Chapter 104: Zerg Underground Palace (Ask for Subscription~~~)
The Zerg mother is extremely large.
How big is it?
to the point where film companies are reluctant to do special effects!
When Ding Zheng watched "Galaxy Troopers 3".
The size of the Zerg mother has only been seen on computers.
It covers half the world, and it looks very exaggerated.
As for what the entity actually looks like, it has never appeared.
After all, if you think about it, you know that it's not easy to make something so big.
Now I can see with my own eyes what this Zerg mother looks like.
I have to say that Ding Zheng himself is also looking forward to it.
Five beetles burrow in the vicinity, secreting a special mucus from their mouths that temporarily immobilizes the burrows formed by the unstable sand.
Ding Zheng, on the other hand, followed the brain worm all the way forward and downward, and Ding Zheng found that the temperature of the desert under his feet began to decrease.
When the desert was no longer under his feet, Ding Zheng couldn't help but stop, looked down, and saw a black land, as well as a layer of moss-thin, red plant-like objects.
"What is this?" Ding Zheng asked.
The brain worm in front of him stopped, turned around slowly, took a look, and then stretched out the bulb-like mouthparts and put them on the back of Ding Zheng's hand.
"Food?" Ding Zheng's eyes widened in confusion, and he squatted down directly, lying on the ground, and carefully examining these red "carpets"
"Can this thing be eaten? Is it a plant? It asked.
"It's the only plant on earth, it's food, it's a source of oxygen, and we bury them with sand, and they absorb the heat of the sand to keep them alive." Brainworm explained.
Ding Zheng was puzzled: "Since it is the source of oxygen, you bury them, isn't there no oxygen?" ”
"Enough, there is another part that is not buried, and the oxygen provided is enough, and if we don't bury these, the oxygen will make it difficult for us to survive." Brain worm said.
"Yes!" Ding Zheng suddenly remembered the saying that too much oxygen can cause oxygen poisoning.
It was amazing, and he couldn't imagine what had happened to this earth.
"By the way, is this the only plant on Earth?" Ding Zheng asked.
"Yes."
"So you're taking this thing, inhaling oxygen, and eating it at the same time?"
"Yes."
"Can I eat it?"
"I don't know, you can try." The answer of the brain worm was very serious.
Ding Zheng just glanced at it, and then stood up, it naturally didn't dare to try.
Although its body has a very high poison resistance, there may be one that can poison him, just like kryptonite that can easily knock down Superman.
And now although these zergs are very kind, Ding Zheng is still vigilant, and he doesn't want to capsize in the gutter.
"Can you eat enough of these things?" Ding Zheng felt a little strange, "You are all so big. ”
"We are lightweight, although we are large, but our body is almost entirely made up of water and other substances, such as oil or air, and we can live by eating ore."
The brain worm just finished speaking.
Suddenly.
The Zerg that had been caught by Ding Zheng before suddenly rushed out from the side, holding its forelimbs together, with a small stone in the middle, not even as big as its mouth.
And the insect also rubbed the back of Ding Zheng's hand with his forelimbs, and after Ding Zheng turned around, his upper body lifted up, and put the stone caught by his forelimbs in front of Ding Zheng like a puppy offering treasure from his master.
"Hey!" Ding Zheng first smiled at the strange movements of this insect, and then moved his gaze to the stone, and immediately, the smile on his face froze!
"This!" Ding Zheng's eyes widened, he glanced at this bug, and then at the brain worm, his face was full of surprise!
"That's another kind of food for us, these plants on the ground keep us alive, these stones, we keep us moving." Brain worm explained in due course.
And Ding Zheng had already paid all his attention to the stone in front of him at this time, completely stunned.
Because of this stone, Ding Zheng is too familiar!
This is like a crystal stone that is not completely transparent, which is the same as that of Skull Island and Isla Nublar, and it is also the mysterious ore that Ding Zheng found on the Zetari people, supporting the movement of the Zetari people and the whale-like objects of the Zetari!
"How do you have this?" Ding Zheng blurted out, and then immediately corrected his question: "When did you find this thing?" ”
The mouthparts of the brain worm continued to slide on the back of Ding Zheng's hand, expressing his meaning: "I have had it since I was born, and we all grew up eating this." ”
"Didn't your mother tell you about this?"
