388 Alone into the Battle Formation

The new situation forced Bai E to make a swift decision—

It might have been that the Bug Race hive master had learned of the attack on its expansion force by humans and sent reinforcements, or it may have guessed that humans would come back to stop it and set up an ambush in advance... However, either way, it seemed more likely that, after the more defensively-oriented colossal insects arrived, killing the one that was firing would be extremely difficult.

The only thing that gave Bai E some confidence was perhaps the drop rate hint panel—

[??? (Bug Race) (Elite)—Kill with "Lucky Strike" to drop: Guaranteed (Bug Tribe Essence Extract*2000, Battle Experience 6000 points); High Probability (Knowledge: High Pressure Filling); Possible (Knowledge: High-Intensity Material Synthesis)]

Lacking enough energy to use his Lucky Strike didn't prevent Bai E from making an approximate judgment of the situation based on the information from the panel.