Chapter 142

This insect that crawled out from under the snow has a round head with a sharp and thick horn in the center, and a faint silver metallic color can be seen.

After seeing Qi Heng, the mental power of this armored guard who had been promoted to the middle level fluctuated violently. Its horn pressed against the snow layer and it let out a low growl of submission in front of him.

The original Zerg can recognize the difference between the Overlord and the Commander, but no matter which one of the above comes, it will cause a warm welcome. This is a joy that comes from instinct and is not affected by any factors.

Qi Heng was not surprised. After experiencing countless scenes like the one before him, he had become able to ignore it.

After sensing the mental message from the Armored Guardian through the mental network, Qi Heng took two steps back to give the Armored Guardian space.

The next moment, the armored guard arched his body out of the snow, revealing his well-developed and powerful upper limbs. He quickly dug out the snow that covered the entrance to both sides, and soon threw out a large amount of snow at its location.

The entrance buried in the snow appeared, and you could see a dug passage below leading to a deeper area, and there was no snow around the entrance.

The lower rank of the original Zerg: Guardian.

Characteristics: 1.6 meters long, 1.2 meters long when walking prone, with sturdy limbs and a white bony horn on its head. In combat, it can deploy bony claws for close combat or pluck out its own bones to use as weapons. After devouring a significant amount of metal, it ascends to the intermediate Zerg rank of Ironclad Guardian.

The armored guard looked just like what he saw before him. Spiky metal shells grew on the joints of his body, and his body was covered with a layer of soft metal armor. The horn on his head would become even harder after being fused with metal, and ordinary swords and guns could not break his armor at all.

The insects that devoured the T-384 metal and evolved into armored guardians had metal armor that could even block laser weapons below the fourth level of civilization.

Not only that, they are the best defenders.

It can survive in any extreme weather and environment, whether it is severe cold or hot summer. Even in hibernation, it is very alert and will pay attention to the slightest sound or the intrusion of strangers.

The steps leading down were cleared, and Qi Heng walked down along the steps into the depths.

The underground here is planted with dream fungal blankets, just like the dungeon and the dead egg pit, hanging down from the top of the passage more than two meters high.

Behind him, the armored guards sealed the entrance again in a special way, leaving only a few holes for breathing.

The walls of the passageway were dotted with fist-sized holes, and a dug-out cave appeared every few dozen meters. Because the innermost layer lacked dream fungus, the inside wasn't clearly visible, but a very faint, thin sound could be heard.

The temperature underground was warmer than on the ground. The blue-tailed butterfly that had been dormant in his pocket came out, fluttered its wings, and flew to his shoulder and landed there.

As long as there were enough of them, a small group of blue-tailed butterflies could form a small information network. In order to connect this C-level resource hive to the commander's location, a tunnel was dug hundreds of kilometers underground, suitable only for small primitive Zerg activities.

There is a blue-tailed butterfly at every distance in this passage, and there is also a small team of deliverymen the size of apples as a logistics transport team, responsible for feeding these fixed "biological communication base stations".

[[Tianyun Star C-level resource insect nest-1] scan completed.]

[Lord, we have chosen the closest path to the Heavenly Crystal Storage Room for you. Please follow the arrows.]

Under his instruction, the C-level resource hive was implemented in a fully expanded mode. The underground horizontal area of ​​the entire hive was about 3 square kilometers, and the roads in it were interconnected. If you didn't know the route, you would definitely get lost if you walked in it.

A0's scanning function came in handy at this time. After the upgrade, the scanning range of the system was also enhanced, and the range of three square kilometers was covered in just a moment.

The system interface displays a three-dimensional map of the insect nest. The development of the insect nest is not limited to the horizontal direction. It has expanded into many areas downwards... However, it is obvious that those areas have been excavated very carelessly.

The last time, more than 8,000 bugs were delivered, 8,000 of which were mining bugs responsible for digging, and a small number of other bugs were used to build insect nests.

