Though Fang Senyan had used Zerg eggs when killing Lier previously, the six Zerglings that hatched were all slain by him, so Moga Sha and Jiao Shi were initially unaware of the situation; this was the first time they had seen the highly aggressive creatures known as Zerglings appear.

Upon seeing the four intensely familiar Zerglings, Jiao Shi suddenly gasped, but the rest of his words seemed to catch in his throat, entirely blocked in his windpipe like a traffic jam! Only his gaze toward Fang Senyan conveyed deep admiration.

“Could it be?! You’re thinking of…?”

And when Moga Sha saw the two Zerg Drones hatching immediately after, the cigar he held in his mouth dropped straight to the ground. After a long moment, he shook his head and managed a wry laugh:

“Boss… you might have gotten a bit too ambitious with this move!”

Fang Senyan smiled:

“If we don't go big, how can we possibly manage this damned Gold Side Quest?”

As the sound of Fang Senyan’s words faded, the eggs in the last two larger mounds also hatched, revealing two Zerg Drones! These Drones bore distinct black stripes on their surfaces and appeared significantly larger than ordinary Drones.

Fang Senyan then pulled out a full six hundred units of Unobtanium from his private storage, piling them before the two Drones. They immediately began devouring the crystals ravenously, their volumes rapidly expanding. After each Drone had consumed about three hundred units of Unobtanium, its size had swelled five to six times its original mass.

The two Drones then separated, each finding a spacious area and rapidly extruding silk, forming two massive, grayish-brown cocoons on the ground. The footprint of these cocoons expanded quickly, finally halting at over a hundred square meters before shifting to vertical growth. When they reached their maximum height, the iron-blue silk mesh covering the surface of the cocoons suddenly burst open, dissolving into a sky full of fragments that took a long while to drift away! (A dual-base start, you all get it, hehe.)

Next, two enormous organic structures appeared before Fang Senyan and the others. Their surfaces were covered in incredibly thick, purplish-red vascular tubes, settling firmly onto the ground with a sense of deep rooting. Immediately following this, the characteristic Zerg Creep spread naturally, covering the surface of Pandora’s soil in a seemingly gentle manner!

The two core Zerg structures, the Hives, now stood upon this land—this fertile, beautiful, and dangerous planet!!!

Fang Senyan’s plan was, astonishingly, to establish a Zerg base here on Pandora! Then, utilizing the terrifying reproductive power and sheer numbers of the Zerg Swarm to complete that dreadful Gold Side Quest! For him, it was merely utilizing the two Zerg Drone eggs he had brought along, but these two eggs, combined with Pandora’s unique environment, could lead to two becoming four, four becoming eight… spawning infinite possibilities!!!

----This was the ultimate reason Fang Senyan had painstakingly planned his operations to always choose the Avatar world.

Fang Senyan looked towards Moga Sha, speaking with utmost seriousness:

“We wouldn't have reached this stage without your selfless contribution. If you hadn't generously provided me with nearly two thousand units of Unobtanium afterward, none of this would have gone so smoothly.”

Moga Sha laughed heartily, taking a deep drag from his cigar:

“Boss, actually, I was surprised we managed to acquire that much Unobtanium back in the Star River world. I really wanted to see just how far you could take this, which is why I invested in you. This is an investment, understand? Not generosity, haha!”

At this moment, the two newly completed "Hives" were already operating at full capacity, hatching larvae on the Creep. Fang Senyan now had only the final two hundred units of Unobtanium left, all of which he poured into the Hatchery’s incubation pits. Essentially, the energy contained within every fifty units of Unobtanium could incubate another Drone, so four more Drones were rapidly hatched and began breaking out of their shells.

With their addition, Fang Senyan’s dipping “cash flow” finally stopped falling and began to rise. These four adorable beetles positioned their strange mandibles close to the nearby Unobtanium mineral clusters, crushing the clusters directly with their developed mouthparts. The saliva they then expelled served to refine the raw mineral into high-purity crystals, which they swiftly transported back to the Hives and dropped into the incubation pools.

In just one hour, a small Zerg encampment had taken initial shape. Various architectural organs, utterly alien to the environment, were rapidly being incubated, and one of the Hives had already been upgraded to Tier II, appearing exceptionally massive and menacing. Several other necessary Zerg structures were still under construction.

