Several hours later, at the magic monster command camp.
"What? You say my daughter is kneeling before the enemy and kissing her feet?"
The Magic Monster King nearly fainted upon hearing this.
"Damn it, which bastard is it? How could my daughter do such a thing?"
In his mind, an image immediately appeared of a burly, hyper-masculine male creature maliciously coercing his daughter.
"Pfft—"
He nearly spat out a mouthful of blood.
"No, I must rescue my daughter. I cannot let her be harmed by those alien creatures. Damn those filthy alien males, especially the bearmen. No matter which one of you it is, you won't live past tomorrow."
"Um..." The minion beside him broke into a cold sweat. "The person the Eldest Princess is kneeling to seems to be from that newly appeared race."
"What?"
An image of his daughter trembling while kneeling before a zergling popped into his head, and the Magic Monster King almost lost his mind.
"But please don't worry too much, Your Majesty. The leader of that race is a very beautiful female, and her age is similar to the Eldest Princess's."
Hearing this, the Magic Monster King relaxed slightly.
Just then, another very beautiful magic monster girl stepped forward.
"Father, leave it to me. I will go and rescue my sister."
Looking at this perfect daughter, the Magic Monster King hesitated for a moment. But seeing her firm and confident expression, he eventually nodded.
This daughter was different from the eldest; she was not only strong but also highly intelligent.
Her talent for command was beyond compare.
It could be said that among all the Magic Monster King's offspring, she was the only one who truly put his mind at ease.
"In that case, I will give you three thousand troops. I heard the enemy is currently on the flank of the battlefield, correct? Do you have the confidence to break through?"
"No problem. Whether in quantity or quality, they cannot match us."
"Very well. I congratulate you on your success in advance."
Seeing his daughter's confident expression, the Magic Monster King nodded.
The Second Princess departed.
Half an hour later...
"This is bad, Lord Magic Monster King! The Second Princess... she and the Eldest Princess are kneeling together before the enemy, licking her feet!" A magic monster general ran over in a panic.
Magic Monster King: "?"
The other magic monsters looked at each other, completely speechless.
...
Having gained two subordinates, Xia Jin happily left the underground front.
To be honest, this battle was partly due to the enemy's negligence.
Despite having such a large army, they had dared to send only a few thousand to attempt a rescue.
One must remember that the Zerg weren't the only ones here; it wasn't as if the treants and elves would just stand by when the enemy approached.
The bearmen, in particular, were itching for a good fight to show the other races what they were made of.
Under these circumstances, the standoff was actually still unfavorable for her side.
And Xia Jin wouldn't be sending more reinforcements for the time being.
Of course, considering the high consumption of battle here, the branch hive near the forest had been dedicated to supplying follow-up troops to this area.
Ten new queens had also been produced and deployed here.
"Regarding resources, the high-energy crystals inside the magic monsters are truly excellent."
They weren't like magic cores, but their value was no less than one.
As for the spoils of war, the three parties still had to distribute them reasonably at this stage.
Given the Zerg's outstanding performance, most of the spoils went to Xia Jin.
What the elven race obtained naturally ended up in Xia Jin's hands as well.
As for the other two races...
The crystals had a great strengthening effect on the treants. Just carrying them significantly increased their combat power, so it wasn't a waste.
The bearmen, however, found that the crystals were useless for anything other than looking at.
So in the end, they traded them with Xia Jin for forest products—mainly beast meat and fruit, all of which were Tier 0.
This behavior greatly strengthened their friendship.
Of course, Xia Jin herself never thought the Zerg needed friendship.
According to the brain bug, the former Overlord of the Zerg had a sole objective: the extinction of all life in the universe... not just living animals and plants, but microorganisms as well.
Yes, not even viruses were allowed to exist.
That Overlord believed that only the Zerg were needed in the universe.
And then, there was no "then"...
The Zerg were powerful, that was true.
But the universe was too vast. Some races were terrifying beyond description. The Zerg were not the earliest civilization, so picking fights everywhere while trying to surpass everyone else led to only one end: a dead end.
With the failure to advance to a transcendent civilization, their demise seemed inevitable.
The final spark—Brain Bug No. 1 on Xia Jin, along with some of her current memories and genetic heritage—had traveled across a vast distance through space after consuming almost all its energy to reach this place.
Even Brain Bug No. 1 didn't know where in the universe this was.
Even though it had specifically chosen a relatively safe environment at the start, the possibility of encountering danger still existed.
Fortunately, Xia Jin had survived normally.
The current Zerg were very primitive. This didn't mean they weren't powerful, but they needed time to slowly unlock the genes that had once been sealed away.
Naturally, this process was accompanied by evolution.
In fact, during the Zerg's recent battles, small-scale evolutions had occurred many times.
This kind of evolution might only take a few seconds to a few minutes.
For instance, if they encountered an enemy with a specific toxin during slaughter, a zergling would adjust itself. Once it adapted, the entire Zerg race would undergo a synchronized evolution in an instant.
Of course, compared to the ridiculous evolution speeds during their cosmic stage—where they could adapt to high-risk environments in seconds—they were still far off.
The Zerg's initial evolutionary path wasn't focused on becoming stronger, but on reducing costs.
Currently, the brain bug was dedicated to one thing.
This task consumed a large amount of Zerg resources.
And that was... increasing magic resistance.
Rate on N.U.
