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Chapter 1397 1394. Are you happy? Ha, it’s too early for you to be happy
"The brain worm is just ahead! Quick, rush in and kill it, and these worms will be quiet."

Xiao Ashina, who was driving the Big Bear No. 1, fought at the top of her lungs in the chaotic insect nest tunnels. Today, she had a good experience of being a Pacific Rim driver.

Little Potato felt as if she had turned into a steel giant. She raised her heavy iron feet and easily crushed to death those bugs that dared to grow taller than her. Although the temperature in the cockpit rose due to the waste heat from the long battle, it was really uncomfortable to stay in it, and the roar of the machine hammered her head like a chisel, but all these were bearable in the unparalleled fight.

To put it bluntly, if Little Potato had that organ, it would be so excited that it would be waving a flag.

However, Lumina, who served as the firepower of her crew, was miserable. The repeated and boring operation of operating three armed mechanical arms to hack and kill made the bard unable to experience the joy of battle at all. Although it was indeed relaxing to chop insects into pieces with a cutting saw, Lumina was already a Silver Platinum, and she could do the same thing without this machine.

Maybe she is not the target audience for this thing. In any case, she is already lacking interest in it.

“Hey! Lumina, stop slacking off and get working harder!”

Xiao Ashina urged from below:
"Hurry up and fight with me, reach a 400% synchronization rate and continue to kill anyone who stands in my way! The brain worms are just ahead, and they are going crazy."

"It's not called 'brainworm'. We don't have that kind of thing here. Don't give these unknown monsters random names!"

Lumina complained, then cheered herself up and operated the three robotic arms to continue being a "swarm lumberjack."

Relying on the heavy armor of the Iron Bear, they can ignore the scratching and hacking of the surrounding insects. In the cramped and dim tunnels, they turn on the mechanical searchlights and move forward. These brave machines make the "soldiers" following behind them exclaim that it's outrageous.

"This thing takes all the fun out of fighting!"

The giant shark carrying an axe followed the mad Iron Bear deeper into the tunnel, while complaining to the players around him:
"Little Potato had a good time, but who can give me the fun of fighting? Damn it! This iron turtle shouldn't have appeared on our battlefield."

"Come on."

The Niu Niu next to him curled his lips and said:

"Didn't you see the commanders' eyes sparkling? It's obvious that the destructive power of this crudely made thing made by the Mechanicus on the battlefield far exceeded their expectations. I don't think you need to have any strange fantasies. After today, the military will definitely place a large number of orders with the Mechanicus.

In the future, this might be all the equipment that will protect the dragoons on the battlefield."

"That's right, that's right."

Brother Wu Miao, who has a more strategic vision, was carrying a bag of psychic seeds. While taking a break from his busy schedule, he emphasized:

"Without the restraint of this thing, Ashina and Lumina may be able to exert even greater destructive power. However, low-level armaments like Iron Bear are not prepared for Silver Warriors. Ordinary soldiers are the target audience of this thing.

I think after having the Bafolk carve the mind protection rune on this thing, the common soldiers might be able to use it to fight the Flesh Tearers.

Although it looks rather strange, the appearance of this thing has indeed given a major boost to the military technology tree of this world."

"Tsk, who cares about how the weak survive on the battlefield?"

The giant shark shouted stubbornly:
"The battlefield is a paradise for the strong and a hell for the weak, okay?"

He was so stubborn that everyone else lost interest in talking to him.

A few minutes later, as Iron Bear used up its last grenade and blew up the tunnel leading to the area where the nest master was located, Iron Bear No. 1, with scars all over his body, bravely stepped on the disgusting fungal carpet and rushed into the deepest part of the hive amidst the excited and excited war cry of Little Potato.

As a result, before Xiao Ashina could adjust his fighting posture, a huge insect jumped out from the darkness in front of him. It had the appearance of an elite insect, standing upright, with the shells of its four claws shining with a black steel luster. It was over four meters tall and had a tail that swung back and forth like a battering ram.

