Chapter 1071
The Terrifying Zerg Aliens
This slightly eerie sound was also heard by Li Xiao and Zhan Lan, who were resting inside the formation.
Those closest to them immediately turned their heads to look.
A new creature stood up in front of Chu Xuan from Zhongzhou and then broke through the outermost transparent membrane.
It retracted its sharp forelimbs and then took its first breath of air amidst the ruins.
The tank bug, which had split open to both sides, already looked withered.
not difficult to see.
All of its nutrients have been completely devoured by the organisms that have grown inside it.
And that sound just now was the beginning of new life shedding its old shell.
Once the membrane was completely devoured, without any guidance, the entity lunged at the severed limbs and remains of the Zerglings on one side.
This is a special stockpile of food for the aliens to help them survive their "weak" early life.
If you want more food later, you'll have to work hard for it yourself.
"This...this is an alien???"
After speaking, Amy covered her mouth and looked at Chu Xuan of the Central Continent Team with a frightened expression.
The sight made Li Xiao and the others' lips twitch.
It's hard to guess what Chu Xuan of the Demon Team did to turn a veteran member into this.
It's really hard to guess!
As figures rushed into the "canteen" and began to devour the food rapidly.
Zhan Lan then composed herself and asked in return:
"Given their appearance, Chu Xuan, you must have injected them with genes from other creatures, right?"
"Otherwise, the Xenomorphs and Zerg wouldn't have combined to form this shape."
These aliens are emerging from the tank bug at this moment.
They have short, thick legs, a broad and large body, and four sickle-shaped forelimbs arranged in pairs on their upper body.
Their dark, reflective appearance clearly shows their sharpness and toughness.
This body structure allows these tank aliens to lie prone on the ground, supported by six legs, or walk on two legs to quickly evade attacks.
Moreover, its strong hind legs clearly indicate its immense power.
At least among those Zerg, no insect has legs that thick.
The alien's fangs, gaping mouth, and tongue have all disappeared, replaced by a piercing-sucking mouthpart of an insect.
This shape reminded Li Xiao of a creature he hated most in the summer.
That's a mosquito.
The mouthparts on this alien are essentially an enlarged version of a mosquito.
The tip of that long thorn opened and closed repeatedly, just like it was breathing.
It's fair to say that this guy's overall design is even more chilling than the Alien.
However, it was only when twenty such beings lay on the ground and began to "eat" that everyone realized what was happening.
All they need to do is insert their mouthparts and then suck hard.
These insect corpses will quickly dry out, and then the next one will be replaced.
It can be said that this method of eating is more than ten times faster.
Zhan Lan rubbed her forehead: "The forelegs of a mantis, the mouthparts of a mosquito, and as for the legs, I can't tell."
"So, Chu Xuan, you already possess the ability to edit genes?"
Chu Xuan of the Central Continent Team looked at the aliens and replied calmly:
"It's just a certain degree of intervention and guidance. As for the legs and the tail on the left rear, they are Tyrannosaurus Rex genes."
Upon hearing this, Li Xiao, who was standing next to him, was taken aback: "Wait, Tyrannosaurus Rex genes? We don't think we've ever been to a horror movie like that, have we?"
"It was given to me by another version of myself!"
Chu Xuan adjusted his glasses and said calmly.
Twenty tank aliens are just the beginning.
It didn't take long.
The bodies of the Warrior Bug, Plasma Bug, and Flying Bug were all broken from the inside.
No one knows what Chu Xuan did.
The alien born from the Warrior Insect is actually a being that walks upright on two legs. If it weren't for the brown, glowing insect armor covering its entire body and the two tentacles on its forehead, it would be a different story.
Li Xiao and the others genuinely believed that Chu Xuan was taking advantage of this opportunity to conduct some kind of insect-human experiment.
The overall shape of the plasma worm is not much different from that of a regular male Xenomorph, the only difference being the tail that extends from the exoskeleton.
The purplish-black tips emitting a special light prove that they inherited some of the mother's abilities.
The aliens born from flying insects are more like a combination of wasps and centipedes.
Its grayish-brown flesh is segmented, with a brown carapace, transparent wings, and six legs, giving it an overall extremely smooth, undulating appearance.
Chen Zilong had stood up at some point and silently wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
"What kind of monsters has Chu Xuan created...?"
The only similarity among these three aliens is that they are all endowed with mouthparts, an extremely efficient feeding organ.
So after they ate all the food in the cafeteria.
They all started to get restless.
