Chapter 87 Insect Vs. Insect

"What happened again?"

"A large group of strange creatures have appeared here. Please wait for me for a while. I'll see if there are any threats."

"Then hurry up, this giant rock guard has a very strong recovery ability, and he will be completely demobilized in a little while!"

"As soon as possible."

The most annoying thing about the global melee is that there are too many battlefields. Our guild is already very big, and we have to take care of everything. It is really difficult to do everything. After hanging up the contact with Rose, I quickly took off from the city wall and flew towards the newly appeared enemy group. Just now, the British and French forces suddenly changed their formation on the battlefield in Europe. All the offensive forces retreated like a tide in an instant, and were replaced by a brand new type of troops. However, this did not cause me much trouble. There are a lot of people, because there are so many of these soldiers. Generally speaking, the number of advanced arms is limited, so if you see a large group of certain creatures at the same time, it only means that the ability of this thing is not very strong. However, today this law may need to be slightly modified, because I have seen the most Creatures that amaze me.

"Corpse worm?"

I stopped before I could reach the enemy's head. The rancid smell in the air forced me to stop early. In fact, from this distance, I can clearly see the enemies below, but their images are very scary. Those moving forward are not new species, but the corpses of enemies who have just died before. These corpses have not become zombies, nor are they skeletons with rotten flesh, but real corpses. These walking corpses are no different from ordinary corpses. They are real dead people. The difference is that they have a group of long black worms like roundworms on their bodies. These disgusting bugs kept drilling in and out of the corpse and driving the corpse forward.

Compared with ordinary zombies, corpses controlled by zombies have much worse attack and defense power. The only advantage is that they are slightly faster, but the overall combat power is still far lower than that of ordinary zombies. However, the problem is not with the corpses. But these bugs. Although these little things are known as the lowest level of monsters in the underworld, no one dares to approach these guys even there. The main reason is their quantity.

What you have to worry about when fighting a corpse controlled by a zombie is not what will happen to the corpse, but what will happen to the corpse when you knock the corpse down. Generally speaking, when you defeat a corpse controlled by corpse bugs, the zombies will explode the corpse. The explosion is not very powerful, but the flesh and blood spurted out will contain strong corpse poison, and it will be very troublesome if it gets even a little bit. The ultimate goal of this explosion is not to spray you with stinky blood and rotten flesh and disgust you. The real horror is that the zombies will be sprayed everywhere with the explosion, and eventually they will cover everything within a radius of thirty meters. All objects and immediately find the nearest occupyable flesh and blood body and burrow into it. You must know that the corpse bugs after the corpse explosion have already parasitized once. At this time, they will gain the ability to directly parasitize the body, so even if you are not dead, they can get into your body and gnaw your body and soul, eventually turning you into a Living corpses, and as the number of parasites they parasitize increases, these guys will continue to evolve. The strongest corpse worm currently recorded once parasitized more than 30,000 creatures. In the end, it seemed that it was blown away by someone with a magic crystal cannon. Anyway, this thing can continue to evolve as long as it does not die. No one knows how far it can evolve in the end. Know. Some people have also speculated that if the zombie worm continues to evolve, it may become the strongest creature in the game, but generally no one believes it, and the requirements for this thing to evolve are getting higher and higher, so it is unlikely that it will evolve to that level. Corpse worm.

In any case, it is indeed a troublesome thing for us that the other party has obtained so many corpse bugs. Although I am not afraid of these things, most of our players and NPCs have nothing to do with them. Although fighting them with sticks can get a high battle-loss ratio, their numbers are so large that they don't take quantity seriously at all, so even if you kill a hundred people and kill a million zombies, you will still lose money. What's more, corpse worms also have a super annoying habit of dividing and reproducing. When a corpse worm parasitizes into a living creature, when the creature explodes, at least one or two thousand corpse worms will emerge. This reproduction rate is definitely more terrifying than that of locusts. It can be said that as long as the corpse has enough corpse insects, they will be immortal.

I quickly flew back to the city wall before the other party could climb under the city wall. As soon as Ashford saw me, he immediately came up to me and asked me what exactly I saw.

"Corpse worms. All corpses controlled by corpse worms."

"Corpse worm?" Ashford was stunned for a moment. "Isn't that thing untamable? I haven't heard of anyone being able to command zombie worms other than making them a magic pet. But how many people do you need to tame so many zombie worms? Even someone like you can't control many corpse worms. , so much unless everyone on the other side uses corpse insects as their magic pets. But that is simply impossible."

