Chapter 1 Pupation

"You want to rebuild Fulcrum City?"

"Of course." I nodded affirmatively: "The plan of Fulcrum City has never really been abandoned. This is the reason why Ling Yuanchui and the others were not withdrawn. The Japanese battlefield has always been our strategic focus, and we always fight on the sea with both sides fighting against each other. Can't help but shift the strategic focus. More importantly, this can win us the favorability of South Korean and North Korean players. Of course, the more important thing is that these favorability will be directly expressed in the form of cash. Of course..." I faced The army ant fortress. "After they're all finished."

"It won't take long for all thirteen Zerg fortresses to be completed." Ying said: "With the current construction capacity of Steel City, if we stop all other projects, we can produce one fortress every day, or faster. But this Capital investment……?"

Rose quietly calculated beside her for a long time and said: "Stop the expansion projects of Tianmen Island and Qidian City for the time being, and temporarily postpone the equipment replacement projects in other cities. Keep the launch speed of new warships at less than three ships a day. In this way, we About 15 million crystal coins can be transferred, and our guild currently still has 30 million funds, I think it should be enough."

Hongyue also nodded and said: "The steel materials for the construction are all our own. A few special materials can be purchased for not much money. You are counting too many roses. I think the 30 million should be enough. It won't be used." Slow down the progress of other projects. If it’s not possible, you can still raise funds from guild members. In other guilds, guild members usually raise funds for anything they do. There are not many guilds like ours that can be responsible for their own profits and losses."

"This...!" I thought about it for a moment. "Let's do this. You will formulate a labor standard for the guild in the future. In theory, all members in the guild must pay three crystal coins in dues every day. If a member participates in guild labor, these dues will be offset after being converted according to the situation. If a certain person After a player completes the official work of these three crystal coins and continues to work for the guild, he can participate in the guild's reward activities, such as collective patrol level and some guild prizes. If he does not participate in the official work of the guild and cannot pay the dues in full, The maximum allowed arrears is 1 week. Anyone who exceeds the limit will be kicked without negotiation. And it will never be used again in the future."

Ah Wei asked: "Will this cause some players to withdraw from the membership?"

Jin Coin immediately shouted: "Retreat as soon as possible. We are not a small guild that insists on begging them to increase their popularity. Besides, if you just want to take advantage and are unwilling to work hard, then you don't want people like this."

I said to Rose: "You can handle the specific matters. I'm just giving you a general direction. You can decide how much the membership fee will be."

"Okay, don't worry about this, I will take full responsibility for it."

All large-scale construction projects within Steel City have come to a halt. A large number of players directed NPC workers to send large equipment to the ground and began to assemble the other twelve Zerg fortresses. I ran inside the army ant fortress and walked in front of the ant totem. "Big Ant, how are you feeling?"

"It's very good. It feels like the body has been completely integrated. The steel material you have here is perfect for building a Zerg fortress. It has more than double the defense and control capabilities of our previous fortresses."

"So you're satisfied?"

"Satisfied, satisfied, I'm very satisfied." The voice of the ant totem showed that he was already happy.

"As long as you are satisfied. But what about the things you promised me?"

"Promise you what? What is it?"

Is this guy going to default on his debt? "Didn't you say that you feel that I have some obstacles, and as long as I help you, you can help me break through the obstacles?" The hierarchy was cancelled. But the new thing called combat level has completely inherited the original level system. My current combat level is level 800, and I won’t upgrade no matter how I fight. Apparently mission levels still exist. "

"Oh, you said this." This guy seemed to have just remembered it, and he didn't know if he had really forgotten it or if he had some ulterior purpose.

"How can you help me break through this boundary?"

"Actually, this limit is easy to break. We, the Thirteen Zergs, all have our own physical abilities. If you get our approval and become a derivative, you can break through the limit."

"What is a derivative? Do you want me to turn into a bug?"

"A derivative is not a bug. This is an ability of our own given to other creatures by the Zerg race. The main feature of this ability is that it can be self-strengthened. After becoming a derivative, you will not encounter any boundary restrictions. As long as you feel that you have reached a There is a bottleneck. You can use special abilities to break through it again."

"Then what are you waiting for? Give it to me quickly. Don't tell me that I need 13 clan totems to use the ability together?"

"That's not necessary, but our Zerg's derivative ability has slight side effects. Let me explain first that this is what you asked for. If there is a problem, don't come to me."

