"Hey, do you see anything?"
Standing at the edge of the huge passageway leading to the bottom of the living quarters, Froman looked down. He accidentally kicked the gravel next to him, and the stone rolled down into the darkness. After a while, there was a soft sound.
Although Qiao Na had good eyesight, she couldn't see anything clearly in such a place without a light source. Hearing the leader's question, she shook her head.
After killing all the counterattack bugs in Experimental Area A, only less than 50 of Zog remained. Froman led them back to the living area, walked along the road, and saw insect corpses everywhere. This phenomenon indicated that the Andura queen had been killed by Zero, which would cause the chain death of the swarm. Froman led Jona and several strong fighters to rush over first. The people behind are responsible for collecting the brain crystals of Andura bugs.
The brain crystals of ordinary adult insects can provide Zog people with the opportunity to gain more power, and the brain crystals of insect guards are even more rare. This kind of character is more powerful than ordinary bugs, their brain crystals are triangular, and the whole body is scarlet, as if filled with blood, but in fact it is just a sign of strong energy. It's just that the Andura worms will oxidize very quickly after death, and the protein and fiber will quickly melt into water.
The collection of brain crystals can only be done within 5 minutes after they die, so although there are many dead bugs, the brain crystals collected by Zog are limited. The crystal stones of ordinary adults, plus the dozen or so collected before Ling, are only about twenty yuan. As for Zong Wei's brain crystals, there are only three pieces. Naturally, these three pieces cannot be enjoyed by those ordinary Zogs. Only strong fighters like Froman and Jona can obtain the crystals of the insect guards, and only they can use them to obtain the greatest effect.
Giving it to others is just a waste.
After a while, all the Zogs had gathered on the passageway to deliver food to the queen. Froman asked someone to bring some cold fireworks, lit them and threw them down the passage. It didn't take long for them to fall to the bottom of the base passage. In the blue fire that suddenly lit up, the hill-like head of the Queen Andura suddenly appeared, scaring quite a few Zogs.
Froman rubbed his head and shouted: "Quiet. It's just a corpse. You are so cowardly to be so frightened by a corpse!"
Speaking of which, Froman didn't mean much to blame. After all, the Andura queen has been gaining power for a long time, so it is not uncommon for people to be frightened when they see it suddenly, even if it is just a corpse.
"Look over there."
When the flames gradually faded, Jona pointed to the place not far from the corpse of the Andura queen, and there was a white body lying on the side, which was actually a woman from the outline.
"Woman?" Froman was even more puzzled: "Why is there an extra woman, don't you think that guy is actually a woman?"
Qiao Na gave him a blank look. She was the closest person to Zero when he attacked Zero. Zero didn't wear a robe to cover his face at that time, and the masculine features on his body, including the Adam's apple, could be seen at a glance, so how could it be a woman pretending to be it.
"I'll go down and have a look." With that said, Jona jumped down towards the passage. She deftly built the uneven footholds on the edge of the passageway, and her figure flickered before disappearing into the darkness.
Froman said to the people in the back: "Go find some safety ropes and come down by yourself. The emergency passage is still below, we have to leave from there. Jonah and I go down first, you quickly follow!"
After he finished his explanation, he turned around and jumped into the dark space of the passage. At the bottom of the tunnel, as soon as Jona landed on the ground, she heard the loud sound of breaking through the air above, followed by Froman and smashed down with her head in her arms. As if drunk, he stood up and circled, shaking his head for a long time and finally survived the dizziness of hitting the ground.
"What a mess." Qiao Na said angrily.
Froman nodded, then smiled and said, "Jonah, you're in a good mood."
"Of course, I can leave this ghostly place soon and see what the outside world has become. Why am I in a bad mood?" Jona asked back, and before Froman could answer, she bypassed the Andura queen by herself. The huge corpse walked towards the woman lying on the ground with her back to them.
"It's been so many years, maybe our relatives outside have forgotten us. What's more, they can't accept us now. But even so, they have to leave here. The Pope's Hall is finally here where we can settle everything with you Time." Froman clenched his fists, snorted through his nostrils, and walked to Jona's side.
Qiao Na squatted on the ground, pressing two fingers on the side of the woman's neck. She shook her head and said, "This man is dead."
Looking at the graceful curve, Froman couldn't help whistling: "It's a pity, I have forgotten how many years I haven't seen this kind of top quality." As he said, he turned the woman's body over, as the face of the corpse. When the blond hair fell to the ground, Froman was shocked and said in horror: "What kind of monster is this!"
It turned out that after Ye Lijie's death, the dominant genes of human beings were receding, and the genes of Andura worms began to stand out. Now the face of the worm queen turned into the worm-like shape that Zero saw before, and even her body began to change. Simply put, Yelicie looks like a worm-man now.
Qiao Na couldn't tell what it was, but at this moment, an invisible wave passed by her. Qiao Na's whole body tensed suddenly, and her pupils shrank and then dilated. For a moment, the blood flow in the body accelerated, and Qiao Na subconsciously entered the battle state.
