Chapter 974: Fungus Tower
2. Composite gallbladder: The insect path destroyer has multiple gallbladders growing in the body, and when carrying out alien activities, these gallbladders will secrete a large amount of highly toxic bile inside the organ by absorbing the organic matter of the tunnel network, in order to deal with possible threats and help the insect path destroyer to fight for a long time. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
3. Vicious Mouthparts: The terrifying mouthparts of the Insect Path Destroyer can divide its prey into three sections in an instant, and it can be both a terrifying insect path guardian and a terrifying wasteland hunter. Whether it's a Marine, a tank, or a fanatic, once it pulls them into the complex network of worms, what awaits them will be shattered.
After browsing through the information of the Insect Path Destroyer, he thought about it carefully for a while, and did not remember the content of the battle about the Insect Path Destroyer. Judging by the icon, this thing looks more like the ash worm in the worm heart evolution quest. The Ash Worm is a combat unit of the Primordial Worm Camp, and the Worm Path Destroyer is very much in line with the characteristics of the Blade Queen's Worm unit, whether it is a defensive unit cultivated by Kerrigan combined with the Ash Worm gene and specially used to protect the tunnel network.
He suddenly remembered that Blizzard's plan book before the release of "Heart of the Swarm" seemed to mention the name "Worm Destroyer", saying that it was a siege unit. However, regardless of its origin, it is used in the interstellar system as a variant of the Pit Bug.
The resource cost of the Worm Destroyer is 200 crystals and 200 gas, and the population occupies 2, which is much higher than the cost of the Tunnel Worm.
The biggest effect of unlocking the Worm Destroyer is to make the tactics of sneak attacks behind enemy lines more flexible, and with the stealth units and the ground units teleported by the Tunnel Worm, it can form a huge threat to stronghold-type targets. In any case, the Worm Path Destroyer also evolved from the Tunnel Worm, and even if its size shrinks to a certain extent, it is impossible for it to decay from a large unit to a small and medium-sized unit.
After thinking for a while, he took his attention out of the system space and re-entered the real world, dodging the rocks that were either stationary or tumbling, and continued to dive towards the location of the angel number.
He originally thought that there was only one kind of monster in this weightless area, the catfish monster, but he didn't think that there was another monster with a high degree of similarity to the catfish monster, with weak attack power and no long beard, but the mouth protruded like a nozzle, which could spew out green poisonous gases outward, forming a miasma cloud with strong corrosiveness and toxicity.
Obviously, the highly toxic gas, based on organic acids, poses no threat to the Hybrid Reaver, a powerful creature that combines the characteristics of the Alien Worm Unit with the Astral Unit. So Tang Fang easily received the second biological tissue sample.
The scene of the battle unit unlocking reappeared, and although the angel number was not far away, he still found time to transfer his consciousness into the system space and check what the second biological tissue sample had unlocked.
The mutation menu of the worker bee and the mutation menu of the larvae have not changed, and then there are existing buildings, which are still the "Tunnel Network", and a new icon is added behind the newly unlocked Worm Destroyer------ Fungus Tower.
Like the Tunnel Destroyer, the Fungus Tower is another variant of the Tunnel Worm. It can corrupt large swathes of land in a short period of time, turning them into moss environments that Insect Units rely on to survive, which can be used to assist in the expansion of swarms, or to create a favorable combat environment for Insect troops, and to help Swarm Commanders expand their horizons.
The sample analysis report of the fungus tower shows 3 major components.
1. Bacterial tumor: In the process of evolution to the bacterial tower, the outlet used by the tunnel worms to transport the alien insect units is blocked by a large number of microbial colonies, and then converges into clusters, and finally evolves into a bacterial colony tumor with strong proliferation ability, which can multiply to the designated area in a very short time, so that the fungus blanket overflows like a tide, and turns the wasteland into a living and fighting environment that is favorable to the alien insects.
Second, the storage cavity: the wide cavity of the tunnel worm that abandons the transportation ability is filled with biomass that can help the rapid diffusion of the fungus, which comes from the tunnel network and is the most basic substance for the formation of colonies. Thanks to their help, the fungus tower can quickly lay the fungus blanket in the barren surface environment.