"Side effects? What side effects? What are the specific reactions?"

"That's possible." The ant totem said: "As far as I know, there are five foreigners who have become derivatives. The first one is an orc, and the side effect of that guy is intelligence degradation."

"Wouldn't it make me an idiot if my intelligence deteriorates?"

"Absolutely." Ant Clan Totem said: "That guy fell into the swamp and drowned himself because he was too stupid."

"What about the other four?"

"There was a beautiful forest elf who turned into an ugly monster with sarcoma on his face. As a result, he was frightened to death by his reflection in the lake during training. There was also a human who couldn't control his appetite. He ate whatever he saw and ended up chewing too much. There were so many inedible things that he ate himself to death. There was another dwarf whose body mutated into a hard carapace. In the end, he starved to death because he could not move at all. The last one...!"

"Wait, wait, stop. Are all the derivatives you know dead?"

The ant totem said with certainty: "The five I have seen all died because they became derivatives, but according to legend, there are derivatives that survived and became very terrifying existences."

"Then you heard about those who are alive?"

"I don't know who they are specifically. Each Zerg tribe keeps the derivatives they created secret from each other. All five of the ones I made died. Of the only two examples I heard of that survived, one was made by the Butterfly tribe, and the other one was made by the Butterfly tribe. From the Mantis Clan. I have only made a small number of them, so I haven’t encountered any living examples. Both the Butterfly Clan and the Mantis Clan have created hundreds of derivatives. So far, only one of each has survived.”

Good guy, one percent survival rate. Is this too low? Death is almost certain. "Then will there be differences in your abilities due to the derivatives developed by the Zerg in different places?"

"We haven't studied this, but so far we haven't found any connection. It seems that the specific attributes strengthened and the form of side effects are closely related to the race of the derivatives. Among the derivatives developed by the butterfly clan, there are 7 humans. , they all had similar side effects. And the human derivative I created also had similar side effects."

"You mean the human who can't control his appetite?"

"Yes, it seems that when humans become derivatives, they will have uncontrollable desires. Either appetite, sexual desire, or other desires, anyway, some kind of desire is out of control."

"That's trouble!" I muttered in a low voice: "I am a mixed race of angels and demons. Later, I was turned into a vampire by a blood contract established by Vina, and I was bitten by Red Moon in the form of a werewolf. The four races plus Will it produce four side effects together or none of them?"

The ant totem heard my muttering. "Last time, a half-elf derivative developed by the Centipede tribe developed severe mental allergies and was nervous all day long. Later, he died of heart failure due to excessive stress. I don't think the mixed race will have the same problems as the original race. It should be fusion. There are new side effects. But we have never seen such a responsible race like yours. Otherwise, you just take a gamble and see if it succeeds? Just treat it as an experiment."

"That's a good idea. I'm not a guinea pig. Oh, by the way. Just wait, I'll be back in a minute."

After leaving the Army Ant Fortress, I went straight to Essinger, and was swept into the Panda Hall like a gust of wind. As a result, I only saw an empty room and an NPC guard who was cleaning up the toys all over the floor.

"Where's Ji Xiang Ruyi?"

When the guard saw me getting up, he saluted and then said, "They went to the underground city to play."

I quickly ran to Juling Tower and took the elevator to the underground city. Essinger Ground City has been fully opened, and now the sea of ​​people is more lively than the amusement park during the festival. How to find it in such a huge crowd! There is really no way. He picked up the city radio and conveyed the order: "Attention all guards. Immediately confirm whether the mascot of the guild is near you. If you find it, send them to the gate of the third city wall immediately."

Fortunately, there are many guards in our city. After a few minutes, the two naughty babies were carried back by two guards.

"Quick, you two come with me." I turned and left. It turned out that Jixiang Ruyi didn't follow. "Why don't you leave?" Jixiang pointed to his mouth and rubbed his belly. Of course I understood such an obvious meaning. "Come back and give you two 4 plates of roasted rabbit meat."

Jixiang shook his head and crossed his paws to make a sign of ten, then pointed to himself, and then made a sign of ten to indicate what he wished. The translation of his gesture means that he and Ruyi want to have ten dishes each.

"Can we have 4 plates per person?"

Jixiang immediately made an eight sign.

"Six plates."

