Free Web NovelChapter 143: Chapter 119: Lin Feng Lv. 25, The Decision to Investigate Alone (Part 2)
Lin Feng shrugged and offered a possible explanation:
"Maybe this Mother Empress is too weak and lacks the forces to destroy the city. Or maybe it has already left Jia City and was just passing through, so it didn’t build a large nest here."
Chen Yanyan nodded. She was merely worried about Lin Feng’s risky decision and wanted to spot any subtle signs of danger to prevent any unexpected incidents after they went deep into the city.
"I’m not worried about the Tier Two Tiger Spine Zergs or the Wind-winged Zergs. The real problem is that parasitic host you mentioned... the Tier Two Spiritual Element Zerg..."
Chen Yanyan slowly extended her hand, controlling the Battleship to open a window on the side:
"Spiritual Ability, unlike tangible, physical attacks, is the direct manipulation of Energy. It’s formless, colorless, mysterious, and unpredictable..."
"It’s easy to fall for its tricks if you’re not careful."
Lin Feng’s gaze hardened, and he nodded gravely.
Chen Yanyan was right. It was these rare, Spiritual Element Tier Two Zerg Race, like the parasitic host, that he really needed to be wary of.
The last time he faced the parasitized Cheng Zhan, he had experienced a brief moment of disorientation from its sudden Spiritual Attack.
Thankfully, he had dealt with the Tiger Spine Zergs’ threat before getting close. If he had been hit by a sudden Spiritual Attack during close combat in the tunnel, his consciousness interrupted for even half a second...
In a life-or-death duel, that momentary stupor would have cost him his life!
Fortunately, after killing a Tier Two parasitic host, Lin Feng’s Spiritual Attribute Value had been permanently increased by thirty points. As long as he focused his Spirit, he wouldn’t be so easily disturbed. fɾēewebnσveℓ.com
Having eaten and drunk his fill, Lin Feng stood up, gave Chen Yanyan a kiss, said a few comforting words, and then returned to the bedroom.
He was ready to initiate his lv24 Upgrade.
A warm current flowed from the gun’s body into his, a massive surge of Energy comparable to a Tier Two Awakening Upgrade, crashing through his system.
But having already completed his lv23 Upgrade, Lin Feng now possessed Attributes approaching four hundred points. His powerful body could safely withstand the transformation wrought by this Energy.
Half an hour later, when Lin Feng opened his eyes...
His face lit up with delight as he looked at the data before him:
[Lin Feng, lv24/29]
[Life Value 470, Physique 470, Spirit 495]
[Note: From lv24 and above, each Upgrade increases base Attributes by 100. Breaking Limit Values are inherited.]
Just as he’d hoped, the surprise from this Upgrade was that it corrected humanity’s genetic flaws, allowing their leveling progression to keep pace with that of the Zerg Race.
This also meant that after the Tier Two Middle Stage, the gap in Physique Attribute between humans and the Zerg Race would shrink with each increasing Level.
Unfortunately, no one else probably knew this yet.
After all, an Awakener like Lin Feng, who had skyrocketed through Upgrades, was one of a kind on Blue Star.
At that moment, Chen Yanyan emerged from the adjacent bathroom wrapped only in a bath towel. She walked to the bed, crawled over Lin Feng’s legs to his chest, and placed her fingers on his abdomen.
"What, is the Awakening from killing those bugs done already? You seem so excited..."
Lin Feng nodded, chuckled slyly, and seized the moment to initiate his final Upgrade to lv25.
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At two in the afternoon, the soldiers under his command were gradually rested. The city district before them remained as silent as a ghost town. Besides the occasional, strange stench of the Zerg Race wafting over, there wasn’t a single sign of life.
There was no retaliatory strike from the Zerg Race, nor could they find any signs of numerous Red-Armored Beetles through their scopes.
This bizarre phenomenon made the already hyper-vigilant group deeply uneasy.
The Zerg Race had always been relentless, never resting until their goals were achieved. This was especially true for outsiders invading their territory; they would sacrifice their own lives to kill or expel every last enemy.
This had been thoroughly proven during the defensive battle in Wu City. But now, the cowardice shown by the Jia City Zerg Race in resisting invaders completely upended their understanding of the species...
Could it be that High-tier Zerg Race varied so much from one another?
Just as there were vast differences between people.
Perhaps their personalities and behavioral patterns weren’t uniform; each had its own unique characteristics.
After all, a Tier Two Zerg Race could already display intelligence rivaling a human’s. A Zerg Race Mother Empress with a Spiritual Value in the thousands probably had brain tissue the size of a small truck—hardly inferior to a human’s.
Seeing the Zerg Race turtling Underground, Li Ran and the other captains seated on the Battleship started to worry. Their Sergeant Major stood with his back to them, and they feared he was about to issue the absurd order to follow him into the Zerg Race’s tunnels.
Their earlier venture into the city had resulted in them being besieged by the Zerg Race. Although they were lucky to have had no fatalities, over ten people had still taken varying degrees of Damage.
The most severely injured one had lost a leg.
He was a step too slow and got bitten by a Black Spine Zerg. Fortunately, he was wearing a suit of Lv9 Red Armor that resisted the tearing Damage.
But the bone in his thigh had suffered a comminuted fracture, and the muscle tissue was completely shredded. Only the protection of the Red Armor held the skin and sinews together, allowing him to drag it along.
In one fell swoop, they had lost over a tenth of their combat strength.
For a company of just over a hundred, this was a significant blow.
In Li Ran’s opinion, they were currently only suited for fighting in open areas. They could use their high-Damage Shotguns for concentrated firepower or leverage their vehicles’ mobility to kite the Zerg Swarm and eliminate enemies on the move.
The greenhorns, armed with heavy weapons, had no experience in urban warfare. Their caution and reaction speed both needed to be honed through a period of harsh training.
Many of the rookies had been injured by the blast from their own Shotguns, fired at too close a range.
Fortunately, an Awakener’s physique was tough, and with the protection of the Lv9 Red Armor, they had managed to endure it.
