Chapter 58: Fusion, Mutation
Chapter 58: Fusion, Mutation
Wangcai knew his master was worried that this Hive might try something tricky, so he had reminded him.
He gave Fatty Lei a slight nod, then leaped down from the armored vehicle. He ran down from the sand dune into the basin and stopped in front of the Hive.
“This Crystal Core is the thing that guarantees your loyalty?”
Because Wangcai was an Intelligent Lifeform, he did not understand Hives very deeply. That was why he expressed doubt, and it was also his way of being responsible to Fatty Lei.
“If you do not believe me, there is nothing I can do, sir.”
From the knowledge passed down by the mother, it was known that these humans were accustomed to the address ‘sir.’
After all, the war between the Zerg and humans had lasted almost four hundred years, so the Zerg Race had interacted with humans for a long time. Therefore, it was normal for them to know this form of address.
“Oh ho, I never expected you to know this form of address,” Wangcai said, rolling his eyes.
“Our Zerg Race had some ‘contact’ with you humans a very long time ago. I learned this form of address from the knowledge my mother passed down to me.”
Monica explained to Wangcai via bio-electrical wave.
Monica was also clever to say they had ‘contact’ a long time ago, but everyone knew that ‘contact’ meant war.
Of course, Fatty Lei’s side did not know this.
So when Wangcai heard Monica’s words, he thought that the Hive’s race had indeed had contact with humans.
But these matters were not what Wangcai needed to focus on. His main concern now was resolving the loyalty issue of this Hive in front of him. That was the most important thing.
Wangcai took the pink crystal and weighed it in his hand.
“You say this crystal needs to be fused into our master’s body?”
Wangcai was somewhat unbelieving and worried about this.
Wangcai’s worry was not without reason. He was concerned that if the master fused with this crystal, he might be counter-controlled. That would be a bad situation because it was something he could not control.
Wangcai really did not want Fatty Lei to try anything with a danger factor.
At that moment, Fatty Lei stood on the armored vehicle and shouted loudly into the basin.
“How is it? How is the situation? There’s not much time left; we need to leave here quickly.”
The sky was gradually darkening, and the time for the planetary storm to rage was approaching.
Fatty Lei did not want to lead the artificial human soldiers to face the baptism of the planetary storm. He believed he could not survive within the storm.
“Wait a moment. I will report to my master and let him decide.”
Holding the Crystal Core of Hive Monica, Wangcai returned to Fatty Lei’s side.
After returning to Fatty Lei, Wangcai presented Monica’s Crystal Core to him.
“Master, this is that Hive’s Crystal Core. It said that whoever controls this Crystal Core controls its life and the warrior bugs it will produce in the future.” Wangcai relayed Monica’s words one by one to Fatty Lei. Then Wangcai lowered his voice and said to Fatty Lei, “Master, if you fuse with this Crystal Core, you might face danger.”
“Hmm~”
After hearing Wangcai’s last words, Fatty Lei showed a thoughtful expression.
“What do you mean…”
Wangcai moved closer and said to Fatty Lei, “Master, what if after you fuse with this Crystal Core, you get counter-controlled? This is very dangerous. We have to be cautious.”
Wangcai’s worry was not without reason. After he finished speaking, Fatty Lei completely understood.
Suddenly, Fatty Lei also became hesitant and could not make up his mind.
Abruptly, Fatty Lei remembered that he seemed to have seen records about the Zerg in someone’s video diary.
“Before deciding whether to fuse or not, I need to confirm one thing. Ask this thing what species it is.”
“Zerg Race! Master!” Wangcai hurriedly replied. “During our conversation, it mentioned its species name.”
A sharp light flashed in Fatty Lei’s eyes, and his facial expression gradually relaxed.
“Hahaha!”
Fatty Lei laughed. “What great luck!”
“What does the master mean?”
Wangcai did not know why his master was laughing for no reason.
“Hehe!”
Fatty Lei chuckled and said to Wangcai, “You wouldn’t know this, but I happen to have learned about this ‘Zerg Race’ species. Among the information was something about fusing the Crystal Core inside their Hives. It is a sign of their submission. They are willing to offer the Crystal Core related to their lives to show submission to the strong, though such a thing has never happened before.”
Fatty Lei told Wangcai about the recorded information he had seen in the video diary.
“If such a thing has never happened, how can you believe it, master?”
Wangcai immediately spotted a flaw in that.
Uh!
Fatty Lei was stunned, then thought about some information from the video diary records.
The video diary recorded…
A long, long time ago, humans and the Zerg fought a brutal war that spanned dozens of star sectors. Finally, because humans captured one branch species of the Zerg, they gained a detailed understanding of the Zerg.
