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Chapter 148: Chapter 147: The Zerg vs. Ironblood Warrior (Part 2)
 

“Ironblood that weak?”

Standing in front of the Ironblood Warrior that had been torn to shreds by a Jumping Bug, Fang Zheng was also completely baffled. After all, he had seen “Alien vs. Iron Blood Warrior,” where the Ironblood Warriors were incredibly tough, not even flinching when facing Aliens. Originally, when Fang Zheng had received the news, he was wondering how many losses his side had incurred… but the result… Mirune told him there were zero casualties.

Fang Zheng: Meow meow meow? Are you sure you’re not joking with me? What happened to the brave and invincible Ironblood Warriors who could take on a thousand foes single-handedly?

To confirm, Fang Zheng even specially called out those few Jumping Bugs that fought the Ironblood Warriors for a closer inspection, only to find… indeed, the Ironbloods were weak as trash.

The Blade Arm, which could easily stab a person to death, couldn’t even scratch the shell of a Jumping Bug—that was still fine, since his Jumping Bugs had also levelled up. But the Shoulder Cannon, which was hyped up in the movie, had only blown a hole in one of them, and that unlucky Ironblood Warrior only managed to fire that one shot before being swarmed and dismembered by the Jumping Bugs.

As for that hole… looking at the Jumping Bug now, it probably would be fine after rolling around on the Fungal Carpet for a bit.

But after giving it some thought, Fang Zheng immediately understood that he had mistaken the basis for comparison.

The Ironblood Warriors in “Alien vs. Iron Blood Warrior” were so fierce partly because, compared to the Zerg, Aliens were too weak. If a Jumping Bug was akin to a knight charging in Heavy Armor, then an Alien was at best an assassin in leather armor, who could be gunned down easily by humans. The Ironblood Warriors’ Shoulder Cannons were stronger than human weapons, but only by so much. They were adequate for dealing with Aliens that excelled in stealth and backstabbing, but helpless against the sheer numbers of Jumping Bugs.

Moreover, these Ironblood Warriors were here to hunt, not to represent the full combat strength of Ironblood Warriors. It’s not like you’d bring a tank on an African safari and call in an F22 for a combined air-ground strike, right? Therefore, what these Ironblood Warriors demonstrated wasn’t their true strength.

Of course, Ironblood Warriors did have weapons of mass destruction. The little BB device they wore on their arms wasn’t just for communication and controlling spaceships but also a miniature nuclear bomb… oh, speaking of which, where’s that BB device from the Ironblood Warrior?

Luckily, the Jumping Bugs only killed the Ironblood Warrior without smashing his gear into scrap metal. So, it didn’t take Fang Zheng long to find the microcomputer the Ironblood Warrior was carrying amid the pile of flesh. Of course, Fang Zheng couldn’t understand a word of Ironblood script, but that was okay, as there are experts for every field.

“Nymph, can you hack this thing and break into it?”

“Ooh…”

Looking at the BB device in Fang Zheng’s hand, smeared with blood, Nymph frowned slightly and nodded. It wasn’t that she had doubts about Fang Zheng’s actions, as Synapsus had conquered hundreds, if not thousands, of worlds. It was just that the device… looked too dirty.

“Of course, no problem, Master. Please leave it to me…”

As an Electronic Warfare Angel, Nymph’s direct combat abilities were pitifully weak, but in the realm of electronic warfare, no one could surpass her. She had cracked the Ironblood Warrior’s computer in less than half a minute and even located the cloaked Ironblood Ship hiding outside the camp!@@novelbin@@

As for the ship, Fang Zheng naturally welcomed it with open arms, laughing gladly at the acquisition. Although he frankly didn’t find the Ironblood aesthetics to his taste—Fang Zheng believed that at least something at the Star Spirit rank would be more to his liking—at the moment… it was surely better than cramming into an Insect Hive, right? He didn’t particularly dislike the Zerg, but after all, mechanical creations were more visually pleasing to the eye.

At this time, Nymph also demonstrated her formidable abilities. Through the smart computer on the Ironblood Warrior’s ship, the little one directly invaded the core network of the entire Ironblood forces. She not only familiarized herself with the stars under their control but even ascertained what weapons they had, how many planets they owned, and the extent of their territory—all crystal clear!

Indeed, technology is power. No matter how fierce and formidable the Ironblood was, facing Little Angel Nymph, they had no choice but to kneel down and surrender.

With true knowledge of the enemy and oneself, one will never be endangered in a hundred battles. After receiving accurate intelligence about the Ironblood forces from Fang Zheng and Nymph, Mirune immediately began commanding the Zerg to aggressively breed and expand, while also launching attacks on the Ironblood Warriors who had come to hunt!

At first, the Ironblood Warriors thought the Zerg were new prey and were overjoyed. After all, the Ironblood Race relished fighting against intelligent and powerful enemies. But as soon as the Zerg initiated their breeding surge and the endless Swarm appeared, the Ironblood Hunters were suddenly dumbfounded.

What happened to the hunt? Who is hunting whom now? Can’t we have a fair competition and face off in a duel?

