Devouring Stars: Master of Evolution

Chapter 279 Behemoth! Crush them!

"boom--"

Runes lit up on the massive body of the Zerg hive fortress, and beams of energy shot out from its fleshy channels, propelling the fortress forward.

Like a spaceship accelerating, the speed of the Zerg hive fortress increased rapidly, eventually reaching near-light speed.

Through the perception of the insect hive fortress, Qin Mu was able to clearly see the outside world.

Although this place is very close to Base 028, you can see a large number of shattered Zerg corpses, broken spaceship wreckage, and human remains floating in the void.

"Even an AAA-level god war base like No. 028 has been besieged. These Zerg and Mech races are really arrogant."

These bodies had not been dead for long, and were clearly left behind during a recent attack on the base.

Qin Mu, who had partial access to an AAA-level divine base, knew very well that an AAA-level base was certainly not something these Zerg warriors and mechanical golems could breach.

No matter how many powerful beings came, an AAA-level divine spirit base could instantly turn the vast surrounding starry sky into nothingness.

But that requires a massive amount of resources!

That mechanical cannon with a muzzle diameter of 100 kilometers could annihilate a King-level Immortal with a single shot, but even if a weapon of that level fired a single shot, wiping out any number of cannon fodder would be a huge loss.

This is why the Mechs and Zerg, knowing they cannot breach the base, still send out massive numbers of cannon fodder to attack from time to time.

Their intention is to deplete this base; this is an open conspiracy.

boom--

The wreckage and corpses were directly smashed aside by the light circle outside the Zerg hive fortress, and continued to advance.

The area occupied by the Zerg and Mechs is about 30 trillion kilometers away from Base 028. Even if the Zerg hive fortress were to travel at near-light speed, it would take a very long time to reach it.

Therefore, we need to accelerate to the speed of light first to travel through the dark universe.

If we travel through the dark universe, we can reach the designated battlefield much faster.

The secret realm of the universe is different from the normal cosmic sky. There is too much dust and debris, so a large area must be deliberately cleared out to eliminate any obstacles in order to accelerate the journey through the universe.

Both the Zerg and Mech races use these shuttle points to reach the vicinity of Base 028.

In the "first battlefield," there are hundreds of millions of such "cosmic shuttle points."

"3...2...1, shuttle!"

The massive Zerg hive fortress instantly tore through space and plunged into the dark universe.

"With such a high-profile movement, the Zerg and Mechs should have received the intelligence and gathered together by now."

Inside the insect hive fortress, Qin Mu sat on a throne made of flesh and blood.

"Let's take them all down at once, so we don't waste time chasing them around."

Qin Mu's expression was cold, and his massive body exuded an astonishing killing intent.

He wasn't worried about being targeted by the Zerg and Mechs when he left the Dark Universe.

Before obtaining the Tree of Life, a massive attack from Zerg and Mechs could indeed break through the defenses of the Zerg hive fortress and damage its body.

However, after obtaining the Tree of Life and analyzing its life structure diagram, Qin Mu used the resources accumulated over hundreds of years to incubate another Tree of Life.

And then placed this Tree of Life into the inner world of the Zerg Hive Fortress!

That's right, the layers of light outside the Zerg hive fortress are actually the Tree of Life's talent for controlling space and time.

Not only did they control time and space, but over several hundred years, they also obtained a life structure diagram of the Golden Horned Beast with 90 times the genetic value through Luo Feng's Golden Horned Beast clone, as well as a special operating model within the Yan God Clan.

Qin Mu has successfully enhanced the genes of the other twelve peak bloodline star beasts to 70-80 times.

The upgraded Insect Hive Fortress not only possesses the enhanced genes of the twelve peak-bloodline Starry Sky Beasts, but also the genes of the special life form, the Netherworld Venomous Python.

The countless fleshy tentacles on the Zerg Hive Fortress's body are the product of the evolution of genes from the special life form, the Netherworld Venomous Serpent.

If the Hive Tyrant represents Qin Mu's greatest achievement in the study of divine bodies, then this is the highest achievement he has made.

That Zerg hive fortress is the culmination of all the research on the Zerg Swarm!

In the process of continuous strengthening, the insect hive fortress has expanded from 10,000 kilometers a few hundred years ago to a diameter of 100,000 kilometers.

