Collapse Iron Live Broadcast Connects All Worlds, Scares Away Wuzhan at the Beginning

"She slowly sat up and her gaze met a pair of piercing green eyes."

""woke up?""

"This time, the voice belonged to a blonde woman, no longer a soldier. She sat lazily across from Xing, her slender fingers toying with a short, gleaming knife. She wore a tight-fitting black leather dress, another scimitar at her waist, and a faint smile graced her beautiful face."

"…Where did this come from?" Xing asked, as usual, to the air. Heita immediately replied in his ear: "If I remember correctly, this is probably a group of bounty hunters. The diverse Zerg ecology of the Drost Star has attracted bounty hunters from all over the galaxy for nearly ten thousand years. This group is just one of them."

"Didn't we agree to witness the Insect King's ascension?"

"Don't be impatient, Xing. The simulation of the universe requires deduction. The result of the Insect King's ascension is certainly important, but the process is equally important." Heita suddenly reminded, "You should also ask this lady more questions. This is also a vital part of the simulation."

“Oh… okay.”

Xing looked around—as expected, the cabin was filled with hunters of all kinds. Some were polishing their weapons, some were talking in low voices, but from time to time they would glance at the blonde woman, their eyes mostly filled with doubt and dissatisfaction.

Xing pricked up her ears and noticed that most of the dissatisfaction stemmed from the blonde's decision to go hunting on the Wart Planet. She believed that she possessed "Aha-level credibility."

"Xing could tell that this wasn't a good thing, so he asked her why she insisted on going to the Wartworm Star despite everyone's opposition."

“Because—” Her voice was relaxed, like a sponge without absorbing water, “this is just a game of compiling an insect atlas.”

""ah?""

The woman ignored Xing's surprise and simply smiled to herself, "Before the grand banquet begins, we need to focus even more on controlling our desires to avoid any mistakes."

"With that, she folded her arms elegantly over her chest, leaned forward slightly, her golden hair falling over her shoulder armor, and extended her hand to Xing in invitation."

"Xing took her hand without hesitation. At the same time, the scene around him began to change dramatically. Xing, a bounty hunter, arrived on the Wart Planet with a large force and clashed with the Elidishina army there."

"Xing stood at the edge of the cliff, a sharp wind carrying the stench of insects in her face. Her eyes widened—the scene before her was beyond common sense."

"The whole plain is writhing."

"Billions of insects surged and swelled like a tide, their shells scraping against each other like a million rusty knives. Whenever the hunters' gunfire cleared a gap, the insects would replicate to fill it."

"Farther away, a massive mound suddenly rose from the ground. A silverfish, as big as a battleship, burst out of the earth, revealing its fang-filled mouthparts. It swallowed an entire hunter team on the spot."

"It seems the Elidishina army has also requisitioned insects as weapons." Black Tower's voice drifted behind him.

"Is this the power of reproduction?" Xing turned around and asked.

"No, replication and division are inherent characteristics of these silverfish, and have nothing to do with reproduction. Taizyuros hasn't appeared yet." Black Tower frowned in disdain and urged, "Let's go! The insects smell terrible."

-

One Punch Man.

In the Monster Association.

Watching the swarm of insects from the Wartworm Star spread like a black tide, devouring everything in its path, Wandering Emperor sat cross-legged on a rock, his chin resting on his hand, admiring the scene with great interest.

"Tsk tsk, these bugs have much better replication abilities than you, black sperm." He grinned, a hint of teasing in his tone.

The black sperm, who had been lazily lying on the side, jumped up upon hearing this, veins popping out across his pale face. "You idiot! I can split into over 54 trillion individuals! And even reassemble! You think these bugs are worthy enough to compete with me?!"

Wandering Emperor smiled, his tone leisurely.

"But they don't need to regroup—you regroup because you can't defeat the enemy in your divided state, and you're afraid of dying constantly. But the insects don't care about individual deaths at all." He pointed to the pile of insect corpses on the screen. "The living insects continue to replicate and divide, and you... every death is one less."

The black sperm was speechless for a moment, but soon said stubbornly: "Tsk! So what? I can still blow them up with one punch!"

"This time, a Star God of reproduction will appear in the simulated universe. Perhaps your fate will be affected."

"Can you make me split infinitely?" muttered the black sperm.

"Maybe it's possible?" Wandering Emperor smiled slightly, but after turning his face to the side, the smile quickly disappeared.

...Being able to witness the birth of the Star God directly this time is undoubtedly an important opportunity for him.

He longed to know whether the "god" who had bestowed him with power was inextricably linked to the Star God. If "He" were the Star God himself, then wouldn't he, who had received His gaze and been blessed with power, be... an envoy?

