Swallowed Star: The Zerg Overlord

Chapter 88: Luo Feng's RealizationIn the original timeline, Babata had deliberately evolved a beast king using Mu Ya crystal to attract geniuses from around the world to Misty Island.

But this time, it was eerily silent.

Upon discovering Luo Feng, Babata was ecstatic. In this moment of crisis, it had been prepared to randomly select someone to become the inheritor of the Yun Mo. However, fate had led it to a suitable candidate.

After meticulous arrangements, Babata used the instruments on the spaceship to subtly influence Luo Feng's thoughts, guiding him deep underground into the Yun Mo ship.

Luo Feng was completely unaware. When he discovered the open hatch deep underground, he merely guessed that he had stumbled upon a relic. After becoming a Wargod, Luo Feng joined the Palace of Wargods and learned about the existence of relics.

Although the war prevented him from exploring these legendary relics, the scene before him unmistakably told him that this was an undiscovered relic. Especially when Luo Feng collected over a hundred white crystals and entered the interior hall of the relic, discovering several strangely shaped corpses with terrifying residual power, his heart was filled with shock.

Apart from the corpses, the hall was empty, with only slight damage on the floor and ceiling, as if from a battle.

"Beep!" A sound echoed.

"Who?" Luo Feng was startled. Only then did he realize how recklessly he had entered an unknown relic. The article he had read warned that unexplored relics were extremely dangerous, and even those stronger than Wargods could perish.

In the relic, the originally dim hall suddenly lit up. As the lights brightened, a black virtual figure materialized in the hall. The figure was only 1.4 meters tall, resembling a child, with two horns on its forehead, blood-red eyes, and wearing a black robe.

"Luo Feng, you've finally come. In the most dangerous time, my wait is finally finished." The black-robed child looked at Luo Feng, its blood-red eyes showing a hint of joy.

"The most dangerous time?" Luo Feng was cautious and puzzled.

This strange black-robed child actually knew his name and spoke of the most dangerous time. Now, the entire Earth was trending towards unification, and humanity's strength was unprecedented. The global monster crisis was about to be overcome, so where was the danger?

"I have waited for fifty thousand years. In the most dangerous time, I met you. Perhaps it was fate." The black-robed child shook its head.

"Fifty thousand years? Do you mean this relic has existed for fifty thousand years? And what danger are you always talking about?"

Luo Feng was stunned. fifty thousand years? The entire history of China was only fifty thousand years! It was understandable that the metal-constructed relic could last fifty thousand years, but could those corpses have been preserved for fifty thousand years? Luo Feng found it hard to believe.

Following Luo Feng's gaze, the black-robed child looked at the surrounding corpses. Seemingly understanding Luo Feng's thoughts, the black-robed child said to him.

"They have indeed been dead for fifty thousand years, as you thought. Their strength was beyond your imagination. Even after death, the bodies of the Undying remain imperishable. As for the crisis I mentioned, I will explain it to you in detail after you become my master's disciple. It concerns the entire Earth and even several surrounding galaxies!"

Luo Feng's heart was filled with surprise. A crisis involving several galaxies? Could it be a cosmic disaster? And what did becoming a disciple mean? Luo Feng's mind was full of questions.

"Follow me. Let's first pay our respects to master." The black-robed child controlled the floor of the hall to open, revealing a passage. Although filled with doubts, Luo Feng followed.

Along the way, the black-robed child chatted with Luo Feng, answering his questions. It turned out that the black-robed child was not human but a unique intelligent life form, calling itself Babata. Although an intelligent life form, Babata had emotions like humans—joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness. It once had a body and roamed the universe, but its body was destroyed in a great battle, and its master perished in the fight.

As Babata narrated, a transparent crystal coffin slowly rose from the floor. Inside the crystal coffin was a corpse! The corpse resembled a human, about three meters tall, with two flexible horns on its forehead. The corpse was incredibly handsome, wearing a black robe with long hair spread out, peacefully lying in the crystal coffin as if asleep. Even after fifty thousand years, the narrow eyes had a mesmerizing charm.

"Master!" Babata's eyes filled with tears, its expression sad.

"Kneel and become a disciple." After a while, Babata regained control of its emotions and turned to Luo Feng.

Luo Feng was stunned. Become a disciple of a corpse?

Maybe after fifty thousand years of waiting, Babata's sanity had somewhat deteriorated. But discovering the trace of the Zerg swarm had startled it awake.

It was no longer as relaxed. Now, it needed to find an inheritor for Yun Mo, someone to carry the legacy away from here, ensuring it would not be lost.

"My master, the master of Yun Mo, Hu Yan Bo, was an Undying existence. To become his disciple, even though he has perished, is your fortune." Babata's expression was serious. Seeing Luo Feng's hesitation, Babata continued.

"Do you know how vast the universe is and how powerful the Undying are?"

In Babata's narration, Luo Feng finally gained a rough understanding of the universe and cultivation.

It turned out that the so-called Wargods on Earth were merely apprentices in the universe, lacking the qualifications to survive in space. Even those stronger than Wargods, like Qin Mu, were only planetary-level, barely scraping by as hired hands in the universe. Beyond planetary-level, there were star-level, universe-level, domain lords, and sector lords. Above sector lords were the Undying whose power even time could not destroy.

Luo Feng learned that there were over 210,000 planets in the Milky Way galaxy with large human populations, and the Milky Way was just one of eight galaxies controlled by the SilverBlue empire. In SilverBlue, there were only about ten universe-level existences.

