154: Lin Feng's Aliens

The figure appeared without warning, as if tearing through space to suddenly arrive.

It was not human; its body was slender, with lines so fluid they were almost eerie, covered in a dark silver exoskeleton that seemed to absorb light.

Its head was elongated, without distinct facial features, only a deep darkness, as if connected to an endless void.

The ends of its four limbs were sharp, claw-like blades shimmering with a cold, eerie glow, and a tail, also covered in dark silver bone armor, swayed flexibly behind it, its tip like a poisoned dagger.

Xeno-Rift Alien!

Its elongated head turned slightly, seemingly “looking” at the Void Greatshield Bug, whose carapace was dented and massive body stumbled and fell from its casual strike.

The Greatshield Bug let out a painful shriek, and spatial ripples on its dark golden carapace fluctuated violently as it tried to stabilize itself, appearing clumsy and pathetic.

Then, as if a switch had been flipped.

Buzz!

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

Space rippled like water, and in various shattered districts, burning ruins, and even bug-infested squares of Weiyang City, similar figures flashed into existence without warning!

They took various stances: some glided along the ground like phantoms, some hung upside down from the edge of broken buildings, while others appeared directly in the dense center of the bug swarm.

Their numbers… were actually over a hundred!

Each one exuded a cold, efficient, and deadly pseudo-Transcendent-level aura!

The entire battlefield, whether human, The Fallen, or Void Zerg, fell into a momentary silence due to the sudden intervention of this third party.

Into the abyss of despair, an even deeper, unknown dread seemed to have been cast.

But the next moment, these figures moved.

Their movements were faster than the limits of visual capture, leaving only afterimages.

Their target was precisely the rampaging Void Zerg!

A Phase Shifter had just flickered behind one of The Fallen, its segmented limbs raised, its cold killing intent locked onto the target.

However, before its figure had fully solidified, a sharp claw had silently emerged from the shadows at its side, accurately piercing its compound-eyed head!

Eerie green bug fluid mixed with shattered crystals splattered out.

Only after this Xeno-Rift Alien retracted its claw did the Phase Shifter’s corpse softly collapse.

On the other side, an Bone-Eating Beetle, about to spray strong acidic bone-eroding liquid at a shelter for the wounded, had just opened its massive mouth when a figure descended from the sky like a cannonball!

A heavy bone tail, like a battering ram, slammed viciously into its relatively fragile neck joint!

Crack!

A teeth-grinding sound of bone fracturing rang out, and the Bone-Eating Beetle’s head tilted at an odd angle, acid uncontrollably gushing out and corroding several nearby Scythe-Legged Bugs.

“Roar—!”

A Gold-level Xeno-Rift Ray Bug let out an angry shriek, its tail cannon instantly locking onto a Xeno-Rift Alien that was slaughtering Scythe-Legged Bugs, and a pale light intensely gathered!

Energy was about to erupt!

But the locked-on Xeno-Rift Alien didn't even seem to turn its head; the space behind it twisted strangely.

A shadow, more slender and swifter than itself, suddenly shot out from behind it!

That was a smaller, incredibly fast Shadow Xeno-Rift Alien!

The Shadow Xeno-Rift Alien, like an arrow released from a bow, traced an elusive trajectory in the air, ignoring the terrifying energy fluctuations emanating from the Xeno-Rift Ray Bug’s tail cannon, and its tail precisely pierced the Xeno-Rift Ray Bug’s armored chest!

The Xeno-Rift Ray Bug’s shriek instantly turned into a terrified, choked “gurgle.”

It frantically thrashed its body, trying to shake off the Shadow Xeno-Rift Alien, and the energy gathered in its tail dissipated due to loss of control, blasting several deep craters around it.

At this moment, a Facehugger suddenly darted out from the shadows, its eight tough segmented limbs firmly gripping the armor seams on the Xeno-Rift Ray Bug’s face, and its deadly, reproductive tube-like structure instantly pierced the relatively weak armor in the Ray Bug’s mouth area!

Similar scenes unfolded in various corners of the battlefield.

The Xeno-Rift Aliens, like the most efficient hunters, either launched frontal assaults, ambushed from the sides, or appeared and disappeared mysteriously using their eerie spatial abilities, precisely crippling the Void Zerg within the city.

Their goal was clear—not to kill immediately, but to incapacitate them or create openings large enough for Facehuggers to get close!

And more Facehuggers, like a dark silver tide, silently surged out from the shadows of buildings, from broken sewer openings, and even from the edges of Void Rifts!

