The inside of the hive was dim, the air was cloudy, the smell of rancid was in the nostrils, and there were terrifying insects everywhere.

Some bugs are sleeping, some are fighting, some are fighting for food, and there is a little chaos in the order.

In addition to this, there are a large number of eggs that have not hatched.

The epidermis of the eggs is very viscous, full of mucus, as if covered with a membrane of flesh and blood, and many of the eggs have a strong and weak heartbeat sound coming from inside.

"Bang...... Bang......"

As long as a beam of light is fired, you can see through the thin, translucent epidermis and see the curled up insect larvae that are developing inside.

Su Xia shook her wings and flew high to see the entire lair.

During this time, the development of the hive was very stable.

After becoming the leader of the two hives, Susha was in no hurry to expand.

He collected the corpses produced during the previous battle between the two sides, and let the mother worm devour these corpses and turn them into nutrients needed by the hive.

At the same time, he himself absorbed a part of it, and his strength increased steadily.

"The strength of this doppelganger is already close to level five, and it has reached a critical point." Su Xia slowly raised her hand, or claw, and felt the power in her body.

His body was covered in jewel-like dark red scales, hard and cold, and it looked strangely beautiful.

The tail on his back is very long, the wings are powerful and powerful, the limbs are extremely toned, two small horns appear on the forehead, the facial features are cold, and the pupils are red, like a mythical humanoid demon.

"Brush—"

Su Xia waved his claws lightly, and the power in his body seemed to explode, which was terrifyingly strong.

This body has almost all the advantages of the Zerg, the explosive power is terrifying, the defense is amazing, the speed and reaction ability are surprisingly fast, the bones are like steel, the vitality is more tenacious than that of a cockroach, and the physical strength is much stronger than the main body.

"If it's on the other side of the earth, a slap can kill an elephant."

He also has an amazing number of skills on his personal panel, and almost every time he levels up, he can awaken an active or passive skill, and he doesn't need to go anywhere else to learn at all.

From a purely combat point of view, this body is simply perfect.

In his personal cognition, this is almost the top species in the entire universe.

Of course, Su Xia's knowledge of the vast universe is limited, and perhaps there are stronger species in the starry sky above his head.

At this moment, a hoarse voice came from afar: "Els, why are we going into the depths of the earth to hide?" ”

The lord of this hive, the black sky overlord, questioned Su Xia.

During this time, this lord was also devouring corpses and growing.

Su Xia often paid attention to its growth rate, hoping that this lord could break through to become a fifth-level creature as soon as possible, so that he could provide enough help for his future actions.

However, even as a lord creature, this bug has a limited ability to devour every day, and it can't digest it if it eats too much.

Su Xia is different, his body can be devoured almost infinitely, and there are several passive and active skills related to devouring.

Now, this leading creature is only able to break through to level 4.8 psionic energy, which is far from level 5.

"Els, the corpse is almost devoured." The lord continued, "We should take the initiative and plunder more resources so that the hive can continue to grow and breed more warriors, rather than hiding deep underground. ”

The "Els" in his mouth is the previous queen's name for Su Xia's body.

Els, in the mythology of this world, is the god of cunning and murder.

The current appearance of Su Xia's body is similar to the illustrations of the murderous gods in those myths and fables.

He said to the lord creature, "No, Bear, we don't have enough power now. ”

Xiong Da is the name he gave to this lord.

Not far away, the lord of another hive is a mutated Shadow Slayer, named Xiong Er by Su Xia.

"Els, I think we're strong enough." The lord retorted Su Xia's words, his voice hoarse, and his blood-colored eyes stared at him all the time.

"Xiong Da, the overall strength of the insect nest has only recovered to seventy percent of what it was before the last war."

Su Xia's eyes were calm, he looked at the lord, and continued: "Is this kind of strength powerful in your eyes? It seems that your definition of strong is different from mine. ”

The lord did not back down, and retorted again: "Els, you are not strong enough. ”

"The so-called 'courage' will bring the entire hive to extinction."

Su Xia was expressionless and replied to him like this.

He had expected such a conversation.

He had always known that this lord, as well as the other hive lord, was not convinced by him.

After all, his current status was not made by fighting, but was directly appointed by the queen.

For the two hives, he is a relational through the back door.

