The Zerg Hive had grown into a massive nest capable of housing t thousand Zerg.
Yet, despite its ormous capacity, the rapid production of Zerg in the Zerg armory ant that many still lacked a place to stay.
Above g stood a grand palace with a dieval aesthetic, while below lay an underg kingdom that could only be described as miraculous.
Their currt destination was the Zerg armory within this subterranean realm, where they were to et Catherine, who had summoned them.
Catherine had announced that the Overseer had successfully hatched. Their mission now was to witness the birth of the "First Satellite of the Zerg."
This project had kept Catherine away from her quarters and Charles' side for quite so ti, much to the mixed delight and tormt of dusa, who had be left to serve master alone.
The Zerg laboratory had expanded to a scale of one hundred square ters, with walls composed of rare, pure tals. Clad in a long lab coat and sporting a pair of austere glasses, Catherine stood siltly, observing the massive spherical tity before her.
This was the Overseer, the Zerg's reconnaissance unit.
Charles approached Catherine, gtly wrapping his arm a her shoulder and speaking in a soft tone, "So, this is the finished Overseer you mtioned. It certainly looks very Zerg-like."
[Overseer]
[Zerg]
[Combat Strgth: Interdiate Tier ]
[Abilities: Information Network Transmission, Enhanced Vision, Flight]
[Description: The Zerg's reconnaissance unit, capable of ascding to altitudes of several thousand miles and surveying the tire Sere Forest.]
Gazing at the multitude of eyes dotting the massive, fleshy sphere before him, Charles found the creature oddly dearing.
Yet, he couldn't help but smile wryly and remark, "This fellow... it's not going to get snatched away by another bird-like monster, is it?"
In truth, the Overseer had be fully developed half a month ago. Back th, the three of them had watched in anticipation as the contraption ascded into the sky, only for it to be promptly snatched mid-air by a foraging giant bird monster, leading to its untily and rather definitive demise.
This incidt had dealt a psychological blow to Catherine, causing her to seclude herself in the laboratory for a prolonged period. She only erged to seek solace with her master's impressive dowmt wh her desires beca overwhelming.
Observing her master's skeptical expression, Catherine let out a dismissive snort, her face brimming with pride. "Master, last ti was indeed a success, it was rely interrupted by a flock of those damned birds. So this ti, I have outfitted the Observer, this special unit, with an additional module."
Neither of them interrupted her. Ever since Catherine delved into research and developmt, she had seed to embrace her own ecctricities. On occasions, wh Charles attempted to counter her argumts, she would ev retort with a biting sarcasm that left him momtarily speechless.
Of course, in the d, she would be thoroughly 'trained,' crying out for rcy and never daring to defy him again.
Seeing that they hadn't interrupted her, Catherine continued, "The Overseer is a special unit. It can ascd to altitudes beyond the reach of typical birds. The challge lies in the asct phase, which I needed to address. Hce, the additional module I mtioned."
"I pondered over this for a week. Finally, I found a special tal in your treasure trove—the Magic Conduction Crystal, which resolved this problem."
"Magic Conduction Crystal?" Charles raised an eyebrow, seemingly unaware that such an item existed in his invtory.
The treasure trove was esstially a collection of all the chests Charles had acquired while leading the Zerg on their conquests. These chests had a low probability of containing high-grade tals or other valuable items.
Aside from skill books and items unusable by the Zerg, all high-grade items were sealed in a warehouse for future use, suring he wouldn't have to ter resource-binding contracts like Eve.
Intrigued, Charles smiled and said, "Explain in detail."
dusa, equally curious, took off Catherine's glasses and put them on herself, asking with interest, "So, what brilliant solution did you co up with?"
Catherine didn't mind and, with an excited expression, explained, "This tal can serve as a conduit for magic. By integrating it with the previous hancemts I made to the Overseer, it can utilize our power to eliminate any flying creatures that co to attack during its asct!"
This design ingiously combined the advantages of the Zerg, the Contint of Overlord, and modern society. In a sse, it could ev be extded to the ion cannons that connect to the stars.
