Chapter 147: Spotted Snake Crocodile
Let's not mention what the special mission on the "Dream Swim" side is going on, not long after they successfully eliminated the first white-ringed night vulture.
The Zerg finally met a creature that could be called "*** annoying".
The swamp is on the way of the Zerg, because of its huge area, it is not possible to pass through it from both sides, so after a simple judgment, the best way is to find a barely passable road and cross the swamp.
The reason why the swamp is difficult to walk is mainly because of two points, one is the lake on the bright surface, although the Zerg are not afraid of water and cannot drown in a short time, but in the end they have no swimming skills and can pass through the water...... It is uncertain whether there are any dangerous creatures in the water.
And most of this kind of water lakes are outside, once there are any creatures will be very conspicuous, many giant birds like the white-ringed night vulture live nearby, and they are easy to be taken as prey.
The other is the swamp in the dark, because the water vapor is thick nearby, and the ground is very moist and soft, and the swamp that can trap creatures in it is mixed in, and it is not easy to distinguish, and you may not know which step will sink into it, which is really difficult to prevent.
Mo Lan couldn't think of any way to change the terrain here for a while...... You can't tell the Zerg to drink all the water.
Then there can only be other methods, or Mo Lan can temporarily research the biological genes of a Zerg that can pass through the swamp without hindrance, the white-ringed night vulture, Mo Lan has just started researching, and there are no results yet.
Fortunately, the lakes and swamps were not all completely connected, and there were some places in the middle that could be walked normally, so Mo Lan sent many Zerg to explore the road to find a road that could be passed smoothly.
The Zerg is a huge creature that appears in front of the Zerg at this time, they live in the swamp, and their special body structure allows them to sink into the swamp at will, lurking and waiting for their prey to be swallowed by the swamp, and then pick up ready-made food.
Of course, they are also a huge threat in their own right, and crocodiles on Earth can reach a maximum size of more than seven meters, and they will only be larger on the planet Tanlon.
Preliminarily, these spectacle crocodiles should be between twelve and fifteen meters, they have a rather thick layer of scale armor, and the color of the gray flutter is like the soil of a swamp, which is a camouflage color.
In order to cope with the huge oppressive force when sinking in the swamp, the layer of scale armor on his body was very hard and strong, and the musket of the musket team hit it, and he couldn't even make a hole.
It is estimated that it will take the technology gun of the interstellar people to break the defense.
But it is not without natural predators, some creatures larger than the zebra crocodile, or predators with sharp claws, or some birds with sharp beaks, can hunt these turtle crocodiles.
The scale armor on their bodies is indeed hard, but it is not completely unbreakable, in the end, it is just a layer of outer skin, although the back is hard, after turning over to expose the abdomen, it is still soft.
However, the problem is that these zergs under Mo Lan's hands don't seem to be particularly able to target the zebra crocodile.
The praying mantis humanoid zerg, even after upgrading once, is only more than two meters in size, and the two forefeet are indeed quite sharp, but they may not be so hard, and they may be broken when poked.
The tentacle-type zerg is only more than three meters long, and the tentacles are soft and lying on their stomachs, which is also used to imprison creatures that are about the same size as themselves, and at most let multiple people cooperate to control a *** type of creature that is not particularly large to be particularly exaggerated.
Like the spotted snake crocodile of more than ten meters, they are more famous for their own strength, and the tentacle-type zerg can only be delusional if they want to control the spotted snake crocodile.
Like pangolins, they are only five or six meters in size, half of the size of the zebra crocodile, and they don't have too sharp claws to attack, what they are best at is actually similar to the zebra crocodile, that is, defense, and the shell on the body is different from another kind of solidity of the zebra crocodile.
There is also the most powerful water monkey-type Zerg under Mo Lan's current hands, and the size of this water monkey-type Zerg is not larger than that of the Pangolin-type Zerg, because they mainly focus on the characteristics of a flexible body.
Although it should be able to break the anti-spotted snake crocodile, the problem is that the terrain of the swamp is completely unsuitable for the output of the water monkey-type zerg, and the ground is slippery and full of mud, which is not easy to borrow and not easy to move, which directly limits the maximum zero-life advantage of the water monkey-type zerg.
In the face of a size gap of more than double, the water monkey-type zerg can attack the spotted snake crocodile many times without any effect, but it can't stand a few counterattacks from the spotted snake crocodile, and there is no ability to resist in minutes.
The most important point is that the spotted snake crocodile is not a lone creature, but a social creature.
There is a whole group of zebra crocodiles living in a swamp, the number is not too fixed, it is related to the size of the swamp occupied, but at least, there are at least hundreds of zebra crocodiles living in a swamp.
