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Chapter 152: Chapter 151 On the Ways to Utilize Aliens
 

Regarding the transformation of the Aliens, before departing for Earth, Fang Zheng had already discussed the matter with Mirune and had a rough strategy in mind.

In the “Alien” series, the Aliens themselves have a system: the Alien Empress is responsible for laying eggs, which produce Facehuggers; these Facehuggers then attack hosts, and from them, new Aliens are born, which in turn increase the number of their kind.

However, in Mirune’s opinion, this ecological cycle of the Aliens was both primitive and inefficient. Although Aliens could absorb superior genes from their hosts and improve themselves, this process was entirely different from that of the Zerg. The Zerg actively collected and absorbed superior genes, while the absorption by the Aliens was passive, akin to relying on luck. Whatever the host was like, the resulting Alien would be similar. And although the Aliens had a high reproductive rate, the passing down of genes was not guaranteed. Such a method might be effective for spreading risk at the inception of a species, using the consumption of superior host genes to find the best path of evolution, but if these excellent genes could not be integrated, it was meaningless.

It was like a computer that finally had a bunch of software optimized, but when you got a new computer, you had to start the installation all over again. Mirune couldn’t even bear to look at such ineffective Gene Devouring efficiency.

So ultimately, Fang Zheng and Mirune decided to optimize the original species’ genes of the Aliens, do away with the useless things like the Facehugger and the Alien Empress, and only keep the regular form of Aliens.

What Fang Zheng required of the Aliens was infiltration, assassination, and then a burst of activity—just like a virus that initially lies dormant in an ordinary person without any symptoms, then silently spreads and proliferates before violently erupting into a deadly pandemic, annihilating everything. Thus, the Aliens, as adjusted by Mirune and Lulana, would undergo significant changes.

First, the form of the Aliens was fixed as the warrior Aliens, which were the mature, pitch-black figures from “Alien vs. Iron Blood Warrior”; they would no longer change due to the host, a sign of the full integration of the Aliens into the Swarm. Secondly, the four dorsal tubes on the back of the Aliens were transformed into spike-like structures similar to those of the Hydralisks. This enabled the Aliens to not only hunt at close range but also to launch stealth attacks from a distance like the Hydralisks.

The most fearsome aspect of the Aliens was their reproductive ability, and Mirune took it even further. Originally, the Aliens reproduced by combining their eggs with the host’s genes and optimizing them, but the Swarm-modified Aliens lost this ability, and so the original Facehuggers also lost their purpose. Instead, the Swarm-modified Aliens had a more terrifying reproductive capability—they would inject a Gene Virus into the enemy’s body during an attack. Anyone scratched, bitten, or wounded by an Alien would be infected by this virus.

Afterward, these Swarm-modified Alien viruses would begin to voraciously consume the host’s body nutrients, regardless of life or death. This meant that once injured by an Alien, alive or dead, the individual would become a host for the production of new Aliens.

Honestly, Fang Zheng felt a chill run through him when he first heard Mirune’s concept. If the Aliens had this ability all along, why bother making a movie series? Wouldn’t humanity and the Ironblood have been annihilated long ago?

This showed why the Zerg could become the overlords of the universe, while the Aliens could only jump around as extras in movies… It was all destiny.

“……!!”

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Just as Fang Zheng was idly letting his mind wander, suddenly, the previously dim hall started to brighten. Streams of electricity emerged from the chains, striking the body of the Alien Empress. Seeing this, Fang Zheng immediately focused his attention forward.

“Roar……!!”

At this moment, the Alien Empress was roaring wildly, her genes having been completely transformed by Lulana. Now devoid of her original power, her massive body undulated incessantly under the stimulation of the electric currents, and a new life form began to form within her body.

“———!!———!!”

Sensing the power within her body fading away, the Alien Empress began to violently shake in an attempt to break free of the bonds. However, the chains used by the Ironblood to bind her were not something that could be easily broken free from. Soon, accompanied by a pitiful wail, the Alien Empress in front of Fang Zheng fiercely struggled for a moment before collapsing weakly, lifeless. Then, a “pop” sound was heard as her massive, egg-laying abdomen burst open. Following this, Fang Zheng saw several larvae joyously jumping out, tumbling around in front of the corpse of the Alien Empress.

“Only three?”

Frowning at the larvae before him, Fang Zheng then looked toward Lulana at his side.

“This test subject’s own strength was too weak to nurture more larvae.”

