Rise of the Zerg in the World of Gods

Returning home, Xu Luo felt a sense of unresolved conflict.

Looking at his 80-square-meter apartment with only himself in it, while in the lower levels, 30-40 square meter homes were crammed with several family members, and those children's eyes showed no light.

Children should be lively and active, but there, they were completely lifeless. Everyone looked like walking corpses on the verge of death.

At this moment, Xu Luo felt a blockage in his heart.

He didn't know what kind of emotion this was. He wanted to vent but couldn't.

He felt extremely irritable.

He entered the arena to battle others.

At this time, he wasn't aiming to improve himself through sparring.

He just wanted to have a good, satisfying fight.

After a winning streak that raised his ranking considerably, he felt even more agitated.

He knew where this emotion came from but had no way to resolve or alleviate it.

Continuing to fight would yield no results. So he simply entered his Divine Domain.

After a month's development, ten months had passed in the Divine Domain.

The protection fees had been collected in full two days ago. Although not everyone complied, those who didn't would behave after a beating.

During this month, he hadn't invaded others much, so there weren't many new members of the Umbrella.

Mainly because he didn't have many search cards, and his starships were few before. Although he had sent them out, there weren't many results.

During this month, the Zerg continued to hatch. Without battles, they were just raised to provide faith power.

Although the consumption was great, the output still exceeded the expenditure.

Because he hadn't gone out to invade, the Mayflies could only gnaw on his own Divine Domain.

As a result, they had gnawed away most of the terrain on the Divine Domain's surface, literally changing the environment.

Xu Luo had to purchase new terrain cards to redecorate these areas.

Now he had more than twenty Gold-tier 9 xenomorphs and ten Leviathans at hand, with a large number of Silver-tier Zerg below. It could be said that his forces were strong and numerous.

Eight special starships had also been built, making ten with the previous two.

This was all the power Xu Luo had at hand now.

During this month, he had stored quite a few evolution points, preparing for the expedition.

Originally, he wanted to wait until after the regional league to start his expansion plan.

But now he was very unhappy.

He wanted to kill.

The arena was just sparring after all. For Xu Luo, defeating any number of alien races there was meaningless.

So he directly initiated his plan.

The Zerg were meant to grow stronger through constant invasion.

From the beginning, his choice had been wrong.

No Zerg ever became strong through self-development and gradual accumulation.

Zerg were never about overwhelming others with their quality.

The reason they were called a calamity was because of the Zerg's terrifying numbers.

During this month, evolution had been ongoing, but most of the results were useless trash that didn't help in battle or development. Xu Luo discarded them all until two days ago when a new type of Zerg finally appeared.

This was a Insectoid Zerg.

Fire Locust!

Bronze-tier 2!

A very weak Zerg, but an incredibly terrifying one.

Because they were unlike other Zerg.

Other Zerg produced one creature per egg, and due to the Queen's egg production rate, their numbers couldn't increase quickly.

But Fire Locusts were different.

These little creatures, looking exactly like locusts with a hint of weak fire ability, could hatch a hundred from a single egg.

Afterward, they could continuously devour materials they encountered to enhance themselves, or store the devoured materials like Mayflies.

The appearance of this species made Xu Luo feel that the Zerg were finally starting to look like Zerg.

It was also the appearance of Fire Locusts that solidified Xu Luo's idea of expedition.

However, he had wanted to store more eggs before. Today's events stimulated him, causing him to start his actions early.

The previous two starships were already outside. Now the remaining eight each carried one Leviathan, two Gold-tier 9 xenomorphs, and a large number of Zerg and eggs. One of Xu Luo's avatars carried some faith crystals and set off.

Of course, Creeps were indispensable, storing plenty of evolution points. He also brought some Mayflies to process the corpses along the way.

The reason for bringing eggs was that they didn't take up space and could be hatched into Fire Locusts when needed.

This time, Xu Luo was going to spread the calamity to various alien civilizations.

Even a lowly insect could look up at the gods in the starry sky.

He wanted to spread the glory of the Zerg, telling those alien races: submit or die!

Eight starships headed in eight directions, without direction or purpose, just flying randomly.

Without search cards or positioning cards, they flew aimlessly. Whoever they encountered would be their target. As long as it didn't bear the mark of human civilization, it was a valid invasion target.

Not attacking humans was always Xu Luo's bottom line.

Bottom lines were for self-restraint.

If he had no scruples at all, Xu Luo feared that continuing to invade like this, one day he might lose himself.

At that time, without any scruples, killing anyone, would he still be himself?

Everyone has light and darkness in their hearts.

He didn't know what he would become in the future.

But at least now, he wanted to hold on to that bit of light in his heart.

The previous two fleets also began to separate. Xu Luo replenished the Zerg on them through remote transmission of resources and eggs via transmission channels.

Now ten starships headed in ten directions.

Whenever they encountered alien races, regardless of their strength or which civilization they belonged to, Xu Luo had no hesitation. He directly rammed the starship into them, breaking through their outer defenses, followed by Zerg landing operations.

In most cases, three Gold-tier 9 units were enough to suppress anyone.

Moreover, with one of Xu Luo's avatars overseeing, in emergencies, he could mobilize Zerg from other starships for support.

They weren't afraid of the enemy's high-end combat power, let alone the middle tier.

Not to mention how the xenomorphs formed by facehuggers performed, the Fire Locusts truly shone in these battles.

Swarms of Fire Locusts flew up, and although they suffered heavy losses themselves, the enemy's losses were even greater.

Moreover, after a Fire Locust died, it would leave behind a small crystal.

That was its final essence.

After death, a Fire Locust would self-immolate, forging its absorbed energy along with its body into this crystal.

