[Chapter 425, Zerg Planet]

The Dark Night starship soon passed through the thick black fog around the planet and hangs over the Zerg planet.

Chu Huaying's fingers operated on the buttons, allowing the starship to turn on the anti-reconnaissance system. She drove the starship around the planet, reconnaissance and select the place to land.

The magnified planet landscape can be seen in the LCD screen in front of the starship podium.

The view is all black.

The whole planet is desolate, with no plants, no rivers or mountains, it looks like a desert stained with black, but the black is different from the pure black ink, but it looks like... a thick layer of black velvet blanket?

Chu Huaying adjusted the surveillance camera in front of the starship, aimed at the planet's ground, and enlarged the image a hundred times.

Then, everyone saw an extremely shocking scene-

The large black area is indeed like a thick velvet blanket. The "fluff" on the blanket is swinging in the wind. The "velvet blanket" is not a dead object, but a living thing, spreading around. There are many white pebbles on the velvet blanket, which should be insect eggs. Those insect eggs keep hatching, and nail-sized larvae appear.

If I saw this scene, I would probably faint.

Xiao Lou and the others experienced a Zerg copy. Seeing these familiar little insects able to maintain their calmness. Lu Jiuchuan, Tang Ci and Chu Huaying saw such a large-scale Zerg for the first time. Tang Ci looked away with a stiff look. Lu Jiuchuan couldn't help but curse: "Fuck! There are insects everywhere, this place is too disgusting!"

Chu Huaying frowned slightly: "This black carpet-like thing is for hatching insect eggs?"

Xiao Lou thought about it carefully and said, "This should be the legendary Zerg fungus blanket."

Lu Jiuchuan looked back at Xiao Lou: "Musc Blanket?"

Xiao Lou explained: "The fungus blanket can be understood as a breeding ground for providing nutrients to the Zerg. It is made from secretions by adult Zergs to help the juvenile Zerg grow up quickly. The fungus blanket can accelerate the expansion and reproduction of Zergs - the reason why this planet is black is because the entire planet is covered with black Zerg fungus blankets."

Ye Qi said excitedly: "I have played interstellar-themed games. There is indeed a setting where Zerg relies on bacterial blankets to reproduce and expand. Since this planet is the hometown of Zerg, the whole planet is covered with bacterial blankets. It seems that Zergs are everywhere here?"

Xiao Lou said: "The Zerg on this planet is different from what we encountered in Spade 8."

He paused and said in detail: "The Zergs encountered by Spade 8 must survive in the blood. They parasitize in the human body through blood, quickly spread and control the entire human city. And when they encounter danger, they will merge and upgrade. The highest-level Zerg King can order the lower Zerg."

Ye Qi continued his words: "The Zerg of this planet relies on bacterial blankets to survive? Doesn't you need blood?"

Xiao Lou nodded and said, "It should be because of the different environments. After entering the human city, Zergs of Spade 8 were not adapted to the environment. If they wanted to survive, they had to find a medium. The most suitable medium was the blood of the human body. Now, this planet itself is the hometown of Zergs. They were born and grown up here, and got used to the environment here. The bacterial blankets all over the planet provide them with a natural breeding ground, allowing them to develop and reproduce quickly without expanding through parasitics."

Lu Jiuchuan and the other two had never experienced the danger of the Zerg Secret Room and did not understand the meaning of Xiaolou for a while.

Xiao Lou concluded: "In other words, the Zerg here has much higher abilities than the Zerg we encountered, and the number is not of the same level. If we accidentally let the Zerg merge, Mr. Shao may not be able to control the scene."

Ye Qi's face turned pale when he heard this - he remembered that he was attacked by the Zerg in Spade 8. In order to save him, Shao Qingge blocked the Zerg's claws with his body, but he was infected. Later, he used his consciousness to conquer the parasitic Zerg. After fusion, he evolved into a level ten worm king, and he was lucky enough to get the Zerg ace in disguise.

