Lingneng can make up for the fatal shortcomings of the Zerg, such as difficult communication and inability to deal with transcendents.

Mind psionicists can send one-way, long-distance mind messages to single targets, and can also issue instructions to all intelligent units in a large area.

At the same time, psionicists also possess a large number of combat skills, such as distorting reality, summoning bioelectricity, flames, shock waves, hypnosis, charm spells...

A large number of low-level psionicists gathered together to collectively release mind shocks, which can even cause serious damage to high-intensity targets.

This also provides a countermeasure against players with high mobility, defense, and attack power.

Taking everything into consideration, lingneng is almost the most suitable auxiliary evolution route for the Zerg, second only to flesh evolution.

After a brief thought, Li Ang has already confirmed that he will buy this [Mind Power Manual Crystal · Primary]. The only problem is the cost...

"The main body price of the lingneng manual is 15,000 game currency. I now have 96,000 in savings, which I can fully afford.

However, the usage condition of 'Sacrificing three perfect-grade transcendent items' is more troublesome."

Li Ang frowned slightly and muttered, "The auction house has serious premiums,

and the selling price in the game store is always higher than the transaction price between players.

If I buy it myself, I will lose a lot of money.”

As of now, Li Ang has the following perfect-grade items:

Shenming Yinji, Shenlong Honglie Outerwear, Sub-Master Ball, Alchemist's Mox, Biomass Template, Abyss Magic Mirror, Holy Praise Spring Water*4, Evil God Clay Figurine, Ten Finger Disintegration Technique.

Among them, only the Ten Finger Disintegration Technique is a perfect-level skill – maybe Alchemy can be added.

Most of the rest are equipment and props, and they are still logistics-type equipment and props. Giving up any of them will seriously affect Li Ang's overall strength.

After thinking about it, it seems that only that thing can be sold.

[Holy Praise Spring Water]

Perfect-grade consumable item, the special effect is to heal and repair items and life that do not exceed the quality of the Holy Praise Spring Water, restoring them to their normal, intact state.

Equivalent to a life potion that can be used on people and objects.

This prop was obtained by Li Ang from the Twisted Fairy Tale script mission. There were 5 bottles at the time, and one was secretly given to Wang Congshan to prevent her from being affected by the Shenan Wang anomaly incident any further.

There are currently four bottles left.

"[Holy Praise Water] can heal injuries, save lives, and repair fine and rare-level equipment and props, turning them from broken to completely good."

Li Ang thought, "However, I have a biomass template, Swamp Divine Power, and Shenlong Honglie Outerwear, so I don't lack life-saving and healing abilities.

As for repairing equipment,

the funds provided by the Wugou Ronglu furnace shop every day are enough for me to buy fine-level weapons, so I don't lack them very much.

The usage condition of the Mind Power Manual is three perfect-grade transcendent items, not three perfect-grade props—maybe the Holy Praise Spring Water can be sacrificed separately. If so, I can still save a bottle.

If it can't be sacrificed separately, then I'll have to spend the remaining game currency in stock and lose some extra money to acquire some relatively cheap perfect-grade equipment..."

After making up his mind, Li Ang took a deep breath and clicked to purchase the Mind Power Manual.

The currency in the player panel dropped sharply in an instant. Correspondingly, a thick book made of crystal material appeared out of thin air in the backpack bar.

Li Ang took out the book and gently stroked its surface.

This book is slightly lighter than expected. The surface of the book cover is smooth and does not have the cold, rigid feeling that he imagined. A line of exotic characters is written on the title, the meaning of which is unclear.

On the outside of the book, there is a circle of sturdy metal chains, and no amount of tearing can move the position of the chains.

All the chains eventually converge on an extremely delicate metal lock located below the title.

There is no keyhole below the lock. Instead, there are three spindle-shaped crystals arranged in an equilateral triangle—this means that the lock will only open after three perfect-grade transcendent items are sacrificed.

It's not convenient to act in the game store, so Li Ang logged out of the square and returned to the real world, bringing Chai Chai into the automated pet breeding box.

Compared with before, the environment in the breeding box has changed a lot.

Everywhere you can see tree trunks that are thick enough for several people to hug, changing from pure wood to wood mixed with a large amount of high-strength reinforced concrete (reinforced concrete, which Li Ang bought from Mule).

Like load-bearing pillars, they support the weight of the trees and increase the height of the trees from more than 100 meters to nearly 400 meters, which is not inferior to modern human-built skyscrapers.

And the crowns of these trees all grow horizontally, allowing the thick wooden branches to connect with each other.

In the middle of the wooden branches, a composite thread made by worker insects is woven—this biological material was developed by the cerebrates. The data such as elastic modulus, strength, strain, and toughness have all reached a relatively perfect balance and can be used as building materials.

It is mainly produced by specialized organs—there are many such "buildings" in the Zerg factory. The factory itself is an organ produced by alienation. It has no thinking ability, no survival ability, and no reproductive ability.

It all relies on the Zerg factory to provide nutrients and the Zerg worker insects to maintain it.

It is not even a complete life form.

The wooden branches and composite threads are woven together into a three-dimensional, high-altitude net that occupies a large area of the automated pet breeding box.

Only some places are deliberately hollowed out to allow sunlight to shine on the lower layers.

There are several such nets. Above each net, there are building materials with excellent compressive strength and tensile strength, as well as a fungal carpet that can absorb light and produce biomass.

The two form the road surface of the high-altitude network.

Small worker insects crawl quickly on the road surface, taking the concentrated biomass balls produced by the fungal carpet to the Zerg factories on each floor.

The cerebrates in the Zerg factories plan the allocation of biomass and energy to produce more worker insects, soldier insects, or build more buildings.

Previously, the Zerg in the breeding box only moved on the surface, and the space utilization efficiency was low.

Now that there is an aerial Zerg nest, it can accommodate more units. Currently, there are 151 cerebrates and about 2 million Zerg units of various levels—most of which are small-sized worker insects.

After all, the volume of the automated pet breeding box is limited, and it cannot be compared with the vast ocean.

The breeding box can be carried around by Li Ang, so its main significance is as a mobile Zerg base. Logistics production capacity is definitely more important than immediate combat capability.

Once a suitable area is found, the Zerg can spread out completely, and the expansion speed will not be slower than that of the ocean Zerg.