At first, Fang Zheng didn't pay much attention to this group of outsiders. After all, he thought there would be nothing else around except Chaos Monsters, but the Zerg's report aroused Fang Zheng's interest.

They call these invaders "symbiote-like creatures".

Fang Zheng didn't know what the Zerg were talking about, but out of curiosity he immediately switched his field of vision and focused his will on one of the hydralisks. Soon after, Fang Zheng saw a group of... people walking in the fungal carpet.

Well, strictly speaking, they are not people.

If Fang Zheng were to say, these were a group of lizards that had become spirits.

They have lizard-like heads, but human-like limbs, a tail hanging behind them, and scales visible on their skin. They wear windproof hats on their heads, and their mouths are covered with thick cloth and hung on the bridge of their noses... Fang Zheng looked at them for a long time before he realized why the Zerg called these guys "suspected symbionts" - their appearance, except for the head, is actually quite similar to the cursed children assimilated by the Zerg.

Hmm...it turns out that after all this time, those cursed children are just symbiotes in the eyes of the Zerg...

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng felt that he didn't know what to say. It's not like he hadn't paid attention to those Zergized Cursed Children. After all, their situation was more severe than that of ordinary Cursed Children. But according to what they said, they seemed to be living quite well. Fang Zheng could even see those Cursed Children scratching the bellies of Zerglings or bathing Hydralisks sometimes... He just didn't expect that the Zerg would actually see them like this.

After all this time, it turns out to be the same as sharks and guide fish... Never mind, as long as they like it.

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng also felt a little weird. According to reason, the Zerg should be the lowest class in the Heavenly Dao Palace. After all, Fang Zheng looked upon those cursed children as precious treasures. Basically, the Zerg were thrown out as sacrifices in battles, but in the Zerg's values, the status of those cursed children was even lower than theirs. In the eyes of the Zerg, a race that could not fight on the front line and had no use was meaningless and worthless. So they "allowed" those cursed children to do some "work" for them. Otherwise, in the eyes of the Zerg, those cursed children who "lost the meaning of existence" would be too "pathetic".

As expected, the values ​​are different and this is completely different.

Putting aside the differences in values ​​between his own race, Fang Zheng quickly began to observe these creatures carefully.

They were not as crazy as the Chaos Monsters before, which was another reason why the Zerg did not attack them immediately. Fang Zheng had already given them orders, so the Zerg knew that their enemies were those Chaos Monsters, so when faced with these guys who suddenly appeared, they chose to wait and see instead of rushing over and tearing them into pieces.

"Where did they come from?"

Fang Zheng noticed that the location where these lizardmen appeared was a little strange. They did not appear from the edge of the Zerg territory, but appeared inside. However, the Zerg could not be so stupid as to wait until the other party came so deep into the territory to report to him, so the appearance of these lizardmen was very strange.

But soon, a springtail gave Fang Zheng the location where the other party appeared - it was a hole in the ground. It seemed that these lizardmen came out from underground.

In other words, there are still orderly races active under this continent?

Fang Zheng was not very confused about this. He still remembered the goddess' big bathhouse and the group of crying monsters under the Northland. Even though the Northland had been eroded by Chaos for hundreds of years, they still lived their lives as usual and were not affected at all. It seemed that the Earth was indeed the heaviest wall and defense line of Order. And since the group of crying monsters could survive in the bathhouse until now, it was not strange that a group of underground lizardmen appeared in this area that seemed to have been completely swallowed by Chaos.

But the group of lizardmen were obviously quite shocked by the scene in front of them. Fang Zheng couldn't see their expressions, but from their wide-open eyes, waving hands from time to time, and intense body language, it can be seen that the lizardmen seemed to have noticed the demise of the Chaos Monsters and the dissipation of the poisonous fog in this area, which seemed to have shocked them. And now, the group of lizardmen seemed to be planning to do something about it... Well, this was what Fang Zheng himself wanted to do.

"I need a clone...it's you, come here!"

Fang Zheng did not intend to appear as a human, as he had said before. But he also did not intend to appear as a time dragon, so Fang Zheng casually pulled a hydralisk nearby and immediately controlled it. He then controlled the hydralisk to quickly dive underground and came to the side of these lizardmen.

Soon, he heard the quarrel breaking out among the group of lizardmen.

"We must investigate what happened here!"

The leader, a sturdy lizardman, was waving an iron spear in his hand, and his two already round eyes looked as if they were about to fall out of their sockets.

"Aren't you curious about this at all?"

"Of course we're curious, Honeydew, but this is just too weird."

The other lizard man shook his head.

"Do you remember what the situation was like the last time we came out? There was poisonous fog everywhere, a rotten and smelly swamp, and those terrible monsters were everywhere in the fog. But now all of this is gone, and..."

As it spoke, it looked at the fungal carpet beneath its feet in fear.

"...Don't you think this thing is weird?"

…

Well, most Zerg stuff is in this style.

"I suggest that we go back and report this matter to the elders."

The other lizardman took two steps back in fear.

"This is beyond our scope of work! We should report this to the elders!"

"Do you really think those old guys will think what we say is true?"

The lizard man they called Hornid snorted.

"Remember our identities. We are collectors. To others, we are just a group of consumables that can be abandoned at any time. And now, we have just left the dungeon and we are going back to tell them that the poisonous fog outside has dissipated and the Chaos monsters have disappeared? Do you think they are going to execute us as psychopaths and fugitives or listen to us and find someone to go out with us to check the situation?"

“…”

This time, the other lizardmen remained silent, and it was obvious that they did not trust the so-called "Elders Council" that much. After a moment, the lizardman broke the silence.

"So, what should we do?"

"Go find some evidence."

Honeydew obviously had a plan in mind.

"Those old guys won't believe us just because we say something, so we have to find some evidence to prove that we are not trying to escape punishment, or that we are afraid of death, or that we are just having fun with them. We need to bring something back, something that can shut them up and make them admit the evidence of our story."

"Aren't these... things okay?"

As he spoke, the lizardman nervously poked the thick fungus blanket on the ground with his weapon. And Honid shook his head, rejecting his compatriot's proposal.

"No, they could just say it was moss or fungus we dug out from a hole in the ground. We need something more convincing..."

At this point, Honeydew seemed to have thought of something.

"All of this must be caused by something. If we can find this thing and capture it, then the elders will definitely believe us!"

“…”

Hearing this, Fang Zheng, who was hiding underground, couldn't help but roll his eyes. He couldn't see the other lizardmen's reaction, but from the fact that they all took a step back, he could tell that compared to the guy named Honid, the others were still normal - think carefully, how could a guy who could kill a Chaos monster so easily be captured by you? Was he just being too ambitious?

It's time for me to show up.

There was no more clues to be gained from these lizardmen, so Fang Zheng stopped talking nonsense and crawled out from the fungal blanket. He stood up tall, raised the sharp blades in both hands, and let out a sharp cry at the lizardmen in front of him.

"It's a monster!"

Seeing a hydralisk suddenly appear, the other lizardmen screamed and stepped back. They tightly grasped their weapons and stared at the hydralisk in front of them. Only Hornid opened his eyes wide, staring at the monster that suddenly appeared in front of him with excitement, and then he raised the weapon in his hand.

"That's it, catch it and bring it back!!"

“…”

Looking at the stupid lizard man in front of him, Fang Zheng was silent for a moment, then decisively gave the order.

"Grab them."

The next moment, the jumping insects that crawled out from all around the ground immediately surrounded these lizardmen.