Chapter 787 The Prepared Gardener
"The boss has finally become smarter! The boss has finally become smarter!"
Listening to the happy shouts of the Gardener Dragons, Zhao Mai didn't know what to say. I originally wanted to reprimand these little guys, saying that they are rigid-minded and don't know how to turn, and have no energy to think proactively. Unexpectedly, they had figured it out a long time ago, but they just didn't have the courage to say it.
No matter which gardener dragon Zhao Mai saw, they all looked at him with admiring expressions and said, "That's awesome!" Zhao Mai was so helpless that he could only snort twice with an angry expression and drive them off to work. . Xiaohua was so happy that she secretly talked to the gardener Long for a while, and then came back holding her stomach. Seeing that her face was red from holding it back and she looked uncomfortable, Zhao Mai sighed longly and said, "There must be nothing good to say, right?"
"They are quite afraid of you." Xiaohua struggled to find the right words, so she said slowly: "They said you look too vicious."
"Whatever, I admit it. Let them not make such low-level mistakes in the future. When they find a problem, they should at least report it, preferably with their own solution. If you don't like to see my face, give it to you It's the same thing." Zhao Mai shrugged his head and said, "I have been cursed with sadness, and now I want to be alone."
But even this small wish is impossible to achieve. After "the seal was released," the cave base immediately began to operate crazily. The underground pipes made of soil were squirming rapidly, and the legion mushrooms crushed into paste were no longer supplied to the bakery, but were all transferred to various underground bases. Leave it to the hatchery and genetic pool, and turn it into workers and jumping dogs. The power of the entire Z worm is based on the consumption of protein, and by changing the direction of the legion's food that supplies about 60% of the entire Mordor, the balance of the entire battle situation has changed.
The armed orcs are very strong, and their individual combat skills and mutual coordination are on the same level as jumping dogs. But it only takes a few days for the Z-worm to go from scratch to being able to go on the battlefield. Even if it dies, as long as it is still within the soil range, at least 80% of the nutrients can be recovered and used to create new Z-worms. As for the orcs, it takes almost three years from pregnancy to wielding weapons in battle, but if they want to have the strength to put on armor, it takes five years to develop complete combat effectiveness. Although this is much stronger than humans, elves and dwarves, compared with Z-worms, the gap is hundreds of times.
Besides, Z-worms are not just jumping dogs. Soon Zhao Mai saw the new unit designed by Gardener Long. It was an enlarged beetle, about the size of a family car. Its shell is smooth, with a layer of glue-like substance on the surface.
"This is a moving bug." Gardener Long said with a smile.
"An enlarged version of the dung beetle." Zhao Mai complained mercilessly, widening his eyes and not allowing Gardener Long to cry. The angry Yuan Dinglong used the spiritual network to convey his emotions to more people, so that they could bear and resolve them together.
"Stop bullying them. The Z-worm is yourself. Aren't you masochistic?" Xiaohua quickly intervened. She flew into the air and discovered that the top of the carrier bug's back was actually flat and could be used to stack goods. The transport bug has more than thirty legs. During movement, it can rely on compressed body fluids to store strength, and then release it when needed. This also acts as a shock absorber.
"But, are they for engineering use? What can they do on the battlefield?"
The gardener dragon clapped its hands, the transporter insect lowered its head, and the carapace on the chest, abdomen and tail back opened a slit, and then there were glands that sprayed mucus outward. "It can shoot up to forty meters away and has very strong adhesion. The mucus on their backs is formed after dilution and is used to stick to cargo. This mucus does not affect the Z-worm's carapace, so it is good for picking dogs and transporting Bugs can just walk right through. Other creatures are stuck. It dries quickly, but you can also choose to thin it out a little so it stays sticky."
"What a good idea!" Zhao Mai gave a thumbs up and praised: "Slime can also be used for engineering reinforcement, right? It can be used across ditches and walls! It can be used in construction and combat. You are so smart."
"Boss is so smart. We didn't tell him that he had thought of everything!" Gardener Long looked surprised. This is definitely intentional!
Zhao Mai gritted his teeth and admitted it. If Gardener Long was not given this little freedom, I'm afraid they would never have any development. There's no point in getting angry with the little girl, so let's get down to business: "How many times can the moving bug be sprayed? How do I replenish the mucus?"
"Ten times." Gardener Long said: "Their mouths are hidden under the carapace, and they can eat and replenish their consumption by lying on the soil. They can increase their consumption once in about a minute, or half a minute in an emergency. This mucus can be absorbed by the soil and turned into ammunition balls by the worker insects. The transport insects can directly absorb and launch it."
"This design is not bad, but there is definitely room for improvement." Zhao Mai said: "Slime is a good thing and has many uses, but it is not lethal. If you can create another kind of bug, use the same The structure is replenished and consumed from the nutrient channels of the soil. How good is it to shoot spikes? The Z-worm’s shell is very hard, and the penetration and lethality of crossbow arrows will not be bad.”
"Well, this is a good idea, boss is so smart! We are doing it! It should be completed soon..." Gardener Long said proudly.
"Of all these arms, the most important thing is the soil, right? Without the soil, these arms cannot continue to fight on the battlefield, and the bodies cannot be reabsorbed and reused after death. The top priority is to find ways to improve this matter." Zhao Mai pointed at the transporter bug and said, "Can't it be used to launch breath soil?"
"We have a better way! We have created compressed soil that can be spread quickly." Gardener Long asked the worker to bring over a ball with a diameter of half a meter. A layer of transparent mucus wrapped the dark green substance inside. It's obvious that the solidified mucus is the result of transporting insects.
"Carrying bugs and surveillance bugs can carry this kind of ball and throw it where needed. After it breaks into pieces, it settles in the soil and starts to grow. However, it grows very fast, but the foundation is insufficient. If it is alone, it will grow wildly after a period of time. A lot of it will die, and only a little bit will slowly spread out. So, only if we are there to take care of it, can it quickly replace the local soil and become a real bustle."
"Don't be discouraged. You have done a good job. After all, it has only been a long time ago." Zhao Mai said to Gardener Long: "And you are all gardeners. Your main responsibility is to spread the soil and protect the surrounding environment. It is not you who are fighting the war." Your job. You can ask other people. If you are a little scared to ask the orcs, you can go to the Explosive Tooth Mouse. He is also partly a Z-worm."
"Well, we discovered it." Gardener Long said: "We have been growing mushrooms for a long time, so we have a feeling that we can plant them in the soil and soon harvest a large group of tooth-exploding mice! This feeling is Isn’t that weird?”