Chapter 2621: Endless Enemies

Hissing and screams were endless. Of course, it wasn't the Demon Beasts that were screaming, but the Tiger Bee clansmen.

Even so, Bee Queen Carol was not worried about her side routing. As long as the death toll did not exceed 90%, she could forcibly suppress the Tiger Bee clansmen's survival instinct.

The surrounding battlefield was chaotic. The number of Demon Beasts had reached 170,000, while the Tiger Bee clansmen numbered around 1.07 million.

Fighting on the creep, the biological energy loss caused by the death of Demon Beasts was very small, but every time they killed a Tiger Bee clansman, the biological energy stored in the hive would increase a little.

Anyone who had come into contact with the Zerg knew not to fight a war of attrition with them; that would lead to disastrous results.

Bee Queen Carol certainly didn't understand the Zerg, but her lackey, Ice Lord, knew a little about them. However, Ice Lord didn't dare to tell Carol. Let Carol retreat? Was he crazy? If he said that, it would be the Queen's mercy if she didn't slaughter him immediately.

Ice Lord's idea was that he didn't consider whether the war could be won; that wasn't something he could control. Grabbing faction reputation was the most important thing. His war mission wasn't to win, but to kill a certain number of enemies. This number was 100 enemy main units. The more he killed, the higher the completion degree of the hidden mission.

Moreover, in Ice Lord's view, the Tiger Bee clan couldn't lose; their numbers completely overwhelmed them. And the Zerg had a huge weakness: once their master died, the entire Zerg would immediately disintegrate.

Ice Lord prepared to keep this secret for a while to gain a large amount of benefits from the Bee Queen. However, before that, his two temporary teammates were likely his competitors.

Looking at the two people fighting the Demon Beasts in front, Ice Lord's mouth curled up. This wasn't the first time he had pitted teammates against each other.

The war continued. At this time, beneath the hive, twenty-four temporary passages had been opened, and Demon Beasts rushed out continuously, joining the melee in the surroundings.

Explosions, acid fire, armored blades—everything was to put the enemy to death.

2 hours after the war started, the creep around the hive was covered with Demon Beasts. Some Demon Beasts with nowhere to land even climbed onto the Killing Sentry Towers.

3 hours after the war started, the Demon Beasts began to surge toward the surroundings. The defensive positions were already full, and they could only step on their own kind and pounce toward the enemies in the surroundings.

4 hours after the war started, the number of Demon Beasts reached 430,000. On the other hand, the Tiger Bee clansmen had suffered nearly 200,000 casualties, with only over 800,000 remaining.

Until now, the Demon Beast defense line was still retreating steadily. They were like mindless beasts, with no strategy to speak of.

In fact, it was Su Xiao who deliberately let Zhila do this. Zhila understood Su Xiao's meaning immediately. At other times, Zhila was a bit confused, but regarding war, she was very skilled. When she was on her home planet, war was a daily routine.

The reason why the Demon Beast defense line couldn't hold and was occasionally attacked by the Tiger Bee clansmen reaching the hive was, one, the Tiger Bee clansmen were indeed powerful, and two, Su Xiao wanted to let the enemy see hope so they wouldn't retreat.

Hope was right in front of them. The outside of the base hive was even attacked until it was tattered, the top was shattered, 7 Leviathans had died, and over 60% of various Zerg buildings had been destroyed. Many signs indicated that the Zerg couldn't hold on and were struggling desperately.

Only by letting the enemy see the hope of victory would the enemy fight forward bravely.

On the back of the giant beast, Bee Queen Carol waved her palm, and a pouncing Demon Beast was cut in two, its corpse falling onto the creep.

Half an hour after the war started, Bee Queen Carol discovered that the creep on the ground was problematic. She had ordered its destruction, but the effect was not obvious. This thing had strong regenerative power.

"Carol, retreat."

A voice appeared in Bee Queen Carol's mind. She didn't hesitate at all and immediately ordered the Tiger Bee clansmen to retreat, retreating ten kilometers away to form a encirclement, not letting the enemy escape.

