Lord of Illusions City
Chapter 746 Double-Edged Sword of Evolution
Seeing Li Chenzhou rush over and cancel the fog of war, Gray Bear asked loudly.
"Destroy that thing, and this guy is done for!"
Li Chenzhou pointed to the crystal core above, and at the same time looked at the large, healing hole made by Hu Tao. At this moment, the warriors outside were still rushing in through the hole.
They knew that rushing in might mean death, but the key to killing the Devourer Queen was here. Now, all the warriors had only one thought in their minds: kill the Queen. No one cared whether they would die or not.
They all knew that this might be the last chance for humanity to kill the Queen. If they couldn't kill her this time, they would never have such a good opportunity again.
Humanity would forever become livestock raised by the Devourers, unable to turn the tables...
Every warrior who rushed into the Queen's body attacked every Devourer they could see. Because too many humans had entered her body, the Queen began to frantically hatch Devourers. A large number of Devourers emerged from the hatching nests and immediately joined the battle.
At this moment, the Devourer Queen also became somewhat frantic, because she had sensed a huge crisis. There were too many humans in her body. If they destroyed her crystal core, she would truly perish.
Unfortunately, she was still in the process of evolution. Once this evolution was activated, it could not be cancelled. Even the Queen herself could not stop the process.
Actually, Li Chenzhou and the others were able to get this opportunity because the Queen was too impatient. She knew that her evolution would definitely be a very long process, even lasting from several to over ten years.
In order to complete the evolution as soon as possible, the Queen began to use the cosmic origin after obtaining the first batch.
She had calculated that if she started the evolution now, she would be able to supply enough cosmic origin when the Devourers from other worlds transported it again. Therefore, starting now would save the most time.
If she really waited until enough cosmic origin was sent back, it might take two or three years. After all, some worlds were too far away from her. Without using space channels, she could only wait slowly for it to be transported back. As it concerned the evolution of her life form, the Queen naturally didn't want to wait any longer.
Moreover, in the Queen's view, there was no existence in the entire universe that could threaten their Devourer race. Just like in this lair, she didn't even leave any formal troops to defend it. This was why she started the evolution without any scruples.
But now, the Queen finally knew that humans did have the power to threaten her life. The problem was, she had no way to stop the evolution now, and the troops she summoned couldn't return in a short time!
If her troops were still here, even just one fleet would be enough to easily kill all these humans. Unfortunately, because she never thought anyone could invade her lair, the Queen now had no other choice but to send out all her guards to stop Li Chenzhou and the others.
Although there were still eight brood nests outside frantically hatching fighters and Devourers to support the Queen, it was like trying to put out a fire far away. A large number of warriors had already rushed into the Queen's body and were wreaking havoc. No matter how many Devourers there were outside, they couldn't provide much help to the Queen.
Now, only the Devourer guards in the Queen's body were blocking the human warriors. Moreover, these Devourer guards were quite powerful. Each one was at least level nine, and they all had very powerful skills.
Moreover, these guards also knew how to cooperate. When several Devourers got together, the skills they unleashed could even instantly kill warriors!
The warriors had also gone completely crazy. The deaths of their comrades did not scare them, but instead made them rush forward even faster. Not only the Devourers, but even the pipes and hatching nests had all become the targets of the warriors.
The advancing warriors kept shooting at the surrounding pipes and hatching nests, completely clearing the area they were in. Some were even constantly shooting at the Queen's body wall.
Originally, the Queen's body had been severely damaged by the mole rat. Now, the warriors' shooting only made her injuries worse, and even her self-healing ability became extremely slow.
The hole created by Hu Tao's skill was constantly shrinking due to the Queen's self-healing ability. But now, after shrinking to a diameter of a little over seven meters, the hole almost stopped shrinking.
Because the Queen's body was now more severely damaged, it was naturally more important for her to repair the wounds inside her body. Although she would only truly die if her crystal core was shattered, losing too many energy pipes and hatching nests would also have a great impact on her.
Especially those hatching nests. Although they all looked round, they had various functions and were not just for hatching. For the Queen, those hatching nests were like human organs.
Moreover, there were already two or three thousand human warriors who had rushed into the Queen's body. Although most of them had died under the attacks of the Devourer guards and other Devourers, there were still over a thousand warriors constantly destroying everything inside the Queen's body.
Li Chenzhou and Gray Bear had a very clear target: the Queen's crystal core.
However, the Queen's crystal core was quite hard. At least the beam guns couldn't do anything to it for the time being. This could be considered a benefit of the Queen's evolution.
Under normal circumstances, the crystal core could still be destroyed by beam guns. But now, because the crystal core had absorbed the cosmic origin and was in the process of evolution, it was protected by some rules.
It could be said that if it weren't for the evolutionary process, Li Chenzhou and the others could have shattered the Queen's crystal core with a concentrated fire. But the problem was, if she wasn't evolving, the Queen's hatching ability would also be greatly improved, and Li Chenzhou and the others might not have been able to reach this place at all, let alone enter the Queen's body.
So, overall, the Queen's evolution was more beneficial than harmful to Li Chenzhou and the others. At least it gave them a chance to destroy the Queen. If it weren't for this, it would really be difficult for humans to kill the Queen when facing her. This was also the source of the Devourer Queen's previous confidence!
"Gray Bear! Use this!"
Li Chenzhou raised his hand and threw a very long beam gun to Gray Bear. This beam gun fired explosive rounds. Its penetration ability wasn't that strong, but the beam energy would explode after hitting the target. It should be suitable for attacking the mutated crystal core.
Gray Bear naturally knew what Li Chenzhou meant. So, after taking the gun, he immediately activated his skill, and his body instantly disappeared...