Those time travelers that year

If the consciousness of the Abyss hadn't been in a fragmented state, requiring gradual filtering and processing, then the Endless Abyss would have already completely changed its will.

Of course, it's not too late.

When Obox-Obo regained his self-awareness, he saw a 'human' appear before him. A pair of dark golden eyes watched Obox-Obo's twisted body with great interest, while the Zerg prince, bathed in this 'gaze,' felt every cell in his body frantically sending warnings and urging him to flee.

However, the Zerg prince knew that if he really turned around and fled, he would definitely die. As for resisting, sorry, it would probably be a thousand times worse than death.

"The Zerg!" the 'human' exclaimed. "Is it really just a coincidence, or is it influenced by some external factors? The monkey created a Protoss, does that mean I have to create a Zerg? Hehehehehe..."

"Okay, okay, it's all the same... Anyway, I still have to deal with the remaining resistance from the Abyss, and I don't need the two-headed baboon, the six-fingered monster, or the fat man."

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Charles, a peace-loving person. So, my rather sensible friend, how about we have a 'friendly,' 'equal,' and 'value-for-money' transaction? Dear friend!"

"Well, seeing how pathetic you are now, I'll just reluctantly assume you agree!"

Soon, the Zerg prince felt something rapidly multiplying inside his body, quickly devouring his flesh, and then he screamed in agony.

"How foolish! Doesn't he know the saying 'No pain, no gain'?" Watching the insectoid prince's painful wails, Sharl tilted his head and chuckled. "Whatever... it's all the same. Anyway, the demons in the abyss are about to explode, so let's just light the powder keg."

"Anyway, the red monkey has been waiting for a while, just waiting for the moment to tear down the wall, tsk tsk tsk..."

With a flick of his hand, a spatial portal appeared beneath the Zerg Prince, causing Obox-Obo, unable to react due to the pain, to fall directly down. This portal led to the 663rd level of the Endless Abyss, the place where Obox-Obo had hidden himself. As Sharl watched Obox-Obo return to his crumbling territory, he murmured and withdrew his gaze.

"The Zerg Prince, pshaw, what a loser..."

"...Let me grant you a great fortune! From this day forward, you will no longer be the disgraced Lord of Obiris, but a brand new 'creation'."

"Devouring, slaughtering, evolving—the demons of the entire abyss, and even those demon lords, will be your prey. Don't you crave revenge? Then go!"

"Spread the fungal carpet across the entire 663rd layer of the Endless Abyss, and take this opportunity to extend it to other planes, eventually encompassing the entire Endless Abyss."

"Lord Obiris will henceforth be a relic of the past. All that remains is the Zerg Overlord—"

"—Obox-Obo-Zeg."

"I place this crown on your head; from this day forward, you are the swarm!"

613. The Birth of the Swarm

Daily life in the Endless Abyss is a daily routine of fighting and silliness. A large group of chaotic and evil idiots are constantly jumping around, each one racing towards becoming even more ridiculous. Of course, recently, because of the previous 'gift' of chaotic primal force, many demon lords have begun to covet the positions of the top three guys.

However, ambition must be hidden; revealing it will only lead to dire consequences. The power of the two-headed baboon, which instantly annihilated twelve demon lords when it ascended to the summit, still lingers in the hearts of the remaining demon lords.

Besides, weren't the other two demon princes also those who rose to the top through countless killings? If they were to truly fight, the outcome would be uncertain. If they didn't want to be pawns for others, they could only endure, endure until someone could no longer endure and made the first move.

But it seems that most of them are smart people!

The situation remained deadlocked, with everything seemingly unchanged, both among the lords of the various levels of the abyss and on the battlefield of bloodshed.

Until, a voice suddenly echoed throughout all the planes of the endless abyss—

— "Obox-Obo-Zeg".

"I place this crown on your head; from this day forward, you are the swarm!"

In an instant, the entire Endless Abyss erupted in a deafening roar. Countless demons began to discuss the matter, and then, without a word, they started fighting. The demon lords, upon hearing this, all recalled Obox-Obo, the oldest demon.

Then, all the demon lords had a question: Who was that voice? Who had such power to make their voice echo throughout the entire endless abyss, across all levels?