The Zerg hive fortress can be viewed as a special life form, but due to its modular structure, it can also be seen as an aggregate of countless Zerg.

To enhance it, Qin Mu invested 90% of the hundreds of millions of Blood Crystals he obtained from the Immortal Temple into it.

This means that the insect hive fortress that Qin Mu named Behemoth will be unreplicable.

Besides Blood Crystal, the various precious resources also exceeded ten trillion Chaos Origin!

With massive resource investment, it continues to grow stronger.

Especially in terms of defense, even a peak-level expert at the King level cannot break through it.

With the Tree of Life's talent for controlling space and time, combined with the Zerg Hive Fortress's own super strong defense, even an invincible king would not be able to break through it by force.

"Unfortunately, the resources required to hatch a Tree of Life are far too many. Even with resources allocated by the higher-ups in humanity, it is only enough to hatch one tree."

"If we could equip every single Zerg fleet with one, that would be truly invincible."

Qin Mu thought to himself, somewhat greedily.

How vast must the resources be for a Tree of Life that is six million kilometers tall?

Even the most powerful star beasts with peak bloodlines only grow to a length of one thousand kilometers.

But precisely because of this, with the blessing of the Tree of Life, the Zerg hive fortress is almost impossible to breach by attacks from those below the Venerable level.

Below the Venerable level, their defense is invincible!

Qin Mu had tested this with his teacher, the Lord of Chaos City.

And this is the source of his confidence.

"Approaching the designated location, escaping the dark universe."

As I pondered, a notification came from the swarm's soul network.

The Zerg hive fortress began to slow down in the dark universe, and when its speed fell below the speed of light, it automatically left the dark universe.

Centered on the insect hive fortress, a sphere of light with a diameter of tens of thousands of miles suddenly expanded.

Spacetime Manipulation Talent - Activated!

……

In the starry sky, on a broken land with a diameter of billions of miles and numbered 450454, also known as the desolate continent, one half is inhabited by countless Zerg warriors, while the other half is occupied by mechanical golems.

In the center of the desolate continent, inside a grand hall filled with the style of the demon race, virtual projections appeared one after another.

"That human race has somehow summoned a special life form, hoping to defeat us head-on. They're truly overestimating themselves!"

A voluptuous Zerg queen sneered.

"Phantom Dream, don't be careless. Special life forms are extremely powerful and possess all sorts of incredible abilities."

In the virtual projection, an electronic voice is emitted from the mouth of a robot made of metal.

"Obsidian King, of course I won't underestimate a special life form with a diameter of 100,000 kilometers!"

The alluring Zerg Queen, Illusion, surveyed her surroundings.

"We have three Zerg Immortals here, as well as 38 Peak World Lord Queens."

Your mechanical race has three kings, and the demon race has four kings, making a total of ten kings.

The Insectoid race, at the World Lord level, has nearly 30 billion mechanical puppets.

You don't even need to lift a finger. With a combined attack from the 42 Zerg Queens, even an invincible king would be severely injured and forced to flee.

That Behemoth, a special life form with a size of 100,000 kilometers, must move slowly; under our combined attack, it would be a sitting duck!

It is extremely difficult for the Zerg to become immortal, but once they step into the immortal realm, they are crowned kings!

A Zerg Queen who has been crowned King, with enough resources, can hatch tens of thousands of Zerg Immortals. How terrifying would a single combined attack be?

Three immortal Zerg queens joined forces to attack; who could withstand them?

A massive wolf also let out a sneer.

"That's right. According to the intelligence that came back, those special creatures are named Zeg. They used to live in the secret realm and had never come into contact with the original universe."

It's not surprising that I'm a bit arrogant because I don't understand the original universe.

Once they emerge from the dark universe, we will launch a collective attack and wipe them out in one fell swoop.

Here, my demon race has more than 300 immortals and nearly 8 million elite realm lords!

They're just a group of special life forms. If they had become immortals, they would be a bit more troublesome, but as world lord-level special life forms, they're just courting death.

The Obsidian King of the Machine Race did not refute this, nor did he believe that any special life form could withstand their attack; he was merely offering a reminder.

"The news that the Nazeg clan wants to defeat us head-on has spread throughout the First Battlefield. Many people are watching us."

Once they emerge from the dark universe, annihilating them will also dampen the morale of the human race.

"Okay, no problem. Judging by the time, they should be arriving soon."

"Prepare to attack..."

