Chapter 88 Cloud Insect

"Why do you feel like you have heard this voice somewhere?" I said to myself in confusion.

Ashford also nodded. "It seemed like the sound of wind, the scream of high-speed air flow, and the sound of water boiling." "No, it's magma!"

The last sentence was shouted by the two of us together, because the hole below had begun to smoke. Light yellow gas mixed with the smell of rotten eggs sprayed wildly from the hole in the ground. It could be seen that it was in a semi-volatile state at first, but later it turned into a cylindrical jet like rocket exhaust. During the flow, you can constantly see large rocks being lifted several thousand meters into the air along with the air flow and then smashed somewhere.

Along with the increasingly terrifying high-pressure steam, the soil near the entrance of the cave began to peel off continuously and was carried up into the sky by the air current. As the soil disappeared, the holes on the ground began to get bigger and bigger, but the increase in the exits did not reduce the intensity of the airflow. On the contrary, the jets became more and more terrifying. The airflow at the entrance of the cave began to emit a strange and harsh scream due to the high-pressure jet. The nearby creatures began to retreat as much as possible. Even the corpse bugs were manipulating the corpses to run backwards. As for the big guy, No movement has been seen.

The shaking on the ground became stronger and stronger, and the soil and rocks on the nearby ground began to bounce on the ground. There was a sudden loud bang, and a mud ball as big as a football suddenly flew into the air near the previous hole, and a hole of the same size appeared under the mud ball. High-pressure steam quickly erupted from the hole and gradually expanded the hole, but no one paid attention to this hole anymore, because new hole entrances appeared one after another nearby. Centered on the previous large hole, a large number of small holes appeared one after another, and the extra holes not only showed no sign of a drop in air pressure, but sprayed faster and faster, and the air was filled with the smell of sulfur.

"What exactly did your Zerg army summon?" Ashford asked nervously as he looked at the scene in front of him: "Is there a small volcano that will appear? I don't want my Iron Cross to become the second largest volcano." A huge Philly!"

"Honestly, I don't know what's inside. I think there shouldn't be any danger. After all, my Zerg army knows that we are on the defensive side, so no matter what bugs are sent out, they will not hurt you. "

Almost as soon as I finished speaking, the ground suddenly made a tearing sound, and a crack suddenly appeared on the surface. As the crack appeared, a large amount of magma began to gush out from the ground. Ashford started to get anxious when he saw the lava. I didn't know how to explain it to him, so I could only reassure him first. Fortunately, the magma emerged not very quickly. As the cracks further expanded, the magma suddenly surged upwards and then crashed to the ground again. At the same time, the large red-hot rocks in the ground began to roll to both sides. The magma surged violently as if a pot had boiled. Suddenly a black line appeared in the magma, and then the black line quickly rose upward and squeezed the magma to both sides. We quickly confirmed that it was the back of some kind of creature, but it was definitely not an ordinary thing that could come out of the magma.

The black back was smooth and shiny. As it rose, the nearby magma all slid to both sides. We soon saw a large black back, which was so smooth that it could even reflect a person's mirror. elephant. The viscous magma has no adhesion at all on this smooth back. We only see red sparks constantly sliding down the back.

As the back rose, the supporting legs finally emerged. My first reaction was surprise, because this thing looks like a ladybug. The whole body is completely a hemisphere. The head and body are closely connected together and there is no neck.

The black ladybug quickly emerged from the ground, and everyone only saw a flash of red light on its head, and the nearby magma quickly condensed into rock, with only a few places still steaming. I really didn't expect that a monster that came out of the lava was actually of the sweat and ice type. The method of cooling the lava just now was obviously of the freezing type.

The enemy camp was also paying close attention to the creature in front of them, and they also wanted to know what abilities this big guy had. For the purpose of testing, the other party quickly sent a small group of corpse insects to make a test attack. However, when they walked in front of the monster, these corpse insects suddenly and inexplicably evaporated. Not disappearing in the usual sense, but literally evaporating, leaving nothing behind but a cloud of smoke.

"Is this thing of fire or ice type?"

"It looks like it's dual-element!" I snatched Ashford's loudspeaker circle and shouted in front of me: "Rush up and burn all those corpse insects to ashes."

