dark moon

Chapter 241 Infiltrate
"Puff, pew, pew." Several giant creatures like bunched intestines emerged from the fungus carpet, squirming in the air. The secreted mucus slipped from the surface of the nest and piled up in a puddle on the fungus carpet. The insects walked away. The mucus was too thick, and the legs that stepped on the mucus pulled up muddy filaments, making a disgusting sound.

The end of the nest suddenly opened, like an intestine opening, and a dozen transparent worms as thick as arms rolled out of the building, wrapped in thick mucus.As soon as they landed on the ground, the worms stretched their bodies and began to drill in and out of the carpet. From time to time they came together and licked the liquid on each other's bodies.

Soon, several bulges appeared under the germ blanket, and rushed toward the worm from far to near. As soon as they reached the worm, several strange bugs emerged from the germ blanket.These flat bugs have soft bodies, slightly smaller than the upper body of an adult, and have an oval shape with dozens of legs on the edges and two flexible tentacles on their heads.When they accidentally turn over and reveal their lower bodies, you can see that their lower parts are covered with dense holes, one after another, denser than a honeycomb. Just looking at them from a distance is enough to make many people tremble.

The tentacles rolled up the worms and put them behind their backs. These strange bugs were like hard-working transporters, carrying the newborn worms on their backs and re-entering the carpet. The protrusions moved away in different directions, not knowing where they were sending the worms.

"Gudu Gudu", there are several other sarcoma-like buildings, with a pool of red mucus in the center. The dark red mucus like blood blocks the view, making it impossible to see how deep inside it is.Several strings of bubbles emerged from the bottom and exploded on the surface of the mucus pool. Dark green gas spread out in all directions, and the air was filled with a strange stench.

With the appearance of bubbles, the liquid surface churned. Soon, a dozen of the most common bugs in the projection world were covered in mucus and crawled up from the bottom of the pool. They shook off the mucus on their bodies and dried their exoskeletons. The group of insects wandered around the birthplace in confusion for a few seconds, as if they had received a signal and ran in the same direction.

As soon as the worms left, many flat porters gathered over, each carrying a worm on its back.The worm was thrown into the pool of slime by the tentacles and quickly sank to the bottom of the pool, and the liquid level returned to calm again.

Squirming, squirming, several snake-like tails streaked across the fungus carpet, leaving a wet trace on the fungus carpet. Several insects had snake tails on their lower bodies, strong upper bodies standing upright, and specialized upper limbs into sickle-shaped limbs, like Patrolling between the nests, these strange snakes with an upright height of nearly three meters move a little slowly. As they move, green liquid is constantly dripping from their breath. The liquid has a pungent sour smell and drips on the bacteria. On the carpet, deep depressions were etched out.

"Pa", a nest split into two halves. Large fragments of fleshy cocoons were scattered inside the nest. Three strange snake-like insects swam out of the nest clumsily. They looked around and quickly merged into the nest of their own kind. In the team, behind them, the nest closed again, and several more porters carrying worms got in. I believe that the next group of strange snakes will appear soon.

"Tsk, tsk, this place is really not disgusting." There were only bugs and no other creatures around, but there were voices coming from the empty space of the carpet. The voices were very low and seemed to be blocked intentionally. Listen It sounded muffled, but you could tell that it was Shuer's voice, "It seems that Militi's guess is correct. All the bugs are really the same kind of larvae. It's incredible. They are obviously larvae of the same size. They can mutate into various types of adult insects that are several times or even ten times different in size and have completely different appearances. I really don’t know how they do it.”

"The nests seem to be the same. They are also hatched by larvae." The forest spirit's accent is quite unique and it is easy to distinguish. "You saw it just now, right?"

"Well, of course it's impossible to ignore." Shuer felt that he would keep the memory of today for a long time because it was really unforgettable.

Seeing a small worm being buried on the empty carpet, a flat fleshy cocoon appeared on the ground in a few seconds. The surface of the fleshy cocoon was beating, and it expanded every time it beat. Within a few minutes, its size increased. It rose to two or three meters high, and its width increased proportionally.However, the expansion ends here. The cocoon has entered a relatively stable stage. Only the surface is beating and no other changes can be seen. I don't know how long it will take before the nest breaks out of the cocoon.It seems that it takes a certain amount of time for the bugs to expand their nests, and they have to wait for the birth of the little worms. This is the only good news today.

Yes, Shuer and Moria saw too much bad news today.

Early in the morning, Xiu Er used the pretense of self-interest to collect a dozen invisibility scrolls from Mia - which were all the mountain elves had in stock - and ran out of the base with Moria, even though Saff looked on with a bit of sadness. He seemed to be complaining about why he left himself alone among so many scary outsiders.There is no way, the female swordsman's eyesight is really poor. Even with her eyes, things that are slightly far away are blurry. Today's mission is to sneak in and take her with her, just in case she accidentally steps on a few bugs. But that's troublesome.

