These parasitic worms seem to have a higher rank in the biological system created by the God of Darkness. Even after their death, the residual breath still keeps other larvae from approaching. Zero picked up the corpse of the Zerg, led the team to the corridor not far away, then tore apart the corpse of the larva with a dagger, and smeared the coagulated plasma on the ground of the corridor, forming a red line.
Before the smell of worm blood disappeared, it should be enough to stop the harassment of those xenomorph larvae. After doing this, Zero looked at the insect corpse in his hand as he walked. The structure of this parasitic zerg is very simple, and they do not have organs in the ordinary sense, such as mouths or eyes. It looks like a piece of meat with three rows of pairs of legs, but under its abdomen, if it is squeezed a little, there are many small holes on the edge, and some biological fibers similar to nerve threads will be spit out, which may be used to connect to the host. to control their actions.
Untie the Zerg as a whole, and inside its body, there is a brain-like structure. It's just that the worm's brain occupies two-thirds of the worm's body. During the period, the brain groove was deep, which showed that these guys possessed extraordinary wisdom. This can be seen from the fact that the Shadow Clan girl used human language to trick them just now. Judging from various situations, these Zergs have inherited their abilities and knowledge after occupying the host.
But how did the zerg get into the host
Just when he thought of this question, Zero suddenly shook his body slightly and stopped in his tracks.
"What's the matter?" Jin walked beside him and asked something different.
Zero looked at the Zerg in his hand and said, "I know what the seeds and holy medicine are about."
They found a clean place in the corridor, and the team rested temporarily. Zero said by the way: "The two parasitized Shadow Clan people I met just now may be the manifestation of the late stage of turning into a 'beast'."
Moni has personally transplanted seeds, and she has the deepest experience. Immediately, his face turned pale and he said, "You mean, after turning into a beast, the disgusting thing in your hand will eventually be formed in the brain?"
"It shouldn't be wrong." Zero said: "The seed is the creation of the God of Darkness. After transplanting it, it will immediately possess the power of a high-level ability user like an ordinary person. Although this kind of power cannot be advanced, it is undeniable that the seed itself is It is a very powerful biological organ. It can make people possess abilities, even though Dawn City has already carried out research in this area and has entered the stage of research and development of directional abilities, it is still far behind seeds."
"But is the seed really as simple as a living organ? No, I think it is the egg of the zerg, and the holy medicine is the birthing agent. It will make the egg wake up from slumber and have self-awareness. When the egg hatches At the time, it was also the beginning of the beastization of the host. I still remember those communicator cells, they are the first stage of egg hatching." Ling Shen said: "These things are for transforming the host, turning the host's body into a zerg that can A parasitic environment. In the end, the larvae of the Zerg will enter the brain through some way, and grow up slowly, eventually dominating the host."
"Those two Shadow Clan people should be examples after taking the holy medicine."
Moni trembled all over, and Zero smiled lightly: "Don't worry, I've cleaned up those communicator cells, and there won't be any bugs getting into your head."
With his assurance, the girl was obviously relieved.
"However, logically speaking, the Shadow Clan people are also the creations of the God of Darkness. They should have a certain understanding of seeds and holy medicine. If this is the case, why bring these things to the surface and give them to all races?" Jin frowned. road.
"Don't you think, this is a bit like collecting data? Also, some of the alien species we encountered, some of them carry the genes of alien races on the ground. Those seeds and holy medicine are like instruments for collecting surface biological data. These alien species There must be some kind of natural connection with the God of Darkness." Zero said softly: "From this point of view, maybe the black owl has bad intentions for letting me enter the Titan Hall. And the Shadow Clan people are really just a simple migration as they said To the surface? Maybe they also left the ground to collect data for the God of Darkness."
"But that advance base, and the traces of the battle..." Liya's implication was that if the Shadow Clan people were ordered by the God of Darkness, why would they be hunted down by other alien species.
Zero looked at everyone and said, "Perhaps our previous deduction was wrong, not all alien creatures are suddenly not controlled by the God of Darkness. At least, the Shadow Clan people are still under the control of the God of Darkness. Isn't it normal for alien attacks?"
"Things seem to be getting complicated. If this is the case, the Shadow Clan must have plans for decades of dormancy on the surface. If everything is the order of the God of Darkness, then the purpose of the God of Darkness, will it be..." Jin said At this point, he paused for a moment before saying: "It wants to build an army with advanced intelligence, not these alien species in the ground who are still in a wild form?"
"It may not be surprising to have this. Judging from its current behavior, it can basically be concluded that it is what I'm looking for. After all, aggression is their essence." Zero stood up and said: "In short, regardless of that thing Is it the core of darkness, or the god of darkness. We must destroy it, its existence itself is a threat to natural life."
On this point, everyone has no opinion. Along the way, the alien life forms I saw were all aggressive and aggressive. They can be said to be the natural enemies of life, and the God of Darkness who created them is certainly not a good thing. The surface of the earth is already chaotic enough, but if such a thing is allowed to leave the ground, the world will become even more chaotic.
