Chapter 84

Five days later, at the outskirts of the Azure Star Alliance, on the planet Baitan...

At this moment, Li Wenfu and Lu Sheng had both integrated the Five-Star Seed Source and ascended to the Golden Tier. The six members of the Silver Leaf Squad now possessed a combat strength of five gold and one diamond. With the internal mechs provided by Gu Luoding, their combat capabilities could be said to have reached a new level.

Baitan, the first stop for the exploration of the Demon Body.

The members of the Silver Leaf Squad were all looking forward to that kind of super strength. Du Nan, who owned the Ancestor-level elemental ice dragon body and an unused second derivative combat body, was also somewhat tempted by the news of the Demon Body. Because, he had not planned to reveal the first two. The second derivative was definitely a taboo item, and the ice dragon, being both a demon and a holy race, could attract the attention of the royal family and the hatred of enemy races.

After mastering the seventh level of Body Techniques, Du Nan was no longer in a hurry to reveal his hidden cards.

"Baitan is a world of white sand, very troublesome. The entire planet only has water underground, and we have to search for the ancient temple in the vast desert. It won't be easy. Given the窥视 of the enemy races and the insectoids, I don't recommend landing the starship on Baitan. Once we all go out to search, such a large starship is easily discovered by the enemy. If we leave someone behind, it will分散 the combat strength," Lu Sheng analyzed.

He opened the star map and pointed to a ring of star debris outside Baitan.

Then he explained, "This ring of star debris has many abandoned warships and some disused temporary bases. We can hide the starship here and then use medium-sized mechs to directly rush into Baitan. Find the entrance to the underground cave. If we can't pass through, we can leave the medium-sized mech. A ten-meter guy can be buried anywhere."

"I have no objections," Li Wenfu thought for a moment and said.

"Neither do I," Yin Ling always had the appearance of a 'strategically clueless team leader.'

"I do," the unusually lazy Du Nan surprisingly spoke up, "Four Eyes, you said it would be hard to find, which means it will take a lot of time, right? To be honest, I don't have that kind of spare time. According to the map, Baitan only 'possibly' has an ancient temple, and we don't know if its 'treasure' is good. I have an idea. Can Gu Luoding leak the information about Baitan to some insectoid generals and let them come to Baitan to search?"

"Your meaning is..." Lu Sheng saw Li Wenfu smiling sinisterly and immediately had a strange idea.

Others tried to avoid the insectoids.

But you guys are deliberately provoking them to come and fight.

"I agree."

Yin Ling was the first to agree and immediately opened a video call, handing it to Lu Sheng with a look that said, "You're the strategist, you figure it out."

Two minutes later.

Gu Luoding also had the same expression after listening.

At this moment, an old man appeared and said, "Greetings, everyone from the Silver Leaf Squad. I am the old man Gu Bo, and I have met all of you. To be honest, your plan to 'drive the enemy to seek treasure' is quite good, but the question is, can you guarantee that you can deal with the insectoids? If the enemy is too strong, you will just be giving them a treasure."

"That depends on the extent of your leak. What if you say there is an important mineral deposit?" Du Nan countered.

"Oh, I see. I will immediately cooperate with you," Gu Bo was surprised and then smiled.

An ancient temple and an important mineral deposit, of course, have different levels of importance. The insectoids will definitely send a legion to occupy the mineral deposit based on its importance. If it's an ancient temple, many super-armored generals will likely come. As nobles, they can naturally grasp the 'importance' well. In short, the Silver Leaf Squad needs a large number of insectoids with not too strong power to search for the treasure, and then they can follow and take advantage of the situation.

The video call ended.

On the other side, Gu Bo and Gu Luoding had very strange expressions. They thought that the members of the Silver Leaf Squad were definitely not simple warriors. They were not being lazy but were reasonably utilizing resources. This plan could quickly find treasure, consume enemy combat strength, and save a lot of time.

One plan, three effects.

"The Silver Leaf Squad, interesting. Luo Ding, the goddess of luck is on your side," Gu Bo smiled.

Three days later.

Two insectoid armies marched into Baitan.

Countless silver touch bees and ore-eating ants spread across the planet like a tide. A large number of combat insects immediately fought the sand sea's star beasts and local insectoids, occupying the land and building bases. Two super-armored generals, along with over twenty reapers, guarded the two insectoid strongholds, waiting for good news.

On the starship.

The Silver Leaf Squad and Gu Luoding were paying attention to the developments.

