A few minutes later.

The teachers and students of the Two Academies looked at the figure before them with awe.

At his feet lay the corpses of numerous insects, and the special metal steel pipe in his hand, used for building Starships, was deformed from hundreds of heavy swings.

Currently, the corpse of an insect was still hanging from it.

It was hard to believe what they had just witnessed.

That one man, facing dozens of insects, relying solely on a steel pipe in his hand, like a human mecha, smashed each of those insects to death, crushing their bodies with every blow.

It was as if he wasn't killing insects, but poultry!

Teacher Qin swallowed hard; she had noticed that at one point, the man simultaneously faced nearly thirty pouncing insects, and there were even a few T2 Insect Spiders!

The result was that all of them became corpses under his feet.

Too terrifying!

“Is this the legendary Genetic Warrior? He couldn’t have undergone the Empire’s genetic modification, could he?” a student asked cautiously.

A professor’s expression was complex: “The Genetic Warrior currently being researched by the Empire is still in the T2 stage, although they can fight insects alone.

However... that is also under a certain number of circumstances.

This person’s combat power... has already far surpassed the standard of Genetic Warriors researched by the Empire!”

“Then why is he so strong?” someone asked, puzzled.

A professor who studied interstellar civilizations muttered: “The only possibility is that he is a hybrid, possessing the genes of some interstellar race with very strong individual combat power from an interstellar civilization.

For example, the Half-Beastman interstellar warriors have physical qualities far superior to our human race, and it’s even rumored that some of them can shatter the hull armor of a t1 interstellar battleship with a single punch!”

Regardless of how many conjectures they had now, at this moment, all they felt was shock.

Zhao Chen shook off the minced meat from the steel pipe and glanced at the exoskeleton armor on his left hand, which had already developed cracks.

When he was fighting just now, relying solely on the steel pipe was not enough, so sometimes he just directly swung his left fist.

It seemed that under his fist, the exoskeleton armor was almost unable to withstand the destruction!

Ding, task updated. You have successfully completed the task requirement of killing one thousand insects.

The task deadline has arrived, please claim your task reward.

And that task requirement had finally reached one thousand.

As for the level of ten thousand... Zhao Chen didn't even dare to think about it, not that he couldn't reach it.

It's just that by the time he reached that point, he would probably be exhausted and paralyzed.

Right now, Zhao Chen didn't have time to claim that task reward, so he could only put it aside for now.

“Commander, the third batch of shuttles has arrived, please evacuate immediately!”

Lilith’s voice came through the communication channel.

Zhao Chen breathed a sigh of relief; he had finally made it to this step. He looked at the six shuttles that had landed for the third time.

He immediately called out to the teachers and students of the Two Academies behind him, who were still dumbfounded and hadn't even noticed the shuttles had landed.

“Quickly board and evacuate.”

At Zhao Chen’s call, the teachers and students of the Two Academies finally reacted and began to board and evacuate without delay.

Zhao Chen also boarded one of the shuttles with Su Lan, Chu Xuan, and others.

After everyone was on board, the shuttle immediately took off and returned to the Interstellar Warship hangar in the air.

On the ground, the fourteen T2 Black Knight-class Light Interstellar Combat Mechas also received the order to retreat. They activated the rocket thrusters located on their backs and feet, leaping into the air.

They followed the shuttles back to the T3 Blizzard-class Light Interstellar Battlecruiser.

And with the retreat of these T2 Black Knights, the Starship wreckage on the ground was quickly covered by a dense swarm of Zerg.

Su Lan looked at the Zerg swarm scene below through the window and couldn't help but feel a chill down her spine. If it weren't for Zhao Chen’s god-like support, perhaps they would have been completely overrun by now, becoming food for those insects.

“You are Student Zhao Chen, right? Thank you very much for coming to our rescue this time!” Teacher Qin looked at Zhao Chen gratefully and initiated the conversation.

Zhao Chen looked at Teacher Qin in front of him; he didn't recognize her.

“This is Teacher Qin, the team leader from North Star Academy for our Two Academies Interstellar Mission. If Teacher Qin hadn’t been organizing us to fight to the death these past few days.

