CHAPTER 833: CHAPTER 637: CLEANUP

"This is ultimately a bomb, I’ll have someone search for it."

Li Ruiqi replied with a bit of a headache.

"Mm, also notify everyone working on the Level 3 planet to pay attention to safety and be careful of the Insect Queen."

Lord Spade nodded and said.

"I know what to do with these matters, but Lord Spade, haven’t you noticed that the people of the Yanas Kingdom seem a little overly obsessed with the Insect Race? They’ve captured a live Insect King, and now they want the Insect Queen. What are they planning to do?"

Li Ruiqi said with a frown.

"We’re allies now, so don’t pry into such matters. Every civilization has its secrets. Right now, those aggressive Empires are enough to give us headaches. We need to focus on them."

Lord Spade contemplated and said.

"Okay."

Li Ruiqi thought for a while and replied.

"By the way, I heard that the spot Wang Hai chose yields a lot of molybdenum ore."

Having finished discussing business, Augustus suddenly took an interest in casual conversation.

"That’s true, he was quite lucky."

Li Ruiqi responded with a smile.

"Not just lucky, it must be thanks to Su Mo’s guidance, right? You’ve seen how the mining spots Su Mo pointed out for Wang Hai turned out so well. What do you think will be yielded by the spots Su Mo himself picked?"

Augustus asked with great interest.

"I’m not sure, I haven’t paid attention. And he hasn’t reported any outputs yet, maybe the yield isn’t very promising."

Li Ruiqi brushed it off on behalf of Su Mo.

"No need to cover for him, no matter how good the yield, it’s not like we could just take it from him. I’m just a bit curious; I feel like the spot Su Mo chose isn’t very far from the Insect Nest."

Augustus said with a meaningful look towards the end.

Li Ruiqi, prompted by Augustus’s reminder, glanced at the marked spot on Planet C185.

It seemed Augustus was right.

"Augustus, are you suggesting that the Insect Queen’s nest may be in Su Mo’s area?"

"It’s not impossible, but not certain either. Still, it’s best to remind him. If the Insect Queen’s nest is really there, it could be troublesome. That guy always has guts; if something happens, it would be bad."

Augustus said, though he had been monitoring Su Mo’s operations from space. He noticed that after Su Mo staked his claim, there was hardly any activity.

Until later, when Beilo mentioned matters related to the Insect Queen, he started feeling something was odd.

"Understood."

Li Ruiqi nodded in response.

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In the Red Cicada Queen’s nest, the Slaughter Blade stood in the center wielding dual beam sabers.

All around were the corpses of Red Cicada Flying Insects.

The entire Slaughter Blade was covered in bloodstains, with hundreds of Red Cicada Flying Insects slaughtered.

Sun Duoxiang and the others were left speechless, even though they had firepower support.

Su Mo was incredibly strong, like an untiring weapon of slaughter, taking down any Red Cicada Flying Insect that came close.

Su Mo glanced around for a moment and said to the Fake Owner · Swallower in a good mood, "Seventeen minutes and twenty-three seconds, a bit faster than expected."

"It’s barely decent. Though you can’t drive the IV Biological Mecha long-term, it doesn’t mean you don’t need to fight. Nothing makes one stronger than real combat."

The Fake Owner · Swallower replied in a low voice.

"Rare praise from your mouth. Has the crisis been resolved?"

Su Mo twisted his neck and asked.

"Temporarily resolved."

The Fake Owner · Swallower replied in a low voice.

"Why only temporarily? You’re not so petty as to joke with me, are you?"

Su Mo was momentarily puzzled.

"I am not so childish. Didn’t you see those tunnel openings on the rock walls? Each one leads to another area, and who can guarantee no new bugs will pop out later?"

The Fake Owner · Swallower replied in a low voice.

"Alright, dangerous or not, we still need to mine. I estimate that just the pile of stuff in this nest alone is enough to make me a fortune."

Su Mo’s attention fell on the weapon remnants there.

From the appearance, these remaining weapon scraps seemed to be of pretty good quality. Besides, there were many good things on the skeletons of humans.

However, they were rather scattered, likely needing some careful searching.

So, Su Mo maneuvered the Slaughter Blade over to fly towards Xiao Wen and the others.

"Boss, all these damn bugs are cleaned out, can we start operations now?"

Sun Duoxiang excitedly asked.

"Yes, but be cautious. We can’t rule out the possibility that there are still insects hiding in some crevice."

Su Mo emphasized to Sun Duoxiang and the others.

"As long as they aren’t big ones, we aren’t afraid. But there’s one troublesome thing, what to do with these insect eggs? It seems insect eggs are worth some money too."

Sun Duoxiang hesitated and asked.

"Xiao Wen, what do you think we should do?"

Su Mo turned to Xiao Wen for his opinion.

"Insect eggs are indeed valuable. I heard that the Yanas Kingdom buys insect eggs, and they don’t even need to be transported back, they can be sold directly to them. Let’s handle it this way: if they’re about to hatch, destroy them to be safe, but if they take a long time to hatch or are particularly unique, we’ll keep them."

Xiao Wen proposed a reasonably good plan.

Every bit of revenue is precious these days, and if possible, Xiao Wen would even want to dismantle and recycle all these weapon remnants here.

Su Mo agreed and said, "Alright, leave it to you all. I’ll stand by and watch. Let me know if you find anything special or undecipherable."

"Okay, brothers, let’s get to work."

Xiao Wen wasted no words, gesturing for everyone to prepare for work.

And so, all the Iron Guard Mechas present unloaded their toolboxes from their backs and took out their work tools to start.

At this moment, Mo Baoke came up, licking his face, and said, "Commander Su Mo, there aren’t many people available with just Xiao Wen and Sun Duoxiang. Since there’s no danger outside, how about letting my people come in to help, even if it’s just as assistants?"

Su Mo shook his head with a smile and said, "No need for that. Ruin operations are meticulous work, there’s no rush. Let Xiao Wen and Sun Duoxiang take their time."

You’ve got to be kidding; finding Eternal Metals here means there might be other valuable things even the Fake Owner · Swallower hasn’t noticed.

If they got conveniently taken away, it would be like shooting oneself in the foot.

Mo Baoke and his gang are notoriously bold.

Seeing Su Mo reject his proposal, Mo Baoke’s face fell. Watching Xiao Wen and the others start work, he was practically drooling, so he quickly said.

"Then, Commander Su Mo, would it be alright if I went to help?"

Since he couldn’t grab a large share of the benefits, he figured he could at least take a little for himself.