They have a certain social nature, there will be leaders in the group, they will cooperate in hunting, and when faced with creatures that are in danger to themselves, they will also give priority to rescuing their companions, and will not easily abandon their companions.
So Mo Lan is now facing a rather headache situation.
Let's take a detour, the scope of this swamp is quite vast, and it is impossible to judge the time required for a detour, and once you choose to detour, there will definitely be a period of time when you will not have enough energy, and you can only consume inventory, which is the last thing Mo Lan wants to see.
Don't take a detour, choose to go through the swamp, and the spotted snake crocodile is too annoying - it's not that the Zerg don't provoke them.
First of all, the problem of geographical location is probably that patches of swamps appear in the middle of the normal ground, but they look no different from the normal ground, and it is easy to be deceived.
If you accidentally strayed into a swamp, you will definitely encounter a creature like a turtle crocodile and be eaten as prey.
Even if the whole process was smooth, I didn't stray into the swamp...... Why, wouldn't the zebra crocodile come out of the swamp?
Not to mention coming out of the swamp, the spotted snake crocodile will more often go to the water lake to catch fish to eat, and only return to the swamp when it is resting.
After all, there are not too many prey that fall every day in a swamp, not enough for a group to eat, and the main food is all kinds of fish in the water and lakes, and those creatures that strayed into the swamp are at most a takeaway.
Another point is that the lake is not safe, there will be some fish in it that can pose a threat to the turtle crocodile, and there will be some giant birds on the lake that are constantly watching, so that they do not dare to land in the lake to start a home.
The swamp was chosen because there are not many other creatures besides them, and they have the ability to survive in the swamp, which allows them to get the safest resting environment, and multiple zebra crocodiles together can also better maintain their body temperature.
It can also avoid accidents in which a zebra crocodile suddenly has a problem and cannot get out of the swamp...... People can cramp and numb their hands and feet, and of course there will be some problems with the spotted snake crocodile.
Therefore, it is not safe to avoid the swamp, because it is possible to meet a zebra crocodile that has just returned from feeding in the lake or has just crawled out of the lake to eat in the lake.
It is also possible to encounter a zebra crocodile lurking in the swamp and observing the passing creatures, and after making sure that the size of the passing creature is not a threat, the zebra crocodile will run out and drag the prey back to the swamp.
Even if this zebra crocodile is full, it will not let go of any prey passing by, because the size of the spotted snake crocodile is huge, and the energy consumed by the action is also a lot, they usually live in swamps, and more are also engaged in hibernation-like rest, saving and consuming body energy.
After all, it is not easy to eat enough once for a size like a spotted snake crocodile, and if you don't do this, you will be starving for most of the year.
Mo Lan couldn't have allowed her Zerg to fill the belly of the Zerg in vain, hoping to feed them all so that they could pass through here - she was the queen of the Zerg! If you really want to do this, won't you lose face for the Zerg.
I've only heard that the Zerg don't refuse to be picky about food, but I haven't heard of any Zerg feeding other creatures as food, which is too funny.
But environmental considerations are still necessary
What you have to consider is that if you really want the Zerg to hunt the zebra crocodile at any cost, you will definitely be able to do it, but the price will not be small, and Mo Lan has always liked to calculate the cost performance.
It's too much of a loss, and she doesn't want to do it.
So after thinking about it for a while, Mo Lan happily sent a temporary surprise task to the players who took the main quest two, and handed over the problem of how to deal with these spotted snakes and crocodiles to those players.
After all, the reason why Mo Lan let this group of players follow is so that they can play a role at this time, and now is the time to use them.
[Temporary and Emergency Mission: On the way of the great journey of the Zerg, I encountered trouble again, the environment full of swamps made it difficult for the Zerg, and there are creatures like "Spotted Snake Crocodile" in the swamp secretly watching, please find a way to solve these "Spotted Snake Crocodile" and successfully pass through the swamp here. 】
[System Prompt: Each player will get the control of 100 ordinary Zerg, and they can choose the number allocation of various Zergs. 】
[System Prompt: Every time you successfully kill a zebra crocodile, you can get a chance to replenish the number of Zergs; Every 10 Spotted Snake Crocodiles killed will give you a chance to increase the number of Zerg that can be controlled. 】
[System prompt: Once this task is received, at least one or more zebra crocodiles need to be killed before the task can be submitted, if all 100 ordinary Zerg are consumed and fail to complete the requirements, the subsequent access to the main quest 2 will be cancelled, and the player will be prohibited from continuing to participate in the main quest 2, please be cautious about taking this quest. 】