Chapter 52: First visit to the main nest
Chapter 52: First visit to the main nest
"Okay, Lao Huang, you take care of the friends I brought with me, I will handle this matter myself." Leng Xiyao hesitated for a long time and realized that this matter really had to be handled by herself. Since the Spirit Hall would definitely become an enemy in the future, it would be understandable for her to do something first to disrupt their plans.
However, this matter cannot be done openly. They must believe that Xue Qinghe is really dead. Otherwise, simply rescuing him will be meaningless and will only expose oneself.
"Sister Yaoyao, should I go with them tomorrow?" Qin Menglan was very sensible. She also knew that Leng Xiyao must not let her go because it was dangerous, so she didn't insist on going with them, but just asked about her own affairs.
"Yes." Leng Xiyao touched her head: "This time you can walk around with them first, there shouldn't be any danger, but if it's a spirit ring less than 70,000 years old, don't take it, wait for me to come back."
Leng Xiyao had already studied what level of spiritual medicine Qin Menglan could absorb at each level, but she couldn't be with her this time, so she could only give her instructions in advance to avoid wasting her precious soul ring slot on a garbage soul ring.
"I know, Sister Yaoyao."
"Then I'll be leaving first. Old Huang, don't forget what I told you to do." Leng Xiyao waved her hand. There was no time to lose, so it would be better to set off quickly.
"As you command, young lady."
The night in Xingdou Town is quite lively. Even though it is already midnight, it still cannot conceal the prosperity of this city.
Once you get out of the city gate, there is darkness and desolation, which is like two completely different worlds compared to the city.
After leaving the city, Leng Xiyao walked a few hundred meters and saw a ferocious beast running towards her.
Afterwards, the beast skillfully carried Leng Xiyao and flew away into the distance.
The Zerg base chosen by Dahuang is far away from Xingdou Town, about sixty kilometers away.
This distance is still quite far for ordinary people, but it only takes 20 minutes to get there by riding a bicycle.
After walking half the way, the surrounding trees began to shrink continuously and eventually disappeared completely. However, after walking through a "plain", the forest inside began to become dense again. Rows of saplings were planted here. This was obviously the result of Leng Xiyao's previous arrangement to cut down trees. However, Da Huang also understood sustainable development, so he began to plant more trees in the forest one after another.
After going deeper, a layer of sticky gray liquid appeared on the ground. This was the Zerg's fungal mat.
Around here you can see groups of about ten worker bees out chopping down trees. Their brisk movements don't make them look like the clumsier workers at all.
They have two rows of legs like a centipede, and two sharp "little claws" near their heads, which allows them not only to run very fast, but also to do most of the work that humans do.
I saw a worker bee gently chopping the tree a few times with its pair of small claws, and the big tree fell down. Then with a "click", the worker bee stuck its two claws in the tree and carried away the tree that was seven or eight times bigger than itself.
Leng Xiyao was not too surprised by the worker bees' efficiency - after all, it only took them a few strokes to chop down a crystal ore, let alone this tree.
What really surprised her was that the trees in the area covered by the fungus blanket grew exceptionally well, and each tree was several times thicker than those outside.
She couldn't help but wonder, shouldn't fungal blankets be something like viruses? Could they also promote the growth of organisms?
As if aware of Leng Xiyao's doubts, Da Huang transmitted his thoughts: "Queen, the essence of the fungal blanket is actually an active factor composed of parasites. The benefits of this parasite to organisms far outweigh the disadvantages. Once we have a corresponding hero, we can study the parasites in the fungal blanket and obtain more bonuses."
"I see." Leng Xiyao nodded. She had always ignored the fungal blanket. In her understanding, it was a must-have for Zerg, but not that important. After all, the fungal blanket in reality couldn't give a terrifying speed bonus like in the game, right? I'm afraid it would be more of a regeneration bonus or a bonus to some attack and defense.
But the trees before us can grow to such a size, which means there is definitely a lot of room for operation in this fungal blanket.
With this surprised thought, Leng Xiyao finally arrived at the base camp.
Leng Xiyao had used her talent Heart of the Swarm to observe the swarm in the past few weeks, but when she was observing, the swarm had just started and there was really nothing to see. Plus, Da Huang was very reliable in this matter, so she stopped caring about it over time.
But right now, this base really surprised her - the first thing that caught her eye was the densely packed small holes on the periphery of the base. According to Da Huang, these holes were filled with lurking Zerglings, which were responsible for vigilance and reconnaissance, or for giving some "little surprises" to the soul beasts that strayed into this place.
Because Da Huang is a hero-level Zergling, the genetic sequence of the Zergling is directly unlocked, and the cost of making these Zerglings is also very cheap, requiring only fifty nest points to build one.
However, the combat effectiveness of these jumping insects is a bit touching. After all, they have not been strengthened yet, so they are barely comparable to hundred-year soul beasts. Apart from being faster, they have no other advantages.
If a real fight breaks out, ten jumping insects cannot defeat a worker bee that has been strengthened to level four. After all, no matter how weak a worker bee is, level four corresponds to a ten thousand year old soul beast. However, the cost has also increased a lot. Each one actually requires two hundred insect nest points. However, this number is still a drop in the bucket for her now and is not worth mentioning.
The thing that takes on the function of defending the base is a thing called "ground spikes". This thing does not need to be unlocked separately, but is a derivative application of the fungal blanket, so the effect is not very good. This ability is more used for hunting and sneak attacks on some soul beasts that stray into the territory. It can trap them, and the effect is extremely good when combined with the densely packed "pits" in the territory.
Apart from that, there are only some small hatcheries on the ground of the base camp, which hatch some unknown small insects, which seem to be used to maintain the fungal blanket.
Dense swarms of worker bees were moving around here, some carrying wood, some carrying minerals, and some carrying back a whole soul beast corpse under the protection of a small team of springtails. Then a group of worker bees swarmed over and cut it into pieces and put them into a warehouse-like structure.
"So, our main nest is underground?" Leng Xiyao guessed when she saw that there were no major buildings nearby.
(End of this chapter)