had just finished watching Elena being ordered by Mayor Governor Jia Mei to clumsily shovel Ork ash fertilizer in the fields.

Lin Li's pv terminal rang with a red alert.

Lin Li clicked on the message and took a look.

"Genestealers? Interstellar prison? Hive Vanguard?"

Lin Li's expression instantly became incredibly solemn.

Without any hesitation, he immediately canceled the rest of his inspection itinerary, called Stone Man Hong, who was extracting genetic samples, got into the hovering off-road vehicle, floored the gas, and rushed back to the Shelter.

In the Warhammer universe.

Be it Orks or Chaos Warbands.

In the face of the true Tyranids, they were all small fry!

This was the genuine ultimate boss!

Space locusts capable of devouring an entire galaxy until not a single drop of water remained!

Moreover, according to the current background setting timeline, the Tyranid fleets appearing in the Milky Way now were all just tiny tendrils used for scouting!

The main swarm, truly enough to blot out the stars, was still on its way through the void!

Thinking of this, Lin Li, sitting in the hovercar, couldn't help but rub his chin and start complaining wildly.

"To be honest, the logic of these Tyranid bugs is quite twisted."

Lin Li grumbled,

"These guys come all the way from outside the Milky Way, putting in so much effort and braving the fire of Space Marines and warships to take down a planet. And then what?"

"They only do it to drain the planet's atmosphere, drink the seawater dry, and eat the organic matter! After eating, they just pat their butts and leave! They don't even mine! Isn't that just purely being a dimwit?"

"It's like you worked hard to kill a big wild boar in the wild, but then you only plucked one hair from its body to eat, threw away all the meat, and then turned around to hunt the next boar! This is practically a universe-level spendthrift in the mukbang world!"

Complaining aside.

But facing these space locusts that only know how to eat and are impossible to communicate with.

Lin Li knew very well that this was a moment of life and death, and he had to find every possible way to completely nip them in the bud.

After all, he didn't have the kind of outrageous cheat that other web novel transmigrators had, which allowed them to conquer the Hive Mind.

Just as Lin Li was preparing to order the entire army to prepare for war.

A golden task window suddenly popped up on his pv terminal.

[Hidden Challenge Mission Triggered: Clear the Tyranid Plague!]

[Mission Description: Travel to Outpost 544 and completely eliminate the Genestealer Cult and potential hive infection entrenched on that planet!]

[Mission Reward: 10,000 Core Points; all highest permissions for the Outpost 544 Underground Incubation Chamber!]

Seeing this challenge mission trigger, Lin Li wasn't too surprised.

After all, this was the system's standard operation.

However.

When he carefully read the few words that appeared in the mission description, his brows furrowed sharply.

"First of all, the prefix 'Outpost' has appeared again!"

Lin Li thought to himself.

The planet where the Fire Seed Shelter was currently located, which was being used as a junkyard, was numbered [Outpost 586].

And the nearby sandstorm planet used as a maximum-security prison was called [Outpost 544].

These two numbers, so close and in a completely unified format, were definitely not a coincidence!

Did this mean that in this barren star system forgotten by the Sector Capital, there were actually more than one outpost left behind from the Golden Age?

What made Lin Li's skin crawl even more was the permission in the mission reward.

"Underground Incubation Chamber?"

"What was the Golden Men's true purpose for establishing these outposts back then? And what is hidden in that so-called incubation chamber?"

Lin Li turned his head and looked at Stone Man Hong, who was still expressionless in the passenger seat.

"Hong," Lin Li asked tentatively, "do you know anything about Outpost 544?"

Stone Man Hong's electronic eyes flickered slightly as he answered in a flat tone:

"Yes, Creator. I know of its existence. But there is very little specific information about it. Most of the low-level data has a high encryption level, and with my current clearance level, I do not have the right to access it."

Lin Li wasn't satisfied and changed the question:

"What about the concept of an 'Outpost' itself? Why did the Golden Men set up so many outposts on these desolate planets back then?"

"According to existing database records, outposts were semi-military reconnaissance outposts established by the first-generation Creators on key node planets throughout the galaxy."

"Their original specific strategic roles and the total number established have been lost or destroyed in the wars of the Age of Strife."

Hong paused and gave a definite conclusion,

"But what is certain is that every planet assigned to the outpost sequence underwent deep human habitability modification during the Golden Age, and sleeping ancient military facilities are deployed deep underground."

