LV13

After five or six days of this grind, the remaining demons were pitifully few. Aside from a few powerhouses who managed a sudden burst of speed to catch up and kill a wave of the long-range units, most were simply worn down to death by the Zerg.

This battle completely emptied the demon armies in the vicinity. Massive numbers of Zerg began to occupy the cities.

When the Demon God received the news, he briefly doubted his own sanity, even punching himself to make sure he wasn't dreaming.

Meanwhile, Xia Jin's mood was excellent as she watched her resources continuously pour in.

“I feel like I'll be upgrading the Hive again soon.”

The creep was spreading incredibly fast, starting to cover the entire continent. On the moon, it was also growing by hundreds of thousands of square kilometers every day.

Checking her reserves, 1.5 billion units of high-energy crystals were already enough.

However, she was still short on minerals.

“I still need three more days.”

Drones were much more efficient now, but at the current rate, it wouldn't be hard to gather enough minerals soon.

Xia Jin simply waited for three days.

Three days later, feeling the time was right, she ordered the Hive to undergo its next upgrade.

This upgrade was simpler than before. The exterior of the Hive, which had already evolved into a Hive Carrier, barely changed, but a massive amount of genetic code was unlocked internally.

The process took a total of two days. When it finished, what emerged was a Hive Carrier that looked no different from before.

However, looking at the information, the improvements were quite impressive.

The specific interface was as follows:

【Zerg Hive LV13】

【Recruitable (Land/Air): Tier 7 drone, Tier 8 scourge, Tier 10 zergling, Tier 10 baneling, Tier 11 hydralisk, Tier 11 elf bug, Tier 11 roach, Tier 12 Overlord, Tier 12 ravager, Tier 12 infested lurker, Tier 12 swarm host, Tier 12 mutalisk, Tier 12 corruptor, Tier 13 brood lord, Tier 13 nydus worm, Tier 13 queen, Tier 13 Defiler, Tier 13 ultralisk, Tier 14 primal brain bug.】

【Tier 12 Devourer (Evolves from mutalisk for 30,000 units), Tier 12 Infested Impaler (Evolves from infested lurker for 30,000 units), Tier 12 overseer (Evolves from Overlord for 20,000 units)】

【Recruitable (Aquatic): Tier 4 Swimmer (three types), Tier 5 Floating Hive Bug, Tier 8 large Floating Hive Bug】

【High-Energy State: All Swarm units will be produced using high-energy crystals, and adaptability to harsh environments is slightly increased.】

【Recruitment Cost (High-Energy Crystals): Swimmer 0.4 units/each, drone 1 unit/each, scourge 3.2 units/each, Floating Hive Bug 8 units/each, zergling 10 units/each, baneling 80 units/each, large Floating Hive Bug 180 units/each, hydralisk 500 units/each, elf bug 580 units/each, roach 600 units/each, Overlord 700 units/each, ravager 800 units/each, infested lurker 900 units/each, mutalisk 1,200 units/each, swarm host 3,600 units/each, queen 4,500 units/each, nydus worm 5,000 units/each, Defiler 6,000 units/each, corruptor 8,000 units/each, ultralisk 10,000 units/each, brood lord 18,000 units/each, primal brain bug 50,000 units/each.】

【Ships: Small Leviathan (100 million high-energy crystals), Hive Carrier (evolved from Hive for 10 million high-energy crystals)】

【Tools: Scout Bug (less than 1 unit of standard energy), Balloon Bug (5 units of high-energy crystals)】

【Overlord Evolution: Overlords are larger, reaching a height of 40 meters, with internal psionic hyperspace expanded to accommodate 50 insects (ignoring volume).】

【Ultralisk Evolution: Ultralisks are larger, reaching a height of 30 meters, with a stronger structure.】

【Swarm Host Evolution: Locusts produced by swarm hosts are upgraded from Tier 6 to Tier 7, and each batch (20 units) resource cost increases from 6 units of standard energy to 1 unit of high-energy crystals.】

【Brood Lord Evolution: Broodlings produced by brood lords are upgraded from Tier 7 to Tier 8, and each batch (10 units) resource cost increases from 1 high-energy crystal to 3 high-energy crystals.】

【Hive Carrier and Small Leviathan Reinforcement: Gain dual force field shields (electromagnetic field + gravitational field); can accelerate by slightly altering curvature, doubling travel speed.】

【Adaptability Evolution: All Swarm units, even the weakest, can survive in relatively safe space environments.】

【Upgrade Cost: 20 billion high-energy crystals.】

【Description: The initial Hive of the Zerg, very primitive. After transforming into a Hive Carrier, it has the ability to leave the atmosphere and enter outer space, relying on internal bio-energy to generate fusion thrust. Due to efficiency and structural strength limitations, the Hive Carrier can accelerate to a maximum of 120 km/s. This organism is the breeding center of the Swarm that replaces the Queen and cannot perform spatial navigation.】

...

“Not bad.”

Xia Jin saw the details and confirmed that this upgrade raised the rank of all Swarm units by one tier.

Additionally, the Scout Bug was now categorized under tool bugs.

The ranks of broodlings and locusts hatched by brood lords and swarm hosts were increased by one.

Finally, the warships gained a certain level of curvature flight capability, which could essentially reduce spatial distance to fifty percent of the original, effectively doubling their speed.