Chapter 243 - 153: The Global Situation, Lin Feng’s Mastery of the Mental Realm
Chapter 243: Chapter 153: The Global Situation, Lin Feng’s Mastery of the Mental Realm
Hearing Lin Feng’s suggestion, Ling Yi’s eyes rolled back. She stared blankly for a moment before coming to her senses:
"We can do that. The Mother Empress on the North Bank of the Great River is ranked somewhere in the two-hundreds, and her strength hasn’t even reached Tier Three Early-Stage Perfection."
"As long as she doesn’t face a life-or-death crisis, she won’t rashly use her Divine Realm release. A simple Mental Realm attack poses no immediate threat to you and your long-range capabilities."
Lin Feng nodded:
"Want to come with? Your abilities and knowledge of the Hives could help us annihilate a large number of Tiger Spine Zergs."
"Also, were you just connected to the information network for High-tier Mother Empresses?"
Ling Yi nodded.
"Let’s go together. But let’s get this straight first—if we find any Tier Two Zerg Eggs, I get half. We can use them to offset the one hundred and fifty I still owe you."
Lin Feng hesitated for a moment, then glanced at the fleet already departing the encampment and agreed.
’He wouldn’t lose out in the end, anyway.’
A pleased look crossed Ling Yi’s face, and she continued:
"That’s right. All High-tier Mother Empresses are the supreme commanders of the Zerg Race, second only to the Tier Four Cosmic Zerg King. In the past, we were also called Clan Leaders or Divine Envoys. We all share the Spiritual Realm left behind by generations of Zerg Kings, which allows us to communicate and exchange information with our consciousness inside that Spirit World."
"As the Zerg Race was transformed into war machines, that Spirit World began to display real-time rankings of the Mother Empresses’ strength, as well as war intelligence from various regions."
"Naturally, that also includes things like cooperation and alliances."
"The rankings for the top one hundred are relatively stable, but the ones after that change daily."
Lin Feng’s interest was suddenly piqued. After having Li Ran select the newly awakened Tier One Awakeners, he continued to ask:
"Hai City’s Number 76 has already entered the Tier Three Middle Stage, and she’s still ranked toward the bottom of the top one hundred. How strong must the top fifty, or even the top ten, be in the Mother Empress rankings?!"
Ling Yi shook her head and said with a sigh:
"Number 76’s rank isn’t 76 anymore. Back then, she had just entered the Tier Three Middle Stage, so it made sense she barely cracked the top one hundred. But after your underground raid, her Tier Two Zerg Race suffered heavy losses, and her overall strength almost dropped her out of the top hundred."
"As for now, after cooperating with the Northern City Mother Empress, she has successfully risen to rank sixty-three. Her strength has soared, which is why I came to warn you to be careful."
"Of course, the alliance came at a price. In the future, because of the pact’s restrictions, she can no longer monopolize the biological resources of Taihu Lake."
"As for the Mother Empresses in the top fifty, they’ve all long since advanced to the Tier Three Middle Stage. The top ten contenders have even reached Tier Three Mid-Stage Perfection, with their Low-tier Zerg Swarms numbering close to a million and their Tier Two Zerg Race exceeding ten thousand..."
"They can easily sweep through a city of ten million people and devour tens of thousands of Human Awakeners."
Hearing Ling Yi’s description, Lin Feng swallowed hard. Thankfully, the Hai City Mother Empress wasn’t that monstrous; otherwise, not even the Land Patrol Battleship would have stood a chance.
’Over ten thousand Tier Two Zergs... that would include thousands of charging Tiger Spine Zergs, Tank Flame Beetles for shields, Pulse War Scorpions for ranged offense, and Wind-winged Zergs for aerial assaults, forming a combined, three-pronged attack by land and air. Even if I upgraded the Land Patrol Battleship to Lv. 29 and formed a fleet of nearly a hundred Tanks, it would be difficult to deal with over ten thousand Tier Two Zergs attacking all at once. What’s more, they wouldn’t be fighting alone; there would be a million Tier One Zergs behind them to tie up my forces and draw fire. Without Tier Three Power and equipment of my own, it would be extremely difficult to challenge a Tier Three Middle Stage Mother Empress. It seems that the further one upgrades, the wider the gap becomes, even between the Early, Middle, and Late Stages within the same Tier.’
Seeing the worried look on Lin Feng’s face, Ling Yi stepped forward, patted his shoulder, and offered a few words of comfort:
"Don’t worry. Right now, there are no top-ten Mother Empresses within the Federation’s borders."
"They were spawned in the Americas, where natural biological resources are extremely rich. This is especially true for South America, where several Tier Three Mid-Stage Perfection Mother Empresses have already appeared. A great war will erupt between them in the future, and the victor..."
"...will likely become Blue Star’s first Tier Three Late-stage Mother Empress and rule that entire continent."
"As for this part of the world, only the tropical region of South Asia has produced a Tier Three Mid-Stage Perfection Mother Empress so far."
"I heard that area is densely populated but has almost no resistance, which is why she’s ranked third. Her strength on paper is formidable. However, because she’s the only Tier Three Mid-Stage Perfection Mother Empress in the vicinity, she can’t quickly plunder the Power of other Mother Empresses. So for now, you don’t have to worry about her heading north."
"As for your Federation, it’s the most stubbornly resisting nation among all of humanity on Blue Star. More than a month has passed, and only a fifth of your territory has fallen. You’re the best of a bad bunch, I suppose."
Hearing Ling Yi’s detailed explanation, Lin Feng finally breathed a sigh of relief. ’If the Mother Empresses in the Federation were developing this quickly, I would have even less time to prepare.’
’That being said, things might change after the battle to defend the Capital is over. If that battle is lost, the resources gathered there will surely give birth to a top-ten Mother Empress.’
At this thought, Lin Feng no longer hesitated:
"Alright, let’s set out as soon as possible!"
Li Ran acted quickly, immediately gathering two hundred newly awakened Tier One Awakeners, along with five hundred Warriors to act as support.
This operation would likely involve deep combat within an Underground Zerg Nest, so Shen Jie’s Tier Two Corps would also officially undertake their mission.
And when Ling Yi saw Shen Jie, a look of considerable surprise flashed in her eyes.
Once everyone had boarded the jeeps and troop transport trucks, the mighty convoy of twenty vehicles set off, heading north.