I also nodded and said: "Although corpse worms can evolve, the characteristics of corpse worms determine that corpse worms are only useful when there are enough corpses. This is almost useless in general leveling and PK states. Yes, that is to say, unless it is a battlefield like a guild battle that can produce a large number of corpses, players who carry corpse insects as magic pets are almost useless. Imagine how ordinary people can want such a magic pet? Not to mention a first-level corpse insect It's useless at all, and the process of evolving them is not that simple. Who has time to take a corpse worm to level up? Besides, what if some guilds send people to train a corpse worm? This thing is not level 800 It has almost no attack power on its own, and even if it is trained, it is nothing more than a magic pet that is relatively strong in guild battles, but so what? The input and output are completely disproportionate! Unless...!"

"Unless what?" Ashford asked nervously.

"Unless someone has trained a corpse worm that can command other corpse worms. His own corpse worm does not need to be of a high level, as long as it is enough to suppress other corpse worms."

Ashford understood the path instantly. It was very simple to say. "Zero" is a game with no rules except big rules. Things here are never standardized. You can find patterns but there are no rules, especially things that have variable factors. The evolution of corpse worms here is a typical unstable evolution. Their development direction is random, which means that the same corpse worms may evolve into completely different abilities after leveling together. For example, the zombie bug mentioned before that was killed by the magic crystal sprint is the development direction of evolving its own combat power. If a player creates a zombie bug that specifically evolves to control other zombie bugs, it will be difficult to say. .

Although the source of the corpse worm has been confirmed, we are still unable to carry out an effective attack. The previous battles left too many corpses on the battlefield. Due to the characteristics of corpse insects, they are almost invincible in the current environment. Even if we can use magic and cannons to eliminate some of them, it will not change the overall battle situation much. In desperation, I had to contact Rose first and tell her that I couldn't get through there, and asked her to find another animal trainer to try first. Who knew that when Rose and I talked about the matter, she actually told me that there was a way to deal with it.

As soon as Ashford heard that there was a way, he quickly squeezed over and asked, "Is there any way?"

"Do you still remember Nuwa's gift?" Rose asked me.

I thought for a moment, and then asked tentatively: "You mean Queen?"

"That's right. You haven't seen the Queen for a long time. Do you know how her younger brothers are doing now? I told you that I just went there, which will definitely shock you."

"But aren't the new Zergs she created are all near Steel City? How can I get here? The enemy has already arrived at the city. I'm afraid it's too late to mobilize troops now, right?"

"That's it. You listen to me. I'll summon you here first, and then I'll take you away. I'll make sure you can catch up with the enemy and attack the city."

When Ashford heard what Rose said, he immediately pushed me and said, "Hurry up! We will be finished when those disgusting bugs crawl under the city wall!"

"Okay!" As soon as I finished speaking, a pink magic teleportation array flashed around me, and then a heart-shaped magic array flashed and I immediately disappeared in place. When I appeared next to Rose, I happened to see a group of people cutting down a huge stone mountain on the ground. "What are they doing?"

"This is the giant rock guard. This is to prevent him from quickly healing his wounds and getting up again. Please help him get rid of him quickly."

"Oh." I stretched out my hand and threw a capture skill, and it succeeded in one go. This big guy is in a dying state now, and the success rate of summoning is high. Plus my super luck value and charm index, it is naturally very simple. After watching the small stone mountain turn into an earthy yellow stone, I stretched out my hand from a distance, and the stone flew directly into my hand. "Okay, what now?"

"Give me this first." Rose took the stone man's magic pet egg and hugged me and said, "Take me to Union City." I turned the teleportation ring and appeared directly on the main teleportation array of Union City. Rose continued without pause: "Use the transnational teleportation array to go to Steel City."

"Understood." We quickly changed the teleportation array and teleported back to Steel City, and followed Rose and me to the ground part of Steel City. To be honest, as soon as I came out of the underground exit, I was immediately frightened by the sight in front of me. Steel City was originally an underground city under a sand dune deep in the desert. Although we later developed the above-ground part, overall Steel City is still a sand city in the center of the desert, but the scene in front of us is completely like a tropical city. Primeval forest. Huge trees are everywhere you look. The dense branches are tangled above our heads, blocking the entire sky. Giant snake-like vines hang down from the branches, and there are also a lot of unknown fruits hanging among them. Even our feet were covered with a layer of soft moss-like material. It can be said that except for the heat, there was nothing related to the desert nearby. "Damn, why did this place become like this?"

"It's not all caused by Nuwa's gift!" Rose explained: "Nuwa is the God of life, and her specialty is to 'manipulate' life. As a result, your queen received part of the gift and developed the Zerg system. At first it was just a few disgusting biological buildings, but then it gradually began to produce various small animals and plants, and now it has basically developed a huge biological system. The high temperature and super strong sunlight in the desert Bringing powerful energy, these are the basis for the development of the Zerg. These plants absorb solar energy and convert it into bioenergy. Small bugs eat the plants to reproduce, then medium-sized creatures eat these small bugs, large animals eat medium-sized creatures, and finally those used for The fighting creatures then eat the large creatures, thus forming an energy chain. In the end, the solar energy is converted into a large number of fighting creatures. If it weren't for Nuwa's ability, I would never have imagined that such a large virgin forest could be created in the desert area. Come!"

