Chapter 2935: Taking Risky Steps

While the Federation had yet to react and all their attention was focused on dealing with the Seed of Ouroboros, Emery could take advantage of the chaos to escape!

Along with the confidential documents he had gathered from the Western region of the Federation over the years, and the stolen Seed of Ouroboros samples from the laboratory.

There was even…

A key to a giant-sized starship!

But at that moment, everything had gone beyond his expectations.

The Western District Federation suddenly appeared before him, like divine troops descending from the heavens.

They ran right into each other!

The Western District Federation was indeed troublesome!

Emery glanced at the federal team fighting the swarm in the distance, a vicious gleam flashing in his eyes.

Since that was the case, he would just force a fight!

Emery took a deep breath and focused his mental control.

“Chi, chi chi chi…”

Behind Emery, the Seed of Ouroboros flesh cocoon polymer insect nest reacted to the mental stimulation, writhing and twisting rapidly. Countless tiny larvae spread from its body and swarmed toward the Federation soldiers!

“Watch out! They’re coming!”

“Open fire! Suppress them!”

“The purple mist is toxic! Don’t take off your gas masks!”

The Federation soldiers immediately used long-range firepower to suppress the incoming swarm.

“Retreat!”

The first wave of players entering the Black Fog World to investigate wasn’t the Federation’s main force; they were more focused on recon missions and had limited attack capability.

Now that they had confirmed the presence of the Seed of Ouroboros, there was no need to continue fighting. After the initial skirmish, the team began retreating.

Meanwhile, Augustine also noticed the insect nest among the swarm behind them.

And the figure standing before the nest.

Emery!

It really was him!

He had infiltrated the Western District Federation, stolen the Seed of Ouroboros cocoons and related data, and even managed to obtain the key to the starship the Federation had fought so hard to acquire recently.

He even planned to spread the Seed of Ouroboros into their world!

This guy was definitely insane!

The Federation forces continued suppressive fire while retreating, gradually withdrawing from the world through the Black Fog space passage.

Emery wasn’t aware of the Federation’s deployments outside in the real world, so he didn’t dare charge out recklessly and stood in place, hesitating.

From his perspective, if the Federation had appeared here, it meant they had already confirmed his location.

They must’ve been setting up a perimeter all this time without attacking directly.

Judging by the Western District Federation’s usual methods, they had surely completed multiple layers of lockdowns and only entered the Black Fog World to investigate once they were confident it was secure.

The current Seed of Ouroboros polymer was in Phase 2–though powerful, it was no match for the entire Western District Federation!

So…

There was only one option left.

Fully unlock the power of the Seed of Ouroboros!

A sinister glint flashed in Emery’s eyes.

You forced me into this, Western District Federation!

“Emery, it seems we have already been discovered by the Federation.”

Hearing the voice behind him, Emery turned around and looked at Fang Heng, who was walking out from the shadows.

Fang Heng asked, “What are you planning to do?”

“The mere Federation is nothing to worry about. I will hand over the homologous fragment to the Seed of Ouroboros for absorption, greatly enhancing the Seed of Ouroboros’ strength. However…” Emery paused, a trace of fear flashing in his eyes, “However, at that time, the Seed of Ouroboros will also completely lose control.”

Fang Heng stared coldly at Emery, as if looking at a fool.

“That’s why you’ve been holding it back from reaching Phase 3?”

Emery didn’t want to admit it and changed the subject, “It’s meaningless to discuss that now. The Federation has found us and sealed off the exit. If I evolve the Seed of Ouroboros into the third stage, they won’t be able to stop it…”

Just as Emery was about to say more, his vision suddenly blurred. Fang Heng vanished in front of him.

What?

“Bang!”

A sharp pain exploded in Emery’s abdomen. The world spun as he was slammed backward into a rock wall.

Pff!

Emery coughed up a mouthful of blood and glared at Fang Heng. He shouted, “What are you doing, Fang Heng?!”

Fang Heng walked toward Emery, seemingly relaxed, spreading his hands.

“I’ve always wanted to ask–who exactly are you? What’s your real objective?”

Emery stared at Fang Heng, clenched his jaw, and activated his mental control over the queen bug.

The Seed of Ouroboros insect nest behind him swelled and contracted, emitting a reddish-purple glow and releasing clouds of purple mist. At the same time, it spawned waves of purple, wriggling swarm creatures that surged toward Fang Heng.

“Bang! Bang! Bang!!!”

All the approaching queen bugs exploded before they got within ten meters of Fang Heng!

“That’s it?”

Fang Heng smirked and grabbed Emery by the collar, lifting him off the ground.

Blood oozed from Emery’s facial orifices as he stared at Fang Heng in horror.

What was happening?

Why wasn’t Fang Heng affected by the Seed of Ouroboros’ Mental Suggestion?

Did he break free?

Suddenly, Emery seemed to realize something terrifying and stared at Fang Heng. He stammered, “You… you didn’t…”

“I’ll give you one last chance. Tell me who you are.”

Emery no longer dared to stay hidden and hurriedly said, “I am an investigator of the Central Federation. I received orders a long time ago to infiltrate the Western District Federation and gather various information related to the Western District Federation.”

“Oh, I see. You work for the Central Federation.”

“Yes, I’m with Central Federation. Do you think the Western District’s Star Map Project was developed by them alone? No–it was all orchestrated by the Central Federation.”

Emery spilled everything without hesitation.

“The Central Federation wanted to use the spawns to counterbalance the strength of the Holy Court. But there were complications during execution. The Central Federation didn’t expect the Western District to secretly develop the power of the Seed of Ouroboros, or that they’d figure out a way to control it through the queen bug…”

“Queen bug? You’re using the queen bug to control the Seed of Ouroboros?”

“Yes, it’s a specially fused queen bug. Unfortunately, it can only control lower-level Seeds of Ouroboros, and even that control is limited. The experiments are still ongoing. The Central Federation is desperate for this data. I’ve been trying to teleport the information out…”

Emery was bitter.

Originally, he could’ve continued quietly gathering intel for the Central Federation.

But then he ran into Fang Heng, this freak.

After their conflict during a game mission involving the disappearance of a cocoon, the military brought the issue to the Federation council, and he underwent a full investigation.

Although he had nothing to do with the missing cocoon, his identity as a Central Federation secret agent was nearly exposed due to the probe.

These past few days, Emery couldn’t sleep. He replayed the events over and over, hundreds of times, and still couldn’t understand how the cocoon vanished from the battlefield.

Because of that, Emery had been forced to take this desperate risk.