After two months, the number of Facehuggers in Lin Feng's Spirit Beast Space had approached two hundred, and although this was still a drop in the ocean compared to the mountain- and sea-like numbers of the Void Zerg army, over a hundred pseudo-Transcendent-level Xeno-Rift Aliens were enough to change the outcome of the entire battle.

These Facehuggers ignored the humans and The Fallen in the chaos, their eyes fixed only on those Void Zerg that had been severely wounded by the Xeno-Rift Aliens or were isolated due to the battlefield chaos!

A Scythe-Legged Bug, with several segmented limbs severed by a Xeno-Rift Alien and moving sluggishly, was pounced upon by a Facehugger, which instantly covered its head.

An Bone-Eating Beetle, knocked to the ground by a Xeno-Rift Alien’s tail and with its carapace cracked, struggled to right itself, but a Facehugger burrowed into the gap from its abdomen… Piercing, desperate bug cries rose and fell, the wails of the parasitized!

“What… what is this thing?!”

A City Defense Force soldier watched a Facehugger scurry past his feet and pounce on a Greatshield Bug whose abdomen had been pierced by a Xeno-Rift Alien nearby, his voice trembling.

“They’re parasitizing the bugs! My God!”

A Professional Association member’s voice was filled with incredulous horror.

“Never mind what they are! They’re killing bugs! The pressure… the pressure really seems to have lessened!”

Another blood-soaked soldier gasped, watching the bug swarm that had been surging like a tide; due to the constant chaos and infighting appearing in the rear, as well as the Xeno-Rift Aliens' efficient hunting, their offensive clearly showed signs of stagnation and disruption!

The pressure on the human defense line suddenly eased!

Although the battle was still brutal, it was no longer the kind of despairing, suffocating feeling of being completely overwhelmed!

“Hold! Hold the line! Cooperate… cooperate with these… things!”

The surviving officers roared, their hearts filled with absurdity and fear, but the instinct for survival made them seize this sudden respite.

The soldiers, relying on the wreckage, reorganized their firepower, unleashing bullets and energy onto the Zerg that were being interfered with by the Xeno-Rift Aliens or entangled by the parasites.

The Fallen also watched this scene with suspicion and unease.

The masked leader, whose bone blade of eerie green flame split a Scythe-Legged Bug, kept his gaze fixed on a Facehugger nearby that had just completed its parasitism.

The Facehugger on the Void Zerg’s back quickly shriveled and fell off, while the parasitized Bone-Eating Beetle began to convulse violently, its body swelling and deforming as if inflated!

Dark silver exoskeleton, like a living thing, pierced through its original carapace from within and spread out; its mouthparts, originally used to spray acid, twisted and deformed, growing sharp inner pharyngeal jaws similar to those of a Xeno-Rift Alien!

Its four limbs became thicker, sharp bone spurs grew at its joints, and its tail extended into a dark silver bone-armored, venomous-tipped tail!

A wave of pressure, a mixture of the Void Zerg’s wild energy and the Xeno-Rift Alien’s cold, deathly aura, even more powerful and chaotic, erupted!

The newly born—Void Zerg Xeno-Rift Alien!

It let out a shriek that was neither bug nor alien, filled with pain and savagery, its crimson compound eyes forming an eerie contrast with its cold, dark silver coloration.

It suddenly turned its head and, without hesitation, tore apart a nearby Scythe-Legged Bug that was still in a dazed state!

Immediately, it shot out like a cannonball, carrying destructive power, and slammed violently into the nearest bug swarm!

One, two, three… more and more new Xeno-Rift Aliens were born on the battlefield!

They possessed some characteristics of the Void Zerg, yet they were completely transformed by the Xeno-Rift Alien’s genes, incorporating that terrifying bone structure, inner pharyngeal jaws, strong acidic blood, and deadly tail.

Their strength, speed, and defense were far superior to their host bodies before parasitism!

More importantly, as soon as they were born, they heard Lin Feng’s ‘command’ and furiously attacked the Void Zerg! Protecting every human they saw!

These newborn monsters were far stronger than the hosts they parasitized!

And with the help of a large number of pseudo-Transcendent-level Xeno-Rift Aliens, most of them parasitized Gold-level Void Bugs, so even though there were less than two hundred of them, their existence also influenced the direction of the battle.

Especially their fearless attack methods.

The pressure on the human defense line visibly decreased again!

Many soldiers even got a brief respite, watching these suddenly appearing helpers hunt bugs with disbelief!

Meanwhile, Lin Feng himself had already appeared in Story Town with the Alien Queen, stopping before the huge spatial rift, where he could feel a terrifying aura, even more so than a Transcendent-level peak, gradually reviving from deep within the rift…