(Chu Xuan's meaning—is this the last trump card their team has been hiding? They only need to wait until they have completely identified every member of our team, and then they will announce that we have been controlled by parasites? And then use the power of the government to eliminate us?) Zheng Zha considered the plan carefully. If he were a member of the other team, he would absolutely choose such a plan. Indeed, as long as they could know the names and locations of all the opposing team members, they would surely win by relying on this "momentum," especially with the title of an insect biology doctor to back it up.

What she said would definitely lead many to regard her as an authority, and the most crucial point was that the battle records of these few individuals were too brilliant. It would be fine during peacetime, but once they were truly suspected of being spies for the insect race.

The human high command would definitely prefer to kill the innocent rather than let a guilty person go. Furthermore, concerning parasites that could nest inside human heads, control human thoughts and actions, and treat humans as soulless, physical slaves—this could absolutely trigger panic throughout human society.

(The reason they haven't initiated this plan is because they haven't found all our team members yet. Once they do, they will definitely begin this cleansing operation. At that time, they only need to capture all of us and execute us themselves, perhaps under the guise of dissection... How ruthless.

Fortunately, we have Chu Xuan on our team; otherwise, we wouldn't even know how we died.) The more Zheng Zha thought, the colder he felt. He even entertained the thought of killing Luo Si, but then he recalled Chu Xuan's instructions: he was only to meet this woman once. If he rashly killed her,

it might disrupt Chu Xuan's layout and actions, potentially cutting off the clues needed to find the enemy team... (From the current situation, the opposing side controls the "momentum" of the overall situation. Once they find all our team members, they can eliminate us in one fell swoop. The only reason they haven't done so yet is that they still have reservations... Meanwhile, the "momentum" our team possesses is that if we manage to find any one of them, that person will be killed by us, because our strength has an overwhelming advantage over theirs...) As Zheng Zha reached this realization, his head started to swim. So, out of helplessness, he activated the ability to unlock the third stage of the Gene Lock, beginning to simulate Xiao Honglv's thought patterns and methods to continue analyzing the current situation.

(In other words, we can kill one of them every time we encounter one. And this team has seven conscious members... Wait, if this is the case, won't we have to keep killing officers along the way? If these officers suddenly die on the warship, wouldn't that confirm that there are indeed humans controlled by insect parasites, and that these human children are continuously killing the officers who hold evidence against them?) Zheng Zha suddenly understood. He had always doubted why Chu Xuan said the opposing strategist planned to send his team members to their deaths, yet never explained why. Because the reason sounded too incredible—that person actually intended to pave the path to survival on the warship with the flesh and blood of his own team members! The members of the opposing team must usually stick together, and this fact would be known to those around them. When one of that team died strangely on the warship, the survivors could seize the moment to introduce the topic of someone being controlled by parasites, claiming that the deceased individuals were precisely those who had uncovered evidence about them. In that scenario, the team currently enjoying the greatest glory, having completed missions that seemed almost impossible, would undoubtedly be arrested, or rather, captured, by the high command! "What a vicious tactic!" Zheng Zha could only marvel at the ruthlessness of the method. He finally understood the schemes conceived by minds at Chu Xuan's level; they were indeed beyond the comprehension of ordinary people. Among those he currently knew, Chu Xuan, Xiao Honglv, and the likely strategist on the other side probably possessed similar levels of cunning. In comparison, Chu Xuan was above the other two. To utilize every surrounding resource and possibility to such an extent, to easily eliminate the opponent without any physical confrontation—Zheng Zha had never imagined such a scenario before. This must be the strategic intelligence of someone at Chu Xuan's echelon! It could only be described as terrifying.

