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Chapter 50: Chapter 49: Shocking the World

As someone who had played games before, Fang Zheng always believed that in terms of frontal assault, the Zerg’s sense of oppression was the greatest.

The human steel flood seemed invincible, a beauty of iron and order. When they advanced, it was like a giant steel machine rolling forward, making people shiver. The individual combat power of the Divine Race was second to none in the world, and when they charged, it felt like the fearless assault of a group of warriors, inspiring awe.

But the Zerg were different. When that overwhelming swarm appeared before your eyes, it was more like a natural disaster you could not stop, resist, or even evade. Just like an avalanche, flood, or tsunami, the Zerg’s battle was an ultimate use of quantity. Facing the Zerg’s charge, what you felt was not the courage to fight, nor anger and madness, but the insignificance and instinctual fear of facing numbers beyond comprehension and acceptance. This was an indispensable part of any creature’s natural evolution process. You could block a collapsing dam, resist a raging flood, but facing a tsunami tens of meters high and a sky-covering hurricane, it was hard to change anything.

And this was the Zerg.

Tens of thousands of Jumping Bugs poured out of the forest, turning into a turbid tide sweeping forward. From afar, it even looked like the entire battlefield was covered with a layer of blood-red carpet in an instant. Above them, the Flying Dragons flapped their wings, turning into a dense cloud layer. This wave of attack made people feel as if they were witnessing the arrival of Purgatory—the gates of Hell had opened, and the crimson flames of Purgatory were scorching everything from the ground to the sky, rapidly approaching them.

Captain Wang put down the machine gun in his hand. He stared blankly at the Zerg swarm before him, not even caring about the alien monsters behind him. Extreme fear brought despair. They had never felt this way facing the Mimic Aliens, for while they were numerous, their attacks had no pattern. Often hiding underground, these alien monsters’ offensives seemed not as fierce as they actually were.

But the Zerg were different. They had not yet reached the battlefield, and their terrifying aura was enough to capture one’s soul.

This was the Swarm.

Nobody fired. They even gave up struggling. In the face of such numbers, all they felt was powerlessness and despair. Some soldiers even closed their eyes, waiting for death.

But… a miracle happened.

Those terrifying creatures did not kill these soldiers. Instead, the rushing Jumping Bugs even made way for them. Their massive bodies seemed completely unaffected, moving around the few warriors like a flowing river, continuing forward, forward, and even further forward.

“What’s going on?”

Captain Wang opened his eyes. He had been ready to die, but after waiting for a long time without death, he couldn’t help but open his eyes and found that those terrifying bugs never intended to hurt him—they even avoided him?

Not only him, when Captain Wang looked around, he was surprised to find that his other subordinates were also standing there unharmed. Some were dumbfounded, while others still had their eyes tightly closed, waiting for death. It looked somewhat comical, but at this moment, no one could laugh.

A moment later, the swarm had already disappeared from their sight. They entered the battlefield and began to fight. Everything around was so quiet it felt a bit unreal. A few soldiers stood there in a daze, not knowing what to do.

“My God, what was that?”

After an unknown amount of time, a soldier broke the silence. He turned his head and looked behind him. Others also turned their heads suspiciously towards the battlefield. There, the Zerg were frantically slaughtering everything they saw, and the Mimic Aliens could hardly put up a fight.

“They’re… attacking those alien monsters?”

The scene before them was hard for the soldiers to believe. But the truth was, these terrifying and ugly creatures that looked as if they had come straight from Hell seemed to be… on their side?

“No matter what, let’s get out of here immediately!”

The group still didn’t understand what had happened, but Captain Wang immediately made a decision. The situation had exceeded their handling capability; they needed to return to the command post and report, then consider the next action. Hearing his order, the other soldiers promptly followed his instruction and left the area.

This was no longer their battlefield. Although they didn’t know where these creatures came from, since they were attacking the alien life forms, they hoped the creatures wouldn’t lose.

If Fang Zheng knew what these soldiers were thinking, he would disdainfully tell them.

“How could the Flying Dragons lose while riding on their face?!”

Fang Zheng was not worried about being jinxed. There was no way he could lose. With such a large population advantage, he could only rely on a wave of Dragon Dogs. How could he lose?

And facts proved that Fang Zheng’s guess was correct.

Although these Mimic Monsters had versatile attack capabilities, their fatal flaw was the lack of air force. Coupled with being vastly outnumbered by the Zerg, during the first wave of the charge, the Mimic Monsters were torn to pieces by the Jumping Bugs and Flying Dragons, routed in disarray. From above, it would be seen that the previously menacing Mimic Monsters were like seashells on the beach, washed away cleanly by the swarm that was several times their number.

