Chapter 37
Qi Heng was walking when he suddenly stopped.
He looked in one direction, frowning.
I have had a feeling of being spied on since a while ago. At first I thought it was an illusion. After all, there are bugs everywhere in the trading area. It is understandable that I felt it was wrong for a moment, but it is wrong that the feeling still lingers after I leave the trading area.
Yan Ning asked doubtfully, "Brother Qi, what are you looking at?"
"Nothing." Qi Heng looked away.
The bug hiding behind him and peeping at him was obviously coming for him, so there was no need to tell Yan Ning.
On the way back, Qi Heng could feel someone's gaze on him from time to time. He could easily tell that the other person was following him, and the distance was not far.
[A0, look who's following behind.]
[No problem, Your Excellency.]
Qi Heng didn't need to name names or explain in detail. The system's powerful analytical capabilities and 360-degree scanning function had already caught the stalker he mentioned.
A high-definition photo appears on the system interface.
[Master, he is the one following you. He is a female insect.]
A0 said with a grin, "Your Excellency, you are truly charming. You just went out and brought back an admirer."
Qi Heng didn't take A0's nonsense seriously at all. He thought that this female insect was just following him and didn't do anything else, which made it difficult for him to figure out what the other party was planning.
[Punctuate him.]
【yes. 】
[The system has determined that this female insect has no ill intentions towards you and has been given a yellow punctuation mark.]
Anyone the system has ever seen will be remembered by the system, and will be given different color punctuation based on the possible interactions they may have with the Lord. There are currently three types.
Yellow dots represent neutral, blue represents friendly, and red represents hostile.
Normally, the system automatically records the information, and A0 will evaluate and analyze the threat/friendliness level before deciding which camp to assign it to. A small number of cases, like the one now, are actively recorded by Qi Heng, and the colors are mainly yellow and blue.
——Until Qi Heng and A0's goals became the same, the "enemy list" in the system was still empty.
But things are different now.
When Qi Heng chose to step into this world and marked his camp as Tianjia civilization, a large number of originally harmless yellow light spots in the system instantly turned into a bright red that was bright enough to drip blood.
First, the number in the 'hostile list' jumped from 0 to 16 in an instant, and then from the color change linked to the threat level, you can see how eager the system or A0 is to get rid of these red dots as soon as possible.
In the game, it is probably the system launching a vendetta against the unicorns. None of the unicorns who have turned red and are on the system's assassination list can escape.
The purpose of the system is simple.
Article 1: All dangers that threaten Your Majesty the Lord are not allowed to exist, and if they appear, they must be eliminated immediately.
Article 2: Any crisis that could threaten the survival of civilization should be nipped in the bud and not allowed to grow to the point of threatening the life and safety of the dominant power.
So who were these red dots? They were all the unicorns Qi Heng had seen in District 49 so far.
The unicorns were the managers and representatives of the civilization behind the Tianjia Zerg imprisonment on Tianyun Star, but to Qi Heng, they were all enemies...
[Your Excellency, the stalker has left.]
When he walked into Yan Ning's house, A0's voice rang out.
[Um. ]
"You take care of Lele, I'm going out for a while." Qi Heng put Yan Le down.
His original plan was to deliver the prey and then return to see Fat Bug. The energy crystal he left for Fat Bug last time was probably eaten up. He hadn't seen it for a few days and didn't know how it was doing.
Dead egg pit.
Walking in the passage dug by the Devourer, Qi Heng stopped when he passed an extra entrance.
It's only been a few days since I last came here, but there have been significant changes below the Dead Egg Pit. This entrance didn't exist the last time I came here, and there are traces of man-made structures inside.
[Your Excellency, this should be the entrance to the third underground floor.]
When the nursery was built, there were four underground floors, and the lowest floor where Fat Bug stayed was the fourth underground floor.
"What's the situation inside?" Qi Heng didn't go in.
[Scanning, deducting 20 energy points...]
[Your Excellency, the spatial integrity of this floor is 75%. 25% of the area has collapsed and the infrastructure has been completely destroyed. The rest of the structure is roughly the same as the fourth floor.]
"It's too dark." Qi Heng frowned.
Just because he has good night vision doesn't mean he's willing to live in the dark.
Compared to the fourth floor which still had lighting function, the third floor was pitch dark and he couldn't see his hand in front of him with his eyesight.
As Qi Heng walked towards the fourth floor, he was thinking about a solution in his mind. The lighting problem must be solved later.
When he reached the fourth floor and looked at the dark and dark fourth floor, he felt that he could not wait any longer.
A pair of eyes glowing in the darkness suddenly appeared, and then Qi Heng felt a familiar force rushing towards him.
“Ouch.”
"I miss my father so much." Fatty's voice echoed through the mental link.
He reached out and touched Fatty Bug's head, then said, "The light is broken."
"Hmm, it suddenly went out."
