“Woo…”

After an unknown amount of time, the unconscious prisoners opened their eyes one by one, and they found that the shadow tentacles that had bound their bodies had disappeared at some point, and they were lying in a mess on the cold cement. As for the young man, he sat leisurely on the sofa, holding a pocket watch and watching them.

"Three hours? That's a bit long..."

What on earth do you want to do, you bastard?

Looking at the young man in front of them, one of them wanted to roar out loud, but the next moment, he was horrified to find that what came out of his mouth was not his own voice, but a wild beast howl similar to "Ha...Ha..."!

"The central language system has been damaged again?"

Looking at the prisoners in front of him who opened their mouths and let out wild beast-like howls, Fang Zheng helplessly reached out his hand to press his forehead and shook his head.

"What a headache! Never mind. Let's take a look at other situations first... Stand up!"

As Fang Zheng spoke, the prisoners were surprised to find that their bodies seemed to no longer belong to them. They quickly stood up and did not move.

"Turn around! Squat down! Reach out! Take off your clothes! Dance Gangnam Style!"

Following Fang Zheng's orders, the prisoners performed one action after another, until the last order, when they collectively froze...

"Very good, the motor nervous system is connected normally this time, and other aspects seem to be integrated well. It seems that only the thinking and language central systems need to undergo another integration experiment..."

Looking at the prisoners in front of him with satisfaction, Fang Zheng muttered to himself while picking up a pen and ticking the paper at hand.

"Well, come out."

"Woo? Ah? Ah?!"

As Fang Zheng finished speaking, the prisoners felt something wriggling inside their heads, as if an octopus was wriggling on the smooth surface of their brains. Then, their skulls were drilled open like cans, and tentacles emerged from their nostrils, mouths, and heads...

“Aaaaaaaah——!!”

The intense pain made the prisoners scream involuntarily. They trembled and screamed, but they couldn't even move. They could only feel their brains being torn and devoured piece by piece, and then... the prisoners who were originally screaming lost their voices. They stared blankly ahead, looking like lifeless and self-conscious dolls. And those tentacles that were trembling around before, no one knew when they had completely retracted.

"Um……"

Fang Zheng put down the pen in his hand, walked forward, looked at the prisoners carefully, and then shook his head.

"No, this level of disguise as a homeless person under the overpass is fine, but to disguise as the original owner... it's still a little bit far."

“So, are further adjustments needed?”

Along with the appearance of this voice, soon, a worm queen walked out from the passage on the other side of Fang Zheng. She was Milune's deputy - Lulana.

"Why not change the mode?"

Fang Zheng snapped his fingers.

"Separate the memory part from the thinking part, read the memory and set the thinking method to act. At least the appearance should not appear to have changed."

"Do we need to conduct further research and experiments on the human brain?"

"There are a lot of experimental subjects here anyway, so just take your time."

As Miluen's deputy, Lulana's focus was not on improving the overall quality of the Zerg, but on improving a certain characteristic. In fact, Lulana had made suggestions to Fang Zheng through the Zerg network a long time ago. She believed that the Zerg lacked the means to monitor and infect and control the enemy, and even the amoeba could only imitate in appearance. Therefore, Lulana hoped that Fang Zheng would allow her to improve the Zerg's "scouts".

Because this plan was not humane, Fang Zheng had not agreed to it. After all, he had no grudge against the humans in the Iron Blood World, and it was meaningless to use those Iron Blood races for experiments. However, in this world, Fang Zheng suddenly realized that sometimes "inhumanity" was a good thing. So he finally nodded and agreed to Lu Lana's proposal, and used the humans in the Dark World as test subjects for the preparation of "Scouts".

Lulana's modulation is based on the "face hugger" of the alien. Originally, the face hugger injected "eggs" into the human body and transformed it into an alien larva. But for the Zerg, the alien has now been separated from this system and listed as a Zerg unit like the springtail and the hydralisk, so the face hugger's ability is no longer necessary.

According to the rules of the Zerg, the useless parts should be discarded. Later, Fang Zheng thought that the Alien was a classic work of his world, so it would be nice to keep a few Facehuggers and Alien eggs as a souvenir, so he kept them. Now it seems that they are useful.

