The Zerg Mother Nest

“So that was a Zerg Mother Nest?” Luo Feng’s heart was seized with terror.

Yes, terror!

The Zerg are one of the peak races in the cosmos, comparable to humanity, and they are a truly peculiar species.

Regarding the Zerg population… it’s terrifyingly vast, yet pitifully small! A single Zerg Mother Nest can birth countless billions of Zerg warriors. They conquer the cosmos relying on sheer swarm tactics. Yet, on the other hand, these battling Zerg warriors possess extremely low intelligence, almost none at all, driven purely by instinct!

Innumerable Zerg warriors absolutely obey the Mother Nest’s commands.

If the Mother Nest orders them to their deaths, not a single Zerg warrior will resist.

Therefore…

Within the Zerg, only the ‘Mother Nest’ truly qualifies as an intelligent lifeform. When counted by Mother Nests, the Zerg population becomes pitifully small.

And every Mother Nest, at its weakest, is comparable to a Realm Lord, while the most powerful can rival an Undying! A single Mother Nest, birthing countless Zerg, is enough to conquer a galaxy, or even rule a vast starfield!

“A Mother Nest on Earth?” Luo Feng’s heart turned cold. “Babata, that scoundrel!”

...

In reality, on Mars in the Solar System.

The small Golden Horn Beast suddenly transformed into a stream of air, swiftly morphing into Black-Clad Luo Feng.

“Babata, what’s going on?” Luo Feng roared angrily.

The Golden Horn Beast was now Universe Level Eighth-tier, capable of maintaining independent consciousness in both reality and the virtual universe at any time. Moreover, with the ‘Innate Secret Technique – Clone,’ even if Luo Feng’s true body was fully focused on something, requiring concentrated consciousness, his clone would still maintain a basic level of awareness.

“What do you mean, ‘what’s going on’?” Babata said discontentedly.

“Are you still asking? I’m asking you, what was that mysterious sphere in Shennongjia?” Black-Clad Luo Feng snapped angrily.

“Luo Feng, I told you, don’t rush. When it’s time for you to know, you’ll know,” Babata said. “That thing isn’t something you can provoke right now.”

“It’s a Zerg Mother Nest!”

Luo Feng growled, “Once awakened, a Mother Nest can continuously produce vast numbers of Zerg warriors. At that point, countless Zerg warriors could swiftly conquer the entire Milky Way Galaxy! And even spread throughout the Black Dragon Mountain Starfield! This is a catastrophe, a disaster! Once it awakens, Earth will be doomed!”

“Such a huge risk, and you kept it from me all this time.” Luo Feng was indeed filled with rage.

Heavens.

A Zerg Mother Nest right there on Earth, it was like discovering an atomic bomb under your bed while you slept, ready to explode at any moment.

“Uh… you found out?” Babata was astonished.

“Hmph!” Luo Feng suppressed his anger. “Tell me, what now?”

The Zerg, as a terrifying existence ranked among the peak races of the cosmos alongside humanity, the presence of any Mother Nest was a catastrophic-level threat! Therefore, information about Zerg Mother Nests on the virtual universe network was always restricted, not easily revealed to the public. However, Luo Feng already knew about the Zerg’s terrifying nature!

The Golden Horn Beast’s inherited memories had taken 16 days to integrate. The memories were vast. Luo Feng had only organized them, not viewed all of them. Regarding the ‘Zerg Mother Nest,’ Luo Feng had only glanced at the most basic parts at the time. The basic introduction didn’t include pictures of Zerg Mother Nests, merely stating: “The core of the Zerg are individual Mother Nests. And a Mother Nest is a lair established by a ‘Mother Queen’.”

“The Mother Queen herself is frail, possessing powerful spiritual force but a weak body, so she establishes a powerful Mother Nest, which acts as her armor.”

“A Mother Queen can birth countless Zerg warriors, and the appearance of the lair she establishes varies according to her will.”

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When Luo Feng had merely organized his inherited memories, he had only briefly glanced at the most basic introduction. But now, he was shocked to discover—there was a Zerg Mother Nest on Earth! So scared, he checked carefully.

The basic introduction to ‘Zerg Mother Nests’ was just a few sentences. But the ‘detailed introduction’ contained tens of millions of words and numerous images… detailing the terrifying aspects of Zerg Mother Nests, the types of Zerg warriors they birth, and was accompanied by many images. This quickly confirmed it for Luo Feng.

What was on Earth was indeed a Zerg Mother Nest.

“Don’t be angry, don’t worry. What are you concerned about? Do you think I would harm your Earth?” Babata said.

“I know you wouldn’t, but I need to know what this Zerg Mother Nest is all about.” Luo Feng communicated mentally. “If you don’t explain clearly, I cannot rest easy!”

Who could rest easy?

An entity that could destroy the entire Earth, and even the entire Milky Way Galaxy, at any moment—who could rest easy?

“Alright,” Babata said helplessly. “I’ll tell you, this Zerg Mother Nest was acquired by your teacher from the Outer Territory Battlefield back then.”

“My teacher?”

Luo Feng pressed on, “I ask you, is there a Mother Queen inside this Mother Nest?”

A Mother Nest is merely a lair, while the Zerg Mother Queen is the true lifeform. Because the Mother Queen herself is very frail… any expert could easily destroy her body. Coupled with the difficulty of establishing a new lair, it’s almost impossible for Zerg Mother Queens to abandon their own nests to build new ones.

“Yes!”