For example, the insects jokingly called delivery men and guardians are both indispensable insects in building insect nests.

Guided by the system map, Qi Heng quickly arrived at the storage room of C-grade Tianjing. The armored guards outside who were responsible for guarding the storage room did not react at all to his entry.

He looked at the crystals in front of him that were so transparent and thin that they were almost imperceptible in light green... Each of these crystals was a regular cylinder, 1.6 meters high and 30 cm in diameter, with a total of 128 pieces.

Qi Heng put all the Tianjing crystals into the folding space at once.

[A0, convert one unit of C-grade Sky Crystal and use it all proportionally to create more Primordial Zerg, or prioritize mining Crystal Ore.]

[Yes, A0 understands.]

[C-grade Sky Crystal conversion completed, totaling 10,000 energy points.]

[Production of the Primordial Zerg template has been selected. Calculating the proportion of sub-class Primordial Zerg... Production has begun...]

With the system running at full capacity, plump white larvae began to appear one meter away from him in the entire storage room.

Qi Heng watched this scene and used his mental power to communicate with the blue-tailed butterfly on his shoulder.

This blue-tailed butterfly had been following him from the beginning, and it still carried part of the commander's consciousness. It only needed to be awakened to wake up briefly and connect with these larvae.

With the awakening of the commander's consciousness, the blue-tailed butterfly's originally aqua blue wings turned into dazzling gold.

It flew up.

Then it continuously spreads its mental power, forming ripple-like vibrations that touch the newly born miner larvae.

The weak mental power of the newly born miner larvae also instinctively gathered under its guidance. As the larvae continued to be born, the weak mental power continued to accumulate, and finally gathered into a group will full of admiration, submitting to the commander from the mind to the body.

Under the commander's instructions, the mining bugs that were born first and established connections began to move outward. They had only one goal!

—That is to mine for the Commander and the Lord! Mining! Mining lots of mines!

Ten thousand energy points can produce about 30,000 mining bugs, but in reality there are not that many. Some quotas need to be reserved for logistics transportation and tool bugs for building insect nests. Finally, after deducting other bugs, there are about 28,000 mining bugs.

This is the best result calculated by A0 based on his requirements.

After the main and branch passages of the hive are covered with dreamy fungal blankets, there is no need to worry about the eating, drinking, defecating and urinating of the mining worms. The transport worms are responsible for ensuring that the mineral crystals can be delivered to the location of the devourer in a timely manner.

When these 28,000 mining worm larvae mature, plus the original 8,000, the total 36,000 mining worms will produce 360 ​​tons of green crystals every day.

Well, as for this excavation speed, will it quickly empty the green crystal mine and make subsequent migration difficult?

Qi Heng wasn't overly worried. After all, the green crystal deposits in this area were enormous and widespread. The Tianjia civilization had already discovered 8 billion tons of reserves, 60% of which was located in the central area, with the remaining 40% scattered throughout the rest of the area.

Therefore, this place will provide him with a steady supply of energy points for a considerable period of time in the future.

[Mission completed. A total of 29,876 Primal Zergs were created, including 28,000 Miner Zergs, 1,500 Engineer Zergs, and 300 Digger Zergs...]

The blue-tailed butterfly that connected all the newly born original insects gradually lost its golden color and flew back to his palm in a somewhat listless manner.

Qi Heng put the blue-tailed butterfly back into his pocket and looked at the last batch of tool worms that continued to pour out in front of him. Many of them were obviously not mining worm larvae.

They are also larvae, but are much larger.

Directly using the system to create the original Zerg consumes more energy than letting Qi Lan breed the eggs, but it takes more time to transport them back and forth. With this time... the green crystals produced by this batch of bred mining insects offset the loss of their production.

Of course, it is not ruled out that one suddenly became rich and that is why he is no longer stingy.

...The extra four or five thousand energy points lost would have definitely made him feel distressed for a while before today. But now? Qi Heng, with a million energy points under his belt—he didn't care.

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