The rest of the journey went quite smoothly, the corridor stretched all the way to the ground, and no other alien species intercepted it. Soon, the corridor has come to an end. Exit through the exit and enter a hall. Surrounded by natural pillars supporting the dome, there are countless oval cocoons distributed here, but these cocoons have hardened. Even if there are things inside, they are probably dead, and they are arranged in a ring. On the ground, there are countless fleshy pipes, connected to the base pad of the cocoon, which seem to be the transmission pipes of nutrients.
At first glance, this is a biological weapons factory, already capable of large-scale and assembly line production. But the factory seems to be closed, at least not in this empty hall feel the breath of life. The shells of many meat cocoons were broken, and some heterogeneous larvae got stuck in the gaps of the meat cocoons, or lay on the ground. They should have felt the sudden cessation of supply of nutrients, and left the cocoon out of survival instinct.
But those who have not yet reached the standard of survival can only slide into the abyss of death in the end.
In the center of the hall, there is a corpse as tall as a hill. It was a huge alien, and it should have played the role of a producer. It looks like some sort of carapace-like bug, or something like a velociraptor, but with insect wings. The insect wings were stuck to the ground in tatters, unable to lift up anymore. The tail of this alien species has an organ in the shape of a female body, not far from the organ on the ground, there is a cocoon lying on the ground.
On the head of the alien species, a spherical gap appeared. The carapace at the edge was fragmented, and Zero jumped to the top to look inside. There was a space about half a meter in diameter, which should have been a vessel for something. Now, that thing has apparently been moved.
What would that thing be? Who would transfer it? These are all mysteries.
"here we go again… "
With a soft cry, Zero, who was on the giant alien species, turned around. It was Liya, she squatted down, put her hand on the center of her brow and said, "I heard that call again, this time it was louder. It's like... like next to me..."
So everyone looked around, but the hall was empty, and there were no traces of other life activities except them. This time the call came and went quickly, not as persistent as the last one, but it became clearer. Liya was sweating profusely, pointing in one direction with slightly trembling fingers: "She's over there..."
The direction Leah pointed to was a thick wall. The walls are gray and plain, nothing special. When tapped with a finger, there is almost no sound. It means that there is a solid rock formation behind the wall, or the wall is thick enough. However, it is not impossible. The useless method was clumsy, he took a few steps back, charged forward again, and then punched out, bringing up several shadows of the fist, which were overlapped and printed on the wall. Immediately, the wall cracked silently, followed by a clatter of mud and powder. Behind the wall, there was still solid rock formation, as if Leah had pointed in the wrong direction.
But Zero believed Leah's feelings, and he punched again and again, this time with a reloaded warhead. The pale golden light group surrounding the front of the fist cracked the wall again and again, and occasionally an implosion-style destruction burst out, which expanded the gap in the wall a lot. After throwing forty heavy punches in a row, there was a bang, and the wall was pierced through. The wall was as thick as 50 centimeters. If it hadn't been for Zero's determined bombardment, it might have been given up halfway if it had been replaced by someone else.
Behind the gap in the wall is a deep hall. Something in the hall exudes a faint green light, and you can see the pillars surrounded by several people, as well as some patterns engraved on the ground and walls. What's more, when the wall was blasted away, a strong energy breath rushed over. Like a balloon that suddenly leaks, the intensity of energy exceeds zero imagination.
After the energy breath in the hall behind the wall was exhausted, Zero took the lead to get in. As soon as he entered, he deployed an energy defense force field to prevent any attacks. Then, Leah, Alice and others got in one after another. The hall is spacious, with six thick stone pillars supporting the dome. The ground has radial carvings, and a three-meter-high cocoon stands in the middle of the hall.
Hundreds of dark red meat tubes were laid out on the base of the cocoon, and they scattered to other corners of the hall along the carvings on the ground, and were buried deep in the ground. Occasionally, there will be a mass of reddish light rising from the ground in a certain meat tube, which will be transmitted to the base pad through the tube, and then will turn into a ball of light foam rising from the bottom layer of the cocoon. Red light like this appears from time to time, and it looks like the energy from the center of the earth is being extracted to feed the cocoon.
There is a shadow in the cocoon.
Zero and the others walked over. In fact, the wall covering of the meat cocoon is very thin, it seems to be a layer of meat film. It can be seen that the cocoon is carrying a substance similar to a bio-based fluid, which dissipates unparalleled energy. Judging only from the energy equivalent, it is equivalent to being filled with all the energy of an eleventh-order powerhouse, and may even have reached the twelfth-order.
But none of this is important, what is important is the figure in the cocoon. There is no doubt that it is the ultimate beneficiary of all this. Judging from the shape of the figure, it seemed to be a young girl. She curled up, with a few thick dark threads connecting her to the cocoon, and long hair floating in the cocoon, forming a seaweed-like shadow.
It's just that the cocoon's wall covering covered her appearance, and it also made it difficult for people outside to see her appearance clearly.
"It's her." Leah took two steps back, nodded and said, "She's calling me, she's begging me to let her out of here."
Ling touched the wall covering and said, "It shouldn't be difficult."
