Lord of the Desert

Chapter 445 Ruins
"With these four limitations, protozoa are of little use."

Xiao Chu talked freely.

"Five thousand five hundred years ago, the tree gods drew inspiration from other species and initially developed real insects; this event was recorded by the Imperial Astronomical Observatory of the Yin Dynasty."

She turned around and walked into the hall, drew her sword and chopped off the insect's head.

In a flash, Hong Fan saw clearly the four golden inscriptions on the blade.

【Treat the world with courtesy】

“If the energy supply is insufficient, we need to save money and increase revenue.”

Xiao Chu pointed the tip of his knife diagonally at the insect's brain, which was slightly smaller than that of an ordinary human.

“The first thing is to save money.”

"The tree god has seized the intelligence of the true insects and divided the work at the population level. Those who command are only responsible for commanding, and those who act are only responsible for acting. This further leverages the advantage of numbers and improves the efficiency of each true insect individual."

Xiao Chu used the tip of his knife to pry open one of the insect's legs, found an egg-sized air hole, and used all his true energy to chop it down with his knife.

The insect corpse broke into pieces, revealing an arc-shaped cavity over half a meter long and a buried sac-like organ at the end.

Everyone came forward to watch in an orderly manner.

"A thousand years ago, the historian Cao of the Wu Dynasty recorded that dense and hollow through-type cavities appeared under the exoskeleton of real insects, imitating the development of air sacs at important nodes in birds, which greatly improved their breathing ability."

Xiao Chu waited for everyone to step away and pointed at the insect's largest left pincer.

"Watch carefully."

This time she dispersed her true energy and slashed with ordinary force, but sparks flew from the claw shell and the blade bounced off.

"According to the records of the previous dynasty's Instruments and Equipment Bureau, the calcium and metal content in the Zerg exoskeleton continued to increase over the past two hundred years, and their bodies became even larger. At the same time, because it was too difficult to shed their hard outer shells, the true worms abandoned the multiple stages of metamorphosis and became adults as soon as they hatched from eggs."

As Xiao Chu spoke, he took a white cloth and wiped the blade carefully, then returned it to the sheath and put it back on the table.

The hall was extremely quiet.

Several people opened their collars and wiped their sweat quietly.

Then, a peeled anatomical specimen was served on black satin and brought up by Hu Zhuang.

"During this dynasty, the Zerg are overcoming their last weakness - neural reflexes."

Xiao Chu raised his chin and motioned for everyone to take a look.

"According to the continuous observation of the instrument monitoring over the past 100 years, the nerve bundle wrapping rate of real insects is getting higher and higher. Although the reaction speed is still much slower than that of humans, it is several times stronger."

Hong Fan became alert when he heard this.

He felt strange when Xiao Chu said that the nerve conduction speed of primitive Zerg was one meter per second.

The insect's brain is placed in the front, and its body is usually more than three meters in size. Logically, its reaction time when its tail is hit should be more than three seconds, but what Hong Fan saw in actual combat was seven hundred to eight hundred milliseconds, which is obviously inconsistent.

"In addition, the Dryad has improved its disadvantages while retaining some of the Zerg's structural characteristics."

Xiao Chu paced with his hands behind his back.

"Real insects still use open-tube circulation. Although the efficiency is low, they will not spray blood due to injuries. Even if their bodies are broken in half, they can still fight for a quarter of an hour. Secondly, they use hydraulic power transmission. Although their flexibility is insufficient, their output is extremely high. The strength of any soldier insect can rival that of a peak warrior. In addition, they have vision and sense of smell that are far more developed than those of other races, a wide variety of toxins, and a variety of appendages - knives, pincers, horns, claws, muscle-jetted spikes, etc...."

Hearing this, Hong Fan came up with an analogy in his mind.

Real insects are like old-style armored divisions, and humans are modern combined arms battalions—the former are large and rigid, and the latter are small and agile.

"In terms of combat methods, the Zerg are truly a treasure trove. In the Zhangwu Academy alone, there are three second-grade martial arts and eleven third-grade martial arts that were learned from the Zerg. Unfortunately, the method used by the Commander Zerg to share sensory consciousness over a distance of dozens of miles should have been taught by the Tree God himself, and we don't know much about it."

Xiao Chu felt a little regretful, turned around, took the kettle and poured water into his mouth.

“Among all the races, the physical fitness of the True Bugs is second only to the Giant Spirits, but their static strength, explosive power, hardness, and vitality are far superior to ours.

In a one-on-one situation, an experienced mortal warrior can deal with the soldier insect by relying on his reaction advantage, and if he knows how to attack the seams between the shells or the joint membrane of the exoskeleton, he may even have a chance of winning.

But if they encounter them as a whole, the situation will change qualitatively - based on the experience of the Shengyu Army, when the real bugs fight against our elite soldiers, one can be as good as six in a field battle and one can be as good as four in a siege.

In short, you must remember that you cannot fight against the Zerg with force, but use the terrain or clever changes, and try to attack the leader and the mother nest as much as possible..."

An hour or so passed after I finished drinking a pot of water and finishing a class.

The rest of the people dispersed in twos and threes, but Hong Fan stayed until the end and went over the illustrations on the wall with the actual insects again.

