On the twelfth day of the secret room, the Zerg army collectively came to the Dongguan Bridge to assemble in accordance with the Queen's instructions.
The assembled Zerg army did not take any action. Just as Xiao Lou and the others had guessed, the queen sent out signals to summon the Zerg. The more important purpose was to find those "Zerg traitors" who did not obey the instructions and eliminate them one by one.
For her, more than 99% of the city's residents have been infected, and the final step is left before the Zerg completely takes over the city.
Since the Zerg can only have one leader at a time, those Zerg who have reached level nine in the melee and are unable to continue upgrading due to the presence of the queen will become her most powerful subordinates once they obey her orders.
If you don't listen to her, those high-level Zerg will become the biggest threat to her.
With the current strength of the Zerg Queen, ordinary humans can no longer defeat her. What she fears most is some high-level Zerg who want to take her place. Therefore, she summons an army of Zerg and gathers Zerg who are willing to obey her orders.
Together, prepare for the final cleansing of the city.
Shao Qingge was already a level nine Zerg at this time and one of the biggest threats to the queen.
After resting for a day, he completely tamed the new Zerg in his body, and his Zerg ability returned to full state. Shao Qingge tried to scratch his arm with his nails. Within a minute, the arm was visible to the naked eye.
The speed healed miraculously.
Ye Qi reached out and gently touched his healed arm, and sighed: "It looks like a human being, but I always feel that there seems to be a layer of hard armor under this layer of skin?"
Shao Qingge smiled and squeezed the muscles on his arm and said: "Yes, that is the armor of the Zerg. My body now only suffers some superficial injuries. It is difficult to penetrate with ordinary knives and guns. Besides, the Zerg's healing ability
The ability is so strong that even if a limb is cut off by the sharpest knife, theoretically, a new one will grow back within a few minutes."
Ye Qi gave a thumbs up: "This ability is too strong!"
Xiao Loudao: "Mr. Shao can be said to have an 'immortal body' unless burned by fire."
Ye Qi asked curiously: "Are you afraid of fire?"
Shao Qingge shook his head: "Not afraid. Because essentially I am a human now, and my will has suppressed the will of the Zerg and assimilated them. The Zerg are naturally afraid of fire, but I am not afraid. Of course, if you burn me with fire, I will definitely be burned to death."
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Xiao Lou's eyes lit up: "It seems that we can try to use fire to deal with the Zerg Queen. As long as she is not formed after humans assimilate the Zerg, then Mr. Shao will have an advantage over her - not afraid of fire."
Yu Hanjiang frowned slightly, touched his chin and said, "Will the Queen of the Zerg be also a challenger?"
Shao Qingge shook his head: "Not really. If the challenger is assimilated and upgraded to a queen, she can issue other instructions to let the Zerg disperse or stop attacking, so that she can lead the challenger team to pass the level easily. However, she
The first instruction was for the Zerg army to gather at the Dongguan Bridge, and she has been sending out signals to search for the Zerg around her. I’m sure this queen is still a Zerg.”
Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang looked at each other. I remember that when they first met Luoyingge and the challenger team of Eternal Kingdom in the supermarket, the captain of Luoyingge mentioned that the Zerg may produce a leader like a "queen". This is also
A common setting in science fiction movies.
Who could it be?
Xiao Lou thought carefully about the people he met at the beginning, the crazy woman in the hospital? That little girl? Or the intern doctor who followed him, and the female respiratory patient in the Second Hospital who first became ill?
Each one is possible, and it may be something they haven't seen before.
Xiao Lou took a deep breath, looked at Shao Qingge and said: "Mr. Shao, you have just obtained the powerful ability of the Zerg. You may not be very skilled in using it yet. Practice as soon as possible to master this ability."
Shao Qingge nodded. He jumped directly from the roof of this floor to the top of the front building. The jumping distance was close to the 50 meters of the teleport card - Shao Qingge climbed after evolution.
His jumping and attack capabilities have been fully improved, and his combat effectiveness is not inferior to that of Yu Hanjiang. Moreover, Shao Qingge has an advantage in dealing with the Zerg. After all, the low-level Zerg will not attack him actively.
Shao Qingge repeatedly tried jumping and climbing to practice his newly acquired abilities. Everyone looked at his strong figure flying over the walls and couldn't help but sigh: "Mr. Shao no longer fights against the five scum, but wins the emperor by lying down. Suddenly he is not used to it.