After leaving the base, the two's first choice was point three, which was the blank area that couldn't be shown on the map.

As soon as they stepped on the creep carpet, the two used invisibility to hide their traces. Shuer was also worried that stepping on the creep carpet would lead to being discovered by the insect swarm. However, Militty's explanation made sense. Although the carpet is an energy channel, it is also a source of food for some non-combatant bugs. Of course, it is impossible to have touch, otherwise the supporters of growing the carpet would have gone crazy.He tried to step on the carpet in stealth mode, and sure enough, the insect swarm was not disturbed. Even when several groups of insects passed by, they showed no reaction.In this case, he can implement his plan. Xiuer has already made up his mind. He will go to the second and third points for on-site inspection before deciding where to let Wei scan.The plan was quite good. They first inspected point three. Unexpectedly, the further they went forward, the more frightened the two of them became.

It was quite normal at the beginning. Large areas of fungus carpet were spread on the plain. Every few hundred meters, there was a nest building that Wei called a supporter standing on the surface, connecting all the fungus carpets together.Liddy and Moria jointly analyzed that although this kind of mushroom blanket can transmit energy through the air through unknown methods, there should be a certain amount of loss. It is better to be connected together, but expanding the blanket and maintaining the existence of supporters are obviously It will also consume the energy of individuals of this group. How to choose between the two depends on the situation.

Stepping on the fungus carpet feels as elastic as stepping on the colloid of amber trees. I really admire how those bugs can burrow in and out of it. After walking for more than ten kilometers, I didn’t see any bugs except for the supporters. There are not even many insects in the other nests of the swarm, and they must have been mobilized to the front line. It seems that in order to besiege the nest of the cave-dwelling spider, the insect swarm has paid no attention to the cost.

Running wildly all the way, the two of them certainly did not expect that the whole journey would be so smooth. However, after running for more than two hours and more than ten kilometers away from their destination, they stopped.

We had to stop, because the number of nest buildings ahead began to increase significantly, and the number of bugs also increased geometrically.

The lair no longer only has supporters, it has become diverse. What the two of them saw alone has exceeded ten types. The functions are different, but the texture is the same, and the disgusting feeling is the same.

The nests are scattered and scattered according to some unknown rules. Thousands of insects are busy between the buildings. Large areas of insect swarm troops are gathered together and rush to the front line in groups. There are also some insects among the troops. The porter carrying the worms, it is obvious that the brain of the swarm feels that it is not safe yet, and is preparing to build a large-scale construction on the front line.

In this kind of environment, of course, the two of them can no longer run as hard as they used to, not to mention how obstructive those nests that can block the way at any time, just the bugs crawling all over the ground are already very headaches, even if Walking cautiously, and being startled by bugs that pop out from time to time, when I really ran, I had already bumped into the enemy and was released from stealth, and was surrounded by bug swarms.

In desperation, the two of them could only hold hands and hide among the bugs' nests like thieves. They didn't even dare to speak loudly. Who knew if there were bugs with the ability to capture sound wave vibrations, so it was better to be cautious.

"Oh my, why are you holding hands? You really have some plans for my lush green branches and leaves." Even if she went deep into the enemy camp, Moria was unwilling to be honest. "Let me tell you, in the McCain Forest, I am not the best person." The most popular one. At that time, we often played games when we had nothing to do. We lined up in a row and each produced fruits, and let the squirrels and chipmunks choose their own targets to climb up and pick the fruits. Every time I won, haha, you know my charm."

"That's just because you are an acorn. Those things you are looking for only eat acorns." Even if he knew that the other party couldn't see it, Shuer would roll his eyes hard. "And I'm pulling you because I'm worried that we two will get separated and no one will be able to." We can’t see anyone, and it will be troublesome if we get separated. If you don’t want to, I can find a rein to hold you.”

"Eh? Have your intentions been exposed? You really want to tie me up, right? Let me tell you, I am not such a casual deer. Even if you tie up my body, hey, what is that?"

In the distance, several things that had been seen in three-dimensional images, like Parvatiga's empty jellyfish, floated slowly in the sky.The floating height is not very high, and the long tentacles hang down to the ground. From time to time, transporters are carrying small worms on their backs and crawl into its huge body along the tentacles. When they come out, the small worms have already been left behind. inside its body.

"Back off." Shuer's expression suddenly changed. He pulled Moria back a few steps and quickly looked around. He found that no bugs were acting strange, and then he narrowed his eyes and looked at the empty jellyfish in the distance warily, "Ten million Don't go near it."

(End of this chapter)