“By the way, where did you get those clothes? They’re so pretty. I want to wear them too.” The sub-dragon lady’s gaze suddenly drifted over Xia Jin’s body.
“Um, do you want to wear a short skirt and white silks?”
“Yes, yes! Hehe, you look so enticing to magic beasts in that; I want to wear it too.”
“These are clothes from human society. I can get a few sets for you.”
“Are they ones you’ve worn? I want the ones you’ve worn! Unwashed!” the sub-dragon lady said with complete seriousness.
“What?”
“Or how about you just give me the ones you’re wearing right now? Hehehe.”
“Uh...” Xia Jin immediately shielded her front with both hands. “Get lost!”
Is this dragon a total creep?
...
In the end, Xia Jin gave her a set... supposedly her own.
The sub-dragon lady sniffed it happily, extended her small wings, and fluttered over to the ground nearby. Then, she began changing right in front of Xia Jin.
Soon, Xia Jin’s eyes lit up.
The sailor suit and black socks made her look like a demon king, possessing a mysterious and captivating beauty.
She was practically the ideal image for an anime enthusiast.
“How is it? Hmm... I don’t seem as pretty as you. But that’s okay; I’m sure the magic beast lady I like is the most beautiful in the world.”
The other girl ran up and gave Xia Jin another hug before saying, “I’m leaving now. I’ll come see you again next time. Work hard! Oh, you’ve already reached Tier 6? Next time, I’ll give you some of my power too.”
“No need, really, no need,” Xia Jin shook her head quickly.
Anyway, I’ll be bringing my army to your house; you’ll become mine sooner or later.jpg
Of course, she couldn't say those words out loud, as she was currently the weaker party.
She suddenly realized that the brain bug’s choice of a beautiful girl for the Zerg Queen really hadn't been a mistake.
If she were some hideous monster, she might have already been wiped out by these mythic kings by now.
“Does this count as a strange... beauty trap?”
After seeing off the sub-dragon lady, she let out a sigh and sat on the ground.
“That big tiger...”
A line of black appeared on her forehead as she thought of the other one’s situation.
I’ll just pretend I don’t know about today’s events. This Queen will continue to develop.
Once my true body’s tier goes up, I won't have to be afraid.
Because of the zergling +3 bonus, her projection was already Tier 10.
This tier was, in a word, incredibly powerful.
On the battlefield, she could tank multiple direct hits from a standard 400mm cannon with her physical body and survive.
However, with the addition of magic circles, the destructive power of cannons became somewhat absurd. Even a Tier 10 powerhouse would certainly die after taking too many hits.
Of course, whether they could even be hit was a different matter.
With current technology, it was extremely difficult to kill a Tier 10 powerhouse with cannons.
The only convenient way was to use a staggering number of rockets for saturation bombardment.
A Tier 8 powerhouse likely couldn't withstand even two hits from the unicycle rocket bugs. A Tier 9 could handle five to ten.
Following this trend, for a Tier 10, they would need to switch to large-caliber, high-explosive payloads, and twenty or thirty of them would have to land simultaneously.
Xia Jin hadn't tested it herself.
But she was certain that her current projection could easily crush her Tier 9 self; the gap was even larger than the one between Tier 7 and Tier 8.
On the battlefield, a Tier 9 powerhouse was an unstoppable force.
The scene of that Tier 9 leading a group of experts in a decapitation strike against her was still fresh in her mind. Xia Jin felt that once the war with the Empire officially began, her projection would be ready for the front lines.
She wasn't taking action now for two reasons. First, she wanted to hide her strength so the Empire wouldn't prepare in advance.
Second, she felt that the current enemies weren't strong enough to warrant sending her projection.
...
“Oh? The Dawn Empire actually sent an army to land on the primitive tribe island?”
The natives on the island, who had been transformed into Zerg, suddenly discovered a fleet appearing nearby.
One of the ships approached within thirty meters of the shore and lowered landing craft.
Roughly two hundred soldiers arrived on the island.
Notably, some of these soldiers were equipped with rifles that were significantly heavier, requiring two or three people to carry them together.
They looked a bit like... machine guns.
There were large slots on the sides of these weapons where a large black box could be inserted. Based on the caliber, they likely held fifty rounds of ammunition.
“Are those actually machine guns?”
High-fire-rate weapons had finally been developed; as expected of the Empire.
The fire rate on the Swarm’s side wasn't great, including the hydralisks. For anti-air purposes, the hydralisk’s fire rate was too slow.
Hydralisks were better suited as long-range fire support for ground troops. But against agile aerial targets, if they couldn't achieve a fire rate similar to an anti-aircraft machine gun or a Phalanx system, their efficiency would be very poor.
And as for producing Phalanx systems, it would be better to allocate all those resources to aerial Zerg units.
The best defense was a good offense. As long as her air force was large enough to maintain perfect air superiority, there would be no need for anti-air defenses.
An anti-aircraft gun would have similar efficiency but at a higher cost.
The Zerg had no need for pilots, so she could focus entirely on producing aerial units.
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