Chapter 5 The terrifying creep

Author: wordless seal

Chapter 5 The terrifying creep

Looking at the kinked, squirming dark-brown sticky substance in the emerald green, the master did not feel much nausea, but instead felt relaxed and happy.

Take a step and try to step on the creep.

The texture of the culture blanket is not as sticky and soft as the master imagined. Instead, the texture is firm and elastic, just like a plastic track in a sports field. Moreover, the culture blanket even actively dents to fit the soles of the feet, giving it a comfortable feel.

It feels like wearing sneakers.

Facing such a magical carpet, the Master couldn't help but squat down, stretched out his hand to hang above the mushroom carpet, and used psionic energy to semi-connect to the mushroom carpet.

I saw that the fungus carpet under the palm of the master began to undergo wonderful changes. Sometimes it was solid and hard like hard plastic, sometimes it was smooth and moist like ice, and sometimes it flowed freely and produced layers of ripples. There were even neatly erected hyphae.

The entire fungus blanket becomes fluffy.

Then, as soon as the master's palm was grasped, shock waves were generated on the fungus carpet. All the hyphae were twisted and arranged neatly, converging like muscle fibers, expanding and generating considerable pulling force.

The Overlord can even go a step further and completely differentiate the carpet, turning it into nerve structures, muscle structures, or growing carapace and horn...

What a black technology this is!

Just as the Overlord was interacting closely with the creep, a sharp scream was suddenly heard not far away.

Looked up.

Just two meters away, from a hole in the earth that was originally covered by weeds, a rat-like creature suddenly jumped out.

There are several hyphae attached to its body. The soft and gentle silk threads under the master's hands are like steel needles that penetrate into the mouse's skin, and like tree roots, stretch among the mouse's muscles to expose its epidermis with visible bulges.

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The rat, which was going crazy with pain, ran out of the cave invaded by mycelium in a panic, but stepped into the coverage area of ​​the fungus carpet. The tight and dry fungus carpet under the feet of the master turned into glue at this time, and as it followed

As it ran, it pulled out long strands of silk, which seemed to come alive, sticking to its body layer by layer, eventually wrapping it tightly and making it unable to move.

Then, with a sizzling sound, the mouse's body was quickly digested, revealing its dense white bones.

But when the chest, abdomen and lower body of the mouse, along with half of its internal organs, were digested, the mouse's struggling and screaming stopped abruptly.

The master looked at the mouse. At this moment, the only remaining part of its face was swollen. The nose and upper lip were all turned into flesh. One eye fell off and was wrapped in tentacles, while the other eye was exposed.

Dim red light.

The master perceives its detailed physical condition and has the feeling to control all its life activities.

This rat has become a Zerg unit...

"The virus has been activated normally." Agatha's voice came from the side.

Zerg hyper-evolved virus, also called phage virus, is widely symbiotic with the carpet and is almost bound to the genetic chain of the carpet. It is a type of virus that can forcibly insert zerg DNA into the genetic sequence of the infected person.

The terrifying virus, if assisted by infection-type units such as venomophages, infected persons, scorpions, and queens, can even infect high-level psionic units...

"How contagious is it?" the master asked.

"It's not too strong," Agatha replied. "The original hyper-evolved virus that has not been modified by evolutionary chambers and infection units is relatively fragile. It is highly symbiotic with creep and other zerg units, and is difficult to spread under natural conditions."

However, Agatha still took the initiative to propose a plan: "But you can order the bacteria carpet to differentiate into spore reproductive organs to emit virus-carrying spore dust into the atmosphere to accelerate the spread."

The Master thought for a moment and then took the initiative to speak: "How long will it take to accumulate enough spores to contaminate the entire planet's atmosphere in one breath?"

According to his experience, the spread of epidemics is not suitable for small flows. It is the last word to explode in one breath. Especially the worm virus has the characteristics of short incubation period and quick effect. Extending the front line too long may lead to unpredictable things.

occur.

Agatha shook her head: "It's hard to estimate."

But what is certain is that the nutrients and organic matter it requires must far exceed the consumption of establishing a hatchery...

In fact, if the Overlord hadn't come to this world in person, he would have gone all out to transform it, spread the zerg virus, and really turn this world into a plot like Plague Inc.

But now that he is in this world, he can't do this. If the spread of the virus triggers a worldwide joint counterattack, a group of infected people alone cannot protect him.

It is better to build a hatchery first and create a group of powerful zerg units for protection. Anyway, to say the least, the zerg virus takes effect very quickly. As long as you accumulate enough pathogenic spores, you can release them when you are exposed.

not late.

By this time, the infected rat had disappeared. Obviously, being assimilated into a zerg unit did not stop the creep from eroding it...

Huh? The master turned his head and saw that the germ blanket was gradually covering Agatha's body.

"What are you..."

"This is the recycling mechanism of the creep," Agatha said calmly. "For low-level units that have been injured and cannot heal themselves, the creep will decompose them and recycle them. High-level units will provide them with nutrients and wait for the insect swarm.

recycling.”

The more differentiated a unit is, the more difficult it is to recover from injuries through self-healing. While protecting the Overlord, Agatha's ovipositor and the hindbrain that bring psionic energy were severely damaged. These two parts are the key to the insect queen.

It is even said that if Agatha was injured and the situation was reversed, and the person was gone, only the nerve cord and ovipositor in the back of her brain were left, the possibility of her recovery would be higher than now.

"Master, please let my nerves grow together with the creep. I can replace the building units to manage the surrounding creep to a certain extent." Agatha applied.

Except for a few units, there is basically no rejection among the swarm units. When necessary, the heads of hydralisks can even be mounted on the bodies of springtails to ensure the number of combat forces. However, in contrast, the zerg have to build

Develop a more complex and powerful immune system to prevent the opponent from destroying the entire insect swarm through research on one unit.

The Lord nodded: "Then let's do it."

The creep began to multiply step by step. With Agatha here, he didn't need to worry about managing anything.

However, the master still warned: "Infect as many creatures as possible, and at least accumulate a mobile force."

When you don't have a single soldier under your command, even a small thing like a mouse has its value. It would be a pity to let it be corroded like this.

"Yes." Agatha nodded in agreement. Although undifferentiated microbiota does not have a brain and cannot understand complex instructions, its various mechanisms can still be fine-tuned. Whether to phagocytose living creatures is to activate a receptor protein.

thing.

The Overlord found a place on the germ carpet and sat down cross-legged. It was linked to the DNA of the insect swarm again.

Begin to learn information about the swarm from the Hive Mind and search for techniques for using psionic energy...

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Chapter completed!