Chapter 57: Day 5 of the Insect Season (1) The second day of the Insect Trial...
After finishing his lunch quickly, Yu Luowei remembered that tomorrow would be the base defense battle and that a large amount of crystals would be consumed. He did not even have time to rest and quickly teleported to the crystal mine to mine in advance.
After digging, Yu Luowei was not idle either, and he made a lot of traps around the area. Of course, they were not the traps produced by the system. Those traps were effective against large monsters, but not so-so against the insects that might arrive tomorrow.
Yu Luowei made several traps by himself, including pesticide traps, acid rain traps, poisonous potion traps, fire traps and freezing traps, and placed them in the woods as the first line of defense against insects tomorrow.
Because tomorrow's rankings would be based on the degree of damage to the surrounding environment, Yu Luowei thought for a moment and erected some ice walls around the larger trees for protection. Although the ice walls would lower the temperature around the trees, Yu Luowei had carefully controlled the temperature and applied fertilizer. Since there was only tomorrow left, they should be able to hold out.
The surrounding forests were truly endless, and the herbs and shrubs on the ground were endless. It was really beyond his ability to protect them all, so Yu Luowei could only choose some larger ones to set up defensive measures.
After all this, the sky darkened. Yu Luowei imitated yesterday and practiced magic outside for another half an hour to digest his food before entering the shelter.
The army of flying insects that filled the entire base during the day was instantly refreshed at six o'clock. Regardless of whether you have completed the trial or not, you can have a good rest at this time.
Yu Luowei's friends also reported their safety in the group chat. They especially praised Yu Luowei's flame insect killer, saying it was a great weapon in the trial.
Yu Luowei accepted the compliments and then asked her friends about their plans for tomorrow.
You don't know until you ask, and you'll be shocked when you ask. Friends have various methods. Some people have developed a super fence, which can be placed outside the base, and can be placed in many layers, surrounding their base with three layers inside and three layers outside; some people have developed a lava carpet, which is a kind of trap, and is laid in several circles outside the base.
The more powerful one is Jiang Nian'an. Although she doesn't have a magic tower or an arrow tower, she got a laser tower and a laser tripwire from the red treasure chest, which are powerful weapons for dealing with insects.
The system has a wide variety of props. Today, friends have experimented with and become familiar with the usage and power of these props, and Yu Luowei also felt relieved.
In addition to the tools listed by Yu Luowei, others, such as Fu Xiangming, who used his real name in the trading market, also listed advanced pesticides and protective clothing, as well as advanced weapons such as flame guns, and used points to put them on the first page.
Before going to bed, Yu Luowei bought a flame gun out of curiosity, planning to test its power tomorrow. He also bought a flame insecticide swatter, protective clothing, and crystals for repairing the base.
After checking his stock of poisonous fruit, Yu Luowei also put ten bottles of poison potion on the shelf. Today's trial showed that this thing was also very effective against insects. Of course, the price was also very high.
In the blink of an eye, the second day of the insect trial arrived. It was not yet eight o'clock, and the insect army had not yet arrived. Yu Luowei went out to stretch his muscles and ignited a circle of flames on the exposed ground that had been cleared earlier.
It was almost eight o'clock when Yu Luowei returned to the base, manual in hand, ready to open the magic tower, repair the base, and deal with the impending insect army.
As the sun rose in the game, Yu Luowei gradually felt the solemn atmosphere before a major battle. Not long after, Yu Luowei felt the earth tremble.
What's going on? The system prompts didn't mention that there are earthquakes in the insect trial. Or are the insects today so big that they are as big as cows and can cause earthquakes when they run?
Regardless of the reason, the result would only make the current situation worse. Yu Luowei's expression became more serious, and he held the skill card in his hand.
The source of the earth shaking gradually appeared in front of Yu Luowei - to her surprise, it was not insects, but countless animals running wildly, and maybe even monsters, because Yu Luowei saw several with obviously abnormal body shapes.
Not to mention how monsters and animals are mixed together, this group of running creatures, first collectively referred to as animals, also have many natural enemies among them, such as wolves and sheep, but at this time they have no intention of attacking each other, and are all running forward desperately.
Even after seeing Yu Luowei and her base, the animals had no intention of stopping. Many even died in the traps set by Yu Luowei, and some even crashed into the defense shield of her base and died.
Yu Luowei's heart sank little by little, not caring about the trap he had carefully set. The fact that they were running for their lives so frantically only meant that the insects behind them were even more terrifying.
After the main force ran past, the next group of enemies had not yet arrived, so Yu Luowei quickly went out to repair the damaged traps. While repairing the last one, the next group of enemies gradually appeared in the distance. Then it became more and more obvious - a mixed army composed of giant insects.
