Chapter 235 - 150: Mental Realm, Realm, the Hive Will Approaches
Chapter 235: Chapter 150: Mental Realm, Realm, the Hive Will Approaches
And yet, his consciousness was incredibly clear.
He had simply lost control of his physical body.
It was just like that time in the Spirit World, uncontrollably plummeting into the endless Abyss of a black Sun...
But this time, it was the result of the Mother Empress’s attack!
Trapped in such a strange and dangerous situation, Lin Feng immediately began to struggle with all his might!
The Spiritual Energy stored in his brain erupted, trying to break through the invisible blockade surrounding him.
Fortunately, his Spiritual Attribute Value had already broken past the 1,000-point limit, reaching one-third of the Level 33 Mother Empress Ling Yi’s.
And under the constant barrage from his efforts...
He finally regained his sight and hearing!
However, when Lin Feng heard a faint sound and opened his eyes, he was greeted by a hellish scene—a mountain of corpses in a sea of blood!
Below him, countless giant, grotesque insects with dozens of jointed legs formed a dense, impenetrable Swarm, crawling and writhing through an ocean of bones.
Above this terrifying Swarm, an elongated, thousands-of-meters-tall statue floated silently.
A massive amount of information flooded Lin Feng’s brain. From the chaotic stream, he learned that the blurry statue was the deity they worshipped, the Mother of Life.
As Lin Feng endured his discomfort and stared intently at the Divine Statue...
He saw vast numbers of larval Nymphs with fat, bloated bodies materialize and emerge from the blurry Divine Statue in the distance, then plummet to the surface below.
During their vertical fall, some Nymphs successfully burst forth, tearing their former shells apart from the inside, unfurling the Membrane Wings on their backs, and landing safely among the Swarm.
Those unable to break free simply hit the ground, splattering into a fleshy pulp that was instantly devoured by the other Zerg.
Adding to the ever-growing ocean of skeletons.
Lin Feng’s brows knitted tightly. The scene replayed and compounded before him until it filled his vision, while the nearby GRINDING of joints and CRUNCHING of bones threatened to burst his eardrums.
This excruciating sensation nearly shattered what little sanity Lin Feng had left.
Just then, a notification popped up directly before his eyes:
[Host’s Spirit detected as damaged. The Hive Will Domain is consuming self-awareness.]
[Automatically searching for a countermeasure...]
[Genetic Radiation can be activated to mitigate the effect.]
[Activation in progress...]
[Note: Each use of the Genetic Radiation Skill will consume one charge of Upgrade Reserve energy.]
Shortly after, a strange, converted Energy spread out from the depths of Lin Feng’s brain, neutralizing the bizarre realm that was invading his mind.
As his condition improved and the bloody tears no longer obscured his vision, Lin Feng squinted and vaguely saw the massive form of Mother Empress Ling Yi appear beneath the Divine Statue.
And beside her...
...a luminous human figure was floating there!?
It was a long-haired woman in a white dress, her features as indistinct as the giant Divine Statue in the sky.
The unknown woman seemed to be conversing with Mother Empress Ling Yi.
By the time Lin Feng had completely shaken off the effects of the bizarre imagery with the help of Genetic Radiation, he looked toward the Mother Empress again. The woman in white was gone, as if she had been a mere illusion...
However, Lin Feng had only recovered his sight and hearing. He was still unable to move his body below the neck and could only float motionlessly in mid-air.
Fortunately, the endless Swarm below was still some distance away, so he didn’t have to worry about being devoured alive for the time being.
But in the next moment, the distant Mother Empress Ling Yi, surrounded by the nearby Zerg Mountain and Zerg Sea, came rushing toward him.
More and more Zerg fell from the surface of the Divine Statue. Under Ling Yi’s control, they even coalesced into a gigantic hand, hundreds of meters wide, that held her aloft as she floated through the air.
She rushed forward until she was only two hundred meters from Lin Feng, then slowly came to a halt.
Then, looking at the tiny human before her...
Mother Empress Ling Yi let out a shrill, piercing cry. It was followed by a powerful psychic wave that exploded in Lin Feng’s mind like a thunderclap:
"That name... where did you hear it?!"
The Spiritual Storm swept through him, and Lin Feng shuddered. His muddled consciousness snapped into focus.
He knew what she was asking.
It was about the last three words he’d nearly spoken—the very name that had triggered this sudden turn of events.
Great Black Heaven...
It was the last name Lin Feng had heard during his previous entry into the Spirit World, back when he glimpsed the dark history of the Zerg Race before his consciousness was violently stripped away.
It was the honorific the Zerg Race had later given to the terrifying existence that had devoured an entire star and slain the Zerg God.
Clearly, speaking it violated some kind of taboo.
It was why Mother Empress Ling Yi had been willing to risk an attack on her main body, emerging from the Underground just to control Lin Feng.
Now, facing Ling Yi’s harsh interrogation...
Lin Feng struggled to open his mouth. Feeling nothing, he used what little Spiritual Energy he had left to reply:
"In the part of your history that was erased..."
"Perhaps you already knew. You were just forced, for some reason, to never touch upon it, never dare to face it..."
"*Ahem*... That is the spark of hope left behind by your Zerg Race ancestors..."
Before he could finish, the Upgrade Energy sustaining his Genetic Radiation was depleted. The crushing pressure surged back, nearly causing Lin Feng to pass out.
Sensing Lin Feng’s painful struggle, Mother Empress Ling Yi extended two tentacles as thick as a man’s thigh from her mandibles, seizing him from mid-air.
Once the slippery mucus from the tentacles coated his entire body, the sensations he had lost finally returned. The intense, oppressive pressure from the surrounding environment also weakened considerably.