Chapter 405: Zerg Civil War

In this way, as time passed, the reconnaissance fortress was quickly built, a large number of scientific instruments were piled up in it, and wires, light bulbs, generators and other equipment were also properly placed.

Human stocks of oil, coal, cement and other resources have almost dropped to the warning line. Over the years, they have been consumed without being replenished.

But there was no other way at the moment, as all the available stock had to be used to build this reconnaissance fortress.

This made Comrade Lao Mao very angry, and he kept asking questions every few days, "When can we start mining?", "If we don't start mining, most of the projects will have to be stopped", "You know that the Sky City is being expanded significantly."

Lu Yuan was also under great pressure: "We have to wait for the investigation report to come out. It won't take a few months... How about this, let the Holy King rub you twice."

"make a deal!"

Wait, that’s already my wife, Lu Yuan couldn’t help but have his pupils dilated, puzzled.

…

This massive investigation lasted for more than five months, and a total of 10,000 insects were captured, of which more than 300 species were found!

The final results of the investigation really surprised everyone.

"The first conclusion is that the more than 300 native insect species captured so far, whether strong or weak, are indeed trapped in the rift. Once they leave the rift, they will be forcibly weakened by the 'unregulated' mountain."

"Of course, insects that are strong enough can still leave by force, but they all hide underground and basically don't come out..."

"Under this premise, the engineering teams in the rear can indeed mine. People can also travel in small groups, but just don't get close to here."

This is very good news indeed.

The rear base is 6,000 kilometers away, so it is safe enough.

"There are also some interesting conclusions." Lu Yuan was explaining on the stage, and the 3D geographical model drawn by the investigation team was played on the big screen.

"Our investigation team used drones to reach 6,000 meters below the rift."

"The terrain in this large rift is very complex, with many caves, honeycomb-shaped nests, and some underground fungal zones... Note that the focus of my discussion is on these fungal zones."

The photo shows various colorful mushrooms, competing with each other in beauty, just like flowers.

The smallest one is only as big as a bean sprout, and the largest one is as big as a palm.

"Those fungi were cultivated by the Zerg with great effort."

"Our drones collected some fungal specimens, but it is difficult to grow them outside of their native geographical environment."

"At a depth of five thousand meters, sunlight is basically difficult to penetrate. Most Zerg use geothermal energy and fungi as their energy sources."

Photos appeared on the screen.

The magical and bizarre underground forest, the red magma, the smell of sulfur, and... the madly multiplying swarms of insects.

This bizarre scene is completely different from the lush tropical rainforest outside. It can only be described as weird and crazy.

"Our scientists dissected more than 10,000 insects and came to a conclusion... There are at least 12 different populations of Zerg in this rift. This means there may be 12 or even more queens."

This news moved not only the officers on the front line.

Even the government officials who were listening remotely in the back were stunned, thinking about the message contained in it.

More than a dozen strange insects, what's going on? Lu Yuan's expression was a little serious: "In summary, the rift we are currently seeing is likely to be a Zerg breeding base left behind by an ancient civilization!"

"There are multiple groups of people raising Gu here. It could be to determine the final winner, or it could be simply to cultivate fungi, that is, mushrooms."

"Most of the Zerg are very weak, equivalent to Super Spark Level 2-3 fighters. For our current soldiers, even with cold weapons, they can fight ten of them at once."

"But some are extremely powerful, possibly even more powerful than our Overlords and Leviathans. These ancient beings are left over from previous eras, and can easily destroy us humans."

He sighed softly, "Fortunately, these bugs don't pay much attention to the outside world. In the past five months, only a very small number of bugs have crawled out of the rift."

At this time, several government officials in the remote conference frowned and said on the screen: "Well, Mr. Lu, since the enemy is stronger than expected and we can't go deep to find the queen, what is the reason for staying here? We can leave here and look for the next civilization relic."

