Chapter 20: Invasive Swarms

The picture shows the hive hatchery of the Insect Headquarters, and at this moment, a few beating eggs on the side are hatching a few Alien Worms.

The hatchery is the most important building in the Alien Complex, and it is also the only building that can hatch various Alien units. Around the hatchery, hundreds of worker bees, the lowest unit of insects, are constantly transporting the minerals underneath to the hatchery, from which the hatchery can extract the essence of life and hatch various insects.

However, it is not the hatchery that changes the color of the characters at this moment, but the fact that a few eggs have just hatched, because their appearance is too shocking. The gigantic size, which is nearly ten meters tall, and the two extremely long fangs are reminiscent of elephants, especially the appearance of a giant bison, which makes it difficult to associate them with bugs.

Their names are Thunderbeasts, and they are the ground troops with the highest health and the strongest attack among the insects. Their large, sharp fangs can easily pierce through the armor of human troops and the force field shields of the astral spirits, and their heavy feet can even crush siege tanks. If you give it the distance to charge, it will be a nightmare for the enemy. It can be said that the Thunder Beast has almost no shortcomings except for its lack of anti-air ability, and has repeatedly caused headaches for humans or star spirits on the battlefield in the past.

Luckily, the evolution of thunderbeasts is very cumbersome, and there are many limitations, so there are not many of them. Humans developed Thor to fight the Thunderbeasts, and the Archons of the Light Templar of the Star Spirit were barely able to confront the Thunderbeasts.

"Damn, those bugs have evolved into thunderbeasts," Jim slammed the conference table, clearly unaware of this.

Hong Yinbao said puzzledly: "Isn't it a thunder beast, what's the big deal?"

Wu Chun knocked the fat man and said, "The appearance of the Thunder Beast not only means that we have to deal with such a powerful class, but also means that the Alien Worm already has many high-level troops, some of which are even more troublesome than the Thunder Beast. For example......"

Jim opened his mouth and said with Wu Chun, "Lurker!"

If there is any other kind of bug besides thunder beasts among the insects, it is the lurkers who bear the brunt. The Lurkers resemble fat versions of large spiders, but they are close in size to human siege tanks. While they are not usually dangerous or have much offensive power, they can become fearsome killers when they burrow underground. Lurkers will use their claws, which can move lightly underground, to attack nearby enemies, and the sharp claws are vulnerable even to heavy armor.

On top of that, once the lurkers burrow into the ground, it is difficult for ordinary means to see or find their existence, so there are many times when humans or astral spirit troops are marching into the encirclement of the lurkers, and in a short period of time, they turn into hedgehogs one by one. You don't know when sharp spikes will spike from under your feet, and the mere thought of that can demoralize the lurker's enemies.

It's not just the lurkers, with Jim's operation, several special swarm types began to appear on the screen, and now that the insect base already has thunder beasts, then there will definitely be more powerful species.

Jim pointed to the screen with a straight face and said, "It seems that the development speed of these insects is beyond our expectations, and now that they have evolved into thunder beasts, then these kinds of insects should also have them." You may already have this information, but I'm going to be specific. It's a blasting bug!"

The screen shows a sleek green torso that looks like a spider's buttocks, and the Blaster has a small head with four not-so-sharp claws underneath.

"Although these blasters only have one means of attack, they have a lot of toxic chemicals stored in their bodies, yes, most of the green bodies. When they hit an enemy, they will explode on their own, and in addition to their strong impact, the lethal toxin will also poison and suffocate soldiers within five meters of the vicinity, and if they are not treated for a short time, they will definitely die. ”

Hong Yinbao interjected: "Since those bugs will only blow themselves up, why don't you kill them before they get close?"

Jim nodded, but his expression was stern, "You're right, Captain Hong." It's true that as long as you get rid of them before they get close, those blasters have no other means of attack than self-detonation, but there is a problem, and that is that they are usually numerous, no, very numerous, and there will be some low-level alien and jumping insect protection in front of them, which makes it difficult to eliminate them all before they get close. ”

At this point, Jim smacked his lips, as if recalling some unpleasant past.

"We'll have to watch out for this thing besides the Lurker Blaster!" Jim said, pointing to the changed screen, "Host, this watch looks like a mushroom, but I promise you're not interested in trying it." ”

Indeed, the host shown on the screen appears to have four legs and a small, non-small head growing from underneath a large mushroom. However, on the back of the mushroom top, there are round spores.