I said: "In fact, there is no shortage of water in desert areas, and plants only need light and water to grow. It's just that the desert cannot save water, so it is difficult to grow plants. Nuwa simply created a plant that can grow quickly and It’s just a plant that stores water by itself. By the way, how big is this forest now?”

Rose said: "Actually, this forest only appeared three days ago. Before that, the Queen had been familiar with the true power of Nuwa's gift, and then when she understood that power, she gave birth to these things within three days. . In fact, this forest is still expanding, and its edge is not far from the edge of the desert."

"Stop it now."

"It's useless for you to yell at me! Let's go find the Queen, she is the basis for controlling these things."

"Okay, we'll go right away."

This forest gave me a lot of stimulation today. Not only did it appear too fast, but even the queen became very strange. When I saw her, she actually turned into a big tree, with only half of her body exposed on the trunk, as if her lower body had grown into the trunk. After questioning, I learned that this forest was not a forest at all. They were actually the Queen's body. Every plant in this forest is equivalent to a cell of the queen, and the creatures living in the forest are her children or parasites.

Although the queen in this form has lost her ability to move, she is definitely the strongest in our guild in terms of vitality. No one could claim to have uprooted such a large forest, and the queen would have trouble reproducing as long as a part of it remained. However, due to the limitations of her nervous system, she can only grow to this size at most, and it is impossible for the forest to expand infinitely. But despite this, I was still a step late, because I originally wanted the forest to be farther away from the edge of the desert, at least not to let outsiders know that the desert has turned into a forest, but according to the Queen herself, the edge of the forest has already extended outside the desert. . Although it has stopped growing, the forest has actually reached the city wall of the player city on the edge of the desert. If it grows a few hundred meters longer, it will reach the city. There is no hope of keeping this thing secret, so a blind man can see it even if the movie is there!

After briefly listening to the queen's description of her current situation, I told her about the current situation. Although the queen can no longer follow me around in the form of a parasite, she can communicate with me anywhere in the world through a telepathic connection, and she can remotely command her children or let me directly command these little bugs. For this matter, the queen just gave me a very special insect and asked me to take it and put it in front of the city wall, and she would take care of everything after that.

Although I am not sure how strong the queen is now, I believe that Nuwa's gift will not be too simple, so I also indirectly believe that the queen should be able to handle this kind of thing, and there is no rush for time. , I can only return to Iron Cross City first. Ashford was already going crazy when he saw me appearing. Although the artillery on the city wall had restored its ability to fire intensively after replacing the power core, its blocking effect on the corpse insects was minimal. Corpse worms can use their numbers to fill up all their opponents' advantages. The losses caused by artillery fire are not considered losses at all to them.

"Have you found a solution?" Ashford grabbed me and asked.

"Just look at it." I threw the little bug in my hand outside the city wall. The small spherical bug, not much bigger than an apple, hit the ground outside the city wall, and then made no sound.

"Is this your solution?" Ashford looked at me and asked.

Just as I was about to explain, I suddenly felt that the ground beneath my feet seemed to be shaking. The shaking became more and more obvious, and soon even Ashford noticed this obvious change. We quickly ran to the city wall and looked down. We saw that the place where the little bug landed was gradually rising, and the ground was indeed shaking. As the shaking became more and more severe, a small mound gradually appeared on the ground. When the mound rose to more than one meter high, the top suddenly exploded. Then everyone heard a rustling sound, and countless black people were heard. Colorful beetles gushed out from the top of the mound like a spurt.

"Is this your reinforcement?" Ashford asked me doubtfully. "Are you planning to fight an insect with an insect?"

"I'm not sure either. Let's take a look at the situation first."

The black beetles on the ground erupted faster and faster, and the hole that was originally only the size of a spring was torn into a hole larger than the sewer manhole cover by the insects, and this hole is still continuing. The faster speed gradually expands. The black beetles that rushed out of the hole quickly rushed along the ground toward the army of corpse insects in front. Looking from our side, we could only see a black torrent rushing toward the colorful ones in front. The zombie army. When the two Zerg armies collided, there was no fierce battle, but the scene still made many players almost vomit.

