Volume 1: Chapter 99: The Infected Kal'tsit

The fuse of the bomb was burning. 　　W doesn't care. 　　She looked a little crazy. 　　However, there was clarity in his eyes. 　　Although she is

　　The fuse of the bomb was burning.

　　W doesn't care.

　　She looked a little crazy.

　　However, there was clarity in his eyes.

　　Although she is crazy, the Sarkaz girl is not the kind of lunatic who really doesn't care about her own life or death.

　　Otherwise she wouldn't be alive today.

　　She caught a glimpse of a leg kicking at her hand—

　　Ascalon tried to kick the bomb off her hand.

　　"Old woman, take my bomb!"

　　Then the Sarkaz girl took out the second bomb.

　　And the fuse of this bomb has also been lit.

　　She dropped the second bomb on Kal'tsit.

　　At the same time, she threw the bomb in his hand at Ascalon.

　　“…”

　　A huge monster appeared out of nowhere, and its sharp claws hit the bomb that was thrown over.

　　Then——

　　Smoke suddenly exploded, covering the small area.

　　Ascalon kicked away the bomb thrown at her and then tried to subdue the Sarkaz girl.

　　As a result of this delay, the other party disappeared into the smoke.

　　When W used the Originium technique to capture the opponent's trace, he had already rushed in front of Kal'tsit.

　　"hiss!"

　　A monster that seemed to be made of Originium let out a hissing sound.

　　Kal'tsit looked at the crazy-looking girl calmly.

　　“Ding!”

　　Dagger and claw collided.

　　The Feline women stood still and did not leave.

　　Mon3tr will keep her safe.

　　A mere ordinary Sarkaz girl was not enough to threaten her.

　　Kal'tsit held the little child in her arms.

　　"hiss!"

　　The huge force forced the Sarkaz girl back.

　　Kal'tsit looked at the third bomb with the fuse lit in the girl's hand.

　　“…”

　　Facing the bomb being thrown, she simply reached out and grabbed it very calmly.

　　Then she threw it aside calmly.

　　After the fuse burned out, nothing happened.

　　"Old woman, aren't you afraid of death?"

　　W stood there and asked.

　　"Death would only be a waste of my time."

　　Kal'tsit's tone remained unchanged.

　　Her life was too long.

　　It's not like I haven't seen people like W before.

　　Crazy, but that's just her disguise.

　　“…”

　　Death is just a waste of your time?

　　What you mean by this is that you will come back to life?

　　W was a little confused.

　　"I'm sorry, Kal'tsit."

　　Ascalon appeared again and pressed the Sarkaz girl to the ground.

　　She was careless.

　　This girl's strength is not as simple as it seems.

　　If it was a life-and-death duel, the opponent would have already died with her eyes open when she saw her.

　　But Kal'tsit had no intention of taking her life, so Ascalon let the other party rush in front of Kal'tsit without paying attention.

　　"It's alright, Ascalon."

　　Kal'tsit glanced at the white-haired Sarkaz pinned to the ground.

　　Excellent talent for explosives.

　　The other party may be able to join the Tower of Babel and serve Your Highness.

　　“Woo woo woo!”

　　The tightly tied up Sarkaz girl was jumping on the ground like a salted fish.

　　She should have hit the old woman with a real bomb!

　　Of the three bombs taken out, only one was a smoke bomb.

　　The other two are fake.

　　After all, there is no benefit in fighting with these people.

　　And if you really want to risk your life——

　　She can also summon a guy named [Skadi].

　　The Sarkaz girl was deeply impressed by the power of that punch.

　　It was enough to beat her into a W-chan.

　　But this time I can prove that I am not just a vase.

　　This group of people obviously came from a fairly large force.

　　And the old woman who led the group was very close to Zerg.

　　And Zerg was her thigh.

　　After joining like this, with someone above her and her own outstanding abilities, there is no need to worry about not reaching the top of the Sarkaz.

　　W settled the accounts clearly.

　　There is no good end to flattery.

　　But--

　　Isn't it too insulting to her to tie her up like this?

　　Both her hands and feet were tied tightly.

　　Her mouth was also tied up, so she couldn't make any sound.

　　She could only jump on the ground.

　　Save me that big-headed doll over there!

　　The Sarkaz girl looked at the big-headed doll standing at the entrance of the cave.

　　The big-headed doll ignored the look in the Sarkaz girl's eyes.

　　It only obeys the orders of the master.

　　"W is tied up!"

　　The little child broke away from Kal'tsit's arms and ran to W.