"The spores on their backs are able to hatch locusts to attack their enemies as their host burrows into the ground to absorb the earth's nutrients, remember. So whenever you see them, try to kill them before they go underground, and luckily these guys are only the head and torso even if they do, and their backs are exposed, so they can be seen lightly. You have to be careful with these kinds of bugs, we are very likely to encounter them. ”

Finley on the side interjected: "Hi Jimmy, since the bugs have evolved these special troops, I think our plan should be reconsidered, according to me, we should expand mining efforts, increase production, and wait until our air power is stronger, and cooperate with the ground forces to force them off." ”

"No," Jim refused without hesitation, "we're not here to fight the bugs, and the star spirits over there won't agree, as long as I can see Kerrigan, I'm sure I'll convince her that fighting will only kill more people, and that would be best if we could avoid fighting...... And I, owe her ......"

Wu Chun didn't want to miss the reward in vain, it was impossible to stop the plan, so without waiting for Finley to continue speaking, he took the lead and said: "Commander Jim, my people and I have the same idea as you, it is the best way to prevent more people from dying, although it seems a little dangerous, it may not be impossible to complete." Let's talk about your plans first!"

Jim glanced at Wu Chun gratefully, and a prompt from the system sounded in Wu Chun's mind, and the favorability increased, but at present, Wu Chun was not interested in this, and the favorability was arbitrary.

"Originally, it was planned that the twelve of us would sneak in secretly, advance through the natural tunnels in Area C, and use explosives to lure the patrolling jumping insects away when we arrived, and then make a detour to the past, if we can reach the deepest part of the swarm, Sarah should be there. But now the plan is going to change, the insect swarm has evolved so many high-level insects, there will definitely be euglena, although they fly high in the air, their vision and perception are extremely strong, they can find any creatures other than insects far away, once they are discovered, we will be besieged by insects. So I think we should force our way through Area A, where the Alien has the weakest defenses and doesn't have the Spine Reptiles. ”

Area A is a small area of dense forest and a large desert, which is considered a relatively remote area of the swarm territory, and the defense is not so strong. Once you can enter the dense forest, you will have a chance to break through the blockade and reach the center of the swarm base.

Wu Chun nodded directly without any opinion: "I agree." ”

This made Jim slightly surprised, because it seems that there are not many insects on this line, but the danger and accidents are very great, especially if there is a slight accident, the insects are likely to quickly support and surround everyone, so Jim didn't expect Wu Chun to agree without any hesitation. He didn't know that if Wu Chun was willing, he could level the swarm in a very short time, and it didn't matter what the plan was.

As soon as the decision is made, the action begins. Jim only brought four men, including Finley, a heavy fireman, Wilson, a demolition expert, Aina the sniper, and Selene, who was proficient in medical and technological equipment, and there were only thirteen of them in the criminal armament.

Thirteen humans are about to invade a large number of insect swarm bases, and I have to say that Jim Reno's courage is indeed outstanding, after all, he doesn't know all the strength of Wu Chun and the others.

Due to the small number of people, Jim agreed to Wu Chun's suggestion and set up their airship to reach the vicinity of Area A. Along the way, Jim was intrigued by airship technology, after all, he had never seen anything like this, whether it was power, construction, or even materials. However, Finley kept talking to Tifa and Xueyi, and his words were quite explicit, and it was obvious that this guy was interested in the two girls.

Finley didn't know that if Wu Chun hadn't endured it with all his might, he would have killed him on the spot a long time ago, after all, no matter who saw his woman being molested, he wouldn't be too happy.

The journey is not long, and the airship flew at an ultra-low altitude for more than half an hour to reach the periphery of a small dense forest, and it is possible to encounter the king worm patrolling the air before that, so Jimtiyì landed here.

This environment is as if the tropical forests and deserts on the earth merge together, and it is extremely incongruous. Led by Jim, the group cautiously marched towards the small dense forest, which could be reached in about twenty minutes on foot. Reina, who was at the back of the line, took advantage of the plot character's inattention to include the airship in the badge.

Ragnarok is a quasi-S aircraft, and if it is left here like this, if it is found by the bugs, it may not even be able to find the wreckage when they return.

There were no surprises in the process of moving forward, but on the way, Wu Chun received important news from Meng Qingwen.