Zerg in the crystal wall system world

Chapter 24 The Worker Bee and the Throne

A week later, a squat building with a height of more than four meters, covering an area of ​​nearly [-] square meters, and covered with surveillance carapace and meat membrane rose from the ground.

This is certainly not a hatchery, which is much bigger than that.

It is actually a building-type unit that only existed for a short time in the evolutionary history of the Zerg - the Drone Hive.

Compared with bypassing the entire incubation system and building a hatchery out of thin air on the creep, it is easier to create a worker bee first.

In fact, the predecessors of most Zerg buildings are the same as the bird's nest buildings in the core area of ​​the creep at this time. They are female individuals with amplified fertility. Therefore, many Zerg buildings can clearly see the characteristics of the corresponding arms.

It was only later that with the formation of the Overlord, all fertility was concentrated in the hatchery, and those arms buildings became "activation organs" that only provided messenger proteins and corresponding hormones that induce specific gene expression.

Of course, this primitive method of reproduction without going through the larval stage is very inefficient, and it may take several days to reproduce adult worker bees.

But relatively, there will not be a situation where a building can only produce one unit at a time.Compared with the hundreds of tons of worker bee nests, this kind of behavior is no different from boiling a pot of water and just laying down a noodle.

As the eggs near the worker bees' nests were broken open one by one, trilobite-like worms with giant pincers were suspended on the creeper—worker bees can actually fly, and their floating sacs can produce A special energy field is used to counteract gravity, and the film-like webs that grow on their limbs are just what they need to maintain balance.

It's a pity that this untested breeding method cannot be foolproof after all.

The master bred more than 50 worker bees at a time, paying attention to their development in the eggs, but in the end, only one worker bee developed completely normally, and the rest more or less had mutations.

The nesting glands of worker bees are the hardest hit. Only six worker bees have the ability to mutate into Zerg structures, and most of the rest have completed differentiation before birth, growing deformed organs such as tentacles, carapaces, and weird glands.

Then there is the floating bag that maintains the anti-gravity field. Half of the worker bees are unstable in suspension, and even two worker bees simply lost their ability to levitate and can only stand on the ground with their limbs.

Of course, the rapid mutation characteristics of the zerg determine that their bodies will actively adapt to some mutations. The limbs of worker bees that cannot be suspended will become abnormally thick, other parts of the body with missing limbs will become extraordinarily developed, and the endocrine system will actively adapt to some additional changes. glands.

Compared with normal worker bees, the work efficiency of these deformed bees is still slightly insufficient, but it has far surpassed those infected bodies such as rabbits, mice, and otters under Juggernaut.

The normal worker bee is naturally endowed with a heavy responsibility, and it will develop into a hatchery at the water pool surrounded by three venomous bodies in the Longshi Forest.

At this time, the water in the pool in the Dragon and Lion Forest has been drained, the pool has been enlarged, and it is filled with green juice that exudes a charming fragrance-the master doubts that he thinks this thing smells good because his sense of smell has been modified up.

In fact, the huge pit is very suitable for the development of the hatchery.

After all, from the circular shape of the hatchery, which resembles a sphincter, we can know that the ground part of the hatchery is actually an entrance and exit, and its main part is underground.

The hatchery that has developed to the "nest" stage will simply connect the lower part with the network of tunnels dug by the Zerg. After producing combat units, they will be directly transported to the frontline battlefield through the tunnel worms.

The cysts supported by the tough insect shells began to gradually expand. From the translucent cell body, it can be clearly seen that the worker bees' shells, muscles, and various internal organs began to gradually decompose. Only their nervous system was preserved and began to proliferate. , Differentiate, and gradually transform into the high-level center of the Zerg building.

The master didn't pay attention to the hatchery at the first time, but instead looked at an alienated worker bee with great interest.

Due to the mutation, the nesting glands on the head of this worker bee developed a thick architectural carapace, and even the large carapace on its back was connected into pieces, forming a relatively flat "platform".

The master couldn't help but look towards the "throne" not far away, which was moved here by the dragon and lion.Perhaps, you can install "wheels" on your sofa.

Although the name worker bee seems to be very small, in fact, the size of a normal worker bee is definitely not small.

Just lying on the ground is 1.3 meters four, which is equivalent to a goblin. If it is an analogy, the size of the worker bee is close to... the three bungee with the extended car body, um, both in size and temperament, maybe the worker bee Also wider.

The master patted the car he had chosen, and the worker bee with the huge carapace lifted the creeper and got into it. An obvious bulge appeared on the ground of the creeper, and crawled all the way to the ruler's throne.

With two clicks, the worker bee cut off the bones supporting the throne, and the whole body arched under the throne. Under the command of the master, the throne began to grow together with the carapace of the worker bees.

Then, the master gave instructions to the other worker bees: dig a secret escape crypt.Your own safety is always the first, and a tunnel that can be evacuated at any time is essential.

This kind of work is naturally familiar to the worker bees, and they immediately started to act.

First, saliva dripped from the mouth, and the moment it touched the creep, the creep scattered and retreated, revealing the deserted ground that had been sifted out of organic matter.

The big pincers swung back and forth, and after a while, a small pit was dug out, and after a while, they dug into the rock layer. This is a water pool, and there are many rocks in the first place.

It's just that the hard rock did not prevent the worker bees from digging. To be precise, the stone is no different from ordinary soil under the pincers of the worker bees.

It's ridiculous to say that Juggernaut has an army of hundreds of thousands of infected bodies at this time, but only Juggernaut and Agatha can really resist the slight crack of the worker bee's pincers.

The bones, teeth and some of the highly dragonized scales of the dragon and lion can resist the sharp pincers of the worker bees, but the skin and muscles cannot.

A group of worker bees quickly plunged into the ground.

The ruler also stepped onto the throne which was obviously higher beside him, turned around and sat on it.

The nerve cords behind the back of the chair began to light up with dots of light, and the master's consciousness directly connected to the hatching sac not far away through the psionic energy and the nerve bundles buried in the creep.

Before sinking his consciousness deep into the will of the hive, the master looked at his adjutant: "Stop all expansion, dispatch all arrow gulls and prey birds, and wake up the vigilance of the alienated combatants in turn to ensure the safety of the core area. Agatha, the swarm I'll leave it to you for now."

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(End of this chapter)