Chapter 255: Chapter 157: Node Creature, the Soon-to-Evolve Tiger Spine Zergs
As a figure slowly emerged from the darkness...
In the faint light of the Hatching Meat Tower, the group finally saw what it looked like.
It was a...
Or more accurately, half a woman.
A human female over five meters tall.
Its torso was human-sized, but where its legs should have been, a fleshy, barrel-thick tube extended, sheathed in Zerg Armor.
The long, powerful, snake-like tube held the woman’s torso four or five meters in the air, allowing her to look down on Lin Feng and Ling Yi...
All while letting out a shrill, feminine laugh.
It was deeply unsettling.
Ling Yi’s expression changed instantly. She hadn’t expected the Hai City Mother Empress to have left such a trap behind.
It was even deliberately placed beside a large Hatching Nest for Tier Two Zerg Eggs, lying in wait.
She immediately released what little Spiritual Energy she had left to help Lin Feng resist the interference.
Ling Yi knew that their only hope of dealing with this monster rested on the Legion squad led by Lin Feng. ’All I can do is provide timely intelligence, cover, and support!’
After dispelling the Spiritual Interference shrouding Lin Feng, Ling Yi immediately said:
"This is a variant of the parasitic mothers—a fixed spiritual node creature. It can’t leave this Hatching Nest, but it can control the entire Swarm in this area. Be careful of its spir—"
Before she could finish, the corners of the grotesque woman’s smiling mouth split open to reveal a maw of fangs, and it let out several sharp shrieks.
A Spiritual Energy Wave pulsed out again, and from the deep darkness behind the bizarre parasitic mother, more large insectoids emerged.
Lin Feng’s brows furrowed. The interference hadn’t actually affected him much—it was just a momentary daze.
His Identification had already loaded the creature’s detailed information:
「Parasitic Mother—Variant Node Creature」
「Life Value: 5k, Physique: 200, Spirit: 1001」
「Superpower Awakening: Spiritual Empowerment (Releases Spiritual Energy to interfere with or protect life forms within a 100-meter radius, causing them to be briefly dazed or become immune to Energy attacks. Interference is ineffective against enemies with a higher Spiritual Attribute Value.)」
「Note: A product of fusion and splicing between a parasitic mother and a Human Awakener. It possesses the abilities of both.」
「Note: This life form is permanently bonded to a large Biological Nest, allowing it to absorb the Nest’s powerful Life Energy in a symbiotic relationship. It is not an independent entity, so its Level cannot be measured by its Attributes.」
「Evaluation: A node-type creature of the Zerg Race, something between an individual and a Biological Nest. It assists a High-tier Mother Empress in managing the Swarm. Possesses some self-awareness and is only established after Zerg territory has expanded.」
Before Lin Feng even finished reading, he looked up and fired a shot at the creature.
The Armor-Piercing Cannon round directly struck the node creature’s lower abdomen, pierced its thin Zerg Armor, and detonated.
Lin Feng immediately raised the Tiger-toothed Chainsaw Sword in his right hand, using it to shield himself from the resulting shockwave of gore.
His broad frame also shielded Ling Yi behind him.
The Lv. 29 Armor-Piercing Cannon was incredibly powerful. While its area of effect was smaller than the Electromagnetic Cannon’s, the terrifying 900 points of Damage it dealt to a single Life Form was not something a creature with only 200 Physique could withstand.
A twenty-meter-diameter fireball erupted not far from the pair, followed by a shockwave carrying the stench and debris of scorched, cooked flesh.
The explosion quickly drew the other members of the Tier Two Corps from hundreds of meters away. Shen Jie instantly entered his Black Knight Assimilation Form and, as a streak of black light, used Flash to appear on the battlefield.
When the afterglow of the explosion faded...
The part of the node creature on the fleshy tube had been completely annihilated, reduced to a pile of cinders.
However, at that very moment!
The large Zerg Race creatures that the node creature had summoned earlier now emerged from the darkness.
They were several giant Tier Two Tiger Spine Zergs, each nearly thirty meters tall—almost half the height of the Hatching Meat Tower!
And their Levels were all at the Tier Two Late Stage!
Lin Feng counted them. Fortunately, there were only three.
’Not too much danger for now.’
Just then, a bizarre scene unfolded before the eyes of the newly assembled group.
The fleshy tube, which had been blasted apart by the Armor-Piercing Cannon, began to proliferate new tissue.
Fresh, pink chunks of flesh multiplied, rapidly repairing the shattered stump of the wound.
The tube grew back to its original length of over ten meters, and at its tip, the upper torso of the spliced woman coalesced once more.
Her incinerated clothes, of course, did not return. But once her new, pinkish-red skin finished forming, a layer of orange-yellow plates made from Tier Two Giant Mandible material gradually appeared, covering her voluptuous torso.
In just ten seconds, the node creature had fully repaired itself. What was more, after sustaining Damage, it had rapidly evolved a countermeasure.
Lin Feng’s brows furrowed.
All the while, he had been firing his Electromagnetic Cannon, coordinating with the Tier Two Corps behind him to attack the giant Tiger Spine Zergs that were shielding the node creature.
He could, of course, activate Bullet Time or his Eye of the Death God ability to shoot past the Tiger Spine Zergs and kill the regenerating node creature...
But Ling Yi, whom he was protecting, spoke up from behind him:
"It’s useless! Its genes have completely merged with this Hatching Nest! Unless you destroy this entire Hive, you’ll never be able to kill it!"
At the same time, a notification from his Identification appeared. The creature’s Attribute data had barely changed:
「Parasitic Mother—Variant Node Creature」
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