Qin Shilei immediately commented on the Eight Array Diagram laid out by Zhang Qiang and the others as soon as he emerged.
"This formation can at least trap an expert at the peak of Platinum rank. If thirty-two or more evolved beings jointly set up this array, not only can they grind down an expert at the peak of Platinum rank, but they can also contend with an expert of Diamond rank."
"You are still somewhat unfamiliar with this formation and need to practice more. As long as you master this formation more proficiently, its power might even double."
"While formations are good, the power of a formation is also closely related to your strength. You must continue to improve your own cultivation."
Zhang Qiang and the others responded in unison, "Your subordinates will definitely practice diligently to fully master the formation as soon as possible; we will also strive to improve our cultivation and not disappoint our King's expectations."
With the formation basically completed, Qin Shilei instructed everyone to form teams and proceed to their respective defense areas.
As for places like the United States, which were too far away, Qin Shilei would take them into his Cave Heaven and Blessed Land and then transport them quickly via teleportation arrays.
While the Qin An King's Mansion was setting up defenses within its own territory and subordinate territories, the chat channel of Blue Star was in an uproar.
"In five days, Platinum experts from another world can come to our Blue Star. What should we do?"
"What can we do? We can only leave it to fate!"
"I've rushed to the United States. This is the territory of the Qin An King, and it will surely be able to block the alien invaders."
"+1, I'm also heading towards Great Xia. I hope to reach the region ruled by Great Xia within five days."
"You two worrywarts upstairs, abandoning your own country. You really have no backbone. Why am I so far from Great Xia?"
"Calling out to His Highness the Qin An King, please hurry and occupy our country."
Currently, among the top ten thousand experts on the leaderboard, cultivators from the Qin An King's Mansion occupied ninety percent.
Among the Platinum experts, only five were not subordinates of Qin Shilei.
With the invasion of alien experts imminent, the safest places now were Great Xia and its various subordinate countries.
Around the territories ruled by Great Xia, many Golden experts had abandoned their positions of power, leading a portion of their elite forces and heading towards Great Xia.
Qin Shilei also saw the cries on the chat channel.
He could only shake his head helplessly.
Although he had set up a total of thirty-six teleportation arrays throughout Blue Star, allowing him to quickly travel to any location where powerful alien races appeared to slay them.
However, Qin Shilei was not a saint and could not be everywhere at once, unable to respond to every plea for help from the survivors of Blue Star.
Whether they could survive this catastrophe was truly up to fate.
Qin An King's Mansion.
An Qian peeled a tangerine and fed it to Qin Shilei, "Shilei, do you think the four of us should split up and take positions in cities near the space rifts?"
Qin Shilei pondered for a moment and replied, "It is indeed necessary. However, before that, I think I should go and scout those other worlds first."
An Qian asked in confusion, "You didn't agree to go to other worlds before, why did you suddenly change your mind?"
Qin Shilei replied, "Because when we traveled, we didn't know the situation of the other party when we encountered space rifts, and it was too dangerous to go in rashly, which is why I disagreed. As for the space rifts within our Great Xia, I have explored them before. Although there is still danger in going again, it is worth taking the risk."
Zhang Xiaoli, who was beside them, asked, "Then shall we set off immediately?"
Qin Shilei shook his head, "You all stay here. I'll go alone."
After a brief explanation, he flew towards the space rift north of Hope City.
Standing by the cave of the space rift, Qin Shilei handed the Mountain River Map to Xiao Chengfei, a reserve member of the Night Watch.
He instructed, "As soon as you pass through the space rift, release me immediately."
"Alright." Xiao Chengfei then opened the entrance of the Mountain River Map and took Qin Shilei in.
He then took a step forward and jumped into the cave.
With a brief disorientation, Xiao Chengfei arrived in the Insect World.
He immediately released Qin Shilei from the Mountain River Map.
"Go back to the Cave Heaven and Blessed Land to cultivate."
Qin Shilei took Xiao Chengfei into his space before getting up and flying out of the cave.
The former nest of the Purple Armored Beetles now only had a few hundred beetles. These low-level beetles would occasionally have an unlucky one pass through the space rift to Blue Star, becoming spoils of war for evolved beings.
Qin Shilei stood in mid-air and channeled vital energy into the Mountain River Map.
A miniature three-dimensional map appeared.
"Ding, this is an unknown new world. It can only display the map and creatures within a radius of 500 kilometers. Do you wish to absorb the spiritual essence of the earth's veins to increase the display range?"
The system's prompt sounded immediately.
Qin Shilei naturally would not rashly let the Mountain River Map absorb the spiritual essence of the earth's veins again, lest he attract powerful insects.
"Five hundred kilometers is better than nothing."
Just as he was about to circle this valley and search an area of ten thousand kilometers, a faint connection suddenly arose in his heart.
"Ant Queen, I almost forgot I still have this pet."
Sensing it, he realized the ant queen was at least tens of thousands of kilometers away, so there was no need to rush.
Qin Shilei moved his body and transformed into an afterimage, rapidly searching outwards from this valley as the center, within the range displayed by the Mountain River Map.
After several hours, he had searched an area of several thousand kilometers and only found one Golden Armored Beetle at the Golden rank, which he easily eliminated.
Although the Insect World was vast, there were not many insects above the Golden rank, and those above Platinum rank were even rarer.
At least this was the case in this area. He had only found one Platinum peak insect, the Frost Venerable, within a range of twenty to thirty thousand kilometers back then.
Qin Shilei, too lazy to continue searching, turned and flew towards the direction of the Ant Queen.
After more than two hours, he finally saw his pet, the Ant Queen.
"Master, are you here to take me back?"
The Ant Queen had now advanced to Platinum one-star and could communicate using mental power.
Its ant colony had also become larger, with many mutated ants.
Even a Purple Armored Beetle at Platinum four-star would likely not fare well against the Ant Queen.
Qin Shilei pondered for a moment and shook his head, "You continue to stay here. The Insect World should be your blessed land, and you might advance faster here. I hope that one day, you can become a ruler of the Insect World."
After speaking, he gave the Ant Queen several fixed purple attributes.
He then gave the Ant Queen some more instructions before turning and flying towards Butterfly Valley.
Since he had come all the way here, he planned to move the ancient tree in the valley into his Cave Heaven and Blessed Land.
After flying for nearly another three hours, he arrived at Butterfly Valley.
Qin Shilei casually unleashed several bolts of Devouring Lightning, killing the thousands of Illusionary Sound Butterflies that inhabited Butterfly Valley.
Looking at the ancient tree, which was over ten meters thick and three to four hundred meters tall, Qin Shilei was suddenly in a predicament.
How could he move it into his Cave Heaven and Blessed Land?
After contemplating for a moment, Qin Shilei first selected a suitable location in his Cave Heaven and Blessed Land.
Then, he slowly opened the entrance to the Cave Heaven and Blessed Land.
As the entrance grew larger, Qin Shilei's mental energy consumption increased.
With great effort, he finally managed to widen the entrance to over a thousand meters.
The entrance, like a gaping bloody mouth, suddenly enveloped the ancient tree.
Then, the entire ancient tree suddenly disappeared from the valley, leaving behind only a huge pit by the lake.
Qin Shilei wiped a fine sheen of sweat from his forehead.
He had finally transplanted the ancient tree into his Cave Heaven and Blessed Land.
From now on, the palace on this ancient tree would be the residence of the Qin An King!