The stronger the Fire Locust, the larger the crystal it left behind. Different crystals could also fuse together, and when reaching a certain amount, they would form a complete crystal.

Xu Luo called this thing an evolution crystal.

Its greatest ability was evolution.

It could enhance the strength of other Zerg, increasing their tier.

Xu Luo had tried using it on Leviathans, Queens, and Gold-tier xenomorphs. It worked, but the amount needed was enormous.

For Silver-tier 9 units like butterfly generals and Earth Dragon Zerg, just one crystal was enough for a direct upgrade.

Although it took many Fire Locusts to form one complete crystal, because of this effect, no matter how difficult, Xu Luo would collect them.

Every time he found a Divine Domain, he would immediately release a large number of Fire Locusts to swarm it, regardless of the losses.

The Mayflies were specifically collecting these evolution crystals on the side.

Where Fire Locusts passed, little was left behind.

As for the enemy's Gold-tier units?

Were the Leviathan and Gold-tier xenomorphs just for show?

Three Gold-tier 9 units were enough to handle a dozen or so ordinary Gold-tier units.

Only after the battle was over would Xu Luo's avatar appear, asking if they wanted to join the Umbrella.

If they didn't join, they'd get another beating.

Then he'd ask again.

If they still refused to join, there was no choice.

He would directly destroy their Divine Domain core and plunder everything he could.

These areas didn't border his Divine Domain, so he couldn't absorb the shattered Divine Domains and had to abandon them.

Ten starships simultaneously attacked in ten directions, moving very quickly. All the gains were stored on the starships, and when accumulated to a certain degree, they would be sent back to his Divine Domain.

Xu Luo was very proficient at these things.

His starships specifically sacrificed attack power in favor of enhancing durability, space, and flight speed. Therefore, their travel speed in the void was very fast. Although the consumption of faith crystals was not small, it was worth it as long as new targets were found.

Moreover, the starships weren't completely without attack capabilities.

On each starship, Xu Luo had installed a ray tower formed by Staam Ray Zerg. If anyone thought the starships were fragile, these little things would let them know what terrifying beam attacks were.

Many of the alien races encountered, after being beaten and their living forces eliminated, would basically surrender when Xu Luo's avatar appeared.

At this time, they would basically swallow all of Xu Luo's unreasonable demands.

Only a small portion of stubborn ones would need a second round of education.

Those who remained adamant to the end, preferring to be destroyed rather than submit, were after all a minority.

So seeing the number of his subordinates skyrocket, Xu Luo's mood finally improved.

At least he wasn't so depressed anymore.

There were too many things in reality he couldn't change.

But in the World of Gods, at least in this small patch of the novice Divine Domain, he wanted to make his voice heard and make everyone tremble when they heard it.

He might not be able to achieve this now, but he was working towards this goal.

With evolution crystals, even without battles, various Zerg could easily break through their strength limits.

Those xenomorphs no longer needed to fight desperately, devouring large amounts of flesh and then devouring each other when there wasn't enough.

Now, as long as there were enough evolution crystals, they could be raised to the Gold tier, allowing them to exist for a considerable time.

The same was true for other Zerg.

Now, ten teams were continuously attacking in various directions. Each time they attacked, not all Fire Locusts would die; some would survive and continue to grow stronger.

One had even broken through its strength limit, reaching Silver-tier 1.

Xu Luo never actively sent Fire Locusts to their deaths.

He would carefully protect those that survived, and collect the evolution crystals left behind by those that died.

Fire Locusts' evolution crystals weren't only produced by devouring other creatures. They could eat anything, even dirt.

However, ordinary soil didn't have much energy. Eating a lot of it might not even yield a tiny evolution crystal fragment.

When there was no other creature's flesh, Xu Luo would feed them evolution points, which had the same effect as devouring flesh.

The ten teams attacked indiscriminately, like a locust plague, fighting everyone they saw, causing panic among the surrounding alien races.

The regional channel, which was usually quiet, became lively at this time.

At first, it was just some alien race that Xu Luo had attacked and forcibly made a subordinate, venting their frustration. Unexpectedly, it resonated with other alien races, and more and more began to speak up.

At this point, they realized that it wasn't just them who had been attacked. Some madman in a bad mood was basically attacking everyone he saw.

When they communicated and roughly described their environments, comparing notes, they realized they were actually neighbors, not far apart, and had been taken out in one fell swoop.

Other alien races who hadn't been attacked yet became alert when they saw so many others saying they had been attacked.

However, they harbored hope that it might not be their turn, but soon after, they too joined the ranks of complainers.

Under these circumstances, some other alien races not too far or near began to fear getting involved and considered moving away.

At this moment, an operation that caught Xu Luo's attention appeared.

An alien race, claiming to be a member of the Umbrella, said that for a small fee, they would protect anyone's safety.

Those complaining alien races, upon hearing the name Umbrella, immediately dared not speak.

During their previous communications, they had never mentioned the name Umbrella.

They hadn't expected that the attacker wasn't just one person. Realizing that such a powerful entity was actually an organization, it was no wonder they could attack so many targets simultaneously.

They were also relieved that they hadn't said anything bad about the Umbrella earlier.

Some of those who hadn't been attacked actually believed those words. They thought that if the Umbrella was really that powerful, paying a small price for protection might be acceptable, and they actually took the initiative to contact the other party.

Seeing this exchange, Xu Luo wondered if he could do the same.

First shout out a warning, see if they surrender, and if they don't agree, then attack.

This seemed more convenient and could reduce losses.

He planned to try this in future operations.

Whether it worked or not, there was nothing to lose anyway.