A touch of excitement and pleasure surged in his heart, causing Wandering Emperor's mouth to rise subconsciously.

If I were an envoy, then it would be reasonable for me to rule this planet, right?

-

"Bounty hunters usually like to live in groups, but when Xing arrived at the settlement, he found that the usual noise and bustle had completely vanished, leaving only silence."

"Xing arrived at the female leader's room and pushed open the wooden door. What seeped out from the crack of the door was not light, but some kind of sticky, fluorescent green insect blood."

"The room was filled with crawling insects, some dead, some still wriggling."

"Xing took a sudden step back, her back hitting the door frame. A piercing chill ran up her spine, making all the hair on her body stand up."

"Heita, this, this..." Her voice got stuck in her throat and turned into a hoarse sound.

"Don't worry, Xing. You'll be fine in this simulation," Heita reassured her. "According to the data, this female leader used something called 'insect powder witchcraft' on her fellow hunters."

“What is that?”

"I suspect it's some kind of hallucinogen... that can cause people to misperceive things," Heita explained. "The purpose is to unite the hunter community and eliminate dissidents. Anyway, Xing, you're the only hunter who hasn't been hallucinated, and what you need to do is..."

"Xing then noticed that he had a gun in his hand, and the cold muzzle was pointing at the woman in the room."

"The female leader stood with her back to the stars, her slender figure outlined by the sunlight outside the window, a dazzling golden edge. As the instigator of all this, her reaction seemed quite calm."

"You can recite a few numbers silently in your mind." Heita's voice was almost close to Xing's ear, "Then shoot her in the temple."

Chapter 268 Simulated Universe: Locust Plague (Part 3)

"Can you please not shoot?"

"Just as Xing was about to ask a question, the gun in his hand went off with a bang, and the female leader disappeared like a puff of mist in the sound of the gunfire."

"—Obviously not," Black Tower said calmly, "You are playing the role of the last bounty hunter of this group, who left the Star of Warthog after firing the gun."

"I have a question," Xing said, watching the scene around her gradually crumble and dissipate. "The female leader's bounty hunters used insect powder witchcraft, so why is it that the hunter I'm playing is still able to stay awake?"

"Who knows? Maybe it's because of love?" Heita spread his hands. "Alright, alright, don't worry about such details. Anyway, after you killed the female leader, it means the bounty hunters on the Dust Star have come to an end. From now on, this place will be dominated by the Elidishina army."

"The scene shifted, and Xing was back in the Elidisina army camp. The camp was filled with the stench of insects. The sticky mud on the ground was mixed with fluorescent green insect blood, and every step she took released long, thin threads of mucus."

"Several soldiers sat around a pile of burning insect shells, burning the pile of insect carcasses. The crackling and popping sounds of the flames were like a dense drumbeat."

"After the bounty hunters completely withdrew, the Iridishina people continued to kill the Drosophile."

"Amidst the carnage, a single Coleoptera insect silently spread its wings and soared into the sky, enveloped in blood, broken shells, and slime. It left behind all the chaos, slaughter, and endless smoke."

"Its ascent was anything but heroic. The sticky blood of its kin trailed thin threads from its wings, like the uncut umbilical cord of a newborn. Occasionally, fragments of armor peeled off its body, like tears falling into a sea of ​​fire."

"Heita, you're not saying that little bug is the Breeding Star God, are you?" Xing put away the telescope and said to the air beside him.

"What else? What do you imagine a Star God's ascension to heaven is like? Lightning leading the way? Starlight radiating to greet you?"

"Uh..." Xing still felt disappointed."

"Xing, you know that before the Machine Head ascended to Star God status, it was just a stellar computer built by Zandar to understand the universe, right?" Black Tower suddenly changed the subject. "Before the ascension, they were very ordinary, so ordinary... you hardly even noticed them."

"So what did they go through in the process of making the leap from ordinary to Star God?"

"…Good question, Xing. If I could answer it, would you still be needed to help me test the simulated universe?"

Xing scratched his head sheepishly.

“Hey, come and look at this!”

"In the distance, a soldier let out a surprised cry, calling out to everyone. Xing followed the soldier through the camp. After opening a protective fence, the scene before him made all the soldiers present gasp in surprise."

"Countless dense swarms of insects suddenly froze, their compound eyes simultaneously turning toward the sky, as if witnessing something invisible to humans. Then, they began to converge and close together, mating and reproducing in an incredible manner."

