Those time travelers that year

Without anyone knowing, the Githians, along with some other races that now share similar ideologies, announced the establishment of a new nation called Protoss.

So, following in the footsteps of Charles, the monkey, unintentionally, also went too far...

That's wonderful news!

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The focus shifted once again to the Endless Abyss, where the Zerg's development, with Shar's deliberate manipulation, was practically unstoppable. Furthermore, Shar's consciousness had now suppressed the chaotic and fragmented will of the Endless Abyss, so much so that, under Shar's intentional favor, the Zerg in this world were practically blessed with destiny.

Obox-Obo-Zeg, the once-fallen, incredibly unlucky Lord of Obiris, the first Demon Prince, has thus returned to the stage of history.

Therefore, sometimes, finding a reliable backer is a good thing. The will of the Endless Abyss was unreliable, so Obox-Obo-Zeg went through the most painful period of his demonic life. But now it seems that Sharl is reliable, and soon Obox-Obo-Zeg will be rich.

After conquering the 651st level of the Endless Abyss, the Zerg once again experienced explosive growth. Thanks to Falkrik's sealing off of the entire level, for a long time, no one else in the Endless Abyss knew that the Zerg had conquered Nesri.

Everyone thought that the rulers of Nesri were capable of holding off the Zerg, etc...

However, outdated information is harmful to both oneself and others.

After the repairs were completed, that is, after the lost cannon fodder was replenished, the blockade of Nesri was lifted, and at the same time, the path to the skull cave on the 643rd floor was opened.

This level, known as the Flat Tomb, is haunted by countless powerful undead. It was once one of the territories of Orcus, one of the three demon princes and the Undead King. However, in an 'accident,' Orcus died, and his legacy was looted by various voyeurs. But after his resurrection, those who had coveted Orcus's relics were all punished, including a certain unfortunate dark elf goddess.

However, this place did not return to Orcus's control, because a new demon lord has emerged on this level, a vampire named Garra vax who rules this place.

I don't know if there are other reasons involved, but this place is now independent.

Unfortunately, this place has now come to an end.

Are the undead strong? Trash. Compared to the Zerg, who are also known for their sheer numbers, the undead are utterly worthless.

An endless swarm of insects surged into this plane, while the alien dragons soaring through the air roared and swooped down, annihilating the bone dragons, ghost dragons, and corpse dragons. On the ground, the swarm of jumping insects easily overwhelmed the knightly order composed of death knights and skeleton knights.

Honestly, necromancy is the most useless magic for the Zerg. When a Zerg dies, in the spirit of recycling, their genetic chain collapses, causing their flesh to melt and decay, turning into nutrients again. If necessary, even the bones are left behind. This is a natural enemy of necromancy.

More importantly, the birth of a Zergling only takes a short while, while the resurrection of an undead, unless awakened by using negative energy spells at any cost, normally takes longer than the birth of a Zergling.

The price-performance ratio is completely inferior; how can we compete with this?!

622. The Runaway Lord

This was much easier than the previous battle with Nerris.

The 643rd level of the skull cave is inhabited by undead, who are almost naturally countered by the Zerg. No matter how powerful the undead are, they are easily defeated by the Zerg, who completely disregard the primitive biological principles of the natives and are hordes of soldiers.

No matter how powerful the undead creatures were, they were basically overwhelmed by the swarm of Zerg, who were completely reckless. In particular, these insects were incredibly resilient; negative energy fields, aging, decay, and other similar auras had almost no effect on Zerg. The life points deducted each round couldn't keep up with the insects' regeneration rate—how could they possibly fight them?!

With the addition of the creep covering them, almost all the undead that died again were absorbed by the creep and turned into nutrients. Zombies were eaten, skeletons were eaten, bone dragons were eaten. So far, there is nothing that the Zerg cannot digest. Even if they can only eat dirt, these Zerg insectoids can extract various mineral components from the soil.

Ultimately, the skull cave was breached.

The demon vampire in control here, Garra Vax, after being surrounded by flying dragons and having his air escape route blocked, wisely severed his connection with the dimensional siege from over ten thousand exploding insects in an 'Anhura Abak' style attack. He proactively relinquished his title as demon lord and escaped using a portal spell.

Incidentally, the terrifying threat posed by the Zerg finally spread after this battle. Demon lords at all levels were horrified by the Zerg's terrifying efficiency and ever-growing army. Of course, there were also some self-satisfied individuals who conceived ideas and plots to control this army.