However, Fang Zheng did not immediately go all-in. He knew that the Mimic Monsters’ most powerful ability was not battlefield combat but their save-load ability. To avoid being hit by an SL tactic, Fang Zheng ordered his Zerg to capture those peculiar nodal monsters and bring them back to the base for gene harvesting before killing them, just like dealing with Tom Cruise.

This indeed limited the monsters’ save-load ability. In just one day, the Zerg had captured the entire front line.

At this point, the human world was in complete chaos. The sudden emergence of the Zerg shocked everyone. Humans had thought that after fighting aliens, they were immune to surprises. But seeing these terrifying Zerg, they realized they were still too naive.

Military leaders from various countries immediately gathered to hold meetings and study the matter.

The group, just back at the command post, didn’t even have time to change clothes before being taken to the United Army’s command center to report the situation.

“Captain Wang Dong of the Fifth Armored Battalion reporting!”

In his bloodstained uniform, Wang Dong walked into the command center solemnly, saluted the people in front, and spoke.

“At ease.”

Seeing Wang Dong walk in, the elderly man at the head seat raised his hand in a gesture.

“Wang Dong, I believe you know why we called you here.”

“Is it about those suddenly appearing creatures?”

“Yes.”

Upon hearing Wang Dong’s answer, the elderly man’s face became serious. The expressions of the high-ranking officers of varying skin colors around him also changed.

“I heard your squad had direct contact with those creatures? Can you share your thoughts?”

“My thoughts?”

Hearing the question, Wang Dong’s expression changed. He recalled the nearly unstoppable, overwhelming swarm rushing towards him. For a moment, Wang Dong felt his legs almost give way, but he quickly relied on his strong will to pull himself together. He looked at the senior officers in front of him and slowly spoke.

“They… are nearly unstoppable.”

Hearing Wang Dong’s response, everyone present frowned, even the leading elder. They were all military men and looked down on cowardice. What Wang Dong exhibited seemed like fear to them.

“You may think I’m making excuses, but gentlemen, I’m merely stating the fact from the perspective of a frontline soldier and commander. This was my first impression when facing them. Of course, if you don’t believe me, I have battlefield footage. I believe once you see it, you’ll understand what I mean.”

“Let’s see it.”

Upon hearing this, the elder signaled, and Wang Dong took out a memory card from his pocket and handed it over. Shortly, a staff member inserted the memory card into a playback device, and the battle scenes began to appear on the screen behind.

The screen initially showed Wang Dong’s squad fighting the Mimic Monsters. Though intense, the military attendees, many of whom had fought these monsters, were not particularly impressed. When only Wang Dong and a few others remained, on the verge of being surrounded, the elder nodded with appreciation at Wang Dong’s courage.

But the subsequent scenes changed everyone’s expressions.

When the Mimic Aliens suddenly halted their attack, everyone grew tense. Reading about it in the reports was one thing, but seeing it was another.

Then, the camera turned, revealing the… swarm.

“WTF?!”

“My God…”

“Lord, what is that?!”

Seeing the swarm rushing from afar, everyone’s face changed. Many screamed, cursed, and some even stood up, pale-faced. Those who stayed seated were barely composed, forcing themselves to remain calm, knowing it was just a video.

But when the swarm reached Wang Dong, those overwhelming bugs charging at him, these people finally couldn’t sit still. Most instinctively stood up in defense. Some showed desperate expressions, and a few with weaker resolve screamed and fell over with their chairs, hitting the ground hard. When these few looked around, realizing they were in a meeting room and not on a battlefield, they showed expressions of relief!

And that was just the military top brass—nearby civilians fared even worse. Several young female clerks fainted from fright, and even the guards standing watch gripped their guns tightly, nearly opening fire.

Seeing this, Wang Dong clenched his fists. Embarrassingly, he had closed his eyes waiting for death when the swarm rushed at him, unaware of the exact situation. But his camera recorded everything, showing Zerg flying past him, not even glancing at him. Even so, watching those sharp claws and fangs on screen made him shiver. If those creatures had attacked, he would be long dead.

Looking back, it was a miracle he was alive!

The video finally finished, but no one moved. Even the elder clenched his fists. Wiping sweat from his forehead, he looked at the others and coughed, then spoke gravely.

“It seems we must make a plan.”

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