Chapter 77 Chapter 77 "Oh my God! Actually...
"Oh my god! There are so many insect nests!"
"Is the largest hive in the center where the Zerg Queen resides?"
"Damn bugs! They hid so well! If Major Su hadn't discovered this secret passage, how would we have found them?"
Ordinary soldiers saw the spectacular scene of thousands of small insect nests surrounding the huge insect nest in the middle from the starship window, and they all exclaimed in amazement.
"It seems that the number of Zerg has increased a lot." Lan Bai said.
Before this, the Zerg Research Center had already made an estimate and had a rough estimate of the current Zerg population. However, when comparing it with the number of Zerg nests, it was found that this data had changed significantly.
"While they were avoiding the battle, they must have been laying eggs continuously, preparing for a last-ditch battle," General Huang said. "Su Sanyue's abilities are so incredible that even the Zerg Queen feels a sense of danger."
Under the Zerg's escort, the human starships all arrived at the contracted Zerg nest. This area was closely monitored by Su Sanyue's Zerg, and any Zerg found to be abnormal were rewarded with a contract and became Zergs.
The space inside the hive is very large, enough to accommodate more than 10,000 humans.
Moreover, Su Sanyue's planting was quite successful and was enough to provide food for more than 10,000 humans. As for meat protein, they would rely on the reserves on the starship.
Most of these people were military personnel, some were researchers, and some were technicians. They had brought in all the equipment they might need, filling the center of the hive with equipment large and small. Su Sanyue even asked the Zerg to help expand the space.
As soon as they arrived at the hive, they released small exploration robots to conduct a full-scale survey, from the hives to the dirt on the ground.
An expert could tell right from wrong with a single glance. Just one day after they arrived, the entire hive system was rendered in 3D and displayed on the desktop, with even the movements of the Zerg in all the hives clearly visible.
Of course, Su Sanyue's contracted Zerg were instrumental in this effort. However, the main hive is strictly managed; no Zerg can approach without summoning them, and those who do will be killed. Therefore, information about the main hive remains scarce, and one can only speculate on the Zerg Queen's presence within.
"The material of the Zerg nest is special. The main component is not the silica of our ordinary planets, but a substance that does not exist on our planet. It is somewhat similar to the components of the Zerg exoskeleton." said a geologist.
"By scanning the structure and energy flow monitoring of each small insect nest, we found that there is a core in each insect nest, and all the insect nests are built around this core." said another expert.
"Yes, some of my observation robots filmed the construction process of the Zerg nest from scratch. They started with a stone-like object as the base, and then all the Zerg began to carry materials for construction. The materials should be from nearby planets, and were transformed and processed by the Zerg's saliva to form this strange-shaped nest." An expert opened a video clip that showed the construction of a Zerg nest from scratch.
However, when Xuan Ji saw the insect nest base, he suddenly paused. That thing seemed to be of his own kind.
Su Sanyue was also watching the video and communicating with the system.
"System, that stone looks familiar. It's a bit like the essence of the earth's core that we have seen before." Su Sanyue said.
"Host, that is the appearance of the Earth's core essence after being absorbed and transformed by the Zerg. It is no longer pure Earth's core essence." said the system.
On the other side, General Huang and his men were already discussing the next insect nest to be contracted.
"According to our observations, the Zerg in the southeast hive are closer to the jump channel when they patrol. I suggest that we give priority to contracting the southeast hive." An officer suggested.
"The insects in the insect nest in the east have also come to our side to inquire many times. The second one can locate the insect nest in the east." Another person said.
So, according to the order of the contracts, they numbered the next planet to be contracted as 2, and the next one after that as 3...
The planet that Su Sanyue was about to go to was the focus of the exploration team. They deployed tens of thousands of robots the size of grains of sand to clearly investigate the situation of the insect nest that was about to be contracted.
The patterns of how many Zergs there are in which places and at what times have been figured out. Su Sanyue doesn't even need the defective queen's insect shells, and there is not a single Zerg at the landing site determined by the strategic team.
Su Sanyue only needs to follow the plan made by the strategic team step by step without thinking, and there are tens of thousands of robots to escort Su Sanyue.
The feeling of having an organization to protect you from behind is much easier than fighting alone. Su Sanyue brought a special communicator and, according to the plan of the strategic team, took thousands of people to fight this time and started the contract plan of Hive No. 2.
"There's a group of Zerg coming towards you from the cave entrance on your left. There are only five of them. There are no Zerg nearby to support them. I suggest you sign a contract directly."
"Hide, hide! A large Zerg patrol will be changing shifts on your right. We suggest you take shelter in the cave directly ahead."
"Currently, the Zerg contract rate in Hive 2 is 50%. There are five uncontracted Zerg on our left side."