　　He looked at the Sarkaz girl curiously——

　　Then he reached out and poked her cheek.

　　With W's enhanced physical strength, she should be able to break free from the restraints.

　　Why didn't she do that?

　　Zerg didn't understand.

　　"Let her calm down first, Zerg."

　　Kal'tsit came over and took Zerg's hand.

　　Even if it is a fake crazy personality, it is hard to say whether the person has really become crazy after pretending for too long.

　　If I joined the Tower of Babel, I would probably offend others easily.

　　W is with Zerg.

　　So Kal'tsit paid more attention to her.

　　"Ascalon, you take the others to guard here, I'll go take a look down there."

　　The woman ordered.

　　"no problem."

　　Ascalon nodded.

　　She pulled the rope that bound the Sarkaz girl, and looked around to see if there was a place nearby where she could be hung up.

　　"Kal'tsit wants to go down?"

　　Zerg tilted his head slightly.

　　"Um."

　　The woman nodded slightly.

　　She can sense the presence of living things—

　　And she and these creatures seemed to be in the same network of will.

　　So Kal'tsit decided to go down and take a look.

　　"Then Zerg, take Kal'tsit down to take a look!"

　　A whole new race of humanoids joined the Swarm, adding another sequence to the Swarm's genetic sequence.

　　This is something worth celebrating!

　　You can never have too many genetic sequences.

　　Grabbing the woman's hand, Zerg ran with her into the cave.

　　“…”

　　Ascalon looked at the woman who let the child drag her, and she remained silent.

　　Kal'tsit can't really be...

　　She shook her head.

　　It shouldn’t be that serious, right?

　　Maybe it's just concern for young people.

　　After all, no matter how indifferent you are, you won't have no reaction to the child's closeness.

　　But it’s still very strange!

　　Because it was completely different from the impression she had of Kal'tsit.

　　Even that little rabbit would not be treated like this by Kal'tsit.

　　…………

　　In the dim cave.

　　Kal'tsit, wearing a gas mask, walks on the ground——

　　The touch is not as hard as stone, but rather soft and sticky.

　　She turned on the flashlight she carried with her and looked down.

　　The ground was covered with a layer of purple substance.

　　Walking on this -

　　She seems to have enhanced endurance and recovery capabilities.

　　Her body could feel nutrients being supplied to her body through these purple substances, turning into energy for her to continue moving.

　　This thing seems familiar...

　　Purple spreads to the ends of the earth.

　　The woman fell into silence.

　　She had seen it in the ice and snow of Ursus, and had also seen it when the Burning Wind and Hot Land was not yet the Burning Wind and Hot Land.

　　Endless swarms of insects are often accompanied by a purple color that plunders all life.

　　When the insect tide recedes, the purple will fade away.

　　However, the land has long been robbed of all its vitality, and it often takes decades to recover.

　　And now——

　　She saw purple beneath the land of Kazdel.

　　"Kal'tsit, look!"

　　Then in the front, a little kid who was also wearing a gas mask opened his arms, as if showing off his masterpiece.

　　The woman looked up and saw—

　　Huge man-made buildings and little guys coming and going.

　　What I saw were not insects, but...creatures that were hard to describe.

　　She had only seen something in the same style in the children's comics given to Amiya.

　　A little guy with one eye and a drill in one hand.

　　A big-headed doll with a W-shaped mouth, holding a weapon that looks like a brick.

　　There are also balloon creatures floating above the cave.

　　She and these creatures are part of the same network of will.

　　Kal'tsit had a rough guess -

　　[Psionic Network], a research project of the [ZERG-2] laboratory.

　　Now it looks like that project was a success.

　　When she was created, she was already equipped with a module for connecting to the psychic network.

　　This module was activated after encountering creations from other laboratories.

　　The woman shook her head.

　　As long as it's not those hideous and scary bugs, then everything will be fine.

　　She seemed to be convincing herself.

　　"Mmmm."

　　The balloons floating in the sky all looked at the newcomer.

　　A humanoid insect race with a high level of self-awareness.

　　For the Zerg, such humanoid Zerg with a high degree of self-awareness are rare.

　　But she has already offered her utmost loyalty to the master.

　　Then there is nothing to worry about.

　　As long as they are connected to the Overmind's psychic network, the Zerg will not have to worry about betrayal.

　　“Hiss…hiss…”

　　The sound of an electric drill was heard.

　　Kal'tsit watched the tiny creatures build something.

　　“…”

　　Drift that defies the laws of physics occurs.