(But if Chu Xuan has understood the thinking of their strategist, why hasn't he told us? Instead, he made me kill one of them with maximum force previously. Was it truly just to let them understand our strength? Such officer deaths...) Less than ten minutes after that dark-skinned youth died, all personnel with the rank of sergeant major and above on the warship were notified of the incident. Zheng Zha received the news that the dark-skinned youth had died from a sudden cardiac event triggered by a brawl. After deliberation among the high-ranking officers, an investigation team was quickly established to look into everyone the youth had been in contact with, while sergeants were instructed to monitor for any abnormal behavior among the soldiers in their unit's vicinity.

(One incident can be attributed to chance and a fight. But what about two, three, or even four times? Continuous officer deaths in space would eventually make the entire military suspicious and cautious. By then, the opposing team only needs to step forward and declare that we are the ones controlled by the parasites... Chu Xuan must have analyzed all of this. Why didn't he warn us?) Zheng Zha gasped as he recovered from the state of unlocking the third stage of the Gene Lock. Unlike Chu Xuan, he needed to enter this stage to think deeply about problems, whereas Chu Xuan could think constantly. Thus, he could only watch helplessly as the shuttle entered another warship—the very one where Luo Si was located.

(Could it be that Chu Xuan intends for our team to undergo a massive purge, treating all of us as pawns to be cleansed?) "No, impossible!" Zheng Zha clenched his fists and growled, muttering to himself as he walked off the shuttle, "If it were him, he would never think that way. He would never do anything without tangible benefit. In other words... Benefit? Right! Benefit!" Zheng Zha's heart skipped a beat. He immediately entered the third stage of the Gene Lock again, quickly simulating Xiao Honglv's thought patterns, muttering while rubbing his hair near his forehead, "Yes, benefit..." (Back on Insect Star, destroying one landing ship yielded such a high reward point. So what would destroying a cosmic warship be worth? Could Chu Xuan's idea be... to turn the enemy's plot against them? To avoid any flaws, he didn't tell us about this series of events, but instead used his intellect to push the plan forward step by step. Then, when the enemy made their move, he would use the enemy's plot against them...) Zheng Zha recalled the Hero Building Momentum plan Chu Xuan proposed initially: elevating the prestige of the four of them to the peak within the military, even surpassing the officers, followed by continuous momentum-building until the entire Earth Federation echoed with their names, then letting the enemy know the Central Team was strong. He killed the opponent directly without telling Zheng Zha the consequences, perfectly falling into the opposing strategist's trap, and even exposing Luo Gandao. All of this... (Chu Xuan is always Chu Xuan—so cold and ruthless, everything governed by supreme benefit. Does he already have over a fifty percent chance of success for this entire plan in his mind? Is he truly so certain of achieving ultimate victory?) Zheng Zha sighed, constantly pondering this series of events. In the end, all he felt was awe. Chu Xuan truly deserved his reputation. In order to prevent the plan from collapsing due to hesitation from team members should he have revealed it beforehand, he simply told no one and proceeded directly with the plan... Finding the members of the other team was too difficult. Instead of hunting them down, it was better to make them jump out on their own. And the only way to make them reveal themselves was to let them believe they had already won. Exposing Luo Gandao was one part of this; killing members of the opposing team was the second part, intended to instill favorable ideas in that strategist, unaware that everything he did was under Chu Xuan's control. At that time, Chu Xuan wouldn't need to worry about anything else. He would only need to preemptively spread rumors among the soldiers online that the officers were the ones controlled by the parasites, before the enemy could announce that they were controlled. And when these insect-controlled officers tried to eliminate these heroes and the soldiers who fought alongside them, the hope and heroes of humanity would be wiped out. At that moment, amidst mutual accusations and rising suspicion among the soldiers, the prestige of the four of them would be enough to sway a portion of the troops. Then, if they managed to cause the warship to attack or even sink it through their own power, the reward for this side-story plot... (So, Chu Xuan treated all of us as pawns from the very beginning—me, the Central Team, the opposing strategist, the opposing team... He actually treated all of us as pawns to complete this grand layout...) Zheng Zha felt both relieved and regretful. He shook his head helplessly, deactivated the third stage of the Gene Lock, and then silently walked toward the biological dissection lab...