Chapter 172: Poisonous! Corruption Lake!
Concentrics are a type of hero unit that has special talents and special attacks against monsters.
The plot of this kind of character was supposed to be about turning the tide, but now he is summoned out to be devoured by the chimera worms. This behavior can be regarded as a waste of talent.
One Concentric can evolve up to five Chimeras. The total number of Concentrics summoned to the field is unknown, but there are already more than a hundred bugs evolving at a rapid rate.
Each evolved chimera is completely unrecognizable from its original appearance. Most of them appear similar to the creatures they eat, with the addition of insect characteristics.
In a short period of time, waves of extraordinary aura rose among the Zerg. With the leadership of the elites, they were no longer a group of cannon fodder.
Using cheap mental power to create ordinary chimera worms, and then letting them devour like-minded people who can be summoned without mental power to complete their evolution, is a very cost-effective and unexpected approach.
Behind the fungal blanket, a huge biological-like building is wriggling, and it looks like a beating heart.
The fungal carpet grows from under its body, and every beat of it will produce varying numbers of chimeras. This is the heart of the base, a mother nest.
The chimeras tear off some pieces from each of their concentric ones and throw the flesh and blood into the mother nest. In this way, as long as the mother nest has the resources, it can continuously produce chimeras that incorporate the physical characteristics of these concentric ones.
Although the chimeras created in this way can possess the characteristics of the organisms they devour and are larger in number, their strength and mutation direction are less stable than those of chimeras that mutate by directly devouring organisms.
But the advantage is that it saves money. For every extra chimera produced by the mother nest, Ganago can save some mental energy.
This kind of mother nest can also be considered a monster. It takes a lot of mental energy to summon one. He treasures this mother nest very much, just like Gollum treasures his magic ring.
Brother Ganago, who was sitting in the back, kept laughing. At this moment, he really wanted to see the expression of the city lord opposite.
"My tactics are invincible!"
Since the opposing Godwin (Gong Qiying) has cleared the territory and left him no resources for development, he will build them himself.
In each battle between underground cities, there is a limit on the number of like-minded people that can be summoned by both sides.
This upper limit is not based on the number, but on the bond value. If you are given a certain number of bond upper limits, the higher the bond of the congenials you summon, the fewer you can summon.
On the contrary, if you summon those small cannon fodders with only one or two points of bond, then you can summon a lot of them.
But why would a city lord normally summon cannon fodder?
If the like-minded are used well, they will be the decisive factor.
Only Ganago carefully selected those like-minded people with low bond values but good physical characteristics to be devoured by chimera worms, thus creating elites with even higher strength.
These elites can lead ordinary chimeras to harvest enemy monsters and continue to evolve.
He, Ganago, can use his mental power to create stronger chimeras at any time, but firstly, his mental power reserves are not that good.
Secondly, he also looked down on the Sean Dungeon, as the other party was just a rookie who had just been promoted to level three authority.
How could a newcomer possibly be able to compete with him, who has been immersed in level three authority for decades!
It took him only eighteen years to upgrade his authority from level two to level three. Even among the dungeon lords who were full of freaks, he could boast of being a genius.
Now, this genius is about to go on the expedition!
The moment the air wall disappeared, the Farlan Fortress and the Ered Dungeon collided with each other, and the foul-smelling swamp and slippery slime mixed together, forming a disgusting mixture.
The entire swarm of insects attacked, rushed into the swamp, and headed towards the distant fortress. Wherever they went, they caused chaotic splashes of water and even the ground shook.
“Oh, it’s poisonous.”
As soon as the swarm came into contact with the swamp of the Fran Fortress, it sent a message to Ganago.
The water here is not only highly toxic, but also affects movement and slows down the march.
"Boring, chimera, not afraid of poison."
At his command, wings appeared from the backs of ordinary chimeras, and the buzzing sound spread throughout the entire dungeon.
They can fly, but only close to the ground. Although flying reduces the deceleration effect of the swamp, about one-third of their bodies are still immersed in the swamp.
It doesn't matter. The Chimera's resistance to poison is one of the best in the world. It won't be afraid even if it lives in the Fran Fortress. Maybe it can even undergo adaptive mutation.
"I saw through all your little tricks, haha."
The light called "confidence" has appeared in Ganago's eyes.
