Chapter 79 What is the loophole?

"What's the problem?"

Hu Tao seemed to see hope and quickly asked.

"In my world, the Devourers also obtained a lot of the universe's origin, but none of them absorbed it!"

Li Chenzhou said:

"Because we used war fortresses to cut off the pipes through which they absorbed the universe's origin, they now desperately want to drive us away. However, because they didn't expect us to discover them, they are not using combat-type branch nests.

"And the space channel cannot pass large war machines, coupled with the terrain, so they can only use fighters to consume our fortress's energy shield!

"The war fortresses we use are the same as the ones here, with full weapons and defenses, so the fighters that come to consume us suffer heavy losses. Almost every minute, fighters are destroyed by us.

"However, those Devourers still use this high-cost method to wear us down. If they let some Devourers absorb the universe's origin and send more of those guys, we would definitely have a headache, and even... it's not impossible for them to blow up our fortress!"

"Are those fighters piloted by Devourers or are they drones?"

Dugu Tianfeng asked.

"Piloted by people. Each fighter has a Devourer inside, but they are the lowest level!"

Li Chenzhou replied:

"I've been thinking about it. Even low-level Devourers are not willing to pay such a price. Therefore, driving us away must be very important to them!

"Under these circumstances, they are unwilling to use the universe's origin... The only possibility is that the Devourer Queen has issued a death order, strictly forbidding them from absorbing it!"

Li Chenzhou looked at the Devourer on the screen and said:

"The Devourers have a strict hierarchy, and low-level Devourers will never refuse the orders of high-level Devourers, even if it means death. Therefore, the Devourers in my world, even if they know that using some of the universe's origin would allow them to break through our base faster, none of them dare to absorb the universe's origin!

"Why doesn't the Queen allow her Devourers to absorb the universe's origin? Logically, the total amount of the universe's origin is quite large. The Queen shouldn't issue such an order, especially in my world. If the Devourers absorbed some of the universe's origin, they could consume my war fortress's energy faster.

"So, I think I may have found a loophole, and that is this guy!"

"Loophole?"

Hu Tao and the others frowned.

"What loophole?"

They didn't hear Li Yingning's words, so naturally they didn't understand the loophole Li Chenzhou was talking about.

"It's just... someone told me that this universe..."

So, Li Chenzhou slightly changed Li Yingning's words at the time and told them all to Hu Tao and the others. Finally, he pointed to the Devourer and said:

"According to the instructor's words, the Queen's orders to this Devourer have priority, and this guy was captured by us, so the first thing he has to do is get out of trouble!

"At this time, I took out the universe's origin. Although this Devourer doesn't know in detail what changes the universe's origin can bring to him, he still absorbed those universe's origin and successfully mutated.

"This should be because, for him, the priority of the order to escape and return to the mother nest should exceed that of not being able to absorb the universe's origin. Therefore, this guy has become possibly the first Devourer among all the Devourers to absorb the universe's origin and successfully mutate!"

"What loophole is that?"

Gray Bear asked somewhat blankly.

"Of course there is!"

Li Chenzhou smiled.

"We all know that the Devourers have a pyramid-like rule, and these guys are just like ants, they will never disobey orders. But this guy... he violated the mother nest's order for various reasons! It's like breaking the Devourer's rules!

"In addition, this guy's life level has increased due to mutation, and it should have exceeded the Devourer Queen. So, will he still obey the Queen's orders now?"

"Even if he doesn't obey, this guy won't listen to us, right? Could it be... Little Lei?"

Gray Bear frowned and said. Then, he suddenly thought of something and immediately turned to look at Li Chenzhou and said:

"You... you want to subdue this guy?"

Gray Bear naturally thought of Duan Lei's mind control.

If they could really control a Devourer, and their world had a space channel leading to the Devourer's lair, they could find a way to send this controlled Devourer back, which would cause some trouble for the Devourer Queen and buy them some time, right?

"No! I don't need to control him!"

Li Chenzhou slowly shook his head.

"The Devourers used to obey the orders of higher-level Devourers 100% because this rule has been engraved into their life genes, just like ants and bees!

"But now, this Devourer has mutated, and its level has broken through the upper limit, which is higher than the Queen. So, will he still obey like before?"

Hearing Li Chenzhou's words, everyone looked at the Devourer. This guy was still struggling desperately, trying to get out of trouble. But the war fortress is, after all, a war fortress. Apart from making the fortress's energy consume faster, his actions did not have any other effect!

Hu Tao and the others looked at the Devourer, and Li Chenzhou was also looking at the Devourer. The next moment, his voice rang out in the location where the Devourer was:

"Don't waste your energy. I can tell you for sure that what you're doing is useless. You won't be able to get out even if you struggle for ten thousand years!"

"Human! You better pray that this piece of junk can really do what you said, otherwise, once I get out, you're dead!"

The Devourer roared loudly.

"I don't need to pray, because I'm sure!"

Li Chenzhou continued:

"However, I suddenly want to chat with you again. If your answer can satisfy me, maybe I will let you go directly!"

"Human, what trick are you trying to play?"

Hearing this, the Devourer stopped struggling and looked around.

Just after the Devourer stopped struggling, a space suddenly appeared on the wall in front of him. Li Chenzhou also teleported over and looked at the Devourer and said:

"I want to ask you a question: Now that your level has broken through the upper limit, can your Queen still control you?"

"Queen?"

The Devourer was suddenly stunned.

He hadn't paid attention before because he had been thinking about how to get out of trouble. But when Li Chenzhou asked this question, he suddenly realized that his spiritual connection with the other Devourers had been cut off somehow...