Lin Feng stepped into the battered Land Patrol Battleship.

He touched the hull and noticed its Durability had dropped by several points. He then used the excess Upgrade Energy his body could no longer absorb to help the level 21 Land Patrol Battleship upgrade and recover.

After a brief rest, Chen Yanyan came over to report.

"We lost a total of five Tanks, with seventy-six dead and over thirty wounded. Additionally, the hull Armor on ten other Tanks suffered varying degrees of damage."

Lin Feng frowned slightly.

"During your suppression operation outside Wu City’s first line of defense, you didn’t encounter a large-scale Zerg attack?"

Chen Yanyan shook her head.

"We did, but the suburban areas of Wu City and Hai City have been scoured by the Zerg multiple times, turning them into barren plains. Even when we were attacked by Pulse War Scorpions, we could evade them in time. And with the fleet moving at high speed, neither the Tank Flame Armors nor the Samurai Hunter Zergs could catch up..."

"The problem this time was our lack of intelligence gathering. If we could have detected the Zerg ambush in advance, we certainly wouldn’t have suffered such heavy losses."

Lin Feng nodded. The new structure of the Thirteenth Division had only just taken shape, and its various other functional departments had yet to be established.

Besides, this was the first time humanity on Blue Star had faced an invasion from the Alien Zerg Race. Beyond strengthening the military, it was high time to get their intelligence-gathering operations on track.

"We’ll hold a meeting about it. I’ll have Han Yuxin, Li Ran, and the others discuss it and draw up a plan."

"As for now, let’s deal with the matter at hand."

"For the next hour or two, I need you to lead the Warriors and the members of the Tier Two Corps to hold this position and protect Ling Yi and me."

"Jiangbei County Town isn’t dense with tall buildings. The elite Zerg squad rushing over from Hai City to provide support will have to cross the two-to-three-kilometer-wide Great River. On top of that, the second wave of Zerg reinforcements will need at least several more hours to reach the opposite bank."

"The fact that I was able to instantly wipe them out this time should be enough to intimidate the Tier Three Early-stage Mother Empress North of the River!"

"That being said, if the situation changes and neither Ling Yi nor I have woken up... just take our bodies and retreat. And before you go, don’t forget to destroy that Black and Yellow Zerg Cocoon."

"You understand the situation. Shen Jie is a ticking time bomb right now. If we can’t have him, we absolutely cannot let the Zerg get their hands on him."

Chen Yanyan swallowed hard, her eyes filled with worry. Just as she was about to say something, Lin Feng retracted his armor and patted her shoulder.

"Don’t worry. I can bring my equipment with me this time. As long as I have the Electromagnetic Cannon and the Tiger-toothed Chainsaw Sword, I don’t care what kind of High-Tier Zerg they are. I’ll cut through them like butter!"

Chen Yanyan sighed softly. She looked out the battleship’s viewport at the Tier Two Zerg Eggs, her gaze finally settling on Ling Yi, who was controlling Red-Armored Beetles to move the Black and Yellow Zerg Cocoon.

"You know I’m not just worried about that. It’s that Mother Empress divi... that woman, Ling Yi..."

"If she’s hiding some ill intent, you and Shen Jie will be in mortal danger. Especially when it comes to spiritual matters... neither of us really understands or excels in that area..."

Lin Feng thought for a moment after hearing her words, then said reassuringly:

"Until the Hai City Mother Empress is completely defeated, she can’t afford to lose our help. Especially given the strength displayed by the Zerg’s Tier Two elite squad this time. If the Wu City line of defense falls now, Ling Yi faces a dead end too."

"The Zerg Race isn’t a monolith."

"We just need to each get what we want out of this."

"Besides, I seem to have a real talent for the Spiritual Domain. I’ve been in there several times already with no issues."

"This time will be no different!"

"What’s more, we have several batches of Warriors who are about to undergo their Secondary Awakening. Once they go in, they’ll be able to bring back timely intel on the situation inside the Mental Realm!"

"So really, you have nothing to worry about."

Chen Yanyan nodded. Seeing Lin Feng turn to leave, she hesitated for a few seconds before calling out to him.

"Wait..."

"There’s one more thing."

Lin Feng stopped and glanced back over his shoulder, a questioning look on his face.

Chen Yanyan bit her lip and slowly began to describe a strange dreamscape she had accidentally entered during her Awakening.

In that dreamscape, Lin Feng’s Tank equipment had been there with her. It was that very experience that caused her current Battleship to become completely bound to her Superpower.

Based on Lin Feng’s description, the barren planet she had entered and the black sun hanging overhead might have been his Spirit World.

Hearing that Chen Yanyan had also been there, Lin Feng was lost in thought.

’Back then, I hadn’t even come into contact with the so-called Spiritual Realm or High-tier Domains, yet I was able to pull her in...’

’That meant there were only two possibilities: either the system provided the opportunity, or it was a Superpower I possessed all along.’

’And the most mysterious thing in that strange Spirit World had to be the massive black orb suspended in space.’

’It looked remarkably similar to the terrifying entity that invaded the Zerg’s Origin Star System in ancient times and swallowed a star whole.’

’The Zerg Race revered it as the Great Black Heaven.’

’And It was the mastermind now driving the entire Zerg Race to invade multiple star systems.’

’Perhaps the system had captured an image of It performing a miracle during the solar eclipse, causing such a black orb to coalesce in my Spirit World.’

’After entering it, Chen Yanyan had immediately gained control access to the bound Tank equipment.’

’It was just like how I now grasped the Zerg’s Mental Realm.’

’Perhaps after I finish absorbing this Zerg Source of Realm, if I’m lucky enough to enter the Spirit World again, I’ll be able to see the concrete form of the Zerg Mental Realm.’