Chapter 24: The Great Expansion (4)

The new hives grow very quickly, and the huge root system in the ground forms a very strong foundation to support the top growth.

In order to combat the violent Saturn winds, the underground root system of the hive has already spread out to a range of five kilometers, but the crown has only grown for hundreds of meters, and the bare crown will not begin to grow laterally until it reaches the stratosphere.

However, the worker bees on the ground have already gone out in groups to collect metallic hydrogen.

This snowstorm brought a large number of worker bees and ten teams of puppies to assist the ground operations, and the unknown environment is always accompanied by risks, even if it is still peaceful, except for the Saturn wind whistling overhead.

Because of the abundance of deuterium, tritium and helium, as well as the dissociation of metallic hydrogen, it is mixed with oxygen to become water.

With the Source of Life, the number of units on the ground has doubled in just two days, and the collection of metallic hydrogen is much more efficient.

And Xue Feng also has enough combat power, and she begins to prepare for the exploration of Saturn.

"Dog two, you take half of the puppies and start surveying the terrain outside the nest."

Gou Yi was left on Titan, and Gou Er was brought over by Xuefeng, relying on her alone to command the battle, and it was not possible to carry out mining operations, and someone needed to lead the battle team, so that she would not be exhausted by multi-line operations.

Even if her current mental power is much stronger than when she first became the mother queen, multitasking will still consume too much brain power.

The swarm has grown to the present, and Xue Feng has also figured out one thing.

Her strength is linked to the number of swarms, and the more swarms she has, the easier it is for her to use her ghostly energy, and the more powerful the ghostly energy will be.

If before, when I first arrived at Titan, the ghost energy level was Lv0, which could only be used to scare green-skinned lizards.

When it comes time to hunt the first female worm, it is already Lv1 that can hurt the body inside the heavy carapace.

As for whether it has been upgraded to Lv2 now, Xuefeng thinks that there should be a lot of distance.

When Lv0 is upgraded to Lv1, the number of swarms just exceeds the 10,000 mark, but judging from the fact that the power of the ghost energy has not increased much now, I am afraid that she will not rise again until the number of swarms exceeds 100,000.

Now, including worker ants, puppies, fire cockroaches, and insect swarms, the swarm is just in its early 20,000s, and it will take some time for the ghost energy to be upgraded.

It's better to be able to become stronger steadily, and it takes a lot of effort to strengthen itself, and Xuefeng is quite satisfied.

But she can't do without a little ability to press the bottom of the box, but this thing can't be rushed, once she encounters an opportunity, she will desperately make herself stronger, and only strong strength is the foundation of her foothold.

"I think so much, I want to grow up, I want to grow up like the sky, I think so much, I think so much, I want to grow up, I want to grow up so much, I can enter ......the universe when I grow up"

Singing the nursery rhymes he had made up, Xue Feng looked forward to the hive maturing as soon as possible with an eager mood, while the puppies who stayed behind to patrol looked at their mother queen with strange eyes.

They didn't understand what a ballad was, let alone why Xuefeng sang, but they still felt that Xuefeng's singing voice was very good, that somewhat immature voice, there was a kind of magic that could penetrate the soul, which was the unique spiritual power of the Mother Emperor.

It can usually be used to control the insect swarm and manipulate the ghostly energy, but it can also be used to spread the infectious power of emotions and resonate with the audience, but Xuefeng didn't notice this, she didn't know that her unintentional song would have such a thought-provoking effect.

Yukikaze was not idle when he was singing, and at the same time, he was observing the tyrannical surface of Saturn with the vision of Dog Er.

The undulating terrain is no different from the earth, but in addition to being desolate or desolate, the content of metallic hydrogen is so much that a small dog can dig up a pile of it by digging the ground.

Yukikaze can't help but wonder, will there be life in this environment?

"There must be, even in a place as bad as Titan, there is life."

This is the view of the snow wind, and the Saturn environment is much more comfortable than Titan, except for that Saturn wind.

At least the atmosphere here contains more than just hydrogen, and although the content of oxygen is very low, it is also there.

And unlike Titan, except methane is methane, if you want to find other elements, you're afraid you're not telling a joke.

"The mountains and mountains are lacking in vitality."

The scene seen from the second dog's field of vision is only this feeling.

When I think back to the earth, although it is very polluted, it is still a paradise with birds and flowers.

If you encounter a planet like Earth, Xue Feng is afraid that he will not stay and not leave, and that kind of place where creatures can live, like Titan and Saturn, is simply a hell.

Suddenly, in the second dog's field of vision, a piece of earth and rocks suddenly moved, and all the puppies suddenly moved in that direction alertly.

Is there a sign that there is something underground, and is it ready to be drilled out, is this Saturn really alive?

Then a round head with a giant claw emerged from the earth, and a huge colored crystal was pinched in the middle of the giant claw.

"What! It's actually a worker ant! It really scared me. ”

It turned out that the worker ants had dug such a long distance, and it seemed that they had to let the dog go further, so Xue Feng, who ordered like this, turned his gaze to the worker ant again.

The colorful crystal made Xue Feng very curious.

Neither on Earth nor after entering the universe, Xue Feng had never seen such strange crystals.

ordered the worker ant to test the hardness of the crystal, but the worker ant actually cut off his chela.

The claws of the worker ants are the strongest in the whole insect colony, after all, they have to burrow in the ground every day, and if they are not strong enough, they will not be able to dig through some hard rock formations, but now they have been broken by crystals.

On the other hand, the crystal has not even left a trace, such a hard mineral, I'm afraid it's not a treasure?

"Bring me the crystals."

Xuefeng directly ordered the worker ant, and the worker ant without a chela held it with a pair of forelegs, and rushed in the direction of the hive.

The place where the worker ants dug through the ground was not too far from the hive, and it was only about ten minutes before Xue Feng saw this worker ant that had come all the way to the dust.

But when the other party came to Xuefeng, she was surprised.

It's not because of the colored crystal, but this worker ant is a little different, the body size is more than twice as large as other worker ants, even if Xue Feng wants to look at it, he has to raise his head, and the body is more than two meters tall, which is completely different from ordinary worker ants.

"What the hell is going on?"

Ordinary worker ants are only slightly larger than puppies, and they are only at the height of Xuefeng's chest and abdomen.

The huge worker ant put the crystal that was originally holding it, but now it became a hold, in front of Xue Feng, and it obediently stepped aside, waiting for Xue Feng's next order, so it seems that this is indeed the individual of her swarm, otherwise how could it be so obedient, this worker ant has not been exposed to anything strange before.

Suddenly it's so big, the only possibility is that there's something wrong with the crystal.

Xue Feng kicked the crystal with her foot, and she actually felt that this thing was hot.

But it's not that kind of very hot temperature, but a temperature that makes people feel very comfortable, and the whole body feels comfortable, Xuefeng suddenly felt a little drowsy, and the idea of sleeping with this crystal startled her into a cold sweat.

What the hell is this?

Can it affect her body?

Xue Feng didn't dare to get close to this crystal anymore, just watched from a distance, observing what changes would occur to the worker ants close to the crystal.

But another ten minutes passed, and the worker ants did not change at all, although their size was still very large, they were just ordinary worker bees, and they did not produce any abnormalities.