My carefree life in space

Chapter 193 On the Way Back

On the return journey, because Lin Song was on board, Lin Shushu and Mo Ze did not enter the space again. However, they did not stay idle. Instead, they meditated and cultivated in front of Lin Song.

Lin Song was familiar with this cultivation method, so he wasn't curious. He was just wondering where they had conjured up this small starship. Of course, he didn't necessarily need to know.

After spending several days together, he accepted the strange things that happened to Lin Shushu and Mo Ze.

The journey was relatively smooth, and they returned to the star system where the Jin Yuan Empire was located without any incidents.

However, after entering this star field, they sensed something was amiss; there seemed to be a peculiar smell in the air.

While Lin Shushu was still wondering what kind of smell it was, Mo Ze's serious voice rang out: "It's the Zerg!"

She was startled. It was true that the Zerg population had increased before they left, but the fact that they could even smell them in the air was a bad sign. Had something terrible happened in the past three months?

The two hurriedly restarted their personal computers. Because they were outside the territory of the Jin Yuan Empire, their personal computers could not be used, so they had not received any news about the Jin Yuan Empire during their time away.

As soon as the personal terminal was turned on, a flood of information poured in. The two had no time to think and immediately checked all the messages one by one.

After reading the message, both of them looked very serious. They hadn't expected that so much had happened in the Jin Yuan Empire in just three months.

Several months ago, when the Zerg began to appear in various places, the Jin Yuan Empire paid great attention to it. Lin Shushu's spiritual fruit became quite popular at the time and played a significant role in improving the combat power of the warriors.

The situation was initially very favorable; it seemed the Zerg could be quickly wiped out when they returned. However, these small-scale Zerg attacks were merely a probe; the real Zerg invasion was yet to come.

A month ago, all the peripheral planets within the Imperial Starfield were invaded by the Zerg.

Resources were scarce on the outlying planets, and the combat capabilities of the personnel were also low. Without any warning, most of the planets fell, resulting in heavy casualties, with less than a third of the people escaping.

Moreover, the Zerg battlefield where Moze was originally stationed also suffered a large-scale Zerg invasion, so the troops there could not return to defend. The Empire sent out all the troops it could, but could only barely save a few planets.

"A highly intelligent being has emerged from the Zerg?" Lin Shushu looked at Mo Ze with disbelief.

Mo Ze nodded, agreeing with all the signs.

The Zerg originally only appeared on specific battlefields. Although they had a numerical advantage, they would only attack relentlessly. Each time they were wiped out, there would be a period of peace until they accumulated enough numbers to launch another attack.

Nowadays, they no longer insist on large-scale, single-charge attacks, but have learned to break up into smaller groups and attack on multiple fronts, and even coordinate with each other, leaving humans no time to pay attention.

Behind this must be the Zerg's accurate assessment of the battlefield situation due to their high intelligence, and their command system may have also evolved from chaos and disorder to efficient collaboration.

"Has His Majesty been looking for you?" Given the tense situation, Lin Shushu guessed that Mo Ze would probably return to the battlefield.

"Yes, the last news from my uncle was five days ago." Actually, there had been news before, but the last one was five days ago. Perhaps the previous news had gone unanswered, so Jin Hongyu gave up hope.

Besides Jin Hongyu, they also received messages from Mo Kun and his wife, An Yuanheng and his sister, and even Xiao Molin. Everyone was asking when they would return.

Just as they were about to send a message back to their loved ones, the starship issued a warning that there were unidentified fluctuations ahead, and all three of them became cautious.

Soon, a badly damaged and swaying starship flew in from the front. Mo Ze recognized it at a glance as a supply starship of the First Army Group.

The starship also spotted them and sent a warning via public channel, urging them to leave immediately as there was danger behind them.

Since there was danger, they naturally couldn't stand idly by, especially since this was a supply starship for the First Army Group.

Instead of retreating, Mo Ze advanced, maneuvering the starship forward. As they drew closer, they finally realized why the supply starship was in such a sorry state: a swarm of flying insectoids was chasing after it.

The flying insectoids had peculiar appearances, their wings shimmering with an eerie light, and they emitted sharp cries as they flew. They swarmed towards the supply starship in dense numbers, constantly ramming against its hull.

The supply starship's metal hull was covered with marks left by the Zerg attacks, and some places even had holes punched through it.

When the starship's energy cannons fired at them, they could shoot down a small portion of the Zerg, but most of them would quickly fly away and launch attacks in other directions.

"You guys move to the back!" As the two starships passed each other, Mo Ze issued the command to the other through the public channel, while Lin Shushu used her spiritual power to kill the flying insects that were closely following the supply starship.

The small starship, nestled between the supply starship and the massive Zerg horde chasing from behind, appeared weak and pitiful, at least to the people inside the supply starship.

"Who are those people? How dare they directly confront the Zerg? We need to go back quickly!" a soldier exclaimed. Although they were no match for the Zerg, they had no intention of using civilian starships to shield them from disaster.

"No need, we can just stay put." An Yuanheng, having shaken off his earlier tension, replied to his comrade in an extremely relaxed tone.

Although he hadn't seen the people on the starship, he recognized them as Sister Shushu and Brother Mo based on their methods of dealing with the Zerg. He was incredibly excited to encounter them here, and a smile involuntarily spread across his face.

His appearance puzzled his comrades, who asked, "Do you know who that is?"

"You'll find out soon enough," An Yuanheng said, keeping everyone in suspense.

While they were still wondering, the battle ahead had already ended.

After Mo Ze stopped the insectoids, his spiritual power spread out from the starship like invisible threads, enveloping the flying insectoids. Lin Shushu stood on the starship's deck, her hands rapidly forming hand seals, her spiritual power transforming into a ferocious fire dragon.

The fire dragon roared, charging towards the trapped insectoids with scorching flames. Wherever the dragon went, the insectoids were burned by the flames, letting out screams of agony. They struggled in the flames, trying to escape. Moze, however, increased his mental energy output, ensuring they could not escape.

Under the relentless attacks of the fire dragon, the flying insectoids were burned to ashes, their bodies turning to ash and drifting into the endless void.

"It's over!" An Yuanheng saw the small starship approaching them and reminded his comrades who were still immersed in his previous words.

"What?" His comrade was confused. The next second, he understood what An Yuanheng meant, because the other party sent a video request.

Upon seeing that familiar face, everyone on the supply starship except An Yuanheng was too shocked to speak.

That...that's their Marshal Mo!

Although Mo Ze has resigned from his position as marshal, in the hearts of many in the First Army Group, he will always be their marshal, irreplaceable by anyone.