Chapter 256: Chapter 157: Node Creature, the Soon-to-Evolve Tiger Spine Zergs
"Life Value: 4800, Physique: 300, Spirit: 1020"
"Superpower Awakening: Spiritual Shock"
"Note: Each time the node creature is killed, it will evolve a countermeasure. Unless its symbiotic device can be completely destroyed, it will only grow stronger."
The more this strange chimeric symbiote was killed, the stronger it became. With each death, it would only lose a small amount of its Life Value, while its Physique and Spiritual Attributes would increase further.
Unless the Hatching Meat Tower before their eyes, and the entire Hive, were completely destroyed...
However, after the recent attack, Lin Feng noticed that when the dead node creature revived, one of the Tier Two Zerg Eggs embedded in the wall of the meat tower dimmed.
The rich Life Energy it contained was absorbed by the node creature, the price for its rapid revival.
This meant that not only could they no longer kill the creature, but they also had to steal the Zerg Eggs while fending off the onslaught of the Tier Two Tiger Spine Zergs...
At this thought, Lin Feng raised his left hand, took aim at the Level 28 Tiger Spine Zerg before him, and fired his Armor-Piercing Cannon. The shot struck its eyeball directly, blowing its brain apart.
Meanwhile, the seven other team members kept the two Level 27 Tiger Spine Zergs at bay with a barrage from their shotguns, preventing them from getting close.
Then, Shen Jie, having entered his Winged Tiger Frenzy Form, easily dispatched them with his dual-wielded Tier Two giant blades.
In just over twenty seconds, three Tier Two Late Stage Tiger Spine Zergs, each formidable in its own right, were slain.
By the time their bodies fell, the newly regrown node creature had just come to its senses, a look of disbelief on its face.
Its expression then twisted into a savage snarl, and it quickly retreated into the darkness, concealing itself.
Seeing this, Shen Jie moved to pursue it.
Lin Feng quickly stopped him.
"Don’t chase it! It’s already connected to this Hatching Meat Tower. Killing it will just be a waste of Tier Two Zerg Eggs."
Behind him, Ling Yi once again explained the node creature’s attributes to the group.
The members of the Tier Two Corps felt their skin crawl with unease upon hearing about such a bizarre synthetic creature.
Ling Yi didn’t remain idle, urging them on.
"While it’s still gathering its strength, we need to hurry and dig out the Tier Two Zerg Eggs!"
"Just rip off the membrane, pull out the nutrient hose, and pry them from the fleshy wall."
Lin Feng frowned slightly and pointed his gun toward the top of the meat tower.
"What about the ones that have already matured? Is the Nutrient Liquid inside still usable?"
Ling Yi shook her head.
"Just kill them. At this stage, they’ve developed toxins. Human Awakeners can’t consume them."
Lin Feng nodded and immediately gave out his orders.
"Pry out all the newly placed ones on the bottom. As for the mature ones up top, shoot them with your guns. Finish accumulating what you need for your evolution as quickly as possible."
’I have a feeling we have a tough fight ahead of us!’
There were over eight hundred Zerg Eggs in total. It was estimated that about half of them were still undeveloped. The other four hundred, which had no collection value, were left for Shen Jie’s team of eight to handle.
Shen Jie, who was already in the Tier Two Middle Stage, only needed to kill over thirty to reach Level 29. The other seven members, who had just reached Tier Two at Level 20, each needed fifty-four Tier Two Zerg Eggs to advance to Tier Two Late Stage Perfection.
By that math, the four hundred mature Tier Two Zerg Eggs were just enough to meet their needs.
Following Lin Feng’s orders, the seven squad members took large-caliber rifles from their backpacks and began shooting the Zerg Eggs positioned higher up.
As long as they hadn’t hatched and grown armor, these gestating Zerg Eggs were even more fragile than Red-Armored Beetles.
It only took two shots to take one down.
Each kill awarded one Tier Two Upgrade Point.
It was incredibly easy.
Meanwhile, while keeping a wary eye on the node creature hiding in the darkness, Lin Feng used his Tiger-toothed Chainsaw Sword to carve the Giant Mandibles off the three Late Stage Tiger Spine Zergs and integrate them into his Flying Tiger Armor.
Lin Feng knew this was a rare opportunity. He wouldn’t get another chance to infiltrate so deep into the Underground Nest, especially without encountering the Mother Empress.
So, with this rare opportunity, he had to go big and strip the place of every resource he could find.
Meanwhile, Ling Yi wasn’t idle either. She vanished for a moment and returned with a swarm of Red-Armored Beetles.
The Worker Zergs’ levels were so low that the busy team didn’t spare them a second glance, considering them no threat at all.
Ling Yi directed a dozen or so large, Level 9 Red-Armored Beetles to Lin Feng’s side. Many of them were carrying Tier Two Zerg Eggs on their backs.
They appeared to be the same few that had crawled into the entrance earlier; he had them to thank for the warning.
After absorbing the Giant Mandibles, Lin Feng stood up and asked:
"You have enough Spiritual Power left to control them?"
Ling Yi’s expression was grave. She kept glancing toward the dark depths where the node creature had vanished as she replied:
"I’ve already lost contact with two of the five Tiger Spine Zergs I had blocking the entrance. They were likely killed by other Tiger Spine Zergs summoned by the Node Mother. I only have three left, and they can probably hold out for another seven or eight minutes."
"The Node Mother won’t give up so easily. And this fused entity... it doesn’t belong to the local Mother Empress..."
Lin Feng’s eyes narrowed. He hadn’t relaxed his vigilance for a moment, his Mind Sensing Skill continuously probing the area.
In the faint glow of the meat tower, he could see her somber expression clearly. The splatters of mud and Zerg blood on her stunning face gave her the desolate beauty of a heroine at the end of her rope.
Lin Feng raised his Tiger-toothed Chainsaw Sword and seized the moment to ask:
"Are you saying... this node creature was sent by Mother Empress #76 from Hai City?"
"But the territory above ground belongs to the Jiangbei Mother Empress."
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