I was reborn after playing a good hand badly

Chapter 739 The Pest Control Operation Comes to an End

Su Mo did not return from the send-off ceremony that involved the entire nation.

She was still busy in the sea.

Jiang Qizhang has informed her via message that the authorities can grant her request, but with additional conditions.

First, Su Mo needs to capture another live mother nest. The authorities need an additional sample to cross-verify and improve the credibility of the information obtained.

Secondly, Su Mo must sell all the resources he obtains from developing those celestial bodies, except for those he keeps for his own use, to the government within ten years.

Of course, prices may vary depending on the actual situation.

Su Mo agreed to both additional conditions.

Capturing another mother hive wouldn't be difficult, but Su Mo could control the size of the hive he captured. As for the harvest from the first ten years of mining on those planets, it didn't matter who he sold it to. With humanity still at war with the Zerg, he could just sell it to the government if they needed it.

The pest control operation is progressing steadily, and time is passing quickly for Su Mo during the mission.

By mid-August, Su Mo's underwater mission was finally coming to an end.

The fact that it was so fast was also thanks to the command center's coordination of many reconnaissance teams from the association and the military, who worked together and helped Su Mo identify many target locations in advance, saving a lot of time for the operation.

During his four-plus months in the sea, Su Mo still managed to discover some native marine life of Earth. Although the situation was dire, at least the creatures hadn't been completely wiped out by the Zerg.

There are relatively few that survive in the Blue Ocean, but more in the Star Ocean.

Su Mo didn't know many people and had no intention of investigating on her own. She simply reported the situation back truthfully, and the command center would arrange for someone to handle what needed to be done next and how to help with the recovery.

In short, marine life, like terrestrial life, has a tough time when facing an invasion by Zerg.

The second mother nest that the association had asked Su Mo for had already been returned to her. The other mother nests were spoils of war, which Su Mo accepted with a smile.

The quality of the seabed mother nests is high, but the total number is not large.

There are fewer than fifty in total.

During this process, she also discovered two other places that seemed to have previously contained spirit stone veins, but unfortunately they were both empty, having been completely consumed by the mother nest.

Su Mo was unable to attend the auction held by the Extraterrestrial Development Office in early June, nor did she arrange for any academy staff to represent her.

The authorities have already agreed to give her a share of ten satellites, so she won't get involved in the affairs of other small celestial bodies. Although she has enough points to compete with 99% of her rivals, there's no need for it.

Extraterrestrial resources cannot be monopolized by her alone.

If she really wanted to do that, there would be no need for her to go through the trouble of buying ownership rights through the official channels. Wouldn't it be cheaper for her to just go there and claim the land as her own?

Su Mo stored the last mother nest on the seabed into his spatial storage.

On the vast expanse of land she had abandoned in the space, the corpses of more than forty giant mother nests had already piled up.

In terms of psychic energy, this is a vast fortune.

If all the energy stored in their bodies were released, it would exceed what she had fed to Little Tower, which could be considered another reward for her hard work.

Over the past few months, Su Mo has been unable to discover any other uses for these mother nest corpses, and he no longer intends to try.

Now that the operation is over, Su Mo is preparing to destroy all the accumulated mother nest corpses and replenish the space.

On a calm stretch of sea in the Star Sea, a water sphere enveloping a flying boat emerged.

The barrier that had protected Su Mo for months disappeared the moment Su Mo put the water-repelling pearl into his spatial storage.

The flying boat headed towards the Xia Kingdom.

Su Mo sat in the deck living room and informed Bai Bai's three little ones through the contract that they should all hide back in their nests, as she was going to deal with the mother nests.

Bai Bai has experienced the nest explosion. Although it doesn't hurt them, it's still scary. It's best to be mentally prepared.

They're all hiding in their own safe zones, waiting for Su Mo to make his move.

More than forty energy-rich mother nests—Su Mo began to deal with them one by one. The continuous "bang bang bang" sounds were like fireworks.

Once all the Mother Nest corpses had disappeared, the concentration of psionic energy in the space had tripled—not multiplied by three, but doubled again after being doubled once more. It was incredibly nourishing!

Moreover, this growth process has not stopped yet, and it may rise a little more before it completely subsides.

He sensed the increasingly lustrous form of the small tower within his sea of ​​consciousness, along with the rising power of its abundant energy.

Su Mo didn't even dare to imagine how much heartache she would feel if the Mother Nest successfully stole these psionic energies.

What surprised Su Mo the most was that the impact of this energy tide actually stimulated Bai Bai. Before the commotion had subsided, Bai Bai went into seclusion.

She's about to break through to the Golden Core stage.

Indeed, a better environment reduces obstacles to cultivation, which is true for human cultivators and even more so for demon beasts.

After Su Mo entered the Golden Core stage, the spiritual energy environment in the space made his cultivation hesitant and timid. Although Su Mo persisted in cultivating regularly every day, the effect was far less than before.

Now that's good, at least she can unleash her full potential before reaching the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm.

They returned to the Xia Kingdom in high spirits.

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The headquarters of the Psionic Association.

In the temporary office hall of the pest control operation command center, Su Mo met with Jiang Qizhang, the overall person in charge of the operation, and several other deputy heads.

A summary report of this operation was presented.

After the formal report concluded, everyone in the command center expressed their gratitude to Su Mo. The pest control operation was to eliminate the invaders for Blue Star, and the officials who arranged and coordinated it from the rear would certainly have a significant place on their resumes.

After all, the report must state that this key operation was completed under their leadership.

Su Mo only cares about specific benefits; she doesn't care about the credits reported. Such a sensible person deserves a few polite words of thanks.

"Principal Su truly is a role model for the children!"

"Principal Su is truly righteous!"

"Principal Su is incredibly brave..."

Su Mo accepted these words with a smile.

After everything was finished, everyone dispersed. Su Mo had completed his part, but they were still busy.

Only Jiang Qizhang and Su Mo remained, sitting in a corner of the temporary hall.

"President, I've basically finished my work here. I've thoroughly explored the seabed and confirmed that there's no longer a mother nest."

The 3D underwater map she created has been fully illuminated.

"But the terrain on the land is complex, and there are many mother nests. I split up with the big black ball back then and didn't search again. Did the association find any that escaped?" Su Mo asked.

On land, Su Mo's actions mainly focused on locking onto and eliminating the mother hive; she did not pursue or kill many Zerg soldiers.

Another reason was that she deliberately left the remaining Zerg to be dealt with by other people in Xia Kingdom. She couldn't do everything herself, otherwise how would others improve?

However, due to these various reasons, Su Mo could not guarantee whether any remnants of the mother nest remained on land, as there were too many hidden corners and nooks.