Mystery Journey (6)

The discoveries of Changliu Mountain and Zhaoyao Mountain were undoubtedly important, but after Shi Jianxia roughly observed the number of high-level Zerg responsible for patrolling through their perspectives, he gave up the idea of ​​exploring.

Each patrol team consists of eight high-level Zergs with different heads. They patrol every half an hour. There are also special guards at various locations at the entrance to the valley. The defense is not airtight, but it is not something that the military academy students can find loopholes to exploit.

The high-level Zerg are at least S-level, and their combat power is equivalent to that of extraordinary humans. One or two is not a big deal, but groups of them are more terrifying than poking a hornet's nest. If you are exposed accidentally, you may lose your life here.

But Shi Jianxia vaguely felt that the owner of this valley was most likely the 'king' mentioned in the diary of the unknown officer.

She suppressed the urge in her heart for the time being and asked Changliu Mountain and Zhaoyao Mountain to continue to keep an eye on the situation in the valley.

Recovering her composure, Shi Jianxia met four pairs of inquiring eyes. After a moment's deliberation, she said, "It seems the Ant-Faced Man has gone to find the Zerg King. The defenses there are very tight, so we can't explore there right now."

Even if we use the same trick again, let Li Li dig a tunnel from underground, and then let Chang Liushan and other cubs be responsible for searching for information, it is not very safe.

Shi Jianxia thought of the bee-faced man that appeared on Tianchen Star. It was a 3S-level Zerg with combat power comparable to that of a strong man in the Sanctuary. It must be one of the few top combat forces of the Zerg.

The ant-faced people in the Amber Ant Nest have the highest strength equivalent to the third level of transcendence. The king who can make them submit must be as powerful as the bee-faced people, and may even be stronger.

Shi Jianxia had come into close contact with powerful Saint Realm warriors, and he knew their realm clearly. With just a sweep of his mental power, he could observe the situation in the surrounding area in detail, and his perception of energy was very strong, so his mimicry had nowhere to hide in front of them.

Su Jiuzhong took a deep breath, "What a coincidence?"

After reading the diary of the unknown officer, they understood some of the secrets within the Zerg and were naturally curious about the Zerg king and the queen it wanted to revive.

Shi Jianxia nodded and described the situation outside the valley. "I don't know what the ant-faced people are doing there, but we'd better go around the valley and not provoke them for the time being."

Her idea was unanimously agreed by others.

Coming to this unknown planet, nothing is more important than being alive. As for collecting information related to the Zerg, just do what you can.

After Shi Jianxia conveyed this discovery to Gongye Jiwang and others, he put the matter of the valley aside for the time being and summarized and analyzed the important contents in the officer's diary.

She was intrigued by another forest filled with insect swirls.

For the kids, it was like a natural granary, and they could eat whatever they wanted.

"I want to go over and take a look." Shi Jianxia expressed his thoughts as the discussion was about to end.

Wen Qiuqiu said without hesitation: "No, that's too dangerous."

Many vortexes also mean many Zerg, and the Zerg on this planet are obviously more powerful than the Zerg that invaded the human universe, not to mention that there are various giant creatures living in the forest.

Shi Jianxia knew she was worried about him, so he said helplessly, "I won't cross the boundary between the two forests. I'll just let the kids go over there and take a look. If they can catch anything, they'll eat it. If they can't, they'll just observe the situation."

Wen Qiuqiu also realized that she had overreacted and pursed her lips slightly, "Then I..."

"Don't worry, after we meet up with the others in the evening, we will discuss what to do next." Shi Jianxia comforted.

Putting aside Wen Qiuqiu, Nan Chiqing and the other two also felt that Shi Jianxia's idea was quite risky.

It is certainly an advantage that the cubs can devour the insect vortex, but if this matter is known by the higher-level Zerg or even the Zerg king, they will definitely not keep Shi Jianxia, ​​their natural enemy.

But several people also realized that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Where else would there be a place with more Zerg Twisters in terms of level and number than the area where the Zerg live?

If Shi Jianxia could find an opportunity to devour as many of them as possible, it would definitely ease the pressure on the Federation and also indirectly convey the information that something had happened in the Zerg universe.

If the military and the Zerg Investigation Department were to make a bold guess, there might even be a chance that they could have guessed that they had come to the Zerg Universe.

