Chapter 218: Mother of Worms
The range of insect swarm activity is not limited to insect hills. Underneath the several Worm Mountains is a world of large karst caves. As the Zerg developed over the years, the cave space expanded even more. There are at least hundreds of passages, criss-crossing and groping one by one, and within a few days and nights, you can't find the nest of the worm monster.
Because most insect monsters are large and most of the passages are very wide and well ventilated, human activity in the wormholes does not cause suffocation.
The rock walls of the cave are covered with glowing green slime, or glowing smooth moss, and are littered with boulders or crevices. It's easy to hide, and it's not hard to explore.
The three people followed the nanny bug, probably not the relationship of the fighting bug, the nanny bug was slow to react, the alertness was very low, and it was not found to be followed from beginning to end, and the two oil tanker nanny bugs were one after the other, changing channels many times, and finally entered a particularly huge underground tunnel.
"It's such a wonderful world!"
The passage is about 12 meters long and 12 meters wide, and the cave is heavily guarded. There are fighting insects every few tens of meters. In addition to the insect soldiers standing guard, there were patrols walking back and forth. When the nanny insects arrive, they immediately retreat to the burrows on either side of the passage, allowing the nanny insects to go first.
Zhang Tong understands that it is not feasible to run directly into the past. He looked left and right and said, "Let's climb over it, be careful, don't make a sound!"
Zhang Tong walked to the left side of the stone wall, fished out a few sticks of slime from a small pit, and painted them all over the place. Mucus is disgusting, but it masks the smell and isolates the spread of body temperature. According to Zhang's observations, most insects have poor eyesight, but they can lock on to their prey with sound and temperature.
Grab a slice of bell-shaped milk and start climbing. Bell milk is corroded all year round and is smooth. The three of them had to be careful of slipping. There are too many insects in this article. If they are disturbed, they will not pass.
Luckily, the Terran figure has nothing in front of the giant insect, and when covered in slime, as long as it doesn't make too much noise, the giant insect won't notice a few figures jumping around.
Zhang Tong avoided the patrolling insect soldiers and finally made his way to the end of the passage. That's a big hole. When he enters, a new world appears in front of the three of them.
This scene is so shocking. There's a huge underground space, the size of at least three or four ordinary football fields, with about ten passages around it.
What surprised people was not the size of the cave, but what appeared inside.
On the ground and on the walls, there are densely covered with eggs, and there are as many as five or six thousand pieces by visual inspection!
The eggs are about the size of a washbasin, have a light green surface, and are neatly arranged. They are divided into four zones in total. Each egg is managed by eight giant pink worms. They swim among the flocks of eggs, carefully tending to each one. Whenever there are broken eggs, they will take the larvae out of the past and finally send them to the breeding room, the cave that Zhang Tong just visited!
In the center of the underground space, there stood a towering mountain of Roshan, it was completely impossible to see what kind of creature it was, and more than a dozen black worms were covered with sharp thorns, and carefully guarded the vicinity.
Zhang Tong got a little closer, and finally found the pink giant insect responsible for taking care of the eggs, called the egg incubator.
[Incubator (King of Black Iron), level 25 worm monster, 22,000 health, 17,000 magic, attributes??? skills??? the upper zerg is responsible for incubating eggs, but its combat power is very weak.]
A dozen giant insects with black bodies, hard shells, and spikes are known as protected insects.
[Guardian Worm (Bronze Lord), level 25 worm monster, health 32000, magic 11000, attribute ??? skills??? The guardian responsible for guarding the Zerg queen is the most powerful warrior in the Zerg population.
As for the "Roshan" in the middle, Zhang Tong did not dare to approach it easily. Although he didn't know what it was, it was just hundreds of tons of meat, moving around like life. Just selling a photo is disgusting. It's not a good thing to be here. Zhang Tong cautiously approached, observing from a distance with a kind of advanced vision.
[Mother of Insects] (Monster in the story), level 25 worm monster, 55,000 life, 80,000 magic, DD strength, DD constitution, F agility, C + spirit. Skill [Zerg Domination Lv6], [Spawning Lv6], [Mental Hypnosis Lv6]!
"Strange, why is it a conspiracy monster?"
Zhang Tong didn't have time to be surprised, a swift voice sounded in his head.
"When posting a new task, pay attention to the taskbar."
A new mission has been released!
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Mission in the Secret Realm: Eradicate the Insect Plague
Mission Type: Optional World Mission
Description 1: Cooperate with the Barbarians to destroy the worms under the Worm Mountain (DD difficulty).
Mission description 2, Join other mercenaries to destroy the worms under the Worm Mountain (Level C difficulty)
Reward 1: Obtain the Secret Realm Treasure Box, with a certain probability of obtaining Secret Realm items, and a very small probability of obtaining rare rewards.