"Do any of you know how the insectoids communicate?" Du Nan, seeing the insectoid swarm spread out, was a bit worried that some insect might smell the temple and immediately notify the queen. If so, this place would become a bloodbath in less than a day.

"Don't worry, they can't communicate unless there is a queen on a nearby planet," Gu Luoding immediately understood what Du Nan was worried about and explained.

"That's good. By the way, Mr. Councilor, you seem very free."

"No, I am very busy. In fact, I don't even know if there is a temple on this map. Today, I have some free time to pay attention, but in the future, I will leave it to Gu Shiliu or Teacher Gu Bo. I have other allies to pay attention to and need to form new alliances, so I am very busy."

Because the false rate of maps is very high.

Even in the hands of nobles, less than one in ten is genuine. Among those circulating outside, one in ten thousand is genuine.

Du Nan thought it made sense.

If every map had an ancient temple, everyone would be full of treasures, and there would be no weaklings in this world.

"Next, let's watch the performance of these insects," Li Wenfu half-lying, showing his true colors as a fat man who would rather lie down than sit, and sit rather than stand.

Another eight days.

Finally, there was a slight movement in the insectoid swarm.

The members of the Silver Leaf Squad were already paying attention. Li Yinzhu set out first and returned half a day later with a message: there is indeed a mineral deposit, but it's not a very important one.

"Keep waiting," Du Nan said calmly.

Another five days.

A large number of insectoid soldiers entered to mine the minerals. The news of the ancient temple never surfaced. Just as everyone was about to withdraw and look for the next map, Du Nan smiled. The instruments on the starship showed everything was normal, and no one had any discoveries. The group monitoring the developments, including Gu Luoding, had no effective information.

Everything seemed normal, but Du Nan said, "Let's start. Zongzi, send your forces to destroy the insectoid swarm. Try not to leak any information in the short term. We need to launch a major attack to find the treasure, and we don't want new insectoid swarms to come to their aid."

"Alright. What's the reason?" As an ally, Gu Luoding agreed readily but did not act recklessly.

"Doesn't Teacher Gu Bo find it strange that an unimportant mineral deposit is guarded by two super-armored generals? I want to ask, if you were the queen of the insectoid swarm, how many super-armored generals would you send to protect this mineral deposit?" Du Nan asked in return.

Everyone was stunned.

Gu Bo was also stunned and then laughed bitterly, "Not a single super-armored general. For such a small mineral deposit, sending four or five reapers would be enough."

So there must be something valuable here... everyone thought simultaneously.

It seems the insectoids are also cunning. They found something but deliberately acted as if there was nothing. If the two super-armored generals hadn't stayed, they might have fooled everyone. Unfortunately, the director of this play was Du Nan, not them.

"The troops will be there soon. I can guarantee that they won't be able to communicate for three days," Gu Luoding, receiving the battle plan from the strategist, promised.

"That's enough. If everything goes as expected, they have already found the temple, even broken through the defenses and obtained the treasure. We just need to go down and take advantage of the situation. If the super-armored generals are not as strong as Gui Zuyi, Li Wenfu and Lu Sheng can team up to fight one, to practice. The others should use the fastest speed to deal with the reapers and the insectoid swarm, ensuring that we get the treasure first and prevent them from destroying it," Du Nan planned.

"Alright," Li Wenfu and Lu Sheng's blood boiled at the thought.

On the other side.

Gu Luoding wanted to say, "Super-armored generals are not that easy to deal with," but he thought that the four members of the Silver Leaf Squad had all killed super-armored generals before, and Li Wenfu and Lu Sheng working together should not be a problem. By the standards of mana levels, this was very dangerous, as super-armored generals were second only to the Seven-Star Flying Army. However, the Silver Leaf Squad combined Body Techniques and mana in a mysterious way, possessing combat strength that others could not understand.

Twenty minutes later.

"It seems we have a good harvest. What's in the temple? The two super-armored generals are almost severely injured," Li Wenfu observed the enemy situation and was even more pleased.

"I understand your thoughts. You and Lu Sheng can each take one super-armored general, okay? Sister Yinzhu, help out. Sister Ling and Sister Hua, use your full power to kill the other reapers. I will go into the temple to see if there are any related clues," Du Nan, hearing that the two super-armored generals were severely injured, became even more interested. This ancient temple must have something powerful guarding it.

Or, there might be something yet to be discovered.