They then sent some of their men to negotiate, but that was the end of it. Faced with 'food' delivered to their doorstep, they completely ignored the masters of these guys and directly ordered these 'messengers' to be devoured alive.

In the Endless Abyss, anything can be lacking, but there will never be a shortage of these self-important demon lords. That's right, this kind of arrogant, domineering behavior—the "I'll kill your whole family if you don't give me face" trope—is everywhere in the Endless Abyss.

Thus, Obox-Obo-Zeig's actions only created more enemies for them. But it didn't matter; from the beginning, the Zerg's enemies were the demons of the entire Abyss, and even the remaining Obiris lords were Obox-Obo-Zeig's targets.

The current Zeg Overlord has not forgotten which bastards opportunistically sided with Chaos.

But even if he were to face all the demons of the Endless Abyss, Obox-Obo-Zeg knew very well that now, just like the end of the era of Lord Obiris and the rise of the Tanaris demons.

From this day forward, the Abyss will be the era of the Zerg.

"Adaptation, slaughter, devouring, evolution... the fungal carpet will cover the entire endless abyss..."

The voice belonging to Obok-Ob-Zeig began to spread along the Zerg's mental network, echoing within the layers that were already firmly under their control.

"I am the master, I am the swarm!!!!"

A brand-new flesh-and-blood structure was erected, and the main hive finally evolved. Along with the birth of the main hive, the Thunder Beast Cave and the colossal spire appeared. With this, the core power of the Zerg was fully developed, and with the addition of gene replication, all the Zerg swarms began a new round of change and evolution.

Infected, Vipers, Corruptors, Brood Lords, and the Zerg's strongest ground unit, the Ultralisk, began to emerge one by one.

The next level, the 607th layer of the Endless Abyss, is an underground labyrinth, a level filled with lava pipes and magma lakes, leading directly to the 606th layer. The ruler of these two layers was Gosmo, a Balgra demon. Unfortunately, even this Balgra demon lord could not withstand the onslaught of the Zerg swarm. The Zerg, skilled in digging, sacrificed a great deal to create a passage directly connecting the 607th layer's underground labyrinth to the 606th layer's volcanic crater. Subsequently, both layers fell, the Zerg swarm sweeping away both layers in one fell swoop.

It wasn't until the 601st level, the Burning Domain, that Zeg's offensive was finally halted by the Flame Lord Azliel. However, by now, the entire Abyss knew that one of the original Lords of Obiris, the Zerg Prince Obox-Obo, had gained new power in the darkness at the deepest level of the Abyss, transforming into the current ruler of the Zeg Zerg race—Obox-Obo-Zeg.

The Zerg, like the most perfect weapon of war, were born in the depths of the abyss and are gradually climbing up, obeying the will of Obok-Ob-Zerg (just kidding), taking a solid step toward conquering the endless abyss.

A major event had occurred in the Endless Abyss, and naturally, it couldn't be concealed. In fact, the demons had almost no intention of hiding the secret; these chaotic fools had already casually spread the news of what had happened in the Endless Abyss far and wide. This spread had a significant impact, immediately drawing the attention of the gods who had previously looked away back to the scene.

The higher-level deities can accept a divided Endless Abyss, but they absolutely cannot tolerate a unified Endless Abyss. Just like what the Chaos Gods did, they ruled the entire Endless Abyss and instigated a war across the multiverse. And Obox-Ob-Zeg was also recorded in the hearts of these deities.

Of course, the Zerg Overlord is still far away, and with a large number of demon lords eyeing the Abyss, unifying the Abyss and starting a war will not be an easy task.

……

War, killing, death.

At the intersection of levels 606 and 601 of the Endless Abyss, an endless swarm of insects roared as it surged towards the Blazing Domain of level 601. For the Zerg, fire was perhaps one of their few weaknesses. Just as the Terrans in interstellar wars could create fire-breathing trains and firebats to counter the Zerg swarm, the demons living in the Blazing Domain were all masters of fire. All sorts of fire-electrifying spells rained down on the Zerg, knocking insect after insect down into the lava and turning them to ashes.

However, the Zerg swarm continued its relentless assault, undeterred by the harsh environment. After close combat, the swarm's terrifying offensive surged forth like a tidal wave, layer upon layer, engaging the demons in close-quarters combat, trading blows.

The Flame Lord Azriel, a demon clad in red armor and robes, his face hidden behind a red mask, gazed at the endless swarm of insects but did not immediately make a move.

No one knows what he's thinking.

