Red-backed centipede (7)
The description of 朏朏's mimicry talent in "Classic of Mountains and Seas" is also quite vague. It only says that it can create dreams, but does not say how long the dream can last. The target of the effect is also unclear, and it seems to be more inclined towards humans.
After all, Shi Jianxia didn't know whether the Zerg and Mimics would dream.
Regarding this issue, I can probably only find an opportunity to verify it in the future.
When she turned to the page corresponding to Mount Buzhou, her attention was immediately drawn to the line of words behind the mimicry level: '1/10 of the C-level worm vortex required for upgrading'.
The data in the columns of Nine-tailed Fox, 朏朏 and other mimics remain the same, only Mount Buzhou has changed.
Thinking about what happened today, what made Buzhoushan different from other mimics was that it used its mimicry talent to kill the red-backed centipede parasite that was covered with tumors.
Does the worm vortex have anything to do with it?
Shi Jianxia continued to search the forum with the keyword "insect vortex", and this time he got the answer quickly.
There is a popular science post at the top of the forum, which is full of explanations of various terms related to the Zerg, which is convenient for new users with mimicry abilities to refer to.
The internal structure of a Zerg is very similar to that of an ant colony.
When any kind of Zerg reproduces in a certain place, a queen will be born. The queen has extremely strong reproductive functions and can give birth to a large number of larvae in a short period of time. After the larvae hatch, they will look for other organisms to parasitize and grow rapidly in the body of the parasite.
After the larvae grow into adults, they will continue to hunt for blood and cultivate the insect crystals in their bodies. Every once in a while, they will return to the mother insect and feed back some of the energy in the insect crystals to the mother insect so that she can continue to breed larvae.
The Zerg Vortex is the product of the death of the queen Zerg. It is also the channel for the Zerg to invade the human world across planets, galaxies, and even the universe. It is called the cosmic anchor point by Zerg researchers.
At present, humans have not yet developed a way to destroy the Zerg vortex. This is also the fundamental reason why humans have been defeated repeatedly and lost nearly half of their territory during the hundreds of years of Zerg invasion of this universe.
However, the insect vortex is not open all the time. Each insect vortex has an active period and a dormant period. Most insect vortexes have a short active period and a long dormant period.
After reading the explanation about the insect vortex, Shi Jianxia could hardly hide her surprise.
The Zerg Vortex is like Pandora's Box to humans. Once it enters its active period, no one knows how many Zerg will come out of it. Therefore, the Federation has to spend a lot of manpower and resources every year to monitor the Zerg Vortex on various planets.
If her mimicry could "eat" the insect vortex, it would be a benefit to all mankind, and the Zerg would not be able to appear so unscrupulously in human society.
After a brief moment of surprise and excitement, Shi Jianxia calmed down.
It’s still the same principle.
Low-key.
She knew too little about this world and had no idea what consequences she would face if the fact that the second-level mimics could devour the vortex was exposed. Especially since she had no strength and no background, if she was targeted by someone with malicious intentions, she might not even know how she died.
You need to improve your strength first, don’t worry about the insect vortex.
Fortunately, when she described the scene of the attack, she did not describe the appearance of the red-backed centipede queen, but only referred to it as a monster. Otherwise, Zhuang Mingyue would never let her leave the Zerg Investigation Office so easily.
The body of the red-backed centipede queen also decayed into a pile of rotten meat, and its original appearance could not be seen. Even if the people from the Zerg Investigation Department found it, they would be unlikely to recognize it as the queen, and thus suspect that it was her mimicry that killed the queen and absorbed the vortex.
Shi Jianxia let out a breath and thought seriously about his next plan.
She has joined the Association for the Management of Users with Mimicry Abilities, and it is impossible for her to be an ordinary person anymore. Moreover, she has a treasure trove in her hands, and she will not stop digging because of potential risks.
More importantly, the secondary mimicry summoned by the Classic of Mountains and Seas can "eat" the insect vortex. Putting aside the fact that the insect vortex can promote the upgrading of mimicry potential, she cannot just watch more and more Zerg invade the planet inhabited by humans and parasitize ordinary people.
After thinking about it, Shi Jianxia decided to wait and see.
She flipped forward again and saw the illustration of Meng Ji in the chapter on strange beasts. It looked like a leopard, with white fur all over its body. Its long tail was raised high and curled inward into a small spiral. There was a faint white halo flowing on its body, making it look majestic.
Next to the illustration is a detailed introduction about Meng Ji.
Secondary Mimicry Name: Meng Ji
[Mimicry Level: C-level (0/10 C-level vortex required for upgrade)]
[Mimicry Potential: Currently in cub state, can be upgraded to 3S level]
[Mimicry Talent: Shadow Stealth]
[Talent Introduction: Stealth skill, this skill only works on the mimic owner, the stealth duration is 1 hour, the cooldown time is 240 hours (cooling down completed)]
[Battle Level: Level 1 (Level 1 Insect Crystals 206/10000 required for upgrade)]
[Fusion Combat Bonus: Allows the Mimic's owner to blend 100% into the surrounding environment]
Wow! This Mimicry talent is quite practical.
Shi Jianxia was just about to look through the remaining mimicry talents when Meng Ji's illustration suddenly lit up with a faint light.
Before the light disappeared, she felt something rubbing against her trouser leg. When she looked down, it was the living Meng Ji.
It looks to be only a few months old, with soft white fur, a long tail that is curled up into a small curve, and a tuft of light black hair between its eyebrows that sways in a small arc as it rubs up and down with the movement of Xia's trouser legs. It does not look as majestic as in the illustration at all, but rather soft and cute.