The big bug was indeed a thing bred by the queen, and it was extremely responsive to my voice. Almost as soon as I finished shouting, two small horns suddenly protruded from its head, and a dazzling white arc began to shine between the two horns. The small arc flashed and danced between the two horns, and then suddenly a small black hole opened in the middle of the arc. With the flash of the arc, the hole began to expand rapidly, and finally turned into a hole with a diameter of Big hole in the middle. The big insect aimed the hole at a large group of corpse insects, and then suddenly fell down, and the hole suddenly turned white at the same time. Everyone only saw a dazzling beam of light shining straight into the zombie swarm. All things illuminated by the white light, whether living creatures or land, disappeared instantly. Nothing could survive this guy's shine. Even for a second.

"What a terrifying power!" Ashford opened his mouth and simply didn't know how to praise this thing. If this thing didn't know how to shoot, the enemy would probably have chosen to retreat. After all, such a powerful weapon was too exaggerated. If the big bug had moved its body so that the beam of light could sweep across a sector-shaped area, it would definitely be possible. Knock down a large number of enemies, but unfortunately it can only fire a straight beam, and the time is over in just over a second.

Although the power was too concentrated, the powerful attack of the big bug still frightened the enemy. Then the opponent instantly gave up the plan of using corpse bugs to deal with this big guy. They began to send long-range heavy troops to attack the big bug. A violent bombardment.

Although the big bug's attack power is very strong, its defense ability is not good, and its attack methods seem to be too single. It seemed quite helpless under the enemy's artillery fire. It could only fire that kind of white light again and again to fight back. Although it was extremely powerful, it was too small in number to interfere with the overall battle situation. I also saw that the shortcomings of this big guy were almost as obvious as his advantages, so I simply asked the Queen to summon it back directly. This kind of thing can only be used to scare the enemy. It is really not cost-effective to waste it on the battlefield.

As the big bugs retreated, the opponent's army of corpse bugs began a rampant attack again, but new creatures soon appeared on our side. The magma layer on the ground suddenly exploded again, and then a large number of black smoke ribbons were seen emerging from the ground.

"What's coming out of this again?" Ashford mistook the black smoke for smoke rising from the ground. I stretched out my hand and called it, and then a cloud of black smoke suddenly broke away from the other black smoke and flew into my hand. I stretched my hand in front of Ashford and let him look at it before he screamed in surprise. "It's a bug."

I nodded. "This is a kind of bug. My parasite just told me that these little things are called cloud bugs, because they are much smaller than normal ants, and the number is too large, so when they gather together, they will It looks like a large dark cloud, hence the name Cloud Insect.”

"What's the use of this thing?"

"Eat." I said simply: "They eat everything, and they eat it very quickly."

"I think I kind of understand what they're for."

While we are talking, the cloud bugs that have emerged from the ground have gathered into a large black cloud in the sky, and black cloud bugs are still emerging from the hole in the rear. The flying speed of these little guys in the air is not very fast. At most, it is about the same speed as a person running at full speed. A more agile monster can run away. However, the number of these guys covering the sky is really scary, and ordinary people are easily fooled. It is surrounded, and once surrounded, there is no possibility of running away.

The zombie army in front was still charging forward. They were also a race that relied on numbers to win, so they didn't care about these clouds. However, the moment the first row of corpses came into contact with the black clouds, a change occurred. I saw that the corpses controlled by the zombies rushing in front suddenly began to disappear quickly, as if they were weathering. First, the skin of the corpse disappears, and then the muscle layer begins to thin rapidly. The corpse bugs among the corpses still stretched out their heads to see what happened, but as soon as they stretched out their heads, they immediately retracted as if they were electrocuted, but just at this moment, a layer of layer was lifted off their heads. Skin. The corpses controlled by the zombies melted rapidly, and finally fell to the ground because the muscles could not support the movement of the bones. Those corpse bugs with nowhere to hide immediately began to struggle violently as soon as they were exposed in the black clouds. However, because the corpses they controlled had no place to cover their bodies, their struggles also started. Not much effect. Fortunately, this struggle usually does not last too long, because a corpse insect exposed in the black cloud will have nothing left in no more than fifteen seconds at most.

