Monster collectors on the cross-platform

Chapter 176 Settlement

Dimensional collapse!

Huo then unleashed a powerful attack originating from the End-of-Life Giant directly at the Mother Nest's carapace.

In an instant, a terrifying suction force emanated from between Huo Huan's palms, and the weak insectoids around Huo Huan could not withstand it and were sucked into the black hole between Huo Huan's palms.

The next second, as the Zerg were absorbed, the black hole in Huo's hand began to expand rapidly as if it had taken a growth hormone, growing from the size of a palm to almost the size of a person in just a few seconds.

The gravitational pull of black holes has become increasingly terrifying, and the affected area has become wider and wider.

The constant stream of Zerg around it acts like a catalyst, continuously fueling the growth of the black hole.

As the black hole's suction grew stronger, even the mother nest's shell couldn't withstand it, and a huge gap was torn open.

However, the results of the dimensional collapse ended there, as the Mother Nest, having recovered, directly used psionic energy to counteract the dimensional collapse.

However, that's enough for the players.

Huo's move not only created an opening but also diverted the attention of the Mother Nest, allowing them to push the battle line forward a little further.

This section renders the Zerg's blocking ineffective, allowing ranged players to now directly attack the brood mound.

In an instant, the players' firepower increased significantly, forcing the Mother Nest to be busy dealing with the situation and leaving it with little energy to focus on Huo Huan.

Seeing that the mother nest already had a hole, Huo Huan naturally didn't hold back and punched the soft flesh of the mother nest first.

The four elements converged on the wounds of the mother nest, relentlessly corroding its flesh.

Meanwhile, many melee players took advantage of the Broodmother's preoccupation with other tasks and rushed through the Zerg and Broodmother's psionic blockade to get close to the Broodmother.

In an instant, the mother hive was besieged by the Zerg, and even though there were still quite a few Zerg, they were still unable to stop them.

Just a few minutes later, facing the onslaught, the Zerg hive could no longer hold out. Its entire carapace was shattered, and its tumor-like body was exposed to the air.

And then, that was it. Without the protection of its shell, the mother nest was quite vulnerable, and in the face of the players' attacks, it was reduced to a pile of rotten flesh in just a moment.

Without the command of the Hive, the remaining Zerg army was thrown into chaos, which can be considered another drawback of centralized power.

Once the commander dies, the remaining Zerg will become like a disorganized mess.

Taking this opportunity, Huo unleashed his full firepower, striving to wipe out as many Zerg as possible.

The war on the mother hive is over; now it's time to eliminate the other players who have split their hives.

However, this time things didn't seem to go so smoothly. Huo was both killing and containing the insects, and he also had to spare some attention for the chat channel.

At first, things went quite smoothly, and more than half of the 128 swarms were successfully wiped out.

However, once the mother nest on Hohen's side died, one of the remaining swarms immediately changed.

The increased size accelerated the spawning of Zerg, resulting in the production of many advanced units in a short period of time.

The player team that was trying to wipe out the branch nest was caught off guard.

Fortunately, the players had a contingency plan in place and had already established a formidable emergency response team.

After receiving feedback from the player team, the fire brigade immediately rushed over and successfully nipped the brood in the bud before the brood could be reborn.

At this point, all 128 branch nests had been wiped out by the players.

[Network Notice: The war in this dimension has ended. Contribution points are being calculated. Please wait...]

[Network notification: You have earned 85426 contribution points in this battle]

Compared to the previous battlefield, Huo's contribution points were significantly less this time.

This is natural, as the amount of contribution points depends on the player's contribution to the war.

Huo could be said to have participated in the entire last battle, but this time he only contributed to the annihilation of the three legendary figures and the attack on the Mother Nest.

The contribution was not as significant as the last time.

The main difference lies in the different situations on the two battlefields. The main threat in the Underdark battlefield comes from the legendaries within the Drow capital city. It can be said that nearly half of the combat power in the first battlefield can be attributed to the Drow legendaries.

In this battle, the Zerg's legendary combat power and the Mulch were only a small part; the main force was always the large number of Zerg troops and various swarms.

Therefore, the contribution points in this battlefield will be more dispersed, and each participating player can get a considerable amount of contribution points.

With the appearance of the notification from the comprehensive network, the war in this dimension has come to a complete end.

Of course, not all players will quit immediately. Although the Mother Nest has been destroyed, there are still many other tasks to do.

For example, eliminating the remaining Zerg forces and helping the natives rebuild their homes.

However, these tasks were not very suitable for Huo Huan, and Huo Huan had no interest in these logistical tasks.

The battle is over, and the next step is to allocate contribution points.

Unlike the previous battlefield, the protagonist of this battlefield—the Zerg—is really too 'poor'.

Any resources that end up in the Zerg's mouth will only be broken down into abilities, and then transformed into combat weapons.

Therefore, the game has specially opened a shop in this dimension, where any player with contribution points can use them to buy what they want.

Guided by the online platform, Huo also opened the online store interface.

Suddenly, a dazzling array of goods filled Huo Huan's entire field of vision.

Huo also found the category option and prioritized turning off the equipment slot.

Now that Huo has acquired a battle suit and is more accustomed to attacking with his fists, the need for equipment will definitely be a last resort.