And the demon lord's gaze quickly shifted from the swarm of insects to the deeper reaches of the abyss. In the darkness, the demon lord saw a glimmer of twilight light.

Ultimately, this demon leader vanished without a trace. It is said that at the height of the battle, he chose to relinquish his title as demon lord and left the Burning Domain and even the Endless Abyss alone. With the loss of its lord, the entire 601st level of the Burning Domain fell.

623. The table was flipped.

Azliels' sudden departure and disappearance left all the demon lords completely astonished. Originally, with the help of the Burning Domain, the Zerg swarm wouldn't have been so easily breached, but the departure of a lord at this level caused a devastating collapse of the entire situation.

The swarm broke through the 601st layer of the Burning Domain, and creep began to cover the few remaining areas on this layer. Although it couldn't be completely covered with creep like the layers it had occupied before, it could still serve as a passageway.

Now that Azliels has left, it's time for Buffalo King Buffalo's headache to face the 600th floor of the Endless Abyss. This world, essentially an endless labyrinth, is ruled by the minotaur Buffalo. It's worth noting that another force, Bone Fortress, exists here, and this force belongs to the Demon Mother, Cangye.

However, this meant little to Obox-Obo-Zeg. Although Cangye was once the Lord of Obiris, just like the original Cangye, he had long since switched sides after the loss of power. For the current ruler, the death of the Minotaur King Buffyment meant that the Bone Fortress in the Endless Labyrinth would also lead to its destruction.

Clearly, the Minotaur King Buffet was not stupid. Although he was indeed a bull, seeing the previous levels being broken through so easily, and with Azliel, the lord of the 601st level of the Burning Domain, fleeing, Buffet knew that something was definitely wrong.

Meanwhile, Cangye's messenger also set off to try to contact Obox-Obo-Zeg. Of course, this didn't mean that Cangye was asking Obox-Obo-Zeg to do anything, but rather that he intended to negotiate and try to protect the spies she had planted in the 600th layer of the Endless Abyss.

But like the unfortunate ones before him, Obox-Obo-Zeg didn't even bother to see Cangye's envoy, directly turning him into food for the swarm. This also meant the breakdown of negotiations, naturally infuriating Cangye. But to be honest, Obox-Obo-Zeg had no intention of letting go of the remaining Obiris lords, because these guys were all 'traitors' who assassinated him after the Chaos.

Meanwhile, outside the world, Sharl angrily slammed his keyboard and mouse, cursing, "What a rip-off! A bug, this is definitely a bug... What kind of dungeon boss just quits without saying a word?!" Although he controlled Obox-Ob-Zeg, bringing the Zerg insectoid race into this multiverse and sweeping through several layers of the Abyss, even killing a demon lord, Sharl was still furious about the escape of the Flame Lord Azliel.

The lord of the 643rd level skull cave had previously run away, and now, another demon lord has fled. So far, they've encountered four demon lords, and two of them have shamelessly run away, giving Sharl a full understanding of the depravity these demons can reach.

"Weren't they supposed to be chaotic and goofy? How come these two are so shrewd???"

If the lord of the Skull Cave on the 643rd floor, that demonic vampire, knew he was no match for Zerg and understood that his skeleton followers were no match for the swarm of insects, then his escape was perfectly understandable. However, for Azliel, the lord of the Burning Realm, to flee before the battle was even decided was truly disastrous.

"How did this guy find out?!" With a grim expression, Charles began searching the entire Endless Abyss, but found no trace of the escaped Azliel.

"Even the Demon Prince didn't know, so how could he find out? Damn, could he be an imposter?!" Suddenly, I thought of those shameless gods who seemed to have a habit of creating imposters. Thinking about it this way, could the Flame Lord Azliel also be an imposter of some god?

Logically speaking, demons and gods are inherently opposed, but it's not that no god has placed their divine kingdom in an endless abyss.

Thinking about it this way, it's not surprising that the Flame Lord Azliels is an alias of some god. But for Sharl, what could be worse than being tricked when everything is in his hands? It's only when the food he was about to get slipped away, the cooked duck flew away – that's truly devastating.

The reason for not devouring Obox-Obo was to turn this Zerg prince into a controllable tool, allowing him to kill other demon lords and then let the souls of those demon lords who died at the hands of the Zerg fall into the Shar's hands.

Acquiring the souls of two demon lords in one fell swoop is a promising business opportunity for Sharl. Each demon lord's soul in his possession represents an acceleration of the erosion of the will of the Endless Abyss. If this pace continues, he will soon be able to descend.

