As a line of figures slowly advanced, the path ahead opened up. Fang Senyan and his group had already faced two waves of furious assaults during their march. In addition to the extraordinarily fast-attacking, blood-red, gold-striped Zerg Zerglings, blood-red, gold-striped Hydralisks had also appeared! These were likely variants existing between common Zerg creatures and elite Zerg creatures, and without exception, their attack speed was blistering. Even the rare elites Fang Senyan had previously encountered, "Boiling Slime" and "Concentrated Acid," possessed attack speeds no faster than these!

However, those rare elites only appeared once every few thousand Hydralisks, whereas for these blood-red, gold-striped Hydralisks, such frantic speed was an innate instinct they were forced to master!

Rounding a stone wall ahead, the vision of everyone cleared entirely. A flat area, about the size of three to five basketball courts, stretched out a hundred meters before them. In the center of this clearing stood a massive, onion-shaped object, at least ten meters tall and covering nearly the area of a basketball court. Its base was entangled with thick, gnarled purple tentacles, gripping the rocky ground fiercely. The object’s surface appeared to be composed of membrane, presumably filled with a liquid that glowed a faint, deep green, trembling rhythmically as if breathing, occasionally letting slip a cold phosphorescence.

Suddenly, the liquid within this object began to glow intensely, spreading rapidly from bottom to top—from the initial deep green light to pale green, then light green, and finally brilliant white! The spherical membrane of the orb rapidly expanded; veins resembling human vasculature could be seen coursing across its surface as it quickly filled. The short, thick purple tentacles below began to writhe rapidly, slowly pushing the "onion head" to aim toward the high heavens!

When the sphere had expanded to its limit—at least double its previous size—the membrane on its surface suddenly contracted and convulsed at high speed! With a loud "Pfft," an indescribable mass of fluorescent green substance was ejected toward the sky at an impossible velocity! A fierce gale swept around them, blowing the hair of even Fang Senyan and the others far away straight back. The mass, at least the size of a five or six-ton truck, warped and ballooned in the air after being projected. Tiny specks of fluorescent green light trailed behind its main body like a comet's tail, scattering across the sky. Although the main mass of liquid shot away at high speed, the overflowing, sprayed liquid began to slowly drift back down, creating an illusion of alluring, eerie beauty... Undoubtedly, this massive, deformed entity was the Giant Spore-Fungus Ejection Anti-Air Tower required by the mission. The substance it ejected skyward was something Fang Senyan and his group recognized extremely well: Acidic Spore Cannons, capable of causing immense destruction even in the vacuum of space! The ejection tower merely provided the projectile with a relatively high initial velocity; the massive acidic spores themselves possessed temporary life and basic intelligence, allowing them to accelerate again in the air, capable of autonomously seeking targets within a certain range before detonating. It was essentially a gigantic, biological guided missile.

Fang Senyan glanced at Mogansa, then gestured toward the Giant Spore-Fungus Ejection Anti-Air Tower a hundred meters ahead: "Can you hit the mountain?" Mogansa patted the body of his rifle, his thick lips pulling back to reveal a set of white teeth: "Relax, old man. This thing is as huge as a supersized Cape Town hamburger; I could hit it with my eyes closed."

Fang Senyan nodded: "Everyone, pay attention. There’s no way we can destroy it that easily from this distance; otherwise, the mission difficulty wouldn't be a 'B'." Mogansa fired his weapon, and there were two outcomes: either it would provoke an instinctive counterattack from the massive spore tower, or it would draw the stealthily approaching Queen's Guard.

"Everyone find reliable cover immediately and set up formations, ensuring you can enter the optimal combat state within two seconds. As for Mogansa, didn't you say you could hit it with your eyes closed? Then you hide in cover and just reach out to fire. In the worst-case scenario, you might just lose your right hand."

"Damn it, that last sentence was truly grating," Mogansa grumbled. "But I still have no choice but to obey."

Ten seconds later, the gunshot rang out precisely, tearing through the silence of the night sky. But what stunned Mogansa was that when the bullet from his Golden AK struck the giant spore anti-air tower, it didn't even elicit the slightest reaction. In less than ten seconds, the twisted and deformed projectile was squeezed out by the tower's tough outer membrane through its writhing movements.

