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Chapter 150: Chapter 149: Zerg vs. Alien?

Did I walk onto the wrong set?

Looking at the pitch-black corpse dragged over by a Jumping Bug, Fang Zheng was entirely Sparta-ed. He was all too familiar with this creature.

Isn’t this an Alien?

But how could an Alien appear at the Ironblood Warrior’s base?

Fang Zheng had, of course, seen “Alien vs. Iron Blood Warrior,” the movie, and frankly, it was quite good. But he never mixed these two species together because horror movies often pair up unrelated characters, like “Jason vs. Freddy” or “Sadako vs. Kayako,” but those things can’t be real, right?

If that’s the case, then there were also “Alien vs. Avatar” and “Alien vs. Galactic Hunter”… Is there a Pandora in this world too?

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As for “Invincible Shark vs. Attack on Titan,” “Zombies vs. Vampires”… That’s completely off Granny’s rocker.

Alright, let’s not get sidetracked by such farfetched matters for now, if there are Aliens in this world, does that mean there might be Prometheuses too?

Okay… that… might be a bit of a stretch too.

Let’s deal with the matter at hand for now.

As the Swarm delved deeper, the number of Aliens increased as well. Fang Zheng had to admit, these Aliens were somewhat troublesome. The Jumping Bugs were numerous, but they couldn’t crawl on walls or squeeze through ventilation ducts like Aliens could. This made the harassment tactics of the Aliens somewhat successful, but after Fang Zheng dispatched the Hydralisks, the Aliens were at a loss. They couldn’t beat the Swarm in numbers, and when it came to surprise attacks—the Hydralisks were not to be underestimated.

After a few rounds, the Swarm got smarter. The normal passages were guarded by Jumping Bugs, and the Hydralisks watched the ventilation ducts. As soon as an Alien showed up, it was either torn to shreds by a swarm of Jumping Bugs or turned into a sieve by the Hydralisks. As for the corrosive nature of Alien blood… it takes a while to corrode steel plates, let alone these bugs’ shells which are much harder than steel plates.

On the contrary, their tail strikes were quite threatening. Fang Zheng lost dozens of Jumping Bugs, all of which were unexpectedly pierced through the head and killed by the tails of those Aliens.

Hmm, but it’s just a few dozen anyhow.

Fang Zheng lost fewer than fifty Jumping Bugs, but in return, the Aliens were completely wiped out. Not one was left alive. These guys weren’t dumb; they even tried to outflank and attack from behind. Unfortunately, Fang Zheng didn’t give the horror film director any chance; wherever he went, he basically laid down a Fungal Carpet and released Infectious Bugs in one go, coupled with the rear Swarm’s main forces, the Aliens trying to go around to ambush died even more miserably than those upfront.

After the Swarm paid the price of losing fewer than fifty Jumping Bugs, nearly seven hundred Aliens on the other side were all annihilated.

“How strange, where did all these Aliens come from?”

Looking at the trail of Alien corpses, Fang Zheng furrowed his brows. He didn’t think these Aliens were bred here by the Ironblood Warriors, the number of Aliens was just too great, almost like after an outbreak of infection. If Fang Zheng hadn’t come in with a large force of the Swarm, it might have been quite troublesome. But to say that these Aliens appeared after infecting the Ironblood, they didn’t look different.

Fang Zheng had seen the movie and knew that the Aliens parasitic in Ironblood looked different from normal Aliens; their mouths and bodies more closely resembled Ironblood. However, the corpses of these Aliens looked quite normal and didn’t seem like those mutated monsters parasitized through Ironblood.

But soon, Fang Zheng’s questions were answered.

“These Ironblood Warriors are really something…”

Looking at the bodies mangled and tied to stone pillars, even Fang Zheng couldn’t help but frown. He had thought that the human experiments on their own kind in the Alien movies were mad enough. Now he saw that when compared with Ironblood Warriors, they were just amateurs; they daringly hatched seven hundred Alien eggs at once… That boldness is something ordinary people can’t manage.

Clearly, the Ironblood Warriors weren’t fools. Perhaps realizing that they couldn’t withstand the Swarm’s assault, they took a desperate gamble and released the Aliens to hinder the advance of the Swarm. Unfortunately, to the Swarm, the Aliens were still too weak.

“Continue advancing, exterminate all those bastards!”

Without the obstruction of the Aliens, the Swarm’s pace naturally picked up again, and before long, they were engaged in fierce battle with the remaining Ironblood Warriors.

As the ruler of the Zerg, Fang Zheng originally only needed to stay in the back and wait for the outcome, but upon seeing the hundreds of bodies used by the Ironblood Warriors to cultivate Alien, he changed his mind. After all, he was a Paladin, and sometimes… he still needed to fight for justice!

When Fang Zheng entered the frontline battlefield, the Ironblood Warriors immediately faced a one-sided death harvest.