Secondly, the materials that Huo Huan 'eliminated' were also excluded. Huo Huan basically doesn't use materials for his deputy positions, so this is also a category that Huo Huan is not considering for the time being.

Finally, Huo's gaze fell upon the consumables and pets section.

Thinking back to his previous experience in the Devil's Dungeon, Huo decisively chose the pet option.

Unfortunately, it seems that the pet section only contains pets suitable for summoners to raise.

Huo spent several tens of minutes looking at the pet section, which seemed to only contain pets that required resources to raise, and there was no surprise like the red dragon in the devil dungeon.

After patiently looking through the hundreds of pets in the pet enclosure, Huo still couldn't find one suitable to take in.

Disappointed, Huo turned to look at the consumables section.

Upon seeing the first page, Huo found a consumable item that suited him.

Name: Strength Boosting Potion

Type: Consumables

Weight: 100g

Effect: +1 Strength (Only effective for Strength less than 19 points)

Description: This potion is specially produced on the network and is extremely rare. Some players tried to prevent it, but ultimately only a degraded version was created.

In addition to strength-boosting potions, there are also stamina-boosting potions and agility-boosting potions.

Each bottle of potion costs 20,000 contribution points, and there is a limit of one bottle of each type that can be purchased.

Chapter 177 Taking Stock of the Harvest

Needless to say, items that can increase attributes are a given, and Huo also bought all three bottles of potions with a wave of his hand.

Apart from these three bottles of medicine, none of the others seemed to meet Huo Huan's needs, so Huo Huan didn't insist.

After purchasing the three bottles of potion, Huo drank them all in one gulp. Looking at the increased attributes on the panel, Huo felt a sense of exhilaration as his strength improved.

Besides the contribution points, Huo's biggest gain was the corpses of these Zerg.

In a way, Huo actually benefited, because since the Zerg had virtually no other resources, their biggest spoils were these corpses.

However, most players have no need for Zerg corpses, and even if they were used as food, they wouldn't be considered top-tier food. Therefore, no one really said anything about Huo's act of collecting corpses.

Race Name: Armored Shield

Description: A special type of Zerg created by extracting special genes from the Zerg hive. It is extremely expensive to produce, but it has extremely strong defensive capabilities and is one of the hive's top fighters.

Traits: Strong walls, robust physique, swarm sensing, high-speed regeneration

Fortified: The shield's unique, extremely hard shell can withstand attacks from even adult dragons without taking any damage. After equipping it, players can consume energy to grow a chitinous shell on their body, but this will inevitably reduce their agility.

Robust physique: The special structure gives the armor shield extraordinary defensive capabilities. When equipped, the player's physique increases by 2.

Swarm Sense: Although its appearance is different from the regular Zerg, it still cannot hide the Zerg nature. After equipping it, players can receive signals from the Zerg swarm.

High-speed regeneration: A strong physique combined with the Zerg's unique organs gives the armor shield a recovery ability far exceeding that of its own kind. As long as it is not a fatal wound, it can recover in a short time. After equipping it, the player gains the ability of high-speed regeneration and limb regeneration.

Race name: Locust

Introduction: A special Zerg race created by mixing special genes from the Zerg hive. It has both powerful attack capabilities and good defense capabilities, making it the most well-rounded of the top fighters in the hive.

Traits: Locust Swarm Poison, Blade Armor Balance, Swarm Sensing, Balance Sensing

Locust Swarm Poison: Locusts can synthesize a potent toxin that damages the target's nerves and inhibits regeneration. After equipping the Locust Swarm Poison, players can consume energy to synthesize it within their bodies.

Blade Armor Balance: The Locust has an extremely balanced attribute distribution, with no weak points in any aspect and no overpowered ones. When equipped, the player's Strength, Agility, and Constitution all increase by 1.

Swarm Sense: Although its appearance is different from the regular Zerg, it still cannot hide the Zerg nature. After equipping it, players can receive signals from the Zerg swarm.

Balance Sense: The extremely balanced physical attributes give the Locust an almost absolute sense of balance. After equipping it, players' resistance to negative statuses such as imbalance and dizziness is increased.

Armored Shield and Fierce Locust are the two remaining legendary Zerg units.

Among them, Armored Shield Huo was the one that had survived the magic array set up by several mages.

As for the locusts, Huo Huan had never personally fought them. He would usually prepare to retreat as soon as he saw them.

After all, they all attacked together at the time, and Huo wasn't a stubborn monster who insisted on fighting three against one.

After adding these two 'legendary' collectibles to his inventory, Huo Huan's physique bonus reached 10 points. Once he returned and polished these two collectibles, his agility would also reach its maximum of 10 points.

I just don't know if the limits of attribute bonuses will be unlocked in the future. Maybe we'll have to wait until after the Legendary version?

Huo is still uncertain, because so far, he has not found anyone with the same profession as himself on the online platform. Without predecessors as a reference, Huo has no way of knowing the future development of his profession.

After loading the two 'legendary' Zerg, Huo turned his attention to ordinary collectibles.

In this raid on the mother hive, there were naturally quite a few ordinary Zerg. In this wave alone, Huo collected tens of thousands of Zerg corpses, so leveling up shouldn't be a problem.

Thinking this, Huo continued working, converting all the excess items in the Book of Collections into experience.

The number of collectibles began to decrease rapidly, while the experience bar on Huo Huan's panel began to increase rapidly.