That made sense. The Alien Empress hadn’t fed for over a hundred years, frozen here all this while, and had just been forced to give birth. Her belly was probably long empty.

“Begin the hatching process.”

With that thought, Fang Zheng didn’t say much else, but just shrugged his shoulders. With the power of psionics, he could see that three Ironblood Warriors had left the mothership and arrived on this icy plain. And if everything went as expected, these Ironblood Warriors would soon be engaging in a fierce battle.

It was the perfect opportunity to test the might of the Swarm Aliens against the Ironblood Warriors.

People are brave because they are ignorant.

While Fang Zheng was hatching the larvae, the exploration team sponsored by Verland Industries that had come to unearth the “mysteries of human history” had also reached the interior of the Pyramid. If they knew that beneath the Pyramid terrifying creatures were planning to strike at them, or that invisible Aliens were behind them, eager to collect their heads as spoils of war, they might feel a bit more tension.

Unfortunately, they knew nothing about it.

“Nymph, seal the Stone Gate.”

Watching the adventurers heading toward the hall, Fang Zheng raised his eyebrows and immediately gave Nymph the order. In the movie, people triggered the entire trial after entering the hall and obtaining the weapons of the Ironblood Warriors. However, Fang Zheng wanted to test the difference in strength between his own Swarm Aliens and the Ironblood Warriors. An unarmed Ironblood Warrior was not a suitable test subject, so he certainly wasn’t going to let this group of would-be martyrs take the Ironblood’s weapons.

“Yes, Master.”

Hearing Fang Zheng’s command, Nymph who was waiting in the spaceship immediately stretched out her hand and lightly tapped on the keyboard in front of her.

“Boom…!”

“What happened? What’s going on?”

Feeling the sudden shaking and noise, the explorers were also taken aback, and then they saw the stone gate in the hall in front of them dropping down rapidly!

“Not good, let’s hurry inside!”

The leading woman hurried toward the descending stone gate, trying to rush into the hall before it completely closed. Unfortunately, her speed was no match for the closing speed of the stone gate, and by the time she reached it, the entire gate had already slammed shut with a “bang.”

“Damn it!”

Staring at the sealed stone gate before her, the woman slammed her fist against the wall. The group of scientists by her side, who were still shaken, now regained their senses, nervously looking around.

“What’s going on? What exactly happened?”

“That’s enough for today.”

Ignoring everyone’s panic, the woman leading the group shouted, then pointed at her watch.

“We must get back to the camp immediately, it’s clearly not safe here; if we get trapped, it will be troublesome!”

“This……”

Hearing the woman’s words, the crowd showed expressions of hesitation, then turned their heads to look at an elderly man in the middle of the group. In the movies, it was in this hall that they found the weapons of the Ironblood Warriors and began their journey to doom. But now, these people didn’t know what was inside, so they weren’t as resistant to the woman’s command.

“Alright… let’s head back…”

Facing the inquisitive gazes of the crowd, the old man pondered for a moment before nodding his head. Clearly, he too felt it wasn’t safe. After hearing the old man’s response, the woman let out a sigh of relief, then took out the walkie-talkie and started calling the people in another room.

“This is Team A, we’re planning to head back to camp. How are you guys doing? Please respond?”

“This is Team B! We’re trapped in here!”

“What?”

Everyone was shocked by the response that came through the radio.

“Is anyone injured?”

“No, but this damn place… hurry up and figure out a way to get us out! Wait, there seems to be something… damn it, what’s this? Be careful!”

“Bang bang!!”

“Team B? Team B?!!”

Hearing the screams and gunshots over the radio, everyone was startled. They hurried to the sacrificial tomb chamber only to find that it too had been sealed by heavy stone gates, completely unopenable.

Having no other choice, they decided to head back to camp first, planning to retrieve explosives to blast the stone gates open. After making their decision, the group left the pyramid in a frantic hurry, completely unaware that they had just brushed past three invisible figures.

Indeed, this was the case.

Seeing this scene through his psionic vision, Fang Zheng nodded. It seemed that for the three Ironblood Warriors, completing the trial was currently more important. In the movies, these Ironblood Warriors did not kill an old man like Verland when their weapons were taken, so now, since they hadn’t taken the weapons, the Ironblood Warriors would not trouble them.

Soon, under Fang Zheng’s watchful gaze, the Ironblood Warriors moved through the passages to the hall, where they easily opened the sealed gate, then activated the stone coffins, taking out their own weapons.

And at that moment, the trial officially began.