Chapter 77 War: Battle with mutant trees.
"I don't know, I really don't know..." Being pushed to this extent, Queen Bee's mental state is no longer very good.
The pupils in her eye sockets grew and shrank, intertwining with each other, squeezing and invading each other's territory.
The black and gold almost blend into one.
Seeing her like this, Lu Erya also realized that her question was a bit radical.
She touched Wei's face, her eyes full of affection and lingering love.
It was as if he was looking through her to see Feng Qiang: "It's okay, if you can't remember it, then forget it."
"But I... I want to know, I want to know those things that my brain has forgotten..."
Spider-web-like red blood vessels gradually formed in the whites of Wei's eyes.
She is not the type to sit back and enjoy the fruits of her labor.
The feeling of not being able to control your entire life is terrible!
Lu Erya despised herself for being soft-hearted towards the enemy and comforted her: “I suspect you suffered a brain trauma during your evolution and lost your memory of those years.
Don't worry, if the wound heals one day, you might remember it."
"Will it?" Wei looked at Lu Erya sadly, rarely showing such a frustrated expression.
Wei's mood was very complicated at this time.
She is the queen of the humanoid hive, a noble, proud, and powerful being.
Over the years, I have had the final say in everything.
She has the final say over the entire bee colony.
But ever since she met Lu Erya, she seemed to become weak and incompetent.
Not only did he begin to worry about Lu Erya's emotions and mood.
Now I'm still pinning my hopes on her words.
This is probably not a good thing.
"I don't know. Let's take it one step at a time." Lu Erya couldn't promise her anything.
She even wanted to laugh.
Her own personal freedom is restricted, why should she feel sorry for the 'kidnapper'?
Wei looked at her thoughtfully for a long time.
After a while, he said, "I have something to do tonight and can't take care of you. You should go stay with Cui."
"Is it okay?" Lu Erya looked surprised.
Both Weis' possessiveness was beyond the norm. This was the first time since they officially met that Wei took the initiative to ask to separate from him.
Wei nodded and did not hide what she was busy with.
"Well, tonight the bloodthirsty trees of the southern forest will awaken and begin their hunt. I need to focus on controlling the battle."
The evolved humanoid bees developed intelligence and could keep everything in order without Wei having to worry about the little things.
But when it comes to war, they still need Wei to control the overall situation.
Lu Erya had heard about the cruelty of the mutant trees from the worker bees.
Hearing this, she couldn't help but get nervous: "Are you going to go to the battlefield yourself?"
"How come?" Wei gave her a strange look. "If I transform back into bee form, I can deepen my connection with them, but the room will become very crowded. If you don't mind, you can stay."
"Forget it." It sounds like Wei should be able to switch between human form and bee form freely.
Now Lu Erya's understanding of evolved species has deepened.
She waved her hand and said, "I'll go find Cui. I don't know how she's progressing now."
Seeing that Lu Erya was so impatient to leave her without any sign of reluctance, Wei felt as uncomfortable as if there was a thorn stuck in her heart.
She said something inexplicably: "I'll leave a door for you in the Hive Will. If you're interested, you can come and see it."
After a few days of getting used to it, Lu Erya can now open and close the will of the hive freely.
But I still can’t watch it too much.
Wei guessed that she would be interested in the battlefield, and she also wanted to see her when they parted.
Sure enough, the next second Lu Erya's eyes lit up, "Okay, then it's settled!"
As soon as Lu Erya came out of the nest, she saw Cui waiting beside her.
Although Cui still had that cold expression and there wasn't much inflection in her voice when she spoke.
But after not seeing each other for a few days, Lu Erya felt that Cui looked much more haggard.
After leaving the nest, she couldn't help but ask, "How have you been these past few days?"
"Very good." Cui looked at her with bright eyes and said, "I can now get a liter of royal jelly every day, which I didn't deserve before. I can also enter and exit areas freely.
How are you doing in the Hive?"
"Of course I'm not having a good time. I want to go home but I can't."
Jian Cui paused and seemed to feel guilty.
She smiled nonchalantly and said, “The Queen is always busy with work, and she has other plans for me.
The maid bees don't talk to me either, so these past few days have been pretty boring.
Work hard to evolve. Once you are able to become a maid bee, I will ask Wei to call you to accompany me."
Hearing this, Cui's mood visibly improved. She nodded confidently, "Okay! I'll definitely do my best!"
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When night falls, the hive suddenly becomes noisy and chaotic.
Lu Erya received the news from Cui that the mutant trees had begun to move, and immediately lay down on the bed, concentrating on entering the will of the bee colony.
To her surprise, the will of the hive today was not as chaotic as usual.
The only thing that could be heard clearly was Wei's stern voice.
"Release sleep scale powder. Don't get too close, or you'll get entangled by the vines!"
"Okay, start setting fire. It doesn't matter if the Molotov cocktail goes astray, but be careful not to linger!"
"Make sure the vines are almost burned. Groups of six will begin cutting the trunk..."
After Lu Erya entered the will of the bee colony this time, she felt as if she had also turned into a humanoid bee.
She followed Wei's voice and couldn't help but start building a war map in her mind.
First, there was a towering, gloomy forest that completely blocked out the moonlight, and then there was a swarm of humanoid bees with membranous wings flashing in the night.
