"What a big move..."

Li Ang half-squatted on the ground, pressed the metal pipe with his palm, felt the violent vibration from the pipe, and said silently: "I don't know if it's a player or an indigenous monster..."

He had left the previous dormant pod hall and scouted around the neighborhood - the buildings here were indeed capable of absorbing the energy of various forms of existence.

The absorption effect on electromagnetic waves is the strongest, and after the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft flies a certain distance, it loses contact.

The absorption effect of psionic energy is secondary, and the strength, distance, and stability of psionic energy connection are all discounted.

However, the hive has experienced the era of using pheromones, sound waves, and light to communicate, and they can contact each other even without psionic energy, not to mention Leon's divine power network - the building's absorption effect on divine power is medium, as long as the divine power is consumed, Leon can still contact every brain worm.

Relying on the information fed back by a large number of scouting soldiers and insects, Li Ang had a rough idea of the nearby terrain.

It is full of huge and complex structures, walls, pipes, steps, suspended corridors, suspension bridges, and the remains of abandoned machinery of unknown function.

In the ruins, there are at least two types of "mechanical creatures".

The first type is called "machine beasts" by Leon,

Usually inhabits semi-enclosed spaces such as ruptured pipes, is small, extremely numerous, and infested in clusters, and has a special penchant for flesh life, and will spawn weapons after coming into contact with flesh life, tearing it apart, but will not eat flesh parts.

Prometheus Labs, Inc. and the Whale Song Organization have produced and sold cyber intrusion devices and EMP electromagnetic interference devices, both of which have no effect on them.

Psionic and swamp powers can't kill them well.

According to the observation of the soldiers, these mechanical creatures will sometimes pick up discarded machinery on the ground, drag it back to their nests, disassemble it, and use it to replicate themselves and create more of their kind.

It's a bit like a mechanical beast with no self-awareness or intelligence, and only follows instinctive activities.

The second category, which Leon called "builders",

The number of builders is scarce but the size is huge, each one is comparable to a giant ship of 10,000 tons.

They vary in shape and model, and are usually found wandering around the complex, picking up and devouring mechanical debris on the ground, and smelting the mechanical remains into the base material in a place that resembles a "forge of the body".

Inside the space, more walls, pipes, slabs...

However, the builders are no more intelligent than the machine beasts, and their activities are not planned without any planning, and their oversized bodies are rampaging around.

At the same time, the original building structure was also destroyed, and the complex was always in a state of chaos.

Leon believes that the builder may have some kind of connection with the machine, but no definite evidence has been found, and the builders observed by the soldiers and insects have not self-replicated in the past few years.

Normally, the machine beast will actively avoid the builder,

Only on rare occasions will the Beasts reach a critical point in number and attack the Builder in swarms - it takes a long time for the Builder to feel attacked due to the difference in size between the two sides.

Their response strategy is to increase the temperature of the power furnace and forging furnace, so that the body surface is hot.

With a slow shake of its body, it shook off all the dense mechs hanging on its body - but before it could be shaken off, the mechbeasts had already stolen enough metal and parts from the builders, and returned to the lair to continue replicating themselves.

These two types of creatures constitute the ecological environment of the tectonic city, but Li Ang has not yet seen the [security guard] mentioned in the belt.

"Of the more than 2,000 soldiers and insects that have been released now, a small half of them have been killed by the attack of the machine beast, and the remaining 1,400 have already detected the 46th, 47th, and 45th floors, and are gradually exploring towards the 48th and 44th floors."

Li Ang said silently: "So far, I haven't triggered the battle, and I haven't been noticed by the detectors assigned by the system.

Either more than ten battles broke out elsewhere, draining all the detectors;

Either there's no fighting breaking out anywhere else, and ten observers are jumping between three hundred players at random, just before it is my turn.

The former is more likely, after all, there is a belt speed limiter,

Players who have a lot of scouting tools and think they are strong will inevitably take the initiative to raid others, or form gangs and go to the map in search of radioactive powder.

However, as time goes on, the number of players decreases, and the intensity of the battles will always drop to less than 10 battles, and the likelihood of my exposure to the camera will continue to increase..."

Leon's biggest advantage over other players is his logistical combat ability.

If you want to defeat other players and advance to the next round, you must use the hive...