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Yu Hanjiang whispered: "It is a good thing to have more combat power in the team. In the past, one person always had to protect Mr. Shao. Now he does not need our protection, but can protect his teammates. This is also a great improvement for the entire team."
Everyone nodded and was very happy for Mr. Shao. However, I wonder if this ability can be brought out of the secret room? When leaving the secret room, the body data will be cleared. Mr. Shao will definitely return to normal unless the relevant cards are drawn. From
Xiao Lou drew the zombie leader Liu Xiaoyuan in the 2 of spades to see if Mr. Shao could really draw the Zerg card this time.
It was almost lunch time. Shao Qingge had practiced his skills and returned to the roof to eat with everyone.
Ye Qi asked seriously: "Do you want to eat instant noodles now or eat human blood?"
Shao Qingge, dumbfounded, rubbed the boy's head and said: "Of course I eat noodles, I am still a human being in essence."
He paused, lowered his voice and said in Ye Qi's ear: "You fed me blood at that time. I also thought about it after assimilating to the Zerg... Does your hand still hurt?"
He gently took Ye Qi's hand and looked at the scratched finger.
Ye Qi put a band-aid on his hand. After all, Ye Qi's skin did not have the ability to heal automatically. After a few days, the wound was still there. Shao Qingge's heart tightened slightly and he said softly: "Don't do such stupid things in the future.
thing."
Ye Qi smiled and said: "I'm afraid that you will starve to death if you turn into a bug. It's okay, it's just a minor injury."
Shao Qingge didn't say anything more and personally changed him into a new band-aid.
After everyone gathered together to finish lunch, Yu Hanjiang glanced into the distance, looked at Shao Qingge seriously and said, "The Zerg army should have gathered, and we have to plan the next move as soon as possible. The Queen can sense Mr. Shao's position.
She will definitely bring some subordinates with high combat power to destroy Mr. Shao. If she brings some level 9 Zerg to kill you, what are your chances of winning?"
Shao Qingge frowned and thought for a moment, then said: "It's not yet certain how many high-level Zerg are around the queen, but we also have great advantages. First, not only do I have the ability of the Zerg, I also have cards, and you teammates
, we can control those Zerg by working together. Secondly, I am not afraid of fire, and Zerg is afraid of fire. Perhaps, we can start from this aspect and make some arrangements in advance."
He paused and then said: "What I'm most worried about is the Zerg Queen. The ability of the ninth-level Zerg is already so strong. I don't know how powerful the tenth-level Zerg Queen is. Will she be invulnerable and heal immediately after being injured?
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Yu Hanjiang also considered this possibility. The tenth-level queen's ability will obviously be stronger than Shao Qingge's. It is not clear how much stronger it is. Once she brings her elite troops to kill Shao Qingge, if everyone does not prepare in advance
The layout, let alone perfect clearance, is very likely to destroy the group.
The enemy's combat power cannot be estimated, which is the biggest headache.
Yu Hanjiang's thoughts were transmitted to Xiao Lou's mind through the telepathic channel. Xiao Lou took a pen and paper and analyzed while writing: "The Zerg will merge with itself when it encounters danger. Two Zerg of the same level can be promoted to a high-level one."
, to fuse a ninth-level Zerg, two hundred and fifty-six first-level Zerg are needed.”
Xiao Lou carefully recalled his experiences these days.
On the first day, the challengers were busy meeting up with their teammates and accumulating supplies. The Zerg had just invaded the city and were frantically biting the humans around them. The Zergs had no organization and discipline, and were scattered in locations, so there would be no large-scale integration.
Upgrade status.
Like their encounter in the supermarket, there were only about 50 Zerg, and they killed many of them. Even if they merged with each other in danger, they could only fuse third- and fourth-level Zerg.
That night, when they fled from the city center to the east area of the city, they saw all the bugs in the central area suddenly gathered together. The dense swarms of bugs poured into the residential areas like floods, attacking the uninfected humans in the city...
Thinking of this, Xiao Lou suddenly said: "By the way, on the first night, so many Zerg collective actions must have been called by the high-level Zerg. Mr. Shao, can you order the lower-level Zerg?"
Shao Qingge said: "A few in a small area are okay. If you want to summon a large-scale Zerg, only a tenth-level leader can do it."
