Chapter 2911: Lost

That was fine too, it was safer.

After all, Fang Heng also knew that the Federation military had plans to research the Seed of Ouroboros cocoon.

If he had taken the cocoon in front of everyone, it might have caused some trouble.

Fang Heng slowly walked forward and extended his hand.

The Licker simultaneously flung the three Seed of Ouroboros cocoons toward Fang Heng.

Fang Heng raised his hand mid-air.

“Chi, chi chi…”

As the three Seed of Ouroboros cocoons approached Fang Heng’s palm, they were devoured by a rift that tore open in the center of his hand.

A game hint appeared.

[Hint: The player successfully absorbed and fused – Seed of Ouroboros (fragment)*3.]

[Hint: Due to the player absorbing and fusing Seed of Ouroboros (medium fragment)*3, the player’s current Seed of Ouroboros ability has increased to Level 6.]

Success!

The Seed of Ouroboros level had increased to Level 6.

Just as he had predicted, after reaching Level 5, the Seed of Ouroboros unlocked an additional advancement option.

Currently, he had obtained two fairly good upgrade options from this world.

One was a long-range artillery attack, and the other was the creep ability.

Which to choose first…

Fang Heng rubbed his chin and quickly made a decision.

First, he chose to attach the long-range artillery skill!

The creep worm skill required time to spread the creep, making it more suitable for positional and defensive battles.

The long-range artillery ability directly boosted long-range attack power, making it more versatile.

He would have to learn both eventually anyway, so he chose to learn the ranged attack first.

Modifiable branch option: Condensed Bio Artillery.

Modification description: Extend a cannon barrel from the zombie clone’s back. After entering deployment mode, the cannon enters a locked attack state and can target within a designated area. In deployment mode, movement is disabled, but long-range defense increases by 50%, and physical defense increases by 20%.

Modification cost: 500 King of Gods’ points, permanent solidification cost: 1,500 King of Gods’ points (After permanent solidification, the effect remains even after death and resurrection. The player can manually delete the skill effect. To reacquire the skill after deletion, the modification and solidification process must be repeated, consuming the same resources).

Additional modification cost: Deep crimson crystal*150.

Fang Heng immediately gave the modification order to the Lickers before him.

The Lickers immediately formed flesh cocoons on the spot.

“Chi, chi chi…”

The flesh cocoons condensed and contracted for several seconds, then burst open.

Huh?

It failed?

Fang Heng frowned and opened the game hint log to check.

[Hint: Condensed Bio Artillery requires an additional 150 deep crimson crystals. The player lacks the required crystals. Modification failed].

He had nearly forgotten that the modification required deep crimson crystals.

That stuff was stored in large quantities in the catacombs.

Fang Heng immediately remotely controlled several Lickers near the catacombs to proceed with the modification.

[Hint: The player consumed 500*6 King of Gods’ points. Six Lickers are undergoing “Condensed Bio Artillery” modification…]

Five minutes later, a game hint appeared again.

The flesh cocoons pulsated rhythmically.

After five minutes, the game hint appeared once more.

[Hint: Modification completed. The player additionally consumed 1500*5 King of Gods’ points. Six Lickers have completed permanent modification for Condensed Bio Artillery.]

Success.

Unfortunately, the Lickers were currently too far away, so he couldn’t use the skill directly to see the effect.

Anyway, he still had some King of Gods’ points left. He would use them all to modify a batch of fully enhanced Lickers. That way, his strength in direct combat would increase significantly…

“D*mn it!”

Just as Fang Heng was pondering, his expression suddenly changed, and he clutched his forehead again.

Another wave of mental backlash hit him.

Fang Heng clenched his teeth and endured it forcefully, large beads of sweat dripping down his cheeks.

It lasted for a full two minutes before the mental backlash gradually subsided.

Fang Heng’s back was already soaked with cold sweat.

Forget it.

Originally, he had planned to return to the prism setup area to observe the actual effect of the Bio Artillery modification.

The backlash was too intense. Fang Heng didn’t want to risk going through it again and decided to log off first.

With that in mind, Fang Heng remotely controlled a batch of Lickers to return to the deep crimson crystal stash for modification, then made them return to the ship along the same path and quickly logged off.

Meanwhile, outside the ship–

The Federation forces and the insect swarm were still locked in direct battle.

Without the threat of the Seed of Ouroboros polymer, the swarm couldn’t spread the creep under their feet, which greatly limited their strength.

Relying on the ship’s power, the Federation team gradually stabilized the frontline and dragged the swarm into a war of attrition.

If this pace continued, maintaining frontline safety until the second and third stages of the prism defense network would not be a problem.

Emery fought on the front lines for a long time until his stamina was exhausted, and finally returned to the ship.

Strange!

He had searched for so long and still hadn’t found a single Seed of Ouroboros cocoon!

Could his luck have been that bad? Had all the cocoons been found by the military?

Captain Gisele saw Emery return and sneered, saying, “I didn’t expect the Federation Inspection Department minister to be different from those other bureaucrats who only point fingers. You joined the frontlines and fought alongside the soldiers. Impressive.”

Emery had searched for the cocoon all over the battlefield and came up empty-handed. Now, hearing the captain’s sarcastic tone, he felt extremely annoyed.

“Does Captain Gisele have any advice?”

Gisele only knew that Emery had been wandering around the battlefield for a long time, clearly searching for the Seed of Ouroboros cocoon.

Yet, based on feedback from all the squads, none had found any sign of a cocoon.

There were only so many people present.

If none of them had found it, then who had?

Who else could it be?

It had to be Emery!

Gisele glanced sideways at Emery and thought to himself, “Stop pretending.”

“I wonder if Minister Emery found any Seed of Ouroboros cocoons on the battlefield? You should know that our Federation military is responsible for researching and investigating the Seed of Ouroboros. If you did find one, please hand it over to us.”

Emery assumed that the Seed of Ouroboros cocoon had been flung far away by the explosion and had been found by other soldiers elsewhere.

After all the effort and finding nothing, only to be greeted by sarcasm back here, his mood was close to breaking down.

Emery replied coldly, “I didn’t find anything.”

“Hmph, really? You didn’t find it, I didn’t find it, so tell me–where did the cocoon go?”

“I said I didn’t find it. What, you think I’m lying? You want to search me or something?”

“You think everyone’s an idiot? If you stuffed it in your backpack, who would be able to search it?” Gisele said coldly. “I will report everything to the Federation Council.”