"As for the evolution of our Zerg warriors... secretly hunting hundreds of thousands of Zerg for them to eat should be enough."

Lu Yuan sighed: "For the mushrooms..."

"I just said that the Zerg cultivated a mushroom forest. The ancient civilization made such a big fuss, it couldn't be in vain."

"In this crack, low-quality and ordinary mushrooms can't be found everywhere, but there are more than I imagined..."

"They have many functions. For example, eating a small mushroom is a natural stimulant that can make people energetic for several days with almost no side effects. It is several times more powerful than adrenaline."

A picture appeared on the screen, showing a green, strange-looking mushroom.

"There are also many mushrooms that contain pure natural and harmless idealistic ingredients. Long-term consumption can enhance immunity, increase the body's strength, eyesight, detoxification ability, etc., which is comparable to the Zerg strengthening potion we worked so hard to develop!"

"Of course, it doesn't mean that the strengthening potion is useless. If we can get this kind of mushroom in large quantities, we can develop a better potion..."

"There is also a blue mushroom that enhances the 'god attribute'. The hope of becoming a god at 12 o'clock for all people may lie here... You all know what a god at 12 o'clock for all people is, right?"

The members of the parliament in the back began to talk.

Now there is an additional coral island, which produces resources that can barely support the entire population at level 3.

But after the population expanded, resources were still not enough.

The improvement of god attributes is the slowest, and it usually takes 4 levels to reach 12 god points...

Everyone has 12 points of divine attributes, which is equivalent to everyone being able to understand the glyphs. This is a great leap forward for the "elite route".

Lu Yuan added: "Our investigation team even discovered a suspected legendary fungus plant, whose function is... to provide opportunities for enlightenment and inspiration? You should know how precious this thing is..."

"We do not rule out the possibility of higher quality, epic, or immortal mushrooms!"

This photo is very blurry and was taken by a drone.

The fungus has a white stalk and a brown cap, and looks ordinary on the outside, but with a strange halo. This phenomenon of idealistic interference is obviously of extraordinary quality.

A ratman craftsman in the rear base camp went crazy after seeing the photo: "Is this... a naked colorful mushroom? My God, you are so lucky!!"

"I heard the price of this thing is... it's out of stock!"

"After taking this magical mushroom, you will see bright colors and constantly changing patterns. You will also feel that time passes differently, perhaps very slowly or very quickly. The space around you will also become a little strange, as if everything is constantly changing. This will give rise to a strange kind of inspiration... Although it is a hallucinogenic inspiration, it is still inspiration anyway!"

He shouted excitedly, "How about this, I'll pay! If you get it, I'll buy it right away! Our Shumiba Civilization will buy unlimited quantities! 100... no, 200 Lingyun for one mushroom!"

The expressions of these ratmen craftsmen were simply crazy.

He even took out the mirror and started communicating with the leader of his family.

The price of consumables is generally one fiftieth of the price of equipment of the same level!

200 Lingyun for a mushroom is actually a very premium price.

"Master Rat, this thing has side effects, right?" Lu Yuan was speechless. "What if you become addicted to drugs, or your brain doesn't work well?"

"Oh, you don't understand."

"The sequelae can be reduced through technology, otherwise why do you develop biotechnology?" The rat craftsman said unhappily, "Do you know that taking drugs can bring you inspiration? If it were our Rat Miba civilization, we would have sent out troops to grab the naked colorful mushrooms long ago. We wouldn't be so hesitant like you... Go grab them quickly and start a war with the Zerg! Then take away your spiritual charm, I want inspiration!"

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Lu Yuan was speechless. I naturally don't understand... As long as I abstain from sex, I will have inspiration. Do I need to eat this shitty mushroom? The naked colorful mushroom was found in a crack at a depth of 80,000 meters by the reconnaissance team using a drone.

Even after just a glimpse, the detector was smashed to pieces by the insects.