The sky gradually darkened. After obtaining the consent of several people, Shi Jianxia contacted the military cadets scattered throughout the forest and gave them a relatively safe location that had been explored by the cubs.

Before it got completely dark, the cadets gathered at the target location.

Today's harvest was really considerable. The teams led by Gongye Jiwang, Jiang Yingdu, Bai Qiqi, Que Jinghong and others also made their own discoveries.

In addition to the skeleton discovered by Shi Jianxia, ​​Bai Qiqi and others also found several human skeletons. They died in a cave. The combat uniforms they wore were of good quality and had not decayed. There were signs of multiple injuries on their bodies, and they must have died from serious injuries.

Gongye Jiwang and Shi Jianxia took out the cracker and placed the intelligent computer chip that Bai Qiqi had carefully preserved on the cracker.

While waiting for the encryption system to be cracked, Shi Jianxia described in detail his discovery that the planet had two Zerg rulers, and expressed his desire to visit the forest full of Zerg vortexes.

Apart from a few freshmen who participated in this mission due to their outstanding talents, the rest of the cadets had rich combat experience and were more thoughtful in considering issues. They could easily see the opportunities hidden in the other forest.

Gongye Jiwang was the first to speak up. "If you want to go, I'll go with you. It's quite dangerous over there, so the two of us are enough. The rest of you can stay here and continue to investigate."

His fighting ability is the strongest among all the military academy students present, followed by Shi Jianxia. The mimicry of the two is quite special, so if they really can't win, they can run away.

Baili Xuanyao touched his chin and said, "I think it's okay."

He had strong confidence in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" and was skeptical about the fact that the cubs needed to consume insect crystals to devour insect vortexes.

He hadn't had much contact with Shi Jianxia, ​​but it was obvious that she wasn't someone who would suffer any loss. If it weren't for the Tianchen Star incident, she would never have revealed the secret of how the cubs could devour insect vortexes so quickly.

Therefore, Baili Xuanyao did not believe a single word she said about the limitations of the Devouring Worm Vortex, and even felt that the Devouring Worm Vortex would be of great benefit to the "Classic of Mountains and Seas".

As for the argument that devouring the insect vortex requires consuming insect crystals, it is probably because she does not want to be a pawn manipulated by others and is afraid of exposing the benefits she gains from it and being feared by others, so she said this on purpose.

The others also expressed their opinions, and finally decided to follow Shi Jianxia's suggestion. Tomorrow everyone would start looking for the boundary between the two forests. After finding it, Shi Jianxia and Gongye Jiwang would go to check the situation.

After arranging the action plan for tomorrow, the cracker had not yet deciphered the encryption system of the intelligent brain chip, and no one was in the mood to sleep, so they simply gathered together to chat.

With the cubs on guard near the camp, they don't have to worry about being suddenly attacked by giant creatures or Zerg, saving a lot of time and energy.

As she was speaking, Nan Chiqing's eyebrows suddenly moved, and she looked at the Thousand Bow Vine that had turned into a small vine and curled up on her wrist.

The Thousand Bow Vine is green, and it seems to be injected with vitality at this moment. The few small leaves hanging down swayed left and right, and the tips of the leaves emitted a faint glow, which was very beautiful and slightly different from its usual appearance.

Nan Chiqing carefully sensed it and confirmed that his perception was correct. He quickly said, "Xia Xia, can you give me some more of the energy crystals you got from the Amber Ant Nest?"

Xia Zhengyang was lying in the open-air tent, looking at the bright starry sky. He sat up when he heard this and said, "Okay!"

She hadn't had time to sort out the spoils her children had gotten from the Amber Ant Nest, so while everyone was there, she simply poured out a bunch of energy crystals from the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

The cadets' attention was all drawn to the crisp sound of energy crystals colliding with each other.

Seeing these glittering crystals of various colors and sensing the tremendous energy contained within them, Mu Shaoqi took a deep breath, "Xia Xia, are you going to pry open the Zerg's warehouse?"

Shi Jianxia touched his nose.

Jun Xiaoyi answered for her: "Almost. Her mimicry destroyed the entire Amber Ant Nest."

When the nine-tailed fox, which was rolling on the grass, heard this, it immediately straightened up, shook its furry ears, raised its head and chest, and looked very proud.