A quarter of an hour later he came out of the watchtower and was stopped as he was walking down the city path.

When Hong Fan turned around, he saw Xiao Chu looking at him, with two strands of hair hanging in the evening scenery, and he looked energetic.

I have been busy for more than ten days with an injury and lack of blood, and I just spoke for more than two hours...

Such recovery ability made him sigh inwardly that he was indeed a descendant of the true dragon.

"Last year, I met with Lord Bu of Hezhou in Shenjing. When we talked about the younger generation of Kyushu, he praised you highly."

Xiao Chu signaled Hong Fan to come over with his eyes, then turned around and leaned against the battlement.

Hu Zhuang was standing in the distance, a dozen steps behind.

"You stayed a little longer just now. Is there something you don't understand?"

"There is a problem, but it's not with the Zerg, it's above the Zerg."

Hong Fan replied.

Above the Zerg, naturally, it can only be the Tree God.

Xiao Chu thought of the night conversation ten days ago. Knowing that this person dared to ask anything, he quietly changed the subject.

"Do you mean that because you think I teach well?" she teased.

“Succinct and clear.”

Hong Fan praised himself.

Xiao Chu's smile deepened.

She had expected to hear clichés like "the words are as eloquent as rafters, and every word is a pearl," but Hong Fan's words were plain and clearly came from the heart.

"So it's better than what you said on the seventh night?"

Xiao Chu deliberately squeezed the bank.

“I had done my best at that time.”

Hong Fan was silent for a moment and then answered.

Although they were clearly sincere words, Xiao Chu heard disdain in them and remained speechless for a long while.

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"I heard that you have been practicing killing techniques day and night recently. It seems that you are tired."

She folded her arms and looked away.

"The insect swarm is coming and we have to race against time. We don't feel tired."

Hong Fan was telling the truth.

For some reason, he has been feeling more energetic recently. Not only has his sleep time been further reduced, but his recovery speed after exhaustion from martial arts training has also been faster.

"So does this palace."

Xiao Chu stood up, folded his hands behind his waist, and expanded his chest and shoulders, causing the chain mail to ring.

"Two days ago, some gentry wanted to retreat to the east of the valley. After the city guard refused, he incited many civilians to boost their morale."

She usually likes to call herself "I", but when she is in front of Hong Fan, she often uses "Bing Gong".

"I heard that the terrain of Leihuo Pass is much more rugged than here, so it should be more suitable for defense. Besides, it is only natural to evacuate civilians before the war."

Hong Fan replied.

"So you agree with them?"

Xiao Chu half turned around and looked up at him.

"I heard that the area hundreds of miles west of Yingyang City was originally green, but it became a wasteland after being taken over by the Zerg for more than a decade and then reclaimed."

Hong Fan shook his head.

"That's right! The gains and losses of people and land depend on the situation. When you kill the snake people, you must save the people. When you kill the sea people, you must save the land. When you kill the insect people, you must not lose either people or land."

Xiao Chu's speech was powerful and meaningful.

“You must listen to the voice of the people, but you can only listen half of it—if you don’t listen, you don’t know what to do; if you listen to it all, you can’t accomplish anything.”

Hong Fan pondered for a moment and seemed to have gained something.

Xiao Chu then smiled even more.

She looked at the sunset from afar, paced a few steps in the evening breeze, and suddenly became interested.

"I heard that Lord Iron Palm wanted to spread martial arts to benefit the world, but he died in Huaiyang before his wish was fulfilled."

"Let me tell you a little story."

At dusk, look out over the high city, and from the high city look out over the secluded lake.

In the distance, a night heron was skimming across the water with its neck retracted, creating a shimmering golden wave.

"Do you know where the name of Erbai City comes from?"

Xiao Chu wasn't really asking this.

"It is said that when the previous dynasty first seized this place, there lived an old dragon in Youhu Lake. This dragon had a gentle temperament and its cry was very similar to "Erbai". It often basked in the sun, which always made the gold and silver mixed together, which was a wonderful sight.

Since then, many tourists from other places have come here to visit, and the fish and shrimp produced in Youhu Lake are more expensive than those elsewhere; the fishermen work hard and live a good life.

As time went by, a town was built beside the lake, and the town became Chengdu.

Unfortunately, the lake is deep and often turbulent, and every year several boats capsize and many fishermen drown. Children are also naughty and swim in the cool summer weather, and they are bound to drown.

It was fine when there were only a few people, but when there were more people, they became increasingly angry and were convinced that the old dragon was secretly doing evil, so they finally asked the court to strangle it. "

"and then?"

Hong Fan asked.

"Nothing happened then."

Xiao Chu chuckled and shook his head.

"When did our tribe expand without bloodshed? It was just a strange beast. It died and it died. There was no strange phenomenon and no cause and effect. But since then, no tourists have come to Youhu Lake anymore. No matter how hard the fishermen try, the fish and shrimp are no longer valuable."

As she spoke, she raised her hand and pointed at the bottomless darkness in the center of the lake in the golden light.

“The lake has lost its dragon;
All you see now is a watery ruin."

After Princess Dahua finished speaking, she turned to face east, glanced at the bustling streets, and strode down the city wall.

(End of this chapter)