Froman also felt the fluctuation, but his reaction was much calmer than Jona's. But looking solemnly at the source of the fluctuation, there is a metal wall that has been smashed by something. There is something shimmering in the wall, and the fluctuation just now came from there. Froman clearly felt that there was a very powerful force contained in that wave, which was deep and condensed. The level of power it appears on the surface is not high, but if you feel it carefully, you will find that it is impossible to know the limit of this power.
It seemed that what they felt just now was only the surface of the sea, and it was impossible to measure how deep the underwater world was.
At this time, another wave of fluctuation passed by.
Qiao Na had already relaxed a little, the two looked at each other, and then walked towards the metal wall together.
Getting closer, the glowing thing could be seen to be a frighteningly large egg. The top of the egg has cracked, like something is coming out of it. This made Froman and the two of them couldn't help but look at the insect man in the distance, but now, there was obviously something else in it.
At this moment, a palm suddenly grabbed the eggshell with weird patterns.
Jonah was about to pounce on it, but Froman caught her. Then, a figure flipped out of the egg and fell to the ground. Froman and the two of them could clearly see that this person was Zero who challenged the Andura queen alone!
Zero's body was still stained with glowing energy liquid, and he seemed to have just woken up from a sleep. When he opened his eyes, his eyes were blank. What can be seen is that the golden color of Zero's right eye is still the same, while the left pupil has a hazy blue light. This burst of light is deep and vast, and it makes one's heart palpitate. After a while, the green light gradually faded away, and the black pupils that were usually zero were restored.
And at this time, Zero really woke up.
"You are here." Seeing that the people in front of him were Froman and Jona, Zero said.
And above the passage in the distance, there are still many Zogs who are using the safety rope to slide down to the bottom. When seeing them, Zero suddenly realized that he did not use low-light vision, but everything at the bottom of the base was presented in his sight in every detail. And when the eyes are focused on a certain person, he will see several pictures of this person at the same time. When these pictures are integrated, a three-dimensional model will naturally appear in Zero's mind.
Zero was a little uncomfortable with this sudden vision, and he knew it was probably related to absorbing the energy fluid left in the giant egg of the queen Andura. They seem to have added a part of the queen's gene fragment to Zero, because the vision just now is very similar to the compound eye vision of insects. Under this stereoscopic vision, Zero can grasp almost every subtle movement of the opponent, and even analyze the opponent's possible next reaction through some subtle movements.
This is a new ability created by the combination of the queen's stereo vision and Zero's right eye ability "prophet". It is as wonderful as being able to see into the future. Of course, the limit that Zero can see is just the reaction that the opponent will make within a second or two, but this is already very remarkable. However, Zero is always a human being, and his gene chain is still dominated by human fragments, so he cannot use stereo vision for a long time.
In addition, Zero found that all the injuries on his body had healed. Originally, according to the feedback information from the memory group, the entire repair work would not be completed until at least tomorrow. Now it is completed a few hours earlier, it can be said that it is the credit of those energy liquids, which have greatly improved Zero's recovery ability.
The Zogs went down to the bottom one after another, because they were all physically and mentally exhausted after a big battle. Especially Froman, the leader, the pressure he was under was far beyond what other people could imagine. After confirming that the queen was dead and Zero was safe and sound, Froman fell asleep. He had a lot of injuries on his body.
Qiao Na and the others were resting with their eyes closed, while digesting what Zero had just told them. Zero briefly talked about the evolution and ambition of the Andura queen, but it made everyone who listened feel cold. If Ling hadn't succeeded in intercepting and killing Queen Andura today, if she was allowed to leave, not only would the human world outside suffer, even the Zog in the base would not be able to survive.
Thinking that the worm queen planned to blow up the tunnel and let them be buried with other Andura worms, Qiao Na and the others couldn't help but feel lucky that they chose to gamble with Zero. Otherwise, if they continue to live in the status quo, what awaits them will be cold death.
Hearing a slight cracking sound in her ears, Qiao Na opened her eyes. With the light of a few emergency lights brought down by Zog, it can be seen that Zero not far away is punching at an extremely fast speed. Qiao Na opened her eyes wide, but she could barely catch the faint afterimage of Zero's fist. Zero kept moving while punching. The range of his movement was very subtle, but his speed was extremely fast, and he basically didn't stay in the same place for more than 1 second.
Moreover, Qiao Na didn't know how he accomplished some movements, because these movements had exceeded the limit of the human body's ability to move. Qiao Na couldn't help but imagine that if she was in front of Zero, she would be sweating profusely within a short while. There was a storm in her heart, because she found that if she became Zero's opponent, she would not be able to capture his movements.
In such an environment, Qiao Na would only be beaten helplessly.
She shook her head with a wry smile, and Zero seemed to have become much stronger again. Suddenly, Qiao Na thought of another thing. Zero's fist speed had obviously exceeded the speed of sound, so it was hard to catch. But in the state of supersonic speed, there is no reason for the sound of punching to be so small. This can be achieved only if all the power is concentrated on the front of the fist, so that the friction with the air is minimized.
In such a state, Zero's seemingly ordinary punch was already unimaginably strong.