Luo Feng could not imagine how much more powerful domain lords and sector lords were. Let alone the Undying, whose power was indestructible by time.

At the same time, Luo Feng learned just how inferior Earth humans were in terms of talent. In the universe, there existed terrifying races that could become domain lords simply by growing up eating and drinking, without any need for cultivation.

With a basic understanding of the universe, Luo Feng did not hesitate to become a disciple. After completing the discipleship ceremony, Luo Feng finally voiced his lingering doubts.

"Babata, you mentioned a great crisis involving the entire Earth and even several surrounding galaxies. What exactly is the situation?"

Babata fell silent for a moment before speaking to Luo Feng.

"Do you know how powerful humans are in the universe? They occupy countless galaxies, and there are innumerable Undyings among them! In the universe, besides humans, there are countless other races. Among these races, standing at the peak alongside humans is a terrifying race that is in a state of hostility with humans—the Bug race!"

"This race represents cosmic disasters. Wherever they go, war follows. Their numbers are endless, and they devour all life. The stars dim, and all things perish in their wake."

Hearing Babata's explanation, Luo Feng was stunned. There was such a race in the universe? A bad premonition gnawed at his heart.

"Are you saying the Earth has been discovered by the Bug race?" Luo Feng asked nervously.

"It's not that the Earth has been discovered by the Bug race, but that they exist on Earth!" Babata's expression was grave.

"What?!!" Luo Feng was shocked. How could such a terrifying race exist on Earth.

"This might be related to my master." Babata explained with a bitter smile.

It turned out that the master of Yun Mo had once brought back a Bug race mother nest from an extraterrestrial battlefield. Inside this nest was a Bug queen in a state of soul sleep. The Bug queen was a master of soul manipulation and possessed a magical charm. Almost every Bug queen had a large number of soul slaves.

"I suspect that the current strongest human on Earth, Qin Mu, has likely been secretly controlled by that Bug queen!" Babata's eyes showed fear.

"Impossible! Brother Qin Mu is incredibly strong. How could he be controlled?" Luo Feng asserted firmly.

His younger brother, Luo Hua, had recovered and stood up so quickly thanks to Qin Mu's help. Moreover, Qin Mu was currently the strongest warrior in China, having revived the entire nation through technology and even unifying the world.

How could such a strong person be controlled? Wait, genetic technology? Bug race?

A bad premonition formed in Luo Feng's mind, but he still didn't fully believe Babata's words. Compared to the suddenly appearing Babata, he trusted Qin Mu, who had helped him, more. Perhaps it was Babata who had ulterior motives.

Seeing Luo Feng's disbelief, Babata displayed a series of images—strange biological structures resembling pyramids in dark caves. Next to these structures, ferocious blade mantises and beetles emerged from their eggs. These were military beasts used in the war against the beast tide.

"This doesn't prove anything! It's just the genetic technology in our military." Luo Feng shook his head. This alone couldn't convince him.

Many had speculated how the military cultivated so many beasts. During the war, beast corpses near war bases were dragged into caves, and insect-like beasts emerged. Many warriors had witnessed this. Although Luo Feng hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he had guessed something similar.

"If Qin Mu were truly controlled as you say, he should have started a war against other countries or even destroyed the world by now. But that hasn't happened. Our world is becoming better!" Luo Feng argued, trusting what he saw more than Babata's words.

"You should know that there are many relics on Earth. Among them, one of the three most dangerous places, lies Relic 31. The poisonous sphere with a diameter of over 800 meters is actually a mother nest." Babata's expression was bitter.

"That nest was personally brought back by my master. I suspect that the Bug queen inside has awakened a bit of consciousness from her soul sleep. You must understand, that Bug queen is at the peak of the sector lord level, capable of confronting even Undyings head-on. Even with just a bit of consciousness awakened, no strong person on Earth could resist her. Look, this is the current scene near Relic 31."

Saying this, Babata projected a video in front of Luo Feng. In the video a sphere with a diameter of 800 meters stood tall. Shockingly, around the poisonous sphere, hundreds of thousands, even millions of poisonous insects and beasts were rushing towards the sphere.

 Poisonous insects and beasts were constantly being poisoned to death, but the ones behind them fearlessly surged forward, as if rushing to their deaths. Around them, several hundred-meter-long purple vines waved in the sky, occasionally dipping into the poisonous gas and being poisoned.

It was like a sacrifice.

"This scene has been ongoing for several months, and the poisonous gas around the Bug queen's nest is getting thinner. At this rate, it won't be long before these poisonous insects and beasts can enter the Bug queen's nest. Once the Bug queen awakens, all life on Earth will be instantly exterminated. We must leave Earth before the Bug queen awakens. Otherwise, there is only one path—death." Babata's expression was serious.

"All life on Earth will be instantly exterminated?" Luo Feng's heart tightened.

"Leave Earth? If what you say is true, we should be preventing the disaster, not running away!" Luo Feng firmly shook his head. There were his family and the girl he liked on Earth. He couldn't leave.

"You're wrong. If Qin Mu were truly controlled, why would the poisonous gas prevent him from entering the Bug queen's nest? Shouldn't he just go in and wake up the Bug queen you mentioned?" Luo Feng still didn't believe Babata's words. There were too many inconsistencies.

"I will investigate thoroughly. If what you say is true, even if it means dying in the process, I will stop the disaster. If I were the only one left alive from Earth and escaping into the universe alone, I would rather die!" Luo Feng's gaze was resolute, his mind made up.

Earth was his home.

"I am just a leaf on a towering tree. If the root dies, the branches and leaves will wither and fall!"

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