"The hive can be released, but I can't be exposed to the camera with the hive."

Li Ang's mind turned, and his eyes seemed to be Wubo Gujing, "In the previous stage, I used the Flying Soldier Worm.

But a few hundred flying insects for reconnaissance alone,

and the hive with a complete production and combat system is not the same concept at all.

The former can also use summon-type skills and props to prevaricate the past.

Once the latter is exposed,

Other forces will inevitably make considerations,

With the ability of the insect hive to be called crazy, the ability to transform the environment, and the ability to storm soldiers,

Its users are very likely to obtain resources and materials from the real world, and pose a huge threat to the ecological environment of the present world.

This power should not be in the hands of self-conscious individual beings who are not restricted in any way. ”

Li Ang paused for a moment, and said in his heart: "In other words, once the outside world knows that the hive = Li Risheng,

Then Li Risheng's identity will be suspicious, hostile, and unprecedentedly investigated, and even hunted down by the outside world.

The tacit relationship that Li Risheng has always maintained with the Special Affairs Bureau will also be broken. ”

The current hive has not grown to the point where it is not afraid of modern strategic weapons.

The history of mankind is a history of war, and human beings, who are born war madness, have no opponents in the biological world, and turn their attention to their own kind, constantly refining the art of war and weapons.

Even if we don't use nuclear weapons, which stand at the pinnacle of power in the world,

Subnuclear weapons such as cloudburst bombs and thermobaric bombs are still enough to destroy mountains and seas, and destroy insect hives that expose their coordinates.

"The only countermeasure for the hive is to release fungal spores, destroy the ecosystem, and threaten and intimidate the current forces from breaking the net, so as to maintain the balance of terror.

However, this countermeasure is still too passive, and it cannot guarantee the absolute safety of Li Risheng's identity.

The best thing to do is to take precautions and prevent me from having contact with the hive.

After leaving the Lost World, he will not be liquidated,

It can also prevent the exposure of logistical capabilities, being discovered by other players in the [Lost World], put aside disputes, unite and cooperate, and solve me first..."

Thinking so, Leon took a step and came to an area that had already been detected by the Scout Soldier Worm.

It's a vast space, a huge area, and the dome above it has just been broken by a builder not long ago.

Through the dense pipes, you can see the scene of the 47th and 48th floors above.

There are many ground construction machinery, some of which can vaguely see the outline of crushers, wood slicers, magnetic separators, and transportation conveyor belts.

"Garbage disposal center..."

Li Ang frowned slightly, squatting on the ground, his palms in mirage red hyena gloves peeling open the sharp metal, revealing the gray-black soil below.

Plant fibers extend from the fingertips, piercing into the soil to extract and analyze the ingredients.

"The soil is moderately acid-alkaline, with lichens formed by the symbiotic compound of some fungus and algae on the surface, and microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi and algae in the deep layers of the soil.

There are no small macroscopic creatures such as earthworms and termites, but the total amount of air, moisture and accumulated biomass...

Enough. ”

Leon stood up from the ground, dragged out an automated pet crate disguised as a flat pyramid from the void, and after making sure that there were no detectors around, he pressed the side of the coffin with his left hand, and stretched his right hand forward, opening his palm.

Let's go.

The special effect of the vivarium is activated,

In the palm of Li Ang's right palm, he slowly "squeezed out" a damp purple-red ovoid object more than three meters high.

The ovate is covered with a layer of translucent mucus, with a large network of protruding blood vessels on the surface and a pedicle-like hard part at the bottom as support.

Bang, bang, bang.

Inside the egg-like object, there was a long, dull heartbeat,

The purple-red epidermis cracked with six neat vertical cracks, blooming like flowers.

Crash.

Inside the egg, a large amount of viscous fluid flows out,

A hideous creature nearly three meters tall stood quietly in the middle of the hard pedicle.

The creature is red and black as a whole, with a single horn nearly half a meter above its head.

The back is covered with a carapace similar to that of Coleoptera insects (the carapace is made of chitin mixed with high-strength metal), and the carapace is densely covered with sharp spines.

At the edge of the carapace are eight chimney-like organs filled with capillaries and cilia that quickly expel heat, displace air, and provide essential oxygen to living organisms.

