Chapter 1916

Su Xiao wasn't worried that Jila would escape or rebel; just moments ago, he had already tampered with her.

Su Xiao gestured for Jila to come closer; Jila hesitated for a moment, then took half a step forward, and Bahah flapped its wings, striking her back and sending her flying to Su Xiao's front.

Before Jila could react, Su Xiao had already shoved a seed into her mouth; with a gurgling sound, Jila was forced to swallow the seed.

【Withering Seed】

Origin: fate/staynight

Quality: Epic

Type: Item/Consumable (usable once)

Effect: This item can be implanted into a plot character's body; that character has a certain chance of becoming a pseudo-protagonist in this world and gaining the power of fate.

Rating: 601 points (Epic items are rated 530–700 points.)

Description: This is… the plaything of madmen.

Sale Price: 296,000 Paradise Coins.

……

Jila felt the seed rapidly disappearing inside her body, but she could do nothing about it; moreover, whenever she looked at Su Xiao now, an instinctive feeling welled up in her heart—that she could not resist this human, or else she would die immediately.

Whether the 【Withering Seed】 can be successfully implanted depends on observing subsequent changes; everything Su Xiao has done is for one purpose: to enable his Zerg subordinates to develop rapidly, in which the 【Withering Seed】 plays a crucial role.

Moreover, as demonic power gradually erodes her, Jila's loyalty will only increase.

In terms of loyalty and potential, seeds have been sown; now is the time to begin development, and the most basic thing for development is establishing the territory of the Zerg nest.

This broken place is clearly unsuitable as a main base; nearby there are two totem tribes—let alone the commandless Zerg sister Jila, even Su Xiao himself could not openly oppose those two tribes.

The initial evolution of the Zerg requires vast amounts of biological flesh and blood; after all, it's only the first stage of the Zerg, so the required resources are not high-end; otherwise, the Zerg would have long since perished.

According to Su Xiao's knowledge, the Zerg have five stages: the first stage is the mother worm, the second stage is the Zerg queen, the third stage is the queen, the fourth stage is the mother emperor, and as for the fifth stage, it is called the Sovereign—the Sovereign of the entire Zerg, who holds dominion over all mother emperors; so far, only one Sovereign has appeared in this world, and during that time, the totem tribes were nearly wiped out.

And now, Jila belongs to the lowest stage; half an hour ago, her Zerg nest was torn apart by Amusheng, leaving only two engineers crushed flat—truly miserable.

Su Xiao wants to find a relatively safe place with abundant resources, and he has entrusted this task to Bahah.

The rain poured down with a splashing sound; Jila huddled in the remaining half of her Zerg nest, weak and helpless.

It wasn't until late at night that Bahah returned; it had discovered a forest twenty li away, where there were no traces of totem tribes or Zerg, but wildlife was abundant—unsuitable for a first-stage mother to establish a Zerg nest.

Su Xiao ignored this; the danger from wildlife he could block, and Jila's early development need not follow ordinary Zerg conventions.

In the torrential rain, the timid Bahah carried Su Xiao, Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, and Jila in low-altitude flight, fearing lightning strikes.

Bahah's flight speed was not slow; when the rain lessened somewhat, it reached its destination.

Su Xiao released Bahah's claws and landed in a forest; as he passed through the dense leaves, large drops of water fell, splashing onto the mud and dry leaves with a crackling sound.

Su Xiao's gaze swept around; everywhere he looked were trees thick enough for two people to embrace, at least tens of meters tall, capable of hiding the Zerg nest, though they would also interfere with the nest's photosynthesis for nutrient absorption.

Boom, boom……

Under Amu's brute strength, a clearing tens of meters wide was cleared; Amu then froze the ground, lifted that large ice slab, and cleaned the tens-of-meters area spotless.

Su Xiao lifted Jila to the center of the clearing and set her down on the ground.

"That's fine; you just build your Zerg nest here."

"I can't."

Jila shook her head, seemingly sensing the malice from Su Xiao and Bahah, and quickly added:

"Only the Mantis Carapace can establish a Zerg nest; it has the genetic memory for Zerg architecture."

"What will you do?"

"I will cultivate Mantis Carapace, but I need five El units (homophone) of active biological cells; these active biological cells must be non-corrosive, and their activity is……"

Su Xiao waved his hand, indicating he understood; Jila's words were very high-sounding, but as for what active biological cells are—they're just fresh meat, and Mantis Carapace is just the engineer worm.

Bahah went hunting; not long after, it returned dragging a half-dead giant beast—a herbivore weighing over two tons.

With a bang, the half-dead herbivore was thrown in front of Jila; her fingertips stabbed forward.

