Volume 3 Chapter 220 Are we just bugs after all?
Three huge planetary warships moved rapidly in the starry sky.
More than thirty Zerg Battle Stars in front deployed their Zerg nests at the same time.
Just like a blooming flower bud, countless Zerg warships are docked on each petal-like wing of the unfolding insect nest.
As the hive unfolded, densely packed warships were ejected from the hive.
Then these warships formed a huge array and rushed towards the planetary ship together.
At the same time, in the center of the unfolding hive, at the core position, huge geometric cylinders were aimed at the three planetary battleships.
The geometric cylinders at the core of more than thirty Zerg battle stars flashed dazzling light at the same time. For a moment, the brightness of the light even exceeded that of the stars.
The next moment, a huge beam of energy came towards the three planetary warships.
With lightning speed, it directly hit the shield of the planetary giant ship.
Asari and Lil, who were watching the battle from behind, saw more than thirty ultimate destructive rays launched from the Zerg Hive Battle Star, which had only been heard of in legends, directly hit three planetary battleships.
Both of them couldn't help but become nervous.
Lil hoped that the Zerg could win, so as he looked at the three planetary battleships, which were completely enveloped by the light of the rays, a smile appeared on his face.
Asari didn't know who he hoped would win. He just looked at Lin Xu next to him, as if he was in a trance. His eyes were fixed on the battlefield, but it seemed as if he had seen through the battlefield to the outside world.
Asari suddenly felt that these thirty or so ultimate destructive rays from the Zerg Nest Battle Star would probably be in vain.
Sure enough, as the light gradually dissipated, the three planetary warships continued to sail in outer space intact.
There wasn't even a scratch on the giant ship, and even the shield that had slightly emerged on the outside of the ship due to the previous attack was intact.
As the destructive rays disappeared, the shield slowly became transparent again and could no longer be seen by the naked eye.
All this made Lil's smile, which had not yet disappeared, freeze on his face in an instant.
Immediately afterwards, the main guns of the planetary giant ship also opened fire.
In an instant, three beams of light that spanned the universe reached the three most important .
It went straight through three Zerg battle stars.
With a loud bang, the exploding Zerg Battle Star spread invisible ripples in the universe.
Even though there is no sound propagating in outer space, the rapidly spreading shock wave can still make people feel the devastating power of this huge planet-like war star after the explosion.
The destruction of the three Zerg battle stars also destroyed countless Zerg warships scattered in outer space.
Lil stared blankly at the three Zerg Battle Stars, which should have been the symbol of invincibility in his eyes, being destroyed so easily.
Even Asari, who had more confidence in Lin Xu and his companions, couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
The next moment, the main guns of the three planetary warships fired again.
Still, three beams of light arrived in the blink of an eye, and then a silent explosion spread in the universe.
This time, three more Zerg battle stars were destroyed.
One salvo can destroy three Zerg battle stars.
The Zerg Hive Battle Star that frightened countless civilizations in the universe seemed like paper in front of Arisa's fleet, and it broke at the slightest touch.
As he watched the Zerg battle stars being destroyed one after another, Lil's face went from being incredulous at first to being numb, with no expression on his face anymore.
More than thirty Zerg battle stars were all destroyed in a short period of time under the attack of Arisa's planetary battleships.
In the empty universe, the three stars are still running in balance under the guidance of some force, but the thirty or so Zerg battle stars orbiting the three stars are all gone.
In this piece of universe, there are only three stars left, as well as the wreckage of war stars scattered throughout the vast universe.
Of course, there are still some surviving Zerg warships.
In vain they charged towards the planetary battleship.
The planetary battleships didn't even bother to launch an attack, and simply moved forward, smashing the endless Zerg warships as they rolled over with their shields.
Then, tiny explosions continued to light up on the shield outside the planetary giant ship.
That was the last bit of light emitted by the countless Zerg warships crashing into it.
Asari in the back looked at the lights that kept lighting up on the giant planetary ship, feeling quite emotional.
From here, the lights seemed extremely faint, like fireflies compared to the planetary giant ships.
But the same Zerg warship just swallowed half of their spaceship. If Lin Xu hadn't been there, he would probably have been buried in the Zerg's belly by now.
And Asari just sighed.
On the asteroid orbited by three stars, countless upper-level insect bodies looked as pale as death at this moment.
Well, if their insect faces can be seen as deathly gray.
"How could it be, how could the gap be so big, it shouldn't be like this."
"Is this a real human being? The gap is so huge, so huge."
"Woo, woo, woo, woo, are we nothing but bugs in the eyes of real humans after all?"
"Hahaha, we thought that by creating fake humans, we could truly gain a foothold above humans. How pathetic."
Seeing that all the Zerg nest battle stars were completely destroyed, a large number of upper-level Zerg bodies began to despair.
But even in this situation, there are still people who refuse to admit defeat.