Ye Qi's eyes suddenly widened: "In other words, did the Zerg Queen actually appear on the first day? At that time, when we ran out from Lao Mo's studio to explore the road, we saw shopping malls, food courts, office buildings...
...A large number of Zerg have densely poured into the residential area. Is this the order given by the Queen?"
Shao Qingge's expression also became serious: "It seems yes, only the Queen can mobilize thousands of Zerg."
Xiao Lou only felt a chill running down his spine: "This queen must be very scheming. She has been lurking, first summoning the Zerg to infect the residents in the city center, and then letting the vanguard troops find the fish that slipped through the net. Step by step, step by step, the plan is very careful.
.Now that the residents in the city have been almost subdued, she is targeting those high-level Zerg who do not obey her orders."
Yu Hanjiang added: "Gao Xiaoyi's team was besieged by the Zerg in the university town in the north of the city. At that time, they relied on chemistry and physics knowledge to blow up an experimental building. The Zerg will definitely fuse themselves in panic when they encounter the explosion, and they should be able to generate nine
Level 1 Zerg. We use gasoline to burn the bugs outside the warehouse, and those Zerg that are not burned to death can also generate level 9."
Xiao Lou looked at Yu Hanjiang and said: "According to the characteristics of the Zerg, large-scale Zerg legions will spontaneously fuse when they encounter danger. The aborigines in this city were too infected at first because they did not know the truth. After facing thousands of
With tens of thousands of Zerg troops, they can easily be overwhelmed by the Zerg, so the biggest crisis for the Zerg is probably caused by challengers like us."
Yu Hanjiang agreed: "Well, the challengers have cards, and the people who have reached this level of the survival chamber are all experienced. They can quickly find the weaknesses of the Zerg and learn to use fire to destroy them."
Shao Qingge understood what Xiao Lou meant: "Professor Xiao is saying that the number of high-level Zerg should be related to the number of crises created by the challenger team - only if we create crises, will the Zerg self-melt?"
Xiao Lou nodded and said: "These days, most of the challengers are on the run and will not take the initiative to cause trouble for the Zerg. But if the Zerg comes, everyone will definitely take countermeasures in advance, using explosives and gasoline.
, alcohol and other flammable and explosive materials -
Dealing with the Zerg will easily intensify the self-melting of the Zerg."
When Ye Qi heard this, he couldn't help but interject: "I remember this time in the secret room. The challenger team should be around 30 teams, right?"
Xiao Loudao: "Yes, but the challengers suffered heavy casualties in the first two or three days. Many people did not discover the weakness of the Zerg that needed to be burned, and several teams were wiped out by the Zerg. Only the challengers who survived later mastered the techniques of destroying the Zerg.
At the same time, it also catalyzed the integration and upgrade of the Zerg... According to my inference, after more than ten days of guerrilla warfare, the number of level nine Zerg should be around 100, except for the Zerg Queen."
He deduced this based on the characteristics of the Zerg.
Zerg like to live in groups, but they will not merge with each other inexplicably. After all, each Zerg actually has its own consciousness, thoughts and memories. Even if it is very weak, they are independent individuals and will not actively be devoured by the same kind.
Only in times of extreme danger, when the Zerg cannot protect themselves, will they quickly merge with their surrounding companions and upgrade - this is probably due to their "survival" instinct.
City residents are infected too quickly, and it is difficult to create a crisis that would cause the Zerg to panic when being overwhelmed by the massive Zerg. Therefore, the number of times the Zerg self-melts is similar to the number of times challengers cause trouble. There can only be one Level 10 Queen, and a Level 9 Queen.
The number will not be too large. For example, in the warehouse that day, 80% of the Zerg were burned to death by Xiao Lou and others with gasoline, and the rest could only melt out two or three level nine Zerg at most.
These days, the number of times that the challenger team creates big crises and triggers the self-melt of the Zerg will not be too many. The 100 he speculated is still an overestimation. Maybe some challengers will not fight when encountering the Zerg, but just hide, then the Zerg will also
Will not melt by itself.
Hearing Xiao Lou's conclusion, Shao Qingge frowned and said: "According to what Professor Xiao said, even if we count the high-level Zerg as 100, we are not absolutely sure. Those at my level cannot directly suppress them with my will."
, everyone needs to cooperate and arrange it in advance.”