The chest of the creature, covered with metal plate armor made of the alchemy workshop [Mechanical Crafting Table],

A total of six arms, four of which hold the bone blades of the door panels covered with barbed serrations,

The other two are equipped with a Carnivorous Beetle Gun and an Acid Cannon.

Two recurved legs, strong and powerful,

The soles of the feet have four toes, three in front and one in the back. All four toes extend into curved claws that chisel deep into the smooth, solid surface of the metal.

The long and thick tail up to two meters long shrinks, forks, and sharpens rapidly at the ends,

Forming two slender blades that can easily slice through metal armor, as well as shoot spikes and inject toxins.

This hideous and ferocious, violent biological weapon, full of violent aesthetics, without any warning, opened its eyes under the huge skull, and the chimney-like organs on the edge of the carapace erupted hot gas.

The remaining mucus on his body dripped to the ground along the carapace thorn barbs and the blade of the door panel.

The highest crystallization of hive technology, the biological weapon that exists for killing, the extension and embodiment of the will of the father, and the strongest carrier of the brain worm - the hive lord,

Looking at his Creator, bending his knees, he fell to his knees,

The four blades of the door slab pierced the metal trash and dirt without any hindrance.

The head with blood-red sharp vertical horns hung low to the extreme,

The most pious and fanatical reverence to the Creator (if the double-knife turkey is here, the angle of condemnation of the bow is not low enough).

"Go ahead."

Leon smiled and commanded,

The hive lord named Cerberus (formerly the cleaner in charge of cleaning the alchemy workshop) stood silently, his feet bent, and the chimney-like organs behind his back erupted white waves like dragons.

With agility that does not match the huge body, I jumped,

The hook claws extending from the joints of the six arms and legs deftly climb the edge of the construction machinery.

The entire lord crouched silently at the junction of the 46th and 47th floors, guarding Leon.

One end, two ends ....

Leon released a total of fifty-three Hive Lords as guards,

Later, 227 brain worms without the body of the hive lord were removed, a large number of worker worms used as labor, and various huge and bizarre hive organ factories were removed.

Spore smoke tower - purple-red tentacles-shaped, covered with holes, the effect is to erupt spores, assist workers to produce bacterial blankets, and modify air composition;

Digester - in the form of green acid delay, the effect is to recycle biomass;

Hatching nests - pyramid-shaped, connected to the digester by pipes, responsible for the batch production of worker insects and soldier insects;

Gene bank - shell-shaped, storing genetic data collected by the hive in the past;

...

Huge alien organs, filling the entire space,

Rows of spore smoke towers erupt with smoke;

The fungus blanket expands along the ground at a speed visible to the naked eye, digging deep into the bottom layer of the soil, frantically sucking up all the biomass that can be used;

A large number of vascular-like hollow flesh rhizomes inject the biomass and nutrients converted from the digester into the pyramid-shaped hatching hive;

A large number of low-level insects reclaim the soil and clean up the garbage that hinders the expansion of the fungus blanket.

Transporting the mechanical remains of unknown function to the center of the hive for dismantling and research of brain worms.

Tens of thousands of squire-level, beast-level, heavy-loader, guard-level, and guard-level soldiers and insects were lying quietly on the edge of the garbage dump, like statues that had fallen into stillness.

Leon stood at the top of the hive's center, looking down at the strange space that looked like an alien star.

This is a hive with no limits.

Li Ang flipped his palm and threw the evil god figure out casually.

The hive lord Cerberus, who was lying on the top of the construction machinery, immediately inserted the four bone blades in his hand into the biological scabbard of the carapace on his waist.

Accurately caught the evil god figure.

All the brainworms knelt down in unison, watching as Cerberus crashed from the sky, holding the Evil God Figure and sending it into the miniature temple deep in the center of the hive.

Click.

With the Evil God figure placed at the top of the temple,

The chaotic beliefs of the brain worms were instantly unified, and a large amount of faith power flowed into the figure, which was transmitted to Li Ang through the mysterious invisible divine power link.

"Holy! The Lord of Flesh and Swamp in One! ”

A silent chant resounded in Leon's mind, and he indifferently accepted the reverence of the creation, nodded, stepped on the invisible staircase, climbed upward, and disappeared into the dim and lightless crack in the dome.