The moment she stepped out of the laboratory, Lilith's footsteps paused slightly.
It wasn't because of the thick scent of blood permeating the air; she had long since grown accustomed to that smell.
It was because of the sight before her.
On the ruin-like open ground, corpses were piled up densely.
Dozens, no, hundreds of them.
The remains of various dinosaurs were piled like mountains, emitting the stench of decay and death under the sunlight.
The long neck of a Brachiosaurus was twisted over the back of a Stegosaurus, the head of a Triceratops was half-buried in the belly of an Ankylosaurus, and the shredded wing membranes of a Pterosaur quivered slightly in the wind.
Most eye-catching of all was the Tyrannosaurus Rex at the very top of the mountain of corpses.
No, it wasn't an ordinary Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Its size far exceeded normal specifications, its muscles knotted like mountain ranges. Its exposed skin showed an abnormal purplish-black hue, and several thick bone spurs grew from its spine. Its eye sockets were hollow, yet they radiated a heart-palpitating aura of chaos.
Tyrant-class—Zombie Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Even in death, its body still radiated a sense of oppression far beyond its peers.
If it were alive, this monster would be at least an SS-rank threat.
But at this moment, like the hundreds of other corpses, it was merely an offering.
Around them, dozens of Xenomorphs crouched quietly.
The Brachiosaurus Xenomorphs lowered their long, slender necks; the Stegosaurus Xenomorphs retracted the bone blades on their backs; and the Triceratops Xenomorphs pulled back their three deadly long horns.
They maintained a posture of submission, yet their gazes occasionally flickered toward the laboratory entrance—there, the Alien Queen was about to descend.
Lilith withdrew her gaze.
She turned around, her crimson eyes sweeping over the five Reincarnators who were still in a state of shock, her gaze finally landing on Forde.
"From now on."
Lilith spoke, her voice cold and youthful, yet it brooked no argument.
"You will be responsible for that Alien Queen's meals."
Forde's body suddenly stiffened.
The image of that gargantuan creature and its hideous body immediately surfaced in his mind.
Handing its meals over to him?
With his small frame weighing less than a hundred pounds, how could he possibly handle it?
Forde swallowed hard, his face turning pale.
But he didn't refuse.
Because he knew this was an opportunity.
His talent was [Breeder], a lifestyle talent considered trash in the current version.
If he hadn't met Lilith, he might have spent his whole life struggling at the bottom of dungeons, never seeing any hope.
And now, the leader was entrusting him with the care of Apocalypse's most precious biological weapon of the future.
This wasn't intentionally making things difficult for him.
This was a test.
If he didn't even have the courage to face the Alien Queen, if he didn't even dare to do what his talent was meant for—
Then he would always be a piece of trash.
Forde took a deep breath, suppressed the surging fear in his heart, and nodded vigorously.
"Yes, Leader. I will certainly do my best."
Lilith nodded slightly, saying nothing more.
She turned around, casting her gaze toward the mountain of corpses and the group of Xenomorphs crouching around it.
"Let's go. We're going to this park's base to get a few things..."
...Meanwhile.
From deep within the laboratory ruins came a muffled roar.
"Rumble—"
The ear-piercing sounds of metal deforming, concrete shattering, and steel bars twisting were continuous.
That gargantuan beast was carving out its own path by sheer force.
The passage to the surface was too narrow to accommodate its massive body. But for it, this was no obstacle.
Tentacles plunged into the ceiling, muscles contracted, and with an explosion of immense strength, the entire metal wall was torn apart!
Forelimbs reached out, claws digging into the concrete layer. With a surge of power, the reinforced concrete, several meters thick, was peeled away piece by piece like fragile soil!
The Alien Queen didn't just walk out.
It had bored through the entire underground building, tearing open a path to the surface by force!
"Boom—!!!"
The ground suddenly bulged, cracked, and exploded!
A giant claw covered in azure Exoskeleton emerged from the cracked ground, gripping the edge of the ruins.
Then came the other one.