Yu Hanjiang thought about it carefully and said, "I have a way." He looked at Xiao Lou with a questioning look in his eyes: "It's just that this method requires Gao Xiaoyi and his team to join forces to achieve it."
Xiao Lou quickly reacted: "You want to use the various cards of their top students in physics and chemistry to set up a trap, and then use the trap to blow them up after the Zerg Queen comes to the door?"
Yu Hanjiang nodded: "Mr. Shao has just said our advantage in dealing with high-level Zerg. First, we are not afraid of fire. Second, we have cards. Only by fully utilizing these two advantages can we have a chance of winning this tough battle."
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After that, he added: "At the beginning, we did not dare to cooperate with other challengers because we were afraid that infected people would appear in other people's teams and suddenly attack us from behind. But now Mr. Shao himself is a level nine Zerg, even if others
Don’t be afraid if there are infected people in the team. Mr. Shao can sense the existence of the Zerg, so this concern can be completely eliminated. Therefore, we can try to cooperate.”
Ye Qi said worriedly: "But are they willing to cooperate? After all, there are only three days left to clear the level. If they hide and avoid the Zerg, it will be safer to clear the level. If they join us and confront the Queen of the Zerg, this is very dangerous.
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Yu Hanjiang said: "Let's talk to them as soon as possible."
Xiao Lou fully supported Yu Hanjiang's decision, nodded and said, "Okay, let's go talk."
That night, when the temporary alliance of challengers came to find them, Yu Hanjiang remembered the direction in which the group of people left, which was to the east. He guessed that Gao Xiaoyi might take the group of people back to the warehouse.
There was a big battle near the warehouse, and the raging fire generated by gasoline burned countless Zerg to death. Since the Zerg are naturally afraid of fire, they will naturally not go back to that place again.
At that time, Yu Hanjiang controlled the flames in the outer circle, and the warehouse was not affected by the gasoline explosion. There were still many fruits and vegetables in it. If the Challenger Alliance wanted to find a temporary base, it was indeed the best choice.
Yu Hanjiang looked at Shao Qingge: "Leave this to Mr. Shao. Professor Xiao and I will go and talk to them."
In the past, he would not trust his teammates to Mr. Shao for protection, but now, unless the Queen comes over immediately, it will be easy for Shao Qingge to deal with ordinary bugs. Moreover, Xiao Lou will use the [Tao Yuanming] card
The card was given to Shao Qingge. If you really encounter a situation that cannot be solved, you can activate the Peach Blossom Spring group teleportation and hide in the Peach Blossom Spring for three hours.
Shao Qingge promised seriously: "Don't worry, I'm here. You go back quickly and pay attention to safety."
Yu Hanjiang put his arm around Xiao Lou's waist and used the Qinggong card and teleportation card to fly away with Xiao Lou.
The two of them teleported continuously in the air and soon arrived near the warehouse.
A fire burned all the surrounding trees, and the ground was full of broken limbs of the Zerg, which looked terrible.
Xiao Lou threw Ye Qi's bug far away and whispered: "There is someone in the warehouse."
Yu Hanjiang nodded, then carried Xiao Lou and flew to the door of the warehouse. Xiao Lou gently knocked on the door and said Wen Yan: "Is Gao Xiaoyi here? We have something to discuss with you."
Inside the room, Gao Xiaoyi opened her eyes wide in surprise. She heard Xiao Lou's voice. The girl stood up and asked other teammates to quickly be on guard. She said from a distance: "What's going on?"
Xiao Lou said: "Can you take a step to speak?"
Gao Xiaoyi walked to the door and kept a safe distance from Xiao Lou: "Say."
Xiao Lou lowered his voice: "We want to achieve a perfect pass score and need your help. I wonder if you are interested?"
Gao Xiaoyi was slightly startled: "Perfectly cleared the level?"
Yu Hanjiang said: "According to the settings of this secret room, only by destroying the Zerg Queen can you complete the level perfectly."
Gao Xiaoyi's face instantly turned as pale as paper: "Stop joking, do you know how powerful the Zerg Queen is? We formed a temporary alliance because we met her!"
Because Gao Xiaoyi's voice was amplified, the teammates next to her also heard her words.
A boy from the physics department wearing glasses came over and said: "We saw a flying shadow while we were escaping. The Zerg Queen seemed to have the ability to fly. She actually flew directly from one tall building to another, and jumped instantly.