Perhaps we wouldn't have been able to wait for your rescue at all,” Su Lan introduced from the side.

Hearing that it was this female teacher who organized the teachers and students to defend, Zhao Chen nodded to the female teacher in acknowledgment. To have the courage to fight hard in such a situation, this teacher °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° was worthy of respect.

“How many Starships did our academy send? Are they all outside the planet?” an old professor nearby asked.

“Academy? No, only my Starship came to support,” Zhao Chen said directly.

These words left everyone in the cabin dumbfounded.

“Only one? How is that possible? Outside, it’s all Zerg swarms and Zerg Hive Motherships. How could you possibly get in with just one Starship!” the old professor questioned.

“But I did get in,” Zhao Chen said, too lazy to explain.

Chu Xuan said from the side: “Indeed, it’s only Zhao Chen’s one Starship... The academy did want to come and rescue you... but... it would take some time.”

Hearing Chu Xuan’s words, everyone present understood the implied meaning.

In fact, they had long been abandoned by the academy.

Everyone’s eyes showed some disappointment.

“Student Zhao Chen, thank you very much indeed.” Teacher Qin thanked Zhao Chen again, this time with even more sincerity.

Although she didn't know how Zhao Chen managed to break through the Zerg swarm alone with just one Starship to rescue them.

But at least he did it!

Zhao Chen didn’t speak. In fact, if it weren’t for his younger sister and the system mission, he wouldn’t have cared about the lives of these teachers and students from the Two Academies.

If they wanted to thank someone, they should thank the system’s ‘life-saving grace.’

Soon, the shuttle entered the hangar, and the shuttle door opened.

Outside were the two previous batches of teachers and students from the Two Academies who had arrived early, all standing or sitting in the corners, with expressions of surviving a catastrophe on their faces.

When Zhao Wan’er saw the shuttle return, she fixed her gaze on every shuttle door, searching for that figure.

Finally, upon seeing that figure, she joyfully waved her arms.

“Brother!”

Zhao Chen waved back at Zhao Wan’er. Just as he was about to go over, a message from the Bridge came through the communication channel.

“Commander, please come to the Bridge immediately! There’s a very important message to report to you!” Zhao Chen heard Charlotte’s voice in the communication channel, very serious.

Zhao Chen, without another word, quickly took off his single-soldier exoskeleton combat armor. In fact, this combat armor was already almost scrapped.

Zhao Chen quickly walked outside.

“Student Zhao Chen...” Teacher Qin originally wanted to discuss the evacuation with Student Zhao Chen.

After all, upon learning that only one Starship was involved in this rescue, the subsequent evacuation would also be a huge challenge.

But just as she walked to the door of this cabin, two female crew members, holding Laser Guns, blocked her way.

“Excuse me, your current range of activity is limited to this cabin!” the female crew member said sternly.

Teacher Qin’s expression was a bit awkward, and she walked back.

After all, this was their Starship, and what they said counted.

Fortunately, this cabin was the hangar, where shuttles were parked, so the space was very large.

It was more than enough to accommodate the teachers and students of the Two Academies.

“Look! What’s that outside!” a student located at the edge of the cabin, who was leaning against a small porthole a few square meters wide and originally wanted to look at the planet they had just been on, suddenly exclaimed.

Teacher Qin and the others immediately walked over.

At this moment, the Starship they were in had already begun to move away from the planet, leaving the atmosphere.

And the scene outside, besides the familiar interstellar universe.

There were also some dark things in the distance.

“It’s... T3 Insectoid Hive Motherships! And three of them!” a teacher with good eyesight exclaimed.

Three T3 Insectoid Hive Motherships!

Upon hearing this news, the teachers and students of the Two Academies once again fell into panic.

Were they just out of the wolf’s den and into the tiger’s maw?

Were they destined to die in this Water Lily Star System?

They had witnessed the terror of the T3 Insectoid Hive Mothership before; their Two Academies Fleet had been attacked by a Zerg Fleet led by a T3 Insectoid Hive Mothership, suffering heavy losses!