"Nope."
"Okay......" Ding Zheng paused, and then it occurred to him that there was no concept of history in the heads of these zergs.
If the Zerg are compared to human beings, the development of the Zerg now should have just passed the form of primitive people, and they are still trying to figure out how to continue to survive in such a harsh environment as the earth.
"But the mother worm should know more than me, and the mother worm is the first bug in the world." The brain worm said again.
Ding Zheng pinched the stone in his hand and looked at it carefully, if he wanted to see this female worm before, it was to see if these zergs would hinder or help his mission.
Now, in addition to the mission, he had another reason to have to meet the female worm.
It is no accident that the ore in its hand appeared on Skull Island and Nublar Island, and then appeared in the body of the Zetarians, and also appeared on this earth.
If it can figure out all the secrets of this ore, it might be able to make Skull Island and Isla Nublar a few points stronger!
Moreover, what surprised Ding Zheng even more was that.
This ore appears in the quest world.
It also foreshadows.
Ding Zheng was able to use the spot point to obtain more ore.
Coupled with the technology obtained from the Zitarians, if the relationship between these zerg and ores can be clarified, then the strength of Skull Island and Isla Nubra will undoubtedly have an extremely amazing progress!
A group of non-humans continued to walk forward.
It was completely out of the sand, and there was a rather pronounced damp smell ahead.
Ding Zheng saw a huge and deep tunnel appear in front of him.
As soon as you walk in, you can reach it in all directions.
And it's very spacious, enough for two five-meter-tall beetles to move side by side.
It's just that the height is still a little worse, only more than six meters.
So Ding Zheng had to go on all fours and continue to move forward.
Fortunately, the rest of the journey is not very long.
About a day passed.
Ding Zheng finally walked to the gathering place of the Zerg.
It's a palace underground!
The main body is a huge space, very spacious, almost more than 50 meters high. together
It looks much more spectacular than the subterranean of Isla Nublar.
And on the walls around this space, there are caves one after another, from top to bottom, from left to right, 360 degrees, almost everywhere.
It's like an ant's burrow, leading in all directions.
At this time, Ding Zheng had just walked out of a cave.
Looking at these dense, dense holes like a beehive, Ding Zheng felt a little uncomfortable, this is definitely a desperate situation of dense phobia.
And it's so complicated that it doesn't seem to have any pattern in arrangement.
Just looking at it, it's dizzy.
Ding Zheng felt that if it weren't for the insects leading the way, it might even get lost.
Bugs rely on their sense of smell to determine their path, and if they only use their eyes, they can't tell the difference between east, south, west, and north.
A large number of Zerg went back and forth in these passages, doing what they had to do, like industrious bees, orderly, like assembly lines.
And at the bottom of this space is a huge crater.
Originally, it was very dark in this space, and his eyes were basically useless, and he couldn't see anything, and if it wasn't for Ding Zheng's eyesight being strong enough, he wouldn't be able to see clearly.
And the huge crater below, in such a place, looks even darker, so that people can't see what is inside.
"It's down there." The brainworm's mouthparts touched the back of Ding Zheng's hand, and then continued to walk down with his head.
From the small talk with the brain worm on the road before, Ding Zheng already has a general understanding of the Zerg.
Nowadays, the entire Zerg is basically rooted underground.
Because there is nothing on the ground that can support their survival.
In addition to the seawater, there are deserts, or relics left by previous humans.
Of course, this is the situation in the Zerg gathering place, and as for other places further away, what is going on, the Zerg is not very clear.
With the current ability of the Zerg, they can only do it for the time being, guarding their own one-third of an acre, growing their own race, and waiting until they can survive on this harsh environment on the earth, they can find a way to do other things.
Ding Zheng walked in the passage while looking at the surrounding situation.
Bugs are broadly divided into three species.
One is the beetle, which is equivalent to a construction worker, which is the worm that escorts Ding Zheng and the brain worm over, and can secrete mucus with its mouth to temporarily fix the burrow they dug out.
These beetles are responsible for digging and repairing passages.
The other is the worker insect who was taken hostage by Ding Zheng before.
It's like worker ants.
