Along the way, they encountered several small groups of the Insect Race. To avoid startling them, they tried to slip by unnoticed, but when avoidance was impossible, Duke and Vivian would swiftly eliminate them without making a sound.
However, Duke noticed that as they advanced, they encountered more and more Insect Race squads, and it seemed they were directly targeting them.
Normally, they were already very cautious, and every time they encountered the Insect Race, they completely eliminated them, yet the enemy could accurately locate their position.
"These Void Insect Race might have some long-distance communication means, capable of transmitting our location back immediately," Duke speculated.
They still knew too little about the Void Insect Race, causing them some passivity.
Following the energy flow and traces of Insect Race activity, they groped forward for more than an hour, and the scene before them suddenly changed.