"No, we still have hope. As long as His Majesty the Insect King is still here, we still have a chance."
"Yes, if Your Majesty can successfully upgrade to a higher dimension."
"But, is there still time? The humans are already here."
Through the huge screen created by holographic projection, one can see three planetary battleships that destroyed all Zerg battle stars, rapidly heading towards the location of the three stars.
It seems that humans have already discovered this dim asteroid located at the center of three stars.
"We must buy time for your majesty. We must do everything we can to buy time."
"That's right, the Zerg still have a chance. We will never be willing to be just bugs in the eyes of humans."
"But we have no more trump cards. How can we buy time?"
"There is one last method, which is to include real humans in the experiment."
"Subjecting humans into experiments? Are you crazy?"
"No, I'm not crazy. Maybe this can actually help His Majesty the Insect King. Isn't it the best sign of ascending to a higher dimension if real humans are here?"
"You mean?"
"We need high-dimensional human objects in order to include them in experiments to increase your majesty's success rate. Now, there are real humans here. If we include them in experiments, wouldn't the success rate increase even more?"
"But the risks are too great, and there are too many uncontrollable factors. Humans are not objects, and they will not obediently participate in experiments."
"We have run out of options."
Suddenly, all the upper insect bodies fell silent.
Yeah, they don't have a choice anymore.
Either take the risk and choose the last hope, or fall into complete despair.
"I agree."
"I agree."
"I agree."
Then the joint meeting of the mother nest composed of all the remaining upper insect bodies passed the resolution.
Immediately afterwards, the upper insect bodies quickly became busy.
While they were busy, Arisa, leading three planetary ships, had already crossed the star and were getting closer and closer to the asteroid surrounded by three stars.
But as they got closer to the asteroid, Arisa began to notice something strange.
It was some kind of invisible pressure coming from the surrounding universe.
Arisa was very familiar with this kind of pressure, it was the invisible oppression from higher-dimensional forces.
It should be from some high-dimensional object.
As a former high-dimensional race, even though Arisa is no longer able to use high-dimensional powers, she can still perceive them keenly.
Yes, now Arisa can no longer use high-dimensional power. She can't even maintain a high-dimensional organ like her own people, and then use the high-dimensional organ to use high-dimensional power in a limited way.
Because her fellow tribesmen can use the dimensionality reduction channel to continuously replenish high-dimensional power and maintain high-dimensional organs, but because she chose to leave, she is unable to replenish high-dimensional power, so the high-dimensional organs, the eyes on her forehead, are now almost invisible because they have been closed for a long time.
However, even if she is unable to use high-dimensional power, it does not mean that she has no power to resist attacks from high-dimensional objects.
Don't forget that the Apocalypse Element is also a high-dimensional item, and it is a top-level existence that far surpasses ordinary high-dimensional items.
Therefore, this invisible pressure from high-dimensional objects can be easily broken by the apocalypse element by Arisa just waving her hand.
But she didn't do it.
Because she realized that this high-dimensional power coming from some high-dimensional object seemed to be trying to capture her consciousness and connect it to a certain network.
More importantly, she was very familiar with this method of connection.
This is the method most commonly used by their Apocalypse tribe to form a consciousness network.
Just like the one Lin Xu had seen before, the clan member under Arisa, the one called the God of Death Apal by believers, named You Feng.
This is the method he used when he built his consciousness network.
It’s just that when You Feng established the consciousness network, he used the apocalypse element as the medium.
But now what Arisa realized was that the network that wanted to connect her consciousness was using another medium, not the apocalypse element.
However, although the media are different, the network construction method used is the same. Arisa can tell at a glance that this is the method of constructing the consciousness network of their Apocalypse tribe.
This made Arisa start to feel uneasy.
What's going on? Is this related to our Apocalypse clan?
It’s over , it’s over, it’s over. If Lin Xu knew that our Apocalypse people were involved in creating fake humans for experiments, wouldn’t he be furious?
Even if he didn't lose his temper, Nanzhu and Mu Xiyue would still have to settle the score with him.
No, I didn't do this, why are you holding me accountable?
Moreover, the Apocalypse Clan may not necessarily be involved in this matter. Although the method of building the network is similar, if the Apocalypse Clan is really involved, it would be better to directly use the Apocalypse elements to build the network. Why bother relying on the power of high-dimensional objects and making it so troublesome?
So the more likely possibility is that this Zerg race got this method of forming a consciousness network from somewhere.
Yes, that's definitely the case.
However, even after convincing herself in this way, Arisa still felt unsure.
So she decided to connect to the consciousness network to see what was going on.
However, since the matter might involve other members of the Apocalypse Clan, she did not act decisively, but instead reported the situation to Lin Xu first.
At the same time, countless upper-level Zergs on the asteroid lay in rows in life-support devices. The densely packed life-support devices were spread throughout the entire interior of the asteroid.
