“Understood.”
Upon receiving the order, Brain Bug No. 1 immediately mobilized the nearby overseers to begin a detailed observation of the entire star system.
In fact, a one-light-year radius was far more vast than most people realized. A large number of planets hidden in the darkness were slowly being discovered through the overseers' scans.
“My Lady, the environment around the planet is normal. This is a standard single-star system with a very stable star, but there are no planets within the habitable zone. The planet you have landed on is located at the edge of the system, receiving weak sunlight. Its internal temperature is maintained within minus thirty degrees Celsius, relying on the internal atmospheric environment. The atmosphere of this planet seems to have been formed by gases ejected from internal volcanoes.”
Detailed information was transmitted into Xia Jin's mind, including three-dimensional maps constructed by the overseers.
They were extremely detailed!
“There really isn't anything special about it.”
This kind of environment was not considered harsh in the universe; it could even be called relatively stable. Otherwise, life would not have evolved here.
The fact that such lifeforms could be born here could only be attributed to the unique local environment.
A zergling was quickly deployed, swinging the blades in its hands to kill the giant earthworm from before with extreme efficiency.
It proved that compared to weak cannon fodder like locusts, high-level cannon fodder like zerglings were significantly more powerful.
After all, who could help the fact that current zerglings had reached Tier 12?
After killing the target, the zerglings continued their exploration further away and soon encountered several more battles.
As it turned out, Xia Jin had still underestimated the strength of this planet.
The zerglings soon encountered Tier 10 individuals.
Of course, those creatures themselves had not mastered any special skills; their physical strength alone had reached Tier 10.
Moreover, these Tier 10 individuals lived in packs. As soon as the two zerglings killed one of them, they were immediately besieged by the surrounding creatures.
Using absolute strength, the zerglings killed sixty in a row before finally dying a miserable death under the siege of a massive number of monsters.
The monsters that appeared at the very end were even Tier 11.
“Absurd.”
The Zerg's current main cannon fodder was only Tier 12.
But encountering such a situation only made Xia Jin feel excited.
She began to suspect whether some aliens were hiding in this godforsaken place.
Reaching Tier 10 or above through local evolution without magic—was that even reasonable?
“Brain Bug No. 1, prepare to deploy a batch of insects. You choose the units yourself.”
“No problem.”
The invasion began.
Before long, a large number of drop pods fell.
For the first wave of attack, the brain bug tentatively sent down ten thousand insects, with the goal of securing a landing zone.
The reason for sending only this many was primarily because the main fleet of the Swarm had not yet arrived; only a small leviathan had reached this place.
Without transport ships, it meant that a large-scale Swarm could not be deployed.
However, Brain Bug No. 1 was not without a response. It had already instructed the leviathan to drop some creep near the star while simultaneously beginning to mine energy from several meteorites.
At the same time, a portion of the insects began to reproduce nearby, and inside the small leviathan, queens began to be bred.
A large number of insects were rapidly bred.
Once those ten thousand vanguard units reached the ground, they quickly began to go on a rampage in an extremely violent manner.
The Tier 10 and above creatures they faced were a type of four-legged crawling beast.
These beasts were very agile, and muscle-like structures could be seen on their limbs. Their strength was staggering.
But the Swarm was too powerful. In a very short time, all biological life within a radius of dozens of kilometers was wiped clean.
Soon, the Swarm discovered the entrance to the enemy's underground tunnels.
A massive number of zerglings, acting like emotionless beings, launched a fierce assault toward the interior day and night.
Although the intensity of the combat was high, because the tunnels were small, it took a full day of hard fighting to reach the bottom area.
At a glance, the inner side of these underground tunnels turned out to be a vast space.
Using their keen senses, the zerglings saw densely packed creatures.
“These monsters... why do they feel a bit like Muscle Wolves?”
“In that case, I'll call them Muscle Wolves.”
Xia Jin muttered to herself, silently naming them.
The genetic information of many Muscle Wolves had already been collected, but a small problem arose during the analysis.
The brain bug discovered that their hereditary information was unexpectedly complex.
“If even you find it complex, it seems the origin of these things is truly not simple.”
Xia Jin grew excited.
It was clearly just a plain, remote star system. She had originally thought its value was limited, but now it seemed its utility to her was actually very great.
“Send out more insects and continue to advance deeper.”
These ten thousand zerglings were actually not enough. They had already killed over two hundred thousand enemies, including some Tier 12 ones. She really wanted to see just how many enemies were down there.
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