Volume 1: Chapter 97: Kal'tsit's Attack

"That's how things work, Kal'tsit." 　　Hedley opened his hands calmly. 　　"My people were transformed into monsters with tentacles, and then m

　　"That's how things work, Kal'tsit."

　　Hedley opened his hands calmly.

　　"My people were transformed into monsters with tentacles, and then met a terrible monster."

　　“I heeded the warning of my companions and left there.”

　　"As for the guys who betrayed me... As expected, they are all dead - if they didn't leave."

　　Sarkaz said so.

　　“…”

　　Kal'tsit lowered her head and remained silent.

　　ZERG Laboratory-3.

　　The research inside is a biological weapon code-named "ZERG virus".

　　But she had no memory of what would happen after being infected.

　　Because the confidentiality level of that laboratory is the highest.

　　Even a pre-civilization creation like her only knew that such a laboratory existed.

　　If nothing unexpected happens, the access control system left by the previous civilization can only be unlocked by that person, and she does not have the authority to unlock it -

　　If the access control can still be used.

　　But according to Hedley's words -

　　The access control has been ineffective for a long time.

　　Even during the long period of changes, the laboratories that were originally supposed to be located deep underground have been moved closer to the ground.

　　"The information you provided is very valuable."

　　Kal'tsit raised her head again and looked at him.

　　"Then, can you let me and my men leave here?"

　　Hedley asked back.

　　"Unfortunately, no."

　　The Feline women gave their own answers.

　　Not only can they not be released, they also need to be isolated and inspected.

　　The team she leads will also be quarantined and inspected to ensure that they are not infected with the [ZERG virus].

　　According to Hedley's description, there are still dangerous living creatures in the laboratory, and the [ZERG virus] was released to infect the Sarkaz that entered.

　　But perhaps because of the long time, its functions were not active, so the virus seemed to only infect the Sarkaz who entered the room where it was.

　　The Sarkaz that have not entered have not shown any signs of mutation so far.

　　But it still needs to be taken seriously.

　　If the [ZERG virus] spreads, it will be equivalent to another endless tide of insects.

　　Only this time——

　　The main force of the Zerg tide became the infected Terrans.

　　"I hope you can give up resistance and accept inspection to make sure you don't bring anything out."

　　Kal'tsit said in a matter-of-fact tone.

　　"Why do you do that, you bitch!"

　　Some hot-tempered Sarkaz mercenaries couldn't help it.

　　Even though they are numerous and powerful, isn't this humiliation too much?

　　"Ascalon."

　　Kal'tsit said so.

　　Then a female assassin emerged and pinned the violent Sarkaz to the ground.

　　The sharp blade stabbed into the ground next to his neck.

　　"I will make it up to you later, but before that, you need to obey my orders."

　　Kal'tsit turned her gaze back.

　　She didn't have much time to waste here.

　　If she hadn’t met Theresa—

　　These Sarkaz mercenaries are already in a state of cremation.

　　"...Okay, I hope you keep your word."

　　The situation is stronger than us, so we have to bow our heads.

　　but--

　　This might also be a good opportunity to hook up with Princess Theresa.

　　Compared to Theresis's ideas, Hedley was more willing to accept the princess's ideas.

　　He calmly glanced at the bound Sarkaz mercenaries.

　　"Kal'tsit, what are you worried about?"

　　The female assassin from before asked.

　　"Theresis wants to open Pandora's box, Ascalon. I need to stop him, but it seems a little too late at the moment."

　　“Hopefully there is still a chance to make amends.”

　　Kal'tsit looked in a certain direction.

　　That's where the lab is.

　　"Pandora's Box? That's a strange way of saying it, Kal'tsit."

　　Ascalon didn't understand.

　　"You can think of it as a box hiding a natural disaster."

　　"But the scale of this natural disaster is enough to affect the entire Terra."

　　The Feline women spoke lightly of the horror.

　　“…”

　　The female assassin was silent.

　　She doesn't understand.

　　Such a terrible natural disaster actually still exists in Kazdel?

　　Doesn't that mean the Sarkaz have been sitting on a high-explosive barrel?

　　And now, the Regent wants to detonate this powder keg -

　　Even though he himself may not understand the danger.

　　"…Then we must stop him."

　　Ascalon went back into hiding.

　　Kal'tsit ignored her.

　　The virus has leaked.

　　The only hope now is that the air in the laboratory will flow from outside to inside, rather than from inside to outside.

