BXBX NOVEL Chapter 513 - Zerg Base
Chapter 513: Chapter 513 – Zerg Base
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
For Wei Xiao Bei, this was not something he enjoyed doing.
After running for a hundred kilometers, he saw a boundless blanket of Zerg Creeps.
That’s right, it was Zerg Creeps.
Anyone who played StarCraft would know what this was. It was one of the most important constructs of the Zergs.
Other than requiring a Hatchery, the Zergs would need Zerg Creeps to build buildings.
In simpler terms, once a hatchery appears, the land around it would be blanketed by what was called a creep. Any Zerg constructs would need to be built on the creep. From the start to the finish of construction, the creep would provide nourishment to these Zerg constructs.
Additionally, the creep provides benefits that could not be found elsewhere.
For example, it increased the Zerg’s moving speed on top of it. It also provided nutrition and detection of any enemy that treads on it.
Wei Xiao Bei had played the game many times, but this was the first time he had seen a creep.
From afar, it looked like a reddish-brown patch of terrain, but on closer inspection, he noticed that the ground was covered with a flesh-like layer as if some liquid was slowly moving through it.
The reddish-brown appeared to be mixed with the soil. Stepping on it felt like stepping on thick rubber.
Far into the creep, there stood several buildings that looked like an unfinished Creep Colony building.
Creep Colony buildings were very important buildings. Their main use was to expand the creeps everywhere. The range where it spreads the creep was similar to a Hatchery, but the cost of building another hatchery was more expensive compared to the Creep Colony.
On the other hand, the Creep Colony could be upgraded into a large Sunken Colony that could deal powerful damage to enemies, and it was one of the most important means of defense that the Zerg has.
Additionally, it could also be transformed into a Spore Colony that was specialized in dealing with aerial units.
In some StarCraft videos, these Spore Colonies could even attack space battleships that stopped in the orbit of the planet.
After careful inspection, Wei Xiao Bei pulled out a dagger and cut a piece of its edge, then fed it to the Life Altar.
Toward a multi-functional living object like this, Wei Xiao Bei wanted his Life Altar to know its genetic component.
As for the Zerglings and Hydralisks, and even the Zealots’ genes, they were all secretly collected by him, increasing the genetic reserve of the Life Altar.
The creep was not too thick at about five centimeters. After being cut by his dagger, large amounts of fluid immediately seeped out from the damage, quickly growing back and healing the damaged portion.
Although he did not know how wide the creep was, his cut was only a small drop in a vast ocean. Soon, a Zergling appeared in the creep and ran in his direction.
The Zergling might not have the best vision, but it was not the worst. After seeing Wei Xiao Bei, it did not immediately attack. Instead, it stopped a hundred meters away, as if observing him.
The reason why Wei Xiao Bei did not hide was that after seeing the creep, he knew that finding the villager quietly was an impossible thing to do unless he suddenly grew wings and flew above the base that did not yet have any aerial defenses.
Just like that, he had no choice but to probe the power of the Zerg.
If this Zerg group was weak, then Wei Xiao Bei would kill his way in!
However, if it was strong, then he would just turn back and run. At the very least he had some confidence in doing so.
Wei Xiao Bei would naturally not allow this Zerg to calmly observe him.
Whoosh!
A crushed stone had been kicked and the fragments immediately shot out like artillery shells, whistling toward the Zerg.
What surprised Wei Xiao Bei was that the Zergling was not hit.
Although his kick was quite random, the [Fake Concealed Weapon] skill was still applied on the rocks. With his strength, he would hit the enemy a hundred meters away ninety percent of the time.
From this, it can be seen that the Zerg’s fighting power increased when on the creep.
Naturally, a Zergling was still a Zergling. Even if its dodging speed increased, it still could not escape the second stone that Wei Xiao Bei kicked.
Whoosh!
The sound of a skull being crushed sounded as the Zergling’s head immediately exploded and its body collapsed.
Following its death, the Zergs alertness seemed to have increased a level.
Wei Xiao Bei could see that the Creep Colony was immediately letting out a wax-like liquid that immediately bubbled when it came in contact with the air, becoming a cocoon that surrounded the Creep Colony.
At the same time, many Zerglings began to run over from afar.
