At this moment, Chen Gu was in the state where Griffin Wester's memories had taken over. How could the Star Battle Instructor possibly tolerate someone questioning his decision?

With an angry glare, he took a step forward with a stride full of authority, ready to confront this "Major Jin Yongyuan" and explain exactly what he was about to do!

Andrew instantly appeared beside Jin Yongyuan—the latter had emerged from the second escape pod. In a low voice, Andrew introduced him, "This is the dean of Research Institute 745, His Excellency the 'Idol Actor'!"

Jin Yongyuan was a major on the main battleship and, of course, knew about Research Institute 745. He looked at Chen Gu in surprise. "Is it really him? So young?"

"Marshal Bai personally confirmed it to me!"

Jin Yongyuan believed him. He looked at Chen Gu, who was glaring at him fiercely, and on the spot, his attitude did a complete one-eighty. Extending his hand, he said, "Please! Whatever the Master wishes to do, I fully support! Whatever the Master needs, we will give our all!"

Chen Gu snorted and still gave him a fierce glare before turning around and leaving.

Andrew hurriedly gathered some men and carried explosive materials to follow him out.

Watching the legendary tactical master's retreating figure, Jin Yongyuan sincerely praised, "Truly a dragon among men, powerful and domineering!"

Jin Yongyuan was followed by his seasoned subordinates. They knew their superior's temperament: he usually acted high and mighty but could also be remarkably flexible when confronted with someone of higher status.

But this time, they felt he was folding a bit too completely and seemed to be genuinely submissive in both heart and speech.

They approached and asked, "Major, who is that man?"

Jin Yongyuan whispered, "The compiler of the tactical manuals 'Heavenly Pillar' and 'Sacrifice for Righteousness'!"

"Really?!" they asked.

"No mistake about it," he assured them.

His subordinates understood. So this was truly heartfelt submission!

As Chen Gu and the others were busy setting up, a few young warriors, harboring a sliver of hope, asked the veterans beside them, "Can we hide from them?"

The grizzled old soldier laughed. "Impossible. Those giant mosquitos have different eyes from ours; they can switch between several modes and are able to see the reflected images of infrared and ultraviolet light. We can't hide from them."

The old soldier checked his weapon. "Old pal, don't let me down when it matters."

Andrew led thirty warriors, following Chen Gu, placing explosives around the area. Andrew's warriors didn't know Chen Gu's "identity." They were puzzled as to why their own commander would follow the orders of this outrageously young man—who wasn't even wearing a uniform.

But Chen Gu was currently using the memories of Griffin Wester, and this Star Battle Instructor had a bit of an obsessive-compulsive disorder. Even for something like planting explosives, he felt it needed to be done "perfectly."

Whenever the warriors did something slightly non-compliant, he would storm up to them and bellow furiously, silencing them as if they were chilled to the core.

The warriors found that when this young man roared, he was filled with a terrifying authority—they slowly realized it was just like the yelling they had endured from their drill instructors when they had first enlisted.

They all guessed that this young, casually dressed officer must be an important figure; no wonder Commander Andrew was so deferential to him.

Andrew himself was somewhat surprised; he did not remember the Master behaving this way aboard the transport ship.

But turning to look back at the more than ten places where they had planted explosives, he saw that the locations were precise to the strategic plans drafted by Chen Gu, and the concealment was done flawlessly, blending naturally into the surroundings.

Andrew couldn't help but admire. It's simply the art of war! He suddenly felt that such "compulsion" wasn't so bad after all.

Chen Gu didn't realize that he had already, unknowingly, influenced a commander who originally "loved his soldiers like his own children"...

When setting up the twenty-first explosive, Chen Gu suddenly pricked up his ears and said, "The bugs are coming."

Several new recruits panicked, "We should quickly fall back..."

"Shut up!" Chen Gu, still influenced by Griffin Wester's personality, commanded like a tyrant. "According to my calculations, the swarm will take nineteen minutes and thirty-five seconds before they can reach a position to attack us.

We still need to set up three explosives. Depending on the varying difficulties of digging and restoring the area at different locations, if you all follow the operation procedures smoothly, it will only take eighteen minutes and fifty seconds. We have enough time to finish."

"Get to work!"

The new recruits shivered, and their movements were no longer so "standardized."

Chen Gu said coldly, "You've wasted fifteen seconds!

Your current panic is costing you your lives. Even if I were trapped amidst the swarm, I could fight my way out, but you can't. So, if you want to leave before the bugs arrive, you can waste at most thirty more seconds!"

At this, the recruits became even more tense, and a veteran swiftly took over. Even though he was also nervous and sweating profusely, his hands were steady as he quickly operated the equipment.

Chen Gu nodded in satisfaction. One planting site was complete, and they moved on to the next. During the transition, a warrior stumbled and fell. Chen Gu looked back at him coldly.

This time, without a word from him, the warrior scrambled to catch up, "Don't worry, I won't waste a single second."

By the time they reached the second planting site, the warriors could already hear the distant roaring of the swarm.

The giant bugs' roars were different from those of giant beasts; they weren't as deep and magnificent but were sharper and more piercing.

The roar of a giant beast instilled fear, but the bugs' roars not only evoked fear but were also extremely unsettling.

After completing the second planting site, they could already see the figures of the swarm. The leading ones looked like small mountains—the giant armored bugs with pitch-black bodies and shells gleaming with a metallic luster, seemingly indestructible.

And the Cannon Larva Bugs in the rear had already lifted their long ovipositor tubes, ready to shoot explosive eggs at any moment.

The number of these bugs was at least several tens of thousands; nobody could survive if entangled by them.

The pressure was becoming too much for some of the new recruits. Sweat dripped profusely from them, and their legs quivered.

Chen Gu glanced at them coldly and said callously, "Hold steady! War is also a kind of calculation. They may look terrifying, but as long as we're always out of their range, that terror can't touch us."

This is called "extreme maneuvering"—as long as I'm just a bit beyond the range of your cannon, your "truth" can't catch up to me.

And now, the distance between Chen Gu's team and the Alien Insect Race was steadily closing in on the range of the Cannon Larva Bugs.

In the entire team, even Andrew was starting to waver, but Chen Gu stood unshakable as Mount Tai.

All the warriors didn't have much confidence at heart, but seeing Chen Gu's demeanor, they felt inexplicably reassured!

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