Reward 2: If you get the Secret Realm Chest, you will definitely get the Secret Realm item. You will receive rare prizes with a certain probability, and only items with a very small probability.
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Wang Ling lowered her voice and said, "We received a mission. What's going on?"
Zhang Tong closed the taskbar, closed his eyes slightly, and pondered. This is not a hidden mission, but an optional world mission. The so-called world mission can be understood as a separate mission in a secret world, **. It has no direct connection to the main line. This is a character in the secret world. There is a better understanding of the word "branching tasks"!
In short, there are only three types of missions in the secret realm of killing: the main quest, the side quest, and the hidden quest.
The main task is mandatory, and failure to complete the main task is seen as a failure of the secret environment challenge and is therefore severely punished.
A branching quest is an additional quest that exists in a secret world. It is not directly related to the main line. Whether it is completed or not does not affect the main line, or only has a slight impact.
As the name suggests, hidden missions are missions that are hidden in the main storyline. If the hidden map is fully triggered, the main quest will change.
Side quests and hidden quests are usually not easy to trigger, and even some secret locations don't have side quests or hidden intrigues.
The subplot has more lenient conditions as compared to hidden missions. Once hidden conspiracies are triggered, they must be executed. Once a subplot is triggered, you can choose it or not.
However, the rewards for regional missions are just as generous. If it can be done, Zhang Tong does not want to give up.
Zhang Tong told them about the situation.
In a hoarse voice, the scorpion said, "This is the core of the worm's nest." It is heavily guarded and in great danger. Even if we use the power of a barbarian, we will not be able to kill him. We may also pay a heavy price for this. It's not worth it. ”
Zhang Tong did not give up, but said, "Let's observe for a while." ”
The three men found a crack in the rock, allowing only one person to enter. Worms cannot enter and hide in crevices in rocks. Even if the camouflage was not opened, the bug walked by and accidentally spotted it.
Zhang Tong observed it once and remembered the movement of the insect: "This is a bit tricky!"
After the worm itself is unable to move, every attribute is extremely weak, and only the spirit is strong, allowing it to dominate thousands of worms with difficulty.
From this, it is not difficult to conclude that the power behind the worm does not lie in itself. The Zerg population has a lot of higher existences, and it completely has the strength of the lord level, and after the powerful Zerg occupies the entire family, the overall strength added up can far exceed that of a lone golden lord!
However, Zhang Tong has always firmly believed in the immutable truth that in the secret realm of murder, there can be no unresolved situation.
First of all, the intelligence of the insect queen is not too high.
Secondly, insect populations have fatal flaws.
The first point is easy to explain. If the worm has the ability to think and is smart enough, when Zhang Tong hypnotizes the worm king, he only needs to guide a few worms next to him to attack the worm king. The Worm King will be awakened immediately, and will not issue an order to attack the Worm King after the worm.
The second point is more obvious. Regardless of the type of insect, it has low mental attributes and low resistance to various hallucinations, including the king of insects. Zhang Tong was confused at first, but now he finally understands why. After insects, he needs to control tens of thousands of people in his family. If every insect has a strong mental resistance, it will dry up and die.
From birth, the resistance to psychic energy is almost zero, so the swarm has a fatal weakness, unable to resist the attacks of psychic spells, and is easily disturbed by hallucinations!
Zhang Tong whispered, "I'll try the depth of the bugs first." You stay where you are. No matter what happens, don't act rashly!"
Scorpio and Wang Ling go into stealth. Zhang Tong walked out of the crack in the rock and cautiously approached the bug. He wanted to measure the post-worm alert range. However, Zhang Tong walked 300 meters behind the worm and still found no signs.
You can't move forward, otherwise you will be caught by insects and it will be good for your health.
A couple of nannies walked up to Roshan and spit out the "nutrient solution" they had swallowed and fed it to the bugs.
"Can't you find me like this?" Zhang Tong was a little surprised. "Insects do not seem to have a sensory function after that, nor does they have a spiritual perception that transcends the senses. So, how does it detect the outside world?"
Zhang Tong cautiously walked out of the corner. In front of him was a huge incubator, tending to a flock of eggs on the ground. Zhang Tong suddenly thought of a possibility and slowly walked towards the hatch about 50 meters away. Zhang Tong stomped his foot lightly and made a sound.
The incubator immediately felt the scream of "squeak", turned his head sharply, and stared at Zhang Tong with his small red eyes.
"Beverage Cooling ......"
At this time, Roshan trembled, and the person who was originally facing away from Zhang Tong's personal guard worm suddenly turned around immediately, and the roar of the carapace suddenly opened, and he actually got up and suddenly flew towards Zhang Tong.
"Damn, this guy can fly!"
Healthy worms release mental fluctuations after executing commands. Zhang Tong didn't have time to escape, his mental power entered his brain, and he would suddenly sink, and there was a strong sense of lethargy - hypnosis!166 reading network