“And she’s not dead yet,” Babata said.

“Ah!” Luo Feng’s face changed color.

“But don’t worry, she won’t pose any threat to Earth right now,” Babata explained. “Rest assured, you can think of her as… ‘dormant,’ and permanently dormant. As for the detailed situation, you’ll understand once you cultivate the ‘Soul Imprint’ to catch up to your teacher.”

“It won’t cause any trouble, will it?” Luo Feng still felt it was a ticking time bomb.

“No! Unless an Undying with greater achievements in soul cultivation than your teacher appears,” Babata chuckled. “Such a great existence could destroy Earth as easily as flipping a hand. They wouldn’t painstakingly revive that Zerg Mother Nest.”

Luo Feng finally felt relieved, then grew curious: “Why did Teacher acquire this Mother Nest and not kill it? What did he intend to do?”

“The Zerg Mother Nest has great potential. If one could enslave it like a person, and then cultivate it well, your teacher would possess a terrifying force. The endless Zerg army alone would have been enough to save your teacher’s life during his death tribulation,” Babata sighed with emotion.

Luo Feng nodded.

A Zerg Mother Nest can birth tens of millions of types of Zerg warriors.

If one could truly control a Mother Nest, it would be immensely powerful. Facing an endless sea of Zerg… even an Undying would get a headache! If they weren’t so powerful, the Zerg wouldn’t be one of the peak races.

“Teacher’s ambition is truly vast,” Luo Feng couldn’t help but say.

Babata said helplessly, “However, the Zerg Mother Nest’s lifeform is very strange. While it’s a pure lifeform, its soul is dispersed among every Zerg warrior, allowing it to control the minds of all Zerg warriors. Your teacher’s ‘Soul Imprint of Enslavement’ couldn’t control it. Before he could find a solution, he could only temporarily put it into permanent dormancy.”

“So, he just left it on Earth?” Luo Feng asked.

“He couldn’t very well leave it on Yunmo Star, could he?” Babata retorted.

Luo Feng was speechless.

...

The elimination rounds of the Genius Battle were ongoing.

In millions of trial spaces, battles continued.

“A powerful Zerg Mother Nest, forcibly reduced to such low strength.” Luo Feng’s Golden Illusory Sword directly split open the Mother Nest. From within, a ‘Mother Queen’ emerged, about six meters tall, fair and translucent as if cast from crystal. The Mother Queen had beautiful, transparent butterfly wings, and her face was faintly shrouded in mist, possessing an extraordinary allure. Strange and beautiful musical sounds emanated from her, entering people’s ears.

“As expected of a Zerg Mother Queen, extremely skilled in spiritual force. Even her charm is so potent.”

At the same moment! *Whoosh!* A sharp spiritual force directly pierced into Luo Feng’s sea of consciousness.

*Boom!* The Void Tower stood firm, and the impacting spiritual force directly dispersed.

...

Days passed.

The beautiful Zerg Mother Queen tried every method to attack Luo Feng. However, being physically weak, she could only rely on spiritual means. But… in front of Luo Feng, whose consciousness was incredibly powerful, will resolute, and who cultivated the “Void Tower,” it was truly like an ant trying to shake a tree, completely unable to affect him.

Generally, once all Zerg warriors are killed, the Mother Queen usually has little ability to resist.

The Mother Queen’s strength lies in birthing endless, diverse Zerg warriors.

“Countdown, 10 days?”

Luo Feng looked down at the countdown on the screen on his wrist. There were only a few minutes left until the 10 days were up. He stepped onto his Dark Cloud Shuttle… transforming into an arc and flying directly towards the ‘Zerg Mother Queen’ who had been hiding in the distance, no longer daring to provoke Luo Feng. The seemingly frail and pitiful Zerg Mother Queen looked at Luo Feng with slightly resentful azure eyes.

*Puff!* The Golden Illusory Sword pierced its skull.

“Still trying to charm,” Luo Feng mused. “The first-level Zerg Mother Nest isn’t strong. It can barely deal with an ordinary Star Level Ninth-tier.”

...

After defeating all opponents on the seven levels of the first trial tower, he was teleported into the second trial tower. To Luo Feng’s shock… the opponents in this second trial tower were exactly the same as those in the first trial tower! The only difference was… their strength had soared!

“The same fierce beast ‘Blood-Furred Mammoth,’ yet the second tower’s version is so much stronger than the first! How terrifying will the third and fourth towers be? And there are still the fifth, sixth, and seventh towers! No wonder the Virtual Universe Company is confident that everyone will die.” Luo Feng was somewhat shocked.

This trial was very difficult!

...

The seven trial towers had identical targets and numbers, only their strength changed.

First level: 10,000 fierce beasts, ‘Blood-Furred Mammoths’.

Second level: 10,000 demon beasts, ‘Nine-Headed Pythons’. The difference between demon beasts and fierce beasts is… demon beasts possess extremely high intelligence. For example, the monsters on Earth actually belong to demon beasts.

Third level: 1,000 metal lifeforms, ‘Tuoluo Clan Warriors’.

Fourth level: 1,000 cosmic exotic creatures, ‘Feihou’, a very peculiar type among fierce beasts.

Fifth level: 100 mechanical race puppets.

Sixth level: 10 Starry Sky Behemoths, ‘Cang’.

Seventh level: 1 Zerg Mother Nest.

All seven trial towers were arranged like this. But it was clear… the target strength in the seven trial towers was continuously soaring.