This is only a preliminary study. We'll only be able to see tonight whether it's a predator-prey relationship. If it is, we can start planning ahead.

When it was almost time, they went to the research institute to have dinner with Ye Ziming. Ye Ziming and his team were making good progress and had already fused the scorpion's exoskeleton. Now they were just waiting to fuse more for backup.

At 11:30 p.m., Fang Xiyue, Xiao Zihan, and Su Zheyu arrived at their assigned positions, while Jin Muze went to Hong Kong.

At 12 o'clock, the sky flashed a few times, and countless enormous objects fell down.

Okay, here is a description of the appearance of the giant katydid in the apocalypse:

Its body was several times larger than the giant mantises we had seen before, measuring more than 5 meters long.

Its obsidian-hard, jet-black shell gleams with a cold, eerie light, appearing even harder than a scorpion's exoskeleton.

Its head was enormous, and its two compound eyes, like burning flames, revealed its ferocity.

Its sharp mouthparts are like two razor-sharp scythes; any prey that gets too close will have its flesh torn off.

Its antennae are long and flexible, constantly swaying like a whip.

It looks somewhat like a giant praying mantis, but it's different; it's a katydid!

The giant grasshopper has six long, thick legs covered with barbs and sharp claws.

Its back has a row of serrated protrusions, which increase its defensive capabilities.

As soon as the grasshoppers landed on the protective mechanism, they opened their mouths and emitted a hissing sound that was deafening, as if ultrasonic waves were coming from their mouths.

Their prediction that the creatures would eat scorpions was correct, but they never considered the grasshoppers. It seems that the Zerg really only consist of insects!

However, Fang Xiyue has also studied grasshoppers. She had read about them when she was reading with Chu Xingyan before. She learned that grasshoppers can be dealt with by snake lizards.

"Comrades, snake lizards or other lizards will do, the bigger the better!"

After Fang Xiyue finished speaking, the ability users began to release their ability pets. Although some ability users did not know about lizards, they could still conjure ordinary lizards. Of course, most people conjured snake lizards instead.

The snake lizard is covered in a thick layer of scales, and its tail is thick and flexible, capable of whipping its opponent. A true mutated snake lizard can spit venom, but the one with condensed supernatural power cannot.

The giant grasshoppers, upon seeing the suddenly appearing snake lizard, leaped into the air with their powerful hind legs as if they had spotted their prey, charging towards the snake lizard and stabbing its head with their sharp forelimbs.

The snake lizard, controlled by an ability user, reacted swiftly, dodging the attack with a sidestep and opening its gaping maw to bite the grasshopper.

Just then, the giant katydid nimbly turned in mid-air to avoid the lizard's sharp teeth. After landing, it launched another attack, kicking the lizard in the abdomen with its hind legs.

The lizard twisted its body and lashed out at the grasshopper with its tail, sending the grasshopper flying.

The grasshopper had wounds, while the snake lizard, though injured, was immediately repaired by its superpowers. However, the superpowered snake lizard was not as powerful as the real snake lizard.

Fang Xiyue originally wanted to buy snake lizard eggs from the system shop, but she couldn't buy them every time. She didn't have many crystal cores, so it would be pointless to buy them all.

With her superpowers nearly half depleted, Fang Xiyue ordered the superpowered individuals to recall the snake lizards and switch to using laser cannons for the attack.

She secretly went to the beach to hunt on a large scale. She was very envious of the katydids' shells and had to bring them back for Zi Mo to study.

The fighting power of grasshoppers and scorpions is about the same. Rather than grasshoppers eating scorpions, it is more accurate to say that they prey on each other.

Fang Xiyue used her wind-based abilities to create a tornado, pulling the grasshoppers together, and unleashing a devastating barrage of wind blades.

The grasshoppers outside the tornado had no intention of watching the spectacle; they brandished their sharp, knife-like forelimbs, like demons wielding scythes coming to claim their lives.

Fang Xiyue raised her hands slightly, and the surrounding air began to flow rapidly, forming vortexes.

The giant grasshopper lunged at Fang Xiyue, who quickly dodged the attack and unleashed a super gust of wind that sent the giant grasshopper flying back several meters.

The giant grasshoppers opened their mouths and spat out a cloud of brown venom, which shattered and scattered in the air, raining down on Fang Xiyue like raindrops.

Fang Xiyue built a wind wall to block the venom from the sky. With a wave of her hands, dazzling bolts of lightning shot out from her hands and struck the giant grasshopper directly.

Sensing the threat, the giant grasshoppers let out piercing screechs and quickly dodged the lightning attacks, while simultaneously slashing at Fang Xiyue with their sharp forelimbs.

Lightning flashed and thunder roared in the sky, striking the giant grasshopper relentlessly. Just then, a powerful bolt of lightning struck directly into the eye of one of the grasshoppers.

With a mournful cry, the giant grasshopper fell to the ground in agony, its body twitching for a moment before finally dying.

Therefore, Fang Xiyue quickly told everyone about the katydid's weakness, which was its eyes.

"Focus your attack on the grasshopper's eyes; they're its weak point. From there, you can directly attack its internal organs!"

As Fang Xiyue spoke, she summoned countless bolts of lightning to kill the eyes of the surrounding grasshoppers. One by one, the grasshoppers fell down and were collected into Fang Xiyue's space.

With these estimates, Zi Mo and the researchers must be overjoyed, as these are all excellent materials for making weapons.

After collecting about 10,000, Fang Xiyue left. The marine animals that came out to see what was going on felt a little disappointed that the battle was over so quickly.

Having found the katydid's weakness, the battle entered a crucial phase. Seeing that the situation was under control, Fang Xiyue led 10,000 katydids to the research institute.

"Commander, what brings you here?" Researcher Jia Peijie saw that although Fang Xiyue was asking a question, her eyes were full of expectation, as if the commander had brought something good again.

"Are you out of scorpions? I have some more. I also brought the carcass of the grasshopper that appeared today; its shell looks even harder than the scorpions."

Fang Xiyue glanced in the direction of Ye Zimo's laboratory; someone had already gone to call him.

"We've used them all up. We peeled off the scorpion shells and melted them together, but we didn't get much material."

Upon hearing about the new materials, Jia Peijie couldn't wait to start experimenting; they needed more materials.

Since Ye Zimo proposed the idea of ​​mecha, researchers in robotics, aircraft, and other fields have been working overtime to study it.

Mechs are actually similar to small airplanes, with control rooms, but they can only seat a maximum of two people and have controllable hands and feet.

This requires the joint efforts of two types of researchers, and Ye Ziming and his team are engaged in materials research.

"Yueyue."

Fang Xiyue was just about to release the grasshopper corpse when Ye Zimo came over.

"Zimo, I brought the grasshopper's corpse. You can study it."

They took Ye Zimo to an empty room and released 5,000 grasshopper corpses. The researchers collected them one by one and then began separating the flesh from the skin.