朏朏 glanced at it, wagged its big furry tail, and rushed past it, stopping in front of the pile of energy crystals, looking eager to try.

But it knew that Shi Jianxia didn't like the cubs to snatch food and that they should be well-behaved and behaved, so it suppressed the urge to grab the energy crystal in one bite and cast a longing look at her.

Shi Jianxia smiled, pulled out a small mountain of energy crystals, and assigned tasks to it and the nine-tailed fox that had hurried over. "You two are responsible for distributing these to the other cubs."

朏朏 really liked being entrusted with important tasks by her, which made it feel like it was Shi Jianxia's most precious cub. It immediately meowed and went to send energy crystals with the nine-tailed fox.

They were so well-behaved and obedient that they immediately caused a burst of admiration.

Baili Xuanyao said sourly: "I also want so many precious cubs~"

Gongye Jiwang glanced at him and said, "You didn't."

Baili Xuanyao felt deeply stabbed in the heart by him, and immediately covered his chest and lay back.

Bai Qiqi said disdainfully, "Baili, why are you in more dramas than Mu Shaoqi recently?"

Mu Shaoqi: “???”

He was unhappy. "What do you mean by more dramatic than me? Am I some kind of dramatic person?"

Everyone laughed.

Nan Chiqing also laughed, but soon remembered the important matter and said hurriedly: "Xia Xia, your mimicry has also eaten these energy crystals. Have you sensed any changes?"

Shi Jianxia was stunned for a moment, "What changes?"

She really didn't notice that the cubs were particularly greedy and consumed a huge amount of insect crystals every day.

If the old marshal had not subsidized her with several insect crystals for her space bracelets, and if the Zerg Investigation Office and the military had not compensated her with insect crystals based on the number of insect vortices devoured by the cubs, she would definitely not be able to support the cubs whose levels were getting higher and higher.

Nan Chiqing hesitated and said, "My Thousand Bow Vine used up the energy crystal during the day. It seems to be stronger than before."

Shi Jianxia frowned slightly, not quite understanding what the four words "stronger" meant.

The other cadets looked at each other in confusion.

Nan Chiqing probably knew that his description was not very accurate. After pursing his lips and thinking for a while, he said carefully: "I think the energy crystals of giant creatures can improve the potential level of mimicry."

This sentence was like a thunderclap that made everyone dizzy.

Nan Chiqing also felt that his guess was a little outrageous, and said helplessly: "Although it's only a little bit, I did feel the change in Qian Gong Teng's basic combat power."

As we all know, the potential level of mimicry determines the highest combat level it may reach in the future. For example, if the potential level of mimicry is below B level, the possibility of being promoted to the extraordinary realm is very small. But if it is a mimicry with S-level or SS-level potential, promotion to the extraordinary realm is only a matter of time.

This is also the reason why the combat level of Shi Jianxia's cubs can soar like a rocket after they devour the insect vortex to increase their potential level.

Moreover, at the same combat level, a mimic with S-level potential can easily defeat a mimic with C-level potential. Using the card drawing game that Shi Jianxia played before traveling through time as an example, this is the difference between SSR cards and R cards.

More commonly known is that the potential level of mimicry is fixed and cannot be changed.

Shi Jianxia still keeps the secret of "Classic of Mountains and Seas" tightly, that is, the ability to increase the potential level of the children by devouring star cores and devouring insect vortexes.

If this matter were to be exposed, the waves it would cause would definitely not be smaller than the vortex that the cubs could devour.

After Nan Chiqing finished speaking, the atmosphere was silent for a long time.

Shi Jianxia sensed the situation of the cubs in Changliu Mountain and Zhaoyao Mountain that had swallowed the giant biological energy crystals. In the end, he made a sad discovery that because the cubs usually swallowed insect vortexes, their combat power was always in a state of change.

She simply didn't have the time or energy to pay attention to them one by one, so naturally she couldn't tell the difference between them before and after they devoured the energy crystals.

Gongye Jiwang summoned the White Tiger first. When he saw Queen Xia, he took out an S-level energy crystal and put it to its mouth.

The white tiger was about to move closer to Shi Jianxia, ​​but was blocked by Gongye Jiwang's raised hand. It quickly ate the energy crystal in one gulp, then walked around him and sat down next to Shi Jianxia, ​​rubbing its big furry head against her waist.

