124: Chapter 124 Crystal Song Forest and the Twin Crystal Dragons
Inside the core space of the Mother Nest, that double-helix gene chain constructed from pure fel energy continued to rotate slowly before Su Chen's consciousness.
The ominous dark green light flickered like breathing, casting a sinister and terrifying reflection on his non-material silhouette.
Chaos, madness, instability...
These traits transformed into the most primitive data streams, washing over his mind.
This was a gene born purely for destruction.
A mad plan had already taken shape; a brand-new evolution command named "Abyssal Demonization" was waiting to be injected into the entire Zerg Swarm's gene bank.
From now on, the Zerg would not merely be a locust swarm devouring civilizations.
They would become an extension of the Abyss itself, the manifestation of chaos walking through the myriad worlds.
Su Chen's consciousness "looked" toward the scorched earth being thoroughly erased by the Holy Light; a darker, crazier future had already presented itself clearly in his eyes.
The Zerg Swarm... would become an eternal nightmare for all orderly worlds.
In this quiet moment of creating a new nightmare, a completely different mental fluctuation accurately cut into Su Chen's private channel.
The frequency of this fluctuation carried a mechanical precision, yet it was wrapped in a layer of uncontrollable high-frequency vibration.
It was the god of craftsmen, Pierce.
"Dominator!"
Pierce's voice rang directly in Su Chen's mind. That familiar, old-fashioned voice now possessed a rare, irrepressible tremble.
"In a folded space rift at the edge of the Divine Realm, we have discovered a... a treasure land!"
Accompanying this message, a data stream of holographic images was projected directly into Su Chen's conscious space.
Light and shadow interlaced, and data was reconstructed.
An exquisitely magnificent world slowly unfolded before Su Chen.
It was a forest.
A forest composed entirely of energy crystals.
The towering giant trees had trunks made of translucent azure crystals, with visible energy halos flowing inside. The lush foliage was composed of billions of multi-colored crystal leaves as thin as cicada wings.
A data-simulated breeze blew through.
The entire forest instantly erupted in a crisp, pleasant tinkling sound as countless crystal leaves collided, merging into an ethereal and sacred song.
This sound crossed the barriers of space, echoing directly on a spiritual level, as if it could wash the Soul.
Within Su Chen's consciousness, a massive database was instantly searched.
A name automatically surfaced.
"Crystal Song Forest..."
A ripple appeared in his will.
This was a top-tier resource site that only appeared in legends—a miracle formed by pure energy condensing in high-dimensional space at the dawn of the Universe.
Excellent Materials for manufacturing the shield generators of Psionic Motherships!
With just a single main trunk, the high-energy crystals refined from it would be enough to double the shield strength of a mothership.
And before him was an entire forest.
Just as Su Chen was quickly assessing the mining value of this forest, the "lens" of the image Pierce sent suddenly turned.
The image swept past the brilliant canopy and focused on an open clearing deep within the forest.
The silhouettes of two giant beasts occupied the center of the entire screen.
Their bodies were slender and elegant, a perfect combination of strength and beauty—typical draconic creatures.
However, their body structures exceeded the scope of all known Dragon species.
Their entire bodies were covered not in the scales of flesh-and-blood creatures, but in seamless, flawless diamond-like crystals. Sunlight passed through the crystal canopy and fell upon those diamond dragon scales, refracting into billions of dazzling spots of light, making their bodies look as if they were cast from star fragments.
They seemed to be twins, their movements synchronized and their auras connected, quietly crouching on the crystal meadow. Every breath they took caused the surrounding spatial energy to resonate subtly.
The moment they appeared, the Mother Nest's detection System issued a rapid alarm.
[Warning! Detected Rank 8 Legendary Mutated Dragon Species—Twin Crystal Dragons!]
[Trait]: Magic/Physical Dual Immunity Skin (80% Reflectivity).
That line of scarlet warning text was incredibly striking on Su Chen's consciousness interface.
But his attention was completely and deathly attracted by those last few words.
80% Reflectivity.
"Reflective Armor?"
Su Chen's will instantly tensed, and a sense of heat far more intense than when he discovered the Crystal Song Forest exploded within his conscious core.
Resources?
Psionic Mothership shields?
In the face of this discovery, those things became insignificant.
A brand-new vision, sufficient to subvert the existing tactical System, boomed open in his consciousness.
Heavy units.
Ultralisks, Brood Lords, and even future Colossus-class units.
If this gene could be extracted, optimized, and then equipped to these heavy units of the Zerg Swarm...
What would that mean?
It meant that when the Zerg Swarm faced those powerful magical civilizations, their Forbidden Spells—capable of incinerating cities and destroying nations—would have over eighty percent of their energy reflected right back.
Zerg units wouldn't even need to activate any energy shields; they could weather the torrent of Spells and charge directly into the face of the enemy's mage towers.
The same applied to physical attacks.
For those technological civilizations relying on energy cannons and beam weapons, their concentrated firing nets would become a self-destructive firework show.
This was no longer a simple increase in defense.
This was a complete subversion of the existing rules of war!
"This is practically a genetic plug-in tailor-made for the Zerg."
Within Su Chen's will, the coldness of creating new nightmares was replaced by a more primitive and more blazing greed.
He immediately cut off communication with Pierce and instead connected his will to the Zerg Swarm's hive mind network that covered the entire Abyssal battlefield.
A supreme command was instantly issued.
"Andra."
The Cerebrate leader Andra's consciousness responded immediately with absolute obedience.
"Suspend part of the offensive on the front lines. Mobilize the most elite 'Void Stalker' and 'Abyssal Devourer' units."
Void Stalkers, the Zerg Swarm's top-tier assassin units, were capable of shuttling through dimensional cracks and ignoring any physical defense.
Abyssal Devourers, heavy assault units evolved from demonized Ultralisks, possessed the frontal power to crush everything.
One was responsible for stealth and control, the other for frontal suppression.
Su Chen's will was cold and clear, without a trace of emotional fluctuation, yet it contained an unquestionable determination.
"I want them alive."
Only living specimens could guarantee the integrity of the genes.
His consciousness "looked" toward those two Crystal Dragons that were still radiating brilliant light in the holographic image; a plan grander and more cruel than simple gene extraction had already been finalized.
"The male will be used as experimental material, and the female..."
Su Chen's will paused for a moment. In that brief pause lay the future of a species whose fate was about to be completely twisted.
"...will be kept to lay eggs. I want to establish a mass-production base for Crystal Dragon Beasts!"