Under the on-the-ground command of the strategic team, the contract of Hive No. 2 was completed much faster than that of the first Hive. After one day and one night, the shadow of Hive No. 2 appeared in Su Sanyue's mind, and Hive No. 2 had completely changed its name.
"I'm quite curious about the cornerstone of the insect nest. Do you want to go to the center of the insect nest and take a look?" Su Sanyue poked Xuan Ji and asked.
"Can I see it?" Xuan Ji's eyes lit up, and he was obviously very interested.
"Of course, since we have signed the contract, you have to listen to me. If I say you want to watch it, you can watch it." Su Sanyue said.
So the two of them took several members of the research team through a special passage and came to the location of the central cornerstone of the insect nest.
This place is the bedroom of the most powerful Zerg in the hive, and the cornerstone is buried in the floor of the bedroom.
At Su Sanyue's request, a hole slowly appeared on the ground, and a translucent stone rose up.
Several members of the research team rushed forward, some taking pictures, some extracting specimens, bustling about.
Su Sanyue and Xuan Ji stood behind, staring at the stone.
"It's the essence of the earth's core." Su Sanyue said.
Xuan Ji suddenly turned around, his eyes surging with unknown emotions, and asked, "Do you know the essence of the earth's core?"
"I've also heard that some planets condense geocentric essence, which is the favorite food of the Zerg." Su Sanyue said, "But I didn't expect they actually use it to build Zerg nests."
"This is no longer the Earth's Core Essence," Xuan Ji said. "It's just an empty shell of the Earth's Core Essence, controlled by the Zerg."
After Hive No. 2 was occupied, some soldiers moved here and started construction.
This time, Su Sanyue teleported another 10,000 Zergs back, leaving more than 7,000 Zergs to farm in the Zerg nest.
Su Sanyue continued to let the Hive deal with the Zerg Queen's irregular inspections, and continued to contract with Hive No. 3.
Soon, all the insect nests near the jump channel were contracted, and the subsequent transportation of materials and equipment would be more convenient.
General Huang knew that Su Sanyue was addicted to farming, but he didn't ask her to stop farming. Instead, he arranged for people to help her with the farming.
The other soldiers were also used to it. Su Sanyue was almost becoming a legend now. He single-handedly took down a Zerg nest and led humans to successfully infiltrate the Zerg, slowly eroding the Zerg step by step. Which hero in history could do that?
This is a great achievement that has never been seen before and will never be repeated. Everyone firmly believes that Su Sanyue will be the one to end the human-insect war.
Now she just wants to farm, not the moon in the sky. Even if she wants the moon in the sky, why not give her the moon to farm? It's not a bad thing, and the food she grows is delicious.
At this time, in the main hive, the Zerg queen once again laid hundreds of eggs, which were then carried to the nursery of the main hive by several pioneer Zergs.
Now the nursery is densely packed with tens of thousands of white insect eggs. Some of the white eggs have turned darker in color and are about to hatch. These are all future elite Zergs and Zerg queens.
In the lower layer of the main insect nest, hundreds of insect queens are continuously laying eggs, which are then transported in batches to other small insect nests for hatching.
At this time, Su Sanyue's first contracted insect nest welcomed a batch of insect eggs.
A thousand ordinary Zergs, each carrying two snow-white eggs on their backs, lined up and walked towards the planet.
"Another group of ordinary Zergs that have not been contracted have arrived. March and General Huang are still contracted in Hive No. 75 and have not returned yet. Let everyone hide and clear the road to the nursery." Lan Bai said.
"What about the plants grown on the surface of the planet?" Li Hu asked.
"Call Su Sanyue and ask her to control the contracted Zerg to go and receive them. Let the Zerg find a way to explain the plant matter themselves." Lan Bai said.
Under Lanbai's command, the humans still on the surface of the planet immediately retreated in an orderly manner. Those who could not retreat hid in the belly of the Vanguard Zerg.
When the Zerg troops delivering the eggs arrived at Hive No. 1, there was no human being to be seen on the surface of the hive.
A vanguard Zerg, under Su Sanyue's control, waved their tentacles as they went to communicate with the team delivering the eggs. The Zerg delivering the eggs were surprised to see the green plants on the surface of the nest and even took a bite.
After finishing the meal, the Zerg's eyes lit up, its antennae danced non-stop, and it handed the eggs on its back to the Zerg in this nest for transport. The entire Zerg stayed on the ground and refused to move, gnawing at the plants on the surface of the nest.
The other Zerg followed suit, and for the first time they discovered that this green stuff was quite tasty, so they ate it by the roots, devouring a large piece in one bite.
"Fuck! They're actually eating the wheat in the field. I can't stand it anymore. Colonel Bai, let's go out and kill them!"
Lan Bai was also shocked. She had never thought that Zerg would eat plants. However, considering that the Zerg contracted by Su Sanyue could eat garbage every day, eating plants didn't seem strange at all.
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