<h4>Chapter 560: Zerg and Beetles</h4>
“Hmm? What?” Feng Luo’s face stiffened.
It was not the first time he searched for information about the Zergs. He never found much info in the past; moreover, after reading through them, he found that they were not what he was looking for.
However, this time, the thread titles high up on the popr list were different from the past.
“Is it because I didn’t search the external server section in the past? Theoretically, considering the AI of War’s forum, even if I did not search the external server section, these things should have popped up, right?” Feng Luo felt suspicious.
He checked thoroughly the date of the posts. It was then that he noticed that the threads were posted over the past two days. This exined why he wasn’t able to find them in the past.
The 22nd Administrative was one of the administratives farthest away from the 17th Administrative. Communication between the twos took as long as nine months.
“Nine months ago, War just started. This information is probably the first batch.” Feng Luo thought as he clicked into the threads to read them.
From the background info, the yers on the 22nd Administrative originated from a wandering fleet of the Gxy Empire after the great destruction.
The yers were born on the fleet. Relying on their technology as well as some of the abandoned weapon facilities that the Gxy Empire left on several of the surroundings to fight against the invasion of the Zergs.
“Isn’t this background just like StarCraft?” After browsing through the first thread, Feng Luo came to that conclusion.
The 22nd Administrative’s yer background information was highly simr to the background of the Terrans in the game called StarCraft.
However, in StarCraft, the Terrans were a wandering fleet of the Earth Civilization. The yers on the 22nd Administrative belonged to a wandering fleet of the Gxy Empire instead.
Despite the slight difference, the fact that the yers needed to fight against the Zerg was highly simr to the story setting of StarCraft, ording to Feng Luo’s memory.
“The Zerg is a species that reproduces incredibly fast, and while their individualbat strength is low, their numbers are ridiculously high... Using their ability to assimte with other species with the ability to survive in space, they can travel in space and invade variouss... At the moment, the Zerg units that have been identified include the Raptor, Viper, Mantis...”
The posts also came with videos and pictures.
Feng Luo could see that, whether it was their outer appearance orbat style, they were incredibly simr to the Zergs in StarCraft.
Of course, since War had a 100% realism score,pared to the 3D models of the Zerg on Earth, the perception was on a whole different level. The awe and shock that one felt when the endless army of Zergs within the video attached to the posts appeared was hard to put into words.
“However, since the Zerg really does exist, what is with the Beetles?” Feng Luo started to feel suspicious.
He initially thought that the Beetles were the Zergs of the game. However, now it seemed like that was definitely not the case.
“The Zerg has the ‘assimte’ ability. Every time they arrive at a, they would be able to ‘assimte’ with the creatures of the and create ‘new Zerg species.’ Based on their existing strengths and abilities, these new Zerg species would obtain parts of the Zerg’s abilities, and with that, the species would grow exponentially.” At that moment, Feng Luo saw that line within one of the threads.
“Assimte a species.” Feng Luo had forgotten this point.
The Zerg had the ability to “assimte” the abilities of other species.
The Zerg did not only have the “parasitic” ability to control a creature’s body, but it could also manipte the mental and physical state of the entity, transforming the species of the entity into “Zerg.” This was the scariest part of the Zerg in the StarCraft storyline.
Looking at 24K and the beetles, they could be a new Zerg species that had been assimted by the Zergs.
“Hold on... This means that this also encountered real Zergs in the past.” Feng Luo immediately thought of that.
From the information provided on the external server section, whether it was the Zerg or the Life Protozoa, they were considered species that had invaded the.
The Life Protozoa was one thing. From the background info of the Capital, the Life Protozoa weren’t much of a threat. Rather than a threat, they seemed more like great helpers of the human species.
However, when it came to the Zerg, they were an incredibly destructive species. If the Zerg invaded the but had failed topletely destroy human civilization, what had happened back then? Was there another storyline behind it?
Feng Luo suddenly remembered the hidden mission connected to 24K, Heart of a King Beetle.
The missions had suddenly be a lot moreplex. Would it be connected to the answer to that question?
“Munch, munch...” 24K munched on half a piece of crystal that it was holding with its tiny ws at the corner of the tent.
24K waspletely exhausted after that day. Its psionic energy had beenpletely depleted, and it would probably recover by the next day.
“It’d be a lot faster if we had some psionic crystals...” Feng Luo thought as he looked at 24K holding the energy crystal with its ws.
As he thought about the psionic crystals, Feng Luo began searching relevant posts on the external server forum section.
“There is a chance for different levels of psionic energy crystals to drop after killing some Zerg units. These psionic crystals are much more expensive than normal energy crystals, and they can be used to create incredibly powerful weapons. Apart from that, some ces have natural psionic crystal mines. However, these crystals need to be devoured and purified by the Zergs before they can be used.”
“Psionic crystals drop after killing the Zerg? This means that the psionic crystal from before might be rted to the Zerg on this...” Feng Luo thought as he read the post.
Earlier when he was in the Withered Desert, Feng Luo found a psionic crystal when he was looking for bargains at the Desert Flea Market.
Back then, he did not think much about it. However, right now, as he learned with this information, he suddenly felt like he could find new clues.
It was a coincidence that the merchant yer back then had exchanged name cards with him and added him as a friend.
Feng Luo thought about it for a moment before picking up hisms device. He went through it and found a person with the ID – Good Honest Merchant and called him.
After a few seconds, thems device connected and a bearded merchant yer appeared on the screen of thems device. “Yo! Mister Feng, how can I help you today?”
He smiled brightly and answered as if he was speaking to a friend he had not met for a long time.
However, Feng Luo had only bought something from him once. “You still remember me?”
“Oh, look at you! You’re a generousd, spending some 6,000 credits to buy something to feed your pet... Ugh, of course, I remember you.”
Feng Luo saw the Good Honest Merchant nce at the “remark” tab of hisms device for a brief moment. After which, the merchant’s face stiffened before his smile became even brighter.
The person had probably recorded information he obtained when trading with others into hisms device. After that, he would bring them up during calls, in that case, he would be able to gain the favor of the customer.
From this alone, though the merchant’s name was Good Honest Merchant, made Feng Luo feel that he was a con artist, Feng Luo could not deny the fact that he was a savvy merchant.
Feng Luo guessed that the reason the merchant was surprised was probably after he saw his remark stating that Feng Luo had spent 6,000 credits to purchase an attribute-less rock to feed his pet.
After that, the reason his smile became brighter was, in fact, because the Good Honest Merchant felt that he had obtained another chance to make a haul.
It was a good thing. Otherwise, Feng Luo did not know how to get him to speak about the psionic crystal.
“Do you still have those types of rocks? My pet has been wanting to eat them recently.” Feng Luo moved hisms device and showed 24K who was holding onto and munching on a transparent crystal.
“Mister Feng, you really do love and spoil your pet. To even feed it crystals.” Upon seeing the remaining half of a “diamond crystal” that cost 10,000 credits being munched on by the exhausted 24K, Good Honest Merchant’s eyes widened as he looked in shock.
“Mister Feng, if you want it, I’ve got it. However, with regard to the price...”
After that, the merchant’s eyes shifted back to Feng Luo and his eyes began to sparkle.