Jixiang and Ruyi immediately jumped up and followed him. They were really lazy guys. I brought two pandas to the Army Ant Fortress again, and asked me to stand on both sides and hold one of my legs, so that I could borrow some luck. As long as you are a member of your guild, the closer you are to the auspicious place, the higher your luck will be. This is our long-term experience, and we must make good use of it this time.

"Big Ant, help me upgrade to a derivative. With this double insurance, there will be no problem. Even if there are side effects, it shouldn't be a big problem."

"Are you sure you want to upgrade?"

"Sure."

"Let me tell you first, I won't be responsible if anything happens."

"certainly."

"Okay, you're ready, I'm going to start."

The ant totem suddenly became dazzling, and a red ray flew out and directly hit the black crystal on my head. As a result, nothing happened.

"That's it?" I checked myself. Nothing has changed!

The ant totem said in confusion: "It's strange, it seems like it didn't hit the target just now. Your helmet may have offset this as an attack. Take off your helmet and I will try again."

After I took off the helmet, the ant totem emitted another red light. This time it hit me squarely in the forehead. I felt like my head had been hit and almost fell to the ground. "Damn, no wonder the helmet would actively intercept this thing. It's like a physical attack."

"Do you feel any changes in yourself?"

I quickly felt the condition of my whole body, but it didn't seem to be anything special. "No change! Are you lying?"

"It doesn't make sense!" The ant totem thought for a moment and said, "Let's do it again."

"Again?"

Another red light hit my forehead. This time it hurt even more than last time. It was like being hit by a sap.

"Any reaction?"

"Yes."

"What's the reaction?"

"I want to vomit! You probably gave me a concussion! Ah! It feels so uncomfortable. I have to find a place to vomit."

Quickly let Ji Xiang Ruyi let go. I ran out of the army ant fortress in a hurry. My stomach felt like it was about to explode, and a strong feeling of vomiting rose from my stomach to my throat. As soon as I ran out of the gate of the army ant fortress, I couldn't help but open my mouth. What came out was not the contents of my stomach but a small white ball. This small ball was still hanging in the air and seemed to be connected to my mouth by a thread. Inside.

Woma was directing the work nearby, but when he saw something was wrong with me, he ran over quickly. "Ziri, what's wrong with you?"

"My stomach... I feel sick in my stomach... vomit~!" This time the white ball completely fell to the ground, but the thread it was connected to was still connected in my mouth. I tried to grab the thread and pull it out, but it got longer and longer. . Basically constantly. Damn it, has it evolved into a silkworm baby?

"Ziri, why are you spinning?"

"I'm not vomiting either...!" A large ball of shining filaments came out from this mouthful. These filaments were shiny and seemed to have moisture on the surface. As soon as I grabbed it, my hand was stuck. This thing was actually sticky. Woma was about to help when I blocked her. "Don't touch it. If this thing sticks, it won't come off."

"Ugh..." A larger ball of silk was spat out, and a small pile of silk was piled on the ground.

"Ziri, what's wrong with you?" Woma was a little worried.

"It's okay, I had a little accident while doing the experiment."

As soon as I finished speaking, I suddenly felt a strong swelling in my stomach. Then his neck tilted back uncontrollably and he raised his head, and a huge ball of silk spurted out of his mouth. After the silk ball flew up, it automatically dispersed into a ball of silk thread, and then the rings fell neatly and just wrapped me in it. The silk thread quickly tightened as soon as it hit the ground. My feet staggered and I fell down. The silk thread naturally wrapped me up.

On the ground, I naturally turned into a large white silkworm cocoon with crystal glitter. My body struggled inside, and the silkworm cocoon moved with it. Woma quickly called for help. A player went up and slashed the cocoon with a knife, but the knife broke with a clang. The player looked at his knife in surprise: "What kind of silk is this?"

The cocoon on the ground jumped a few times and then stopped moving. Soon its surface began to fuse, and the threads all melted together to form a large olive-shaped cuff. The entire outside of the cocoon began to harden rapidly and became more and more lustrous. It looked like a pearl, but the shape was wrong. Because they lost their stickiness, some people who were stuck to save me automatically fell off. Woma knocked on the shell, and a banging sound came from the cocoon shell.

This giant cocoon was transported to Isengard, and Rose and the others arrived quickly. Eagle looked at the huge silkworm cocoon in front of him and asked Woma: "Are you sure Ziri is inside?"