"It's so dark, so scary, so buggy."
Qi Heng: “…”
Such a big bug doesn't even know how to straighten its tongue when talking. Does it really think it is a juvenile bug?
"Father Xiong, you haven't been here for a long time. I thought you didn't want us anymore." Fatty rubbed his head against his waist, his voice aggrieved and almost crying, and also revealed some panic and fear.
He sighed when he heard this, knowing that Fatty was traumatized by his 'disappearance'.
"I won't abandon you." Qi Heng paused here and asked doubtfully, "Why are you the only one left to look after the insect eggs?"
Fatty raised his head and blinked, then suddenly let out a scream, almost scaring him to the point of cardiac arrest.
Without waiting for him to speak, Fatty pulled him forward.
"I can feel my brother's breath getting weaker, but there's nothing I can do..."
Walking in the darkness, Qi Heng was finally brought by Fat Bug to the platform where they were first seen.
The insect eggs were placed quietly on a high platform, surrounded by white objects to prevent them from rolling off.
"Don't worry, let Father Xiong take a look." Qi Heng comforted the fat worm and bent down to check the insect eggs.
The fact that an insect egg from ten thousand years ago could survive tenaciously into this distant future is, firstly, because its inherited genetic bloodline is strong enough, and secondly, because the fat insect spared no effort to share its life energy.
If Qi Heng didn't know that the female insect needs to have frequent and in-depth communication with the male insect during the gestation period to allow the eggs to develop healthily, he would have doubted whether this egg was related to him.
But that was impossible. After all, he had only slept with an NPC once.
Qi Heng's mind flashed with the pair of cobalt blue eyes and the cold-faced beauty. Hiss... Stop, I can't think about it anymore. The more I think about it, the more my head hurts.
It is already too much for the master to run away while sleeping. What if there is a bug egg - then the master is really inhuman.
There is no possibility of insect eggs. Even if she gets pregnant, she will most likely not give birth. This is completely inconsistent with the insect race's habit of breeding offspring. The possibility of miscarriage is almost 100%.
Qi Heng hypnotized himself in his mind, and at the same time cut his palm and placed it on the insect egg, allowing the insect egg to suck the blood flowing from the wound.
There are indeed a few Zergs with pure and powerful bloodlines among the Tianjia Zerg, which are called "Royal Blood". It makes sense if the eggs were left behind by them.
Qi Heng estimated the amount of bleeding, then raised his hand after a moment: [A0, heal the wound.]
The Overlord's blood has a miraculous effect on the Zerg. The Zerg eggs that have sucked his blood are obviously in better condition than before, but it will probably take a long time to completely stimulate the Zerg eggs to wake up.
"Father, does it hurt? Otherwise, let me bleed."
[Your Excellency, this insect egg is too weak.] A0 couldn't help but speak.
"It's okay." Qi Heng was multitasking, answering Fatty while listening to A0's words.
Don’t say that the fat worm’s blood is useless, even if it is useful, you can’t let it go.
He did not forget that Fatty Worm's current body was not only that of a real juvenile, but also had a weakness buff.
[You are different now than before. You are still in the early stages of fusion. Although your blood is helpful to the insect eggs, if you want to use blood to stimulate the insect eggs to become active, the bloodletting should not be less than 30 each time...]
[It takes several times.]
He has already picked it up, he can't just stand by and watch the person die.
In addition, whether it was because one of the parents of this insect egg was likely to be a loyal subordinate of the Overlord, or because the "Royal Blood" Zerg were powerful when they grew up, Qi Heng could not stand by and watch this insect egg die.
[Five times.] A0 didn't want to say it, but it was set up so that it couldn't refuse any question raised by the Lord.
[You need at least five more times, with the interval between them not exceeding five days.]
That is to say, blood is let out every five days for five consecutive days, which takes about a month.
Then let it go, it should be able to hold up in the short term.
Qi Heng wiped off the blood stains on his palm after it healed and said to Fatty Worm, "Xiao Lan, can you contact that blue-tailed butterfly?"
'Well, I'll try.'
The blue-tailed butterfly has some of the fat worm's own consciousness, and in its current situation it can only contact the blue-tailed butterfly.
"Father Xiong, I've made contact. Do you have any instructions for it?"
"Ask it where it has dug."
'Halfway through.'
It's halfway done, and the speed is about the same as expected. Qi Heng thought about what he had to do and felt that it would be better to dig the tunnel as soon as possible.
"Let Blue-Tailed Butterfly inform Gray Grid and tell him it was my order."
"Let a thousand mining bugs dig through this tunnel at full strength. We can put aside the excavation of obsidian crystals for now."
"Ah~" Fat Bug relayed Qi Heng's meaning to Blue-tailed Butterfly without missing a word.
Over there, the blue-tailed butterfly that was supervising Huige and his men in digging a tunnel stopped flying, then connected to Huige's spirit body to transmit the latest orders from the Overlord.
