"What's that?"
Just as the human leadership was falling into a panic,
a bright speck suddenly appeared on the big screen.
The Golden Horned Beast?
More precisely, it was Capybara riding the Golden Horned Beast!
How could this guy be so fearless?
The Zerg Hive was something you could only approach once you'd reached the right level.
Even Luo Feng in the original story hadn't approached one until much later.
It had taken him a great deal of effort to successfully subdue it.
But Capybara had only just reached Star Level.
How could he be so fearless?
He actually wanted to approach that terrifying thing!
"Hey, hey, hey! Do you have a death wish?!"
Seeing his cheap new master act so recklessly, Babata was at a loss.
Did Capybara's brain work differently from a human's?
The more dangerous something was, the more he wanted to charge at it?
"Babata, don't worry about that! Give me a worldwide livestream. Get it moving!"
"Lunatic! You're a complete lunatic!"
Although Babata grumbled and cursed,
he did as he was told.
But they had no idea that this livestream would stir up a hornet's nest.
Because of certain schemes among the human leadership,
most ordinary people had no idea the Zerg Hive even existed.
When Babata broadcast the information across the world's networks,
the War God Palace's hotline was instantly swamped with calls from reporters.
Residents living near Shennongjia also began fleeing for their lives.
After all, nobody wanted to live next to a monster's lair!
"See? This is the effect you wanted!"
Faced with the chaos online,
Babata was speechless.
If Capybara failed,
Earth would most likely be doomed.
"Relax. I've got Black Hole. I can just swallow it whole, can't I?"
As it turned out, Capybara had never intended to subdue the Zerg in the first place.
He wanted to absorb all of them as energy.
That way, he could level up quickly in a short amount of time.
"You—you actually planned to do that?"
Hearing his explanation, Babata froze.
Then he quickly began running calculations,
as if trying to determine the odds of success.
"Hahaha! Come on, Little Gold! Let's get you a feast!"
Bringing the Golden Horned Beast along was a form of double insurance.
After all, this Starry Sky Behemoth was also a powerful devourer.
The Zerg Hive might look terrifying,
but Earth had limited resources, so it couldn't produce high-tier Zerg.
At most, they'd be Planetary Level or Star Level.
There was nothing to worry about except the Zerg Mother Empress!
Was there a risk? Of course. But high risk often came with high rewards!
Ever since he'd crossed over, hadn't every step of his rise come from being "fearless"?
Devouring the Thunder Dragon Emperor and subduing the Golden Horned Beast had both seemed like dangerous gambles, yet brought enormous rewards.
As for Earth's safety? Sorry, deep down, his own growth and experiences came first.
Earth's humans?
As long as they weren't wiped out and could keep "serving" him, that was good enough.
And so, as news of the "Zerg Hive" suddenly sent the world's networks into a panic,
while the War God Palace struggled to contain the chaos and residents near Shennongjia fled in terror,
Capybara was already riding the Golden Horned Beast, restored to its full strength and looking even more imposing than before.
Like a dark-golden bolt of lightning tearing through the sky, he raced straight toward the heart of the Shennongjia exclusion zone!
Countless terrified humans had only just learned that something as horrifying as the "Zerg" might be lurking beneath their feet.
Before they could even process the shocking news, they were forced to witness an even more astonishing spectacle.
On the livestream, the Golden Horned Beast, already one of the symbols of humanity's "savior," carried Capybara
as it charged toward the terrifying region described as a "forbidden zone of life" and a "cosmic calamity"!
"He... He really went!"
"Is Lord Ye Xiu going to fight those bugs?!"
"Look! The livestream's started!"
Fear, worry, hope, prayers...
All kinds of emotions mingled, leaving billions of people on edge.
"Little Gold, can you feel them? Those disgusting, densely packed life signs below us."
"Roar!"
"Good. Same as always: you clear the area and draw their fire. Protect yourself, and don't let the swarm trap you.
I'll find a chance to give their 'nest' a good hard hit!"
Capybara laid out a simple, straightforward plan.
As they spoke, they had already reached the airspace above the heart of Shennongjia.
Below them was no longer a lush primeval forest, but a desolate wasteland, chewed full of holes and stained a lifeless gray.
Countless holes and shifting, indistinct shadows could be glimpsed, while a nauseating, sour stench filled the air.
The moment they appeared, it was as if they'd kicked a real hornet's nest!
"Screeeech—!!!"
Shrill cries, sharp enough to pierce eardrums, erupted from countless holes in the ground!
Then, like a black tide bursting through a dam, countless Zerg Warriors poured out of the holes.
They were grotesque, varied in size, and their carapaces glimmered ominously. They surged up like fountains, instantly covering the ground before swarming toward the Golden Horned Beast and Capybara in the sky!
Some resembled beetles enlarged a thousandfold, with razor-sharp mouthparts. Others looked like locusts with wings and stingers.
Still others resembled worms, yet could spit acid...
They came in all shapes and sizes, but every one of them radiated a savage hunger to devour!
A swarm!
A real swarm that blotted out the sky!
There were far more of them than in the earlier footage!
This was the Zerg Hive's true power once it had been roused!
"They're here! Little Gold, go!"
Capybara's eyes held no fear, only excitement.
He leapt from Little Gold's back and hovered in midair as the nascent Black Hole behind him began to ripple.
The Golden Horned Beast let out a world-shaking roar and unleashed its dark-golden domain to its full extent.
Like a burning golden meteor, it charged straight into the densest part of the oncoming Zerg vanguard!
But when Babata saw the bugs,
he laughed with delight.
"You're incredibly lucky, kid. These aren't proper Zerg—they're monsters infected by their aura!"
According to Babata's calculations,
the Zerg Mother Empress hadn't awakened.
Nor had she begun producing powerful Zerg Warriors.
The creatures before them were merely ordinary beings mutated after being infected by the substance above the Zerg Hive.
So their combat strength was about on par with the human God-of-War-level fighters.
The only difference was their numbers.
But creatures of this level were child's play for the Golden Horned Beast and Capybara.
Wiping them out would be as easy as playing a game!
"Oh?"
"Really? Then I can relax!"
"Black Hole, open!"
After devouring a huge number of monsters earlier,
Capybara's Black Hole now measured over a hundred meters in diameter.
Against these ordinary cannon-fodder bugs,
it felt like he'd switched on a vacuum cleaner.
The Golden Horned Beast beside him was practically just for show.
Any bug that entered a radius of fifteen hundred meters around the Black Hole
was completely powerless to resist being sucked in.
They became Capybara's food.
This battle was far too easy!
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