Woma nodded: "I watched him spin the silk and wrap himself in it. Then it became like this."

"What? Wasn't it attacked by a monster?" Hongyue asked in surprise: "How could Ziri spin silk by himself?"

"How do I know! Anyway, something wasn't right when he came out of the army ant fortress. Then he started vomiting, but all he vomited out was white silk thread. The last bite was more, and then he tied himself up like this." At first, the cocoon was still elastic, and the surface was not so smooth, and it was very sticky. Later, it seemed to gradually harden and lose its stickiness.

Hongyue asked: "Can't you use something to knock it open?"

Woma shook his head: "The cocoon on the outside is as hard as steel. The weapons have been broken, and there aren't even scratches on it. I'm afraid of damaging the purple sun inside with the large machinery."

Su Mei dragged her chin and said: "Actually, you don't need to be too nervous. Generally speaking, things that can spin silk and form cocoons need to evolve. Ziri should have evolved some new ability. Anyway, he spins silk himself, so it should be fine. .”

Rose knocked on the outside of the cocoon a few times: "Zi Ri? Can you hear me? Answer us."

"No need to shout, I'm here."

Everyone looked back at the door, and a beautiful fairy floated in.

"You...?" Eagle was a little stunned.

Rose was immediately relieved when she saw the person coming in. "This is Zi Ri's trumpet Silver Moon. Didn't you see it last time?"

"I didn't realize it for a moment." Ying smiled and scratched his head: "The main reason is that the contrast is too big. Damn, Ziri, if you use this trumpet account to accept new members, I guarantee that the registration office will have to change the threshold every hour. "

"Then I'll get some fox secretions and smear it on my body. If there's body odor, let's see who dares to come close."

Ah Wei took an exaggerated breath and said, "But now there is only a faint fragrance."

I kicked Awei aside, walked directly to the big cocoon and 'touched' it: "Fortunately, it should have entered evolution."

"By the way, Ziri, what's the matter with you?" Now that the level is low, the kick just now has no power, and A Wei, this dead boy, comes back again. "Why did it suddenly spin silk and form a cocoon? Do you want a hairy insect to turn into a butterfly? It's not your fault that you are ugly, so why should you evolve into a butterfly?"

"If you tell me again, be careful, I'll have a vaginal leg."

Su Mei came over and asked, "I just guessed that you must have evolved. Tell us, is my guess correct?"

I nodded. "The condition for bringing the Thirteen Zerg back to the tropical rainforest was that they would help me pass the 800-level mission level. As a result, the ant totem said that I had to evolve into a derivative before I could break through the level, but he said that the accident rate of evolved derivatives was lower. It’s high and prone to side effects. After I evolved, I don’t know if it was a normal reaction or a side effect, but I turned into a big silkworm cocoon.”

"What about the attributes? Didn't you see it?" Rose looked at me and asked.

"I took a look before changing to the trumpet, and the attribute displayed only three words - pupation stage. None of the attributes were visible."

"Then what should you do?"

"Let's make do with the alt account first. Anyway, Silver Moon's alt account has been set to the highest authority, and NPCs in the guild can be transferred at will. Just explain it to the players."

"But those external NPCs don't know you!" Hong Yue said anxiously: "What if someone comes from Heaven? NPCs don't care about your size. No one here except you can talk to people from Heaven. Yes. The middleman status of our guild is also because of your big name Zi Sun. The Temple of Light and the Temple of Darkness, as well as Heaven and Demon Realm, only recognize you. What if they come now?"

"It can't be such a coincidence, right?"

Before I finished speaking, I heard footsteps behind me, and a guard came in like a gust of wind. "Zhenjun Erlang has arrived and he wants to see the president."

"What are you afraid of?" Ying first asked the guards to entertain him and then said to me, "What should I do?"

"I think it's better to let me go?" Rose said: "At least I have had a few words with Mr. Erlang."

"Don't be nervous. Erlangshen is not an enemy. There should be no problem in telling him the truth. He should understand if he knows whether I can come out here. Do you want to receive me...!" I thought for a moment and said, "I'd better go in on my own. Just say that I It’s just a temporary act as president, I believe it’s not a big deal.”

"Let's get through this first and then talk about it." Rose nodded: "Let's go together and see what happened when Erlang Shen suddenly came running."