But now, something's happened. There's a guy who seems to have discovered something and has chosen to run away, which could very well mess up Ciel's plans.

Even if this runaway guy isn't fully aware of your problems, once he leaks the information, everything is ruined. If those demon lords know the truth and choose to fight to the death, that's one thing, but if they also choose to run away, wouldn't that mean Xia's previous investment has gone down the drain?! And if these 'natives' get smart and choose to join forces…

"Whatever! If it crashes, it crashes..."

"...Even if we crash, none of you will escape. From this moment on, no one in the Endless Abyss will be able to escape!" Xia Er shouted at the monkey who had inexplicably become idle. "Brother Monkey!"

"What are you doing!?"

"Smash that stupid wall, I'm going to flip the table!"

"You're not planning to take your time playing?" The monkey was taken aback, then realized, "Oh, I see, you've got some trouble with your unreliability, kid!"

"There's nothing wrong with it, it's just a little unexpected!" Charles corrected. "...Anyway, I'm tired of the game!"

……

At this time, the Tauren King Buffyment began preparing to fight the Zerg, and subtly conveyed to Cangye through Bone Fortress that he might not be able to hold his own as a single demon, and hoped to request assistance in the name of their 'allies'.

The two-headed baboon also indicated to Cangye that it intended to force its way in, giving the Demon Mother Cangye a major headache. Frankly, she didn't want other demon lords to interfere in the Endless Labyrinth, but it seemed that Buffet alone might not be enough to handle the situation.

But if Demogorgon were to go down and kill them, regardless of whether he could deal with the insects, there's a high chance that the two-headed baboon would tear Buffet apart and seize his territory, or perhaps the entire Endless Labyrinth would be destroyed by the two-headed baboon.

However, it's impossible for her to take action; she doesn't want to face the flames of revenge from Obox-Ober.

624. Taking personal action

What Cang Ye didn't know was that soon, even if she wanted to avoid facing the vengeful Zerg Overlord, she wouldn't be able to.

In the 600th level of the Endless Abyss, the army of the Minotaur King Buffyment is rapidly assembling.

As the coordinates of the 601st floor's Burning Domain rapidly approached the 600th floor, the atmosphere here grew increasingly tense. Having consecutively defeated four demon lords, the Zeg insectoids had gained unparalleled deterrence, second only to Demogorgon, who had once annihilated twelve in an instant.

Thus, Buffett, the ruler at this level, was furious. However, everyone knew that the demons in the Endless Abyss were all a chaotic bunch of idiots who dragged their own people down. In this life-or-death situation, Cangye, who was originally considered a half-ally of Buffett, hesitated about whether to offer assistance. She didn't want to face Obox-Obo-Zeg, who had become the overlord of the Zerg.

Therefore, this shrewd demon lord was thinking about how to maintain the independence of her subordinate 'Bone Fortress' within the endless labyrinth.

She didn't care who became the lord of the 600th floor; the only thing she cared about was her own interests. If it weren't for her 'messenger,' and she hadn't even met Obok-Ob-Zeg before being fed to insects, she wouldn't be so conflicted.

However, just as Cangye was struggling with his decision, an unfriendly message arrived. The increasingly irritable two-headed baboon had completely lost his patience and decided to force his way into a deeper level. He and his army were also preparing to advance towards the 600th level of the endless labyrinth.

"Damn it..." Upon hearing this news, Cang Ye's expression changed instantly. One move could affect everything; that two-headed baboon was completely disregarding everything else, charging directly into the Endless Maze to fight the Zerg. Regardless of the outcome, 'Bone Fortress' was absolutely doomed.

Before the female demon could devise a countermeasure, the entire Abyss suddenly began to shake. The chaotic primal force within the abyss surged, just like before, roaring like a tsunami as it crashed violently into the Abyss. At that moment, all the demon lords saw a glimmer of light begin to appear in the deepest part of the Abyss, in the boundless darkness.

Accompanying this flame was an extraordinary will. As this will appeared, chaotic primal forces poured down, surging into the deepest part of the endless abyss.

Then, that will 'awakened'.

"Impossible!" Cangye, the lord of Obiris, also saw, through the enhancement granted by her title as a demon lord, a distant twilight-colored flame illuminating the darkness. It was the awakening will, but what horrified this demon mother who had lived for countless ages was that, at the moment that will 'awakened,' the chaotic primal force throughout the endless abyss continuously transformed into abyssal power, surging into the bodies of every demon.