The most powerful Zerg in that secret room is the level ten insect king.

Nowadays, the level of the insect king on the Zerg planet is absolutely higher.

After all, the invasion of human cities is definitely not the most elite troops of the Zerg. Those who settled on the Zerg planet have absorbed the best nutrients since childhood, developed smoothly, and naturally have the strongest ability.

The process of passing the Spade 8 is so thrilling. If they work head-on with the Zerg, they will definitely not get any advantage.

The command room fell silent for a moment.

After a while, Chu Huaying looked at Xiao Lou's serious face and asked, "Then will we continue to land? If Mr. Shao can't control it, the number of Zergs on this planet is not something we can deal with."

On the screen, the black fungus blanket covered with planets makes people feel frightened.

But since we have arrived here and we will be unwilling to give up.

After careful consideration, Xiao Lou said, "Let's do it, let's go around the planet to check if there are any areas with less Zergs, and let the starship land first. If we can't deal with Zergs, at least we can escape here."

Chu Huaying nodded: "Okay."

She accelerated the speed of the starship and continued to fly around the Zerg planet.

This planet is not big, and compared with the planets where humans live, it is only one-tenth of the area. The starship is extremely fast, and within half an hour, it flew around the entire planet.

Surprisingly, a bright color flashed in everyone's eyes.

On the planet covered with black fungus blankets, the red color is particularly eye-catching.

Chu Huaying controls the starship to approach.

A large area of ​​golden and red mountains appear in the picture. The rolling mountains are hundreds of kilometers long, like a wide red river, adding a beautiful embellishment to the black planet.

Ye Qi asked, "Is this a volcano?"

Tang Ci walked to the podium, looked at the mountains under his feet carefully, and said, "Although the color looks like a flame, this mountain range is not a volcano, and there are no traces of volcanic eruptions at all. These mountains... are more likely to be mineral veins."

Ye Qi was stunned for a moment, looked at the large golden and red mountains in his sight, and murmured: "Is this the rare mineral that makes starships and armor? The extremely rare red crystal mine in the legend?"

Tang Ci is also a student who graduated from the Department of Mecha Manufacturing. Of course, he has learned the theoretical knowledge of mecha manufacturing.

Hearing Ye Qi's words, Tang Ci nodded seriously and turned to his teammates and said: "In 2000, humans discovered a precious mineral on the planet β-75. It has a golden-red appearance and is harder than the hardest known metal chromium. It is resistant to high temperatures and is not easy to oxidize. Even if it is put into a strong acid solution with extremely high concentration, it will not be corroded. Adding this metal to the raw materials for manufacturing stars and mechas can greatly improve the performance of the new generation of mechas."

He paused and continued: "Due to over-exploitation, nearly 80% of the minerals on the β-75 planet have been mined by humans, and the remaining mineral resources can only last for about 10 years. Human scientists have been searching for new resource planets over the years. Could this planet where Zerg survive be the resource planet they found?"

Chu Huaying turned around and walked to the porthole, looked at the large area of ​​mineral veins under her feet, and asked in confusion: "What does the task that Brother Jiu is going to perform have to do with the copyist?"

Ye Qi guessed: "Is there a copyist base on this planet?"

Xiao Lou said: "We have just circled the planet. 99% of the area of ​​this planet is Zerg fungal blankets. Only this ore vein does not have a fungal blanket. If there are clues related to copying people, it should be in this area."

He looked back at Yu Hanjiang and solicited opinions: "Do you want to go down and take a look?"

Yu Hanjiang nodded: "Since you are here, go down and look for it, try not to alarm the Zerg."

Chu Huaying relaxed the landing button, the Dark Night starship put away its wings and landed steadily on one of the mines.

The surroundings are deserted, and the view is full of red and golden mineral veins, shining with a soft luster.

Chu Huaying decided to stay on the starship to respond. If someone plots to ill-tell the starship away and everyone is left on the Zerg planet, it will be miserable. Xiao Lou also thinks that it would be better for her to stay on the starship to fight. If there is a sudden accident, everyone can at least escape at any time.

