"That’s right. That powerful leader has always been wary of me."
"The only reason I could detour to meet you is because he needed someone to head back after his successful ambush outside Beihai Town. My job was to gather his subordinates to clean up the battlefield and bring back the Mother Empress’s Corpse."
Jiang Yun’er admitted without hesitation.
The seven or eight eyeballs on the face of the Zerg Race’s Genetic Mother, controlled by the Eastern Mother Empress, flickered as it seemed to ponder something.
After about ten seconds, it concealed the barely perceptible trace of disgust in its eyes and continued its questioning:
"Since this biological machine you’re piloting is made from the flesh and blood of a Mother Empress, did that leader of yours also give you the idea for it?"
Jiang Yun’er froze for a second, then remembered the script Ling Yi had prepared for her.
"This leader’s surname is Lin, full name Lin Feng. Long before the Zerg Race descended, he was just an unknown, ordinary worker."
"But after the Zerg Race descended, he Evolved by killing Low-tier Zerg Swarms and Awakened a very rare and powerful Superpower. It seems he can optimize and transform weapons and equipment into completely new forms."
"He’s also stubbornly convinced that for humanity to fight the larger Zerg, we need bigger and better weaponry to unleash greater Power."
"Oh, right, his team is from Hai City in the South. They were forged in the Battle of Wu City, which is how I met him in the South before I reached the Federal Capital."
"Back then, Lin Feng was completely captivated by me, just like any other man."
"So, the sacrificial plan in the Capital City failed because he abducted me. He was trying to rescue me, but he ended up accidentally discovering my true identity."
"At the time, I didn’t know he had already advanced to Tier Three. I was even planning to use my Realm Power to control him, too."
"At the end of last month, Lin Feng and his subordinates officially established a temporary base in Jin City, calling themselves the Salvation Army..."
"And the first Zerg Race Mother Empress ever killed by human hands was taken down by Lin Feng, the leader of the Salvation Army."
"He even used a Nuclear Bomb that time—a small atomic warhead with a yield of only tens of thousands of tons of TNT—to ambush a Zerg Race Mother Empress there."
"After grievously wounding it, he swooped in to finish the job."
"I guess after that, he really started to appreciate how useful nuclear weapons are. So this time, he went directly to the Federation’s high command in the rear and asked for a more powerful Small Hydrogen Bomb."
Having diverted the attention of the Zerg Race’s Genetic Mother—controlled by the Eastern Mother Empress—by laying out this background, Jiang Yun’er swallowed hard. She paused for a moment before continuing:
"Getting back to the Biological Mecha I pilot..."
"This was also one of his ideas. But the guy’s knowledge of biology is a complete blank slate; he has no idea what kind of internal structures a massive biological organism needs."
"So he thought of me, the one who became a Zerg Race Genetic Mother, and had me absorb the Spiritual Energy within the Mother Empress Brain Marrow to analyze and unlock more of the inherited biotech."
"Finally, using the remains of a High-tier Mother Empress, with its skeleton and flesh as a base, he created the first prototype."
"Originally, I wanted to use it to control him. After all, the prototype’s flesh and blood came from a Zerg Race Mother Empress, so in reality, only I could pilot it successfully..."
"But that guy, Lin Feng, is extremely smart, and exceptionally cunning."
"He never tested the prototype himself. Instead, once he saw me pilot it, and after he had calculated and verified that its Attributes met all specifications, he used his Superpower to scan and copy its design. Then, using his own flesh and blood, he created a personal Biological Mecha with an identical internal structure but a taller, more formidable exterior..."
"And he named it: the Prototype Machine, Biological Reproductive Armor!"
At this, Jiang Yun’er took a deep breath:
"Back then, the Southern Mid-stage Mother Empress, along with three nearby Early-stage Mother Empresses, gathered a Swarm of three hundred thousand to besiege Yunxia Ridge, intending to take it in a single assault..."
"Unfortunately for them, that was the exact moment Lin Feng’s Prototype Machine was completed!"
"And so, two of those three Early-stage Mother Empresses became the first souls claimed by the Biological Reproductive Armor!"
"After that, as Lin Feng claimed the lives of more and more Early-stage Mother Empresses, he reached Tier Three Early-Stage Perfection and turned his attention to the four Mid-stage Mother Empresses located near the Federal Capital..."
"In other words, you and the commanders of the other three directions."
"To that end, he had me modify the prototype, making it the No. 2 Machine and naming it the *Mother Empress*."
"My role, when attacking the Zerg Race’s Nests, is to provide an additional Spiritual Shield for protection and interfere with any supporting Tier Two Zerg Race..."
"...to create the conditions for him to kill the Mid-stage Mother Empresses."
"And this Biological Mecha won’t be the only one. Lin Feng knows full well that after he goes on a killing spree and demonstrates the power to threaten a Mid-stage Mother Empress, the remaining Mother Empresses will no longer act alone. They will inevitably group together."
"So he plans to use the Mother Empresses’ Corpses to cultivate a second, a third, and even more No. 2 Machines of the *Mother Empress* model."
"He’ll use them in the final Tier Three Middle Stage showdown to tie down the other Mother Empresses, allowing him to pilot his Biological Reproductive Armor and fight his target to the death without any distractions..."
After relaying the words Ling Yi had told her to say, and embellishing them to paint Lin Feng as an irredeemable killer of Mother Empresses, Jiang Yun’er felt her mouth go dry and her body tremble slightly, adding to the authenticity of her words.
After listening to her long-winded explanation, the Zerg Race Genetic Mother controlled by the Eastern Mother Empress suddenly asked:
"So, this Lin Feng... does he plan to stay in the North forever?"
"Isn’t his and his Salvation Army’s main base in Jin City, in Jiangnan? He can’t possibly establish a firm foothold in the North, can he?"