From time to time, the trees would throw out a few vines to attack the human-shaped bees, and the human-shaped bees that served as "prey" would quickly flap their wings and escape.
When the vines she seduced were gathered together and twisted into a knot and could no longer be separated, her companions would take action.
Use guns, cannons and bullets to blast away branches, and use incendiary bottles and gunpowder to take away the action branches evolved from trees.
Either the tree dies or the bees die.
Every life is fighting for survival.
This is a contest between evolved species. Humans can only watch from afar and sigh in amazement.
As Wei's instructions continued, the images in Lu Erya's mind became clearer and more vivid.
Even the details of the curvature of the crescent moon above the head, the reflection of the membranous wings of the worker bees when they take off, and the distorted human faces revealed on the trunks of the mutant trees can be supplemented.
Suddenly, she saw several humanoid bees working as 'prey' and running frantically for several times, becoming exhausted.
They flapped their wings and planned to return to the nest to rest, but for some reason they went in the wrong direction and flew slowly towards some low, newly grown mutant trees.
Lu Erya anxiously waited for Wei to guide them back home.
But Wei's attention was attracted by the mutant tree with dancing vines, and she was not here at all.
There was no other way, so she focused her attention and tried to speak in her mind: "You are going in the wrong direction, turn around!"
I thought I was just a spectator and that such a long-distance conversation would have no effect.
Unexpectedly, the four humanoid bees were hovering in the air, with their backs turned to each other, looking around suspiciously, as if trying to find out where the strange voice came from.
Wei also noticed the situation here.
She gave the command at the right moment: "You've just been infected by the miasma and bewitched by the mutant tree. Now stay where you are and wait for rescue from other worker bees."
Wei was busy directing the worker bees on the battlefield and had no time to thank Lu Erya for her help.
But she silently gave all the worker bees a basic instruction: "Trusting Ya is equivalent to trusting me."
All the human-like bees' movements froze for a moment, then returned to normal.
The war front was changing rapidly, and Lu Erya didn't notice this little detail at all.
She continued to keep a close eye on the battlefield situation in her mind, collecting the characteristics of the humanoid bee swarm and the mutant tree.
And from time to time, remind those worker bees that Wei has not taken care of and are flying around like headless flies what to do.
At first, the humanoid bees were a little uncomfortable, and it took Dewei's second reminder for them to react.
But in the later period, they gave Lu Erya a lot of trust, and almost as soon as she opened her mouth, they would do it.
This made her feel very comfortable and she felt that her concern was not in vain.
The fighting on the front line lasted all night.
As the sun rose in the east and frost and dew condensed on the grass leaves, the mutant tree's crazy movements finally became stagnant.
Wei's voice sounded tired.
But he continued to issue orders: "While the vines have not been taken back by the mutant trees, hurry up and cut them down and burn them."
"Remember to complete the finishing task in groups of three or five. No one is allowed to act alone. When returning to the nest, check each other for grass seeds and leaves."
“Try to avoid areas with thick fog, as they are filled with miasma emitted by mutant trees.
If you really can't avoid it, just return the way you came and rest at home. Don't try to be stubborn."
Lu Erya was focused all night, and she felt that her imagination was simply too rich.
Just by relying on Wei's words and the information in the hive consciousness, one can guess the complete picture and details.
Ever since Ah Shu joined the team, everyone has become accustomed to letting this killer charge freely, while the others follow behind to clean up the battlefield.
Although he still holds the position of captain.
But when Lu Erya thought about it carefully, she realized that she had not conducted such a satisfying battle command for a long time.
After the adrenaline faded, a deep sense of fatigue came over both the brain and the body.
But Lu Erya felt an indescribable joy in her heart.
She also didn't expect that she and Wei would cooperate so well.
Later, Wei even took the initiative to hand over some battle zones to her for command, and concentrated her attention on attacking and destroying the mutant forest.
Cui did not participate in the battle with the mutant tree last night.
But she also saw Lu Erya in the hive consciousness and heard everything Lu Erya said.
Due to their nature, even if worker bees develop intelligence, they will habitually follow the wisdom of the queen.
They tried many times, but were unable to fulfill the deputy command role that Lu Erya had taken on last night. A team of more than 20 bees was the limit.
So in every battle, the queen is the one who contributes the most.
Although she seems to never leave the house, she just turns into a bee and lies in the safest mother nest.
But concentrating and giving orders for long periods of time took a huge toll on her energy.
After each battle with the mutant tree, the queen had to lie in the mother nest for three to five days to recuperate without food or water.
But today, she still looks energetic at this stage.
The loss of worker bees in this battle was the least, but the number of mutant trees destroyed was the most.
The most important thing is that the Queen doesn’t have to take such a long time to recover after the war!
Cui was very grateful to Lu Erya in her heart, and grateful that there was finally someone in the world who could help the queen solve her problems.
She approached the hero with concern and asked, "Ya, you've worked hard. Are you hungry now? Do you want breakfast?"
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See you tomorrow, darlings!
Thanks to the little angels who irrigated the nutrient solution: Yuanshangcao and Wunaishuzi (1 bottle);
Thank you very much for your support. I will continue to work hard!
Ngi mua: haroharo, 26/06/2024 21:08
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