Some of the aliens even turned their compound eyes toward the Central Continent Team and the Demon Team members.
Fortunately, at this moment, the Alien Queen, still lying in the metal capsule, let out a low growl.
The strangely shaped aliens then lowered their heads.
At this moment, Chu Xuan from the Zhongzhou team spoke up: "Clear a section of the area and let them go out to hunt."
With a series of maneuvers, Demon Chu Xuan quickly turned several fully automatic firearms within the outermost metal barrier around.
An attackable window was created on the side closest to the alien.
The Alien Queen let out a sudden, low growl.
The eighty aliens in the distance charged out one after another.
Eighty Zerg aliens are like a drop of blood in the ocean compared to the Zerg swarm.
The blood will only be diluted, not disappear.
Their sharp mouthparts allow them to eat incredibly fast.
With a single suck, a massive Zergling withered and lay lifeless on the ground.
All the soft tissues in the body, including the brain, went into the alien's stomach.
And so it went, one after another.
Soon everyone discovered that the aliens born from Warrior Bugs were better suited to deal with Warrior Bugs, the aliens born from Tank Bugs were better suited to deal with Tank Bugs, and the other two were no exception.
Especially the flying aliens that have already taken off with their wings flapping.
They spread their grayish-brown, transparent wings, tracing a low hum in the air, and precisely and efficiently cut into the swarm of flying insects.
These flying aliens are different from flying insects that rely on collective charges.
Aliens in the air possess a more acute ability to hunt single targets.
As more and more flying insects are absorbed.
Sensing their predators, the group attempted to surround them, but were easily evaded by the sleek, streamlined body.
In close combat, the six-legged creatures easily tore apart the wings of flying insects upon impact, as if they were born to be the grim reapers of the sky.
On the ground front, the tank aliens with their thick hind legs strode forward with heavy steps, fearlessly facing the charging tank bugs.
The moment the two behemoths collided, the Tank Alien's four pairs of scythe-like forelimbs slashed down like guillotines.
In a split second, it cleaved through its opponent's thick carapace, its mouthparts immediately probing the wound to suck up fluids and soft tissue. They inherited not only strength, but also the Zerg's instinctive awareness of the carapace's weaknesses.
Even each strike can land precisely on the joints or the seams of the armor plates.
In less than a fraction of a second, the tank bug was sucked into an empty shell.
The Warrior Xenomorphs move through the swarm of insects in an almost human-like upright posture. Their speed far exceeds that of the original Warrior Insects, aided by the high-frequency vibrations of their frontal tentacles.
The Warrior Xenomorph can use subtle changes in airflow and vibration as a means of perception.
Whenever the insectoids pounced, they would dodge with incredible agility, their scythe-like forelimbs slicing open the insect's abdomen, followed by a fatal suck from their mouthparts.
Occasionally, a plasma bug will gather power in the distance, and the plasma alien will immediately spring out of the shadows.
A flash of purple light appeared at the tip of their tails, and the condensed plasma ball was shattered in mid-air.
That's right.
Derived from plasma worms, these aliens inherited their mother's resistance to energy attacks and interference capabilities. They also possess the ability to attack from a distance, and have become even more powerful and precise.
This is what makes the Xenomorph so terrifying.
Of course, even if an individual's strength is far superior to that of the Zerg.
But this isn't a 1v1 arena; it's a brutal skirmish.
Before long, the Zerg, with their numerical advantage, secured the first kill on the Xenomorph.
Surrounded by forces dozens of times stronger, the Tank Xenomorph was directly subdued by the Warrior Bug and punctured into pieces.
But it was at this very moment.
A pungent yellow smoke drifted out from it.
The warrior bugs that killed the tank aliens seemed confused as they watched their melting forelimbs.
that's it.
Each alien can kill dozens or even hundreds of others, and it would take several times the number of aliens to kill them all.
Even if successful, the Zerg that were besieged would perish along with them, melting into a pungent liquid and smoke.
Inside the metal barrier, the members of Team Central watched intently as the genetically engineered creatures battled the swarm of insects.
Zhongzhou Chuxuan pushed up his glasses, and the data stream on the screen in front of him reflected faintly on the lenses.
"Predation efficiency exceeded expectations by 37%. The mouthpart design reduced limb entanglement, and the energy intake rate increased to 9 times that of the native Xenomorph..."
Li Xiao seemed to have noticed something, and suddenly frowned: "Wait, are they evolving? No, are they growing?"
