It would be better to say that they are waiting for the level 2 blood pool rather than resting. There is no shortage of attacks now, but there is a lack of resistance. The level 1 velociraptors are too fragile.
As for why Li Ran didn't upgrade the Bone Thorn Worm Lair to level 2, the main reason was that he didn't have enough money. Not to mention that he didn't have the energy to upgrade it, even if he could barely upgrade it, he wouldn't be able to produce many Bone Thorn Worms after the upgrade, so it wouldn't be very meaningful.
Three hours later.
As the meat ball formed by the upgrade of the original level 1 blood pool exploded, a blood pool about 20 to 30 meters long and wide, like a small pond, appeared in front of Li Ran!
Li Ran checked the hatching conditions of the Level 2 Swiftworms. The price was about ten times that of the Level 1 Swiftworms, which means that two Swiftworms were about 500 units of low-level energy. There was no change in directly converting them into Level 1 Swiftworms, and only the price difference was compensated.
Compared to a level 1 velociraptor, it seems to be 10 times more, but Li Ran thinks it is a great deal.
If we only count the individual combat, without the Bonethorn Worm shooting out bone thorns from behind, a level 2 Swift Worm can almost kill dozens of level 1 Swift Worms, and its skin is much tougher and stronger than that of level 1 Swift Worms. The tankiness of dozens of level 2 Swift Worms together is much more powerful than that of thousands of level 1 Swift Worms.
"We're short of resources. We need to find a way to upgrade the mother nest to the intermediate level so that we can convert the intermediate spirit stones into intermediate energy!"
Li Ran could only transform dozens of Level 1 Swift Zerg into Level 2 Swift Zergs one by one, while the thousand Zerg nests were useless, with densely packed larvae like pupae writhing around...
The optimal number of barracks in the game is when all barracks are producing continuously and resources can still maintain a balance, but now Li Ran feels that millions of larvae are useless.
Having said that, there were still a thousand worker bees constantly transporting trees, flowers, and plants, as well as some ferocious beasts that had just been killed by the insect swarm. In less than an hour, Li Ran still transformed more than a thousand level 2 swift insects.
…
Kangaroos are one of Australia's most representative animals. After the great changes in heaven and earth, most kangaroos underwent huge mutations.
Most of the herbivorous kangaroos have turned into carnivores, and the Black Flame Kangaroos are one such group of mutated kangaroos.
The Black Flame Kangaroo is four to five meters tall when it reaches adulthood, and its strength can reach the middle stage of the second level. Some with strong aptitude can even reach the late stage of the second level or the peak of the second level. However, it is still very rare to see a kangaroo breaking through the third level.
Li Ran controlled more than a thousand level 2 swift insects as the main force, one hundred thousand level 1 swift insects as cannon fodder, thirty to forty thousand level 1 bone thorn insects, hundreds of lords, etc., and quietly pressed towards the territory of the Black Flame Kangaroo.
It's a shame to say that for this kind of ferocious beast with strong individual strength and rare number, the queen's innate skill - spore parasitism, is extremely effective, as is the deceleration effect of trapping. But unfortunately it is too expensive, and Li Ran has no money now, so he can't do any research at all.
However, this was enough. If Li Ran's Zerg troops had ignored casualties, they would have been able to wipe out the enemy. However, Li Ran mainly considered the profit ratio and temporarily stopped to rest.
“…”
Li Ran stood in the air less than a hundred meters above the ground, looking at the Black Flame Kangaroo two or three hundred meters away from the Zerg army.
He had to admit the latent factors engraved in the Zerg's genes. Even though they were so close and their numbers were so large, not a single Black Flame Kangaroo could detect them. More than 100,000 Zergs acted as if they were a single Zerg, moving meticulously.
At this point, Li Ran did not hesitate any longer and directly sent his entire army forward.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
More than a thousand level 2 swift insects took the lead and rushed towards the group of black flame kangaroos at a speed equivalent to half the speed of sound. The speed was so fast that it seemed as if it turned into more than a thousand afterimages. This was because they did not have the level 2 speed-up, otherwise their speed could reach the speed of an ordinary third-level practitioner!
“Roar…”
The Black Flame Kangaroo, with its ferocious appearance and bloodthirsty eyes, roared repeatedly, showing no fear at all. No matter how large the insect swarm was, this was a common trait among all ferocious beasts: bloodthirsty, cruel, and tyrannical...
“Sizzle, sizzle…”
The calf-sized level 2 swift insects jumped onto the black flame kangaroos and bit them madly, leaving deep cuts on their bodies, and bright red blood quickly flowed all over the ground.
“Roar…”
As these thousands of black flame kangaroos, big and small, let out terrible howls of pain, they were also aroused to ferocity. Their long sharp claws kept slapping the level 1 velociraptors that jumped up, and their exposed fangs also bit the surrounding velociraptors.
“Puff…”
Densely packed bone spurs, one or two meters long and covered with green mucus, kept shooting towards the entangled Black Flame Kangaroo, regardless of friend or foe.
Compared to cheap velociraptors, a bone thorn worm is several times more expensive. Two bone thorn worms are almost equivalent to a level 2 velociraptor, which is quite expensive. This is why Li Ran is waiting for the level 2 velociraptor.
The Black Flame Kangaroo must be entangled to prevent him from rushing towards the Bone Spike Insect Swarm. The Bone Spike Insect Swarm has almost no melee ability. If the Black Flame Kangaroo goes in, it will be like a tiger entering a flock of sheep!
“Roar, roar, roar…”
Under the entanglement of level 1 and level 2 swift bugs, the bone thorn bugs output steadily, and the black flame kangaroos had almost no ability to resist and fell one by one.
Just when Li Ran thought the battle was over, a black flame suddenly appeared among a group of green insects.
“Crackle…”
Li Ran's insect swarm was cleared out of an area of about ten meters under the attack of the Black Flame Kangaroo leader's innate ability...
"Huh... a Black Flame Kangaroo with innate abilities. I didn't expect that among such a group of only a few hundred Black Flame Kangaroos, there would be a Black Flame Kangaroo with innate abilities. This is quite an unexpected surprise!" Li Ran's eyes lit up.
Although the Black Flame Kangaroo's innate ability just now killed several of his level 2 swift insects, it was nothing compared to the effect of the Black Flame Kangaroo's innate ability.
"roar……"
Not long after, the Black Flame Kangaroo leader let out a scream and fell to the ground, his eyes wide open...
The other black flame kangaroos had already been killed by the insect swarm. Li Ran's soul power was so huge now that he calculated the results of this battle almost instantly.
There were about several hundred Level 1 swift insects killed or injured. Except for three or four Level 2 swift insects that were burned to death by the black flames just now, the rest were basically fine, and the bone thorn insects were completely unharmed.
Moreover, there are one or two hundred level 1 swift worms that died. As long as the others are slightly injured or seriously disabled and are not dead, they can absorb the energy of the purple fungal mat and recover themselves quickly. In a few minutes, they will be healthy again.
Li Ran ordered a thousand worker bees to come here to clean up the battlefield. Except for the leader of the Black Flame Kangaroos, all other Black Flame Kangaroos, including the dead swift insects, were transported back to exchange for low-level energy.
This is also one of the terrifying aspects of the Zerg. Dead Zerg can be recycled indefinitely. Although the energy recovered after the Zerg's death is less than one-third of the original, the number is still very considerable!
After a while, the battlefield was cleaned up. Li Ran rubbed his hands and returned to the Zerg base, thinking:
"Now we just have to wait for the third-level mother nest to be built, and then build a laboratory to study the Black Flame Kangaroo's innate abilities!"
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