Having received advance notice, the high-ranking members of the Machine Race, Zerg Race, and Demon Race gathered to discuss how to create the Zeg race.

The message released by the Heavenly King was not only known to the humans in the base, but also spread almost throughout the entire First Battlefield through spies.

Countless ethnic groups are paying attention to this war in various ways.

Almost no one was optimistic about the suddenly emerging Zeg race, even though this so-called Zeg race was a special life form.

……

Above the desolate continent, countless insectoids swarmed, covering the sky.

These insectoid races are diverse, ranging from the Flame Tank Insectoids, which stand 30 meters tall with thick carapaces, to the Hunter Mantis Insectoids with streamlined scales, and the slender Sharp Shadow Insectoids...

Of course, besides these powerful elite units, there are also many low-tier Zerg such as the Blue Mantis and Fire Mantis.

Without exception, all the Zerg were at the peak World Lord level.

These Zerg creatures almost covered the entire starry sky, and they were still gathering in droves.

Hidden within the swarm of insects are 38 insectoid mother nests, each one kilometer in diameter.

At the heart of the desolate continent, there are three Zerg mother nests, each about ten kilometers high.

This is the Zerg's immortal mother hive!

Around these mother nests, there are tens of thousands of Zerg immortal warriors with completely golden bodies, humanoid shapes, about 100 meters tall, and bodies that look like they are made of countless armors.

These immortal warriors have beetle-like wings and dragonfly-like compound eyes.

All the Zerg warriors were silently gazing at the distant starry sky, the closest teleportation point to the desolate continent.

The Zeg clan most likely originated from here.

On the other side, there was a sea of ​​machinery.

These mechanical puppets range in size from five or six meters tall to over a hundred meters tall, and are equipped with weapons such as giant axes, swords, or daggers on their backs.

In the mechanical sea, thousands of pyramid-shaped spaceships also float, their cannons aimed at the starry sky.

One after another, massive war platforms were rapidly taking shape under the assembly of mechanical puppets. These platforms were covered with giant cannons, each emitting energy fluctuations no weaker than the star-destroying cannons on the mechanical race spaceships that Qin Mu had once purchased.

Hidden beneath the cover of the insect and mechanical seas are enormous demons.

The smallest of these demon race members is 100 meters long, and the largest is nearly 100 kilometers long.

They were all waiting, waiting for the reckless Zeg clan.

……

War Base 028, through its super-large detectors, broadcast the battlefield situation into the virtual universe, where everyone saw the Machine Race, Zerg Race, and Demon Race standing ready for battle.

"It's over! We leaked the information ahead of time. The Machine Race, the Zerg Race, and the Demon Race are on guard now. How are we supposed to fight them?"

"The Zerg and Mech races are preparing a combined attack. How can we possibly withstand such a massive attack?"

"Foolish! Utterly foolish!"

"Send a message immediately, tell them to come back! They're going to their deaths!"

"..."

As the ever-growing armies of the mechanical race, the insectoid race, and the demon race filled the starry sky, everyone began to discuss among themselves.

How could a special life form possibly withstand such a situation?

Even if a king were to be invincible and dare to take the challenge head-on, he would only perish!

The Heavenly King, who was watching the battlefield, also changed his expression. Under these circumstances, he didn't even dare to leave the base, otherwise he would perish if he were surrounded.

"They're here!"

The Heavenly King watched as the starry sky shattered, and a colossal object with a diameter of 100,000 kilometers emerged from the dark universe.

Its body radiated halos of light, halos that were tens of thousands of miles thick.

……

"Here it comes! Attack!"

The voice of the Zerg Queen, Illusion, echoed throughout the entire starry sky.

The 38 well-prepared peak world lords, the Zerg Queens, each controlled a million Zerg warriors. These warriors extended their claws, from which dazzling beams of light shot out.

These million Realm Lord warriors seemed to be of one mind with each other, and in reality, they were indeed being distracted by the Zerg Queen, who was simultaneously controlling a million Zerg. Although they could not launch attacks containing laws, they could still launch precise attacks.

A single combined attack from a million ordinary World Lord warriors can severely injure a peak-level King, provided that the attack hits. Those King-level experts are not fools; they are all highly skilled at dodging and escaping.

However, the Zerg hive fortress had just emerged from the dark universe and was so enormous that it was almost impossible to dodge it.