Shi Jianxia smiled and touched the white tiger's ears, letting it lie beside him and eat the energy crystals.

Everyone had just come back to their senses from the bomb dropped by Nan Chiqing, and were caught off guard when they saw the white tiger summoned by Gongye Jiwang, and they were all stunned.

Jiang Yingdu asked doubtfully, "Gongye, have you awakened your second mimicry?"

What a big tiger, so majestic, but... Shi Jianxia's actions of acting coquettishly while rubbing against it are too skillful, right?

Gongye Jiwang coughed lightly and said, "I awakened when I was a child, but I had defects before and couldn't summon it from the spiritual power spring."

Speaking of flaws, Que Zhaoying suddenly said, "Gongye, it seems like I haven't seen you yawning or looking sleepy in a long time."

A word can wake a person up from his dream.

The cadets all looked at Gongye Jiwang. Their burning curiosity made them less concerned about the fact that the energy crystals of giant creatures could enhance their mimicry potential.

Gongye Jiwang blinked, "Xia Xia helped me solve the problem of mimicry defects. Now my condition is almost the same as that of an ordinary person, except that I feel sleepy occasionally."

Cats are always lazy and don't like to move. The white tiger is his mimicry, which will inevitably have an impact on him.

Everyone said "Oh~" in unison, their voices full of twists and turns and full of teasing.

Even though Shi Jianxia felt that she was thick-skinned, her ears were burning at this moment. She pinched the pad of flesh that Baihu stretched out as a threat.

Gongye Jiwang immediately changed the subject, "I've sensed that, too. Energy crystals do seem to have an extraordinary effect on mimicry, but it might require a large amount of absorption before there's a noticeable change."

After Baihu's defects were made up, before Gongye Jiwang left Tianchen Star, Shi helped him measure Baihu's potential level. It was the only 3S level in the history of the Federation, and the speed of absorbing insect crystals was astonishingly fast.

It chewed and swallowed the energy crystal just now, and it has almost absorbed it now.

After gossiping for a while, the cadets turned their attention back to the main business. After hearing what he said, they summoned their own mimics and fed them the energy crystals that Shi Jianxia had handed over.

Among the many military academy students, except Shi Jianxia and Gongye Jiwang, Shi Wuyu had the highest level of mimicry potential and the fastest speed in absorbing energy crystals, but it was already half an hour later when he gave feedback.

"It really works!" Shi Wu Yu said excitedly, and poured all the energy crystals that Shi Jianxia gave him into the medicine box. The medicine box will automatically adjust the amount and frequency of energy crystal consumption.

It's no wonder that Shi Wu Yu was so excited. His mimicry potential level has been confirmed by both the Zerg Investigation Office and the military. It is at the top of the SS level, infinitely close to the 3S level.

If the potential level can be broken through, it will be a definite 3S-level mimicry, and maybe it can even make up for the defect of poor memory.

Shi Wu Yu was almost tormented by his memory defect. Although his combat level of mimicry increased rapidly, not many military academy students were willing to form a team with him to compete. After all, if he didn't use the potion properly, it would be like a time bomb that would wipe out the entire team.

During this period of time, when he participated in the Zerg clearing operation, Jun Xiaoyi and others took turns helping him identify the types of potions, which made him feel embarrassed.

Fortunately, his potion is very effective and can help his friends a lot.

Feedback from other military academy students also came in one after another, indicating that the mimicry had indeed changed. For a moment, everyone's eyes became burning as they looked at the energy crystals.

No one can refuse to become stronger!

Energy crystals can increase the level of mimicry potential, so it is not surprising that the level of Zerg in this forest is relatively high.

The human universe does not have such energy accumulation. Even if it is possible to change the weak situation by awakening mimicry, only a small number of people can awaken mimicry.

Because the basic conditions are not as good as those of the Zerg, humans are naturally unable to resist when the Zerg invade.

Shi Jianxia was always generous to his own people, so he simply took out another pile of energy crystals and gave each person a small pile, which made the military cadets feel embarrassed.

The nest of the amber ants was destroyed by Shi Jianxia's mimicry, and these energy crystals were also snatched away by the cubs. They didn't do anything, so how could they have the nerve to collect so many?