Hearing this answer.

Lin Li's eyes narrowed slightly.

"It seems... this Outpost 544 is not only significant, but there might even be some big treasures buried underneath!"

...

Back at the Fire Seed Shelter.

Lin Li didn't waste any time and immediately approved Ming Shen's legion War Application in the system backend.

At the same time.

To motivate the players' combat enthusiasm, Lin Li specifically released a high-reward legion mission for the Scourge Legion regarding "Eliminating the Tyranid Leader."

But Lin Li knew very well.

Although the total number of the Scourge Legion was currently about twenty thousand players.

To face millions of Defense Force personnel and Hybrids on an entire planet who had been completely infiltrated and brainwashed by the Hive Mind.

This number of people was still not quite enough.

Therefore.

Lin Li directly pulled up a full-screen, bolded red announcement in the game's server-wide lobby:

[Server-wide Emergency War Announcement!]

[The Prison Planet has erupted into a Tyranid vanguard invasion campaign! This is the first line of defense for human civilization!]

[All players can sign up for the war without any threshold! Participate in the war, kill Tyranids, and share a ten-million-point pool and rare loot based on military merit! We look forward to everyone's active participation!]

Having finished these pre-war mobilization tasks.

Lin Li didn't stay in the control room drinking tea as usual.

He took a deep breath and turned toward the dressing room.

Amidst a dull sound of mechanical interlocking, he put on that heavy dark-red Power Armor and slung his halberd behind his back.

The Tyranid invasion was of great importance; there must not be any mistakes.

Lin Li decided that this time he must personally go to the front line to oversee the battle!

Of course.

The reason he found for himself was very sufficient:

He would definitely not personally engage in hand-to-hand combat.

Instead, he would take Iron Man 73 to collect geographical and network information on that planet, providing central support for communications and logistics for the subsequent all-out war.

He definitely wasn't going just to join the fun and see the bugs.

"73, start the preheating sequence for sea breeze no. 9. We're going to the Prison Planet," Lin Li ordered over the communication channel.

Fully armed, Lin Li walked out of the elevator, preparing to head to the sea breeze no. 9 docking area on the surface.

Just then.

At the end of the corridor, accompanied by the crisp sound of metal combat boots, a tall figure walked toward him.

It was Sister Frannie.

However, when Lin Li saw the person's outfit clearly, he was instantly stunned and almost didn't recognize her.

The current Frannie was completely different from her usual gentle appearance in black and white nun's robes, looking solemn and dignified!

Her soft blonde hair, which usually hung over her shoulders, was tied high into a capable ponytail.

Her long robe had been replaced by a deep black combat suit that closely fit her body's curves.

And over the combat suit, she wore a set of heavy combat armor with the Ecclesiarchy's fleur-de-lis emblem!

She held a Chainsword in her right hand and a large-caliber Bolter in her left.

Her whole being radiated a chilling aura of slaughter!

"Frannie?" Lin Li stopped in surprise. "That outfit... what are you going to do?"

Frannie walked up to Lin Li.

Her clear eyes looked at Lin Li, her expression somewhat complex.

"My Lord. I have a premonition that you are about to head to a dangerous heretical battlefield."

Frannie's voice was soft, yet it carried an unquestionable stubbornness.

"So, I... I must go with you to protect your safety."

She didn't say the words that followed.

She just lowered her head slightly, not daring to look directly into Lin Li's slightly scrutinizing eyes.

Looking at her fully armed posture, Lin Li subconsciously complained:

"Don't tell me this is another oracle from the God-Emperor on the Golden Throne?"

Frannie looked up and shook her head gently: "No, it isn't."

"I foresaw it myself."

Frannie admitted frankly, "My Lord, I have possessed a very weak prophetic psionic power since I was a child. This is my own decision."

Lin Li looked at Frannie's body curves, which were outlined by the tight combat suit and even appeared somewhat exaggerated due to the pressure of the breastplate.

He had intended to refuse such unnecessary trouble.

But on second thought, since he wouldn't be personally hacking bugs while commanding from space anyway, having a visually pleasing, high-combat-power bodyguard by his side wouldn't be a bad thing.

"Alright then." Lin Li nodded. "Follow me closely, and don't fall behind."