602 Deep Blue (1/2)

In a heartbeat, the substance in the emerald pool drained away as the eggs grew in size. Although everyone felt it was gross to look at, they conceded that it was just the nature of an unborn fetus.

Kacha! Kacha!

These eggs cracked, generating bone-chilling noise. Everyone readied their weapons as their instincts told them to.

By then, the eggs had grown to epic proportions as they cracked from the middle, revealing a pair of ice-cold stares. These newborn monsters snarled as two flashlights like eyes were fixated on Wang Tong.

Yin Tianzong and other warriors acted out of instinct and backed away. No one could bear the soul-devouring gazes of these monsters. These Zergs looked different than their normal counterparts: not only were they entirely blue from head to toe, but they were also covered with a layer of ice like scales. Soul energy rippled about these beasts, and their scales were suffused with a golden sheen, making them look almost divine. However, those two giant tusks that protruded out from under their lower lips betrayed their beastly origins.

A monster leaned its body forward, exposing more of its body and the light relived its bipedal nature. The hall had fallen pin-drop silent at this point.

Wang Tong closed his eyes and felt the soul energy of these Zergs as he tried to communicate with them they way their queen mother would. To his pleasant surprise, they didn't resist. These Zergs lowered their front legs and plodded out of the eggshell completely. They turned around and started munching on what was left of the eggs, shell and all. Once they wolfed down their cocoon, they grew in size again. The smallest of them was fifteen feet tall, and the largest eighteen feet. The biggest one also had much darker scales than the rest; it was evident that he was the leader of the pack.

The newborn Zergs started to growl, and the Zergs outside the hall answered. However, their voices were laced with confusion. The guardians of these newborn Zergs had realized that their angels of death had already turned on them.

Wang Tong sent a signal to the Zergs, willing them to find a way out. Almost immediately after, the earth groaned and trembled, and the emerald pool suddenly collapsed from the bottom, revealing a secret tunnel. The Zergs slid down the tunnel without any hesitation.

Wang Tong scanned his human companions, and their stupefied looks amused him. He cracked a smile and then said, ”Come on! Let's go.”

Wang Tong jumped into the dark tunnel without any hesitation as the other warriors followed suit.

The tunnel was dark and very long. When they reached the bottom, they found themselves in a giant cavern the size of a city. The extraordinary vista had left everyone in awe. One could get easily lost in this labyrinth, but luckily for Wang Tong, he had the newborn Zergs to lead the way.

After some time, the initial shock finally subsided, and the soldiers' mood started to lighten up a bit. They felt grateful for Wang Tong's efforts in taming these wild beasts; otherwise, they would have never gotten out of here. The cave system was enormously large and complicated, each turn and brow a fresh vista. No wonder the Zergs would be able to hide under the humans' noses for so many centuries.

Seeing how nimbly these monsters moved in such dubious lighting, the soldiers felt slightly uneasy. What would they be like if Wang Tong didn't tame them? The answer was in their eyes, which held the ice cold intent to kill. The horn on their forehead could disturb the soul energy to a great degree.

As the group plodded on, Wang Tong scanned his minions with his soul energy. Even after being placated by his golden soul essence, these beasts were hungry for murder and blood. Their creator must have spliced all the aggressive genes of all races together to create such monstrosity.

In fact, humans presented an unprecedented challenge to the Zergs. Of all the races they had annihilated using sheer numbers, the humans were the only one that not only survived their onslaught, but also thrived. The humans had pushed their vanguard units back and permanently cut off the communication between the vanguards and the main forces. In desperation, the remaining Zergs in the human world had to look at genetic mutations in order to survive.

Rapid expansion and overwhelming numbers had always been the queen's strategy; however, it had failed before the humans. Plus, the humans' reproductive rate was not low either. In the three hundred years that followed the great war, the remainder Zergs struggled on their last leg.