3. Catalytic gland: In the process of spraying biomass and the original colony, the microbiota can stimulate the rapid generation of colonies by spraying a catalytic hormone into the atmosphere, and polymerize into clusters of colonies, with the continuous biomass ingestion of the bacterium tower from the tunnel network, so as to activate the bacterial moss tissue and delay the atrophy of the bacterial blanket.
The cost of the fungus tower is slightly less than that of the Worm Destroyer, 200 crystals and 150 gas, occupying 2 people.
Unlike the king worm's ability to discharge the fungus blanket, the fungus tower has a larger range of influence, and even if the body leaves its original position, under the influence of catalytic hormones, the fungus blanket will not shrink rapidly, and there is no doubt that it is an important auxiliary unit.
Tang Fang didn't expect that the two major variants of the pit worm would be unlocked one after another in a short period of time, which could be regarded as a small way to make up for the regret of not being able to leave Yermungad, and at the same time made him draw a big question mark in his heart. Where did these two fish-like monsters come from, he thought that the catfish monster was the creature of those tumors on Jörmungadr's neck that looked like hatching sacs, but now it seems that it is not, because under the overwhelming attack of the hybrid raiders, the number of catfish monsters has not decreased, but has increased, and it is really like a school of migrating fish in a river.
Although the trip of the three of them has been delayed, there are also happy things about it, the two fish-shaped monsters are also valuable in addition to unlocking the Worm Path Destroyer and the Fungus Tower, and they can collect 300 life energy and 200 rare elements, namely: 300 crystals and 200 gas. From the appearance of the hybrid looter to the arrival of the 3 people at the location of the Angel Number, the gas resources have been accounted for 3w+, you must know that the "fish" has no tendency to weaken, the further down the flight, the greater the density of the fish monsters, and the more numerous. If it weren't for the fear of the Angel Number's safety and the frightening speculation in his mind, he would have just stopped and stayed here for a while to gather as many resources as he could.
When the three of them arrived on deck of the Angel, Tang Fang released another 20 hybrid raiders, issued an order to empty the weightless area of the fish monster as much as possible, collect crystal and gas resources, and then walked to the nearest hatch.
The Angel was pulled down the sinkhole by Jörmungad, except for the damage to the power system, the rest of the subsystems were not seriously injured, but in the process of falling, the Starlight Shield collapsed in some areas due to the imbalance of energy supply, and a few rock masses hit the hull, which more or less brought some external scars to the Angel, but fortunately it was not serious.
As he walked towards the nearest hatch, Walton looked at the clumps of ablative plaque and dark green solids on the deck, and couldn't help but look resentful. The Angel is now blocked by many large rock masses and cannot move, and the two fish monsters obviously regard it as a target, and the scorching bile and poisonous breath make a mess of the original pearly white livery, which is very unpleasant.
Tang Fang only frowned at this and did not make a statement. The three of them continued to move forward, opening the security door from the outside, and entering the corridor connecting the inner cabin through the pressure chamber, where Claire and Tang Lin had been waiting for a long time.
It could be seen that the two of them were not in a good mood, their brows were furrowed deeply, and the girl's face was still a little pale, obviously not yet recovered from a series of events.
"How's Yingluo doing?" He took off his mask and walked towards the medical lab.
"It's bad." Claire whispered, "The T-energy stone on Yingluo's forehead was shattered by Jörmunga, and the suppressed V-type phagosome gene began to resist, using her body as a battlefield, and began to gradually eat away at the biochemical modulator gene encoded by Terro. Abbather is trying to suppress this process with medical equipment in a medical laboratory, but the results are not ideal. ”
Tang Fang asked again: "How is the maintenance of the power system progressing?" ”
This time, Tang Lin responded to the question: "The two Cupids are working hard to repair the zero-element reactor, and it looks like it will take a while." ”
He nodded, and was about to say something when Tang Lin reported another anomaly, "Since the Angel number fell into the sinkhole, Egg? The death apparatus implanted by Stetelman in the battleship system fluctuates abnormally while in standby, which is faint but real. ”
"Is there background radiation from wandering planets?"