"Ranged attack ineffective?" That utterly absurd thought flashed through everyone's mind. But a second later, nearly a hundred blood-red Zerg troops surged up from the ground in front of the giant spore tower, roaring madly as they charged. And among these troops, there were exactly ten blood-red, gold-striped Hydralisks! The terrifying rate of fire these creatures possessed had already been witnessed; if they focused their fire on one person, it was no less potent than fifty Hydralisks attacking simultaneously!

The instant the two forces clashed, Mogansa instantly holstered his Golden AK and drew his short spear again!

That silver broken spear, trailing a scarlet, blood-like flag. He then kissed it with his thick lips. Sacrifice!

Throw!

At this moment, he desperately missed the Executioner Joel. Without a doubt, within this team, Fang Senyan and Reef had performed perfectly in absorbing firepower and damage on the front lines. Although their coordination still seemed quite stiff, it already showed tremendous potential.

Therefore, Mogansa naturally had to demonstrate strength commensurate with theirs; otherwise, falling behind meant elimination!

So, Mogansa had exerted his full power all the way here; over sixty percent of the damage output had come from him. But this time, the Spartan javelin, leaping like lightning, failed to achieve the expected result! This was not due to a decrease in its power, but because these Hydralisks, creatures directly under the Queen’s command, were too cunning and powerful! The Spartan javelin pierced through five blood-red, gold-striped Hydralisks before faltering. After killing the sixth, it was at the end of its tether; the seventh blood-red, gold-striped Hydralisk was merely heavily wounded!

Although only four Hydralisks remained... to be precise, three intact ones plus one crippled one! But they were blood-red, gold-striped Hydralisks, direct subordinates of the Queen! Without a doubt, Mogansa had successfully lured their aggressive instincts, and they immediately shifted their focus of attack toward him.

Their strong, developed body cavity muscles were contracting; their grape-bunch-like dense lymph nodes were secreting acid; their infrared vestibules had captured the heat emitted by the enemy. It was predictable that within seconds, Mogansa would be subjected to a storm of acidic spray from these four Hydralisks! Embarrassingly, Mogansa was still in the dizzying stagger from unleashing his ultimate move, completely unable to evade!

Fang Senyan had brought all the human soldiers except Lieutenant Colonel Jiao Di. They truly deserved their Elite title, as they simultaneously focused their fire on one intact blood-red, gold-striped Hydralisk. The torrent of firepower instantly reduced its threat level to zero... an organic mass riddled with bullets couldn't spray acid.

Next, Reef, charging at the front, utilized his Silver Plot-Level shield ability: Venomous Tongue! A fearsome black tongue of light suddenly erupted from the processed alien skull, slaying the heavily wounded blood-red, gold-striped Hydralisk!

But there were still two Hydralisks left!

Two whole blood-red, gold-striped Hydralisks!

Mogansa wasn't Fang Senyan or Reef; his durability was only slightly better than an Elite Machine Gunner's. Furthermore, he was still paralyzed from using his ultimate move and wouldn't be able to move for another two seconds. The acid spat out by the two remaining Hydralisks in those two seconds would be enough to put him in dire peril. The best-case scenario would require him to use that Honored Casket High-Protein Injection Syringe; the worst case was that the two remaining Hydralisks landed critical hits consecutively, instantly killing Mogansa before he could even use his life-saving medicine.

Suddenly! Over ten small Zerglings charging in the front abandoned their current opponents and leaped forward. They happened to block the firing line of one of the Hydralisks. Thus, although the highly corrosive acid sprayed out as if it were free, most of it was blocked by these small Zerglings. Of course, under the relentless assault of this highly corrosive acid, these small Zerglings were undoubtedly doomed to die, shattering into blood in mid-air.

Without a doubt, this suicidal maneuver was a command issued by Fang Senyan, who had purchased these small Zerglings!

The last blood-red, gold-striped Hydralisk wasn't far from Fang Senyan, but it was still over ten meters away. In that instant, Fang Senyan pulled a weapon from his breast pocket and aimed squarely at it!

Strangely, the moment this dark, primitive weapon appeared, a rich fragrance of rum could be detected in the air!

Mogansa, watching from afar, forgot his own peril in that instant. He finally saw the Sailor's trump card as he had wished. His pupils contracted sharply, and then tears streamed down his face... Such a firearm! Such a powerful weapon capable of stirring up killing intent like a tidal wave, held in the hands of this Sailor, a guy who hadn't even mastered basic ranged combat. What an outrageous waste of talent!