Chapter 193 Advancement Below
The worker bee is a unit that the brood has when it was born, because the brood is constantly creating zào combat units, so the first few worker bees have never created zào since they died. In addition to being larger and faster, the upgraded worker bees of Bayi Chinese Network have added a storage function similar to that of insect worker bees. They are able to eat their food, break it down into nutrient-rich wax in their bodies, store it, and then return it to the nest before feeding it to the nest. In this way, the feeding problem of the brood is dealt with on a large scale.
The creation of his own combat unit is to provide several basic elements and new functions that can be combined by Richard himself. A special ability allows Richard to tailor a new class of troops to the current situation. However, each new class that is conceived consumes more than the class that comes with the brood soul, and requires the mana provided by seventy magic crystals to complete. And the ordinary fifth-level ability only needs fifty magic crystals to do.
Richard hesitated, but finally decided to start trying to create a new class. The brood also has about ninety magic crystals of energy stored in its body, which should be enough to use.
The first is the form selection, which provides dozens of various forms, except for a few bizarre forms similar to insects, the rest seem to be creatures that the mother nest has eaten before, including cavemen, goblins, lizards, and so on. Richard chose the human form on the spot. The biggest advantage of this form is that you don't have to comment on the origin of the soldiers.
Richard then chose hands for the human form instead of weapons such as claws. In addition to the ability, I chose to strengthen the defense, this ability can allow the soldier to have a layer of keratin tissue similar to the skin of a lizard under normal skin, which is equivalent to wearing a layer of leather armor naturally. The second and third abilities strengthened speed and strength respectively, so that the warriors who created the zào were not much different from the barbarians.
In the end, Richard additionally opted for the strengthening of wisdom and energy storage organs. Now, like the Throwers, the new class has an extra organ in its body that stores food energy, and it can survive for a week after eating a big meal. Naturally, there is no need to say much about the significance of this for the mobility and logistical support of the army. Enhancing their intelligence will allow them to learn to use more and more complex weapons, as well as gain combat experience. Although the combat units created by the brood cannot be upgraded like real warriors, there is still a difference in combat effectiveness between veterans and inexperienced rookies. Especially when it comes to crowd tactics, it may even show the gap in the progression.
The new Zào class was uncreatively named the Terran Primary Enhanced Warrior by the Brood.
They have had an eight-level combat power since the creation of zào, and if they are equipped with weapons and armor according to Richard's vision, they can reach level nine. After a period of training and fighting, the combat effectiveness may even approach the knights, but they are just unable to lead the troops on their own.
Compared to the strength of the new troops, the fifth-order brood can only create three warriors a day. The new warriors are still slightly inferior in combat effectiveness compared to the adult strong barbarian warriors. But Richard was quite satisfied, and they were a natural army, and once they were of size, they would certainly be far superior to the same number of barbarians.
After instructing the brood to create a worker bee for a week, and then to create a junior reinforcement warrior with all his might, Richard led his army and began to go deep into the bloodstained land. The red color of the Bloodstained Lands is noticeably more pleasing to the eye now.
At noon the next day, two giant bats the size of a horse's head flew from the sky, swooped down on Richard, circled him several times in a row, and then landed one after another, hanging on either side of his horse. Richard's horse immediately became frightened, and it wasn't until Richard put a spell to calm the animal that it quieted down.
Richard reached out and picked up a bat and looked closely.
The bat was several times larger than a normal bat, with two long fangs protruding from its mouth. The common vampire poison bat is grayish-black, while its coat color is dark black, and several scarlet blood lines extend from the top of the head to the hind paws, which is particularly hideous.
Elite bats have a much higher intelligence than ordinary monsters, and they can be regarded as intelligent beings with the appearance of bats, so when Richard carried them, they all curled up their hind paws and withdrew their fangs. They are highly venomous in their claws and teeth, and they are also the most capable weapons.
Richard was so pleased with the Elite Bat that he waved it into the air, and the Elite Bat flapped its wings and flew around the thirty-kilometer radius of the group. After a while, one will come back to rest, and the other will fly out in relay.
At the same hour the next day, two more elite bats arrived. Now Richard has a much more rigorous observation of the surroundings, supplemented by a dozen or so wind teeth that wander, there is almost no possibility of being sneak attacked.
On the third day, a bat larger than the elite bat caught up with Richard's group. It has an additional pair of small blood-red eyes growing on its head, which is the source of its night vision.
At this point, Richard was already very confident about his trip to the Bloodstained Lands.
He was not in a hurry to rush to the bluewater oasis, but wandered around the oasis somewhat aimlessly.
In order to inadvertently encounter the target, conduct several pre-war training and warm-up exercises. It doesn't have to be the scorpion Michela designated by Amman, but other horse bandits can. If it was a caravan, if it had something to do with the Red Gossack, Richard wouldn't mind making a little fortune.
The Bloodstained Lands was originally a world of chaos and bloodthirstiness, but after Sinclair broke the balance, it was now a world without rules and laws. It is only when a new equilibrium is established in the pool of blood that order is restored.
In addition, the caravan will also bring intelligence.
Viscount Chim would not rest on his laurels, and it was impossible for him to wait for his return to his territory with the army he had assembled, nor could he go back and disband without doing anything. In that case, not only Sim, but also Earl Artul of Canglu would lose face. So this army will eventually track itself into the Bloodstained Lands.
If they came in, Richard wasn't going to let them go back.
War is the source of wealth.
The newly created Terran junior warrior is indeed powerful, and it has completely reached the level of ordinary knights of the elite knights. However, the problem is that the production is too small, and if the new class of level 5 wants to increase the production, it needs to pay an additional fifty magic crystals. The good news is that Mana Crystals are a mass product in the Faro plane, that is, they can be purchased with gold.
After two days of leisurely travel in the Bloodstained Land, the connection with the brood has become intermittent, indicating that it is almost three hundred kilometers away from the Land of Turmoil.
Just when everyone was about to think that the Bloodstained Land was a peaceful and beautiful land, the elite bats suddenly sent a message that there was a large armed caravan in front of Richard's right. Through the eyes of the elite bats, Richard saw the blood-colored banners fluttering above the caravan. It is the caravan of the Red Cossacks, looking at the direction of progress and the formation of the caravan, it should be a caravan that has crossed the bloodstained land and is preparing to return to the human realm.
The caravans that can cross the bloodstained land are fat and difficult to gnaw.