In fact, the million-strong army of world lords is the most effective in military battles.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"...

Millions of beams of light converged at a single point in the distance!

It instantly struck the thick aura surrounding the insect hive fortress, penetrating it completely.

Incredibly precise!

Not a single beam of light was off; they all converged precisely at that one point. Even if a million human realm lords trained tens of millions of times, they would not succeed even once. This is the advantage of the Zerg.

Converging into one point!

It's a tiny little bit!

The entire starry sky fell silent, or rather, it lost its voice. Sound completely disappeared, and heaven and earth completely vanished, leaving only tiny specks of light formed by the convergence of millions of beams of light.

It seemed like a long time had passed, but in reality it was just a moment, and that tiny point of light suddenly burst forth!

Rumble~~~ The heavens and earth roared, and the silent world instantly became noisy. The starry sky was instantly torn open, and the torrent of countless spatial fragments became chaotic as a result.

There were a total of 38 such attacks!

But that's not the most terrifying part.

At the very heart of the insect swarm, tens of thousands of Zerg immortal warriors simultaneously unleashed a blinding white beam of light from their mouthparts, and these tens of thousands of white beams converged at a single point outside the Zerg hive fortress's aura.

The coordination of tens of thousands of powerful Zerg warriors was almost like that of a single person.

When tens of thousands of white beams of light converged at a single point, the cosmic space at that point suddenly trembled and exploded, revealing the terrifying spatial turbulence, with various chaotic fragmented and layered spatial currents surging about.

Centered on that point, the vibrating universe spread outwards in all directions, both above and below ground, like a domino effect!

In an instant, it was like a supernova explosion, producing a dazzling sphere of light with a diameter of tens of millions of kilometers.

Immediately afterwards, this colossal sphere of light, much larger than an ordinary star, suddenly transformed into countless shockwaves, blasting out in all directions. Only then did that incredibly terrifying, ear-piercing sound truly begin.

When the Zerg queens launched their combined attack, billions of Zerg extended their claws, from which dazzling beams of light shot out.

These attacks were scattered, but there were too many of them!

And this is just the Zerg's attack!

On the other side of the starry sky, almost all the mechanical puppets launched the same attack.

Like the Zerg, the Mechs are also adept at coordinated attacks.

Each member of the Mech race is a supercomputer with immense computing power, capable of launching a million combined attacks, just like the Zerg Queen!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Mechanical puppets, pyramid-shaped spaceships, and orbital cannons and planet-destroying cannons on massive war platforms opened fire instantly.

The entire starry sky was illuminated by dazzling light.

The scene, resembling the shattering of the universe, and the terrifying energy fluctuations left all the spectators speechless.

Under the combined attack of the Machine Race and the Zerg Race, the attacks of millions of Demon Race members were insignificant.

The chaotic, fragmented space and layered spatial turbulence submerged the colossal object with a diameter of 100,000 kilometers, making it impossible to clearly see what was happening.

Are they still alive?

Through the virtual universe network, countless spectators stared intently at the spatial turbulence.

……

"What a grand welcome ceremony! Are you setting off fireworks?"

With the aid of the insect hive fortress, Qin Mu's godlike voice emanated from the shattered, layered spatial turbulence.

Rumbling--

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the massive body of the Zerg hive fortress emerged from the spatial turbulence.

The layers of light, thousands of miles thick, shattered and reformed repeatedly under the turbulent spatial currents.

"Impossible! He's still alive?"

"No! That terrifying attack failed to break through Behemoth's defenses?"

"Oh my god!"

"..."

The Zerg Queen, Illusion, displayed horror on her exquisite face. How could this be?

This is a combined attack from three Zerg Kings of Immortality, 38 Peak World Lord Queens, billions of Zerg swarms, and hundreds of Mechanical Races and Mechanical Seas!

All the Zerg Queens, the Machine Race, and the Demon Race stared in disbelief at this scene.

Inside the insect hive fortress, Qin Mu's cold eyes revealed a bloodthirsty glint.

"Behemoth, advance! Crush them!"

As soon as the words were spoken, the insect hive fortress, with a diameter of 100,000 miles, instantly accelerated and crushed towards the core of the insect sea and the mechanical sea.

On the Zerg hive fortress, countless honeycomb structures spewed forth like a tidal wave of Zerg.

The swarm has arrived!

(End of this chapter)