"Mission accomplished, return to territory!"
"However, before we leave, let's raze this filthy building to the ground!"
Su Bai walked out of the church, about to order the insect swarm to begin its destructive operation.
Just then.
A sudden change occurred.
Dark clouds swept in from all directions.
Like a pitch-black curtain, it quickly swallowed up all the sunlight in the sky.
The wind howled, raising clouds of dust that severely obscured visibility.
"What happened?"
Su Bai stood still, his eyes slightly narrowed.
"A powerful aura of darkness is descending."
Kerrigan stood beside Su Bai, her eyes burning with determination, already prepared for battle.
The swarm changed formation, adopting a defensive posture.
The next second.
A huge crack was torn open in the sky.
Countless black mists surged forth, coalescing into a phantom projection of a demon.
A hoarse, chilling voice echoed throughout the entire world.
"How dare you kill my servant!"
"You insignificant human, you have successfully angered me!"
"The Dark Curse has descended!"
"Come to the Cursed Islands immediately, or you will never be able to escape the power of the curse!"
"Surrender, or die!"
"I await your reply on the Cursed Isles!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the demonic phantom shattered, transforming into thousands of black mists that merged into the bodies of the zebra fins, hydralisks, cockroaches, and exploding bugs.
"The Lord of Darkness actually possesses the ability to project clones."
Just as Su Bai opened his mouth to speak, the dark clouds dispersed, and the sky cleared up again.
The next moment.
Lines of eye-catching red information appeared before my eyes.
【warn】
[Dark Curse: Bleeding]
The swarm has been invaded by dark forces, falling into an abnormal state, with continuous cell damage and a steady decline in vitality.
Hero units and elite troops are immune to this curse effect.
"Bleeding! The negative effects of this dark curse are rather troublesome!"
Su Bai frowned slightly, his brows furrowing into a deep frown.
Kerrigan spoke rapidly, saying:
"My lord, there is no need to worry."
"As long as they are within the creep layer, the insect swarm can obtain a continuous supply of nutrients and automatically repair their cells."
"The negative effects of the curse can be completely offset."
Upon hearing this, Su Bai breathed a sigh of relief, feeling as if he had been granted a pardon.
As the cells of the swarm continue to be damaged and their vitality declines, the final result will inevitably be death.
The fungal carpet provides nutrients and automatically repairs cells, a function that is quite important and greatly alleviates the immediate crisis.
The Cursed Islands are a completely unfamiliar place.
This Lord of Darkness is definitely not an ordinary enemy.
Breaking the dark curse will undoubtedly be fraught with difficulties.
However, if the curse cannot be broken soon, the swarm will be limited to the area around their territory, on the creep-covered ground.
The development of the territory will be severely hampered.
"The only way forward is to ask Colonel Wang for help. He has been in the Land of Redemption for twelve years and must know something about the Cursed Isles."
Su Bai murmured to himself.
Previously, it had repeatedly brought the country generous national fortune rewards.
Nowadays, it's not a big deal to ask the country for help when faced with difficult problems.
"Swarm, destroy this church, then return to our territory with me!" Su Bai said quickly.
One by one, cockroaches charged forward.
The extremely hard, heavy shell smashed the church to pieces, causing it to collapse with a roar.
Reflected by the sunlight, a corner of the ruins shimmered with a faint silver light.
"Broken Tooth, go check it out!"
Su Bai pointed to the flashing spot and spoke up.
"roar!"
With a roar, Broken Tooth moved its limbs and ran forward at top speed.
It stretched out its two forelimbs and vigorously rummaged through the rubble and debris.
A short while later.
A silver treasure chest appeared.
"There's an unexpected surprise!"
Su Bai quickly stepped forward and put it into his storage space.
Immediately afterwards, he led the swarm of insects toward the direction of his territory.
Due to the negative effects of the Dark Curse, whenever they encountered wild beasts or local forces along the way, Su Bai ordered them to bypass them without engaging in any trouble.
Halfway there, Abathur casts Mass Healing.
Inject biomass into the stunted insect population to repair damaged cells.
Ten minutes later.
Entering the territory's sphere of influence, stepping onto the land covered by the fungal carpet.
The swarm reached its peak at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"It seems that as long as you step on the creep, the negative effects of the Dark Bleeding Curse will be completely negated, and the swarm will not be affected at all."
Su Bai breathed a sigh of relief, his heart finally at ease.
At the same time, through telepathic communication, it commands worker bees and young worker bees that are out collecting resources to quickly return to their territory.
"My lord, the swarm has entered an abnormal state, and its cells are continuously damaged."
"But I have no way to stop this terrible thing from happening."
"Fortunately, the nutrients provided by the fungal carpet can help repair damaged cells on their own."
"Otherwise, the swarm's situation will be truly dangerous this time."
Abathur approached, his voice tinged with melancholy.
Su Bai patted his dark gray shell in a comforting gesture.
"This phenomenon is due to force majeure. By the way, I'd like to know what exactly the nutrients provided by the fungal carpet are that can have such a significant effect."
Abathur gazed at the fungal carpet beneath his feet and responded aloud:
"The fungal carpet extracts minerals from the ground through its deep-rooted tendrils, which are then specially processed to sustain itself and nourish the insect colony."
"In addition, the abundant biomass it contains is also a very important nutrient."
Su Bai nodded. "I see."
"My lord, what are your plans next?"
Abathur paused, then continued, "If the swarm continues in this state, it will be unable to leave the creep-covered ground, unable to go out to fight, and even the worker bees will be unable to go out to collect resources."
"Don't worry, I'll definitely handle it!"
Su Bai's gaze was clear and steady, his eyes incredibly bright.
The Lord of Darkness dares to cast a curse on the insect swarm.
This is intolerable!
No matter how powerful it is, we must do everything we can to completely destroy it.
The silver treasure chest will be taken out and opened later.
Now, let's explain the current situation to Wang Zhenguo.
That's the thought in my mind.
Su Bai opened his friends page and entered the chat window with Wang Zhenguo.
[Su Bai: Colonel Wang, there's something I'm afraid I need to ask you for a favor.]
Ten seconds later.
Beep beep beep.
The chat window started shaking.
[Wang Zhenguo: Have you run into trouble? Tell me the details.]
[Su Bai: I encountered a local force led by the Lord of Darkness. It has cast a blood curse on my troops, and only by venturing to the Cursed Isles can this dark curse be broken.]
[Wang Zhenguo: What is the current situation of the troops?]
[Su Bai: Staying within the territory is fine, but going outside will have consequences.]
[Wang Zhenguo: Alright, I'll go to your territory tomorrow to test the power of light and see if it can break the curse of darkness.]
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