Chapter 155 Rapid Transit

Two shining lights sped through the 44th level of the Lost World.

It was Liu Wu Dai, driving a hover motorcycle, and Li Ang, riding a Fear Warhorse.

They sped through winding tunnels, with a dozen drones flying in the air, scouting the road ahead and mapping the area.

"..."

Liu Wu Dai, having hung her motorcycle helmet behind the hover motorcycle, looked around. The dim space was filled only with the roar of the engine and the clatter of hooves. Such a commotion should have attracted some biomechanical beasts.

To be precise, the 47th, 46th, 45th, and 44th levels of the Lost World had suddenly fallen silent an hour and a half ago.

The biomechanical beasts had disappeared.

The security guards who usually burrowed into wall cracks and pipes were also gone. Even when Liu Wu Dai and Li Ang extracted amber energy from the edge of the wall on the 47th level, no one appeared.

What exactly was going on?

Liu Wu Dai pondered the unreasonable signs, considering the reasons behind them.

After the security guards disappeared, she and Li Ang dug into the pipes in the wall of the 47th level. Inside the pipes were layers upon layers of metallic material, like dragon scales.

The deeper they dug, the stronger the metal became.

The amber energy flowed out from the gaps in the metallic material layers.

Whether it was an accident in the Lost World's energy system, or an operational error by Liu Wu Dai and Li Ang,

in any case, the amber energy flowing out of the pipes was much less than before. Using a conduit to extract it could barely fill a gasoline drum.

Perhaps, this was one of the reasons for the disappearance of the security guards...

Liu Wu Dai glanced at the comic book titled "When the Stars Return 3," placed in the basket of the hover motorcycle.

This comic book was found in the nest of a 47th-level security guard, located in the abdomen of a security guard corpse that they had previously shattered and whose remains had been dragged away by its companions.

Regardless of the content of the comic, the appearance of the paper itself was very strange.

Such new paper could not have survived from the collapse of the Lost World civilization.

She didn't know if the security guards had 3D printing capabilities,

or if there was a factory for making paper somewhere in the Lost World...

The sound of wings flapping approached, and thirty birds flew from the tunnel corner ahead, chirping.

"Left."

Li Ang said, gently patting the Fear Warhorse's neck. The latter moved its nimble hooves, leaping over a protruding metal wreck, turning lightly, and entering the corner.

These birds were the same model as the biological weapons he had used in the Sheng Nan Wang script mission and the Boundary Corridor race a long time ago,

but they lacked telepathic communication capabilities.

Compared to other Zerg units with most restrictions removed,

they had extremely different appearances, anatomical structures, and DNA information—

The newly hatched Zerg units had a considerable amount of Earth human and Lost World native nucleotide sequences mixed into their chromosomes (obtained from dormant pod skeletons).

Even if other forces captured Zerg units (which was usually difficult, as Zerg units were programmed to self-destruct upon capture) and analyzed their DNA, they would think that the Zerg were native to the Lost World, or experimental species.

Or that alien creatures had devoured the corpses of Earth players and Lost World natives, and then evolved.

Hundreds, nearly a thousand, of bird-shaped reconnaissance biological weapons were just right for the level of strength possessed by "Li Risheng."

Players with summoning skills of the same level were about the same—Li Ang chose to act with Liu Wu Dai, and used the [Summoning Art - Fear Warhorse] skill in front of the detector lens, to further strengthen the impression that "Li Risheng is a second-tier player with summoning skills,"

separating his identity from the Zerg.

"Right."

Li Ang reminded her, again ordering the birds to scout ahead, guiding the Fear Warhorse around the corner, and heading toward the tunnel connecting the 44th level to the 43rd level.

Within the psionic link established by the Zerg through the Evil God Figurine, echoed information from hundreds of Overlords.

The war situation between the Zerg and the biomechanical beasts, the attrition rate of Zerg units, the Zerg units' genetic deconstruction process of native corpses, the Zerg reconnaissance units' monitoring of players, the Zerg's disposal plan for captured players...

The Lost World's absorption of Divine Power was relatively weak, but not completely absent.

The greater the distance, the greater the consumption and the worse the effect of the Divine Power link transmitting information.