In this world, the Ironblood Warriors might stand at the upper levels of the food chain based on their own strength, but their power was at best entry-level among Professionals in the Main World. Faced with such weaklings, Fang Zheng felt no pressure. With Time Stop activated, one could see Fang Zheng, along with his sword, turn into a streak of silver light flashing by the Ironblood Warriors. In the next moment, those warriors, who were previously swinging their sharp blades and fighting against the Swarm, were instantly beheaded. Their heads flew into the sky while their headless bodies collapsed to the ground, spraying blood.

“Roar…!!”

At this moment, the other Ironblood Warriors also realized Fang Zheng’s prowess. A few of them turned around, with shoulder cannons quickly rotating to aim at Fang Zheng. But before they could fire, Fang Zheng suddenly raised his right hand and grasped at the void. Immediately, invisible psionic energy turned into giant hands, tightly choking the Ironblood Warriors’ necks and lifting them into the air. With a casual wave of his hand, Fang Zheng flung the warriors into the Swarm behind them, and then… there was no then.

“Master, those Ironblood Warriors are about to reach the Core Bomb’s location!”

At this moment, Nymph also hurried over, immediately noticing several Ironblood Warriors in the rear rushing towards the end of the corridor at high speed. Although the Aliens had not been able to hold up Fang Zheng for too long, their goal had been achieved. They had already opened the final gate that Nymph had previously sealed. As long as they entered the control room inside, they could manually detonate the Core Bomb, and at that point, everything would be over!

“Don’t worry, Nymph,”

However, opposite to the anxious Little Angel, Fang Zheng appeared quite calm. He just glanced at the few Ironblood Warriors and then reached out to stroke Little Angel’s head. As a Prophet Mage with the ability of Future Sight, Fang Zheng had already foreseen the fate of those Ironblood Warriors. fɾēewebnσveℓ.com

“They won’t be able to enter the control room.”

“Huh?”

Upon hearing Fang Zheng’s answer, Nymph paused for a moment, but before she could ask further, the ground suddenly began to shake. Then they saw the wall next to those Ironblood Warriors collapse, and a giant Tunneling Worm poked its head out, opening its jaws wide and swallowing the Ironblood Warriors in one gulp!

In the blink of an eye, the remaining Ironblood Warriors disappeared into the maws of the Tunneling Worm. Looking at those sharp and densely packed teeth… well, those unlucky ones were probably fortunate if even a pile of skeletons remained intact.

After all, not everyone has the “privilege” of using Tunneling Worms for Teleportation.

After completely annihilating the Ironblood Warriors, what remained was much simpler. Fang Zheng ordered the Swarm to pack up and take away the Core Bomb, while the Infectious Bugs successfully assimilated the entire Ironblood Base, beginning to create Mutants. Out of curiosity, Fang Zheng also took a close look at the process of the Swarm creating Mutants.

In the game, the Swarm simply uses Infectious Bugs to infect enemy buildings, then automatically starts producing Mutants. Of course, the reality of creating Mutants isn’t the same as in the game… The tentacles that took control of the entire base first swallowed the corpses of the Ironblood and humans killed in battle, like Man-Eating Plants, into their tendrils. Then these corpses were “transported” through the tendrils into a semi-transparent, egg-like object. Following this, the Swarm would attach Mutants to these corpses, letting them control the bodies and “resurrect” them.

In other words, those Mutants walking out from the base again were not merely infected, they resembled low-level parasitic creatures even more.

Having successfully neutralized the threat of the Ironblood, Fang Zheng found himself momentarily without tasks to attend to, but seeing the Alien in the Ironblood’s base gave him a bold idea.

The Swarm could absorb a variety of species into their fold, so, could it also integrate the Alien?

In Fang Zheng’s view, the Swarm had many advantages but lacked a kind of stealth scouting unit. Although many of the Swarm’s units could burrow, this action could only be carried out on the ground. If they were in structures like the Ironblood Base or a Space Station, it would be very difficult.

Although the Swarm had Amoeba that could change shape to infiltrate other forces, the Amoeba itself lacked combat strength and could only carry out simple scouting tasks, which was somewhat insufficient.

In contrast, the Alien was perfectly suited for such missions. They excelled in lurking, surprise attacks, and assassinations. Especially within large building complexes where launching secret attacks without raising alarms is desired, Aliens were much more useful than most units of the Swarm. Plus, with their undetectable parasitic and reproductive abilities, if used properly, they could also become powerful warriors within the Swarm.

For this reason, Fang Zheng hoped Mirune could combine the characteristics of both Aliens and the Swarm to create a new kind of Swarm unit to fill this gap.

Mirune agreed with Fang Zheng’s idea. However, after carefully examining the bodies of the Aliens, she had to inform Fang Zheng that if they wanted to integrate the Alien into the Swarm system, it would be best to capture an Alien Empress. If they could capture an Alien Empress alive and modify it, they could successfully incorporate the Alien into the Swarm’s units.

Only… where to find an Alien Empress?