In those days of Plants vs. Zombies

Chapter 542: Fusion

"Is everyone alright?"

After dispersing the plant spirit energy used to reinforce the passage, Mo Chen, covered in dust and dirt, hurriedly asked the plant spirit warriors behind him.

"Homeowner, you're alright."

"Ugh, some dirt just fell into my mouth."

"What happened on the ground? What could have caused such a violent tremor?"

The question from a plant spirit warrior made Mo Chen's expression change, and he quickly contacted Prometheus, whose attention was currently focused on the surface of the earth.

"Duckling, how are things now?"

"Not good, Captain. The shelling just now came from a Corn Cannon Plant. He provided his subordinates with a firepower strike that covered almost the entire military base, targeting the omnics and swarms hostile to the Freedom Forces."

"So, what were our losses?"

As Prometheus gathered up his heavily damaged omnics, he continued to report: "Seventy-two percent of the Legion's omnics remaining on the surface have been lost, and the omnics under the control of the Guardians are almost completely wiped out. As for the swarm, quite a few of them survived by quickly digging underground."

Upon hearing Prometheus's words, Mo Chen understood that this time, the Imperial Uncle had gotten himself into trouble – he had lost badly.

Both the Zerg swarm and the Free Army still have considerable manpower, while his Omnic Legion has suffered heavy losses and can only retreat to survive.

However, the Guardians weren't much better off. Not only were their own bodies taken away by the swarm, but the omnics under their control were also on their last legs.

Despite occupying the military base for so long, they ended up benefiting others. Mo Chen couldn't help but feel sorry for the guards for a second.

But when he thought of the trouble that guy had caused him before, the sympathy he had felt vanished instantly, replaced by a furious rage that wanted to tear the guard to pieces.

The insect hive was just ahead, and the guards were among them. The Omnic Legion had cleared an unobstructed path for the exploration team in Courtyard 5905.

However, before heading to the insect hive, they need to clean up the mess on the surface.

"Did that recent firepower strike cover the entire military base?"

"To be precise, the corn cannon plant spirit deliberately avoided the warehouse area and also did not attack the area where the rebel forces were located."

"They deliberately avoided the warehouse area...it seems they came for the various equipment and resources there."

The thought that he had already stored all the spoils in the warehouse into his secret realm space made Mo Chen feel much better.

Anyway, the military base is already an empty shell. Almost everything that needed to be moved out has been moved out, so there's no point in keeping it.

Since that's the case, why not go with the flow and hand over this empty military base to the Free Army?

In this way, they could at least have a fleeting moment of joy, so their trip wasn't entirely in vain; at least they gained some temporary happiness.

"Consider it compensation for the losses caused to me by the Freedom Armed Forces," Mo Chen thought with a rather wicked sense of humor.

At this moment, Prometheus also withdrew all the omnic legions on the surface back to the command post.

With the Omnics no longer considered adversaries, the only remaining adversaries facing the Freedom Forces in direct conflict are the Zerg swarms, which also reside here.

If the Zerg swarm wants to develop peacefully here, it has to eliminate this invading rebel force.

While they were fighting the Free Forces, Mo Chen could lead his plant warriors and mechanical legions to raid the insect swarm's lair.

Although Courtyard 5905 suffered a significant loss of omnics in this battle for the military base, it was all worthwhile.

Trading a group of easily captured omnics for a military base's worth of spoils seems like a huge profit.

So far, the Freemasons have been unable to enter the central area of ​​the military base; they are currently engaged in fierce fighting with the Zerg swarm on the periphery.

In addition, remnants of the AI ​​Legion were stationed outside the command post and at the bottom of the pit below the control center.

Mo Chen was not worried at all that the Freedom Armed Forces would interfere with the next operation.

Thinking about it carefully, maybe they didn't even know about the existence of this force in courtyard 5905.

"Let's move on and find the Guardians and the leader of the Swarm."

"Yes."

The Zerg swarms, which had split up, suffered repeated defeats, and the Legion's Omnics successfully advanced to the entrance of the Hive.

The exploration team made no obstacles and successfully arrived inside the insect hive, where they found a vast and damp underground space.

Countless piercing insect chirps echoed in my ears, and a network of interconnected acupoints spread throughout the entire insect nest.

The first batch of Legion Omnics acting as the vanguard had already set up temporary firing positions outside the passage through which the exploration team had entered, blocking the swarming Zerg and Infected.

Although it was dark due to the lack of light, the gunfire from the Omnic Legion and the plant-based spiritual energy enhancing their eyes made it easy to see the insect hive shrouded in darkness.

After just a cursory glance, Mo Chen involuntarily held his breath.

In this insect nest, you can see almost all the mutated insects that have left information in the database.

Helmeted beetles, soldier ants, fearless longhorn beetles, lightning mantises, heavy maggots, burrowing worms, dead moths, sulfuric acid worms, cannon beetles... and among them are various infected creatures undergoing mutation.

They were so densely packed that they could cause anyone with a fear of insects to die instantly on the spot.

What shocked Mo Chen even more was that countless cocoons were crowded together, and new mutated insects were constantly emerging from the cocoons and joining the swarm.

Those were infected individuals captured by the swarm at some unknown time; there were at least hundreds of thousands of them...

Finding the Guardians and the leader of the Swarm under these conditions is as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack.

Sensing the invading enemies surging in like a tide, Prometheus also mobilized the remaining Legion of Mechs to provide support.

With the Legion's Omnics possessing formidable firepower and the Zerg swarm employing a split-pronged attack strategy, the battle reached a stalemate.

However, the number of omnics in Prometheus's possession is ultimately limited. They cannot afford to fight a protracted war with the swarm here. Once their firepower is insufficient, they will only be mercilessly overwhelmed by the swarm.

Therefore, we must act swiftly and decisively, and once we have achieved our objective, we must leave this place immediately.

"Except for Himiko, everyone else, enter the secret realm immediately!"

He issued new orders to the plant warriors who were fighting the insects. Mo Chen, who had shattered five bottles of sunlight, waved his hand and conjured several cards printed with fiery chili peppers.

"learn."

"receive."

"clear."

The plant spirit warriors, unwilling to linger in the fight, immediately broke away and ran towards Mo Chen.

Their opponents, on the other hand, were blocked by a burning greatsword and turned into pure ashes in the flames.

After sending the plant warriors back to the secret realm, Mo Chen forcefully threw out the card in his hand, summoning dozens of fiery chili peppers that fell into the sea of ​​insects.

The blazing flames rose up, illuminating the dim insect nest, and made Himiko, who was fighting hard, notice an unusual insect.

"Homeowner, I've spotted the target! But..."

"Is it a guardian? Or the leader of the swarm?"

Overjoyed, Mo Chen summoned several more fiery chili peppers and asked loudly.

"They are all... they've merged into one!"

Himiko's tone was somewhat incredulous, mixed with a hint of fear of the unknown.