Shi Jianxia couldn't hold back the furry and coquettish boy at all, so she immediately picked up Meng Ji and rubbed his fur.
Meng Ji obediently tilted his head and rubbed it against her arm, his sapphire eyes blinking, conveying the emotion of "hungry, hungry, food".
Shi Jianxia: “?”
Shi Jianxia: “!”
Shi Jianxia: "..."
The other mimics that had been summoned in "Classic of Mountains and Seas" seemed to have sensed something, and the pages of the book began to flip. The nine-tailed fox and the remaining eight mimics all ran out, and the spacious living room suddenly seemed a little crowded.
Shi Jianxia stared expressionlessly at the eight mimics running or floating towards him, and then was overwhelmed by the emotions of "hungry, hungry, food".
Especially the nine-tailed fox, shaking its nine furry tails, jumping onto her shoulder and playing the cheek-to-cheek game with her, trying to be the first mimic to eat its fill.
The remaining mimics were not to be outdone and came over, some acting coquettishly and cutely, and quietly pushed away the mimics beside them, or stepped on the tails of other mimics, or grabbed the small tree on the hill mimicry with one claw, trying to push it away and squeeze themselves forward.
Seeing this scene of 'pulling each other's hair', Xia Jian's mouth twitched, and he felt that his future life would not be peaceful.
The mimics' vying for favor soon affected 朏朏 who was soundly sleeping on the sofa. The little guy woke up rubbing his eyes, and when he saw the scene, he rushed over to "join in the fun."
Shi Jianxia was almost squashed, so he quickly raised his hand to push the little bastards away, and said in a serious tone, "Stand still! Stop rubbing against me!"
The little bastards who were acting coquettishly and tripping up other mimicry animals paused for a moment, and immediately stopped where they were as she said, but those wagging their tails continued to wag their tails, and those floating in the air continued to sway.
Shi Jianxia knew that if he didn't set the rules today, these little bastards would become lawless in the future, so he called out their names with a fierce face, "Nine-tailed Fox! Buzhou Mountain! 3 points will be deducted for disobeying orders!"
The Nine-tailed Fox and Mount Buzhou were both stunned. The former's big round eyes showed confusion and grievance, and the latter... the latter stopped in the air, and snowflakes on the top of the mountain fell non-stop.
Shi Jianxia turned his gaze away from them and glanced at the other mimics.
The mimics immediately became as obedient as quails, not daring to make any small movements.
Shi Jianxia nodded with satisfaction, cleared his throat and said, "Our situation is different from other families. We have many children to raise, but we only have so much to eat. There's definitely not enough to go around."
The mimics pricked up their ears, and judging by their little appearances, they could definitely understand what she said.
Realizing this, Shi Jianxia no longer had to worry about whether the little bastards could understand what he wanted to say, and continued, "I've decided to set up a reward and punishment system. Points will be added or subtracted based on your daily performance. If you behave well all day and don't make trouble, you can get an extra 2 points per day. I'll list the other bonuses and deductions in detail later."
"One point can be exchanged for one first-level insect crystal, 10 points can be exchanged for one second-level insect crystal, and so on. Those with higher points have priority in exchange."
"We'll split the insect crystals we get from hunting Zergs 50-50. No scrambling like we did today. Those with outstanding performance will be given priority in receiving the insect vortexes."
Hearing the word "insect vortex", all the mimics straightened their waists and stood up like small trees.
Shi Jianxia calmly called out the names, "Our Buzhou Mountain performed well in this attack and has already obtained a vortex."
Buzhoushan was originally a little depressed about being deducted 3 points, but after hearing this, he immediately floated out proudly and let the mimics look at him.
Shi Jianxia touched the prickly peak of Buzhou Mountain, then pulled the Nine-tailed Fox over, rubbed its little head, and said, "Buzhou Mountain and the Nine-tailed Fox will receive an extra 10 points, and the other mimics will receive 5 points each. Next time when the Insect Vortex is assigned, the Nine-tailed Fox will be given priority."
The mimics cast envious glances at the nine-tailed fox again, and the little guy puffed out his chest proudly.
It was the first mimic summoned by "Classic of Mountains and Seas" and it had merged with Shi Jianxia to fight in the morning attack, so it naturally had the qualification to have priority in allocating insect vortexes.
Seeing that the mimics had settled down, Shi Jianxia breathed a sigh of relief.
The little ones are not rigid tools. Each one of them is very smart and has independent consciousness. If they act naughty, she may not be able to control them.
Therefore, they must be restrained and taught to control their behavior, so that they don't think they can get benefits by acting cute and coquettish to her. One or two is okay, ten can be tolerated, but when more mimics are summoned, how can she take care of them?
Moreover, as the number of secondary mimics increases, it becomes difficult for her to treat them equally and allocate the same number of insect crystals to each mimic every time, which is not conducive to improving her strength.
The best way is to focus on upgrading the mimics with stronger practical talents and raise their levels.
In this way, she can accept high-level tasks issued by the Pseudo-Association or the Zerg Investigation Office and obtain higher-level Zerg Crystals.
By then, obtaining low-level insect crystals will no longer be a problem.
In summary, the rich first will lead the poor later.
Shi Jianxia opened the intelligent brain again and typed in the search engine——
'How to establish a reward and punishment mechanism for primary school students?'
After thinking about it, she deleted it and re-entered it.
'How to set up a reward and punishment mechanism for kindergarten children?'
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