When he was first appointed, he had just broken through the fourth level, and the spiritual energy in his body was unstable, and he was sensed by the two lords.

Until now, both lords thought they were better than him.

Many times, the two of them were resting or devouring in another hive, not coming to see Susha at all.

In a society like the Zerg, the strong will not listen to the weak.

The order of this race is stricter and more cruel than that of the machine race.

"Els, I'm the original leader of this lair, and I've watched it grow stronger, and I should have more say than you." This lord was quite polite, he did not directly disobey the order, and he was still arguing with Su Xia, but his voice became more and more indifferent.

"Xiongda, what do you want to do?"

Su Xia looked at him quietly, waiting for his reply.

The lord said, "Els, the scouts we sent to various areas have returned and found traces of more than a dozen newborn hives, and now is the perfect time for us to devour them!" ”

"Xiong Da, you're in too much of a hurry." Su Xia shook her head.

"Els, the Queen appointed you in the hope that you can take the two hives on a stronger path!"

The lord's voice raised a few points, and he asked Su Xia: "You are so cowardly, you always say that the time is not right, let us hide in the depths of the earth all day, then when is the time?" ”

"Xiongda, what do you want to say?" Su Xia's voice was steady.

"Els, if you don't have the courage, then give me and Xiong Er back the power!" The lord didn't beat around the bush anymore, his voice was hoarse, and he directly put forward conditions to Su Xia.

The conversation between the two was not deliberately suppressed, and many insects in the hive below could hear it.

Most of the low-level bugs don't show much of it, and they still go their own way, as if they don't hear it at all.

However, a handful of mid-level and high-level bugs raised their heads and looked at the two creatures in the sky.

Some of them are intellectually no weaker than adult humans, and naturally know what is happening - the seizure of power!

Among them, the most intelligent are naturally the higher races of Fear Parasites and Shadow Hunters, who have long been aware of the problems inside the hive, but have remained silent.

To this day, they still choose to remain silent.

Intelligent creatures don't take sides when something first happens, otherwise it's easy to fall into the abyss.

However, there are some races that have already made their choice.

"Huh...... ......"

On the ground, some of the insects raised their heads, their eyes were vicious, and they grinned at Su Xia, and the rancid mucus dripped from the tips of their teeth, looking extremely infiltrating.

Many of them belong to the same race, the "Raiders", the evolution of the Swift Worm, a mid-level class.

In the sky, some insects also opened their eyes.

They hang upside down above their icy nests, densely packed like bats in some caves, black or gray in color, belonging to two different flying races - the Black Wings and the Gray Shadows.

As a Zerg flying class, it is normal for them to choose to follow the lord, after all, this lord is a mutated black overlord.

He is the ultimate evolutionary target for almost the entire hive's flying class.

"Els, the queen has never returned, and I think it was your weakness that disappointed her." The lord said unceremoniously to Su Xia.

"The queen is just gathering news in a human city." Su Xia replied.

"It's just your side of the story!" The lord retorted, his voice cold, "Give me back the power, and I will lead the hive to the top and let the queen know what is the right choice!" ”

"You want to prove yourself to her?"

Su Xia smiled lightly, knowing what this worm was thinking.

The lord asked rhetorically, "Els, don't you want to?" Or is it cowardice that keeps you from doing it? ”

"I want to know what Xiong Er thinks." Su Xia said lightly.

"He thinks the same as I do!"

The lord suddenly opened his bloody mouth, rows of sharp teeth, and sent out a strange sound wave in front of him.

This is one of the ways in which the bugs are contacted, and he is informing the lord of another hive, Xiong Er.

Similar contact information, Su Xia will also.

In the skill bar of his body, there is an active skill of [Contact].

It didn't take long for Xiong Er, who received the news, to come.

"Els ......"

He was a mutated shadow hunter, tall with a hard shell, and a pair of sickle-like arms that shimmered and oppressed.

With a slight leap, he jumped not far from the two of them, stood on a boulder platform, and said to Su Xia: "Els, my thoughts are the same as Xiong Da, the Zerg do not belong to the shadows, we need to fight for the land under the sun!" ”

It can be seen that he and Xiong Da have discussed it a long time ago, just waiting for an opportunity to have a showdown with Su Xia.

And today, Su Xia's sudden announcement of the hidden operation gave them a chance.

