Chapter 3 Nest Evolution and Upgrading (3)
The Swarm's air units have also been greatly changed and evolved.
Among them, the first to bear the brunt is the alien dragon.
Abbathhar selected two early Allosaurus mutant genes from the Zerg - Guardian (Sky Spider) and Devourer (Lobster) from the Zerg's gene pool, mixed these two genes, and added some gene fragments collected by Dehaka to the mysterious sand dunes, and finally came up with a new allosaurus evolution - Prowler.
The Prowler is this very, very terrifying multi-purpose aerial arsenal.
As a high-speed flying unit that can fight both air and land, this guy actually has two powerful offensive capabilities.
The Prowler appears to be only slightly larger than the Allosaurus, and it bears a strong resemblance to the Allosaurus.
However, unlike the allosaurus, which was accustomed to curling up its long body, the Prowler was more accustomed to stretching its body backwards.
The Prowler also has three pairs of bat-like wings, and its tail is no longer mouthparts but two bifurcated spikes.
The Prowler's back has evolved a very long segment with a pocket opening at the top, which would fit to the surface of the Prowler's back carapace when flying, and would only protrude from the carapace when the Prowler needed to use it.
The Prowler's primary attack is still the parasite that spews out of its body, but unlike the blade worms spit out by the Allosaurus, the parasites ejected by the Prowler are more similar to the parasitic spores of the Guardians.
This parasite cannot bounce between targets like a blade worm, but it has some tracking capabilities.
It will be difficult for the target to dodge from the parasite's lock-on until it dies, and even if the parasite is dead, its "corpse" can still deal massive damage to the target.
The parasitic spores are filled with a highly corrosive acid slurry that corrodes everything it comes into contact with the moment the vesicles that envelop it rupture.
Then, when this particular slurry is exposed to unstable conditions for too long, the chemicals in it react violently and emit high temperatures, which can lead to an explosion of the liquid.
This terrible cannonball makes the Prowler's destructive power against individual targets (especially buildings) several times greater than that of the Allosaurus.
And the horror of the Prowler doesn't stop there, not only does it have the same flight speed and maneuverability as the Xosaurus, but most importantly, it also has two very destructive abilities.
The first ability is called the "Scythe Missile", which is derived from the sharp bifurcation knuckles in the Prowler's tail.
But don't be fooled by these two little objects that are less than half a meter long, their true length is almost equal to the entire length of the prowler's body!
These two joints are actually two renewable "backbones" in the Prowler's body, and when the Prowler needs them, it will erect its tail upside down and press its head down, shooting these two terrifying weapons at the target from its tail.
These two objects are hollow and filled with unstable slurry and acid, and when these things are mixed together due to the shattering of the shell, a very terrifying explosion occurs, and the shock wave from the explosion will push the sharp part of the head of the munition deeper into the target's body, and the acid from the explosion will also corrode the surface of the target's body.
The sharp bone needles that are pushed into the target's body then undergo a secondary explosion, filling the target with a large amount of shrapnel carrying pathogens and deadly bacteria.
To put it simply, the Prowler's tail is fired into two Star Wars torpedoes with dirty elasticity, and even a Leviathan wouldn't have a good time if it was hit by this thing......
The Prowler's second skill is called "Pollution Stinger".
It is a very vicious ability to use with the slender appendage on its back that can be retracted.
The Prowler can rely on its blazing speed to catch up with large warship units or approach large buildings, and then it will silently eject the appendage on its back, using the bagged opening on the top of the appendage to attract the target.
Upon successful seizure of the target, a stiff, hollow sting needle with a powerful anesthetic (dedicated to biological targets) and an aggressive toxin protrudes from the appendage.
The Prowler will use the Stinger to soften the target's armor before stabbing them directly into the target.
Then, through a hollow needle, it will inject all kinds of deadly pathogens in its body and the genetic pathogens formed by useless genetic fragments in the Zerg gene pool into the target.
These sinister viruses will quickly attack within the organism, continuously harming the target's biological systems and quickly paralyzing the target's central nervous system.
If the target is a mechanical unit, the virus will spread in a fog through the various chambers, and as long as one crew member of the ship is infected, the virus will mutate very stealthy and contagious according to the genetic characteristics of the infected individual.
Soon, all crew members of the entire ship will be infected with the virus, at which point the virus will tear through the harmless and gentle cloak and kill the entire crew of the ship in a matter of minutes.
It can be said that the Prowler is a very vicious but extremely effective terrorist air combat unit.
If Allosaurus is the equivalent of an interstellar fighter, then the Prowler is a small special service ship on a special mission.
Of course, such a powerful unit is naturally expensive, and the evolution price of the Prowler only needs 4,000 crystals and 3,500 gas per unit, which can be called an expensive mess.
In particular, this guy's vitality and protection are basically the same as those of the alien dragon, and when he encounters a large enemy warship, he is basically the kind that kills with one shot.
So this thing definitely can't replace the status of the allosaurus, and its role is to carry out special missions or special operations in most cases, and if you want to form a larger scale, you still need a very large amount of resources to do it.
In addition to the Prowler of the Allosaurus Mutation, another important member of the Zerg Air Force, the Corruptor and the two large living warships it mutated into, have also received a very interesting and effective genetic change.
Xue Hua once used the heavy artillery governor and the swarm host to cooperate with each other in the mysterious shelter to break through the blockade of the psionic tide outside the battle zone of the two bigwigs.
This move sparked Abbathh's inspiration.
In this round of nest evolution, Abbathhar did not make much changes to the heavy biotron battleship units of the swarm, but only strengthened their strength and psionic connection to the mind of the main nest.
However, it did make some moves on the shells of these heavy biowarships, giving them a few more grooves with nerve conduction holes in their shells.
These grooves are just enough to fit a swarm host, and the swarm host can also connect to the living warship it is stationed on through the nerve conduction holes in the grooves.
Through this link, the consciousness of the swarm host is temporarily linked to the living battleship, and it can easily sense the current state of the living battleship, and automatically release the nano swarm when the living warship is attacked, forming a powerful nano swarm shield outside the living battleship.
Abbathhar modified the shells of all three types of ship units, including the Corruptor, the Hive Lord, and the Heavy Artillery Governor, to ensure that they had just the right number of swarm hosts to cover their entire bodies.
In this way, the swarm's biomorphic warships also have a non-contact energy shield.