Therefore, Li Ang only allowed reconnaissance Hydralisks to fly to each level. As for the Overlords, he first arranged for them to go to the 46th level, using their military advantage to eliminate the security guards stationed there.

Before Liu Wu Dai, they discovered the secret of the energy pipelines—amber energy was transported from the lower levels to the upper levels.

After discovering this, Li Ang ordered the Zerg to collectively relocate, crossing the 45th, 44th, 43rd, and 42nd levels, directly reaching the 41st and 40th levels, and establishing a total of four new Zerg hives, relying on the abandoned cities close to the edge of the walls.

For mobile combat considerations, the Zerg hive factories and other organs could be disassembled and packed away by Heavy-Class and Fortress-Class Zerg units.

The giant elevators scattered everywhere also facilitated the Zerg's relocation.

After the Zerg hives were established, they immediately carried out an exhaustive collection of the energy pipelines, fully exploiting the amber energy—

According to the map of the 55th to 38th levels explored by the reconnaissance Hydralisks, the Lost World was generally olive-shaped, narrow at the top and bottom, and wide in the middle, with a total of 50 energy pipelines wrapping around the Lost World.

The 41st and 40th levels each had two Zerg hive cities, and each Zerg hive city controlled and exploited three energy pipelines, for a total of twelve pipelines.

This behavior immediately attracted the attention of the security guards.

The security guards on the upper and lower levels mobilized collectively, attacking the Zerg hives.

After the first few waves of attacks were repelled, the security guards of various models immediately changed their mode of operation, driving massive numbers of biomechanical beasts to launch a war. The two sides engaged in fierce battles around the Zerg hive cities, and countless biomechanical beasts and Zerg units died.

The number of biomechanical beasts in the Lost World was immeasurable, but the security guards could only call upon a limited number of biomechanical beasts within a fixed time. It took time to deter the biomechanical beasts, and it also took time to drive the biomechanical beasts to the Zerg hives.

The portable Zerg hive incubation factory could collect the corpses of dead Zerg on the battlefield, absorb, digest, decompose, and use the incubation pool to rapidly mass-produce—amber energy with extremely high calorific value was comparable to an accelerator,

not only providing energy to the Zerg hive factory and accelerating production, but also being loaded into the bodies of high-level Zerg units, saving biomass energy and reducing the time required for incubation and modulation.

On the local battlefield, the Zerg undoubtedly had a leading advantage (the speed of biomechanical beast replication and reproduction was much faster than the modern robot production line, but compared to the Zerg hive incubation factory, it was still too slow).

The Overlords, relying on the intelligence network established by the reconnaissance Hydralisks, analyzed the strength of the biomechanical beast armies summoned by the security guards, planned production work,

and always maintained a local military advantage in the four Zerg hive cities, without being swallowed by the flood of biomechanical beasts.

And when the Zerg had collected the energy in the pipelines on that level, they could move again, using the giant elevators to continue to the lower levels, exploiting the amber energy there, and producing more units.

Li Ang, located on the 45th level, could remotely control the Zerg through the psionic link,

and at the same time, allow the identity of "Li Risheng" to continue to advance to the lower levels, maintain the psionic link, and distance himself from the Zerg.

All links were within Li Ang's calculations, but his mood was still solemn.

Rumble!

A loud, muffled sound came again from above the dome, the dome shaking and trembling, and gravel splashed down.

"The time interval between the loud noises is getting shorter again."

Liu Wu Dai's voice was still clear in the roar of the hover motorcycle engine, "Two hours and forty-nine minutes since the last sound."

"Gradually accelerating the decline?"

Li Ang frowned slightly, and muttered, "Maybe it's really as guessed, the Lost World is gradually compressing the players' activity space..."

Some of the Hydralisks he had previously sent to explore the upper levels had confirmed that the upper levels had indeed collapsed and fallen, and the reason for the collapse was still under investigation.

However, another piece of information he had was more special.

Certain security guards of various models had the same type of "When the Stars Return" series comics placed inside their bodies.

After this period of war with the biomechanical beasts, the Zerg had seized a total of seven copies, three of which were the same, and four were 2, 3, 6, and 8.

