World-saving Plan: The Only Savior
Chapter 483 - 364: Star Guard vs Big Insect

Chapter 483: Chapter 364: Star Guard vs Big Insect

Zhang Xiaoman often collected intelligence on Alien Species, which helped him analyze opponents and thus identify their weaknesses to achieve victory with the least cost.

So at this time, he didn’t immediately launch an attack, but stood inside the Dawn, enlarging the image through the System’s holographic projection screen and carefully observing the creature’s behavior.

This giant worm was sipping sap from inside the tree in an incongruously delicate fashion, its movements conveying a bizarrely gentle and nurturing aura.

At this point, the Insect seemed to sense Zhang Xiaoman’s presence as well, as its feeding activities slightly hastened, appearing very agitated.

"These trees, I can sense through the Spirit Detection Technique that they emit Dark Energy Fluctuations – they must have some special qualities..."

Zhang Xiaoman didn’t pay attention to the bug’s uneasy temper, continuing to analyze on his own.

He felt that the creature’s behavior undoubtedly indicated one thing, that these plants were likely treasures similar to the Touching Spirit Flower.

To call them Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures might be an exaggeration, but they certainly held some value.

Of course, this was just speculation.

The so-called value might be a rare treasure for the Insect below, but for humans, it could be utterly useless, or even have the opposite effect.

At this moment, the remaining seven Star Guards had already arrived on their warhorses. Sensing that it was surrounded, the bug became even more restless.

It writhed constantly, but its mouth maintained the sucking action, looking particularly ridiculous.

Seeing that his subordinates had gathered, Zhang Xiaoman, to prevent the monster from escaping, gave the command, and the Star Guards launched their attack without further delay.

The seven Star Guards each took a bow and arrow from their mounts and, with practiced ease and almost no need for aiming, released several arrow shafts shining with a cold light straight at the monster.

The arrows were incredibly fast, and the big bug had no time to react before being struck.

The power of the arrows fired by the Star Guards was also astonishingly potent, piercing through the creature’s carapace and penetrating deeply into its body in an instant.

"Aung!"

The big bug let out a cry at once.

However, at that moment in space, Zhang Xiaoman couldn’t hear any sound; instead, his eyes, empowered by the Spirit Detection Technique, could sense a wave of intense Dark Energy Fluctuation churning.

By this time, the creature no longer cared to continue feeding on the sap and turned to charge at the seven Star Guards.

Despite its vast size, the monster was not slow; its body, over ten meters long, swiftly charged forward, creating an imposing momentum and kicking up a cloud of dust.

The Star Guards only had time to release one more arrow before the two sides made contact.

"Bang!"

Almost as if he could mentally construct the sound of the Impact below, Zhang Xiaoman saw his subordinates collide fiercely with the monster, and in an instant, both men and horse were sent tumbling.

Clearly, in such a confrontation, even the current Star Guards couldn’t withstand a head-on collision with a monster of this Level.

But although the Star Guards were sent sprawling, it wasn’t without result.

Their long spears pierced into the body of the monster, and two fellows on the flanks dodged the first impact, then circled around the sides of the monster’s body and began a feverish assault.

The Insect’s carapace was very hard, so even the sharp long spears of the Star Guards, if not aided by momentum, struggled to break through its defenses.

So, although those two fellows were fiercely stabbing away, Zhang Xiaoman always felt like they were merely scraping an itch for the opponent.

With a sway of its body, the Insect flung the two aside. At this point, the five Star Guards from earlier regrouped and launched a relentless attack on the monster one after another.

Although individual strength of the Star Guards was no match for the Insect, they had the advantage of numbers, plus the Undying characteristic of their Elemental Puppets; the battle was evenly matched for a time.

It seemed both sides intentionally avoided the purple forest, and the battlefield gradually shifted toward the open space outside.

Zhang Xiaoman could actually use the Dawn’s ship-mounted Laser Cannon to take out the opponent right now, but he didn’t do so.

One reason was he didn’t want to waste the endurance of the Energy Crystals; another was his desire to gauge the true combat strength of the Star Guards, as chances for him to fully test their abilities were few.

The fierce battle continued for a while until suddenly, the Insect lifted its front half and then fiercely pounced on the closest Star Guard.

The latter failed to dodge in time and was immediately caught by the dozens of scythe-sharp claws beneath the Insect’s body.

Other Star Guards took the opportunity to strike, and six Long Spears promptly pierced into the monster’s body.

The Insect screamed in agony but held on without releasing its grip, its dozens of arms simultaneously exerting force and savagely piercing into the body of the unlucky Star Guard.

"Tear~"

Zhang Xiaoman opened a bag of chips somewhat helplessly as he watched the Star Guard being torn to shreds by the monster. His perception of his subordinates lessened by one more.

Speaking of which, the flavor of these chips wasn’t bad—they were something he had found just now in the corridor of the barracks from an automatic food processor.

He thought the food processor was quite convenient; simply insert some ingredients according to a specific processing plan, and it would produce the corresponding food.

He had even thought about hiring someone to specifically study this gadget and then turn it into a vending machine to put on the market, which might also bring in some income for him.

After all, it seemed like the gadget had a much lower technological content than a wristwatch, and reverse-engineering research shouldn’t be too complex.

"Hmm... torn to shreds, form disrupted, so that’s how the first Star Guard was eliminated," he murmured softly, popping another chip into his mouth and continuing to watch the battle below.

Despite the continued loss of two Star Guards, he had no intention of intervening just yet. After all, this was the Moon, and he wasn’t worried about the monster causing any destruction.

Plus, he had already instructed Star Order to adjust the Laser Cannon’s targeting and lock onto that fellow; he trusted that the Insect wouldn’t be able to dodge a laser strike once he gave the command.

The battle below was still ongoing. Under Zhang Xiaoman’s guidance, the remaining Star Guards executed a combat strategy that prioritized dodging charges, turning the fight into an endurance battle they excelled at.

The Insect roared again and again in frustration, but there was nothing it could do. Although it was very swift, the Star Guards were not slow either.

Despite often being struck, they got up as if nothing happened, thanks to the Undying attribute of their puppet bodies, and re-entered the fray.