Their vital signs are maintained through life support devices, and their brains are connected together, like biological chips, assisting His Majesty the Insect King in maintaining the operation of the virtual universe network.
Their consciousness was also placed into the virtual universe through the crown of His Majesty the Insect King and became part of the experiment.
So yes, the so-called crown is a high-dimensional object, and it is also the container used by His Majesty the Insect King to construct the virtual universe.
These superior insect bodies that have contributed their brains and consciousness are the most loyal individuals to the Insect King. They all voluntarily dedicate themselves and become the cornerstone of the operation of the virtual universe network.
And now, more upper insect bodies also took the initiative to lie down in the life support device one by one.
But they are not here to expand the virtual universe network.
The virtual universe network is already large enough. Continuing to expand it will not help the Insect King's dimensional upgrade plan. Instead, it will lead to the failure of the plan because the virtual universe becomes more complex.
The purpose of these superior insect bodies entering the life support device is to utilize a large amount of consciousness from intelligent life to reversely stimulate the power of the crown and actively connect the consciousness of the humans on the three planetary ships into the virtual universe.
"Why, why not?"
"So many intelligent beings are unable to pull a human into the virtual universe? Is human willpower really that strong?"
"What should we do? If we can't pull human consciousness into the virtual universe, all our plans will be just fantasies."
"More, we need more will from intelligent life. This is our last chance."
"All upper insects, enter the life support device."
"Our sacrifice is for the future of the Zerg."
"As long as His Majesty the Insect King is still here, as long as His Majesty the Insect King can succeed, there is still hope for the Zerg."
On the asteroid, the last upper insect body entered the life support device.
Transferred his consciousness into the crown.
Then he used his own will to influence the crown to pull Arisa, who they thought was a human on the three planetary ships, into the virtual universe.
Once their consciousness enters the crown, there will be no possibility of leaving. At the same time, they will become part of a higher-dimensional object and gradually lose their self, which is equivalent to death.
However, even with such tragic circumstances, and the entire race giving up everything, they were still unable to pull Arisa's consciousness into the virtual universe.
For Arisa, she just felt a certain network of consciousness trying to connect with her consciousness, but that was all.
As long as she doesn't want to, she can completely choose not to connect to this consciousness network, and can even use the elements of apocalypse to completely expel this network.
However, due to the particularity of this consciousness network, Arisa was hesitant, which caused the consciousness network clock to hover around her.
This also gives the Zerg a last bit of hope. Perhaps if they try a little harder, they can pull humans into the virtual universe network.
After all, the virtual universe network is so powerful, and coupled with the will of so many intelligent lives, even humans would be unable to resist it.
While the Zerg had exhausted the last upper-level body of the entire race and were still holding on, Lin Xu had already opened the space channel directly and came to the surface of the giant planetary ship of the First Fleet, next to Arisa.
Miss Qiu, Nanzhu, Mu Xiyue, Lu Yao, together with Asari and Lil, also walked out of the space passage behind Lin Xu and came to the surface of the planetary ship.
Arisa's eyes wandered around with a rare guilty look, and she didn't look at Lin Xu.
Nanzhu and Mu Xiyue looked at Arisa with strange eyes. If they had not received the report from Arisa herself, they would never have thought that this incident might be related to the Apocalypse Clan.
It seemed that the appearance of Lin Xu and others made the existence that controlled the consciousness network surprised for a moment, but then this consciousness network, as if using up its last bit of strength, tried to connect to Lin Xu and others.
It's like knowing there is no hope, but still trying one last time.
"More than just one person, more than just one human being, there are, there are more human beings."
"What should we do? Are we really going to fail? Are we really going to fail?"
"No, we haven't lost yet. The Zerg still has a chance."
"Yes, there is still a chance. Since there is more than one human, let's bring them all in."
All the higher-level insects are desperately making their last struggle.
The discussion among Lin Xu and others also came to a conclusion.
"Is this the consciousness network? Do you plan to go in and take a look?" Lin Xu narrowed his eyes slightly and used the nanorobot to try to contact the consciousness network that wanted to connect with Arisa's consciousness.
As the consciousness network came into contact with the nanorobots, the consciousness network suddenly seemed to be encouraged and became active.
"Yeah, I want to go and take a look." Arisa nodded obediently. Now she is even more obedient than an elementary school student.
"Then let's go and take a look together. I'm also curious about what's on this network." Lin Xu nodded and decided.
And since Lin Xu was going, he naturally couldn't leave behind Nanzhu, Lu Yao and Mu Xiyue who were eager to try.
In this way, several people connected to the consciousness network either with nanorobots or with apocalypse elements.
Nanzhu even brought Asari and Lil along.
Everyone's consciousness was connected to the consciousness network and entered the virtual universe created by the Insect King.
