Starting with rogue ninjas, building the insect kingdom.

Chapter 647 Otsutsuki Invasion

Let's rewind to one day earlier.

Hundreds of thousands of meters above space, two figures of Otsutsuki suddenly appeared in the sky above this planet.

Their purpose in coming here is to retrieve the fruit of the Otsutsuki Divine Tree and to capture the traitor, Otsutsuki Kaguya-hime—the visitors are none other than Otsutsuki Momoshiki and Otsutsuki Kinshiki.

According to the original itinerary, the two should have arrived here more than ten years later. However, as if guided by the gods, they took a few more detours by chance and arrived at the planet several years ahead of schedule.

What came into view was a planet surrounded by billions of insect swarms, forming a giant barrier.

Countless insect bodies intertwined to form a giant golden net, slowly closing inward to firmly envelop the entire planet.

Upon seeing this, Kinshiki Ōtsutsuki couldn't help but feel puzzled: "Momoshiki, do you think we might have come to the wrong planet...?"

"You must address me as Lord Momoshiki!" Momoshiki immediately adopted an arrogant posture. As his servant and slave, Kinshiki had no right to call him by his name.

Ōtsutsuki Kinshiki showed no displeasure whatsoever; instead, he bowed respectfully and said, "It was my fault, Lord Momoshiki!"

This humility was etched into his very bones, and even if Tao ordered him to strip naked and kneel in submission, he would never hesitate for a moment.

With such a sycophantic and bullying nature, even though he was tall and strong, he was always in a subordinate position. Even when he was trampled on at will, it was like a blessing to him.

"It must be here. There is no other planet with life in this star field. Let's go down and find out." Although Momoshiki Otsutsuki was full of doubts, the star map markings and his intuition were never wrong.

However, he couldn't help but secretly complain that after so many years, Princess Kaguya, this traitor, was really too incompetent, and even managed to make a mess of the planet she occupied.

Previously, they had received intermittent messages from Isshiki Otsutsuki, warning that a demon was lurking in the area and that they should be extra careful.

In Momoshiki's eyes, these Otsutsuki clan members were all useless.

But now that I have arrived in person, everything will be rewritten.

But the moment the two stepped into the planet's atmosphere, the scene before them stunned them.

The level of development of the indigenous civilization on this land completely exceeded their expectations.

On the edge of the city stand electric tower worms that are a thousand meters tall. The tips of their tentacles continuously release stable electric arcs, converting the solar energy and cosmic radiation they absorb into electrical energy, which is then transported to thousands of households through the interconnected conductor worms underground.

Floating in the air is a transparent, ethereal insect that resembles a giant jellyfish. Each insect can reach a diameter of ten meters. Humans can stand on its back and control its direction and altitude with just their thoughts.

These insects have long since completely replaced the birds of yesteryear and the ninjas' method of travel by leaping, becoming an airborne mode of transportation that ordinary people can easily use.

Above the sky, there are fixed insect paths. One by one, true qi insects float slowly along the invisible routes, transforming into moving floating platforms in the air.

There are also snail-like dwelling insects with shells as hard as steel, yet their interiors are temperature-controlled and comfortable, and their interior spaces can be freely scaled and adjusted according to the needs of the inhabitants.

They will slowly move their bodies to areas with more sunshine, or actively avoid severe weather such as storms and heavy rain.

People from ordinary families who cannot afford a permanent residence can simply rent a dwelling insect and move freely to any place they want to settle down.

The most magnificent of all is the insect network that connects all the continents.

Countless Time Insects linked together end to end formed a stable spatial teleportation channel.

Ordinary people can travel half a planet in just a few minutes by entering the teleportation stations set up in major cities.

These teleportation hubs are located in the core cities of various countries, and like seaports, they are busy and orderly all day long.

The two Otsutsuki floated in mid-air, looking down at the bustling streets below. For a moment, they couldn't even tell whether the inhabitants of this planet were humans or these ubiquitous insect swarms.

This has even led to the speculation that the insects might be the real organisms, and humans might just be parasites attached to the insect swarm.

Momoshiki Otsutsuki's brows furrowed tightly.

Before setting off, he had already made a prediction: the planet's chakra reserves were indeed abundant, but its civilization should remain in a primitive stage. The divine tree was rooted in the earth, and the chakra was scattered and wandering. Mortals would only rely on meager chakra to fight and wage war against each other.

He had seen countless planets like this, and they always followed the same fixed pattern: after Kaguya devoured the fruit of the Divine Tree, she fell into a long slumber, while the remaining mortals, holding onto their meager chakra, endlessly slaughtered each other.

But everything before him completely overturned his understanding.

"Kinshiki," Momoshiki Otsutsuki said, his tone clearly displeased, "Have you noticed anything amiss?"

Kinshiki quickly replied, "Lord Momoshiki, I did not sense any unusual activity, but I did notice that these insects contain extremely dense chakra."

"Useless! This chakra has already been corrupted and altered by another force capable of countering it, making it impossible for us to absorb! Someone is forcibly rewriting the fundamental structure of this planet!"

Momoshiki Otsutsuki raised his hand, and a ball of pure chakra condensed in his palm. However, this ball of chakra began to twist and tremble uncontrollably in mid-air.

"Furthermore, where is Princess Kaguya of the Otsutsuki clan? And where is the Divine Tree that was supposed to be rooted here?"

After a moment of silence, Jin suggested, "Sir, how about we arrest a few locals and interrogate them first?"

"There's no need for that." Tao Shi sneered. "As long as we stir up enough chaos, the person behind the scenes will naturally show themselves. I want to see if they can still sit still even if we destroy half of this land."

As members of the noble Otsutsuki clan, why bother with investigation?

Since this place has lost its original value, we might as well destroy it completely, replant the divine tree, and sacrifice all living beings on this planet to the divine tree.

At that time, the defector Princess Kaguya, the missing Isshiki, and the mastermind behind the planet's alteration will all be forced to reveal themselves.

As soon as he finished speaking, he prepared to raise his hand and gather a powerful attack.

But the next second, his body was suddenly and completely imprisoned, leaving only a faint consciousness that could perceive the flow of time and space around him.

In the blink of an eye, a narrow rift tore open in space a hundred meters in front of Kinshiki and Momoshiki, and a group of people walked out of it with ease.

"Shisei-kun, are these Kinshiki and Momoshiki from the Otsutsuki clan?"