As soon as the corpse controlled by the corpse bug comes into contact with the black beetle, it swings its weapon and intends to chop down the black beetle in front of it. However, the number of beetles is similar to that of the corpse bug, and the size of these corpses is not the same. It is suitable for attacking these small beetles that are less than the size of a palm, so the effect can be said to be minimal. But on the other hand, the attack targets of the little beetles are not the manipulated corpses. In fact, they hardly attack the corpses. Instead, they attack the corpse's eyes, ears, mouth and other weak points the moment they come into contact with the corpse. He bit out a passage and got into the corpse. Following everyone, they saw the drilled corpses doing strange break dances in place as if they had been electrocuted. This weird twitching lasted for tens of seconds, and then the corpses began to fall down in pieces, and then a large number of black beetles emerged from the corpses and began to move towards the next target. It is definitely impossible for ordinary players to deal with these exploding corpses, but the black beetles directly attack the corpse bug itself, which determines that problems that the players cannot solve are nothing to them. In front of these black beetles, corpse bugs are like a flock of sheep hitting a pride of lions. We only see a large black area, like locusts passing by, knocking down all the corpses. This process actually happens very quickly. You can almost see the black forward advancing rapidly at the speed of human running, and the zombies behind even start to hesitate whether to rush forward. Although these zombies with low intelligence cannot think about overly complicated things, they can still perceive danger.

Ashford watched our beetle go all the way and circled around me excitedly. "Ziri, where did you get these bugs? They are so awesome!"

I coughed slightly, and then said: "Actually, these should be considered my summoned creatures."

"What?" Ashford was stunned for a moment. "All of these?"

"No, their mother body is my parasite. I can command their mother body, and their mother body can transport them anywhere. The premise is that I have to bring the little bug I just threw out. That thing is actually It is a teleportation bug. It can open a space teleportation channel between me and the mother bug. The advantage is that it can be activated anytime and anywhere, and it does not consume any additional energy. The disadvantage is that nothing can go through except bugs, so I can't use it. Transport troops.”

"Insects are not considered soldiers, are they? These things eat up corpses so fast, I guess they can't eat the living ones much slower, right?"

"According to my understanding, their intelligence is relatively low, so their parent body cannot accurately control their behavior and can only roughly define a range. If humans are targeted, it may end up like that." I pointed at the bottom of the city wall. of a skeleton.

"Terrible!"

While Ashford and I were sighing at the power of the bugs, those black beetles had already wiped out most of the corpse bugs along the way. Because all the attack methods of the corpse worms are almost ineffective against the black beetles, the battle is basically a one-sided massacre, or it can be said that the black beetles are having a dinner party. Anyway, the corpse worms have no power to fight back. However, just as the battle was about to end, a large earth bag suddenly bulged out from the corpse insect's position, and with a bang, a piece of land as big as half a basketball court flew into the air, and then a huge as if passing by Fat insects like mountain tunnels emerged from the ground. This thing has an earthy-yellow skin and short, thick horny protrusions on its lower body, which seem to function as legs. Of course, the most disgusting thing is its head, because there is a big round mouth like a black hole, and on the edge of the mouth are seven or eight rows of chainsaw-like teeth, which is very scary.

"I finally know who is commanding those corpse worms." At this moment, Ashford and I both figured out who was controlling the corpse worms, because the big guy who just emerged was clearly a It's a zombie, and there's a person riding on its back.

Just when we were sighing that the big guy finally appeared, the giant corpse insect suddenly raised its head and shrank down, then violently sprayed forward, and a large ball of yellow-brown material was sprayed out by it. . These things quickly evaporate and form a cloud-like layer in the air. The black beetle almost immediately turned over when it came into contact with the edge of the cloud. Three pairs of jointed limbs kicked in the air a few times and then stopped moving.

"Why is this guy so poisonous?" Ashford yelled nervously when he noticed that a large number of black beetles were knocked down by the poisonous mist.

"Don't worry, the mother of these beetles shares my vision. She can see what we see. I believe she will adapt."

"hope so!"

Sure enough, what I thought was absolutely correct. It is impossible for the queen to breed only one kind of creature. The black beetles suddenly mobilized and ran back collectively, and the big hole where the beetles were emerging also stopped emitting beetles. After a pause of about a few seconds, the hole suddenly exploded from the inside with a loud bang, and a huge head stretched out from the inside.

"What a big wasp!" Ashford only had time to say this before he saw the ground was completely turned upside down. A wasp over forty meters long emerged from the ground, shook its wings twice and immediately flew up. .

Watching the wasp rush into the poisonous mist, it rushed over without being affected in any way. The big corpse insect on the opposite side may have realized that this enemy was difficult to deal with. It suddenly raised its head and slammed into the ground and then burrowed into the ground. The wasp rushed to the place where it was standing before but didn't care, but the big corpse insect suddenly popped up from the side and sprayed yellow-green mucus at the wasp. The thing immediately burned as soon as it touched the wasp. Smoke was rising from the wasp's body.

"It seems your wasp is not good!" Ashford said.

"There should be follow-up creatures. The biggest feature of the Zerg is the diversity of life, and you will be able to see it in a moment." Before I finished speaking, there was a deafening loud noise suddenly heard from the cave entrance before I finished speaking, but this time There seems to be something special about the sound.