Who is this being?

Immediately afterward, all the demon lords who heard the voice turned their gazes to the 663rd level of the Endless Abyss, the place said to be the hiding place of Obox-Obo, the disgraced Lord Obiris. Of course, all the demon lords wanted to know who the owner of that voice was; after all, for one's voice to resonate throughout the entire Endless Abyss seemed anything but normal.

No demon lord would want another ruler above them, though each one desires to be that ruler. This is especially true for the three demon princes who have consistently strived in that direction.

In the saltwater swamp, Demogorgon burst out of his palace, letting out an incomparably furious roar. Even the smallest burst of power from the demon prince was enough to sink an island to the bottom of the sea, and now, the entire demon's sac, all the aquatic creatures living there, and the demons themselves, trembled in fear at the demon prince's rage.

Demogorgon began to summon his subjects and army. Driven by Demogorgon's wrath, the demons who had submitted to him had no choice but to quickly assemble, enduring the fear brought by the demon prince.

The two-headed baboon, who has always wanted to become the Demon King, would absolutely not allow anyone to challenge his position. If the insectoid prince Obox-Obo were also involved, it would be the last straw for Demogorgon.

Enraged, the two-headed baboon planned to finish the job once and for all. He intended to gather his entire army to attack Zionin's level, where Obokos-Obo was located, to completely annihilate the former demon prince who had lost power, and to find out from him who had made that voice. He wanted to eliminate all those who coveted and threatened his position.

Hmm... I heard there's a dish called Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, right?

Alright! It's unlikely that this two-headed baboon will ever reach the deepest, darkest part of the abyss. After all, what stands in his way is no longer the disgraced Zerg prince, but the newly risen Zerg Overlord—the two are not on the same level. Unfortunately, the two-headed baboon doesn't know this, and neither do the other demon lords. They probably just want to watch the show and find an opportunity to stab him in the back.

Of course, there were others who wanted to interfere, such as the Queen of Chaos in the Steamwamp. Remember, she was the one who stabbed Obox-Obo in the back, causing the Zerg Prince to lose everything. It would be a joke to say that Obox-Obo didn't want to devour her alive. Therefore, the Queen of Chaos also wanted to use this opportunity to kill the Zerg Prince. However, her repeated failures ultimately caused the Obiris lords to lose their rule and power. To put it mildly, few of the surviving Obiris lords respected her.

If she runs away, there's a greater chance she'll be stabbed repeatedly.

So this guy chickened out, but it seems that precisely because she chickened out a little, she probably won't be the first unlucky one to be destroyed by the swarm.

Just as the two-headed baboon was gathering his army and beginning to locate the Zionin layer, a terrifying change occurred in Obok-Obo, who had fallen back to the Zionin layer, specifically the 663rd level of the Endless Abyss.

After the sound that echoed throughout the endless abyss faded, Obok-Obo's body exploded, and his sprayed flesh and blood instantly covered the entire plane, splattering onto countless insects of all kinds lurking in this shadow world.

Thus began a fierce battle that engulfed the entire plane.

Various kinds of insects uncontrollably devoured Obok-Obo's flesh and blood, followed by a terrifying mutation. His body grew larger and became ferocious, and his consciousness also fell into complete madness and chaos.

Slaughter, devouring, destruction... After a period of time, the entire Zerg population on the plane was engulfed in a feast of mutual slaughter and devouring. One by one, the Zerg died, and then, even more powerful and larger Zerg were born.

In the end, all the insects on the entire level perished, leaving behind a trail of foul-smelling, sticky blood and mangled corpses. Soon, under the influence of some unseen force, the blood and corpses rapidly decomposed, and from this decomposed purple fungus grew, gradually covering the entire level.

At the very center of the plane, where Obox-Obo's body exploded upon his return, the Zerg prince's corpse vanished, replaced by a colossal, monstrous creature.

Its enormous, grotesque, and twisted body occupied the very center of the entire plane, with several limbs covered in barbs reaching into the sky.

At this moment, the former Obox-Obo was completely annihilated, replaced by the Zerg Overlord—Oobox-Obo-Zerg. As the will of this former demon began to revive, he was astonished by the current situation and by the terrifying power he now possessed.