Not only that, Fang Zheng fully referred to the experience of various biological horror movies in his world, and also made certain requirements for these "scouts". In order to prevent them from being discovered abnormalities by the protagonists from "X" rays, CT, or blood tests like the unlucky guys in the movies, Fang Zheng's suggestion is to use the Zerg genes to assimilate and transform the capillaries after the facehuggers inject the "eggs" into the human body, so as to gradually control the brain.

However, it seems that it is still too difficult to achieve complete control over the brain of another intelligent creature, so we can only settle for the next best thing.

"Well then, I'll leave it to you, Lulana."

"Yes, Master."

After leaving the laboratory, Fang Zheng returned to Tiandao Palace. The advantage of expanding the personal space is that no matter which world you venture into, you can return to your home to recuperate.

“Click.”

"Ah, Brother Fang Zheng, you're back."

"It's Xia Shi."

Pushing open the door and looking at the girl in front of him, Fang Zheng was stunned for a moment, then smiled and nodded at her.

After these children came to Tiandao Palace, Tilia created a system called "Maid Team". Simply put, the cursed children were needed to take care of Fang Zheng's life, such as cleaning, cooking, washing clothes, serving tea and water and other daily affairs. Due to the strong support of Hecate and Tilia, and Nymph's no objection, Fang Zheng nodded in agreement.

After Tilia's first round of "selection", Chishou Natsuyo, Tina and Bushi Cui were "appointed" by her as Fang Zheng's personal maids. Among them, Natsuyo and Cui were responsible for the daytime, while Tina was more responsible for the night security work - who said owls are night owls?

However, this made Tina and Nymph's relationship better and better. The two of them stayed up all night and would hang out together. Fang Zheng was also happy to see this happen. After all, as an artificial angel, Nymph couldn't dream, let alone sleep. It was too lonely to be alone, so it was not bad to have Tina accompany her.

"I'm back."

While greeting Xia Shi, Fang Zheng sat down on the chair, and Xia Shi obediently took a cup of tea and handed it to him.

"Please have some tea, Brother Fang Zheng."

"Thanks."

Taking the fragrant teacup, Fang Zheng took a sip of the hot tea in the cup. Looking at the girl in front of him, he felt that all the tiredness from a day outside disappeared completely - perhaps this is the feeling of home.

But the next moment, Fang Zheng found that Xia Shi was just staring at him quietly, and then - the girl actually sat next to him.

"Xia Shi...?"

Facing Fang Zheng's question, Xia Shi did not answer. She leaned her head out and rubbed against Fang Zheng like a little animal, then licked her nose. Then, she opened her eyes and stared at Fang Zheng quietly.

"Brother Fang Zheng smells of blood."

"Really? It seems that the first thing I need to do when I come back is to take a shower and change clothes."

Fang Zheng's heart skipped a beat when he heard Xia Shi's words, but he soon smiled and tried to change the subject. However... the girl obviously didn't intend to be fooled.

"We all know that Brother Fang Zheng has done a lot for us..."

As he spoke, Xia Shi reached out and grabbed Fang Zheng's sleeve, his pure eyes staring at him without blinking.

"We also want to contribute our own strength to Brother Fang Zheng. Ever since Brother Fang Zheng rescued us, our lives and strength have belonged to Brother Fang Zheng forever. Therefore, no matter what Brother Fang Zheng asks us to do, we will do it, even if it means killing..."

However, before Xia Shi could finish her words, Fang Zheng put a finger in front of her mouth, stopping her from speaking any further.

"Thank you for your kindness, but... you don't have to do this. Everyone has things to do, and you are still children. In ten or twenty years, perhaps I will let you make a choice. But now, it is enough for you to live an ordinary, peaceful life every day. To be honest, if possible, I don't even want you to fight with the protogastrics. You should have seen the swarm of insects. They are professionals in fighting and killing. With them around, I don't need you to get involved in these. I am very happy with your determination, but I hope you understand that it is too early for you now..."

Having said that, Fang Zheng reached out and touched Xia Shi's little head.

"…Now all you have to do is enjoy a stable daily life here. This is the life that children of your age should have."

"...Brother Fang Zheng..."

Feeling Fang Zheng's touch, Xia Shi's cheeks turned slightly red. She closed her eyes, then lowered her head and leaned into Fang Zheng's arms.

"Thank you……"