Of course, his "Greedy Demon" is capable of going deeper... but he really can't openly embezzle things discovered by humans, and if he causes chaos among those ancient insects, the consequences may be very troublesome.

200 Spiritual Charm... not that worth it...

Another video clip played on the screen.

A group of caterpillar-like insects are maintaining this mushroom forest, secreting a shellac-like green mucus from their glands.

These precious fungi absorb shellac and geothermal energy and thrive.

This is just like the termites on Earth, who raise a kind of fungus called "Black Lambskin"; and above the termite nests, "Chicken Mushroom" often grows, and these fungi are quite expensive on Earth.

Similarly, these strange [insects] will also raise fungi, and the output is at the strange level, so the effect is naturally extraordinary.

"According to current observations, the extraordinary resources in this Zerg breeding base can easily allow a population of more than 10 million to reach level 7. This is the current highest level, Field Grandmaster."

"No matter how bad your qualifications are, you can still use resources to improve them..."

"There are also naked mushrooms that can give people inspiration, and fungi that can strengthen the body and eyes... If we can take care of this damn place, all other ruins of civilization will become kindergartens."

This conclusion shocked everyone present.

While humans were struggling to survive, past civilizations took the initiative to raise these dangerous creatures! They even took advantage of the characteristics of the Zerg, causing them to fight each other, unable to do anything to each other, and providing a steady supply of output.

What is the concept of this output?

What’s even more terrifying is that such a civilization eventually perished.

For a moment, everyone held their breath, not knowing whether to cry or laugh - humans now clearly saw a mountain of gold and silver, but they couldn't dig it out, because the total area of ​​this abyss rift, layer by layer, might be ten times larger than the area of ​​the earth! The number of Zerg inside was as many as trillions!

It feels really subtle and shocking.

"In short, since we have confirmed that these guys will not crawl out easily, we cannot give up the opportunity rashly."

"The closer the bugs are to the surface, the weaker their fighting power. We can first find a mushroom forest..."

Recruiting land!

Lu Yuan was halfway through his words when he suddenly heard a beeping alarm. The ground began to tremble slightly, and even the ceiling began to tremble slightly! "What happened?!"

"Report! A huge fight broke out among the Zerg in the rift!"

"The magma under the ground seems to be overflowing, and a small volcanic eruption may have occurred!"

Lu Yuan's pupils slightly dilated. There was no way to continue the meeting: "Everyone temporarily evacuates the fortress, scientists enter the sky fortress. Soldiers carry valuable equipment."

"Send in drones for detection!"

"Soldiers are always ready for battle!"

…

The military's action was very efficient, and the scientists retreated to the Sky Fortress in an orderly manner. The magnitude of the earthquake was not too large, and no buildings collapsed.

More than a hundred small drones buzzed into the crevasse.

After the rocks between the crust and the mantle were destroyed, a large amount of red magma poured up. Insects of different species fought in a group and bit each other crazily!

The air, which already smelled of sulfur, was tainted with the smell of acid and blood.

The grand melee between the legions was simply breathtaking, with all kinds of flames, acid, poison gas, and other means used together to form a gray mist.

There are some super-individuals underground that are just like Godzilla, weighing millions of tons. When they fight each other, every blow makes the earth tremble slightly.

In just a few hours, the entire fissure turned into a meat grinder, with corpses, mucus and internal organs everywhere, splashing onto the rocks.

Those who remained were still charging forward and fighting fearlessly.

Lu Yuan's face turned pale. This kind of scene with massive deaths every moment was indeed a bit... disgusting.

He finally understood why most Zerg were weaklings...

"That's not how you raise a Gu."

In this battle, more than 90% of the Zerg may die. Aren’t the newly born newborns weak? But a small number of them that survived can grow up as "Gu Kings". It can be said that the older they are, the stronger they are.

"It may even... surpass the original limits of the Zerg." Lu Yuan swallowed.

(End of this chapter)