dark moon

Chapter 240 Can't wait any longer

"Look carefully, here, let that person go back a little. Yes, stop here. You see, this is its largest ganglion. What does it do? Look at the back. I stimulated it a little. Don't worry, it's useless. The magic that may produce visual effects is just the simplest lightning stimulation. The function of this ganglion should be to coordinate the movements of its whole body, so that it will not fall when it moves its legs, and it will not tear off its jaw when it opens its mouth. That's right, This is the limit of what it can do on its own. So, what is it using to fight us and the little spider?"

"Relying on instinct?" Shuer tried to explain, "Instinct can't be explained yet, such as being born with the ability to eat. You also said before that the remaining instinct on their corpses is to kill all aliens. "

"Yes, this can explain their previous blind attacks, but their instinct will not allow them to line up and rush to the front line, let alone restrain their instinct not to attack the enemy, but to adopt a siege method." Milly Ti shook his head and said, "I know what you want to say, a commander gave them instructions. The problem is..."

"What do they use to understand commands?"

"Yes, they have no concept of understanding commands at all. In Parvatiga, even two ants will exchange information and understand information by touching their tentacles, but they have no organs to understand information at all. Theoretically speaking , they cannot be ordered, no, they should not exist at all, because they are meaningless.”

"This is interesting." Shuer tapped his thigh and muttered, "The phenomenon he saw is completely opposite to the theory."

"So, they are not an 'independent' biological entity at all, but an organ of a certain creature. If our hands are cut off, can we still move? But we can use our brains to control our arms to make various movements. In the same way, the commander of the bug we imagine exists is actually the brain of this creature, which controls most of the subjective actions of this creature, including controlling every bug, through some method that we still don’t understand.”

"It's very similar to your undead control."

"Oh, you're right. Just like I control the undead, the brain should be able to control everything. Most of these bugs have eyes, so in theory, what each bug sees can be fed back to the brain. Bugs have no sense of touch. , so when the insect swarm is killed in large numbers, the brain will not be overwhelmed by pain. It can be said that the brain is like a different kind of necromancer, but it can control an exaggerated number of undead, and it is as easy as breathing."

"But how do they maintain life? If they don't eat, drink or breathe, it's impossible for them to survive."

"You still don't understand, Shuer." Militty was mentally condescending and looked at Shuer with a look of pity. "Can your hands eat and drink? Can your hair breathe? They are part of you. , you don’t need to do these things yourself.”

"My hands and feet don't need these because my blood delivers nutrients to them. I can eat and drink by myself, but the bugs..." As he spoke, Shuer seemed to understand something and said in surprise, " Creep carpet?”

"The two-way energy channel, in addition to absorbing the energy generated after the corpse is decomposed, will also transport energy outwards." Militty breathed a sigh of relief, showing an expression that she was tired of communicating with laypeople, "Seeing these unknown uses in the corpse Is the diameter of the pipe good? This is the energy channel, and the carpet directly delivers energy to them to maintain their life."

"So when they leave the creep, their strength and desire to attack are reduced." Shuer nodded thoughtfully, "because the energy transmission is cut off."

"Well, once you leave the fungus blanket, you should be able to rely on your own energy reserves to move around. You probably won't be able to sustain it for too long before you run out of energy and die."

"But there is a problem. There is no carpet around the mutated spider mother's nest. Mia, Dak, you...well, you see, they also saw it. It is true that there is not, but the brain still allows those bugs to surround it. , aren’t you afraid that they will run out of energy and die?”

"I can't understand this either." Miridi frowned, "Logically speaking, it shouldn't be like this. They are just wasting their energy reserves by waiting at the door. How could they do such a stupid thing."

"Wei, image of Point No. [-]." The mutated spider nest that had been designated as Point No. [-] was displayed in front of everyone. The image disappeared yesterday. According to Wei, the invisible detector was destroyed, but a new one was created later. He sent it there, so Xiuer was not affected after watching it several times today, including now, "Look, there is no carpet here, it's all earth... Huh, Dark Moon bless, this is... what?"

While talking, Xiure turned around. The moment he saw the image, Xiuer suddenly couldn't speak anymore. The scene in the image was really unexpected.

In the back of the insect swarm, three strange buildings were erected, forming a triangle and surrounding the cave in the center.If you look closely, you will see that they are not buildings, but some kind of creatures. Two of them are like insect cocoons, half sticking out from the ground. Their surface is beating regularly like a heart, and occasionally they twist, as if they have something. It's like something is about to break out of the cocoon.

The third one should have just broken out of the cocoon, and there are still many fragments of the cocoon hanging on the body.It seemed to grow out of thin air from the ground. It was three to four meters tall. Its whole body was covered with writhing muscles. From a distance, it looked like a mountain of flesh. On the surface of the mountain of flesh, fist-sized tumors kept popping up and bursting. Each one The sarcoma ruptures, and the carpet on the ground extends a little outward.

