At this time, the Zerg civil war on Char was still in the stage of skirmishes, and neither side sent a real main force, but occasionally there were encounters with guerrilla troops.

Usually each side sends a wave of jumping worms, like a knight charge in the Middle Ages, colliding into each other and fighting like gladiators, fighting in the bloodiest and most brutal way.

Even the side that wins in the end usually has to pay a pretty heavy price.

It was a real desperate brawl, with thousands of jumping insects fighting until only a few remained, which was quite common.

But when the armed hoppers of the Wandering Earth join the fray, the situation becomes very different.

Armed jumping insects do not launch a frontal charge like ordinary jumping insects, but mainly outflank them in a roundabout way, forming two tributaries to rush to the enemy's flank, trying to form an encirclement net to envelop the enemy jumping insects.

At this time, the enemy jumping insects are trying to pounce on them, trying to rely on their sharp claws and sharp teeth for melee combat, relying on their powerful mobility to hunt the fleeing opponents.

This time, however, they were facing armed hoppers with equal mobility, and although the heavy pulse rifle on their backs added a little more weight, the powered exoskeleton of the armed hoppers also made up for this shortcoming, making them no weaker than normal hoppers, and what would happen next was logical.

I saw that in the process of chasing, the armed jumping worm ran forward without looking back, but the heavy pulse rifle on its back automatically turned the head of the gun and kept firing at the ordinary jumping worm chasing behind.

Even under the bumps of the high-speed movement of the armed jumping insects, the heavy pulse rifle did not lose its accuracy at all, and poured bullets on the ordinary jumping insects with the same precision as if they were open.

At the same time, all the armed jumping insects spread out like a heavenly maiden scattering flowers, forming a perfect arc, gradually surrounding the enemy jumping insects that rushed up, no matter which side they charged, they had to withstand the crossfire of heavy pulse rifles, further expanding the killing range.

In the end, the enemy jumping insects obviously had ten times more than the number of armed jumping insects, but they couldn't even touch the other party, and in turn they were scattered and surrounded by armed jumping insects, and used the fire of heavy pulse rifles to destroy them all.

This scene reminded Qiao Lu of the classic operation in the StarCraft game - the spearman, but the speed of the armed jumping worm is undoubtedly faster than that of the machine gunner, and there is no need to look back, just keep running, and the heavy pulse rifle on the back will automatically lock on and destroy the enemy like a remote-controlled turret.

Under the kite tactics of this enhanced version of the machine gunner, ordinary jumping insects can only be slaughtered unilaterally, unable to catch up and run, and even bring any battle damage to the armed jumping insects.

"It seems that at least in terms of basic troops, we have achieved a lot of advantages."

Qiao Lu, who was watching the battle from a distance, said with satisfaction, sure enough, the strong flesh of the insect and the mechanical technology of humans can create more possibilities.

Dr. Hansen still said with some dissatisfaction: "The only pity is the problem of logistics supply, the armed jumping insects need to come back to replenish ammunition after each battle, which limits their ability to fight alone to a certain extent." ”

"There's no way to get them to evolve an organ that supplies energy?" Qiao Lu asked.

If this works, the armed hoppers will be able to get rid of the logistical constraints and fight alone for a long time.

However, Dr. Hansen shook his head and said, "It's not impossible, but the cost of doing so is too great, and it will lose the advantage of the jumping worm itself." ”

Qiao Lu asked, "What's going on?" ”

"The reason why jumping worms are cheap and reproduce extremely fast is that their genetic sequences and cell composition are simplified to the extreme, allowing the Zerg to easily send a large number of jumping worms to their enemies, and they can continue to expand their numbers even in the event of a large number of deaths."

"So if you want the jumping worm to evolve a very complex organ, the reproductive efficiency will be greatly reduced and it will need to consume more biomass than the stinging snake, which will be a bit more than worth the loss."

After listening to Dr. Hansen's narration, Qiao Lu realized that the evolution of alien insects is not so simple, it does not mean that if you want to obtain any ability, you can evolve any ability, otherwise the insect swarm would have unified the whole universe long ago.

Dr. Hansen continued, "Biological evolution is never a matter of acquisition, but a process of trade-offs. For example, when we evolved from apes, we lost our climbing tails and warm fur. The same is true for the genetic improvement of alien insects, and finding a way to get rid of the superfluous things can make them more powerful. ”

Armed jumping worms are the removal of a pair of claws on their backs for melee combat, so that they can fight with heavy pulse rifles on their backs, which is only possible with human technology.

Sure enough, it still needs to rely on the biotechnology of alien insects to make these insect colonies better evolve. For example, Abasser, who is a genetic engineer of the alien insect, may be able to give a better evolutionary plan.

"I see, you're doing a great job, let's continue to develop along this line." Qiao Lu said to Dr. Hansen.

Until Abbather was found, this was an excellent improvement.

The armed jumping worms are enough to deal with the current skirmish for the time being, and I am afraid that it will take quite a while before the alien insects will attack the hive territory of the wandering earth, and that is the time to compete with the other worm mothers on the Char.

The Wandering Earth will also stay in the StarCraft plane for two months, and it is obviously not enough to unify the swarm in such a short period of time, and the hive occupied by the Wandering Earth also needs to be further developed and accumulated in order to become a force that is enough to compete for the dominance of the Zerg.

During this time, Jory wants to accomplish another thing, and that is when he summons the Avengers, Captain America mentions that Thanos is coming.

After all, it was by relying on the power of the Mind Gem that Qiao Lu successfully gained the ability to control the alien insects. Another Infinity Stone, the Cosmic Rubik's Cube is a bridge between the various planes of the Wandering Earth.

Both Infinity Stones have played such a key role, so Qiao Lu can't help but look forward to the power of the remaining Infinity Stones, Thanos' arrival will inevitably bring one or two Infinity Stones, which is also a rare opportunity for the Wandering Earth.

What's more, Qiao Lu and the Endgame Avengers on the Wandering Earth also promised to collect Infinity Stones for them to restore half of their lives that would be erased in the future.

While the civil war of the swarm on Char has not yet broken out on a large scale, and there are still two months to go to the next plane, Qiao Lu plans to fulfill some of his promise and get the new Infinity Stones!