The five people opened the hatch door, and Tang Cixian sent a drone to investigate the surrounding environment.

Seeing the data of the drone's return, Tang Ci said: "The planet's oxygen content is sparse, but it can survive. The average temperature is as high as 68 degrees and the ground temperature exceeds 90 degrees. These ores will dissipate heat to the surroundings. The temperature is extremely high and cannot be directly stepped on it."

The high temperature of 90 degrees will definitely cause the soles of your feet to be instantly scalded.

Fortunately, Zhou Chang's secret room and the others even passed the steamer hell, so there was a way to deal with this temperature. Tang Ci took out the "Defensive Mech" card and let everyone wear high-temperature armor.

Five people fell to the ground in armor.

From Chu Huaying's perspective, this picture looks quite like an astronaut logging into a strange planet.

Xiao Lou sent everyone a team voice headphone, and Chu Huaying also wore one, so that it was convenient for communication at any time.

The five people investigated around the mine veins and found no special discoveries. The surroundings were full of these hard and hot ore. Ye Qi took some to go back for research.

Xiao Lou asked in confusion: "No traces of the human base were found. Moreover, the high temperature of 90 degrees and thin oxygen, such a harsh environment is not suitable for humans to build a base, right?"

The environment here is too harsh.

Without plants, there is insufficient oxygen, and more importantly, there is no water.

It is impossible for people to survive in an environment without water. The cost of transporting food and water sources between stars is too high...

Lu Jiuchuan thought: "Does the tasks we perform have nothing to do with the replicant plan?"

It was then that a buzzing sound suddenly sounded around.

Ye Qi looked up and said in a daze: "It seems that a large dark cloud is flying towards us?"

The sky above this planet is surrounded by black fog, where do the dark clouds come from?

Xiao Lou was shocked in his heart: "No, it's the Zerg, the flying Zerg!"

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[Chapter 426, Thrilling Moment]

The Zergs encountered by Spade 8 are extremely powerful in climbing and jumping.

But now, these Zergs have actually grown wings.

The dense Zergs were flying in the sky, like a large dark cloud, pressing quickly towards the direction of the crowd. The strange "buzzing" sound was the sound made by the Zerg when they flapped their wings and flew.

This is much scarier than the word "Love's crossing" that Xiaolou once saw...

Judging from this posture, they will definitely be overwhelmed by the Zergs all over the sky.

Xiao Lou took a deep breath and said decisively: "Retreat quickly!"

However, before they had time to retreat, the winged Zergs seemed to have received some order, suddenly swooped over and rushed towards them like hungry tigers!

The dense Zergs rushed towards the five people from the air, and Xiao Lou was instantly knocked to the ground. Fortunately, the hard armor helped him block the first wave of attacks. Otherwise, the Zerg's sharp wings might have pierced his body.

When Yu Hanjiang saw this scene, he was furious. He took out his saber and quickly killed the Zerg around him, forcing a bloody path, quickly came to Xiao Lou, and whispered: "Is it okay? Are you injured?!"

Xiao Lou was dizzy by the pounce just now, and he was not injured. He hurriedly said, "I'm fine. Everyone, please leave, don't fight. There are too many Zergs here!"

Yu Hanjiang opened the light skills card, hugged Xiao Lou and rushed towards the starship!

Ye Qi originally had musical instruments to control these Zergs, but now he was wearing clumsy armor and could not hold the instruments at all. Seeing that he was surrounded by countless Zergs and could not get up for a long time, a sharp color flashed in Shao Qingge's eyes, and he took out the worm ace without hesitation.

A harsh roar slid across his ears, Shao Qingge took off his armor, and his eyes instantly turned blood red.

Transformed into a worm king!

He was giving orders to the surrounding insect swarms in the language of the Zerg.

After hearing the order, the Zergs collectively stood still for a few seconds, as if they were hesitating.
To be continued...