Douluo Continent: Starting with Transforming Xiao Wu into the Zerg Queen

Lin Fan stared blankly at the scene before him and murmured to himself.

In just one night, the Zerg, with only one hive, have developed to such an extent!

But this is the Soul Beast Forest! Although the mother nest is not large in size now, and the area covered by the fungal carpet is also small, it is like a drop of water compared to the ocean compared to the entire forest.

But the Soul Beast Forest is home to intelligent soul beasts! The insectoids' resource-plundering development methods, coupled with their terrifying appearance, mean that if they were targeted by a powerful soul beast, annihilation could happen in an instant!

Lin Fan frowned deeply. As the Zerg continued to grow and expand, the creep coverage would only increase, and the resources required would only grow more. Sooner or later, they would encounter those soul beasts, and what the Zerg lacked most right now was time!

Judging from the thickness and size of the surrounding trees, it's easy to determine that this is clearly deep within a forest, with a very high probability of encountering high-level soul beasts! The only question is, which forest exactly is this?

Lin Fan looked at the more than thirty jumping insects lying on the fungal carpet, pondered for a moment, and then a ruthless look appeared in his eyes.

The Zerg are currently most lacking in energy and the corpses of various Soul Beasts to extract useful genes. And coincidentally, the corpses of Soul Beasts yield the most energy!

Then

Lin Fan closed his eyes and connected his mind to the Zerg mental network. He now had over 10,000 energy points, more than enough for the hive to upgrade once.

Lin Fan issued the command in his mind: Upgrade!

The mother nest in front of them was instantly enveloped by the fungal carpet on the ground, and continued to expand. Soon, a giant spore, about twenty meters tall, sat on the fungal carpet and kept wriggling.

It already faintly revealed a ferocious aura.

Lin Fan mentally linked with the mother nest and implanted all the animal species collected from the gene bank last night, as well as the appearance of the fire salamander, into the heads of all the springtails.

The order was then given: Begin hunting these animals within a 500-meter radius of the mother nest! Prioritize hunting spirit beasts like fire lizards and drag their carcasses back!

Lin Fan slowly opened his eyes. "Every man for himself," he thought. For his own safety and the development of his Zerg, the soul beasts of this forest would ultimately become nothing more than resources for the Zerg army!

On a thick branch, a huge fire lizard stares intently at a wild boar below, its cold, vertical pupils revealing a hint of greed.

"Shout!"

The moment the wild boar lowered its head to graze, the salamander suddenly leaped down from the tree and pounced fiercely on the boar!

Several dark figures suddenly attacked from the side!

The fire lizard felt a strong impact on its abdomen and fell heavily to the ground. Only after turning over again could it see the situation in front of it.

Three strangely shaped creatures of unknown species had already torn the wild boar they had been eyeing to shreds and were now turning their bodies towards them!

Although the fire lizard couldn't see the faces of the three creatures, its instincts as a soul beast told it that these three creatures were extremely cruel and greedy!

"hiss!"

The fire lizard stared intently at the three creatures before it with its vertical pupils, hissing and spitting out its tongue in an attempt to scare them away.

However, the three creatures before them, like emotionless killing machines, shook the flesh and blood from their sharp claws and pounced on the fire lizard!

The fire lizard's expression turned angry. It was a hundred-year-old soul beast that had successfully cultivated! These three creatures didn't even have any fluctuations of soul power, how dare they?

Soon, the fire lizard learned what regret meant. These three creatures seemed oblivious to death, relentlessly tearing at its vulnerable spots. Even as its limbs were torn to pieces, they would still pounce and attack relentlessly, even with the last vestiges of life remaining!

The fire lizard was soon covered in wounds, and it spat out a burst of flame that completely incinerated the three creatures!

After doing all this, the fire lizard collapsed to the ground, panting heavily.

"rustle--"

A rustling sound came from the bushes not far away, and several identical, ferocious creatures scurried out.

Chapter 6: Brain Worm Consciousness, Full-Scale Army Deployment!

soon.

The wild beasts and spirit beasts deep in the forest have recently encountered something terrifying.

A large group of hideous creatures, their origins unknown, roamed freely, hunting in groups of three. They pounced on any living thing they encountered and killed it!

What's even more terrifying is that these creatures seem to have no emotions; all they know is killing, killing, killing!

Even if it means tearing their limbs apart and beating them to a pulp, they will still drag half their bodies and tear at their prey relentlessly! They will only stop when they are completely killed or their heads are smashed.

The plant-type spirit beasts, who had narrowly escaped death, thought they were safe. But then strange creatures wielding pincers appeared and killed them all, uprooting them and dragging them away.

In an instant, wild beasts and spirit beasts within a radius of 500 meters fled this terrifying place.

The plant-type soul beasts, unable to escape, could only silently await their death, their nascent intelligence gripped by panic.

At this moment, Lin Fan felt very happy as he watched the energy points in his mind keep rising.

Upgrading from a level 1 hive to a level 2 hive requires a longer incubation period, but fortunately, the production of Zerg eggs needed to hatch Zerg units does not stop during the upgrade. They still hatch automatically from the creep every half hour.