The Tiger Bee clansmen retreated. The Demon Beasts certainly wouldn't let it go and stopped after pursuing for half a kilometer. Further ahead, there was no creep coverage.

The war stopped temporarily. In the hive, Su Xiao opened his eyes, raised his hand to grab Zhila beside him, and placed her on the chair beside his leg.

Su Xiao was certain that Taimesha had discovered Zhila's existence and how important Zhila was among the Zerg. An assassination was coming.

Zhila stretched, curled up on the wide chair beside Su Xiao's leg, and fell asleep. After controlling the hive for several hours at the highest intensity of troop production, she already felt somewhat fatigued.

430,000 Demon Beasts were distributed around the hive. Soon, a large swarm of Demon Beasts climbed onto the hive, using their bodies to block it.

The opportunity Su Xiao had been waiting for had come: the opportunity for the hive to evolve. During the hive plan, Zhila would fall into a deep sleep. Even if he slashed her with a knife, she wouldn't wake up.

The Tiger Bee clansmen retreated. This was Su Xiao's opportunity to evolve the hive. Conversely, it was also Taimesha's opportunity to send someone to assassinate Zhila. After Zhila fell into a deep sleep, the Demon Beasts could only defend according to the instructions she gave before falling asleep and didn't know how to adapt.

Leader-level individuals still hadn't appeared. The probability was so low that Su Xiao even doubted whether the evolution chamber had such a capability at all.

There were three conditions for the hive's evolution: 570,000 points of biological energy + high-activity cells + demonic power.

Biological energy was not lacking, and there was still some demonic power left, enough for the hive to evolve. As for high-activity cells, as an alchemist, Su Xiao had many such materials. Not only that, he could even significantly increase the cell activity of the materials through material deployment.

【Prompt: The hive is about to evolve.】

【This process carries a certain risk; the evolution success rate is 98.62%.】

Clearly, Zhila had accumulated for a long time to have such a high evolution probability. The evolution began.

The luster in Zhila's eyes faded a bit, and she fell into a deep sleep. Almost at the same time, the entire hive was sealed. The Demon Beasts clinging to the outside of the hive were trying their best to cover up this change.

【Estimated time required for the plan: 1 hour and 02 minutes.】

The time wasn't too long, but it wasn't short either. Su Xiao, sitting on the wide chair, took off his long leather coat and threw it over Zhila. At a critical moment, the 【Night of the Wild Hunt】 long leather coat could block an enemy's attack. Su Xiao knew very well that compared to protecting someone, he was better at killing enemies.

Su Xiao unbuckled the Checking Zhan Long Shan from his waist. The tip of the scabbard rested on the ground. He placed his hands on the end of the hilt, closed his eyes, and opened his perception fully.

Time passed second by second. The hive was quiet to the extreme. In this silence, danger arrived quietly.

A space fluctuation that was almost impossible to sense appeared. A completely transparent figure stood in the hive. Its gaze scanned the surroundings and immediately noticed Su Xiao a dozen meters away.

Just a moment of staring, and this transparent figure had a feeling of suffocation. It seemed that behind the dark green flesh throne was a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.

The transparent figure shifted its gaze and saw Zhila, who was curled up beside Su Xiao's leg, her body completely covered by a long leather coat. It forcibly suppressed the fear in its heart and stepped forward, silently.

10 meters, 5 meters, 3 meters—the distance was enough! Bee stings grew from the palm of the transparent figure, stabbing toward Zhila's head.

Clang.

A slash as fast as thunder cut through. A large amount of blood beads were dragged out horizontally. On the flesh throne, Su Xiao shook the blood off the blade, and the long sword slowly returned to its sheath.

1 hour and 32 minutes later, Zhila woke up leisurely. After she opened her eyes, the first thing she saw was Su Xiao, who was sitting on a pile of corpses several meters high, his eyes glowing red.

"Continue to sleep. A sixth-stage hive is not enough."

Su Xiao spat out blue smoke. He was prepared to evolve the hive to the seventh stage. ===== CHAPTER 2622 =====