The zombie army quickly disappeared in the black clouds, and Ashford shouted excitedly to cheer up the cloud insects. The leader of the corpse worm was finally forced to get out, and it began to spit out a large amount of acid liquid. The effect was very good. A large number of cloud worms were wiped out. However, the number of cloud worms was so large that it was terrifying. Although the corpse insect mother body can kill hundreds of thousands or millions of cloud insects in an instant, this killing speed is still not fast enough for the cloud insects. I have just checked the attributes of cloud insects, and the level classification of these little things is not level one but level one hundred. However, this level one hundred is not an individual cloud insect, but a community of cloud insects. In the system attributes, there is no such unit as individual cloud worms. They are grouped into groups when they are born. However, the attributes only say that a group includes one to one hundred thousand individuals, and there is no specific number at all. Didn't say anything. The cloud insects on the battlefield now charge in groups of millions, so it is meaningless to eliminate millions of individuals.

The black clouds and mist are getting bigger quickly, swallowing the creatures, but it has no effect. Cloud insects will reproduce in the process of devouring creatures. According to their attributes, they absorb the enemy's health points and reproduce themselves. The life value of a cloud insect colony is 10,000, and as long as they devour the enemy and reduce the life value of 20,000, they will split into two colonies. The more enemy life they consume, the faster they will reproduce.

The personnel in the British and French forces soon realized that the corpse insects were unable to deal with these black clouds, and they quickly withdrew the female insects. The remaining corpse worms began to run backwards instinctively after losing their command. However, the cloud worms did not stop there. They also followed the corpse worms and rolled towards the British and French allied forces' positions.

The British and French allied forces found that the black cloud was rolling over and there was some panic. Long-range strikes were completely useless against these little things. The archer's arrows can indeed kill many cloud insects along the way, but the number killed is negligibly small compared to the total number of cloud insects, so "shooting" means not "shooting". As for the explosive cannon, the killing effect is quite good, but it is a question of how many artillery shells the British and French coalition forces can waste like this. Relatively speaking, the attack effects of the mages are pretty good, especially the spells with small power but large area, such as the shock wave of the air system. This spell has little effect on ordinary players, but it is very effective on cloud insects. It can kill a large area with one release. But the problem is that there are too few people who know this kind of magic that seemed very impractical in the past. The only few mages who know this trick are simply unable to kill so many cloud insects.

Ashford was so happy that he almost danced as he watched the black clouds rolling towards the enemy's main formation on the city wall here. However, I am not as optimistic as he is. After all, I have experienced cloud insects' method of winning with extreme numbers before. I have experimented before and found that the properties of such extreme things are also extremely extreme. The effect on enemies who are generally ambush is extremely good, but they die extremely quickly after encountering their nemesis, so I don't expect it. The cloud insects can drive away all the enemy troops, but at most they can only harass them.

As both of us watched, Cloud Chong finally successfully got involved in the enemy's main formation. The front row of horse and spear formations had no meaning at all against these little things. Of course, the heavy shield players had nothing to do with the cloud insects. On the contrary, their weapons and armor quickly disappeared in the black clouds. A soldier's spear inserted into the black cloud disappeared into the black cloud as quickly as a pencil inserted into a plane. Even the metal tip of the spear was completely chewed away.

Due to the complete lack of ability to counterattack this terrifying attack method, the morale of the British and French allied forces began to become very unstable. Some people in the front row wanted to use large-scale spells to kill the cloud insects, but they were not allowed to use such magic in the queue. Magic, because once it is used, the most likely to die will definitely be your own people.

As the cloud insects advanced, panic quickly swept through the enemy's entire front line. As their armor was quickly chewed up, some people's bodies also began to be attacked. The situation is worse than the previous attack by zombie bugs. Once the player is bitten, he will immediately feel the heartbreaking pain. However, since the player will not die until he is finished eating, the screams that follow are not surprising. . However, this miserable cry greatly affected the emotions of the people behind them, and the entire legion began to become confused.

"This is really good stuff." Ashford patted me on the shoulder and praised.

