"Look closely, here, let that one go back a little, yes, stop here, see, this is its biggest ganglia, what is the effect, look at the back, I stimulated it a little, rest assured, there is no magic that may produce visual effects, just the simplest thunder and lightning stimulation. The role of this ganglion should be to coordinate its whole body movements, so that it will not fall when it steps on its legs, and it will not tear off its jaw when it opens its mouth, yes, this is already the limit of what it can do on its own. So, what is it doing to fight us, with the little spiders?"

"Instinct?" Shure tried to explain, "Instinct is something that can't be explained right now, like being born to eat, and as you said before, the instinct that remains on their corpses is to kill all aliens. ”

"Yes, this may explain their previous blind attacks, but instinct does not make them line up to rush to the front line, let alone restrain their instincts not to attack the enemy, but to besiege them. Miridy shook her head, "I know you want to say that there are commanders who have given them orders, the question is ......"

"What do they use to understand orders?"

"That's right, they don't understand the concept of command at all, in Parvatiga, even two ants will exchange information and understand information by touching their antennae, but they don't have the organ to understand information at all, theoretically speaking, they can't be ordered at all, no, they shouldn't exist at all, because it's meaningless. ”

"That's interesting. Shul tapped his thigh and muttered, "The phenomenon I see is completely opposite to the theory. ”

"So, they are not an 'independent' organism at all, but an organ of a certain organism. If our hands are cut off, can we still move? But we can use our brains to control our arms to make all kinds of movements. In the same way, the commander of the insect that we imagine exists is actually the brain of the creature, which controls most of the subjective actions of the creature, including the control of each bug, in a way that we do not yet understand. ”

"It's similar to your undead manipulation. ”

"Heh, you're right, just like I control the undead, the brain should be able to control everything, most of these bugs have eyes, so theoretically every bug can feed back to the brain, the bugs have no sense of touch, so when the swarm is killed in large numbers, the brain will not be overwhelmed by pain, it can be said that the brain is an alternative necromancer, but the control of the undead is exaggerated, and it is as convenient as breathing. ”

"But how do they stay alive? They can't live without eating, drinking, or breathing. ”

"You still don't understand, Shure. Miridy looked at Shul with a look of pity, "Do your hands eat and drink? ”

"I don't need these hands and feet, because my blood delivers nutrients to them, and I can eat and drink by myself, but the insects are ......," said Xiu'er, who seemed to understand something, and said in astonishment, "Fungus blanket?"

"A two-way energy channel, in addition to absorbing the energy produced after the corpse is decomposed, will also send energy outward. Miridy breathed a sigh of relief, revealing an expression that was really tired of communicating with the layman, "Do you see these tubes in the corpses of unknown purpose? These are the energy channels, and the fungus blanket directly sends them energy to keep them alive." ”

"So when they leave the fungus blanket, their strength and desire to attack decrease. Shur nodded thoughtfully, "Because the energy transmission is cut off." ”

"Well, if you leave the fungus blanket, you should only be able to rely on your own energy reserves, and it is estimated that you will run out of energy and die if you can't support it for too long. ”

"But there's a problem, there's no blanket around the mutant mother's nest, Mia, Dark, you ...... Well, you see, they saw it too, and they didn't, but the brain still keeps those bugs around, not afraid that they will run out of energy and die?"

"That's something I don't understand. Miridy frowned, "It stands to reason that this shouldn't be the case, they are waiting at the door, they are just wasting their energy reserves in vain, how can they do such a stupid thing." ”

"Wei, point 1 image. "The mutant spider nest that has been numbered as the first point is displayed in front of everyone, and the image disappeared yesterday, according to Wei's explanation, the stealth detector was destroyed, but then a new one was recreated, so Xiuer looked at it several times today and was not affected, including now, "You see, there is no fungus blanket here, it's all ground...... Whew, Dark Moon bless, this is ...... What?"

Turning back as he spoke, Shul suddenly couldn't speak anymore the moment he saw the image, and the scene in the image was really unexpected.

In the back of the swarm, three strange structures were erected, enclosing the cave in the center in a triangular shape. On closer inspection, they were not buildings, but rather creatures, two of which were like cocoons, poking out halfway from the ground, and the surface beating regularly like a heart, occasionally writhing, as if something was about to break out of the cocoon.

The third one should have just broken out of the cocoon, and there were still a lot of fragments of the flesh cocoon hanging on the surface of the body. It seems to grow out of thin air from the ground, with a height of three or four meters, and its whole body is full of wriggling muscles, and it looks like a mountain of meat from a distance, and the surface of the mountain of meat is constantly bursting with fist-sized sarcomas and constantly rupturing, and each sarcoma ruptures, and the fungus blanket on the ground extends outward a little bit.