Behind us, there are many high-level Zerg around her. If we hadn't had the Golden Cicada Escape Card to teleport in groups, we would have been almost wiped out."
Gao Xiaoyi said: "Yes, the ability of the Zerg Queen is very terrifying. Want to destroy her? You must know that she is not fighting alone. She has dozens of high-level Zerg under her command, as well as thousands of Zerg soldiers.
,How can we destroy her with the strength of us people?"
Xiao Lou advised softly: "Don't underestimate your abilities. No matter how powerful she is, she is still a Zerg in nature, and her nature to be afraid of fire will not change. Moreover, she is only physically strong, and her climbing and jumping abilities have been increased to the limit, but we are stuck.
We have the cards, we can control her."
The boy adjusted his glasses: "What you said makes sense, but it is too risky. We are hiding now and will pass the level after the last three days. Is it necessary to take this risk?"
Yu Hanjiang hit the nail on the head: "Don't you want to pass the level perfectly? It's only the 8 of spades now, and you don't dare challenge the Queen of the Zerg, who has obvious weaknesses. When it comes to the j and k of spades, do you also want to hide?"
Xiao Lou echoed: "That's right. Although the risk of perfect clearance is high, the rewards are also great. After passing the level with an S score, you can draw powerful S cards, which will also be helpful for future secret rooms."
Seeing that the boy's attitude was a little shaken, Xiao Lou continued: "We only need your help in setting up traps, and the dangerous task of fighting the Zerg Queen head-on is left to us. There are too many queens and high-level Zerg people. Just the eight of us can do it."
It is indeed difficult to destroy them with strength. When it is time to cooperate, it is better to cooperate to clear the level. It is good for everyone, right?"
Yu Hanjiang said: "Besides, your captain Cheng Ziyang is dead. With his strength, it is impossible for him to come back from the nightmare chamber of 8 of spades. Your team also needs to increase its combat effectiveness and draw more good cards. Think about it carefully."
The two of them were like "the husband singing and the husband following", and they had such a tacit understanding that everyone was a little tempted.
Gao Xiaoyi and his teammates looked at each other.
Before she could speak, she heard the female captain of Luoying Pavilion suddenly say: "I am willing to help."
The neat girl walked up to Xiao Lou with a cold look on her face: "We at Luoying Pavilion will pursue perfect clearance of every secret room. However, it is too difficult to clear this secret room perfectly. Since you are willing to join forces, I can provide free help with cards."
Xiao Lou nodded towards her: "Thank you."
Xiao Lou remembers the scene of her burning her teammates to death very clearly. This female captain was iron-blooded and decisive in making decisions. With such an ally joining, Xiao Lou also gained a little more confidence.
There is currently no competition between challengers, and there is no need to worry about being stabbed in the back by the infected. As long as everyone is willing to join forces, with so many cards, we can naturally find the safest way to kill the queen. Mutual benefit, win-win cooperation.
Seeing the people from Luoying Pavilion take the initiative to stand up, Gao Xiaoyi gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, let's try it too!"
Xiao Lou glanced at the others.
Uncle Beard from Eternal Kingdom said with a smile: "We will not get involved. We only pursue ordinary clearance. There is no need to take this risk to achieve perfect clearance. I wish everyone good luck."
This guild has always been Buddhist, only doing weekly routines, and does not like to challenge difficult secret rooms. Xiao Lou is also very surprised why they suddenly came to the 8 spades secret room, but he can't guess their purpose from Uncle Beard's smiling attitude.
Xiao Lou nodded politely and stopped forcing them.
The two teams that were willing to join the plan to kill the Queen were brought back to the temporary base by Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang.
There are 10 people from Yuanfang Association, 11 people from Luoyingge, and 8 people from Xiaolou and others. The three teams combined have less than 30 people.
What they are about to face is a level 10 Zerg Queen, about a hundred level 9 Zerg, and countless Zerg soldiers!
This battle is extremely risky, but in order to pass the level perfectly, draw stronger cards and go to more difficult secret rooms, everyone can only grit their teeth and fight.
Xiao Lou said: "If we can't defeat them by then, we will think of a retreat route to ensure that everyone is not wiped out by the group."
The female captain of Luoying Pavilion nodded simply: "Okay, tell me, how to arrange it?"
Xiao Lou smiled and took out a piece of paper and said: "We want to turn this community into a flame maze."