[With a thousand miners digging at full strength, this tunnel will be dug through by the day after tomorrow at the latest.]
[Master, this is different from what you originally planned.]
Qi Heng walked down the platform and took out all the remaining energy crystals and placed them in front of the fat bug following him.
"I remember there was a kind of glowworm among the original Zerg. They could emit white fluorescence in the dark. The fluorescent pigment synthesized in their bodies could make the plants they coexisted with emit a faint glow in the dark."
"After devouring these energy crystals, you can use 70% of the energy contained in them to breed glowworm larvae."
"With them, it won't be so dark here anymore."
Fireflies, a lower-level Zerg species, used to be used for underground lighting.
With natural and environmentally friendly bioenergy lighting, there is no need to worry about how to repair it if it breaks down.
As for the dead glowworms? Their bodies are either eaten by "scavengers" or buried under the symbiotic plants to help the plants grow better and brighter.
The fat bug was extremely surprised to hear his words. With a roar, he pounced on the energy crystals, chewing them with a crunching sound while mumbling: "Xiong father... don't worry, they will be very bright next time..."
Qi Heng doesn't like darkness, and neither does Fatty Chong.
Even though the Zerg living underground do not need a bright environment at all, the commander who has been raised by the Overlord likes it, so the underground space where the fat worm lived was very bright.
The fat worm ate very quickly and had eaten up all the energy crystals in just a few minutes.
"Wait a moment, Father Xiong. I might need to take a nap." Fatty burped and lay down at his feet without moving.
Breeding Zerg consumes a lot of energy, and the energy loss will be less after falling asleep.
"Your Excellency, why did you choose to have the Commander breed Fireflies? These useless, low-level Zergs with only auxiliary functions cannot be considered combat power at all."
[I think you should select some lower-level Zerg that can quickly form combat capabilities, then form a Zerg swarm to directly engulf Tianyun Star... Using Plan 72 as an example...]
A0 talked incessantly, and during the time, he tried to recommend various plans for "occupying Tianyun Star" to him.
"I know what you want to say." Qi Heng sat on the ground, rubbed Fatty's head and interrupted A0.
"Why didn't I do as you said?"
“There are three reasons.”
"First, the current commander is not suitable for breeding oversized Primordial Zerg. The Primordial Zerg you mentioned cannot yet form combat-ready forms. Don't forget, it's still in its infancy."
[The Commander only needs enough energy to enter adulthood. You can...]
Qi Heng hummed and said, "You are right, but the second point I want to make is that I am very poor now and have no extra energy."
A0 didn't expect the second reason to be so simple and plain, and most importantly, it had no way to refute it.
"The system requires energy to operate. We've collected some energy during this period, but once the restrictions are lifted, this little energy will be almost the same as no energy at all."
"My main source of energy right now is obsidian, and I can foresee that this will be my only source of energy for a long time to come."
"Once the tunnel is dug through, the obsidian crystals we dig out will not only be used by the system, but a portion will also be allocated to Little Fatty... So, no matter how rich this vein is, it won't be enough for the two of you."
The energy provided by obsidian crystal to the system seems to be a lot, but in fact it is not that much. After dozens of tons of obsidian crystal are converted into system energy, only a few thousand energy points can be obtained.
For Fat Bug and the original Zerg that he created, if he wants to form a certain scale of combat power in the Zerg swarm, he needs a huge amount of resources. Now the word "poor" is written all over his body. He wishes he could split every energy point in half and spend it. For the time being, he has no extra money to support the army.
What you said makes sense, but I still don't understand why you chose the firefly.
"Because of the fungal creep."
"I remember that in the list of symbiotic plants of fireflies, there is a luminous fungal carpet that can provide food for the original Zerg. It can be used for both lighting and food..." Qi Heng glanced at the fat worm.
...It's because the little fat boy is afraid of the dark. I can't stay here forever, so I'd better make the environment more comfortable.
In addition, Qi Heng knew very well that the number of the original Zerg could never be maintained at the current level. It was only a matter of time before it grew and new species appeared.
I will not keep feeding the newly born larvae with ore, nor will I let the fat worms spend more energy to force the larvae to evolve to adulthood. For the fat worms in the juvenile stage, consuming too much energy will reduce the energy they have left.
[You're talking about the Dream Creep.] A0 immediately understood what he was referring to.
"Well, its seeds can be exchanged by consuming energy."
【20 energy points per piece.】
Plants that have formed a symbiotic relationship with the original Zerg can no longer be considered ordinary plants. To some extent, they are equivalent to vassals of the original Zerg.
"It's really expensive." Qi Heng said, but there was no trace of pain on his face. He said, "Exchange, twenty pieces."
Good steel should be used on the blade, and the same goes for energy points.
He believed that the energy points he spent now would be rewarded tenfold or a hundredfold in the future.
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