Pfft~

Jila's fingers sank into the herbivore's hide; she exerted all her strength, but her foot slipped in the mud, her body lurched forward, and she headbutted the beast's back—this feeling was strange, both ferocious like a predator and somewhat silly and cute.

Amu came up behind Jila; its two large hands reached forward, tore with a ripping sound, opening the animal's spine, and Jila immediately plunged her arm into the flesh.

After about a minute, Jila withdrew her arm; she was obviously much weaker, and inside the now-dead animal's body, something was surging.

After waiting roughly ten or more minutes, a blade-like foot broke through the flesh, and six Mantis Carapaces crawled out from the meat; their size was two sizes larger than a large dog, with two curved blade-feet in front, six hoof-feet in back, and a tail resembling a scorpion's, though the tail tip was not a poison sting but a ring of retractable barbed blades, used for precision work such as cutting and joining biological tissues; normally, they could also fix heavy objects on their backs or drag heavy objects.

One could say that everything about the Mantis Carapace exists for establishing, maintaining the Zerg nest, and transporting supplies—that is their purpose.

The six Mantis Carapaces came to Jila's side, shielding her within—this is an instinct from their genes.

A mental ripple spread from within Jila's body; the six Mantis Carapaces immediately sprang into action, quickly running to the front of the dead giant beast, spitting out green viscous fluid from their mouths; not long after, the beast's body began to dissolve, turning into a semi-solid substance.

The six Mantis Carapaces busied themselves, beginning to build the Zerg nest at the position designated by Jila; this is the main base, and afterward, all Zerg of Jila's clan will take this nest and Jila as their core.

The Zerg nest was built faster than imagined; in about four hours, a five-meter-tall semi-elliptical Zerg nest was erected; within twenty meters around it lay a layer resembling moss, a fungal mat that can absorb moisture from the soil—as long as there is a water source within a hundred meters underground, the nest will not wither from dehydration.

As soon as the Zerg nest was completed, Jila entered it; if no accident occurs, she will never leave this place in her lifetime; the last time she left the nest was mainly because she was too afraid.

【Prompt: Your summoned creature has established a special biological structure.】

【Judging……】

【This Zerg nest belongs to the Hunter; data compilation of this Zerg nest information is about to begin.】

【Data compilation completed.】

【Zerg Nest (Unnamed).】

【Stage: Stage One (of five stages, this stage determined by this world's power system).】

【Biological Energy Reserve: 0/2000 points.】

【Attached Zerg Organs: Energy Storage Tissue (Stage One), Oviposition Tissue (Stage One), Nurturing Sac (Stage One).】

【Energy Storage Tissue (Stage One): Absorbs and stores biological energy; this is the Zerg nest's basic capability; if the Zerg nest reaches Stage Three, it can produce special resources, requiring consumption of biological energy.】

【Egg-laying Organ (Tier 1): Can hatch Mantis Carapace Eggs (requires 2 Bio-Energy), Spine Sting Eggs (requires 10 Bio-Energy).】

Note: If the host advances in tier, genetic adaptability increases, the egg-laying organ can unlock more Zerg genes to hatch other types of Zerg eggs.

【Incubation Sac (Tier 1): Through this Zerg organ, Zerg eggs can be incubated into adults, consuming Bio-Energy.】

Note: Incubating Mantis Carapace adults requires 10 Bio-Energy.

Note: Incubating Spine Sting adults requires 30 Bio-Energy.

……

The Zerg have many combat units; Xiang Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang has seen this before, but Ji La can currently only hatch two types: one is the most basic laborer 'Mantis Carapace', the other is the combat Zerg 'Spine Sting'.

As for obtaining Bio-Energy, in the first stage, only fresh flesh and blood need to be brought and fed to the nest; at that time, the nest will convert these flesh and blood into Bio-Energy.

Currently, the nest's function is simple: laying eggs, incubating Zerg adults, storing energy.

As for the host Ji La, she is responsible for commanding the Zerg; her tier advancement will cause the nest's tier to advance as well.

The first thing Su Xiao needs to do is make Ji La mass-produce units, at least hatch a few Mantis Carapace and over ten Spine Sting, then have them cooperate with Am, Xiang Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang, and Bahar to hunt animals, feed them to the nest, to accumulate Bio-Energy; when Bio-Energy accumulates to 2000 points, Ji La can advance in tier, from Tier 1 to Tier 2, and the nest likewise; at that time, the nest will be able to hatch stronger Zerg.

As for Su Xiao, he needs to guard the nest to prevent it from being destroyed.

Develop, develop, keep developing; when the nest can hatch combat Zerg that threaten Tier 5 contractors, then start mass-producing units, then rely on these combat Zerg to crush the Three Paradise Alliance.

ps (Six more chapters uploaded, although it's two days combined, but still hoping for a monthly ticket.)