Chapter 45 Maze Ecology
Author: wordless seal
Three days later.
The hatchery in Spider Cave is established.
The transformation of the spider mother into a lair has been basically completed, leaving only the long-term transformation project of gradually transforming the spider-type alien combat body.
Between the spider mother's nest and the hatchery, a pile of irregular pieces of meat lies here.
The DNA of the spider mother's nest and the mutation-inducing essence will first pass through the meat and then be injected into the larvae in the hatchery.
When a spider mother gives birth to a Warcraft spider, her soul changes, and the entire process of rebirth will be recorded by the sensory organs all over it. This piece of flesh even cooperates with the hatchery during the recording process, using psionic energy to stimulate the developing spider embryos to a certain extent.
, test the connection between the soul and the body by creating deformed spiders.
Yes, this is an evolution chamber, a special evolution chamber for the "soul" that the ruler has been thinking about for a long time.
Because it involves hatcheries and psionic energy, there is a high demand for "authority". The master modified tens of thousands of genetic sites to ensure the normal operation of the evolution chamber.
The Lord, who had been busy for a long time, leaned against the throne that he had taken the time to transform. With the idea of relaxing, he followed the will of the insect nest to watch a gladiatorial battle...
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Edge of spider hunting ground.
The dragon dog was fighting madly with a lizard twice his size.
The two kept rolling and biting each other's abdomen, neck and other weak parts of the body.
It stands to reason that dragon dogs should have the advantage. After all, springtails have no necks... There are no weak points in the neck and plastron of springtails. And with multiple attack limbs, dragon dogs also have more opportunities to attack.
But when the two separated, it was the lizard that had the upper hand - it was a monster with a soul strength reaching level seven.
Without the unlimited blessing of psionic energy from the Overlord, Dragon Dog could not defeat him with only a few seconds of virtualization.
"Ouch -" the lizard stood up and hissed at the dragon dog. It saw a thin film opening around its neck, with bright lines like snake pupils on it, which was very scary.
This is still an umbrella lizard.
The bright pattern seems to have some special power, and the master who catches the dragon dog's senses to watch the battle seems to feel the power of the soul. It's just that the dragon dog is an elite unit after all, and its physique is compatible with psionic energy, making it immune to very high levels of
Psychological influence.
The dragon dog also hissed under the bloodthirsty desire. However, the green light suddenly began to flash rhythmically between its armor.
As the frequency of flickering became faster and faster, it finally connected into a piece, and green light like flames and smoke began to wave around the dragon dog.
The injuries on the dragon dog heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Snapped--
The hind legs kicked off the ground, and the dragon dog jumped forward suddenly.
Both speed and strength have been greatly improved.
The umbrella lizard rolled to one side to avoid it, but in the end it was unable to dodge, and a long blood mark was scratched on its body by the springtail.
"Ouch——" The umbrella lizard turned its head and opened the membrane on its neck again as a deterrent.
But seeing that the dragon dog was about to get up and continue to attack, the umbrella lizard put away its skin without saying a word, turned around and ran away. Relying on the special structure on its toes, it climbed up the rock wall to the ceiling.
It's not that it can't be beaten, but it's really unnecessary - it comes out to find food, not desperately.
The master watching the battle from behind couldn't help but raise his forehead.
Another one escaped. It seemed that all the beasts the swarm encountered were very precious about their lives. Maybe we should wait until they are in estrus before trying again.
But anyway, the specific effects of the "highly active accessory heart" have been tested.
It starts to pulsate when the main heart beats with high load due to explosive exercise, which can arouse the life force of the whole body, accelerate self-healing and improve the quality of all aspects of the organism in a short period of time.
However, this kind of explosion consumes "vitality" that is closely related to biological activity and physical condition.
Although the adrenaline of Zerg units is usually high and their actions will not be affected even if they are weak, the organisms do become more fragile.
In game terms, after activating the heart, it will consume health points to increase attack and attack speed, and remove negative states such as "bleeding", "trauma", and "dizziness".
In short, the dragon dog's name has become longer again, and now it is called "Dragonborn·Emerald Heart·Phase Skin·Four Fangs·Zlingworm".
The organ performed very well on the dragon dog, but the Overlord did not intend to add this organ to the springtail.
After all, this is an organ involving extraordinary power that the insect swarm has never mastered. Without sufficient accumulation of benign mutations, the development time will be very long. It will greatly increase the production time of springtails.
This is inconsistent with Springtail's positioning of "rapidly forming combat power".
To put it bluntly, what does a group of cannon fodder need to have such strong battlefield survivability?
During this period of time, the Evolution Chamber has revealed the prerequisite technology for producing cockroaches. The cockroach nest has already entered the construction process.
It is a heavily armored unit in the swarm. It is often responsible for attracting firepower and creating opportunities for springtails to charge.
Moreover, the vitality of cockroaches is extremely strong. Combined with the highly active accessory heart, the survivability on the battlefield is greatly improved...
The Lord returned his attention to the dragon-dog battle.
The umbrella lizard didn't run away after all.
At the next corner, he crashed into the mesh-like carpet film.
The new type of carpet added with semi-crystalline high-fiber protein has unparalleled stickiness. Especially after it comes into contact with wounds on its body, it begins to multiply rapidly.
Then three long-legged giant spiders, officially named "Web Spreaders", crawled out from the corner and aimed their butts at the umbrella lizard. At this time, they had grown Zerg-like carapace, and between the spider legs
They are also connected by a webbed membrane. They look a bit like an insect queen with a king insect head on its upper body.
Thicker creep tissue is ejected from the spinners at their tails.
The lizard, which was tearing at the fungus blanket on its body, tried to dodge, but the spray range of the net-spitter was extremely large. It had no time to dodge, and was further stuck to the fungus blanket.
In addition, the dragon dog also chased from behind.
Under the restraints of several parties, it was beaten to a pulp by the dragon dog and its limbs were severed. It was dragged by several small spiders to the core area of the spider cave.
The dragon dog and several long-legged giant spiders continued to wander in the maze.
The ecological chain of the Great Maze is very complex.
Big and small monsters, high-level and low-level monsters eat each other, and they all eat meat. There is no difference in feeding habits, so it is difficult to divide them according to the food chain.
However, leaving aside many-legged monsters, flying-fly monsters, lantern monsters, gap monsters, blood worms... and other monsters of varying strengths and weaknesses, normal creatures with stable souls can be roughly divided into three classes.
With ordinary beasts and low-level monsters as the lowest level, they are at a precarious position. They will be killed by more powerful monsters and hunted by higher-level monsters.
Then there are the higher-level monsters, which are somewhat like the herbivores in the grassland. They run around chasing abundant meat, living in no fixed place, and wandering from place to place.
At the top level, there are only epic species and a small number of seventh-level monsters. They can defend their fixed hunting grounds and do not have to travel around for food.
The spider community that the Dominator defeated before was a typical third level, and it was the overlord of the third level, the top group in the maze with almost no natural enemies.
It will take some time to completely master the hunting ground of the spider community, and the master does not intend to provoke new overlords who own territories for the time being.
The main target of the insect swarm now is the various high-level monsters in the second level of the maze.
They wander around, live a long life...and have a lot of knowledge!
The Overlord plans to capture them alive, infect them, and then read their memories to see if they can find any clues about the cave elves.
For this reason, the Master specially recruited Agatha to the underground hatchery and asked her to read the memory.
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There is another chapter tonight
Chapter completed!