Su Xia stared at the two of them calmly and said to them, "Have you read those books I gave you?" ”

"Els, the book is all about human philosophy, and it doesn't apply to our race!" Xiong Da said indifferently.

"Els, I suppose you're not fully integrated into our race, do you still think you're a primitive creature? Or do you want to learn about humans? Have you forgotten how humanity was wiped out by the Automata? Xiong Er also raised a rebuttal, obviously they had read those books, but now they just wanted to stand on the opposite side of Su Xia.

Those books were carefully selected by Su Xia before.

It contains knowledge of philosophical debate, military strategy, development theory and other aspects.

He knows that most of the high-level bugs are smart, and their IQ is not weaker than that of adults, as long as they study hard, they will definitely be able to understand it.

In particular, the idea of sustainable development is very important to the Zerg at this stage.

Therefore, he distributed not only the book to the two lords, but also to a number of high-ranking bugs to study together.

Now, the bugs who have read the book, maintaining the deepest silence, not even raising their heads, silently waiting for the end of this power seizure.

As cultural bugs, they have seen many similar historical stories in books.

"Els, it's all over, give us back the power." Xiong flailed his hard wings and stared at Su Xia indifferently.

His claws shimmered, and he didn't know if he had any intention of doing it directly.

"Els, do you hear that?" Xiong Er also stared at Su Xia, "Give us back the power, we should be the queen's messengers, and we will bring supreme glory to the Zerg!" ”

"If the queen were here, she would probably give you both a slap in the face."

Su Xia looked calm, thinking of the tall woman with a wheat complexion.

She must still be digging through the materials beneath the Coral City Tavern.

Xiong Da retorted: "No, Els, the Queen will appreciate our actions!" ”

Su Xia asked him, "Do you know what's going on outside right now?" ”

"No, we don't know!"

“……”

Su Xia shrugged his shoulders and said to the two of them, "I don't know if you are so arrogant to question me, who gave you the courage?" ”

"Els, I just know there's something wrong with your decision!" Xiong Er said indifferently.

"It's not a matter of decision-making, it's a matter of life and death."

Su Xia looked into the distance, his gaze over the two hive lords.

He raised his voice and asked a reading bug in the distance, "Have the scouts sent south returned?" ”

That bug is of a very high level, already level 3.9, standing on the verge of a breakthrough.

He is very smart, he is a parasite, and he is one of the more loyal bugs in this hive to Su Xia, and immediately reported to Su Xia: "Lord Els, they have not returned yet. ”

"Okay, wait for them to come back, and then tell me right away." Susha commanded.

"Yes!"

This insect bows down and learns from humans, and looks like it.

He is not the main body, but a parasitic primitive worm with strong limbs, standing on two feet, and his learning ability is considered to be the best among all insects.

Su Xia consciously cultivated him and put him in charge of the compilation of investigation news.

At this time, Xiong Da stared at Su Xia and asked, "Els, what are you waiting for?" ”

Su Xia replied, "Didn't you hear, I'm waiting for news." ”

"You're stalling for time!" Xiong Da concluded, his tone was not good.

"That's right, Els, you're procrastinating, you don't want to hand over the power in your hands!" Xiong Er made a sound, and even roared in a low voice after finishing speaking, quite dissatisfied with Su Xia.

It can be seen that they prefer to fight with real knives and guns to determine power, rather than playing all kinds of petty tricks.

This made Su Xia more comfortable—at least he didn't have to be as deceitful as he was in the Terrans.

With the emotional intelligence of these two guys, if they go to the company or municipal unit of the Terran, it is estimated that they will not be able to last even half a month, and they will be eaten by a group of old fritters without even bones.

Su Xia smiled indifferently and said to the two guys, "Don't worry, the news should arrive soon." ”

"Els, your method of stalling for time is disgusting!"

"Huh? Even 'disdain' will be used, which means that reading during this time has an effect. ”

“……”

The two lord creatures glanced at each other, their eyes glowing with a fierce light, and they seemed to have plans to make a move.

However, after all, Su Xia was chosen by the queen, and the queen had a supreme position in their hearts, which made them more entangled.

If Su Xia was an ordinary bug, they would have found an opportunity to shoot him to death.

After a while, Xiong Da looked at Su Xia again and said coldly, "Okay, Els, we'll wait here for your news!" ”

(End of chapter)