Civilized Zerg Lord

Chapter 54 (please read it!) Accelerate growth

After watching the stinging insects finish mating, Gu Hao went to the cockroach processing factory, which was another important project of his.

The interior of the processing plant is spacious and bright, and the air is filled with a special smell.

This is the unique smell of cockroaches, strong and unique.

In the large pit inside the processing plant, densely packed cockroaches crawled on the ground. Their bodies were large and strong.

These cockroaches have evolved through Gu Hao's blood. Although they have only become larger and have stronger survival ability, this is enough.

Cockroaches crawled on the ground, their tentacles swaying in the air, as if looking for something.

Their bodies shone faintly under the fluorescent light, like a black ocean.

A large number of cockroaches breed here, but these cockroaches are not used for food, but for hormone extraction.

As for edible insects, Gu Hao already had meat insects. The insect meat derived from snails tasted pretty good, but he didn't want to try the taste of cockroaches.

In the processing factory, there are many Gu wizards who are still studying in the school.

Wearing special clothes and holding tools, they are busy working.

They crushed a large number of cockroaches and put their bodies into a large jar.

Although this process may seem a little disgusting, it is an important step in extracting hormones.

The Gu witches' movements were skillful and fast, and their eyes were focused and firm, as if they were doing something very important.

With their efforts, a large number of cockroaches were crushed and put into jars.

The work of these witches is very important to the development of the insect swarm.

The crushed cockroach liquid was transported into another room, where the wizards extracted hormones.

The interior of this room is also filled with various strange smells, which are the smells of various hormones.

The witches are holding special tools and are busy working.

They put the cockroach liquid into a large bottle and then added some special herbs.

The chemicals in these herbs help them extract the hormones.

Although Gu Hao had a perfect method for extracting hormones in his mind, due to technical limitations, Guman City did not have advanced equipment, so he could only use primitive methods to extract it.

Although this process may seem crude, it is very effective.

The extracted hormones are very complex, and the liquid may contain multiple hormones, but this does not affect their effectiveness.

As long as the quantity is high, it doesn't matter whether the quality is good or not. The survivability of insects is very strong.

The extracted hormones were briefly classified and put into large wooden barrels.

Gu Hao will let Gu Hao choose to take or inject the insect swarm according to the different properties of the hormone.

What is taken is generally hormones such as sex hormones that are not digested by gastric juice, while growth hormone requires injection.

Gu Hao brought these first batch of hormone test products processed by the factory to the bone armor centipede nest in the underground space.

This insect nest is wide and deep, like a huge underground palace.

In the insect nest, the bone-armored centipedes are quietly in a low-level hibernation state.

Their bodies are large and strong, like giant warriors.

Under the light of fireflies, their bone armor shimmered faintly.

Gu Hao walked to a group of larvae and gently woke them up.

These larvae began to move slowly when called.

These larvae began to become more active under Gu Hao's touch.

Their bodies began to tremble, as if they were expecting something.

This is a breath of life, this is a breath of new life.

At this time, the witches around Gu Hao began to take action.

They took out the processed food and started feeding it to the larvae.

These foods are made from insect meat and are rich in various nutrients and hormones.

The witches used tools to cut the insect meat into small pieces and then fed it to the larvae one by one.These larvae were fed by the witches and began to eat voraciously.

The injection of growth hormone needs to be done by blood-sucking mosquitoes.

These blood-sucking mosquitoes were specially bred by Gu Hao. Their mouthparts are sharp and powerful and can easily penetrate the carapace of the insect swarm.

The witches put the auxin into a special container and then put in a swarm of blood-sucking mosquitoes.

These blood-sucking mosquitoes were immediately attracted by the smell of auxin, flew to the container one after another, and began to suck auxin.

The bodies of blood-sucking mosquitoes gradually become plump, and their abdomens are filled with growth hormone, like shining pearls.

They then fly towards the centipede and inject growth hormone into the centipede's body through its mouthparts.

Although the carapace of the bone centipede larvae is hard, it is as fragile as paper under the mouthparts of the blood-sucking mosquito.

The mouthparts of blood-sucking mosquitoes easily penetrate the carapace and inject growth hormone into the body of the bone centipede.

After all this is done, it takes time to slow down and observe.

Every day there will be witches checking the growth status of these larvae.

As time passes, the bodies of the armored centipede larvae begin to change, and growth hormone begins to take effect, causing them to grow in size.

Centipede larvae gradually grow in size, their carapace begins to become harder, and their color becomes darker.

Their bodies are like inflated balloons, gradually inflating.

This process is very slow, but every change is surprising.

Bone centipedes continue to grow in size, and their growth cycles are also constantly shortening.

In just the past month, the centipede larvae have grown to nearly mature size.

Gu Hao estimated that in half a month at most, these bone-armored centipedes would be fully mature and have a three-meter-long body.

This is the effect of hormones, which abruptly shortens the growth cycle of the bone centipede to one-fifth of its original length.

The bone armor centipede that originally took almost half a year to cultivate can now mature in more than a month.

From now on, Gu Hao no longer has to worry about the loss of the insect swarm.

Of course, this is only the growth cycle of the larvae. From reproduction to egg laying and hatching, it will take at least three months for the larvae to grow.

But it was already very short, and what Gu Hao should be worried about was that his farming speed could not keep up with the growth rate of the insect swarm.

In the future, he may face a situation where a large number of larvae appear, but Gu Hao cannot afford to feed them.

This experiment was successful, and by this time the first batch of stinging insect eggs had hatched, with nearly 500 eggs in total.

The winter days pass quickly, and every day is full of tension and busyness.

Under Gu Hao's careful cultivation, the stinging insect larvae were also growing rapidly.

The warm environment and abundant supply of hormones in the underground space allow these stinging insects to grow at an unprecedented rate.

Their size gradually increases, their limbs become stronger, and their tail spines become sharper.

Every day, Gu Hao would personally check the growth of these stinging insects and observe changes in their body shape, limbs, tail spines and other aspects.

Gu Hao's eyes were full of expectations. These stinging insects would be the backbone of his insect swarm, and they would play an important role in future battles.

The winter wind and snow are raging on the ground, but in the underground space, everything is warm and peaceful.

The stinging insects enjoy a comfortable life here, and their growth rate is also accelerating.

Finally, the end of winter has arrived, and the stinging insects have finished growing.

Their body size has reached mature size, each stinging insect has a one-meter-long body, strong limbs and sharp tail spines.

Then these mature stinging insects begin a new round of reproduction.

Five hundred stinging insects, this is just the beginning, Gu Hao will continue to expand their scale until Gu Man City can no longer support any more.

The winter wind and snow gradually subside, and the breath of spring gradually becomes stronger.

Gu Hao knew that a new battle was coming, and he was already prepared.

The swarm is strong enough to face any challenge, and he will emerge victorious in new battles.

(End of this chapter)