He suddenly thought of a good idea, so he waved his hand, and several bugs that looked like big trumpets were born in the mother nest immediately. These things immediately made the sound of Ganago, and several bugs made sounds at the same time, and the sound was so loud that it could be heard clearly in every corner of the dungeon.
"It's really unacceptable. The trap I prepared so carefully turned out to be useless."
"Why not just surrender? Forget it, haha."
His voice was very arrogant, and at this moment, a bolt of lightning suddenly streaked across the sky, instantly turning several insects into charcoal.
"Um?"
Ganago looked over nervously, and saw that on the distant hills, several like-minded people were constantly casting magic. Lightning and fire fell on the insect swarm, reaping lives.
The Concentric Ones were surrounded by a large number of Goblin Knights, Minotaurs, and Trolls. They looked like a very powerful team. It would take at least two teams of Silver-level adventurers to wipe them out.
Wait, goblins, minotaurs, trolls?
Why are the monsters used in the Sen Dungeon so normal this time?
As for those few like-minded people, although their strength seems to be acceptable, their faces are too unfamiliar. They are the type that no one would pay attention to if they were put on the street. Their popularity is not even as good as the "Hammer Drop" team of the fisherman Qi Raj.
This kind of person has a fixed title - extra.
But they are not ordinary extras, they are carefully selected extras, and their bond values are higher than real cannon fodder.
These people have some things in common:
Yellow flames danced in their eye sockets, scarlet ulcers grew on their bodies, their arms were entangled in black thorn-like objects, and sticky black mud flowed under their feet.
But these features are well hidden by the clothes and look normal.
"Hehehe, this is the strongest fighting force."
Ganago showed a nervous expression at first, then his expression became relieved.
He looked at the monsters and quickly calculated their value.
Goblin Knights and Minotaurs each require double-digit mental power, while Trolls are a little more expensive, barely reaching three digits. Mixed among this group of monsters are varying numbers of orc shamans, zombies, and so on.
All in all, the amount of mental energy consumed should be around two to three thousand.
Two or three thousand? For the Thane Dungeon, perhaps it could be earned in one day, no, in one morning, or even more than enough.
but
"What a generous deal." Ganago showed a heartbroken expression.
More than two thousand mental powers. Even when the situation was good before, it would take him a while to earn that much!
In his subconscious, he has already regarded the Sen Dungeon and its spiritual power as his own property, so he feels heartbroken at this moment, because Gong Qiying is spending "his money"!
He originally guessed that the mental power reserve in the Sean Dungeon would not exceed 10,000. After all, everyone would upgrade their permissions when they had enough mental power, so how could there be any surplus?
In order to summon these monsters, one-fifth or even more of the money was spent at once, which made Ganago call the other party a prodigal.
"Kill and eat!"
At his command, the Zerg started fighting with the "strongest army" of the Sen Dungeon. The scene was really filled with deafening shouts of killing, and the hissing of insects and roars of monsters were everywhere.
The like-minded people on Sion's side showed extremely high quality. They were all experts in using thunder and fire, and for a time they were invincible in the Zerg.
Finally, the elite members of the Zerg swarm rushed forward and took it down after suffering considerable damage!
Not only were the Concentrics defeated, but the monster army was also losing ground. The chimeras ate the bodies of the dead monsters and became even stronger.
Even though they lost nearly a third of their bugs, the Zerg's morale was greatly boosted, and the entire army pursued the monster army deep into the Fran Fortress.
"Hahahaha!" Ganago's crazy laughter came from the trumpet bug. "How do you feel, Godwin? How do you feel now?"
He believed that Gong Qiying must be heartbroken now. He spent a "huge amount of money" to build an army but failed to kill the enemy. What could be more humiliating than this?
In order to further insult the enemy, Ganago ordered the insects that had evolved into high-flying ones to bring all the Sen Concentrics back to the base, and threw them all into the mother nest in the most conspicuous position!
Look, Godwin, all those like-minded men of whom you are so proud have become my nourishment!
The beating mother nest suddenly stopped, as if it had eaten something strange, but before Ganago noticed anything unusual, it started beating again, and even more happily.
In the eyes of this Ganago it is proof of the mother nest's joy.
These like-minded people can use thunder and fire, so the bugs produced by the mother nest after eating them may have increased resistance to these two attributes.
Hehe, his swarm of insects was originally only afraid of thunder. But now, Gong Qiying has made up for the weakness. It's really stupid.
