Apocalypse: My Items Can Upgrade Infinitely

"In any case, the deeper we go, the more dangerous it gets. After all, if we go too far in, we’ll be surrounded by the Zerg Race army in the Third-Level Hive. Plus, the new Tier Two Zergs, being ranged units, are most likely hiding inside."

"If we head west toward the second line of defense and explore a few more Hives, we should be able to find those Pulse War Scorpions that attacked this afternoon, as well as the Tank Flame Beetles that destroyed the city walls."

Lin Feng nodded. It seemed Qin Hu had made thorough preparations before coming and wasn’t as hot-headed as Lin Feng had thought, unlike that time he’d recklessly pursued Cheng Zhan.

The group continued westward through the Wormhole tunnels. After traveling more than eight hundred meters through the winding, twisting passages, another Third-Level Hive appeared before them.

Qin Hu switched on his head-mounted searchlight, then released the aura of his own Tier Two Tiger Spine Zerg, forcing back the nearby Black Spine Zergs that had come to investigate.

Lin Feng, in turn, released the Might of the Tiger Zerg from his Flying Tiger Armor, and the Low-tier Zerg Race at their feet scattered to get out of the way.

This was the true value of a Genetic Warrior.

They could avoid the harassment of being swarmed by the Low-tier Zerg Race, thereby saving a lot of trouble and resources, reserving all their energy and equipment for Zergs of their own tier.

As Qin Hu charged into the Hive at the head of the group, the massive Black Spine Zerg Swarm hastily retreated, clearing a circular area more than twenty meters in diameter.

The rest of the team took the opportunity to switch on their high-powered spotlights, which could illuminate a circular area over a dozen meters in diameter from more than a hundred meters away.

They used the light to search for the new Tier Two Zerg Race.

"Don’t worry. The Pulse War Scorpions and Tank Flame Beetles probably won’t attack on their own. After all, they’re surrounded by their own kind. If they attack recklessly, they’ll cause more casualties among their own ranks."

Qin Hu said, reassuring the team while scanning for their target.

Lin Feng shook his head. ’He didn’t believe the Mother Empress would be so foolishly merciful. Especially since Zerg Race corpses could be recycled and reused, what was the loss of a few hundred or thousand Low-tier Black Spine Zergs if it meant capturing human Genetic Warriors?’

She would even sacrifice Tier Two Tiger Spine Zergs.

’The Tank Flame Beetles, on the other hand, probably won’t attack inside the Hive. Their attack method is a form of devastating annihilation—a thousand-degree heat that carbonizes everything, destroying the Hive and leaving nothing behind...’

’Therefore, the only things the team needs to guard against are the Pulse War Scorpions and those elusive Samurai Hunter Zergs.’

Just as Lin Feng was considering this, several hoarse roars suddenly echoed from the distance!

Qin Hu’s expression changed. He let out a great shout, warning everyone to prepare for battle.

He gripped his Tiger-toothed Chainsaw Sword with both hands, holding it diagonally across his chest as he stared ahead, his expression grave and tense.

As the nearby Black Spine Zerg Swarm scurried back,

several Tiger Spine Zergs appeared fifty meters in front of the group, charging forward with their giant mandibles snapping.

A fierce battle was about to erupt.

The Tier Two fighters, Qin Hu and Lin Feng, took the lead, blocking the four foremost Tiger Spine Zergs. The other team members, whose Power was weaker than a Tier Two Tiger Spine Zerg, could only rely on their agility to dodge and wait for an opportunity to strike.

Meanwhile, as Lin Feng had instructed, Shen Jie first provided fire support with his Shotgun, then switched to his Black Knight State’s Dual Arm Blades to finish the job.

In his Black Knight State, his Physique far surpassed that of a Tier Two Early Stage Awakener. Amidst the chaos, after the Shotgun had heavily wounded a Tiger Spine Zerg, he could weave nimbly through the battlefield.

He would then slip under the Tiger Spine Zerg’s abdomen and quickly kill the powerful enemy, just as he had done with the Tiger Zerg in Jia City.