"But who is she? Is she the God of Darkness? Or, she is the host of the God of Darkness?" Ling Shen said.
"neither!"
Suddenly a voice sounded.
Zero and the others turned around at the same time, and a person who should never have appeared here came in through the gap in the wall. The man calmly said: "That's my sister, Feng Wu."
"Why are you here... Elder Hei Xiao?" Zero asked.
Hei Xiao didn't answer, but behind him, people came in one after another. These are all members of the Shadow Clan, old and young, men and women, totaling more than a dozen people. What's important is that everyone's aura is full of rage, like wild beasts that could explode and hurt people at any time. With just one glance, Zero knew that these people were the hosts of those zerg.
But they are respectful to Hei Xiao, as if Hei Xiao is their master. To be precise, the master of the Zerg.
"It seems that you have a lot of secrets, Elder Heixiao." Zero said indifferently.
Hei Xiao spread his hands: "Who doesn't have a secret. I do, don't you? Zero."
"Of course I have, but my secret is not as dirty as you turning your compatriots into monster hosts!" Zero said coldly.
"Devil? Host? It seems that you know a lot. To be honest, I'm surprised. You were able to get here. Logically speaking, you should fall into the wall of the abyss."
Zero sneered: "Unfortunately, we have no chance to follow the route you gave."
"It seems to be true." Hei Xiao nodded his head and said: "I need to correct you, those babies are not magic insects, the God of Darkness calls them rulers."
"The ruler..." Zero looked at him and said, "Can you dominate these things?"
"No, to be precise, the God of Darkness only gave me permission not to be attacked by him. In other words, I can come and go here freely."
Zero nodded: "I understand, what you said before. The so-called person who invaded the Titan Hall was actually you. Therefore, it is all nonsense to try to save your people."
"It's not all lies." Hei Xiao looked at the figure in the cocoon, his eyes softened: "At least, I still have someone I want to save. Of course, she is the only one I want to save."
It seems that this secret has been hidden in his heart for too long, Hei Xiao is not in a hurry to do anything, but said: "Our father is the previous patriarch of the Shadow Clan, twenty years after I was born, my sister also came to this world .At that time, she was so young and weak, like a flower that would wither at any time. Yes, I told a lot of lies, but I did not lie to you. The birth rate of our Shadow Clan is pitifully small, every newborn The babies are the hope of the clan, and they will receive the most attentive care."
"Unfortunately, when my mother was pregnant with Feng Wu, she was infected with a disease. It was a ferocious virus, and my mother died after giving birth to Feng Wu. However, the frightening thing is that this virus will be inherited through genes, When Feng Wu was three years old, she began to show symptoms. When she was five years old, she almost died. It was my father who used his authority and mobilized a lot of resources to save her life. But Feng Wu still watched If there is no hope, even if all the strength of the whole family is exhausted, it will only allow her to live for another ten years."
"When Feng Wu was fourteen years old, the blood cavalry launched an attack on our homeland. Father stood up and took the responsibility of fighting the enemy on the front line for himself by using the whole family's supplies. In the end, the blood cavalry was beaten Retired, but my father also died with a blood cavalry general at that time. He was still alive when he was carried back to the clan, and his father's wish was to keep Feng Wu alive." Hei Xiao's face gradually distorted: "However These damn sluts don't allow me to continue to use the clan's medicine for Feng Wu's use. Even if I become the clan leader, I still can't change their decision."
"But Feng Wu is my only relative in this world. I can't see the hope of my own child being born. At least, I want to keep her!"
Ling looked back at the cocoon: "So you brought her back?"
"That's right, we were born here. The God of Darkness is our creator, I believe, it must have a way to keep Feng Wu alive. So I brought Feng Wu here and killed everything that tried to stop me , and finally arrived here." Hei Xiao pointed outward: "See that big guy? Yes, it is the God of Darkness. No, to be precise, it is also the host of the God of Darkness. The God of Darkness is his own Created a suitable body, but obviously Feng Wu fit it better."
"So it proposed a deal, a deal that I couldn't refuse." Hei Xiao said indifferently: "It can make Feng Wu survive and live forever. The price is for me to bring the seeds and holy medicine out of the surface and send them to Those in need."
"You mean, the seeds started from you?" Zero said in surprise.
Hei Xiao said proudly: "Then who do you think brought the seeds out? You should also know how risky this road is when you come. Only strong people like you and me can kill them directly. Don't you expect these Waste can travel through the entire underground space to Titan Hall?"
"However, because of these, our Shadow Clan has been protected by other clans, and my prestige has also increased rapidly in the clan. Then, Feng Wu stayed here quietly to receive treatment. The God of Darkness informed me that Feng Wu was very sick. It will be cured soon. But it needs more gene fragments, preferably from our Shadow Clan, so that it will be easier to restore Feng Wu's genes." Hei Xiao patted the face of one of the Shadow Clan elders: "So I give Save them and let them become the most loyal servants of the God of Darkness. This is also our Shadow Clan's duty."
Hearing this, Ling Shi understood the ins and outs of this. The complexity of the matter far exceeded his imagination.