The swarm of insects was about to reach the gate of the fortress. They were attacked by monsters sporadically along the way, but they were able to destroy them after suffering certain casualties.
Seeing this, Ganago suddenly felt a little emotional.
"You've done a good job."
When he was just upgraded to the third level of authority, he could not achieve the level that Gong Qiying has currently demonstrated. He even had a bit of a talent-loving heart.
What a pity, in order to take revenge on the demon priest, he had to strangle this genius in the cradle.
"All-out assault!"
Ganago's blood boiled and he shouted loudly.
It was at this time that the swamp in the Fran Fortress suddenly began to bubble.
As the bubbles rose, the dark green swamp gradually turned a glaring scarlet red.
By the time the Zerg realized something was wrong, the entire Fran Fortress had changed color.
All that could be seen was scarlet; even the sky had turned blood red. An indescribable smell was spreading, reminding people of the word "corruption".
The base of the Doomsday Dungeon was expanding its fungal blanket outward, and had already expanded most of the purple fungal blanket. However, after the Fran Fortress turned red, the fungal blanket instantly melted into the liquid.
The swarm of insects were running towards the fortress in joy, but gradually, the scarlet color also climbed up their bodies.
In an instant, the insect running in the front fell down.
Like dominoes, the fall of the insect in the front triggered a chain reaction, and a large number of insects fell down. The fallen insects were immediately swallowed up by the red liquid, as if they had never come to this world.
There was a shocking reversal of the situation.
“What, what is this!?”
Ganago was horrified. His swarm of insects, his invincible swarm of insects, was dying at this moment!
Disappearing at a very fast speed!
What's going on? What's going on? Is this red liquid poisonous? Why would it be so poisonous that it would have an effect on the chimera?
My chimera is obviously not afraid of any toxins!
Even if it is a toxin that has never been seen before, the chimera can slowly adapt!
Ganago's mind was full of doubts, but these doubts were soon replaced by an emotion called "panic".
Perhaps no one knows more about chimeras than him, but no one knows more about "Scarlet Corruption" than Gong Qiying.
At this moment, the Fran Fortress can be renamed as [Corruption Lake]!
What Gong Qiying said was true. He did not make any major changes to the terrain of the Thane dungeon. He only made a small "improvement" to the water quality of the Fran Fortress.
No matter how fast the chimera's adaptability is, can it be faster than the speed of scarlet corruption?
“No!”
A desperate scream of Ganago came from the trumpet bug.
His swarm of insects was dead, and all the insects infected with the scarlet corruption died. There was no way to avoid it because there was no land nearby.
It was not until then that he realized that Gong Qiying was luring the enemy deep into his territory and then using corruption to wipe out the Zerg in one fell swoop.
Looking at the completely destroyed chimera worms, Ganago's heart was bleeding. He had planned to recycle these chimera worms into mental power after using them, but they were wasted here!
"Okay, okay, okay," he gritted his teeth and said, "You spent thousands of mental energy as bait just to trick me, Godwin, you are very courageous!"
Ganago was so angry that he couldn't even stutter when speaking. In his opinion, Gong Qiying's behavior of using a "huge sum of money" worth thousands of mental power to lure him deeper into the lake of corruption was very bold and also very wasteful.
When the last bug died, he calmed down instead.
"I underestimated you, Godwin, but do you think the trap that has been exposed will still work on me?"
Ganago became furious and looked towards the mother nest. Since anyone who came into contact with the scarlet corruption would die, he might as well use his mental energy to produce flying chimeras.
In this way, the "last trump card" of Sean Dungeon will not take effect, and he will still be the winner!
The hive can produce an endless amount of bugs, my swarm is endless, and your mental power is dying all the time.
"Mother Nest, hurry up and give it to me——"
Ganago's voice stopped abruptly because there was something wrong with the appearance of the mother nest.
The mother nest, like a giant heart, swelled, becoming even bigger and more deformed.
It beat faster and faster, as if it had struck a deadly rhythm, and Ghana's heart beat faster and faster, finally!
“Bang!”
Under Ganago's dull gaze.
The mother nest exploded.
Yellow madness, red corruption, black curse of death, dark abyss.
The four colors played a hymn to life and bloomed their own colors on this land.
Full of vitality, everything is flourishing.
(End of this chapter)
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