The evolution of insect swarms from XNUMX million years ago

Chapter 118 The First Generation of River Trolls

To the sticklebacks, the boulder that looked like a chasm in the sky was just a larger stone in the eyes of the ten-meter-long pioneer.

Under Lin Yi's control, the pioneer female worm inserted its tail into the sand of the river bed. Driven by its strong muscle system, its huge body stood upright for a short time. It pounced forward and landed on a stone a few meters high. .

Two shells and two sets of muscle systems allow the pioneer mother to temporarily avoid internal injuries due to weight issues. Five pairs of paddling legs temporarily serve as walking legs, and the pupa also drives its body into the water ahead.

At the same time, under Lin Yi's control, the pioneer mother did not forget to extend her tail, allowing the workers behind to clamp the tail with their chelicerae, and connect them one by one in a series to use their strength to climb up.

The First Thunder Scorpions were immersed in eating the flesh of the stickleback fish, and at this moment, a shadow suddenly appeared in their compound eyes, which had not yet degenerated like the scorpions of later generations.

Before they could react, the next second, a huge figure pressed down like a mountain. Its heavy body directly flattened an early thunder scorpion. The blue blood, which was exactly the same as that of a plate-footed horseshoe crab, splashed out and splashed on the quilt. The water washes away the smooth surface of the stone and is quickly washed away by the water.

None of the surrounding Thunder Scorpions had ever seen such a scene before. They dropped the food and ran away, regardless of whether the stickleback carcass in their claws had been eaten cleanly.

But this was an advantage for Lin Yi. The workers rushed forward, picked up the corpses dropped by the Thunder Scorpions, and put them into their mouths to start eating. Now, all workers and other levels that need to eat independently are equipped with more complex mouths. The structure of the container facilitates further collection of nutrients.

At this time, the scene in front of the dam also appeared in the compound eyes of the pioneer mother.

In front, blocked by the dams made of these stones, a large lake was formed. In the lake, there were also some strange fish swimming. At this time, the water spray stirred up by the huge body of the pioneer mother Frightened and fled in all directions.

The First Thunder Scorpions have fled without a trace. It seems that these guys can move at a good speed on the sand.

More sticklebacks took advantage of this opportunity and surged upward into the lake.

But what they don't know is that more ferocious predators have been attracted by the smell of blood and are ready to start a gluttonous feast.

Several streaks of more than one meter in length appeared in the compound eyes of the female turtle. To it, it was just a small thing, but to the stickleback, it was a giant figure.

Judging from the appearance, they have a flat, scorpion-shaped body and a pair of obvious paddle-like paddling feet, which is obviously a kind of plate-footed horseshoe crab.

But the difference is that its appearance shows a strange appearance, with a flat and square head. It does not have sickle limbs like the feather-winged horseshoe crab or mixed sea horseshoe crab, nor does it have well-developed chelicerae like the later-generation winged horseshoe crab. Instead, it has three pairs of chelicerae. It resembles a horseshoe crab, but has slightly more developed appendages, as well as a pair of shorter appendages that seem to serve as antennae.

The most peculiar thing is their tail. Their tails are long and slender, but not like scorpion tails. Instead, they are relatively flat and can be bent at surprising angles.

It does not bend upward vertically like ordinary horseshoe crabs, but bends horizontally left and right, showing its extremely sharp tail spines.

It was a ferocious killing weapon. The end was as sharp as a needle, and it also had sharp jagged edges. The rear was arc-shaped, and the edges still had sharp jagged edges. The overall shape was like a halberd. If it were the same proportions, it would be more powerful than a halberd. The sword-shaped tail section of the fearless soldier is even more terrifying. This sharp, killer-like tail and square head allowed Lin Yi to confirm their identity at a glance - Horseshoe crab Slimeng, or Horseshoe crab, is the oldest species in the history of life on earth, at least the earliest one discovered by later generations. Freshwater predator, also known as the original river troll.

Several horseshoe crab figures swung their paddling feet and charged into the stickleback group. The tail segment struck like a sword, immediately leaving a hideous scar on the body of a stickleback.

Among all the species of horseshoe crabs, Horseshoe crab is also a strange flower.

They are the only type of plate-footed horseshoe crab that uses the caudal segment as its main means of attack. Their attack method creates their unique appearance.

At this time, these horseshoe crabs seemed not to be satisfied with hunting sticklebacks, but were eyeing larger targets - they were swinging their tail segments, and their first pair of antennae-like appendages and compound eyes were sensing, slowly Swim towards the workers!

Since the soldier's sickle limb was not suitable for hooking the tail of the pioneering mother in front, it did not follow the pioneering mother into the lake.

At this time, the only guards beside the pioneering mother are the workers. Without special means, even the huge pioneering mother may fall into the hands of these river monsters who use Qimen weapons.

But unfortunately, Lin Yi had such special means a long time ago, and now, during the millions of years of mass extinction, he has further strengthened it.

On both sides of the head of the female turtle, two special armor structures were opened, and two figures trailing a large number of bubbles crossed two white lines, heading straight towards the two horseshoe crabs.

The figure has a cylindrical shape, and the head is somewhat similar to the baghead shrimp that once existed by the Dikla Crater, but the tail has a large round jet hole. At this time, it is trailing a trail of bubbles and rushing towards a direction at an astonishing high speed. Just horseshoe crab.

Before the opponent could react, he was hit by the figure. Immediately, a muffled sound came from the lake, and then, the water ripples spread violently along with the blue horseshoe crab blood.

If there are other individuals who have experienced the shocking battle between Lin Yi and "Kraken" at the end of the Ordovician period before the mass extinction and are still alive today, they will definitely be familiar with these two attack methods.

It is the second set of jet propulsion system and sodium-core explosion system of "Kraken".

In that battle, both sides showed the momentum of naval battles in the era of hot weapons. But now, after millions of years of deciphering the "Kraken" gene sequence, Lin Yi has finally put this method to his own use.

The template for the new level is naturally the micron torpedo that was born along with the fearless soldier. Only this time, they're actual biological torpedoes.

Lin Yi even made a few changes to the structure of the pioneering mother for this purpose, installing two "torpedo launch tubes" near the head. This has no practical significance. It is just for fun, or for fun. The last remnant of his previous life as a human being, an imitation of a human submarine.

This is true. The imaginary enemies of the micronized torpedo turtle were originally the adult helical stones, or even behemoths such as the "Kraken" and the giant starfish. It was used to bully the horseshoe crab. It was just an experiment by Lin Yi.

Seeing that the test of the new grade was a perfect success, a large number of ordinary micronized torpedoes poured out from the granary on the side of the pioneering mother, and attacked the remaining horseshoe crabs from all directions who did not know what was happening. A massacre began.

(End of this chapter)