In this renewed battle between humans and Zergs, with the addition of Lin Feng and Shen Jie, the human side was not forced into a steady retreat. Instead, they easily suppressed the Tiger Spine Zerg Swarm’s assault.

A few minutes later...

Pulling his Tiger-toothed Chainsaw Sword from the shattered head of a Tier Two Late Stage Tiger Spine Zerg, Lin Feng wiped the splattered Zerg blood and gore from his Face Armor and looked into the distance.

At the rear of the Swarm, Tier Two Early Stage Tiger Spine Zergs fell one by one to Shen Jie’s Arm Blades.

In the end, of the Tier Two Swarm of eighteen Tiger Spine Zergs, Lin Feng had killed six and Shen Jie had killed four. Of the remaining eight, Qin Hu struggled to take down three...

...while it took two of the remaining ten team members to kill just one.

Lin Feng and Shen Jie alone had killed more than half the swarm.

Unfortunately, there was no sign of the new Tier Two Zerg Race in this Hive either.

Qin Hu sighed softly and ordered everyone to replace the worn-out teeth on their Chainsaw Swords to maintain their weapons’ lethality.

Just then, Lin Feng’s brows furrowed slightly.

He had just snapped back to his senses after the intense melee. He told Shen Jie to stand guard while he replaced the teeth on his Level 23 Chainsaw Sword, which had already accumulated 8 out of 10 Upgrade Points. At the same time, he used his remaining energy to activate his Mind Sensing Skill.

Although Mind Sensing’s range was reduced tenfold to just one kilometer in the enclosed underground space, it was still far greater than the reach of the searchlights used by Qin Hu and the others.

At that very moment, however, Lin Feng’s Mind Sensing Skill relayed several bright points of light, rushing at high speed from the entrance they had used to enter the Hive.

’Judging by their speed, they’re probably not the new Tier Two Zerg Race, but rather Tiger Spine Zergs redirected by the Mother Empress from other Hives.’

’But the Mother Empress has already discovered them. In fact, this entire time, she was just probing the Genetic Warriors’ true strength. And now that she knows her enemy’s real power...’

’She’s decided to close the net!’

And so, when Lin Feng turned around with a frown, he discovered several even more dazzling points of light suddenly appearing in the distance, deeper in the Hive.

’It’s a pincer attack!’

’Their brightness is far greater than that of an ordinary Tiger Spine Zerg, but it can’t be the Tier Three Mother Empress.’

Lin Feng estimated that in the dark depths ahead of them were the new Tier Two Zerg Race they had been painstakingly tracking, and they were most likely Pulse War Scorpions.

This was because their abdomens could condense and compress electro-plasma, a dangerous substance with extremely high energy density, which would naturally show up as a brighter life signature in his Mind Sensing.

Lin Feng didn’t hesitate. He raised the Level 29 Electromagnetic Cannon on his left arm, switched it to the area-of-effect Magnetic Storm Bombs, and prepared to launch a preemptive strike.

Using the map-wide vision granted by his Mind Sensing, he pre-aimed, charged his weapon, and fired several Magnetic Storm Bombs in quick succession.

The next moment, the Magnetic Storm Bombs flew like balls of lightning, releasing high-voltage electrical shocks that swept through the Black Spine Zerg Swarms on either side of their path...

...before expanding continuously and finally detonating a kilometer away.

Within a hundred-meter-diameter radius, they created a high-voltage detonation zone of several hundred thousand volts, while a powerful current of tens of thousands of volts spread out over the surrounding five-hundred-meter area.

Five consecutive shots obliterated all Zerg Race life in front of the team, carving five smoking, scorched trails into the ground and creating a fan-shaped death zone five hundred meters in diameter.

After the explosions, kill notifications flashed through Lin Feng’s vision:

"Successfully killed one Level 24 Pulse War Scorpion!"

"Successfully killed one Level 25 Pulse War Scorpion!"

But just as everyone was staring, dumbfounded, an identical ball of blue electrical light...

...suddenly shot towards them from the distance!

There were still surviving new Tier Two Zergs!

The Pulse War Scorpions were attacking!