Yes, the fungus blanket, after Roshan was formed, with it as the center, the fungus blanket began to grow outward, and it should have grown from its body. The scope of the fungus blanket expansion is very slow, it is estimated that it will only extend outward for dozens of centimeters in an hour, but although the speed is slow, it will not stop for a moment, according to this efficiency, at most, three or four days, the fungus blanket will cover all the areas around the crypt.

"Slap", of course, there is no sound, just the dubbing in everyone's hearts, the second Roshan broke out of the cocoon, and sure enough, as soon as it appeared, another fungus blanket was generated on the surface, and the insect swarm got busy, collecting the fragments of the exploding meat cocoon again and throwing them on the fungus blanket.

"Well, Moria, you're right, the fungus blanket is indeed part of some kind of life. Shure looked up sharply and asked loudly, "Wei, can you trace the generation of these three things? ”

"I'm sorry, Commander, but only footage from the base is kept, and there is no record of Point One. ”

"But you have been fighting bugs for a long time, so you should have a record of that. ”

"Yes, Commander. The three objects you are referring to are called Supporters, and they are one of the basic buildings of the swarm, and their role is to provide basic support for the swarm, and all the buildings and more than 90% of the daily activities of the swarm must be carried out on the fungus carpet. ”

"Similar to blood vessels. The eight of them easily understood the role of the so-called supporters, and Shul asked, "Are all the buildings of the swarm generated like this?"

"Yes. ”

"Similar organs. Several people looked at each other and nodded, and they all connected, and it seemed that the swarm really looked like a perfect life form. Shuer sighed and said with a wry smile, "At least we know what the Queen of Bugs is waiting for now, it seems that when the fungus blanket covers the entire battlefield, it will be time for a decisive battle." ”

"I'm afraid it's not necessarily just waiting for the fungus blanket to expand. Miridy pouted and said, "Didn't you suspect that when the swarm attacked us before, those strange species didn't participate in the battle? ”

"You said something similar yesterday, but you didn't explain it in detail. Shul asked suspiciously, "What's new?"

"I examined all seven bugs and found that they all had the same qualities. ”

"Well, if your theory is correct, then they are all part of this strange individual, and of course the characteristics are the same. ”

"Nonsense. Miridy was not at all polite, "You're talking about origins, not traits. Your hair, your nails, and your skin, they're all the same, but they're so different. And these bugs, their characteristics are exactly the same, that is, they are actually the same thing. ”

"To put it simply. ”

"The Spike Moth, the most notorious social beast of the Parvatiga Steppes. Miridy explained impatiently, "I've heard of it. They have the characteristic that they have no sex during the larval stage, and after forming a cocoon into a pupa, the sex is determined according to the number of males and females in the colony at the time of final metamorphosis. ”

"Well, I've also read this information, and there are quite a few studies on nail moths. ”

"I suspect that these bugs are probably the same, except that when they metamorphose, they determine not the sex but the form, and all the bugs we see are actually made from the same kind of larvae. There were no other kinds of bugs before, because there was no brain control, and the larvae would only metamorphose into the ones we fought against, and once the brain appeared, it was only a day later, and so many species had already appeared. ”

"Wei, you said you don't have basic information about the swarm, but do you have any information about the birth of the bug?"

"No, Commander, these are all contained in the basic information of the swarm, in the branch base database, there are only a few names and brief introductions of the swarm troops, and the rest of the detailed data is stored in the main system of the planet, which needs to be accessed and can be queried at any time. However, it is not possible to connect to the main system of the planet at this time, and it is not possible to provide relevant information. ”

"Okay, I see. Shuer sighed regretfully, staring at the stereoscopic image, "A million insect swarms, and there are already one-tenth of a special species of insects by sight." They've given birth to so many new bugs in one day?"

"I think so. Miridy nodded with a serious face, "So they are still waiting, it may be waiting for the expansion of the fungus blanket, but it is more likely that they are waiting for a new batch of bugs to be born, more troops, more diverse troops, and more tactical combinations." ”

"No, we can't wait any longer. Shul pondered for a long time, and suddenly slapped the table, "If Miridy's guess is correct, then in a few days it will not be a matter of the burrowing spiders being defeated, but that even if they fight on two fronts, they can kill us and the caveworms together, and we must get out of this projection world as soon as possible." ”

"Wei, give me a copy of all the information about the insect swarm that you can find now, tomorrow everyone will be on standby inside the base, try not to leave the base, Moria, the speed of long-distance movement, except for Dark, you are the fastest, you and I will go out tomorrow." ”

"Eh, do you want to change form?"

"Well, now is not the time to hide, besides, when we leave, Mia, you urge those people to train and be ready to clash head-on with the biters. ”