Chapter 176: My Job Panel Is in an Anime Style? Chapter 77

Therefore, for the moment, the swarm actually had no way to deal with Li Ang and the other two.

But going on like this was ultimately not a solution—after all, their stamina bars weren't infinite, and there would come a moment when they were completely exhausted.

Just as Li Ang was thinking this, a burst of dense gunfire suddenly came from afar, and immediately a human figure slammed heavily into the center of the swarm.

Boom—!

Under the tremendous impact, the ground surged outward in all directions like ocean waves.

Seeing this, Li Ang raised an eyebrow—he had already recognized the newcomer's identity: "Chief?"

"I really don't know what it is about you kid that attracts these bugs."

A familiar voice rang out from the center of the deep crater, and then a red figure stepped out.

This person was none other than Ma Kusi.

"Who knows."

Li Ang shrugged.

In truth, he had a rough idea in his heart about what exactly the swarm wanted.

After all, after Ma Kusi appeared, the swarm that had originally been besieging Mo Di split off more than half again to go besiege this Public Security Bureau Chief.

And if one were to ask what the biggest difference between the three of them and Mo Di was—

It was naturally their race.

'So that Zerg prodigy wants to break through to the Third Energy Level?'

Li Ang secretly thought to himself.

This was a guess he had arrived at based on the current situation—otherwise there was no way to explain why the swarm kept biting onto them and refusing to let go.

'Tch, if this keeps up it's going to be bad.'

It had to be said, if this were a game, then the Zerg would undoubtedly be a race with an enormous gap between their early and late game power.

In the early game they were in the gutter—any normal person could kick one to death.

But once the late game arrived—

They would be a T0 overpowered race.

And this Zerg prodigy, already developed to the late game, was clearly even more outrageous—after all, how could a Second Energy Level possibly annihilate an entire city? Though the cooperation of Blandud was certainly indispensable to that.

Of course, whether these two entities should be viewed separately still needed a question mark.

Just as Li Ang was letting his thoughts wander while dealing with the bugs beside him, Ma Kusi suddenly spoke: "We need to hold out here a while longer. Once Jin Minna and the others have finished the evacuation, we can break out."

Hearing this, Li Ang immediately came back to himself: "The Inspection Bureau's reinforcements will be here soon. Once they arrive, the swarm naturally won't pose a threat."

The moment these words left his mouth, the slightly red-faced Public Security Bureau Chief immediately looked toward Mo Di in the distance.

Ma Kusi certainly knew the other's identity, but after waiting and waiting without seeing any sign of the Inspection Bureau's reinforcements, he had already given up hope in his heart.

But after hearing Li Ang's words, this Public Security Bureau Chief felt that today's situation might not be entirely without a turning point.

Thinking of this, his body gradually began to shift toward a deep red.

The next instant, a crimson fist-shadow suddenly crushed the swarm in the street, but in the blink of an eye the gap was filled back up.

Looking at the densely packed bugs that stretched as far as the eye could see, Ma Kusi took a deep breath.

'That old bastard Blandud actually raised the swarm to this scale—'

Because the fire crystals were always handed over by the City Lord, this Public Security Bureau Chief had no idea just how many fire crystals Blandud had skimmed off back then.

Ma Kusi certainly knew that the person behind the smuggling case was Blandud, but he thought it was at most the output of two or three small mines.

But now, judging by the scale of the swarm—

He was afraid that at least half of the annual quota handed over had been swallowed by the other party.

That damned old bastard!

Ma Kusi felt that his own kickback operation was utterly greenhorn compared to Blandud!

But things had already come to this point, so thinking about it was useless—better to think about how to hold on.

Whoosh—!

A silent figure pierced straight through the swarm, the spear in hand plowing a long trail of blood through the bugs.

This was Ma Kusi's first time seeing Odin, so he couldn't help but feel secretly shocked by the other's strength.

'Where the hell did Li Ang get this one from?'

Being a rough man, he of course couldn't tell that Odin was an alchemical creation.

He didn't understand, but he was greatly impressed.

Just then, a blood arrow that shot over grazed Ma Kusi's cheek and struck a bug that was about to pounce on him.

Bang—!

The bug instantly burst open, its foul-smelling juices splattering all over the ground.

"Chief, this isn't the time to space out."

It was Danika.

Ma Kusi immediately came back to himself. He scratched his head, then punched a bug beside him to pieces: "Danika, you're actually Second Energy Level too now?"

"Congrats, congrats."

Hearing this, the big-breasted corporate drone twitched the corner of her mouth, momentarily at a loss for words.

She hadn't expected her own Chief to only just now be noticing something like this.

Just as Danika was about to say something, a violent explosion cut off her words.

The terrifying shock wave in the blink of an eye crushed large numbers of bugs into chunks.

Li Ang let out a light breath, unhurriedly walking out from the center of the explosion.

He glanced at Danika and said casually: "Captain, if you're feeling tired, go down to the basement and rest. Up here, leave it to me."

The reason Li Ang said this was that the Da Lei corporate slave had only just broken through to the second energy level, and facing a swarm of this size, the Nanmian Society would inevitably find themselves stretched thin.

Rather, the fact that she could hold out this long was already thanks to the perks of her profession.

Hearing this, Danika glanced at the swarm that seemed no different from the very beginning, and let out a weary sigh.

If the ground hadn't already been covered in insect corpses, she would have thought everything that had just happened was an illusion.

Mo Di, meanwhile, kept glancing up at the sky from time to time; there were still a little over three hours left until the communication time he had arranged.

But the prolonged high-intensity combat had gradually left him unable to keep up.

Still, after a glance at Li Ang, who was still full of vigor, Mo Di began to suspect that he was simply too weak.

He didn't know that Li Ang, bolstered by multiple professions, was by raw stats an undisputed well-rounded build, and therefore could not be lumped in with ordinary professionals.

'What kind of monster...'

A massive insect slowly moved along with the swarm beneath a sky full of yellow sand, its mouth ceaselessly emitting a shrill, grating sound:

"Exactly three special genes. I need them."

"But there's no time left."

"After such a long communication blackout, the Bureau of Censorship people must have already noticed something off."

【74】 "I need to do it myself."

If it weren't for the fact that the ground was already carpeted with insect corpses, she would have thought everything that had just happened was an illusion.

"That's right."

"I need to do it myself."

The insect's muttering gradually took on a touch of agitation.

He opened his densely packed compound eyes and gazed into the distance at the ruined city that had already come into view.

"Collect the genes. Complete the class change."

"Then leave the colony planet."

"Be honored that you can become the stepping stone for my evolution."

As the words slowly fell, the swarm carrying the Overlord quickened its pace.

They could feel the Overlord's longing—that joy called evolution.