　　The latter means that the dangerous [ZERG virus] has begun to spread.

　　Those Sarkaz mercenaries who left Hedley's team will be the first group of outsiders to be infected.

　　"Keep going, we need to get there quick."

　　…………

　　Right now.

　　Outside the cave.

　　"Infected Marines?"

　　W looked at the big-headed doll.

　　What weird stuff?

　　Same as the previous [Infected SCV].

　　What infected them?

　　The Sarkaz girl couldn't tell.

　　Is it some kind of painting style virus?

　　After all, the styles of these two things are completely different from her and those Sarkaz.

　　It's just like the children's cartoons I saw when I was young.

　　W picked up an SCV that was dragging the corpse of a Sarkaz.

　　"Ah! You scared me to death!"

　　The SCV's little hands and feet were waving around, looking a little panicked.

　　He is quite timid.

　　The Sarkaz girl looked at it——

　　Didn't see anything strange.

　　There were no tentacles growing out of it, nor any strange twisted organs.

　　Its eyes are large white circles.

　　One of the hands is a drill, which is probably where it gets a little weird.

　　Put down the SCV, then use W to run to the big-headed doll.

　　then--

　　The gun, like a brick, was pointed at her.

　　"You wanna pick a fight, girl?"

　　The big-headed doll responded like this.

　　W withdrew her hands awkwardly.

　　Seeing that the Sarkaz girl gave up her actions, the big-headed doll began patrolling again.

　　“…”

　　W doesn't want to be beaten into a sieve.

　　But she looked at the brick weapon in the other party's hand with some envy.

　　Isn't this much better than the Raythean rifle she picked up?

　　Extremely fast rate of fire, extremely strong penetration, and high firepower sustainability.

　　“Gah!”

　　The tiny springtail flapped the wings behind it.

　　"You go over there and get some transformation, Broken Tooth."

　　The little swarm master gave the order.

　　A message was sent from a hive in another place through the psychic network.

　　The previously recovered corpse of the Ursus Internal Guard was partially analyzed.

　　The hatchery extracted some fragments from inside the corpse.

　　That kind of fragments would corrode the flesh of the Zerg, but after specialized adjustments, the Zerg there could already adapt to the erosion of the fragments.

　　If necessary, it can even be directed to evolve to the point of immunity to erosion.

　　At this moment, the Lord decided to let Broken Tooth go over for transformation.

　　With the small springtail's physical strength, it can adapt to the erosion of debris without any modification.

　　But it’s not that simple.

　　Broken Tooth needs to swallow the fragment and see if he can gain the same abilities as those of the Ursus Guards.

　　It will serve as a template for the evolution of new species of springtails.

　　“Gah!”

　　The springtail stuck out its tongue, looking very excited.

　　"Go ahead, Broken Tooth."

　　Zerg picked up the little springtail and threw it out.

　　Broken Tooth's figure disappeared into a gap.

　　“…”

　　This kind of ultra-long-distance space transmission consumes some energy.

　　Zerg took out a biomass crystal.

　　Once the hive is established, this energy-rich biomass crystal can be produced by decomposing resources.

　　It can be used to strengthen physical fitness or to replenish consumption.

　　"What is this?"

　　W looked over curiously.

　　She saw things today that she had never seen before.

　　Too many.

　　The Sarkaz girl wanted to know.

　　"Biomass... chew chew... crystallize..."

　　The Swarm Master said with a silly look on his face.

　　“You can eat it!”

　　He said so.

　　“Can I have a taste?”

　　W asked tentatively.

　　Any little bit of what leaks out from her thighs must be of great benefit to her.

　　“Hmm…”

　　Zerg thought about it, took out a biomass crystal, and then cut off a very small piece from it, not even as big as a fingernail.

　　“…”

　　W looked at the tiny green crystal in her hand, then looked at the huge one in Zerg's hand.

　　"W can only eat this much!"

　　The Swarm Master explained.

　　“What if I eat too much?”

　　The Sarkaz girl asked.

　　"Hmm...W will explode with a bang?"

　　The energy contained in biomass crystals is beyond the ability of ordinary organisms to fully digest.

　　Undigested energy can have a huge impact on the organism.

　　If it was W, it would probably explode—

　　Or it could accelerate its mutation rate extremely quickly and eventually turn it into Tentacle W.

　　Zerg also didn't know the consequences.

　　“…”

　　The Sarkaz girl's hands trembled and she almost dropped what she was holding.

　　What kind of bomb is this?