Then a piercing, maniacal laugh rang out.

Obox-Obo-Zeg knew that from this moment on, his rebirth had begun, and his revenge would also begin.

Under his will, the purple fungal carpet on the ground began to writhe and spontaneously gave birth to larvae. These larvae then devoured the nutrients and power abundant in the fungal carpet, transforming into writhing cocoons, from which decayed into insects called worker bees.

After hatching, hundreds and thousands of worker bees began to spread to other parts of the layer, and along the fungal carpet, they began to transform their flesh and blood into more bizarre monsters, or rather, flesh and blood structures...

614. It's impossible for things to go wrong.

If a StarCraft player were to arrive here at this very moment, and that player had previously participated in role-playing games, they would definitely feel that the world's visual style is collapsing at a very unfortunate pace.

The endless abyss, the lair of demons, though the demons here aren't as organized and disciplined as those in some twisted void, who have formed a dedicated cross-world demolition company, they are still quite formidable and are considered pests of this multiverse.

Yes, they are just pests.

Before that, no high-ranking person would have considered the demons in the Endless Abyss to be a serious threat. What else could these creatures be but pests? You must know that the Angel of Love once conquered the entire Endless Abyss and was just a hair's breadth away from truly purifying this sinful land.

So no one cared about these pests, and likewise, these pests themselves didn't care about themselves. However, on this day, the real pests arrived. How many demons are there in the endless abyss? Are they really good at using cannon fodder tactics?

This time, the insectoids that had previously wreaked havoc in the Koprulu sector, thanks to a certain evil god who had previously caused trouble, have come to this multiverse.

After undergoing a complete transformation, Obox-Ob-Zegg, the former Lord of Obiris, the original demon prince, and now the Zegg Overlord, uses his terrifying mental abilities to control the insects that have sprung forth.

Thousands, even tens of thousands, of worker bees emerge from the fleshy cocoons formed by the larvae and begin to expand rapidly. And as anyone who has played StarCraft knows, in an area covered with a fungal carpet, these seemingly insignificant worker bees can accomplish quite a bit.

These seemingly weak fighters, commonly known as 'farmers,' are the ones who built the infrastructure of Zerg. Don't let their 'farmer' label fool you; if you placed worker bees in a plane like the Prime Material Plane, where the average combat level is low, you'd find that one worker bee can take on several soldiers.

These worker bees possess pincers capable of easily crushing rocks, and as levitation creatures, they move at a considerable speed, easily ignoring ordinary terrain obstacles. Propelled by anti-gravity forces provided by organs called levitation sacs, they can propel themselves forward as if swimming. They are highly skilled workers, and when necessary, they can transform their form using nesting genes, becoming various fleshy structures that can then create even more Zerg.

"I am the swarm!"

With the call of Obok-Ob-Zeg, countless worker bees began to transform their flesh and blood, forming entirely new and different forms.

Well, using a group of war-bringing Zerg specifically designed to fight across light-years to deal with a bunch of incompetent Demons seems like bullying.

What's even more pitiful is that those foolish demons have no idea what they're about to face.

New hatcheries began to appear in every corner, providing more and more larvae, while queens guarded the hatcheries, constantly secreting mitotic enzymes to accelerate the gestation of new larvae.

Following that, there were also flesh-and-blood structures transformed from worker bees, such as splitting pools, evolution chambers, and extraction rooms, constantly accelerating the development of the entire Zerg swarm. In the endless abyss, everything might be lacking, but there was no shortage of useless places and all kinds of mineral resources, which was paradise for the Zerg.

The Zerg are so powerful that they can survive on all sorts of harsh environments on planets, and some even achieve physical immortality and traverse the universe. Their incredible vitality is unmatched by any demon.

As countless Overlords floated into the sky, the Zerg's psychic network was officially completed, utilizing the central nervous systems of these massive and repulsive Overlords. Below, the Zerg's main cannon fodder—the Zerglings—gathered in an endless 'sea of ​​dogs,' densely packed and seemingly free, covering a vast area.

