Chapter 164: The Alien Race's Special-Grade Assassination Plan

Within a fold of spacetime, a vast expanse of spatial fragments resembled shattered glass. Inside one such colossal spatial fragment lay a super-large divine kingdom, bustling with countless Zerg warriors coming and going. Surprisingly, numerous human beings walked among them. These humans and Zerg warriors harbored no conflict whatsoever, nodding to one another as if they were of the same kin.

In reality, these humans were all thralls enslaved by Zerg Queens through soul manipulation. Just as humans could use soul-based secret techniques to enslave Zerg Queens, Zerg Queens could likewise use them to enslave humans. The Zerg's favorite pastime was infiltrating human universe nations with these enslaved humans to gather intelligence, assassinate geniuses, and plunder resources.

At this moment, two human Immortal beings of the junior King level arrived at the palace within this divine kingdom. The two Immortal-grade Zerg guards at the entrance glanced at them and granted entry. The duo walked straight into the center of the grand hall, where a Zerg Queen, her entire body glittering like flawless jade, reclined upon a throne. The aura she emitted revealed her to be at least at the peak of the King-level Immortal realm.

Upon seeing the Zerg Queen, the two humans hurriedly knelt in salute. One of them then spoke, "Master, Luo Yuan, ranked number one on the human assassination list, has appeared in the Seventh Battlefield of the Outer-domain Battlefield. As soon as he arrived, he slaughtered eight Immortal beings of the Monster race and over a thousand peak World Lords. Among the Immortals were two junior Kings and six Marquis-level Immortals. Later on, this same Luo Yuan massacred a million-strong Saint Zerg legion led by a Marquis-level Queen."

"What?"

No sooner had the human thrall of the junior King level finished speaking than the Zerg Queen on the throne uttered an exclamation in an ambiguous, gender-neutral voice, followed by a period of silence. A moment later, having calmed down, the Zerg Queen replied with a gentle voice saturated with soul pressure, "I am aware of this. I shall report it now. You may withdraw."

The two human thralls offered no further words, as the relevant information had long since been extracted from their minds by the Zerg Queen. The Zerg lacked a virtual network spanning the entire primitive universe like humanity possessed, yet Zerg Queens could communicate remotely through special methods.

Having heard her subordinate's report, this peak King-level Zerg Queen realized the gravity of the situation. Luo Yuan, currently merely at the peak of the World Lord realm, was actually capable of slaying King-level Immortals and could even slaughter a million-strong legion led by a Marquis-level Queen. The prowess he demonstrated vastly exceeded that of Kedi from back then.

The Zerg Queen decided to seek instructions from the Zerg Venerables, and even the Lord of the Universe-grade ancestors. Sinking her consciousness into her mind, she communicated through the special sensory methods of the Zerg Queens with a spiritual plane—a mysterious realm created by one of their Universe Lord ancestors using formidable spiritual power.

Soon, the spiritual projection of this Zerg Queen appeared inside a boundlessly vast virtual palace. Walking directly to the center of the hall, where a super-large round stone table and massive stone chairs awaited, she seated herself in a lower position and waited quietly. Before long, several more Zerg Queens with powerful auras arrived in succession, each of them at least at the peak King-level Immortal existence. Finally, five Venerable-level Queens walked in.

Yet, all these Zerg Queens remained silent, exchanging no communication whatsoever, because the master of the primary seat had yet to arrive. After waiting for a full few days, a colossal figure radiating a terrifying aura finally materialized on the main throne. This turned out to be a Universe Overlord of the Zerg race.

"King Moqiu, transmit your intelligence to everyone, and then we shall discuss it!" The imposing voice of the Zerg Universe Lord echoed from the main seat.

"Understood!" The peak King-level Zerg Queen in the lower seat immediately transmitted the information regarding the human Luo Yuan, gathered by her subordinates, to all the other Queens present.

Upon receiving the information, the Queens exchanged glances, their eyes filled with deep solemnity.

"King Moqiu, share your insights," the Zerg Universe Overlord on the main seat asked indifferently.

"Yes. As everyone knows, the potential demonstrated by the human Luo Yuan has far surpassed that of Kedi, whom our Zerg race assassinated in the past. Furthermore, this Luo Yuan is also the direct personal disciple of the human City Lord of Chaos. I suggest we deploy top-tier resources to eradicate him as early as possible!" King Moqiu said chillingly.

The other Zerg Queens nodded in succession, indicating their agreement.

"Very well. Since everyone agrees, submit this proposal to the assassination department and designate it as a top-tier mission. Venerable Black Mosquito, you will take charge of this matter, formulate an assassination plan targeting the human Luo Yuan. Meeting adjourned!" commanded the Zerg Universe Overlord directly. Down below, a Zerg Queen bearing a slight resemblance to a mosquito nodded in acknowledgment.

Scenes akin to the one above were simultaneously unfolding among the other peak cosmic races, such as the Monster race and the Machine race.

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The Yanyan Continent was the highest-grade combat zone within the control scope of the No. 026 Barracks Base in the Seventh Battlefield. The Yanyan Continent's main landmass had a maximum diameter of 1.8 light-years, accompanied by thousands of continental fragments floating around its periphery. These continental fragments ranged in size from a million kilometers in diameter to over a trillion kilometers.

This combat zone ranked as the second most dangerous region in the Seventh Battlefield. Any living entity daring to enter here was either an Immortal deity or an elite squad led by a powerful Immortal deity. Luo Yuan, however, had come here alone as a peak World Lord, primarily to acquire the second metal plate of the *Nine Tribulations Secret Code* and a few other items.

Naturally, the Seventh Battlefield also harbored the number one most dangerous region, a place where Marquis-level beings were as common as dogs and King-level beings walked everywhere. Luo Yuan planned to wander over there to take a look in the future.

"This Yanyan Continent is truly massive. A single land fragment alone spans hundreds of billions of kilometers. The alien races here are truly countless. Is that Monster race legion shaped like a husky for real? Good grief, there's even a Machine race legion; this torrent of steel looks so impressive..."

Luo Yuan was cruising above the Yanyan Continent aboard an F-class Dark Flame Star spaceship. With the one-hundred-percent virtual simulation activated, everything below was laid out entirely before his eyes.

"SOS, requesting backup! We have encountered an attack by a legion led by three Monster race individuals possessing Marquis-level Immortal strength. We are outmatched; requesting nearby human powerhouses to come to our rescue!" Suddenly, a distress signal was transmitted directly to Luo Yuan through the military system via the virtual universe network.

"Luo Yuan, you have an incoming call application, sent by the human Immortal-grade legion commander who just requested backup," Xiaoba, the smart assistant, reminded him.

Hearing this, Luo Yuan nodded and said, "Connect it, and transfer the visual feed to the main screen!"

"Hum~"

Before long, the main screen of Luo Yuan's spaceship displayed an elderly man clad in black battle armor. His armor bore dark red bloodstains. Once the call connected, he spoke with an expression of intense urgency, "Comrade of the human race, I am Luke, commander of the Immortal Legion of the Seventh Battlefield. Our latest military detector could not detect you; we had to rely on the military system to send you this message. Your strength must surely be at least at the Marquis-level Immortal tier.

"Our legion is currently under attack by a legion led by three individuals with Marquis-level Immortal strength from the Monster race, but our legion only possesses two Marquis-level Immortals. We are suffering heavy casualties right now, and those World Lord, Domain Lord, and Universe-level soldiers are being slaughtered. I hope comrade can step in and lend a hand!"