　　If I eat too much, will it explode?

　　She looked at the green crystal in her hand, then looked at the little child.

　　Done!

　　W plucked up her courage and swallowed the green biomass crystal in one gulp.

　　Zerg would definitely not harm her.

　　“…”

　　The green crystals went down the throat and into the stomach.

　　W's face immediately turned red.

　　"Zerg, I feel a little hot..."

　　hot.

　　It's hot.

　　She couldn't help but take off her coat in an attempt to dissipate the heat.

　　Something seemed to be happening to the body, causing it to emit heat.

　　The Sarkaz girl twisted her body in discomfort.

　　If she hadn't still had some sense, she would have probably taken off all her clothes by now.

　　"W's body is being strengthened!"

　　This is how the organism is greatly enhanced.

　　Zerg said so.

　　"Strengthen your body..."

　　W felt as if her brain was about to be cooked.

　　It’s really good stuff.

　　But can I really bear it?

　　You can definitely feel your body's strength increasing.

　　But the heat was unbearable.

　　She needs something cool to cool down!

　　The Sarkaz girl, her eyes a little hazy and she was distracted by the heat, turned her gaze towards the little child.

　　Zerg is so small, will it be cool to hold him?

　　Such a thought flashed through W's mind.

　　No, no, no. Even if she was a battlefield scavenger with flexible moral limits, it didn't seem appropriate to do so.

　　Just like those more perverted Sarkaz.

　　W doesn't think she is that corrupt.

　　but--

　　It's so hot.

　　There was even steam coming out of her head.

　　The clothes that had not yet been taken off were already soaked.

　　"Zerg, I'm so hot, can you help me?"

　　W said reluctantly.

　　“Hmm…”

　　Zerg pondered for a second, then he brought out a worker bee.

　　"Gu!"

　　The little worker bee saluted.

　　Then it turned into an egg in its place.

　　The Sarkaz girl looked at the egg with misty eyes.

　　What is this?

　　She was already confused by the heat and couldn't understand anything.

　　No, even when she was awake, she couldn't understand it.

　　But it doesn't matter anymore.

　　I don’t know how long it took—

　　"puff!"

　　The egg broke.

　　A green... pool emerged?

　　"W can go in!"

　　Zerg pointed to the splitting pool.

　　The liquid inside can be used as a cooling agent.

　　Moreover, ordinary enhancement of organisms is usually carried out in splitting tanks.

　　“Puff!”

　　The sound of someone falling into the water was heard.

　　Without even bothering to take off her clothes, W jumped straight in.

　　The cold liquid relieved the heat in her body.

　　"call……"

　　The Sarkaz girl made a touching sound.

　　It's so comfortable.

　　But it seems like something is missing?

　　W looked at the small figure.

　　Oh, right, at this time, I still need a soft, small, fragrant pillow...

　　Hey hey hey.

　　Just like when I was a kid and hadn’t yet become a wandering Sarkaz.

　　The Sarkaz girl stretched out her arms and grabbed the cute little Overlord.

　　“Puff!”

　　Zerg also fell into the split pool.

　　"It's so cool and comfortable..."

　　Sarkaz felt the soft and cool feeling, and she squinted her eyes comfortably.

　　The clothes I'm wearing seem to be a bit of a hindrance.

　　W's hands began to become restless.

　　“…”

　　Zerg blinked.

　　He felt a pair of hands touching him.

　　Touching his body surface from time to time made the little insect swarm master feel a little strange.

　　"call……"

　　The wet clothes were thrown out of the split pool.

　　W's upper body was only wearing a close-fitting piece of clothing.

　　She still had some sense and didn't take off all her clothes.

　　After all, this pool is open air.

　　If I take off all the clothes, wouldn't that be nude?

　　But the physical contact is still very comfortable.

　　The familiar feeling of heaviness.

　　Heavier than Kiana, but not as strong as Skadi, Tallulah, Raiden Mei, Yae Sakura and Himeko Murata.

　　Bronya's words... don't carry any weight at all.

　　Zerg blinked and came to this conclusion.

　　The Sarkaz girl was enjoying the cold pool comfortably.

　　Even though she belonged to the war-torn Kazdel.

　　A massacre had just taken place here and all the bodies had been dragged away.

　　However, the bloodstains remaining on the ground still explained something.

　　Then——

　　The outline of a team appeared on the distant horizon.

　　The figure at the front of the team seemed to be a female from the Feline tribe.

　　…………