Moreover, Shi Jianxia has a lot of mimicry himself. Even though the energy crystals in front of him are piled up, it is possible that each cub can only get one.

Shi Jianxia noticed that everyone wanted to refuse, so he blinked and said, "I have a way to obtain a large amount of energy crystals."

The cadets pricked up their ears, and the big white tiger lying next to her stuck out its tongue, as if listening attentively.

Shi Jianxia cleared his throat and said, "The Zerg seem to be very keen on hunting giant creatures. They use energy crystals as food reserves. If we can find the Zerg's nest, we can wipe them out..."

She didn't need to finish the rest of the words because everyone understood what she meant and gave her a thumbs up at the same time.

Jun Xiaoyi complained, "When it comes to taking advantage of others, who can compare to you?"

Shi Jianxia touched his nose sheepishly, but said in a serious tone, "What do you mean by pluck the wool? I call it picking peaches."

Jun Xiaoyi: "..."

Are you quite proud of yourself?

But he was very sensible: "When are we going to do this?"

Finding the Zerg nest is not difficult.

Whether it was Shi Jianxia's cubs, or his mimicry in the form of dandelion and cattail sound, or Baili Xuanyao's Star Palace mimicry, they could easily explore the situation in the forest and quietly follow the passing Zerg to find their nests.

Shi Jianxia didn't want to waste time, "My kids can be on standby at any time."

She thought of the Nine-Tailed Fox's great achievements during the day and added, "Perhaps they can turn the nests of various insect tribes upside down without my command."

"Then we can take action tonight, find a place far away from here, and do something first to see how things go." Bai Qiqi put forward the idea at the right time.

Baili Xuanyao also said: "My Xinggong is an expert at scouting the environment at night. I will go first, and you can just cooperate with the mimicry."

The white tiger listened to their conversation and opened its bloody mouth, as if it wanted to participate in the next action, but Gongye Jiwang pinched its mouth in time and suppressed the roar that was about to come out of its throat.

Such a big white tiger would be a sitting duck if thrown into the forest. Not only would it not be able to participate in the mission, it would also cause trouble.

Baihu whimpered, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Gongye Jiwang was particularly resentful.

Gongye Jiwang patted its big head and communicated with it through his consciousness, "The night is very dangerous, Xia Xia needs your protection."

The big white tiger's dim eyes immediately lit up, and it opened its mouth to roar, but Gongye Jiwang pinched its mouth, so it could only whimper softly, and tilted its head to the side, happily rubbing Shi Jianxia's arm.

It happened that at this time, the two cubs, Nine-tailed Fox and 朏朏, returned after completing the task of distributing energy crystals. Shi Jianxia knew that they were the most capable of causing trouble, so he immediately assigned them new tasks.

Since being promoted to level 3S, 朏朏 has become more and more courageous. Entrusted with an important task this time, he meowed happily, walked into the group of cubs with his head held high, raised his front legs and pointed at the cubs squatting on the ground as if to inspect the troops, as if he was giving orders.

The nine-tailed fox was not willing to be outdone, so it gathered the cubs that had played with it during the day, wagging its nine beautiful little tails and baring its teeth at 朏朏, as if preparing for a trophy competition.

Everything was ready. Bright stars lit up from the sky, covering an area of ​​the forest. The scenes within that area appeared in Baili Xuanyao's mind.

He raised the corner of his lips and located a beetle that was carrying an energy crystal the size of an egg and moving quickly through the bushes. He chased it all the way until it reached its nest.

Beetles do not live in groups, but in the area where they live, there is a beetle nest at regular intervals. Li Li followed the information he gave and quickly dug all the way to the vicinity of this nest.

The cubs approached silently along the tunnel it had dug. When Shenshan found out which nest the beetles in had not returned yet, Zuowu would rush into the nest and clean up all the energy crystals piled up inside.

Or maybe the gods lured the beetles out of their nests, and then other cubs rushed in and moved everything in a big way, using the strategy of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west to great effect.

The lured beetle chased the invader in vain and returned to its nest to find that all the food it had diligently stored had disappeared. It angrily shook its wings under its shell, making a sharp and piercing hiss.

Not long after, a giant beehive in another part of the forest suddenly caught fire, and the two mantises that were mating were robbed...