Brain Bugs!
Yes! Back then, by chance, humans captured three Brain Bugs. They transported them back to the human base and conducted long-term research.
And because they could not endure human torment, the Brain Bugs initiated communication with humans. They revealed various characteristics of the Zerg one by one, including information about Hive submission.
In the end, because of the Brain Bugs’ betrayal, after humans grasped some weaknesses of the Zerg at that time, they ultimately won the war. They seized the resource-rich ‘Spiral Star Sector’ and other fertile star sectors, expanding human territory.
But due to the Zerg’s powerful evolution ability, humans ultimately could not completely eliminate the Zerg. Finally, they reached an agreement: the Zerg would leave their original home to explore and find new homes.
And humans, as victors, obtained the territories that originally belonged to the bugs.
In fact, textbooks of the human Empire, Federation, and other small coalition governments all had lessons about this war where humans defeated the Zerg.
The video diary just recorded it in more detail.
The name ‘Zerg Race’ was mentioned repeatedly in the video diary.
It was because he recalled the information from the video diary that Fatty Lei was so happy.
“As long as it’s the Zerg Race, there’s no problem. So, fusing the Crystal Core is not dangerous. This is its submission to me. There is no problem at all.”
Fatty Lei explained carefully to Wangcai.
“Oh~ So that’s how it is. But we should still be careful.” Although Fatty Lei said this, as the steward and deputy officer, Wangcai still felt he should carefully guard his master.
“Since you want to fuse with this crystal, master, I won’t say more. But I will watch over you. If anything goes wrong, I will take out that Hive immediately.”
Wangcai then turned and gave orders to the artificial human soldiers.
As for how to fuse this Hive’s Crystal Core, the video diary did have records about that. However, humans had never actually made a Hive submit before, so there were no real fusion records in that regard.
As for this guy Fatty Lei, being able to make the Hive in the basin submit, who knew what kind of dumb luck he had.
Of course, this was also related to the fact that Hive Monica was an orphan and had never been taught about the Zerg Race’s sense of honor and disgrace.
Otherwise, a Hive would rather die than surrender.
Following what he had seen in the video diary records, Fatty Lei held the pink Crystal Core up to his face and pressed it tightly against his forehead with his own forehead.
“Hmm, it feels very warm.” The pink Crystal Core against his forehead did not feel cold at all; instead, it felt quite warm.
Wangcai stared nervously at Fatty Lei, afraid that something might happen to him.
By now, Wangcai already held the laser pistol from his thigh in his hand. If anything happened to Fatty Lei, Wangcai would immediately leap into the basin and take out that Hive.
The pink crystal pressed tightly against his forehead, and a soft glow emanated from the center of the Crystal Core.
The hard Crystal Core slowly melted and softened, turning into a gelatinous substance in the blink of an eye.
“Squelch! Squelch!”
After the pink Crystal Core became gelatinous, it made a sticky, squelching sound.
If you looked closely at Fatty Lei, you would see that the pink Crystal Core, now a gelatinous object, was slowly sinking into the inside of Fatty Lei’s forehead, into his brain.
But at this moment, Fatty Lei felt no discomfort. On the contrary, his whole body felt warm and very comfortable.
“This feeling is really great!” Fatty Lei felt so comfortable he really wanted to shout out.
But in the end, for the sake of his image, Fatty Lei held back and did not make a sound.
“Squelch! Squelch! Squelch!”
After about three minutes, the gelatinized Crystal Core completely merged into Fatty Lei’s forehead.
After fusing with the Crystal Core, Fatty Lei suddenly found that his body could not move. And into his mind suddenly poured countless pieces of knowledge and information about the ‘Zerg.’
Because this influx of information was too vast, Fatty Lei’s head buzzed and ached terribly.
As a result, Fatty Lei’s originally calm and peaceful face suddenly became twisted with pain.
“Master! Master! Are you alright?”
Wangcai was very worried when he saw Fatty Lei suddenly show an expression of pain. He did not know what was happening to Fatty Lei at that moment.
“Bastard! How dare you harm our master! I’ll take you out right now!”
With a fierce expression, Wangcai turned to leap into the basin and deal with that Hive.
“I’m fine! Wangcai!”
At that moment, Fatty Lei suddenly spoke up and stopped Wangcai’s intended action.
“Master, are you really alright?”
Fatty Lei’s head felt like it was splitting open, mainly because the information was too massive. But other than that, Fatty Lei really had no other problems.
“Eh!”
Wangcai showed a surprised expression.
“Master, how did you end up looking like this?”
At this moment, on Fatty Lei’s forehead, between his eyebrows, a diamond-shaped crystal had somehow appeared, embedded there.