At the edge of the battlefield, after a tank alien had consumed its thirtieth tank bug, the brown patterns on its carapace began to gleam with a metallic sheen.
On the edge of the scythe-like forelimb of the other warrior alien, a fine serrated structure appeared.
That was a mutation resulting from the fusion of the Zerg's chitinous carapace and the alien's acidic blood.
Faced with Li Xiao's doubts, Zhongzhou Chuxuan's voice remained calm and composed:
“During gene editing, I implanted a targeted growth module, and every predation and battle was a selection process to better adapt traits to the Zerg battlefield.”
He paused.
"Although these are mature forms from the start, it doesn't mean they're already set in stone. They will improve themselves based on the experience they gain in battle."
"Of course, this kind of improvement also has limitations; it cannot grow indefinitely, but this information will be transmitted back to the Alien Queen."
"Simultaneously produce aliens that are more suitable for the current battle."
Everyone who heard this subconsciously twitched the corner of their mouth.
Because this is simply too exaggerated.
Besides the ever-growing aliens, Li Xiao also discovered that while they were full, they didn't forget to grab live Zerg and quickly return to the Alien Queen's side.
That's how it is.
The two newcomers who had been responsible for feeding the Alien Queen were finally freed at this moment.
Throughout the day, these ordinary women had the feeling of impending death more than once.
Even with the initial medication that could block out fear, the physical fatigue couldn't be eliminated.
Looking at the battlefield outside the fortifications.
Zhongzhou Chuxuan pushed up his glasses and murmured, "The first phase of testing is complete. Gene editing stability is 91%, and battlefield adaptation rate exceeds expectations by 42%. Now that it has been verified as feasible, we need to speed things up..."
As he spoke, he looked at the dense cluster of cocoons on one side of the distance.
Chu Xuan turned around and returned to his original position instead of looking at the battlefield.
It was at this moment that someone finally remembered the two tagalongs behind him.
Chu Xuan threw a metal box, which landed at their feet.
"The Superman Drug will not cause fatigue for seven days after injection; it is a highly toxic neurostimulant."
"As for seven days from now, if you are still alive and able to revisit the Main God Space, the side effects can naturally be treated."
Despite the deafening sounds of gunfire outside, Chu Xuan's words were perfectly clear to the two newcomers.
The two girls exchanged a glance, gritted their teeth, and opened the metal box.
He looked at the red and white capsules and threw them directly into his mouth.
Someone may have seen this little incident, but no one cares about the scene at this moment.
Compared to the two forces that can determine the outcome of the battlefield, the existence of newcomers is far too insignificant.
Because both the ever-growing aliens and fully automated factories are now putting their efforts into action.
In the time that follows.
The production rate of aliens is like a constantly rolling snowball, especially with the help of another snowball.
The two combined surprisingly create a synergistic effect.
The darkness surrounding the Demon Refining Pot was increasing, signaling that the day was about to end.
The two-hour rest allowed most of the people in both teams to recover.
"So, how long can this last?"
After resting, Zhan Lan opened her eyes and immediately asked this question.
Finally, Chu Xuan from the Demon Team spoke.
Three hours!
"I can hold on for another three hours."
"Although the Xenomorphs are quite powerful, they are ultimately limited by the Xenomorph Queen's productivity and the speed of Xenomorph development."
"The number of aliens will reach a peak after half an hour, and then the number will decrease to a certain extent every ten minutes until two hours later, when the production and growth will completely collapse, meaning that the output will be insufficient to meet the demand."
"While the Universal Factory has the Philosopher's Stone as a raw material, its limitation lies in the lack of space. Even with multiple applications, it can only increase the bullet production efficiency by fifty percent."
"Most importantly, the Zerg corpses outside have started to pile up again. Three hours from now, the intensity of the attack will continue to increase as the number of points of contact increases."
As the demon Chu Xuan spoke, the afterimages created by his hands never stopped.
If the intelligent program can set up the entire all-powerful factory, then what is Chu Xuan doing?
A fleeting doubt crossed some people's minds.
Because another Chu Xuan spoke up, and what he said was earth-shattering.
"Chen Zilong, Li Xiao, you two will advance to the Golden Core stage in three hours!"
"This amount of time should be sufficient for you to recover."
Both protagonists were stunned upon hearing this.
Li Xiao stood up from the formation and looked at Chu Xuan seriously to make sure that he was not joking.
"Now? Here?"
Chu Xuan of the Zhongzhou Team nodded with burning eyes: "Yes, now, right here!" (End of Chapter)