Charles understood. With a look of astonishmt, he infused his Overlord power into the Overseer, discovering that it began to manifest his magic.
Moreover, why did it feel like he had only infused half of his magic, yet the Overseer seed to amplify it twofold?
He gazed thoughtfully at the macing Overseer, beginning to suspect that this special unit, initially intded to function as a satellite, might have be developed by Catherine for other purposes.
Noticing her master's confusion, Catherine looked equally perplexed at the Overseer. "There's another thing—wh we infuse it with magic, it always seems to double it. This morning, I drained all my magic, and this thing still managed to spit out twice as much!"
She spread her hands helplessly, her tone resigned. "I have no idea why this happs. I hav't figured it out, not ev a clue."
Creating a biological satellite that she didn't fully understand herself had left Catherine feeling quite frustrated.
At this momt, dusa asked curiously, "I rember you mtioned last ti that you wanted to draw so of the master's Blood of the Overlord for luck. Could this have caused the Overseer to mutate?"
"That's possible, but the Blood of the Overlord is also a research blind spot for ! Ev though the master provided so, I still can't crack it. The stuff is too advanced." Catherine rubbed her forehead in exasperation, clearly feeling the increasing pressure from this mystery.
Seeing his little slave girl so distressed, Charles comforted her, "Alright, sweetheart, don't get too caught up in this. For now, the Overseer can serve as a biological satellite, helping us determine our position. We can explore its other functions later."
"The primary goal right now is to get it airborne. Only th will we begin to establish our airspace sovereignty."
The Contint of Overlord has no concept of airspace sovereignty, or rather, the idea doesn't ev exist.
However, coming from a modern society, both master and slave recognized its critical importance.
Charles' reasoning convinced Catherine, and so, he and dusa each left a powerful attack spell in the Overseer's magic reservoir.
Once prepared, they moved outdoors and watched as the massive Overseer began to take flight under Catherine's command through the information network.
Theoretically, the Overseer could ascd beyond Earth's atmosphere for observation, marking it as an exceptionally advanced unit. However, giv their currt limitations, it could only reach altitudes of a t thousand ters.
The Overseer's asct was swift, yet still relatively slow compared to the bird-like monsters patrolling the skies.
As the Overseer climbed a few hundred ters into the sky, the sharp cries of birds echoed a them. A flock of interdiate Tier Azure Scaled Birds, eyes gleaming with excitemt, swooped down toward the Overseer.
Breakfast descded from the sky, and it seed like waiting here with their companions paid off!
On the g, Catherine gritted her teeth in anger at the sight. It was these pesky birds circling a all the ti!
With a cold smile, she operated the controls, oping one of the Overseer's slots to release a massive purple snake head, ev larger than the Overseer itself, siltly observing the Azure Scaled Birds.
It was quite amusing, to be honest.
"Ev my Serpt Emperor's shadow has its power doubled. Catherine, you might have developed sothing extraordinary." dusa remarked, watching in awe as the purple snake head devoured all the Azure Scaled Birds.
She finally understood why her sister had forsak military training in favor of research—this was simply gbreaking!
Charles remained silt because after dealing with the smaller threats, the real challge had arrived.
A terrifying screech, powerful ough to split stone, echoed as a giant Azure Scaled Bird, comparable in size to the Overseer, appeared in the sky.
It was a lower-tier fourth-tier Azure Scaled Bird.
Just their luck!
The three of them realized that their ascsion plan had failed this ti.
A lower-tier fourth-tier creature could hold its own against Charles and dusa.
One powerful attack wouldn't be ough. The giant bird could easily dodge.
"Let give it a shot." Charles sighed, ruffling Catherine's hair to comfort her.
Th...
The Overseer, as if no longer holding back, suddly operated at full power. The black spear, initially only sevty to eighty ters long, expanded to over three hundred ters, becoming more than three tis larger than the Azure Scaled Bird.
How could it dodge that?
Boom!
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