This one looks like a small BOSS.

It pounced with a sneak attack tactic without any moral principles, and with a single chopped move of its sharp claws wrapped in chaotic psionic energy, it detached the scarred mechanical arm. Then, in the swinging impact, it swung its giant tail out and hit the front armor of Iron Bear No. 1.

With a loud bang, the heavy steel bear was hit by the powerful hammer and rolled over in front of the stunned players behind.

Amid Xiao Ashina's screams, her Iron Bear rolled several times to get up, but due to the engine overload, it temporarily lost power with a fragmented roar.

"No! Iron Bear No. 1! What's wrong with you? Get up!"

Little Potato screamed and pushed the joystick frantically in the cockpit, but her Big Bear No. 1 was already "dead".

Lumina cheered in her heart that today's "hard labor" could finally be over. She kicked open the door of the cockpit, jumped out, shook her hair, took out her favorite musical instrument, stood on top of the mechanical armor and began to play the famous song "The Transians on the March" to buff the players who had already fought against the Nest Master.

Giant Shark and his friends are feeling great now, as they can finally defeat the BOSS solo without any restrictions.

To be honest, this mighty nest master worm is just a "primitive man" with full stats but simple mechanisms in the eyes of elite players. Its pounce, tail sweep and claws dancing can't pose any effective threat to this group of old knife-holders. Within three minutes of the battle, two of the nest master worm's claws were removed and its armor was also covered with scars.

On the other hand, the players were almost unharmed.

Their combat coordination had become an instinct. After Sanwudou called upon the power of Haiyuan Tianzun to create a bubble shield to absorb damage for everyone, they were almost able to achieve the hidden achievement of solo-killing the nest master insect.

However, just when everyone worked together to force the nest master insect into a desperate situation, a scarlet light flashed from the side and hit the nest master insect on the forehead, followed by a loud explosion.

Xiao Ashina, who grabbed the mechanical version of Dark Night Fortune and adjusted it to shotgun burst mode, had bloodshot eyes and a distorted face like a midnight devil. It was obvious that he had activated Blood Thirst and entered an explosive state.

The little guy flew around the nest master insect like lightning, firing continuously with the famous gun in his hand. The close-range gold-burning high-explosive bombs continuously bombarded the tough nest master insect with blood bursting out of its body and emitting bursts of mournful cries.

Just like a dead fish thrown on the chopping block waiting to be cut.

"You killed Big Bear No. 1! You have to pay!!!"

Little Potato screamed miserably, and finally his tiny body showed the dignity that a superior vampire should have!

However, the eyes of the nest master insect, which was beaten repeatedly, were full of despair and confusion.

No, ladies?
How come you, the pilot, can fight better than your iron mecha?

Isn't that thing your weapon but just your limiter? But since you are such a good fighter, why do you need that thing?

"Tsk tsk, this is what happens when you anger a teenage beauty! You stupid worm, repent now!"

Niu Niu stuck his mechanical heavy sword into the ground, lost his fighting spirit and watched the monkey show on the spot. The giant shark, who had already activated the angry weapon and was ready to grab a head, looked unhappy. He stubbornly believed that this time it was Xiao Ashina who stole his fighting fun.

But to be honest, this nest master insect is not really a powerful enemy. Not to mention compared with the Dagon demon, any random Chaos elite creature is much more difficult to deal with than it.

If this is the true strength of the bugs, then Transia and the Old World have nothing to worry about.

"According to the rules of the insect swarm, if the nest master dies, they will scatter, right?"

Brother Wu Miao commanded his bloodthirsty tree servants to occupy various important places, and said:

"If the remaining two hives are of this level, then optimistically, we can finish this pilot story in five days at most, and then smoothly enter the main story of 4.0. I heard that as long as we take down the Greenhouse of Life, we can unlock the 18+ content.

That content is the last function to be tested in the entire internal testing phase. Tsk, tsk, why am I a little excited just thinking about it? Niu Niu, are you looking forward to it? "He asked maliciously, and Niu Niu turned his head away a little shyly. There was no need to ask more about this attitude, he must be looking forward to it.

