"Let’s go!"
The Reproductive Armor Mecha whirred to life, its movements heavy and resonant.
The three Genetic Warriors who had come to request reinforcements were instantly overjoyed. They quickly turned around, leading the two large mechs toward another surface entrance to the Hive.
Lin Feng’s group was at the northernmost of the five suspected entrances, while the Genetic Combat Team led by Shen Jie was responsible for the one in the far south.
The three central entrances, located at the rear of the battlefield, were left to Qin Hu and his men, who were more familiar with the local environment.
The other Mother Empress’s location was at the very middle entrance, which was precisely the one Qin Hu himself had discovered while leading a dozen or so Genetic Warriors.
Their numerical disadvantage forced them to take the initiative, using themselves as bait to keep the Mother Empress’s attention fixed on them.
Otherwise, if the Mother Empress became alerted and started to relocate, tracking it down again would become exceedingly difficult.
By the time Lin Feng’s group arrived at top speed, the mouth of the Wormhole leading to the Underground Nest was already completely blocked by a large number of Tier Two Tiger Spine Zergs.
Evidently, the Mother Empress in the deepest part of the Nest wanted to coordinate an attack from both inside and out, aiming to take down Qin Hu and his entire team in one fell swoop.
The benefits that so many Tier Two Peak Genetic Warriors could provide it were substantial. It could even use them to touch the threshold of the Tier Three Middle Stage.
Lin Feng knew that right now, time was life.
He immediately pushed his Reproductive Armor Mecha to its limits. Wielding the six-meter-long Hunter Emperor’s Chainsaw Sword, he launched a surprise attack with lightning speed.
In an instant, he tore through the Tiger Spine Zergs, which were only at the Tier Two Middle-Late Stage, dismembering them as if they were rotten wood!
After clearing the way, he led the *Mother Empress* mecha to charge down into the Wormhole, pushing deep into the Underground Nest.
During this time, only sporadic gunfire could be heard, which made Lin Feng’s heart sink.
The Genetic Warriors under Qin Hu’s command didn’t have the same powerful firearm equipment as the Salvation Army. Their large-caliber guns were only effective against Tier One Black Spine Zergs and, at best, could only cause some interference for Tier Two Early Stage Tiger Spine Zergs.
Their only equipment capable of inflicting real Damage was the Tiger-toothed Chainsaw Sword, crafted from Tiger Spine Zerg Giant Mandibles.
And as a powerful piece of melee equipment, it required engaging the Zerg Race in close-quarters combat!
It was a far cry from the ease and convenience of ranged weapons like Cannons. In close combat, the risk of injury skyrocketed.
Furthermore, prolonged melee confrontations placed immense demands on a Genetic Warrior’s stamina, posing a daunting challenge.
If their stamina gave out or they became exhausted, a moment of carelessness would be all a Samurai Hunter Zerg needed to launch a successful sneak attack.
Even if they survived, they would be too grievously wounded to fight.
Moreover, they weren’t equipped with the Salvation Army’s Electromagnetic Cannons, which could clear out Low-tier Zerg Swarms over a large area.
If they were pinned down and trapped in the Hive tunnels, they would be surrounded and eventually worn down and killed by the endless Swarm, with no hope of escape.
A Tier Two Peak Genetic Warrior’s greatest advantage over the Guard Battle Group was their mastery of Realm Power, which allowed them to resist the Spiritual Interference from the Mother Empress in the depths of the Hive.
Their second advantage was the effect of the Realm Power itself.
Back in the Trial World, to ensure the resistance forces in the North could halt the Zerg Race’s advance, Lin Feng had specifically given four of the ten Fearless Volcanoes to Qin Hu’s subordinates.
Including Qin Hu, the four Genetic Warriors who had mastered the Fearless Realm could lead their teammates and grant them a bonus of several hundred points to all Attributes, allowing them to easily break the one-thousand-point cap.
This was equivalent to a temporary boost to Peak strength, allowing them to touch the threshold of Tier Three Early Stage, level thirty.
Combined with the Resurrection Armor effect granted by their teammates’ Unyielding Realm, while they might not be able to kill a level thirty-three Mother Empress, suppressing a Tier Two Swarm within the Hive shouldn’t have been a major issue.
But this was all predicated on the two sides being relatively balanced in number.
Qin Hu, leading only a dozen or so Genetic Warriors, could easily suppress several times their number of Tier Two Zerg Race, but they couldn’t withstand a continuous siege from hundreds of Tiger Spine Zergs.
What’s more, Samurai Hunter Zergs had joined the fray, something not even Lin Feng had anticipated.
Their smaller size and stealthy movements allowed them to carry out sneak attacks that could often cause even greater destruction.
’I just hope nothing has happened to Qin Hu yet.’
His Mind Sensing had already confirmed the Mother Empress’s presence, but he couldn’t identify the Tier Two power sources outside the Nest.
Lin Feng sighed inwardly. He switched the Ion Laser Cannon on his left arm back to Electromagnetic Cannon mode and immediately unleashed a barrage into the depths of the tunnel walls.
He annihilated the Swarm that was blocking the passage.
The group entered the pit. After advancing several hundred meters, they finally arrived outside the Nest, two hundred meters underground.
At that moment, near a tunnel entrance, the survivors of Qin Hu’s team were desperately fighting off an encirclement of Tiger Spine Zergs and Samurai Hunter Zergs.
Lin Feng looked from a distance and saw that Qin Hu’s group was down to just ten people. At least six of them had already activated the effect of their Unyielding Realm; their physical State had plummeted, and their combat power had dropped to the Tier Two Middle Stage level.
This meant they had been killed at least six times.
Fortunately, with the help of Qin Hu’s Fearless Realm, even though their State had severely deteriorated, the buff to their Attributes still allowed them to hold their own against the Late-stage Tier Two Zerg Race for a while—
—long enough for reinforcements to arrive.
Without a moment’s hesitation, after confirming that Qin Hu was still alive, Lin Feng controlled his Reproductive Armor Mecha to become a blur. In an instant, he lunged at the Tier Two Swarm.
The Hunter Emperor’s Chainsaw Sword in his hands was like the Scythe of Death, reaping the lives of one Tier Two Zerg Race after another.
Their Armor and Giant Mandibles were as fragile as cardboard before the combined force of the Biological Reproductive Armor’s 700 Tons of Power and the level thirty-one Hunter Emperor’s Chainsaw Sword.