Chapter 1068
The Zerg with 5 Flowers and 8 Doors
"It seems the rest time gained from each clearing operation is only eight minutes. In such a short time, the Zerg have filled the entire Raccoon City with soldiers. This is truly too..."
Zhan Lan didn't finish her sentence; only a bitter smile remained on her face.
No one understood better than her what such density and quantity represented.
On the other side, Li Xiao took a deep breath and followed up:
"This is because the Warrior Bug and Tank Bug led the charge. If the Flying Bug had come directly, it probably wouldn't have taken a minute to arrive."
Amya quickly shared the aerial view with everyone and said:
"No, the flying insects are almost here!"
In the scene, an empty area is quickly filled with insects surging like a wave.
From a height of ten kilometers, these insects appear to have reverted to their normal size.
However, from Li Xiao's perspective, it can only be described as highly deceptive.
Before any contact began, Li Xiao, who had recovered somewhat, turned his attention to what was behind him.
He wanted to see what the two Chu Xuans were up to.
Upon seeing this, Li Xiao froze on the spot, and after regaining his senses, he couldn't help but rub his eyes.
That's when I realized I hadn't misread it.
The area in front of the demon Chu Xuan had transformed from countless metal machines into a massive factory exposed on an open space.
The production equipment powered by the Philosopher's Stone has been assembled into a preliminary production line.
Everything inside the factory is being manufactured in an orderly manner, producing some kind of tracked robot.
The robots coming off the assembly line will return to the factory to increase production speed and quantity.
Most importantly, the entire metal factory operates on an automated basis.
Every half minute, a new tracked robot is assembled, walks off the assembly line, and becomes part of the factory.
In the short time that Li Xiao was stunned, the entire factory became more and more perfect.
Li Xiao could tell that this was a process of accumulating strength.
Once it reaches a certain scale, this single fully automated factory might be able to withstand the endless Zerg army.
Of course, this is on the premise of having sufficient energy and material reserves.
Li Xiao had no idea what the Demon Team had gone through to have so many Philosopher's Stones.
But given the current situation, Li Xiao wished the opponent were as strong as possible.
Moreover, even if Li Xiao didn't notice the thing behind him at first, he now realized it.
The Philosopher's Stone, industrial robots, and artificial intelligence combined—isn't this the ultimate factory of the future?!
Although it is somewhat different from the kind of cutting-edge technology that pulverizes all matter into atomic structures and then fuses them together as needed to form a final solid mass.
But this technologically advanced factory, incorporating magic, is no less impressive.
As for the other side of the demon Chu Xuan.
That would be a completely different scenario.
Each black cocoon, half a meter tall, stands upright on the ground.
Chu Xuan from the Zhongzhou team and two newcomers were pouring a viscous red liquid.
This liquid looks like blood, but it's not blood.
Li Xiao didn't understand, but he could guess the gist of it.
This substance must be some kind of catalyst.
This allows these Xenomorphs, whose genes have been edited by the Zerg, to hatch faster.
Otherwise, based on the original Xenomorph's growth timeline, by the time they're all dead in three days, the Xenomorphs won't have reached maturity, let alone become combat-ready.
While watering her, Moss was constantly removing black cocoons from the Alien Queen's ovaries as if they were free.
The ovaries that started out were only two or three meters in size, but now they have more than doubled in size.
Although it is unknown what Chu Xuan did to these alien queens, their lower bodies now resemble a deformed, swollen organ.
Laying eggs became their second task besides eating.
These two completely different scenes, one on the left and one on the right, are not unique to Li Xiao.
Everyone who saw it gasped.
Faced with the protracted war that had begun, the two Chu Xuans chose different paths.
It's obvious that this was the result of their discussion.
Although neither of these technologies seems very mature, they are undisputed.
These are the only two ways to deal with the Zerg.
The aliens are using their own weapons against them.
This organism possesses a genetic blank front end, commonly known as a "genetic forbidden zone".
It is a blank DNA strand that is reserved at the front end of the heterogeneous genome and does not encode its own traits.
Its function is to plunder and integrate the host's superior genes, thereby achieving rapid evolution and environmental adaptation.
This is one of the reasons why, in the alien world, a humanoid alien can grow after repeatedly parasitizing a human.
As for Demon Chu Xuan's all-powerful factory, it's all about mechanical troop production and technological overwhelming power.
These are the only two entities that everyone can imagine capable of fighting against the Zerg army.
When the sky transformed by the Demon Refining Pot became completely bright.
A long black line appeared in everyone's sight, rapidly approaching.
The break time is over.
The first to arrive are always the Warrior Bugs with their sharp, six long legs.
They struck the ground with a crisp, soft thumping sound.
And this sound, multiplied by its quantity, becomes an extremely oppressive rhythm.
Li Xiao and his group did not make a move immediately.
