Chapter 180: Absorption

"Ten minutes until the shift change, hold on a little longer... Holy crap! Zerg!"

As a soldier was talking to his comrade, he shone a large light downward, only to see a group of pitch-black Zerg appearing below, and they were already about to reach them.

"Enemy attack! There are Zerg! Go! Sound the alarm, damn it, is the Zerg detection equipment broken? What are those guys in logistics doing!"

The soldier immediately shouted loudly and told his comrade to sound the alarm.

In an instant, alarms blared across the position, and the soldiers within the position began to assemble at their combat stations, but those pitch-black Zerg, upon realizing they were exposed, also accelerated, rushing into the position before the Human soldiers could form an effective defense.

"Damn it, where did these Zerg pop out from!"

"Damn! Send reinforcements quickly!"

Gunfire, shouts, and explosions were incessant in the position; these Zerg with pitch-black shells had much higher defensive capabilities than Zerglings, and by the time the Human Alliance soldiers discovered them, they were already less than 200 meters from the position.

The Commander in the position heard the chaos outside, vigilantly drew his weapon, and walked out with several Captains.

"Commander! Zerg! It's the Zerg!" A soldier ran hurriedly to the Commander and said.

"You lot, hurry up and organize the soldiers to start fighting! These Zerg must have come prepared!"

"Yes!" However, at this moment, a humanoid Zerg suddenly appeared behind a Captain, its right hand turning into a pincer and clamping directly onto the Captain; the Captain had just wanted to react but it was already too late, and their head had already been clamped off, rolling onto the ground.

The Commander reacted quickly, several talismans appearing in his hand and flying directly toward the humanoid Zerg; the other two Captains also used their abilities, one summoning a suit of Armor to cover their body and pulling out a Two-handed Greatsword, while the other Captain produced a Long Spear, stabbing steadily, accurately, and ruthlessly at the humanoid Zerg.

But this humanoid Zerg clamped the Long Spear stabbing at it with its right pincer, and the wings growing from its back blocked the talismans flying toward it.

"Alien Race! Die!"

The Captain clad in Armor and holding a Greatsword slashed at the humanoid Zerg's head, but the humanoid Zerg quickly took to the air, throwing the Captain on its right hand down fiercely.

Then, with a dive, that Captain had their head severed before they even hit the ground.

"Commander, this is a Zerg we have never seen before; it actually possesses powerful Spiritual Power Fluctuation, is this the latest monster hatched by the Zerg?"

The Captain clad in Armor, seeing that their two colleagues had already been killed by this humanoid Zerg, had an exceptionally grave expression beneath the Armor.

"I don't know, but to survive this crisis, this humanoid Zerg must die!" The pupils in the Commander's eyes began to turn pale gold, and hundreds of talismans appeared around his body; some talismans stuck to him, enhancing his physical fitness, while others flew into the sky, attempting to attack the humanoid Zerg.

However, the humanoid Zerg blocked all those talismans with its left forelimb and absorbed the Spiritual Power on them.

"This Zerg can absorb the Spiritual Power on my talismans! Damn it! When did the Zerg come up with such a monster?"

The Commander looked at the Zerg flying in the sky and said with a grave expression.

"Then what should we do?"

"I... Watch out!"

Talismans manifested in the Commander's hand again, with a few sticking to the only surviving Captain, while other talismans collided with the humanoid Zerg; this time, the humanoid Zerg did not choose to absorb the Spiritual Power, but instead wrapped its entire body with its wings to withstand the damage from the talismans.

The surviving Captain slashed out a Sword Qi with their Greatsword, but it was easily dodged by the humanoid Zerg.

"Don't let it drain you; it seems to be able to absorb the Spiritual Power of my binding-type talismans, but it doesn't want to absorb attack-type talismans. There are two possibilities for this."

Talismans continuously condensed in the Commander's hand, flying toward the humanoid Zerg; this time, the surviving Captain's Greatsword struck the Zerg's left limb, and a Spiritual Power Fluctuation spread out with the two as the center; the Captain could not hold on, spat out blood, and took a few steps back, feeling as if their internal organs had been displaced, and most importantly, their own Spiritual Power was beginning to become unsustainable.

As long as this humanoid Zerg's left limb came into contact with a weapon containing Spiritual Power, it would absorb the Spiritual Power, but it could also cause damage to it.

Looking at the wound on the humanoid Zerg's left limb that they had cut, the Captain shouted loudly to the Commander.

"If its left limb absorbs attacks containing Spiritual Power, it will also get hurt, that's why it uses its wings to resist your talisman attacks!"

After hearing this, the Commander immediately said to the Captain, "Then you go and pin it down, I will be responsible for covering you from behind and finding an opportunity to severely injure it!"

"Alright!"

The Captain, bracing their somewhat exhausted body, let out a roar, forcibly driving the Spiritual Power in their body to prevent their Armor from dissipating.

At this moment, the Controller Zerg manipulating this humanoid Zerg was already somewhat impatient, "As long as these two humans are dealt with, this position will be opened! Let's just finish them off."

Just as the surviving Captain was preparing to charge forward to pin down this humanoid Zerg, the humanoid Zerg before them became even faster than before; its right pincer quickly grabbed them, and it stabbed its left limb fiercely into their chest.

"Ugh... ah!"

Although their Back Spirit Armor helped them resist one attack, the powerful force shook them into spitting blood again.

The Commander on the side wanted to use talismans to provide support, but dozens of pitch-black Zerg suddenly sprang out from the side, clamping their sharp forelimbs toward him.

The Commander had no choice but to dodge the attacks of those Zerg, while simultaneously throwing a pile of talismans at the humanoid Zerg.

But they were all blocked by the humanoid Zerg's wings, and the humanoid Zerg's movements did not stop in the slightest.

Once, twice, and on the third time, the Captain's Armor shattered along with the attack, piercing through their body; subsequently, they felt their flesh and blood being rapidly Devour-ed, and in less than five seconds, the Captain was completely Devour-ed by the humanoid Zerg's left limb.

By the time the Commander finished off those pitch-black Zerg, he saw the humanoid Zerg beginning to manifest the Armor of the Captain from just moments ago, and the aura of the Armor carried a hint of eeriness.

"This humanoid Zerg not only absorbs the flesh and blood of a Psionic, but also replicates the abilities the Psionic possessed while alive?"

A hint of horror rose in the Commander's eyes; although he did not know if there was a limit to the number of abilities it could absorb, regardless, its existence already threatened the Human Alliance, so what should he do?

Just at this moment, the Commander felt the humanoid Zerg's gaze turn toward him, and the scarlet gaze made him swallow a mouthful of saliva involuntarily.