Yes, that's right. Zerglings are the most worthless "cannon fodder" in the entire Zerg race. One larva can hatch two Zerglings at once, or even three if you're being frugal. In any case, with their genes extremely simplified and all unnecessary organs and judgment abilities removed, these creatures don't even have intelligence.

According to the rules, these leaping insects have top-notch darkvision, are immune to spells such as Mind Control and Fear, and have no morale.

While theoretically, more powerful psychic abilities could be used to influence and control these jumping insects to rebel, it doesn't matter. These are just 'cannon fodder'. What can you expect these 'cannon fodder' to do?!

Moreover, once a Zergling disconnects from the psychic network, it is immediately marked as an enemy, and its surrounding 'comrades' will not hesitate to tear it to shreds. These are the true cheap cannon fodder among cannon fodder. Every demon cannon fodder that dies in the bloodbath can create at least 5 to 10 Zerglings. Exchanging Zerglings for demons is definitely not a bad deal.

Then, this huge horde of 'dogs' began to advance under the will of Obok-Obo-Zeg.

The mere leaping insects are insufficient to annihilate the Endless Abyss, and they cannot even contend with the approaching army of two-headed baboons. However, it doesn't matter; Demogorgon will need considerable time to locate the plane where the Zerg reside. After all, this plane is extremely well-hidden, and finding it will require significant effort and time.

Once the two-headed baboon accurately located this place and opened a spacetime portal to bring its demon army here, Obox-Obo-Zeg wouldn't mind letting the two-headed baboon experience what a sea of ​​Thunder Beast cannon fodder looks like.

The first level to be visited and thus suffer from the Zerg was level 662. This was a level without a demon lord, a wasteland in the true sense. Even if any life existed here, it was all wiped out after the 'sea of ​​dogs' visited, replaced by a purple fungal carpet spread out by the overlords.

Once the creep covered this layer and all sorts of Zerg flesh-and-blood structures rose up, according to the Abyss's planar rules, this layer belonged to Obox-Ob-Zerg and was linked to the 663rd layer.

The shadow of the Zerg has expanded...

Meanwhile, because someone refused to admit that he had messed up, he created the so-called Zerg in the endless abyss.

Outside the world, faced with the monkey's unfriendly gaze, he had no choice but to offer an explanation.

"...In conclusion, Brother Monkey, you don't really believe that a civilization can develop normally without external enemies, do you?!" Xia Er spread his hands to show his innocence. "So I created an 'enemy' step by step. The only enemy of a civilization is another civilization. Only through competition can a civilization develop and continuously discard those burdens that hinder its development."

"But I always feel like you just did it on a whim?"

"No, absolutely not!" Xia Er shook his head and said, "I guarantee with Nyaruko's integrity that I was not acting on a whim, and it's impossible that I would go too far."

615. Zerg Offensive

Outside the world, Sharl kept shirking responsibility and resolutely refused to believe he would mess things up. In his plan, Oberx-Ober-Zeg was just a temporary worker. What could a temporary worker do? He was, of course, a scapegoat. Besides, wasn't he the Overlord? Didn't the Overlord need to enter campaign instances?

In short, in Shire's lore, in the future, there will always be a girl who, through various coincidences, will take over as Overlord. Just like the Protoss who sprouted in the Astral Plane because of the monkeys, one day in the future, someone will definitely crash a spaceship into them and kill them. What else is there to worry about? Nothing!

So Obox-Ob-Zeg had no idea what fate awaited him as a temporary worker. The pathetic guy didn't even realize that he had been sold out long ago, and instead, he was still tirelessly leading the Zerg to develop.

Transformed into a ruler by the Shar, though restricted from free movement, every member and even structure of the Zerg is a 'clone' or 'part' of him thanks to the Zerg's mental network. And from the perspective of a former demon prince, he could naturally see the terrifying nature of the Zerg.

Endless expansion, endless conquest, endless adaptation to the environment, and endless evolution of itself.

This is a terrifying race. If you compete with them on a physical level and they seize the time to develop, almost no single civilization or even creature can stand against them.

Compared to the Zerg, the dragons, hailed as the apex predators of the mortal realm, are utterly pathetic. What are dragons compared to these Zerg? In terms of environmental adaptability, these Zerg are miles ahead of these large reptiles.