Chapter 141: Zerg Invasion – Reality
“Congratulations to player Chu Yian for resisting three rounds of Zerg invasion, successfully surviving 15 days, and clearing the game ‘Zerg Invasion’!”
Cleared!
Chu Yian emerged from the game, collapsing onto the sofa, drenched in a cold sweat.
Fortunately, she returned in the last second; a moment longer, and she would have been Parasitized by Lu Qingyuan. But how exactly was Lu Qingyuan Parasitized? And why was he not afraid of the sonar?
Her confusion only cleared when she saw this post.
[World 38492948: How hard was this round of the game? This damn game is inhumane]
[Six days before the game started, I thought this was a parasite game; ten days before the game started, I thought this was a game about finding allies and distinguishing parasites; ten days after the game started, this turned out to be an alien invasion of Earth.]
[World 489349294: Who would have thought these parasites could evolve and even have grade, with the bugs being able to fully integrate with humans, and then in just 2 days, like a queen ant, lay eggs? These offspring no longer need to Parasitized humans, directly using people as sustenance.]
[World 834948: In the last ten days, they have fully adapted to Earth; escaping into the deep mountains and old forests is no longer enough.]
[World 5584929: By the end of the game, I didn’t even know what I was doing, just running and running every day. Seeing bugs, they were bugs; seeing people, they also seemed like bugs; I was completely obsessed.]
[World 9938282: Can I say I was tricked by the King Bug, body and heart? Why was the King Bug so beautiful? Liu Piaopiao, the famous singer in that world, fell in love with me and then successfully became a machine for producing King Bug larvae.]
[World 392919: What is a King Bug?]
[World 5828482: You’ve lived so long, yet you were tricked by a bug into falling in love.]
[World 7837231: If you’re lustful, don’t make excuses. I saw that Liu Piaopiao on my phone; her photo was just okay. How beautiful could she be in person? It’s just that you lacked self-control and thought with your lower body.]
[World 62038: My identity in this round of the game was a researcher. This Zerg level was indeed very difficult. Let me explain in detail.]
Early stage (0-7 days): Incubation period. The Zerg secretly infected humans. They possessed a certain degree of intelligence, especially after infecting humans. They selected many high-ranking officials, important figures, and key social individuals, directly controlling human society.
Mid-stage (8-12 days): Reproduction period. The Zerg had evolved to the point where they could reproduce through normal humans. They could even seek out excellent genes to breed offspring. In just one day, a female could produce at least two thousand eggs daily.
Late stage (13-15 days): Outbreak period. As everyone saw, there were black beetles everywhere, feeding on humans and animals.
This was also what the game initially referred to as the three rounds of Zerg attacks.]
Chu Yian was captivated by this post and continued to scroll down.
[World 62038: As for the King Bug mentioned above, they do exist, but they are extremely rare. They Parasitized their hosts very, very early on, almost from the beginning. The first thing these bugs did after Parasitizing was to control the host to infect others, and then lie dormant. The infected host had no idea they were infected and acted more like a normal person than a normal person.
The King Bug is called a King Bug because the Zerg internal structure is hierarchical, like ants, and it belongs to the highest rank.
Due to its characteristics, the King Bug only awakens in the second or even third stage. Its main purpose is to find a compatible gene and then reproduce the next King Bug.
As for some people above saying they were targeted by a King Bug and were madly in love, that’s because the Parasitized by a King Bug are indeed superior in all aspects compared to ordinary Parasitized, and during reproduction, they emit an alluring scent that attracts the opposite sex. Unfortunately, you fell victim to it.]
Below this post, people were actively commenting.
[World 9829123: I played the game for nothing; I still have to come back and read the big shot’s Popular Science.]
[World 6603311: Then the player targeted by the King Bug had quite the good fortune, at least better than being taken by ordinary Zerg to be an emotionless reproductive machine.]
[World 9938282: Do you want this blessing? At that time, I was truly enchanted and liked her so, so much, even if it meant my life. Thinking about it now, it’s terrifying. This round of the game has given me a lifelong phobia of bugs.]
“…” Chu Yian looked at the comment from the player targeted by the King Bug and nodded in empathy.
Lu Qingyuan’s situation at that time must have been a King Bug or something similar.
After seeing that King Bugs were infected first, she felt even more terrified. This meant that Lu Qingyuan was infected from the beginning, and for all this time, she had been cooperating with a Parasitized.
It was truly terrifying, and she was sweating profusely.
Of course, a very small number of players in the forum expressed opinions different from theirs.
[Area 5672713: Is it really that terrifying? In this round of the game, only the first seven or eight days were dangerous; after that, I felt incredibly relaxed.]
[Area 2391293912: This round of the game was also very easy for me. Could it be that the person upstairs and everyone else in this round of the game were together? School?]
[Area 5672713: School, sonar?]
[Area 83713482: Then count me in: school, sonar, broadcast. Hahaha, everyone here was carried by a big shot! I didn’t expect us to live so close and be so close in the game too. That big shot in this round of the game was amazing; we didn’t suffer at all from the Zerg.]
[Area 3828382: What kind of riddle is the person upstairs speaking? Can you explain in detail?]
[Area 5672713: In this round of the game, we were in a remote school. Several big shot players discovered that the Zerg were afraid of specific sound frequencies, and on the eighth day of the game, they created a sonar weapon. We played the sonar for a full seven days, killing all the Parasitized bugs within the school. There was no second or third round of Zerg attacks at all.]
[Area 83713482: I experienced the feeling of just lying there and the threat disappearing. Suddenly, I understood the joy of that loudmouthed player on the forum bragging about being carried by a powerful ally. So refreshing, so invincible.]
[Area 4838283: You only cleared one level; there’s no need to show off like this. That loudmouth was carried by a big shot and directly got 100 points, but how many did you get? Only five.]
[Area 83713482: You’re just jealous, hmph.]
The speaker didn’t care at all; after all, this level was passed very comfortably.
They were comfortable, but she had repeatedly hovered on the brink of death.
Chu Yian rubbed her temples, exhausted and slumped on the sofa.
Despite her narrow escape, she was still somewhat concerned about Lu Qingyuan. Teacher Lu was Parasitized in the last game, which meant he was probably dead. She wondered what the consequences would be for NPCs who died.