"Don't be too excited. I feel that there is an abnormal concentration of energy behind the enemy army, and I may have to use a big move. The number of my insect army is linked to energy, so I will not let them use their lives to fill this if it is not necessary. It’s a trap.”

"Anyway, you can make up your own mind. As long as I don't lose the city, I'll be fine." Ashford understood what I said very well. After all, he was also a long-time man and he knew these things very well. In general, anything that can be used for combat in a guild will not be free. Everything except personal combat power must be linked to money. The stronger the combat power, the more money it will cost. This is basically the law. The only thing you can do is to choose the one with the best value for money from the many products just like buying a commodity. We, the presidents, basically do this every day, so we don’t even think about it.

Sure enough, my guess soon came true. The enemy's large-scale destruction spell soon appeared. Following a flash of red light, a large burning cloud of fire almost rolled over the enemy's head. The black cloud insect was too small and had no fire resistance at all. It was burned to ashes almost as soon as it touched the fire cloud. In order to completely eliminate the cloud insects, the enemy even did not hesitate to let the fire cloud roll over their own team. However, because the fire cloud advanced very quickly, the players were only slightly burned, which did not affect their actions at all, but the size was too small. The cloud insects were all burned to death in the air.

"It seems that your cloud insects can only help us so much." Seeing this scene, Ashford had no choice but to ask me to recruit the army of cloud insects in advance.

I didn't say anything and just called all the cloud insects back. Although the queen's troops are easy to use, they are too expensive and a waste of time. I have no plans to let them participate in large-scale battles yet. As I conveyed my intention to the Queen, the black clouds on the battlefield immediately turned back and disappeared into the ground from the previous hole.

Seeing the black cloud disappear, the other party finally took the fire cloud back. We can see from the city wall that the enemy troops are beginning to change their formations rapidly. The entire row of heavy infantry has been moved to the front of the battle formation. These guys whose whole bodies are covered in steel are simply like moving tin cans. Of course The advantage of this is that unless they are hit by cannons, ordinary spells and bows will not cause any harm to them. Following these humanoid cans is a phalanx of heavy infantry holding a sword in one hand and a shield in the other. This unit has good defense and attack. The only drawback is that it is slow. It is also one of the units with relatively high defense in the entire legion. one.

Ashford felt very strange when he saw the enemy forming such a formation. "What are they doing?"

"Standard siege formation. What? You can't even see it?"

"No. Of course I know what this is, but why did they put up such a formation?"

I looked at Ashford in surprise. "The enemy is crazy, so don't be crazy!"

"What happened to me?"

"Please, you are Europeans, please, don't keep learning our Chinese tactics, okay?"

"What's the meaning?"

"Didn't you notice?" I deliberately pretended to be surprised and looked at Ashford. "After fighting for so long, you should have noticed that your opponent did not use the most commonly used attack method in Europe. This battle was very strange from the beginning. The first feint attack was very abnormal. Although you in Europe There are also feint attacks, but you don’t have the habit of using cannon fodder units mixed with high-level units. This is a typical Eastern strategy. And in the subsequent attacks, look at what tactics your enemy used? They were all out from the beginning to the end. Qi Bing, have you seen any European-style attacks?"

"You mean the other side's commander is a rb?"

"I don't know if they are from RB. At least the other party has received a considerable degree of Eastern cultural influence. But you don't have to worry about this anymore, because judging from the current situation, the other party seems to have changed its commander. The previous consecutive losses have made this commander The author can no longer influence everyone's opinions, so the tactics of the British and French coalition have changed back to the European style. I didn't expect that you are so adaptable and adapted to the Eastern attack in no time. You actually feel that the European offensive formation is very good. strangeness."

"Hahaha, if you don't tell me, I really didn't pay attention. This seems to be our most common battle formation!"

"No, that's not right." My smile suddenly faded and I quickly pointed in the direction of Ashford. "Look over there. They didn't change the command at all, and this bastard actually wanted to 'confuse' us. Humph, it's not that easy to imitate our Chinese war theories. Since you want to play, I'll play with you."

"What are you talking about?" Ashford said hello and looked at me, waiting for my explanation.