CH 179

Chapter 179  

Cheng Yi did this not only out of curiosity. There was another reason.

According to Lu Chen's previous behavior, the condition for triggering this secret should be when all the remaining contestants on the map land on the surface of the planet, no matter how many teams are left.

He reached this conclusion when Lu Chen, who had been eager to trigger the secret, eliminated the Lin siblings. It meant that the number of remaining contestants on the field would not affect his plans.

Similarly, this secret would be triggered even if only he and An Yan were left on the map.

This coincided with the rules of the competition, which clearly stated that "the last contestant must be on the surface of the planet."

With a high probability that this guess was correct, Cheng Yi made this decision. Since this secret would come to light sooner or later, what did it matter if it was sooner? Maybe something more interesting will happen.

An Yan did not know what Cheng Yi was thinking, but he naturally agreed: "If you think it's feasible, then let's try it."

Cheng Yi immediately flew his mecha to look for Lu Chen.

Since they were heading for the target planet, he should be able to find Lu Chen if he went in that direction.

As expected, a black mecha that looked a bit confused appeared in Cheng Yi's sight.

At the same time, Lu Chen also noticed Cheng Yi's presence and immediately went into battle mode.

He knew that he was no match for Cheng Yi at his current strength. Not because of how strong Cheng Yi was, but because his partner was too terrifying.

Cheng Yi had hidden the effects brought about by the SS-grade Spiritual Power Potion rather than his own strength.

That was why Lu Chen, who had never encountered SS-grade spiritual potions before, thought he had been duped; otherwise, how could he have done something so stupid as underestimate the enemy?

Moreover, his mecha was far more damaged than Cheng Yi's. He would definitely suffer elimination even if they were of equal strength.

But even if he knew this, Lu Chen would never go down without fighting. His pride and self-esteem would not allow him to admit defeat voluntarily.

Just when Lu Chen was ready to fight with all his might, Cheng Yi's mecha brushed past him as if he hadn't even noticed his presence.

Lu Chen: "..." What the hell is this guy up to again?

He wouldn't believe that Cheng Yi didn't notice him.

Cheng Yi did see him, but he also ignored him. He calmly controlled the mecha and soon landed on the surface of the planet.

Lu Chen followed behind with his doubts. His eyes lit up fiercely when he saw that Cheng Yi had actually landed on the surface of the planet.

But then he became even more puzzled. Why would Cheng Yi suddenly run towards the surface of the planet?

From his attitude, it was obvious that he had already seen through what was going on, and that was why he had been uncooperative.

But no matter what kind of drama Cheng Yi was playing, and no matter how much doubt he had in his heart, Lu Chen would not let this rare opportunity go.

This was his only chance to turn the tide. Even if he knew that Cheng Yi had his own plans for doing this and that it might even contain some kind of conspiracy, he would definitely not let this opportunity go.

With his mind made up, Lu Chen immediately landed on the surface of the planet with his mecha as fast as he could, as if he was afraid that Cheng Yi might suddenly back out.

Time seemed to freeze at this moment. No, it was not an illusion.

The moment the two mechas landed on the surface of the planet, Cheng Yi saw the attacking zergs suddenly freeze for a moment. 

This momentary stagnation caused Cheng Yi's gaze to flicker slightly, and his previous suspicions became clearer...

Perhaps his guess was really true.

After a short moment of stagnation, the zergs seemed to have gone mad and surged in a certain direction at the same time.

Cheng Yi squinted his eyes in that direction and soon saw a faintly fluorescent sphere rising in the middle of a sea of ravenous zergs.

This sphere looked blurred and it emitted a soft fluorescent light, forming a stark contrast to the dark and ugly zergs around it. But anyone who knew anything about the zergs system would instantly recognize the identity of this sphere.

Some of the viewers in the live stream also recognized what this sphere really was instantly.

Viewer 1: Fuck! This-this-this can't be the thing I think it is, can it?! It can't be, can it?

Viewer 2: A huge sphere emitting fluorescent light, surrounded by countless zergs, which have no intention of attacking, but instead choose to guard the surrounding area.

When you think about it, I think your guess would be right. This is indeed the thing you're thinking of.

Viewer 3: What? What? What are you guys talking about? How come I don't understand anything? So what the hell is this thing?

Viewer 4: This big ball is glowing, and it looks pretty. It looks pitiful to be surrounded by these zergs, but it doesn’t sound like a good thing from the descriptions of the floors above.

Viewer 5: Pitiful? You can't judge a zergs by its appearance, or you'll die a horrible death.

Viewer 6: It's really not a good thing. To be precise, it's a very, very scary thing.

So what on earth was the military thinking? Arent they afraid that using a map containing a zergs in the Academy Mecha Competition will leave some indelible psychological shadow on the participants?

Viewer 7: Wait ...... wait! This thing is the mother zerg that even the Ministry of Military Affairs is scared of and has not been able to completely conquer so far. Are you guys sure you're not just teasing me?

Viewer 8: We're not interested in teasing you, but I think this is a case of the Academy Mecha Competition and the Ministry of Military Affairs playing a game on the participants.

Viewer 9: Crap! Is this the legendary Mother zerg that can easily take down an entire regiment with a single spiritual attack? It's too scary!

......

When talking about the Mother zerg, one must first mention the composition of the zerg race.

In terms of strict definition, there are two types of Zergs: males and females.

Under normal circumstances, the zergs everyone mentions is the male zergs. According to human statistics, the ratio of males to females in the zerg race is very high and has reached 1,000,000:1.

In other words, only one female zerg will appear out of a million and one zergs.

Even humans didn’t discover the existence of female zerg when they first came into contact with the zerg race. They only thought that all zergs were the ugly black ones they had seen.

It was not until a warship mistakenly entered the zerg’s home planet and encountered the Mother zerg. They were completely crushed by its spiritual attack, leaving no survivors. Atleast some valuable information was left behind, and humans realized the existence of the Mother Zerg and its immense attacking power.

After a long period of research and testing, humans slowly grasped the form and the meaning of the mother zerg to the zerg race.

The mother zerg is very fragile, even though it has a strong spiritual attack. A physical attack from an ordinary mecha can easily defeat the mother zerg, provided that one avoids its spiritual attack.

According to unilateral human speculation, it costs the mother zerg its life for every time it launches an attack.

The zergs also knew how weak the females were, so they existed only to reproduce, not to fight, and one of the main reasons why the war between humans and zergs continued for so many years without coming to an end is because of the zerg’s superb ability to reproduce.

If they kill one, another batch immediately flies over, and if they kill one batch, the zergs can come back with another, which is a great headache for humans.

And this terrifying ability to reproduce comes from the mother zerg.

Humans thought of starting directly with the mother zerg in order to eliminate the whole zerg race, but several attempts all ended up in failure.

For one thing, in order to ensure that their reproductive capacity continues, the zergs would keep the mother zerg on their core planets and keep them away from battle in order to ensure that their reproductive advantage continues.

A large number of additional zergs would also guard the mother zerg in case of an unexpected attack, so it was difficult for humans to reach the mother zerg.

Secondly, even if humans finally got close to the mother zerg, they would get hit with a spiritual attack from the mother worm and there is no hope of survival.

Humans gradually came to realize that the mother zerg’s attacks are too deadly for them. They stopped making unnecessary attempts, at least until they had worked out a solution on how to deal with them.

However, the number of times the military has encountered a mother zerg on interstellar battlefields has been very small.

And a mother zerg has now appeared on this map.