The protagonist was a humanoid creature with pink skin, and a humanoid clownfish as the former's adopted son. The comic style was stunning, and the story style was similar to a road movie.

The two seemed to be traveling in a wasteland world that had lost its order, with a certain purpose, heading to a special location.

The Zerg tried to capture and control some security guards to obtain more information about the Lost World,

but so far, no security guard had been effectively captured—they all self-destructed when captured.

As for those players who were accidentally caught up in the war between the Zerg and the biomechanical beasts, and were finally captured by the Zerg...

Killing them directly was the most wasteful, and it might allow Zerg units to acquire player qualifications, giving rise to Zerg players who could travel in many worlds, and thus risk Li Ang losing absolute control over the Zerg.

The previous war between the Zerg and the biomechanical beasts had already exposed the Zerg to the eyes of other players.

Fortunately, these people, as Li Ang had planned, were more likely to believe that the Zerg were native to the Lost World (such as out-of-control creations in the laboratory, like biomechanical beasts). No one would think that such a large-scale biological weapon race would be controlled by some or even a single player.

Since it was exposed, then the benefits had to be maximized.

After a brief thought, Li Ang immediately sent orders to the Overlords in each Zerg hive, telling them to immediately begin interrogating, interrogating, researching, and analyzing the captured players.

(The Evil God Figurine was placed in Zerg Hive 1 on the 41st level, and other Zerg hive cities used psionic power to connect to Zerg Hive 1, and then the Overlords of Zerg Hive 1 used the Evil God Figurine to relay the information to Li Ang)

Players who could squeeze into the top 300 had more or less a few unique skills.

As long as the Zerg could guarantee absolute control over these players, the potential benefits that could be obtained were far greater than the risks.

Of course, Li Ang was not a demon after all.

He wouldn't cut the players into pieces.

As long as their value was squeezed dry, he would still let them leave the Lost World safely—as for what form of life they left in, that was not within Li Ang's consideration.

The Fear Warhorse's summoning time was about to end, so Li Ang slowed down, dismounted, and casually threw a carrot to the horse that was about to disappear.

He took a few steps forward, looked at the deep, dark tunnel leading to the lower levels, and said in a low voice, "The tunnel ahead leads from the 44th level to the 43rd level."

Liu Wu Dai also got off the hover motorcycle, picked up the "When the Stars Return" comic that could not be stored in her backpack, put it in her backpack, and said softly, "There are many biomechanical beasts crawling along the edge of the tunnel, leaving scratches.

And the marks are very new."

Li Ang said in a deep voice, "Judging from the number and density of the scratches, the biomechanical beasts on this level are probably, for some unknown reason, passing through this tunnel to the lower levels, and eventually disappearing."

"...I have a bad feeling. It seems like there's a huge, evil and profound shadow on the lower levels..."

Liu Wu Dai silently stared at the dark tunnel, paused for a moment, and said slowly, "Let's go, we have to go to the lower levels eventually."

"Yeah."

Li Ang nodded, reached out and pressed on the metal ruins by the roadside, forged two iron chains, fixed them on the wall, and together with Liu Wu Dai, grabbed the iron chains and descended into the depths of the tunnel.

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"Zerg...large...Ant King...help..."

Intermittent, noisy human voices came from the communication equipment, continued for a moment, the signal was interrupted, leaving only noise.

A youth with dark skin and fangs in his mouth stood on a pile of ruins, holding a communicator in his hand, his face changed slightly.

He was Daheitian, ranked 42nd in the personal combat power list, affiliated with the European Heavy Industries Group, and like Nina of Zephyr Chaser, came from India.

But unlike the latter, his caste in the real world Indian was Brahmin, born in a noble family, and had a considerable influence in various circles in northern India.

Corresponding to this was the power system he possessed, inherited from the legendary Daheitian Mahākāla.

"Zerg..."

Daheitian read the voice coming from the European Heavy Industries Group communicator, turned his head to look at the man in the suit sitting in the corner, and said in a deep voice, "Ant King, why would he say your name?

Are the Zerg that have been chasing us all along related to you?"