After all, he already has a "cyber wife", so he can't let Anbo be a widow forever, right?

"Ow!!!"

While a few bitches were chatting, Xiao Ashina, who was in an "angry" state, finally broke the thick legs of the nest master worm, causing the latter to lie on the ground with bruises all over its body. The vampire shooter flying in the air coldly stuffed a special single-headed bullet with a psychic rune bullet into the gun in his hand, and put the muzzle of the gun against the nest master worm's skull.

She cursed:
"This shot is for Big Bear No. 1! Go to hell, bastard!"

The latter struggled to stare at Xiao Ashina with his broken compound eyes, as if trying to memorize the face of this "bug killer" in his mind.

"boom"

In the explosion of psychic flames, the helpless nest master insect had half of its head shattered. Its hideous body twitched and it lost its last life.

But just a few seconds later, the players in this tunnel received Lao Qin's instructions:
"The bugs are going berserk! All the worker bugs and soldier bugs have launched suicidal attacks on us. Even the larvae are going berserk. Damn it! Retreat! The psionicists are preparing small astral tearing spells to banish these evils into the astral plane.

Write it down by the way!
After the death of the leader of this group of insects, they will enter an unstoppable frenzy. Well, this is a very important information point. "
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Hive No. 1 was successfully destroyed by the foreign warriors in a quick and swift raid, announcing the resolution of the Maginot Line crisis. Although all the bugs in the hive went into a mindless frenzy after the death of the hive master, this was not an unsolvable problem for the defense legion that was on high alert.

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By noon the next day, the fighting on the entire Maginot Line was over.

The new recruits were sent out to clean up the battlefield littered with charred Zerg corpses, and to fire a few more shots at any living Zerg they encountered. However, the elite troops on the defense line had already been mobilized and were boarding the airships to head to Shadow Valley to support the battle there.

The No. 2 insect nest is located near the former New Mejewa Village, and the No. 3 insect nest is near the Castle of Courage, which will be the next target of the warriors.

As for the players on the defense line, they went ahead. They were not satisfied at all and did not even return to the defense line after the battle. They just took a simple rest and waited for the gnolls of the Blood Claw Clan to come and take over the ruins of the insect nest. Then, under the leadership of Master Qin, they used the airship as a vehicle to go to the Shadow Valley.

At this moment, they were already engaged in a battle with the bugs from Hive No. 2.

There was also a group of newbies who had just entered the game yesterday. Anyway, according to the live broadcast on the Transia Tavern app, although these newbies obtained weapons and protective gear from the Shadow Valley Command, they were still badly beaten by bugs. As their "big brothers", the elite players naturally had to go to support them.

But once they arrived at this place, the old players immediately realized something was wrong.

"What's up with this bug?"

The captain of the 13th squad, who was always proud of his team, had no choice but to soak wolfberries with a frown on his face. Under his feet was a killed elite bug. He and several of his friends in reality surrounded this guy, and they could see a look of surprise and doubt in their eyes.

“Have they evolved?”

Brother Tan from Erxianqiao squatted beside the elite bug and acted as a "forensic doctor". He searched the bug corpse with his iron gloves, and then said to the others:

"Compared to the elite bugs we encountered in Hive No. 1 yesterday, the chitinous carapaces on the heads and hearts of these guys are obviously tougher. The structure of these carapaces is like a bulletproof vest with multiple layers of protection.

This is obviously designed to protect against bullets!

And it has the attributes of "Primary Fire Resistance" and "Primary Explosion Resistance". I'm sure they didn't have these attributes yesterday!"

"There's more to it than that."

Brother Goji looked around at the terrain and said:
"Yesterday, the elite bugs followed the ordinary bugs and rushed forward mindlessly, but today they learned to let the cannon fodder bugs lead the way to attract attention, and they attacked from behind. Although it is just a simple tactic, this change indicates that these bugs can indeed learn and improve.