Yes, after the Roshan is formed, the creep begins to grow outward from the center of the Roshan. It should grow out of its body.The expansion range of the fungus carpet is very slow. It is estimated that it only extends a few tens of centimeters in an hour. However, although the speed is slow, it does not stop. According to this efficiency, at most three or four days, the fungus carpet will cover the entire area around the crypt. Full.

"Pa", of course, there is no sound, it is just the dubbing in everyone's mind. The second mountain of meat breaks out of the cocoon. Sure enough, as soon as it appears, another piece of fungus carpet is generated on the surface. The insect swarm gets busy and takes out the exploded meat. The cocoon fragments were collected again and thrown onto the creep.

"Okay, Moria, you are right, the carpet is indeed a part of some kind of living body." Shuer suddenly raised his head and asked loudly, "Wei, can you trace the generation process of these three things? From the very beginning, I was curious as to how they came to be."

"I'm sorry, Commander, the only records kept are the images from the base, and there are no records kept at Point [-]." "But you have been fighting bugs for a long time, so you should have records in this regard."

"Yes, Commander. The three objects you are referring to are called supporters. They are one of the basic buildings of the swarm. Their role is, it is speculated, to provide basic support for the swarm. All buildings of the swarm and 90.00% The above daily activities must be carried out on the germ carpet."

"Similar to blood vessels." With the image, the eight people easily understood the role of the so-called supporters. Shuer asked, "Are all the buildings in the insect swarm generated like this?"

"Yes."

"Similar organs." Several people looked at each other and nodded, and they were all connected. It seems that the swarm really looks like a complete living body.Xiu Er sighed and said with a wry smile, "At least we now know what the bug queen is waiting for. It seems that when the creep blanket covers the entire battlefield, it's time for a decisive battle."

"I'm afraid they may not just be waiting for the creep to expand." Militi curled her lips and said, "Didn't you suspect before that when the insect swarm attacked us before, those strange species did not participate in the battle? In fact, those insects may not have existed at that time .”

"You said something similar yesterday, but you didn't explain it in detail." Shuer asked doubtfully, "Any new discoveries?"

"I examined seven species of bugs and found that they all had the same traits."

"Huh? If your theory is correct, then they are all part of this strange individual, and of course they have the same characteristics."

"Nonsense." Mility was not polite at all. "What you said is the origin, not the trait. Your hair, your nails, and your skin have the same origin, but the traits are too different. And these bugs have exactly the same characteristics, which means they are actually the same thing."

"Speak simply."

"The spiked moth is the most notorious social monster on the Parvatiga grassland." Militty explained impatiently, "Have you heard of it? They have a special characteristic. They are genderless in the larval stage and form cocoons. After chrysalis, at the time of final metamorphosis, the sex will be determined according to the number of males and females in the group."

"Well, I have also read information in this area, and there is a lot of research on nailed moths."

"I suspect that these bugs are probably the same, except that they determine not their gender but their shape when they metamorphose. All the bugs we see are actually transformed from the same kind of larvae. There were no other types of bugs before. It’s because without brain control, the larvae will only metamorphose into the ones we fight against, and once the brain appears, so many types have already appeared in just one day.”

"Wei, you said that there is no basic information about the insect swarm, but is there any information about the birth of the insects?"

"No, Commander, these are all included in the basic information of the insect swarm. In the branch base database, there are only the names and brief introductions of a few insect swarm arms. The rest of the detailed data is stored in the main system of the planet and can be queried at any time if needed. But We are currently unable to connect to the planet’s main system and cannot provide relevant information.”

"Okay, I understand." Xiuer sighed regretfully and stared at the three-dimensional image. "With millions of insect swarms, it is estimated that one-tenth of them are special types of insects. In one day, they were born like this How many new bugs are there?”

"I think so." Mility nodded seriously, "So they are still waiting, possibly waiting for the expansion of the carpet, but more likely, they are waiting for a new batch of insects to be born. More More troops, more diversified arms, and more tactical combinations."

"No, we can't wait any longer." Xiuer pondered for a long time, and suddenly slammed the table, "If Militty's guess is correct, then in a few days it won't be a matter of the cave spiders being defeated, but that they will have two lines. Combat can also kill us and cave spiders, we must leave this projection world as soon as possible."

"Wei, compile all the information you can find about the insect swarm and give it to me. Everyone will be on standby inside the base tomorrow and try not to leave the base. Moria, apart from Dak, you are the fastest in terms of long-distance movement. You and I will go out tomorrow."

"Eh? Do you want to change your form?"

"Well, now is no longer the time to hide. Besides, when we leave, Mia, you supervise those people to train and prepare for a head-on conflict with the insect swarm."

　It's time to start. . . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)