Instead, they simply waited for them to get closer and closer.
After reaching a certain distance, before Li Xiao and Zheng Zha could summon the Death Legion again...
Plans can't keep up with changes.
From the direction of the Central Continent team, Chu Xuan, who had been looking down, suddenly looked up and said quickly:
"Zhu Wen, use the Clow Card, the Earth Card!"
"The architecture is centered around the church, with a layer of walls and a trench built every 500 meters outwards. At the same time, the ground here is raised and the underground is stony. Under these three conditions, we will try our best to eliminate these insectoids!"
Saito and the others were stunned when they heard Chu Xuan say so much in one breath, not understanding why he suddenly did this.
But the next moment, it seemed to be to prove Chu Xuan's words.
The ground beneath Amya's feet suddenly trembled, and then a dark shadow burst forth from the earth.
Amya was quickly enveloped by a layer of silver light.
It is clearly some kind of automatically triggered defensive item.
It was only at this moment that everyone realized that this was a Zerg life form they had never seen before.
It looks like a giant caterpillar, but the only difference is that its head has a ring of huge chain-like serrated teeth.
It is this ring of teeth that enables it to move continuously underground.
Zhan Lan and Li Xiao, who were closest to the camera, reacted the fastest.
Li Xiao waved his hand, and a flying sword appeared out of thin air, instantly slashing at the head of the burrowing worm.
Meanwhile, Zhan Lan on the other side pressed down with one hand, and an invisible psychic force enveloped Amy, who had been thrown away.
"Pfft!"
The flying sword collided with the serrated teeth, producing a grinding sound that made your teeth ache.
The burrowing worm wasn't severed in one blow; only a deep gash was split open in its head, from which thick, yellow fluid spurted out.
The attacked burrowing worm began to writhe violently, its massive body causing more soil and rocks to be thrown into the air.
Upon seeing this, Li Xiao's hand gesture changed, and the flying sword swept back towards him.
Compared to the previous method, this time the burrowing worm was cut vertically in half, with the cut done from back to front.
It's obvious that this burrowing worm's skills are all focused on its teeth.
Zhan Lan braced herself with one hand on the ground, feeling the tremors below, and quickly said, "Be careful, there's more down there!"
Before he could finish speaking...
The ground beneath their feet bulged up as if boiling.
Seven or eight enormous burrowing worms burst from the ground, their ring-shaped, serrated mouthparts spinning wildly and churning the earth.
The "omnipotent factory" of the demon Chu Xuan and the dense black cocoon area of Chu Xuan of the Central Continent Team were also affected.
Before these burrowing insects could even begin to wreak havoc, they were struck in the jaws by bursts of black flame. It was at this moment that Zhu Wen finally completed the long pre-cast animation of the Clow Card.
He shot a card upwards with his left hand, which hovered in front of him, while waving his wand, now unsealed, in his right hand and then pointing it at the target.
The two made a "ding" sound.
The playing card depicting a brown figure transformed into white light and scattered upwards into the sky.
It happened almost in the blink of an eye.
A pale, yellowish-brown goddess-like figure materialized and took shape.
Upon seeing this, Zhu Wen immediately jumped up.
After the two figures merged together, the illusory image in the air quickly solidified as if it had truly descended upon this world.
When the goddess, crowned and holding power, ascended above the crowd.
Chu Xuan of the Demon Team murmured, "Self-amplification!"
After saying that, Demon Chu Xuan quickly manipulated his hands.
The production line that was producing robots and other parts suddenly changed.
One by one, one-meter-long and one-meter-wide metal trapezoidal fitting plates began to appear.
The brown goddess simply waved her scepter, and the burrowing worms that had been blasted away by the black flames were crushed by the raised ground.
Then the scepter fell heavily to the ground.
The ground beneath their feet rumbled.
Centered on their location, the ground began to rise and harden dramatically!
At the same time, deep, bottomless ravines cracked open at the rising edge, swallowing up many charging warrior worms and tank worms.
Faced with such an earth-shattering scene, the Zerg, who were like a surging tide, had no choice but to temporarily halt their advance.
The remnants of buildings bombed by hydrogen bombs are gradually swallowed up and disappear in the cracks in the ground.
In just a few seconds, the raised area turned into a ground with crisscrossing grooves.
However, this is only the first step.
From an omniscient perspective, one can see that the central area where the Central Continent Team and the Demon Team are located is constantly rising amidst repeated tremors.
What's amazing is that they didn't feel much at all; in fact, they were very calm.
Upon seeing the Clow Cards, which resembled disposable items, the entire Devil Team members turned serious.
Because the ability he displayed was truly astonishing.
However, what happened in the next second was even more outrageous.
The scepter in the brown goddess's hand disappeared.
Then, waves of earthy yellow began to appear on the ground, centered on their location.
The hard ground becomes like liquid in the hands of the land players.