To this, the Zerg responded, “A duel is no problem. Us ganging up on you is also a duel, do you have any objections?”

Of course there were objections!

The Ironblood were tough, but not stupid. Realizing that the number of Zerg had grown too vast for them to defeat, the Ironblood Warriors immediately began sending distress signals to their home planet, and some even tried to escape on their ships.

Unfortunately for them, Nymph had already covertly taken control of the entire Ironblood intelligence network, intercepting all the distress signals. As for those Ironblood Hunters who attempted to flee on their ships, they didn’t even require the Flying Dragon to act; they were simply taken out by Little Angel’s self-detonation.

So you see, sometimes you can’t be too tough—handling things like remote-controlled self-detonation requires caution. Otherwise, once hacked, well… heh heh.

In just under half a month, the occupancy rate on Fang Zheng’s panel had already exceeded 30%, a figure so astounding it even shocked Fang Zheng himself. This was the first time he truly realized how terrifyingly prolific the Zerg’s unchecked spread could be once unleashed. Keep in mind this was an entire planet, and according to Nymph’s scans, this planet was much larger than Earth. In such circumstances, the fact that the Zerg could expand to such an extent in just a few days was quite remarkable—even if one discounted areas like oceans and polar regions unsuitable for large-scale Zerg breeding.

The actions of the Swarm naturally affected the human survivors who had been captured and brought to this world.

“We haven’t seen any of those Ironblood Warriors for several days now.”

Big Nose wiped the grime from his face and stood at the edge of the cliff, looking at the ruins not far away. Because Fang Zheng and the Swarm had killed those three Ironblood Warriors, Big Nose and his group had not been hunted down by the Ironblood Warriors as they would have been in a movie. However, this did not mean they were safe, for among the things thrown down by the Ironblood Warriors, there were many other ferocious creatures from Alien Planets, which had no common language with each other, and even less so with humans.

Therefore, Big Nose and his group also fought several bloody battles with these Alien Life forms, and they suffered heavy losses. Fortunately, afterward, they encountered several waves of warriors who had survived from other places. After several dangerous battles, they finally arrived here.

“The monsters we’ve encountered these last two days are becoming fewer and fewer.”

Standing beside Big Nose, Braids was also frowning deeply.

“They seem to be avoiding something and we haven’t seen those Ironblood Warriors again…”

“But that doesn’t mean we’re safe!”

Another person interrupted Braids, he was someone who had joined the group later and wasn’t very familiar with what had transpired before.

“I’m sick of those bastards, we must find a spaceship and leave!”

“How do you know for sure we can leave if we find a spaceship?”

Hearing this, Braids immediately retorted.

“Have you forgotten what we’ve encountered before?”

The others had mixed expressions upon hearing Braids’ words.

This was still an event that had happened a few days ago when they had set a trap and ambushed an Ironblood squad, hoping to hijack them and make them fly the spaceship to take them away. But unexpectedly, the Ironblood Warriors broke free and took the chance to escape on the spaceship. What nobody expected was that the spaceship had just flown high up into the sky when it exploded with a “boom” right in front of everyone, scaring the wits out of Big Nose and the others.

Even now, they couldn’t figure out why the spaceship had exploded since they couldn’t even get close to it at the time. Out of nowhere, the spaceship just blew up… although some people fired a few bullets at the spaceship in a fit of anger, any person with a shred of sense knew, you can’t shoot down a spaceship with an AK.

Of course, they didn’t know that this was simply the result of a casual stroke by a Little Angel.

“So, we’re just supposed to keep running like this? Until we die? I don’t want to end up dying alone in this godforsaken place!”

“Of course that’s not what I meant…”

Seeing his comrade starting to get agitated, Big Nose hurriedly tried to intervene. But in the next moment, his expression changed abruptly, and he raised his gun to look around. After so many days of fleeing, his senses had become sharper. Just now, Big Nose suddenly sensed danger, which forced him to be on high alert and look around.

“What’s wrong? Is there an enemy?”

Seeing Big Nose’s actions, the others also quickly picked up their weapons and looked around the jungle from the edge of the cliff. However, to everyone’s surprise, just at that moment, a metal sphere was thrown out from within the jungle and hurled toward them!

“Damn it, get down!!”

Seeing the metal sphere flying toward them, Big Nose was also shocked. He had not anticipated that the Ironblood Warriors would use such a weapon in battle, as they always seemed to go after them with Shoulder Cannons and Blade Arms.

“Boom!!”

But at this moment, Big Nose no longer had time to find an answer, because just as he had ducked down, the flying metal sphere exploded, immediately followed by a pungent gas rapidly spreading and enveloping them all.

Oh no! It’s poison gas!

Realizing this, Big Nose quickly tried to get up and leave, but to his surprise, after inhaling the strange gas, he found he couldn’t move his limbs at all, as if he were paralyzed. All he could do was watch helplessly as several Ironblood Warriors became visible from their stealth and surrounded them.

What the hell do these bastards want?

Big Nose never got an answer, for as one of the Ironblood Warriors reached for him, his vision went dark, and he fell into an endless unconsciousness.