Tang Lin shook his head: "Alena has carefully compared, since the angel number arrived on the wandering planet, the death torture instrument has been radiating a faint gravitational wave, because the energy level is very low, the fluctuation is not obvious, the staff of the data analysis team mistakenly thought that it was caused by the gravitational turbulence of the wandering planet, and did not pay attention to it. It wasn't until the asteroid storm ended, the gravitational disturbance area collapsed, and the Angel was knocked down by Jörmungandr that the staff of the data analysis team noticed the faint gravitational fluctuations. ”
Tang Fang suddenly thought of the two fish monsters swimming around the Angel Number, and wondered if those creatures attacking the Angel Number would have something to do with the gravitational fluctuations caused by the Death Torture Instrument? This may well be an alternative "moth to the fire".
"Is the death apparatus still operating?" He asked.
Tang Lin shook his head and said: "The logistics and maintenance personnel have completely cut off the energy supply of the death torture device, and the entire subsystem is now offline, and the weak gravitational fluctuation has disappeared. ”
"That's ......," Tang muttered, recalling his first guess when he saw the inner wall of the ruins.
At this moment, the group arrived at the medical laboratory, and the figure walking back and forth behind the glass wall came into view, interrupting his thoughts.
Roy heard the sound of the security door opening, and saw Tang Fang, Walton, and Aros coming, and his eyes turned even redder.
The young man choked up and wanted to say something, Tang Fang patted him on the shoulder and comforted, "Okay, okay, I know everything...... Leave it to me. After speaking, he quickened his pace and led a few people to the fully enclosed hospital bed in the center of the hall to carefully observe Yingluo's face.
Just as Claire had told him, the t-power stone on the girl's forehead, the size of a fingernail, had shattered, and had turned from a blue glow to a dull one. From a certain angle, there is a different kind of poignant.
Tang Fang didn't appreciate this beauty, and neither did Claire. Roy's fingers squeezed at the shield, his nails scraping several white marks on the glass surface.
Abbather stood opposite, with Valentine's gloomy face to the left of his head. Including Claire, Walton, and Roy, many crew members are uncomfortable with this scene, feel disgusted, and feel chilled, and every time they see the Trinity of Abasser, they have the feeling of watching a chilling horror movie.
But today, Abbather's disgusting appearance and Valentine's terrifying embedded face could no longer move everyone present, on the contrary, Roy and the others were looking at a worm face and a human face on the other side with expectant eyes.
"Are you really going to do that? How sure are you? Valentine said as she looked at Yingluo on the other side of the shield. Roy and Yingluo, and Moriton and Caroline, like his children, wanted this to happen to him more than to watch them suffer...... This is about the special affection of all old people for their juniors.
Abbather swung his slender forelimbs, "Seventy." ”
"Seventy percent ......" Tang Fang muttered softly, "Seventy percent ......" The reason why he told Roy not to rush and leave everything to him was naturally because there was a way to save Yingluo. You must know that he still has 2 hero slots in his hand, and Nova has already unlocked it, but he has not been summoned to the real world, if Abbather has no way to heal Yingluo's injury, he will have to use parasitic mode to wake up the girl. But when the three of them arrived at the angel number and walked towards the medical laboratory, Abbather suddenly reported a message, claiming that he had found another way, or he didn't have to waste the precious hero seat.
Abbather prefers to follow the new methods he has just discovered to treat Yingluo, because it allows him to collect a large amount of experimental data and satisfy his desire to explore. But from Valentine's point of view, the old man prefers a more secure approach, such as the parasitic mode.
But no matter which method is used, the decision is in the hands of Tang Fang.
Claire, Roy, and the others didn't know about Abbather's whim, and didn't understand what the conversation between the three meant.
"Subject...... Tenacious...... Method failed...... Can be parasitic. ”
Ordinary people may not understand what the stammering child wants to express, but Tang Fang is clear. Abbather wants to tell him that Yingluo's will to survive is tenacious, which will increase the success rate to a certain extent. Taking a step back, even if this method fails, he can use the purple parasite to change Yingluo's constitution at the right moment and turn her into a hero unit.
As a last resort, he will not use parasitic mode to treat his companions, because memory fusion will inevitably have an impact on the target's original personality and cognition, and even change.
"Well, let's try your new approach." He thought about it for a while and voted in favor of Abbather's opinion.
After receiving an affirmative answer, Abbather did not hesitate, and under his guidance, he left the angel number and entered the Zerg base.
That's when Claire had the opportunity to say the question in her mind: "What's new?" (To be continued.) )