In this brown ocean, one underground burrowing worm after another was crushed into fragments before it even surfaced.
And their geographical location is constantly rising.
Furthermore, Li Xiao could feel the ground beneath his feet rapidly becoming denser.
That's not all; pieces of metal were "swallowed" by the liquefied ground and then disappeared.
The power of the earth card allowed everyone to rest for another five minutes.
When the ground stops shaking.
The entire Raccoon City has been completely transformed.
The church and the area where they were located became the highest point in Raccoon City.
The swarms of insects that surged back became the ones that climbed the mountain.
As the two sides engaged in close combat.
The battle has begun again!
The time after dawn became slow and difficult for them.
The geographically advantageous location, easy to defend and difficult to attack, along with the stimulant effect of the Clow Cards, have gradually lost their effectiveness over time.
It was only then that they learned what Chu Xuan had said when he took out the overclocking equipment.
For them, this is a device that has no side effects but also has side effects.
Without enabling overclocking mode, it's impossible to deal with the dense, relentless Zerg army.
Overclocking mode was enabled, and it was more than capable of handling the task.
However, the monotonous world of overclocking is simply too agonizing.
The three hours before dawn translate to a terrifying 25 days in the world of overclocking.
Only seasoned veterans of the Reincarnation Squad, who have watched countless horror movies, could achieve something like this after 25 days of continuous fighting.
But what happens after daybreak...?
Hour after hour passed.
The white light grew larger, and finally the golden sun appeared on this half of the sky.
This brings the total to six hours.
Fifty days in the world of overclocking.
Saito Hajime, who was engulfed by Warrior Bugs, was already in a semi-conscious state.
Fortunately, the light curtain formed by the breast protector is sturdy enough.
But even this thing can't withstand tens of thousands of attacks.
Fortunately, Li Xiao arrived in time and kicked the man back.
Saito, with his shaved head, collapsed to the ground, his muscles trembling uncontrollably, as if he were having an epileptic seizure.
And it wasn't just Saito Hajime who became like this.
The Demons' magician, and François, who no longer transforms into a brown bear, have both survived this ordeal.
Cheng Xiao, who had returned to his normal human form, rushed over immediately and injected the golden death flames into Saito Hajime's body.
The inexplicable trembling finally stopped, but Saito Hajime's eyes remained lifeless and unresponsive.
After a quick check, Cheng Xiao said with a serious expression:
"No, I can only soothe their bodies; their spirits have become rigid from fighting for so long."
"If this continues, we won't last even half a day, let alone three days."
Li Xiao released dozens of flying swords, and despite his rapidly depleting true energy, he barely managed to hold off all the insectoids on the south side.
The flying sword shouted as it harvested the crops:
"Chu Xuan, when will your stuff be ready? We can't hold on much longer!"
"How about we use nuclear bombs to wipe out another wave!"
At this moment, the battlefield blockade line has shrunk to 150 meters, and it is only thanks to him, Zhao Yingkong, Zheng Zha, and Chen Zilong that the main force is holding on.
Zhan Lan and others specialize in dealing with the overwhelming swarms of flying insects in the sky.
Even though they didn't show the symptoms of Saito and the others, everyone's condition was deteriorating over time.
Even the strongest, Zheng Zha, was no exception.
A certain level of combat can indeed hone a person's skills and reflexes.
However, when faced with a continuous battle lasting fifty days, willpower became the most important factor.
Furthermore, they must also guard against sneak attacks from various other rare Zerg species.
For example, the plasma worm, which has the ability to attack from a distance, is a type of insect that looks like a scorpion.
It is three meters tall and five meters long, with a special organ at its tail that can launch plasma bombs.
Fortunately, there aren't many of these Zerg, at least not as many as the Warrior Zerg or Tank Zerg.
There is also a type of insect that is only the size of an adult's palm, resembling a flea, with an astonishingly powerful launch and extremely fast reaction speed.
Each time, they would hide inside the bodies of other Zerg and launch surprise attacks.
If Li Xiao and his companions, who were engaged in hand-to-hand combat on the front lines, hadn't been absolute masters, they probably would have succeeded.
In Chu Xuan's words, this should be equivalent to a parasite in the Zerg.
Besides that, the most disgusting thing is a kind of insect that explodes.
This insect is not very big, only about one meter long, and looks similar to a ladybug. However, it will explode and attack indiscriminately if you get close to it.
Although it's disgusting after it explodes, it's Li Xiao's favorite type of explosion because as long as you kill people on the outside, you can wipe out a whole area.
If you're lucky, you might even encounter a series of explosions, the power of which is no less than one of their skills.
Cheng Xiao put away the Death Flame, and with a wave of his hand, a row of silver needles pierced Saito Hajime's head.
This sudden stimulus instantly restored Saito's senses. (End of Chapter)