Chapter 46

The war soon came to an end.

Although the mimics could attack from both a distance and fight at close range, the Zerg didn’t suffer that much damage. Even when two Hydralisks and seven Zerglings went straight up and attacked, they had only lost two Zerglings. And all this was because they readily made themselves scapegoats, allowing themselves to be pierced by the enemies tentacles and ripped apart after jumping out of the ground.

Fang Zheng could have also been considered to have had a certain degree of understanding of these mimics after this battle. They might have given an impression of creatures in terms of their actions, but they didn’t seem like simple life forms, rather they were some kind of energy creatures. As for their combat power, it was somewhere in between that of a dog and a Hydralisk. This was discovered by Mylune after analyzing the aliens’ remains in the incubator. Fortunately, Fang Zheng guessed it correctly. The Zerg did detect a peculiar gene sequence from the remains of these creatures. According to Mylune’s analysis, this gene sequence could be used to counter the time reset.

Not only that…

“Master, this genetic sequence can increase the Zerg’s speed. I think it will greatly enhance the Zerg’s fighting power.”

“Do you know how it works?”

“Of course, Master! According to my experiments, this gene sequence can speed up the Zerg’s time flow, boosting their combat power.”

“…Is that so?”

Fang Zheng couldn’t help but furrow his brow upon hearing this. Mylune’s words were quite easy to understand. To put it bluntly, this gene sequence would make its host’s time flow much faster than the other creatures. In other words, the passage of one second to ordinary people was equivalent to two seconds for the host of this gene sequence. Naturally, it was better to be faster than others. The attack range, frequency, and speed would be significantly enhanced, but…

“Are there any sequelae? If I remember it correctly, the opponent also has a control system similar to ours. I don’t want to see my own bugs turning on me on the battlefield.”

“It will accelerate the aging of its host but this isn’t a problem for the Zerg, Master. As for the possibility of being controlled, the Zerg will always be loyal to their master.”

“Makes sense.”

Fang Zheng, hearing Mylune’s reply, thought and recalled that Zerg either died in battle or died making their way to the battlefield. He had never heard of any Zerg dying from old age. So, accelerated aging was really not a problem for the Zerg. And whether the Zerg would die of old age was an unknown variable. In Fang Zheng’s memory, the older any Zerg was, the more difficult it was to deal with it. Furthermore, the accelerating flow of time seemed to accelerate the autonomous evolution of the Zerg’s body!

What the hell!

Fang Zheng couldn’t help but be shocked by such a calculation. If this was the case, then the alien genome in the world of Edge of Tomorrow was too good for the Zerg; on one side it would speed up its combat efficiency and its evolution in another. It was just like using a speed cheat in the game and then taking the Zerglings out for a walk. After walking around, the Zerglings would mutate and grow wings, without even resorting to the tech tree.

No wonder Mylune’s eyes turned green when she was talking about this. Apparently, she could not wait to enjoy this genetic meal.

As for the issue of being controlled, Fang Zheng thought about it and threw it to the back of his head. Even if any Zerg was controlled, he could still activate the Kerrigan’s soul stone. The Queen of Blade would control all the Zergs when she came into being. And Fang Zheng didn’t believe that the alien lump would be stronger than Xel’naga that it would dare to seize control from the Queen of Blades.

Mylune, after getting Fang Zheng’s approval, immediately began adjusting the Zerg genome. Fang Zheng didn’t know how the Zerg did it but only after one night, Mylune reported to Fang Zheng that all the Zerg’s nests and units had successfully incorporated this time gene. Not only that, but Fang Zheng also got a surprise from Mylune. Not only was the time gene sequence useful for the combat units but also for the Zerg infrastructure and worker bees because this gene sequence could accelerate the flow of time, which appeared to be even faster. And the Zerg infrastructures were also living things. Therefore, after the time gene sequence was added, the Zerg buildings under Fang Zheng had undergone mutation. The most obvious characteristic of this evolution was that their production speed, the research speed, as well as, the transformation speed of worker bees into buildings had also increased.

Although it was only a short period of time of no more than three seconds, Fang Zheng understood that it was already good enough even if it was this. Think about it, if all the units under you in the game were three seconds faster than your opponent, your opponent might report you for using cheats after playing for five minutes.

While the Zerg continued to expand, Fang Zheng watched the live broadcast on the mobile phone he had obtained from the gangsters. Right now, an old man who was wearing a military uniform and had a white beard was waving his hands in high spirits on the phone.

“This time, we will fight back. We are going to beat those alien monsters back and let them taste the power of humans!”

Just as the scene switched, countless transport planes rose into the air as a reporter reported with a solemn and nervous look on his face.

“Today, brave soldiers will cross the strait and face those terrifying aliens. Let’s wish them victory and a safe return. The enemy will eventually lose. Victory is ours!”

That’s right, the enemy will eventually lose but the victory belongs to the swarm!

Fang Zheng put the phone away and glanced at the time.

It was 23 minutes and 45 seconds past 10.

Today was the day the plot began.

If Fang Zheng was right, Tom would head to the battlefield today and encounter that strange monster at the beach. Then, he would pull the claymore and die before reloading everything. And now, Fang Zheng would see whether he could benefit from this. Fang Zheng wasn’t worried about himself. In fact, this was also an experiment on himself. After all, he was finished with the overall arrangement. Even if everything returned to a few days back, the Zerg under him had already taken shape. It was already impossible to interfere with him.

“Ba-dump!”

After three hours, Fang Zheng suddenly felt his heart pounding. He immediately stood up and looked into the distance.

The next moment, everything around him began to change.

Almost in the blink of an eye, Fang Zheng saw the world before him begin to change. Everything was playing backward, only it was quite fast, giving Fang Zheng the impression of entering a time tunnel. He felt as if everything before his eyes began to blur. He could barely see the sky and the ground. But this only lasted for less than 10 seconds. Suddenly, Fang Zheng felt a jolt as the scenery before him became clear again.

Everything seemed the same as before but Fang Zheng could keenly feel that there seemed to be something different. He turned his head and saw Mylune standing quietly beside him, watching him intently.

“What’s going on, Mylune?”

“Master, it’s as you have expected, we should have traveled through time and space. Master, do you remember what we were doing before?”

“We were discussing Zerglings’ next evolutionary plan!?”

“Master, it seems you have successfully retained your memory.”

Mylune smiled after hearing Fang Zheng’s reply. Fang Zheng shrugged his shoulders as well. He didn’t say anything. He felt that the reason he was able to cross the time safely was because of the Dimensional Codex. After all, the Dimensional Codex had the power to transcend time and space according to his setting. It could protect its bearer. Apparently, the setting that Fang Zheng had written was quite useful.

“Report everything to me!”

“Everything in the nest is normal. The number of Zergs has not reduced and according to the report of the worker bees, the mines that they’ve exploited have been restored to their original state.”

“Oh!?”

Fang Zheng’s eyes lit up upon hearing this.

“Does this mean that we have unlimited resources?”

“It’s true, my Master.”

At this moment, Mylune’s voice started to tremble from excitement. What the Zerg longed for most was power and resources. And now, everything they needed was here.

“Then, go ahead.”

Fang Zheng quickly decided after thinking for a minute.

“Let the nest hatch more worker bees, collect resources, and transform Zergs. When the time is right, we will let the people in this world witness our power!”