Chapter 1 Wan Jia Xiong Meng

After the Zerg units entered the Stargate, the psionic link was instantly severed.

Li Ang watched the flying Hydralisks disappear from view, waiting quietly in place for five minutes.

Five minutes later, the flying Hydralisks flew out of the Stargate in a group, returning to the real world. Through the re-established psionic link, they transmitted the information they had collected to Li Ang.

"The planet has a larger diameter, a slightly slower rotation, and a gravity of 1.063 times that of Earth. The atmosphere is toxic to humans and has a higher density. It revolves around a gas giant similar to Jupiter."

"There is a massive tropical cyclone on the surface of the gas giant, like an eye. In addition to the planet opened by the Stargate, the gas giant has at least three other planets. The surfaces of two of them clearly show white clouds and blue oceans. It is currently uncertain whether life or civilization exists."

"The planet where the Stargate is located has an extremely strong magnetic field. It is currently uncertain whether this is a characteristic of the planet itself, a characteristic of a local area, or whether it is affected by the gas giant."

"The location of the Stargate is above a sea island, more than seven hundred meters above sea level. Reconnaissance Hydralisks observed flat flying creatures in the sky, shaped like manta rays, with thin biological exoskeletons on their surfaces, wingspans of up to seven meters, and balloon-like air sacs beneath their bodies. The ocean surface has smaller, gregarious fish-like creatures. The island's sandy beaches show no traces of artificial buildings, nor any complex waste products of civilization..."

Li Ang quickly filtered and screened the useful information in his mind. After a brief thought, he sent more flying Hydralisks into the Stargate to scout the island.

Half an hour later, one hundred and fifty-two reconnaissance Hydralisks successfully returned, with twenty-nine deaths.

The detection results showed that:

The entire island has an area of approximately 1,300 square kilometers, with three mountain peaks, the highest being seven hundred meters above sea level.

The island's surface is covered with towering plants similar to tropical trees, with long and winding coastlines. There are no traces of civilization.

However, it is home to a wide variety of dangerous creatures,

Including but not limited to slender, pack-hunting canine creatures, more than two meters in length, with paddle-shaped tails and bodies covered in exoskeletons;

Face-sized spiders lurking beneath the canopy, actively capturing prey with webs woven from the tips of six limbs;

Banyan-like plants that can detect the movement of living things, use fruits to spray toxic gases, poisoning creatures to accumulate fertilizer for the soil beneath their feet;

The island's forests are fraught with danger. The creatures that inhabit them are wondrous and highly dangerous. Even a Lv10 player would have a high probability of dying if they tried to cross the island on foot.

The more dangerous, the more valuable the genetic library of this planet proves to be.

Li Ang thought for a moment and decisively dived into the sea, heading for the dark trench.

After a long period of construction, the main Zerg Nest had become incredibly massive. For the sake of concealment, the Overmind ordered the Drones to dissolve and excavate the trench's rock wall, embedding the Zerg Nest into it.

The Zerg Nest was not a single entity, but divided into different sections.

To facilitate the mass production of Zerg adapted for surface combat, a portion of the Zerg Nest was completely isolated from the seawater by several isolation doors and pressure-regulating chambers, filled with oxygen inside.

Li Ang passed through the isolation door, and the vines on his body instantly absorbed the seawater, leaving not even a grain of salt behind.

The Overminds in the Zerg Nest had already learned of their Creator's arrival through the psionic link, and had preemptively manipulated their bodies, waiting beside the hatchery.

"Begin."

Li Ang gave a light command. The Overminds bowed together, stood up, and emanated psionic fluctuations from their bodies.

Countless bubbles rose in the green hatchery. The unhatched Zerg eggs received instructions, adjusting the bodily structure of the Zerg inside the eggs.

Those Zerg that had already hatched entered the egg-shaped chambers in the bio-factory, where they were adjusted and had their organs replaced.

The entire Zerg Nest was running at full capacity in an orderly manner.

Ten hours later, the first batch of Zerg armies adapted to the planet's surface environment was fully equipped.

Li Ang stood on the shore of the hatchery, stretching his palms to both sides.

The Stargate emerged from his palms, gradually expanding under the influence of Li Ang's will.

"Go."

With Li Ang's voice, formations of gigantic flying Hydralisks with air sacs and wings, like transport helicopters, grasped the ground units and flew into the Stargate;

Fortress-class Zerg, shaped like airships, also carried small Zerg Nest bases, massive numbers of Drones, and Creep Tumors, entering the Stargate.

The vast Zerg army fell like dense black raindrops in the skies of the alien world.

The alien planet's air density was greater, making flying easier.

The floating airships approached the coastline, landing slowly under the protection of the Zerg. Hydraulic rod-like limbs extended from both sides of their bodies, supporting the weight of the floating airships.

After completing the landing,

The armored plates beneath the airships sprang open to both sides. A gantry crane installed inside the airship fortress slowly lowered the platform carrying the small Zerg Nest base.

Bang.

The platform touched the sandy beach.

The pyramid-shaped small Zerg Nest base, with its four surfaces blooming like flower petals, spread out in all directions with the aid of the crane's hooks, slowly landing on the ground, revealing the bio-factory hidden within.

Masses of Drones immediately went into action, planting Creep Tumors, laying Creep, building Spore Crawlers, collecting biomass, and activating the bio-factory.

Zerg of all ranks explored and detected in all directions from the sea, land, and air,

Collecting biological samples, searching for traces of civilization, measuring planetary data,

And even having specially evolved Drones, comparable to astronomical telescopes, observe the starry sky and chart star maps.

The Overminds had simulated and deduced the Zerg's colonial expansion plan countless times.

The whole process was smooth and efficient.

Once the Zerg Nest was laid out and running smoothly, Li Ang gradually reduced the size of the Stargate, drinking bottles of spirit power restoration potions one after another.

Once the diameter of the Stargate exceeded ten meters, the spirit power required to maintain it would increase linearly.

Moreover, whether throwing dead objects into the Stargate or transporting living things would consume Li Ang's spirit power.

The higher the mystery of the dead object, and the stronger the life essence of the creature, the more spirit power it would consume—it was a bit like paying a toll.

This toll-collecting step was effective even for items and players in the Killing Game.

Li Ang stretched one of his fingers into the Stargate, instantly consuming a small half of his psionic bar.

However, if he took out the Biological Template, Mirage Dragon Crimson Mane Outerwear, or Gleaming Dice of Destiny from his backpack,

The amount of psionic power consumed would be slightly reduced – it was not possible to put extraordinary items into the backpack and smuggle them through the Stargate without paying the toll.

Ordinary people entering the Stargate only needed to pay the spirit power of ordinary people.

Players entering the Stargate needed to pay for the energy contained in their bodies, as well as the equivalent spirit power of all the extraordinary items they carried.

If they carried nothing, the required spirit power would be reduced.

An entire Zerg Nest base, even a small one, drained Li Ang's spirit power and psionic power, forcing him to drink potions madly.

It took nearly half a day to transport the remaining Zerg Nest units in batches.

Consecutive consumption of magic potions in a short period of time would produce temporary drug resistance, and the recovery effect would become worse and worse.

It was still alright to transport the small Zerg Nest base over there. If the Zerg Nest base over there developed and the number of Zerg reached tens of millions,

And then want to use the Stargate to transport the Zerg forces back to the real world...

The spirit power consumed would be an astronomical figure.

In other words, even if the Zerg Nest base could cover the entire land of the alien planet,

The number of Zerg that Li Ang could move back would be limited by his own spirit power cap.

However, this was already strong enough...