　　The woman watched in silence as the little creature passed through several metal racks and ran to the other side as if it had no collision volume.

　　Even the learned immortals had never seen such a scene.

　　Some Originium techniques can do the same thing.

　　But the problem is that there is no Originium on the surface of this small creature.

　　Maybe it has it inside its body?

　　"What is it doing?"

　　Then the woman looked at the little child.

　　"It's building an engineering station!"

　　The resources that the Overlord carries with him are limited.

　　If this insect nest is to develop in the future, they will have to rely on themselves to collect resources and obtain biomass.

　　However, these infected SCVs and Marines cannot move quickly underground.

　　After thinking for a while, Zerg took out a worker bee from behind him.

　　Then he carried several infected SCVs into his personal chamber.

　　“…”

　　Kal'tsit remained silent.

　　Could it be that Zerg's Originium skills are related to space?

　　Looking back at the long time she has traveled, there are very few Originium skills related to space.

　　"Gu!"

　　The little worker bee saluted.

　　It then hatched into an egg on the spot.

　　The purple-red eggs are leaping, full of vitality.

　　The woman looked at it.

　　Life forms never seen before.

　　There is no other race of humanoid life on Terra quite like it.

　　Then the answer is obvious -

　　These are all creations of previous civilizations.

　　However, none of the projects she knew of recorded these creatures.

　　Currently, the sea creatures can only survive in the sea and have not yet evolved to the point where they can land on land on a large scale.

　　Then it is probably the product of the [ZERG] laboratory ranked in the top three.

　　Kal'tsit has not forgotten the purpose of her coming here.

　　She took out the sampling instrument she carried with her and began to collect air samples.

　　According to the previous explanations from the Sarkaz, the [ZERG virus] has already leaked out from underground.

　　And she had put on a gas mask when she came in——

　　But it is not clear whether it is useful.

　　So far, no physical abnormalities have been detected.

　　Those Sarkaz claimed that after being infected, the mutation rate was visible to the naked eye, accompanied by obvious physiological reactions and physical deformations.

　　"What is Kal'tsit doing?"

　　The Master watched her movements.

　　"After collecting air samples, I will conduct temporary analysis and research on the spot in the cave."

　　Kal'tsit didn't dare take the sample out.

　　She was afraid that if she took it out, it would directly lead to a biochemical crisis that swept across the entire Terra.

　　That would go against the mission she was designed for since birth.

　　"Kal'tsit, Kal'tsit, can Zerg take off this uncomfortable thing!"

　　Zerg fiddled with the gas mask on his face.

　　He didn't know what this thing was for.

　　But it's uncomfortable to wear.

　　"It's dangerous here, Zerg."

　　Kal'tsit said so.

　　"Danger?"

　　The Overlord opened his eyes wide.

　　Could it be that Kal'tsit, who had just joined the Zerg, discovered a danger that he hadn't even noticed?

　　"There are dangerous viruses in the air. If you take it off, you will be infected."

　　The woman looked at the small child.

　　Children will indeed feel uncomfortable if they wear a gas mask.

　　But there is no way.

　　She touched the little child's head.

　　"A dangerous virus?"

　　Zerg blinked.

　　Then he held out his hand.

　　"Kal'tsit is talking about these viruses!"

　　A mass of polymer squirmed in the palm of the Overlord's hand.

　　This is the Zerg virus that he gathered using his psychic energy.

　　They are all released by toxin eaters as part of the hive's defense.

　　Intruders will be infected by the Zerg virus and then quickly assimilated into the Zerg.

　　“…”

　　Kal'tsit looked at the mass of polymer.

　　How huge a number of viruses would it take to aggregate to a size visible to the naked eye?

　　She was silent.

　　As a learned person, her worldview was about to be shattered.

　　What kind of Originium skill is this?

　　Can we manipulate viruses that are invisible to the naked eye?

　　"This mask doesn't seem to be useful. Kal'tsit has been infected!"

　　Zerg said so.

　　This gas mask is completely incapable of preventing infection from the Zerg virus that is spreading in the air.

　　Moreover, the new members joining the swarm are too weak in physical fitness.

　　The Zerg virus released by the Toxinophage will slowly transform her body, making her physiological form closer to the Zerg -

　　Stronger physical fitness, more efficient energy absorption rate, lower metabolic rate, and extreme tolerance to harsh environments...

　　Of course, if Kal'tsit wants to use biomass to accelerate evolution, Zerg is also willing to provide biomass.

　　"!"

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