"The tentacles of some giant silverfish and flying insects are intertwined, 'stuck' together in a strange posture. Even if someone burns these insects with fire, they will still perform mating movements in the last second before turning into embers."

"So disgusting..." Xing felt her stomach twisting."

"It seems that [Breeding] has already occurred." Black Tower sighed. "The locust plague that will sweep across most of the universe... is about to begin."

-

overlord.

The Star God has been born?

But he didn't see it at all.

Having also heard the Black Tower's voice, Ainz used some kind of magic to enhance the vision of the Guardians present, attempting to find any clues about [Reproduction] in the dark red sky of the Dwarf Star.

“A…Ainz-sama!”

His thoughts were first brought back to his senses by Mare's frightened voice.

Looking away, Cocytus was already kneeling on the ground in agony. His teeth chattered constantly, and his six limbs twisted in an extremely uncoordinated posture, even crushing his outer armor with a cracking sound that made his teeth ache.

“That thought…Ainz-sama, I…”

His usually deep voice became hoarse, as if he was fighting with something for control of his body.

(Cocytus's condition clearly shows the effects of mental magic... Could it be that the Great Tomb has been attacked?)

(But Demiurge had already set up the domain and barrier beforehand. Logically, they should have been forewarned of any magic that would affect the Great Tomb. But what's going on here?)

In an instant, something inexplicable occurred, causing Ainz to panic for a moment.

But he soon calmed down and observed that not all of the Guardians had been mysteriously attacked like Cocytus - only he had been.

Assuming a mental attack could be effective against a Level 100 Cocytus, and even powerful enough to bypass the pre-arranged barrier, then everyone in the throne room—including Ainz himself—would be unharmed.

Could it be... that he is the only one who is special?

"Ainz-sama, if this is a mental attack, it shouldn't be directed solely at Cocytus." Demiurge, standing nearby, also noticed something. "I think we should send someone to inspect the Great Tomb."

"Ah."

Just as Ainz was about to appoint a Guardian to depart, he suddenly received a warning about an enemy attack.

—From the ninth floor of the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick.

"Eh? The ninth floor?!" Albedo's eyes suddenly widened.

The throne room they are in is on the ninth floor!

Not only that, the ninth floor was the one she was personally responsible for protecting. How could anyone dare to cause trouble right under her nose?!

More importantly, she could understand that someone wanted to launch an enemy attack on the Great Tomb, but in order to reach the ninth floor, one must pass through the first to eighth floors. However, all the guardians of the eighth floor were here, but no one received the notification of the enemy attack!

"Haha, the attack came from the servants' quarters... Interesting." Ainz chuckled dully. "All Guardians except Cocytus, come with me."

Through teleportation, everyone arrived at the servant's room in the blink of an eye.

But then—

The scene before their eyes almost took control of everyone present.

Among the battle maids, Entoma (Spider-Man) was absorbed in an intimate conversation with the Terror King (a giant cockroach). Her wide, long maid sleeves brushed against the newly formed pores on the insect's shell, which immediately released a warm mist laden with pheromones. Instantly, the entire room was filled with a foul, sickening odor.

Chapter 269 Simulated Universe: Locust Plague (IV)

Ainz's body was shimmering with green light, triggering three or four forced calms in less than ten seconds. He stared at Demiurge, his mouth hanging open. "What are they doing..."

"Ainz-sama... they are probably... reproducing, right?"

Demiurge admitted that he had been severely attacked by some inexplicable mental magic.

When it comes to cruelty, bloodiness, and killing, he is not new to them...he even finds them amusing.

But where had he ever seen such a scene?

“—Lord Ainz.”

Albedo's cold voice echoed behind Ainz. Without even turning around, he could sense the murderous aura emanating from behind him, which was almost condensed into a physical form.

"Please allow me to personally deal with these two shameless and disrespectful individuals. How dare they commit such a vile act before the Supreme Being! They are unworthy of serving Ainz-sama!"

"Just let me—"

However, Albedo's roar came to an abrupt halt. When she saw Ainz slightly raise his right hand, she immediately understood and shut up.

Ainz snapped his fingers, and a black flame erupted from Entoma and the Terror Prince. The flames weren't lethal, but they were enough to severely injure low-ranking servants like them. But what puzzled Ainz was that... even after sustaining injuries, they refused to cease their activity, continuing their selfless reproduction.

"I see... Will all Zerg be affected? No wonder Cocytus..."

Ainz slowly raised his head. After the recent farce, the Dwarf Star in the sky had been covered by a wriggling, swirling "dark cloud" since some time ago. The sky was filled with swarms of flying insects, and they only performed a monotonous, repetitive behavior.

reproduce.