Facing the alert Zerg, Wei Xiao Bei did not retreat and stepped on the creep.
Standing on the creep and looking at the creep gave one two completely different feelings.
In other words, Wei Xiao Bei felt that the creep was like a water bed, and stepping on it gave a buoyant feeling, and most of his thoughts were on balancing. After stepping on it, one would follow the way the creep swayed to stay on it.
It could be described like this, if Wei Xiao Bei did not have the [Unobstructed Path] skill which ignored the effect of the terrain, he would need to split a part of his attention on balancing his body.
This was something that would influence the Marines’ battle power.
After all, although the gauss gun was powerful, one still needed to aim at the enemy to kill them.
As for the Zealots, they might not even be affected by it.
In short, after stepping on the creep, a normal person would be negatively affected while the Zergs would be stronger. Just like that, it would cause a large variation of power on both sides.
At this time, the Zerglings that appeared in Wei Xiao Bei’s perception range already exceeded a hundred, while the Hydralisks also numbered more than ten!
Since he stepped on the creep, Wei Xiao Bei did not have any plans of easily retreating.
He grasped in the air and his great spear immediately appeared. Wei Xiao Bei immediately took ten steps forward and jumped high. He was like an eagle that descended from the skies and charged at the changing Creep Colony.
With Wei Xiao Bei’s [Early Warning] skill, the signal sent to him was that the danger from the changing Creep Colony buildings was larger than the Zerglings and Hydralisks!
His intuition was telling him that once the structure changes completely, then the danger he would be in was ten times what he felt now!
It was the biggest threat that needed to be eliminated fast!
“Die!”
Wei Xiao Bei stepped on the creep and jumped into the air like a large bird and threw himself at the nearest Creep Colony.
Although the creep was a Zerg object, it did not have an actual consciousness. Thus Wei Xiao Bei could still borrow the buoyancy of the creep. His jump exceeded ten meters in height, and he went much further than normal.
Puchi!
The Creep Colony that was in the middle of changing was instantly penetrated by the great spear, having a hole open in its body.
However, Wei Xiao Bei was immediately surprised. Wei Xiao Bei’s vibrating of the spear had been offset by the Creep Colony, preventing the hole he opened up from expanding.
Moreover, when he pulled out the great spear, liquid immediately filled up the hole that he had opened up, healing the Creep Colony.
Without any hesitation, Wei Xiao Bei pulled out the Hard Metal Jian with his left hand and smashed down at it.
Whoosh!
Vibration Strike activate!
The Creep Colony that had been attacked immediately shook. Its flexible body immediately shook open. In an instant, the four-meter tall Creep Colony let out a strange sound and exploded open, causing reddish-brown liquid and fragments to spread everywhere.
Wei Xiao Bei could not dodge it as the liquid covered his face.
This liquid had some corrosive properties, causing him pain.
If it was a normal person, they might have already gone to the hospital to have plastic surgery. However, for him, this corrosion was not strong at all. Just his skin’s toughness was enough to endure the liquid, let alone his [Limb Regrowth] ability.
After one strike, he had eliminated one of the Creep Colonies. This made the Zerglings chasing after him go into a frenzy.
Wei Xiao Bei did not stop on the spot and allow the Zerglings to surround him. He stomped on the ground and charged at another Creep Colony.
After charging in front of it, he once again smashed down with the jian.
This time his luck was a lot worse. The effects of the jian did not work at all. On the contrary, the jian bounced back.
Although a deep depression appeared in it, his attack was an easy thing to deal with as a powerful construct.
If one is not enough then two!
Wei Xiao Bei did not want to waste any strength.
He sent out two strikes at the Creep Colony. The first one did not activate anything, but the second one activated a heavy strike.
The heavy strike landed on the Creep Colony and broke its roots. The four-meter tall Creep Colony lost its balance and fell in Wei Xiao Bei’s direction, though he kicked it flying with a roundhouse kick, causing it to fly and smash toward the Zerglings that were chasing after him, crushing them into a paste.
After destroying two Creep Colonies, Wei Xiao Bei did not gain that much profit. Two of them had only given him 200 evolution points, which was a very pitiable amount.
This might be because the Creep Colonies had not yet finished evolving.