Both giant claws exerted force at once, and that massive head—long, hideous, with dark golden vertical pupils—slowly rose from underground.
The Alien Queen was finally completely free.
It stood atop the ruins, its massive body blotting out the sun.
Dozens of tentacles extended from the fissures on its back, swaying slightly in the air, the hooked barbs at their tips gleaming with a cold light.
Its broad, flat giant tail trailed behind it, the tail blade lightly touching the ground and leaving deep furrows.
The surrounding Xenomorphs all crouched down in unison, their heads lowered as they emitted submissive hisses.
The Queen ignored them.
Its dark golden vertical pupils swept over the mountain of corpses before it, narrowing slightly.
Then, it moved.
The broad, flat giant tail swung around to its front.
The tail blade was raised high, aimed at the remains of the Zombie Tyrannosaurus Rex at the very top of the pile—
"Pfft!"
It pierced through!
The tough purplish-black skin was as fragile as paper before the tail blade, easily penetrated.
But strangely, no blood splattered.
At the point where the tail blade contacted the corpse, small pores slowly wriggled. Eggs the size of human fists were injected into the body of the Zombie Tyrannosaurus Rex through the hollow structure inside the tail blade.
One, two, three... dozens of them.
The injection was complete.
The tail blade was withdrawn, flicking through the air to shake off the residual mucus.
A glint of Bloodlust flashed in the Alien Queen's dark golden vertical pupils.
For an ordinary Alien Queen, Xenomorph Embryos can only parasitize living things.
But after being strengthened by the T-virus, the queen bee placa parasite, and multiple gene fusions—
It had long since surpassed an ordinary Alien Queen.
Even corpses.
The eggs injected into the Zombie Tyrannosaurus Rex could use the corpse's flesh as nutrients to hatch, grow, and burst out of the body.
They would inherit the host's powerful physique while fusing with the Xenomorph's killing instincts and acid blood. More importantly—
They would possess amphibious capabilities.
The Alien Queen slowly turned its head, its gaze fixed on the shimmering sea in the distance under the sunlight.
What it wanted to cultivate was never just a land army.
Hidden in the depths of the ocean were prey far more massive and primitive than those on land.
Whale pods. Giant squids. Deep-sea behemoths.
That domain was the hunting ground it truly craved.
Brandy and the old man stood at the edge of the ruins, watching this scene with pale faces.
"It's over..."
The old man murmured, his voice trembling.
"Once it enters the ocean..."
Brandy did not speak.
But he knew better than the old man what this meant.
The Alien Queen had the T-virus inside it.
It didn't just reproduce through parasitism; it could also infect.
If it entered the ocean, parasitized marine life, and then spread through T-virus infection...
It wouldn't take long for the entire ocean to become a nest for Xenomorphs and zombies.
This world would also completely collapse.
Brandy took a deep breath, suppressing the fear in his heart.
Perhaps, only she.
Only [Ye] could keep this monster under control.
At this moment, he was incredibly grateful that he had made the right choice... the main control base.
The three-story concrete building had its doors tightly shut, and swaying figures were faintly visible behind the windows.
Lilith walked barefoot to the door and stopped.
She looked up, her gaze piercing through the heavy alloy door, as if seeing the shivering politicians and researchers behind it.
These people had been observing her from the monitoring room before.
From her slapping away a Zombie Dinosaur to her catching the cable car with one hand, to the entire process of her subduing the Alien Queen—they must have seen it all clearly.
Now, she had arrived.
The Alien Queen had already submitted, so what remained was to collect the genetic samples stored in this base.
T-virus original solution.
Complete dinosaur genetic sequences.
Xenomorph cultivation data.
Fusion experiment records.
These were all strategic resources for Apocalypse's future development, as well as resources for her own evolution.
And as for the people before her...
She raised her hand.
"Knock. Knock. Knock."
Three times, unhurried.
The youthful voice pierced through the thick door panel, reaching the ears of everyone behind it.
"Open the door."
"I have questions."