#171 - Bruder Zerg

The sentinel robot Nana ejected long tail flames from her feet, cutting through the sky and advancing steadily over the Atlantic Ocean.

"Young Master," Nana's distinctive voice came.

"We have arrived near the destination. I sense a large number of zombies approaching us. Please prepare yourselves."

"I feel it too, Nana," Franklin said with a cruel smile.

"I will give them a warm welcome."

As soon as Franklin finished speaking, the sea, which had been relatively calm, suddenly became like boiling water, with countless bubbles rising to the surface.

With a loud bang, the sea was torn open, and the dilapidated residents of Atlantis rushed out of the water.

Just like the terrifying legends circulated among sailors in the last century, flesh-eating deep-sea sirens swarmed towards Nana in the sky like schools of sardines.

They scrambled to get ahead, afraid that the rare delicacy would fly away. Some zombies were even crushed into meat paste by their thirsty companions.

Seeing such a filthy scene, even Franklin, who had lived in the apocalypse for several years, couldn't help but frown.

Franklin snapped his fingers, and the terrifying Atlantis residents turned into harmless flowers, slowly falling from the sky and drifting on the sea with the waves.

"Once I solve everything, I will change you back," Franklin murmured.

Suddenly, an even louder sound of water breaking came. Three sea beasts, which were already terrifying, became even scarier after zombification. They burst out of the sea, using their long bodies to surpass Nana, who was flying in mid-air, and surrounded her. However, no one was afraid.

"Leave this to me!" Nana picked up her modified rifle and aimed it at one of the sea beasts.

Because Franklin had regained his powers, his gun was definitely useless, so Valeria naturally accepted it and integrated the two guns into one.

Valeria shouldered the wildly shaped rifle. As she pulled the trigger, the two muzzles lit up at the same time, and two orange-red beams shot towards one of the sea beasts.

The sea beast had just emerged from the sea and was about to open its mouth to threaten when two beams shot into its mouth, piercing through it. Two charred holes occupied its head, emitting a disgusting smell of burning flesh. The sea beast fell straight down, more dead than dead.

Valeria laboriously raised the modified gun and pretended to blow on the muzzle, imitating a Western gunslinger from a movie. She laboriously put down the modified gun, wanting to see how the other two were doing.

However, the other two had solved their problems faster than her.

Yang Le, transformed into a rare monster, stretched out five hands that turned into five flexible blades, and threw them at the sea beast, cutting the long sea beast into several pieces, which fell into the sea.

Franklin was even more relaxed. The sea beast he was responsible for was turned into a plaster statue, a real plaster statue. Franklin directly converted the flesh and blood into plaster.

Namor, hiding in the seabed, witnessed the whole process. He looked at Jù Shéntōng with fear. Facing Franklin, who had regained his strength, he was still no match.

Now, he should hide first and join the other Hungering Ones. He couldn't waste any more of his forces.

However, it was already too late for him to escape.

Franklin scanned his eyes and found Namor hidden beneath the surface of the sea.

Franklin snapped his fingers again, and Namor, who was still diving, was teleported into mid-air, floating beside Franklin.

"Wow!" Valeria was startled by the sudden appearance of the Sea King, not only because of his sudden appearance, but also because she was able to admire Namor's terrifying appearance up close.

"Don't worry, Little Val," Franklin comforted his sister.

"He can't move now."

"Couldn't you catch a better-looking one?" Valeria looked at Namor, whose intestines were pierced and his face was covered in sores, plus the stench of decay, and felt her stomach churning. She couldn't help but complain.

"My bad," Franklin waved his hand, and the stench emanating from Namor disappeared, replaced by a reassuring lavender scent.

"This is even weirder," Valeria couldn't help but mutter. A corpse emitting a pleasant scent, what a horror story.

Franklin shrugged. His eyes flashed blue. Valeria stopped talking when she saw this. She knew that her brother was using telepathy.

Of course, Franklin didn't need any signs when using telepathy or most of his abilities. This was deliberately done by Franklin to remind his sister.

I'm busy, don't bother me right now.

Yang Le didn't care. He didn't have respiratory organs now and couldn't smell anything. In addition, the influence of the alien hero on his mind meant that he didn't feel uncomfortable seeing such an ugly Namor.

As for why alien heroes would affect the shapeshifter, it was because Azmuth believed that transforming into an alien hero was the right way to release their nature. Yang Le also thought so.

Albedo, on the other hand, retained his own nature when he transformed into alien heroes. Even when he transformed into Rath, he wasn't irritable, uh... except for Ben Tennyson's form.

The newest novels are first published on Liù 9 Shū Bā!

The blue light in Franklin's eyes faded, indicating that he had finished reading the other party's mind.

"I didn't expect that," Franklin blurted out.

"What's wrong?" Yang Le asked.

"These guys are more complicated than we thought," Franklin waved his hand. He already knew all the information, and Namor was no longer needed.

As Franklin waved his hand, Namor also turned into a plaster statue and fell into the sea.

"As we guessed, they are not ordinary viruses."

Franklin turned to the two and slowly explained.

"Their original name was the Brood. You should all be familiar with this name, right?"

Franklin looked at the two, asking, mainly because he was afraid that Yang Le wouldn't know.

Yang Le nodded, indicating that he knew. Although this thing was unpopular, it was within his range of knowledge.

Seeing this, Franklin didn't waste any more words and continued to explain.

"Thanks to them being a hive mind, we know everything just by reading one of their minds. In their minds, they originally laid their eggs on a planet, preparing to invade it after they hatched."

"But before they were born, Galactus found the planet. Like them, he had his eyes on the rich planet. Galactus devoured the planet voraciously. By chance, an egg happened to be sucked into his body."

"This was fortunate for the Brood. In this way, without Galactus noticing, the Brood began to reproduce and evolve using the abilities in his body, until they were strong enough to devour their host - Galactus."