They are huge, but they can only do two scythes in a hugging motion, and they can harvest and wrap things in front of them, and then take them to where they are needed.
For example, food is given to the mother worm, or substances such as oil are sent to the beetle to work.
Although the beetles appear to be huge, they are actually lightweight, and they have sacs in their bodies that can hold many things, and they spit them out for use.
After eating the oil, it is even able to breathe flames.
The other is the brain worm who came all the way and was responsible for communicating with Ding Zheng.
They are responsible for the transmission of information throughout the palace, and the bulb-like mouthparts can not only communicate with Ding Zheng, but also be able to tell other bugs what to do by shaking and emitting sound waves, and can also understand the thoughts of other bugs by receiving sound waves bouncing back from other bugs.
It's just a simple idea, though.
If it's too complicated, it will also require close contact when communicating with Ding Zheng.
In addition to these three categories, only the mother worm remains.
The female worm is the largest and most important of the entire Zerg.
It is responsible for fertility, like the queen of an ant colony.
In the entire Zerg, except for the female worm, the other bugs are infertile.
And, according to Ding Zheng's understanding.
The fertility of the female worm is asexual reproduction.
However, what made Ding Zheng feel quite strange was how a similar female worm used the method of asexual reproduction to make three completely different insects?
With such doubts, Ding Zheng followed the brain worm all the way forward.
At the same time, the transformation is also ready.
As soon as something is wrong with these bugs, he will immediately take action.
With Ding Zheng's previous understanding of these insects, no matter how large the number of these beetles and worker insects is, it is not enough to see in front of it.
"Here we are."
The brain worm stopped at the edge of the huge pit.
At such a close distance, Ding Zheng couldn't see anything in the pit, as if all the light had been sucked in.
It stood up, looked down at the bottom of the pit, and said, "Do you want me to jump?" ”
"The mother worm has come up." Brain worm explained to Ding Zheng.
It had only been a short time since the news of the brain worm was delivered, and immediately, Ding Zheng heard a slight friction sound coming from under the deep pit, and it was getting louder and louder.
A moment later, a large black carapace rose out of the pit, with a diameter of more than a hundred exaggerated amounts, almost exactly matching the pit.
I have to say that this carapace is indeed very large, like a mountain.
Moreover, it also made Ding Zheng feel a little familiar.
It couldn't help but squint its eyes and look at it, and after a moment blurted out, "Turtle shells? ”
"You know the turtle?"
Another voice rang out in the deep pit that seemed a little silent.
It's a neutral voice, with doubts and, at the same time, with irrepressible surprises!
"You...... Is it from somewhere else on Earth? ”
The voice rang out again.
Of course, Ding Zheng understood that this sound was made by the mother worm that was slowly rising in front of him.
But it just wrinkled its head, and wasn't too surprised.
Compared with the mother worm talking, it was the brain worm that communicated with him in that way, which surprised him even more.
"I'm from somewhere other than Earth." Ding Zheng didn't hesitate for too long, and then took out the rhetoric that he had thought of all the way.
"When I was on Earth, humanity hadn't left yet, and there was an alien army called Zitarians who invaded the Earth with wormholes, and I drove them out, and then they were bombarded into the universe with weapons by another hostile force on Earth, and the wormholes were closed, leaving me in the universe that is not known how many light years away from Earth."
Ding Zheng directly said what happened to him in the main world: "So I have been wandering in the universe, I don't know how many years have passed, until now, I finally found the earth again, but I didn't expect that the earth has become like this." ”
Ding Zheng's words silenced the mother worm.
After a long time, it spoke, and his tone was full of pity: "The human who caused you to wander in the universe is really bad. ”
"Hehe, that's not true." Ding Zheng couldn't help laughing, quite agreeing with this sentence.
"It's a pity that you shouldn't be able to find him by now, humans have left the earth, and now there are only us on this continent." The mother continued, her tone suddenly relaxed again, even with excitement, "I've learned human language for a long time, but only now, I haven't had the opportunity to speak. ”
Ding Zheng inexplicably felt that this female worm with a turtle shell was a little cute, but it didn't forget to get down to business, and after smiling, he asked seriously: "Can you tell me, the earth and human beings, what happened?" ”