Moreover, the elite bug is smaller than before, but its limbs and tail have been adjusted to be more flexible and better at close combat. When we killed it just now, it also released venom, right?
Blanch!
broken!

Now even insects have learned to commit suicide attacks."

"Goji! Hurry up and take the people back to defend! The bugs are rushing into the valley through the tunnel. That's where the newbies are guarding. I'm worried they can't hold it."

Sister Maotu's voice sounded in Goji's player communication, asking the captain of the 13th Division to immediately lead his men to the rear. When they arrived at the site of the Zerg raid, Brother Goji's brows furrowed even more tightly.

"These tunnels were newly dug by them. The previous tunnel exits were not here! These bastards have learned the digging tactics of the kobolds and ratmen."

Goji berries cursed:
"The evolution speed of these bugs is a bit too fast, isn't it? It's only been four days since they appeared. Are they learning as soon as they see it? No, buddy! You bugs are working so hard, if you keep going like this, are you going to take the college entrance examination?"

During the fierce battle, the discovery of wolfberry was quickly delivered to Lao Qin who was sitting in the valley at that time.

Not only Goji Berry, other veteran players have made similar discoveries. Moreover, when Giant Shark and his team were advancing towards the No. 2 Zerg Nest, they also confirmed that there were instances of long-range attack individuals in the Zerg swarm.

Those specialized insects have lost their sharp claws and instead gained the ability to spray bone spurs and venom. Moreover, when killed, the venom insects will also explode dangerously. The high concentration of corrosive liquid in their bodies will corrode everything within a few meters around them.

"They are evolving! There is no doubt about it."

Master Qin narrowed his eyes and looked at the information in front of him. The staff officers beside him had already felt the real threat of the Zerg. Domestic 003, who had been promoted to chief of staff, couldn't help but say:
"If they continue to evolve at this rate, we won't know what kind of monsters we'll see when we reach Hive No. 3. The insects' current specialization is entirely in response to our fighting style, so I suggest that we don't give them any more time to adapt!
The destruction of Hive No. 2 and Hive No. 3 must be carried out at the same time! We must also share this news with the Gnoll Kingdom.

The bugs are collecting our combat data and giving specific responses. The most important factor in this confrontation has finally become clear. Your previous judgment was absolutely correct. What determines victory is not combat power or firepower, but time!"

"We still need to figure out how the bugs share information!"

Domestic 013 also spoke:

"I don't believe that bugs can improve their life forms through contactless information sharing. They must have some way of sharing genetic specialization! We must find it and find a way to break it, otherwise every time we fight, the bugs will know more about us.

Actually, Master Qin, I have a bad feeling. "

013 hesitated for a moment, then whispered:

"Edge Hives 1-7 and the Hives born in other areas are not the vanguards used by the insects to attack the civilized world. They are just consumables used to collect information. After the information about the biological life and war on the continent is collected, Hive in the Gray Desert will start the real 'insect plague'."

"Let's wait until they can live to that time."

Lao Qin sat expressionlessly at his seat checking the summary of information. A few minutes later, an elite flying insect whose elytra had been cut off by a vampire fell from the sky and crashed in front of the headquarters, causing chaos among the newly recruited staff officers.

Several military academy students who were "specially recruited" just a week ago hurriedly drew out their pistols and tried to use the classic 9MM to open the elite bug's reinforced skull. This terrible performance was unbearable for Master Qin, so he picked up his chainsaw sword, stepped forward a few steps, and killed the thing with one blow.

As the twitching bugs and blood flowed all over the ground, he turned around and ordered:

"What are you messing about? Keep working! 003, take your juniors out to experience a real battlefield, let them smell the smoke, so they don't have to pee their pants when a real fight breaks out. 013, share the information immediately, don't let others fight blindly."

"Master Qin, should the information collected so far be shared with the Yankees and Plantagenets?"

"Well, consider it part of the military aid. They'll need it."

(End of this chapter)