After some thought, Lin Fan concluded that the dozen or so worker bees he currently had were sufficient for the time being to mine resources.

The area and range of destruction caused by the Zerg creep cannot be expanded any further. If it does, it will attract the attention of high-level soul beasts, and if we are not careful, it could lead to the annihilation of the Zerg.

The Douluo Continent will absolutely not tolerate the existence of such an evil and terrifying race as the Zerg.

Therefore, absorbing energy by hunting soul beasts is the safest and most beneficial method right now.

After all, there are countless billions of soul beasts in the Soul Beast Forest!

Soul beasts grow slowly, but they reproduce rapidly, with many different species and a large number of them. It's practically a natural pasture for the insectoid race!

After making up his mind, Lin Fan gave the order: hatch all the jumping insects.

As for the worker bees, they can slowly mine the limited resources. For now, they should focus on developing stealthily and avoid attracting the attention of those 100,000-year-old soul beasts and titled Douluo. Once their strength is sufficient, they can give the Douluo Continent a small shock.

Lin Fan hadn't forgotten that the God Realm still existed on the Douluo Continent!

Although the God Realm has been in a state of stagnation for many years and has paid no attention to Douluo Continent.

However, Lin Fan was not naive enough to think that the people of the God Realm would not take action when Douluo Continent was about to be destroyed.

As soon as Lin Fan gave the order, the produced insect eggs immediately hatched into springtails.

All the springtails intensified their hunting efforts, swooping down on any living creature they encountered, whether it was a wild beast, a spirit beast, or even a small bird flying in the sky, to see if they could kill it.

Sunrise and sunset.

Lin Fan watched quietly as the jumping insects dragged back one soul beast after another during the boring wait.

"Thorn-"

The giant spore suddenly burst open, revealing an even taller and more grotesque structure before Lin Fan's eyes. In the center grew a huge spherical object, pulsating like a beating heart.

Lin Fan was overjoyed and hurriedly channeled his consciousness into the mother nest.

After the mother nest was upgraded to level two, a significant change occurred: a smart main brain was generated!

As soon as Lin Fan's consciousness connected to the mental network, the mainframe spoke first: "Welcome, my master."

A ball of light appeared in Lin Fan's mind, and Lin Fan curiously examined the ball of light.

"what are you?"

I am the Zerg's intelligent mastermind, my overlord.

Lin Fan asked curiously, "Are you a consciousness entity after the Mother Nest's upgrade?"

[You could say that, but the Hive upgrade merely happened to activate me; I exist within the Zerg's mental network. That is, within your mind.]

Lin Fan understood instantly; this "main brain" was similar to an activated intelligent system.

Lin Fan thought for a moment and then asked, "So what can you do?"

[It can help the Overmind gain complete control of the Zerg and offer suggestions more suitable for their development. It can also temporarily take over control of the Zerg and allow them to grow stronger when the Overmind leaves the psychic network.]

"Then tell me about the specific changes in the upgraded nest."

[New Zerg Building: Corruption Pool]

[New feature for worker bees: Hatching additional mother hives]

[New energy conversion function: Energy is converted into objects]

[New Hatchery Added to the Mother Nest: Allows Overlords to Enhance Them]

[Unlock Zerg Genes: Burrowing]

[Unlock Overlord Ability: Third Vision]

A game-like interface instantly appeared in Lin Fan's mind, and the numerous rewards left him somewhat bewildered!

Wow, so much stuff was unlocked?

Lin Fan glanced at it, and a look of joy instantly appeared on his face. The Zerg finally had the ability to burrow underground and hatch additional mother broodstock!

In other words, he could build the entire base underground and no longer have to live in fear of those ancient soul beasts on the surface.

Furthermore, the current hatching speed of the mother hive is one egg every fifteen minutes, but you can hatch multiple mother hives and mass produce troops at the same time!

Lin Fan immediately ordered: Move the existing base to a depth of 50 meters underground.

The reason for moving it so deep is that the mother nest will evolve again in the future, and the building volume is expected to increase at that time.

It's better to bury it deeper first, and you can also build branch nests so that they can connect perfectly together.

The mastermind immediately received the command.

Your will is paramount.

The fungal carpet on the ground immediately began to secrete acid. The dark green acid sizzled as soon as it came into contact with the ground, corroding the ground and creating a large, pitted hole.

The entire mother hive slowly sank into the ground, and all the worker bees used their pincers to pick up the surrounding soil and stones and cover the hole on top of the mother hive.

after an hour.

The entire forest fell silent.

Apart from a hole, there was nothing on the ground; it was completely bare. It was as if the grotesque building and the purplish-black earth had never existed.

And underground.

Inside a massive crater, a towering, eerie structure writhes. This massive crater also connects to six passageways, one of which leads directly to the surface.

The other five passages all connect to other huge pits, where ferocious giant spores exude a terrifying aura.

Five mother nests and two corruption pools are hatching simultaneously!

The remaining worker bees continued to secrete acid, expanding the cave's volume downwards and to the sides.

The fungal carpet then used its remaining energy to spread rapidly, covering the entire floor and walls of the cave.