Dimensional Codex - Chapter 45

Chapter 45: Come Chase Me, Once You Catch Me, I’ll Let you…

Zerg’s expansion was faster than Fang Zheng had imagined.

The reason why Fang Zheng had chosen to summon Zerg in the world of Edge of Tomorrow was to try this soul stone and see how the Zerg would proliferate in such a world because the Zerg in the game needed resources such as crystal mines and vespene gas. But there was no such thing on Earth for sure, so the question was how would Zerg develop in this world?

But it turned out that there was no problem at all.

After experimenting, Fang Zheng was surprised to discover that the Zerg actually didn’t need crystal mines and vespene at all. Moreover, unlike games, the Zerg would not do anything foolish like waiting for Fang Zheng to find the mines before mining and collecting them. On the contrary, the Zerg worker bees would actively search for the resources they need. And once they found the resources they believed to be useful, they would report to Fang Zheng through telepathy. And once Fang Zheng agreed, they would immediately start collecting the resources.

Out of curiosity, Fang Zheng had also checked the minerals they had collected. And he found that the Zerg would almost pick anything, from coal, copper, iron to oil and gas. As long as they could use it, they would collect and pack them away. Fang Zheng was also taken aback by this at first. But he understood after hearing Mylune’s explanation. The Zerg needed energy but it was just a question of how much energy. There was no particular difference. The limited crystal mine and vespene might have been the design necessary for the game. But the Zerg, in reality, were obviously not that picky. They didn’t care about anything as long as it could generate energy.

Only now did Fang Zheng finally understand why the Zerg in that world was never worried about resource shortages and consumption. It was the F2A move that solved the problem. If the Zerg wasn’t picky, then it was reasonable for them to develop quickly and become strong.

The development of the Zerg was fairly smooth. There were several mines in the forest but these mines had basically been abandoned because of the battle with the aliens. So, Fang Zheng didn’t hesitate to order the worker bees to occupy these mines and start mining these resources. Soon, larvae began to hatch from the nest and all kinds of Zerg structures began to rise in the forest.

However, Fang Zheng wasn’t very relieved by this because he still remembered that the boss of the Edge of Tomorrow could reload. Will I have to start from scratch if it resets?

Fortunately, Mylune, the Zerg Queen, gave Fang Zheng a good suggestion. It suggested that Fang Zheng should kill some mimics. This way, as long as the Zerg could obtain some of the mimics’ flesh and blood, they could acquire their unique power by swallowing and adjusting their genes. These mimics might have been powerful but that ability could not affect them, presumably.

Thinking about it carefully, Fang Zheng realized that what Mylune had said was also reasonable indeed. It was true that the alien boss could manipulate time but it seemed that its ability didn’t affect his soldiers. After all, the aliens could not be created out of thin air. And if the aliens had to start from scratch every time they reloaded, then their numbers would definitely not be that high. Especially that alien boss that had already occupied most of Europe. It would definitely be very troublesome if it had to reproduce soldiers every time it reset.

On the other hand, if the aliens weren’t affected by it, then their number would increase after each reset. Considering that this kind of time manipulation had been used by the aliens for a long time, it wasn’t impossible for them to snowball on this basis.

Of course, all of this was just a guess at the moment but it didn’t matter. Fang Zheng had already received the news that the humans would set foot on the west coast of France to launch a full-scale counterattack on the aliens in two days. This meant that it was the beginning of the plot of Edge of Tomorrow. And if he could get the alien gene before this, then no matter how many times Tom reloaded, it wouldn’t affect him anyway.

And now…

“It’s time to hunt.”

Fang Zheng, looking at the abandoned town in front of him, whispered to himself and then walked in quickly.

The alien’s attack had grown more and more fierce. What was right before his eyes wasn’t the small town that he had passed through but an abandoned town on the frontline. Although those aliens were very cruel and cunning, human greed wasn’t any different. In the bar, Fang Zheng had heard more than once that some people would sneak into these abandoned towns to look for some expensive things to bring back and sell. Of course, it was still very dangerous. After all, these mimics were usually under the ground, basically hiding.

It seems I should use some Overseers to attack these guys.

[TLN: Overseer: https://starcraft.fandom.com/wiki/Overseer]

With random thoughts popping up in his mind, Fang Zheng walked into the small town. This town had been completely ravaged by the flames of war. Everything was in ruins. But Fang Zheng didn’t care. He now had the psychic energy of the Queen of Blades. He could easily feel the energy fluctuations around him. As such, Fang Zheng soon discovered several life forms lurking in the ruins not far away from him.

Over there!?

Fang Zheng raised the pistol and cautiously made his way to the front of the ruins. This pistol was obtained from the hapless gangsters who had died tragically. Anyway, the dead had no use for it, so he got it at a bargain.

Three meters, two meters, one meter.

BOOM!!

Just as Fang Zheng passed by the ruins, the collapsed house beside him suddenly exploded as a monster rushed out from inside.

It was a very strange thing. It looked as if a mesh of cables had formed a four-legged beast-like monster. As huge as it was, it was as fast as a cheetah. It pounced at Fang Zheng as quick as it could while the cables behind it intertwined, forming two tentacles, piercing straight toward him.

If Fang Zheng was just an ordinary person, this blow would have pierced through him, killing him instantly. However, Fang Zheng, who had mastered the psychic energy, was obviously not that easy to kill. In the face of the mimic pouncing straight at him, Fang Zheng waved his right hand and a psychic energy wave shot out, striking the mimic’s ginormous body, sending it flying. Meanwhile, Fang Zheng turned around, and without hesitation, started running.

“Roar!! Roar!!”

The mimic might have suffered a heavy blow but it wasn’t enough to kill it. It flipped and raised its incomplete body before roaring and chasing after Fang Zheng. And with its roar, two more mimics jumped up from either side, trying to block Fang Zheng from left and right.

But Fang Zheng was faster than these mimics’ imagination. A flash of blue light wrapped his body as his figure disappeared from its place in one moment and appeared behind the two mimics out of thin air in the next. The two mimics were also taken aback by this scene. It seemed that they hadn’t expected a human being to have such a strange power. Be that as it may, their reaction was in no way slow. They hurriedly turned and gave chase. At the same time, the tentacles on their backs rose again. A dazzling mass of light gathered around them before they started shooting energy bombs, one after another.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Energy bombs the size of cannonballs exploded around Fang Zheng but he didn’t suffer any harm under the protection of the psychic energy. Rather Fang Zheng ran wildly while secretly calculating these mimics’ strength.

They seemed to have only this form but the aliens were omnipotent in this form. They could launch long-range attacks or fight at close range, or even attack from air to ground. This form was regarded as an all-purpose weapon. However, their bodies weren’t that hard. From the movie, it was quite clear that the human bullets could easily shred their bodies, which showed that these aliens themselves were very fragile.

But the same was also true for Zerg.

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng glanced at the three figures chasing after him; the corners of his lips rose slightly. In the next moment, Fang Zheng’s figure disappeared into thin air with a flash of blue light.

“—!?”

Noticing that the prey they were chasing had suddenly disappeared, the three aliens were taken by surprise and halted their advance. They swung their tentacles, vigilantly watching the surroundings.

These aliens only realized it now that they had unknowingly entered the forest, tracking the human being. They hesitated for a while before turning around, wanting to leave.

But obviously, Fang Zheng didn’t bring them here for hide and seek.

CRASH!

Just as the three aliens turned around, the ground around them suddenly rose and a Hydralisk jumped out and attacked the enemy in front of it.

[TLN: https://starcraft.fandom.com/wiki/Hydralisk]

A battle between the aliens began.