But Jona didn't know that Zero hadn't even used the attack superimposition effect of spiral piercing or bursting barrage.
Now, Zero is just adapting to the body after absorbing the energy fluid as soon as possible, and the newly formed ability. After absorbing the energy liquid, the basic abilities of zero. Including strength, defense, speed, reaction, flexibility, etc. have all been significantly improved. Under the distribution of the main brain, the energy liquid is not all allocated to the speed item like Ye Lijie. The main brain always believes that comprehensive development is more suitable for Zero's needs. It's just out of zero's habit, within the scope that can be allocated, the mastermind invests more resources in speed.
So when he woke up, although Zero's speed didn't reach Ye Lijie's level enough to support multiple phantom attacks, it was two to three times faster than usual. What's more, he spawned a new ability "Toughness". Toughness does not directly affect combat, it is similar to steel skin and is an auxiliary ability. When using it, the flexibility of Zero's body has been greatly improved, enabling him to break through the upper limit of human functions and achieve those incredible movements in Qiao Na's eyes.
At first glance, tenacity does not directly increase Zero's combat power. But the effect it brings is even more terrifying than directly increasing zero's energy. After possessing the ability of tenacity, Zero Yi became the most fearsome fighting master. If the opponent weighs his moves as a human, the lesson learned will be unforgettable for a lifetime.
But one advantage has another disadvantage. Toughness will soften the muscles of Zero's whole body to the greatest extent and even change the structure of certain muscles, so that Zero can make inhuman movements. But at the same time, when using this ability, the steel skin cannot be used. The two abilities are inherently in conflict, so it is difficult to coexist.
But now even without using the steel skin, under the transformation of the memory group and the energy liquid, Zero's basic defense has almost caught up with Franklin's defense-specialized powerhouse. In this way, the value of toughness is far above that of steel skin.
In addition to the considerable improvement in body and strength, Zero's gains are not limited to that. Ye Lijie contributed nearly a hundred evolutionary points to zero. It seems that her potential has not been fully realized, otherwise there would not be so many evolutionary points. Moreover, a queen crystal was also found on Ye Lijie's body. This crystal was in the shape of a perfect hexahedron, which looked like a diamond at first glance.
It's just that this diamond is golden yellow, and the energy flowing inside is so strong that even ordinary people can feel its extraordinary. This queen crystal naturally fell into Zero's capsule, and as for Zero's original dozen or so ordinary brain crystals, they were given to Zog.
Naturally, Froman and the others had no objection to this. In the era when the strong were respected, it was only natural for Zero to kill the worm queen Yelicie alone. And the value of this single crystal is more than the sum of all the brain crystals. If it is sold into gold coins, it is estimated to be worth at least four or five million. This was a huge amount of wealth, but the value of the crystallization of a queen worm could not be measured by money. For a powerhouse like Zero, its effect was far greater than money.
After getting acquainted with his own body, Zero threw the queen worm crystal into his mouth and swallowed it directly. As soon as it entered Zero's body, the crystallized surface of the queen was immediately covered with fine cracks, and then burst into pieces. The golden energy flames inside overflowed, making Zero's whole body exude a faint golden light.
Zero could feel that most of the energy emitted by the crystal was directly converted into evolutionary points in some mysterious way. From the very beginning, nearly a hundred evolution points emerged directly, which was equivalent to the gain from killing Ye Lijie. However, the emergence of evolutionary points has not stopped, they are like snowballing more and more, and Zero is deeply shocked. The evolution point is the number that can most directly show the value of the crystallization. The more evolution points, the greater the value of the crystallization.
These evolutionary points surged to 237 before stopping. Adding the previous possessions of Zero, he has accumulated 345 evolutionary points now, which is only about a hundred or so away from what is required to advance to the tenth level. But now, Zero has stood at the pinnacle of the ninth rank. It can be said that he is invincible under the tenth rank. Even an ordinary tenth rank powerhouse can probably fight a fight.
Most of the crystallized energy was converted into evolution points, while a small part was combined with Zero's own energy, and the rest was distributed to his whole body's bones, starting some kind of transformation. A large piece of data frantically poured into Zero's mind, letting Zero know that after the transformation is completed, some metal elements will be added to his bones to make them stronger. The bone will appear hollow, making the bone lighter. But at the same time, there will be hexagonal gaps on the surface of the bones, and the gaps will be filled with a material similar to bone glue, which greatly improves the impact resistance of zero, and when needed, the bones can be tightened by constricting the gaps. The structure is tightly occluded, resulting in a stronger burst of strength!
This process takes 12 to 20 hours, and one to two days to stabilize the lightweight bone and adapt to it. After completing this physical evolution, Zero's weight will be reduced by about one-fifth. He'll be lighter and, at the same time, faster!
For such a change, Zero is very satisfied. It was an accident that Ye Lijie contributed so many evolution points, but now the crystallization of the queen is an unexpected harvest. The surging energy in her body is constantly proving to zero that she has taken a big step forward. Zero is full of confidence now, and he can't wait to find someone to practice immediately, so as to feel how much stronger he has become.