In the mining area, hundreds of purplish-red, six-legged beetles the size of millstones were furiously excavating with their mouthparts, scooping up embedded crystals, and constantly moving between the Hives and the mineral deposits.

During this hour, Fang Senyan also hatched every Zerg egg he possessed, leaving only three Zerg Host eggs in reserve. The armed force he commanded consisted of only four Zerglings and six Zerg Banelings.

Fang Senyan looked seriously at Moga Sha and Jiao Shi:

“I believe the Great Mother Eywa is unlikely to let me establish this Zerg base so easily. Therefore, establishing this base will likely meet considerable resistance, and the next two hours will be among the most difficult periods for me. If we survive this, the Zerg base will continuously supply us with support—and very powerful support!”

“Because the ownership of this Zerg base belongs to me! They are like my summons. To put it bluntly: any creature they kill will still drop keys and grant us rewards!! Do you know what this means? We can set aside the rewards from the Gold Side Quest! The biggest benefit lies in the keys dropped by those Tier Five, Six, and Seven creatures we kill while completing the mission!!!”

Moga Sha and Jiao Shi nodded. Jiao Shi suddenly added:

“The Tsaheylu Tribe people will help us too, right? As repayment for healing M’ru’s injured leg, they shouldn't just stand by.”

Fang Senyan sighed slightly:

“The Tsaheylu Tribe might not be entirely reliable. Even if they honor their promise, that old man M’urbo is the actual sovereign, and he is cunning. They can fight a winning battle, but when facing real danger, they will most likely retreat, unwilling to risk their lives. Because the warriors currently stationed on the periphery are the last vestiges of the entire clan; if they all perish here, the Tsaheylu Tribe will be utterly annihilated. Moreover… the enemy they are about to face might just be their deity, Eywa!”

Hearing Fang Senyan’s analysis, the three of them shared a sense of having 'woven their own trap,' shaking their heads with bitter smiles. They were the very ones who had caused the death of over eighty percent of the Tsaheylu Tribe’s elite forces here, yet only a few dozen hours later, they were agonizing over the tribe’s depleted strength.

Just then, the Tsaheylu Tribe's Chief—no, he should be called the Shaman now—riding that enormous black Stingray-like Wyvern, soared high into the sky, circled several times, and then flew off toward the west, signaling an enemy approach from that direction. Even more astonishingly, the seemingly calm Shaman let out an ear-splitting scream while airborne!!

Fang Senyan immediately summoned a Host lingering in the air, boarded it with his two teammates, and rapidly ascended, flying towards the west to observe. When he clearly saw the number of approaching enemies more than ten kilometers away, Fang Senyan wore an expression of helplessness mixed with ‘I knew it all along.’ He appeared deeply frustrated, let out a long sigh, and cursed viciously:

“Damn this space! There really is no loophole to exploit!”

Looking as far as the eye could see, billowing dust and smoke could be observed rising from the distant jungle. Trees were toppling and snapping in their path, and birds and beasts fled in a frenzy, forming a 'ribbon' nearly a kilometer wide that was charging madly toward them! Upon closer inspection, that 'ribbon' was entirely composed of Viperwolves, and its length seemed endless, stretching so far that it appeared to merge directly with the horizon!!

This terrifying number was comparable to the first wave of the beast tide they faced when first entering this world! Back then, the beast tide was split into four directions, which invisibly diluted the visual impact. But now, this beast tide was a unified entity, surging forward like a mighty river, lending it a terrifying aura of absolute destruction to everything in its path! That feeling alone generated an inherent sense of overwhelming powerlessness deep in one's heart!

Not to mention that back then, over four hundred extremely powerful Contractors/Colonists were facing the beast tide. Now, facing the tide were barely twenty individuals, even counting the Tsaheylu tribesmen who had come to help!

“It really seems impossible to take a shortcut…” At this moment, the thought couldn't help but cross the minds of Jiao Shi and Moga Sha, accompanied by a crushing sense of failure just shy of success. That feeling choked them deep down, making them want to scream wildly for release!

“Are we really going to fail right here and now???”

Our side experienced a power outage due to some line issues; this chapter was updated at an internet cafe. Chapter Eighty-Two and Chapter Eighty-Three will be updated sequentially around 12 AM tonight. RO