The leader was a mantis as big as a ball of glutinous rice. Its front legs were like two long knives, extremely sharp, and reflected a cold light under the sunlight.
Looking at the newly repaired trap and the number of enemies on the other side, Yu Luowei decided to deal with this batch of monsters on his own. This was definitely not the last batch, because the ants on the prompt card had not yet appeared, so it was best to leave the trap to the ants.
Yu Luowei used a new trick she had researched in the past few days: she condensed a dense layer of ice blades on the heads of the insect monsters and gave them a direct baptism of ice blades.
If these insect monsters hadn't grown considerably in size, this Ice Blade Baptism wouldn't have been so effective. Now, most of them were wiped out with just one move.
The mantis monster discovered something was wrong and sent out some signal in the air. The remaining insects behind it stopped, and it disappeared into the air.
Yu Luowei immediately erected a thick ice wall around himself. The next second, a "sword" shining with cold light pierced through the ice wall and was stuck in the ice, unable to move.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yu Luowei immediately used the Ice Prison on the immobile mantis monster, and then rushed towards it with a fire bomb.
The flame bomb collided with the mantis monster's other front paw, leaving only a dent before gradually extinguishing. This mantis monster had quite strong defenses. Seeing that it was about to struggle out of its prison, Yu Luowei no longer hesitated and directly used his Lion Soul Flame Slash, combined with a poison potion, finally eliminating it in the ice prison.
With their leader gone, the previously motionless swarm of insects erupted into a commotion. Yu Luowei struck while the iron was hot, using a three-pronged attack of ice mist, a wall of ice falling from the sky, and ice blades to annihilate the remaining insects.
After confirming that no one had escaped, Yu Luowei quickly returned to the base, rested beside the fountain, and recovered his mental strength.
Seeing that there was no movement outside, Yu Luowei ate something to restore his strength, and then stood in front of the fence to observe the situation ahead.
In this tense atmosphere, time seemed to pass much more slowly. Yu Luowei felt like a month had passed, but in reality, it was only ten minutes. Another half hour passed, and suddenly a black line appeared in front of him.
It was difficult to see clearly in the base, and it was a bit dangerous to go out, so Yu Luowei took out the portable telescope he had unboxed earlier and placed it in front of his eyes.
The scene on the other side of the telescope made Yu Luowei's heart beat into her throat again. She finally understood why the ranking criteria for the second season was the rate of destruction of the external environment, and why the animals had to flee for their lives - this black line was mutated army ants, and no grass grew wherever they went. Occasionally, a few little rabbits that didn't have time to run away turned into bones the moment the army ants passed by, leaving only the gray-yellow ground exposed to the air.
The telescope could see the location of the crystal mine at the farthest. Yu Luowei looked around and found that this group of army ants appeared from the range of the base's surrounding environment. The environment outside was not damaged. The crystal mine, a resource point that used a resource protection card, and the Black Abyss entrance lake were not damaged either.
The army ants were incredibly fast, and in the short time it took Yu Luowei to confirm their surroundings, they had already reached the outermost trap she had set. Wherever they passed, except for the resource points and the large trees Yu Luowei had protected with an ice wall, everything turned to earth.
The outermost trap was also within the attack range of the magic tower. Yu Luowei activated the magic tower, and countless magic bullets with ice and fire attributes flew towards the ant colony. From time to time, there were also a few magic bullets with changed attributes in the middle - these were the crystals that Yu Luowei had stored before.
With the help of the traps prepared in advance, the army ants suffered heavy casualties. However, from time to time, new army ants would crawl out from the ground and join the battle, and the formation still maintained the shape of a long line.
After filling the magic tower with crystals, Yu Luowei saw that the army ants had advanced a lot, so he aimed at them and raised the temperature around them.
This is the first time that the temperature has been controlled over such a large range, and these mutated army ants have a strong tolerance to high temperatures. Yu Luowei has to raise the temperature to 80 degrees to completely eliminate them.
Even though she had eaten the special cumin lamb beforehand and had barely managed to control the decline in her mental strength, it wasn't enough. Yu Luowei took out two bottles of vitality potion and drank one first. She had bought ten ingredients from the points mall last night and it cost her a thousand points.
Given such a high consumption, the effects are surprisingly significant. Temperature affects not only the ground but also the underground. Army ants on the ground can roll over in a ball when faced with flames, but they are helpless against the sudden rise in temperature, slowly succumbing to the heat.
Seeing so many people die, and the temperature underground getting higher and higher, a huge, round figure with six long legs slowly rose from the ground.
Its belly was bulging, and a few small army ants fell out from it from time to time. When they landed on the ground, they instantly became normal size. Seeing this, Yu Luowei could be sure that this was the queen of the army ants, their leader.
The two antennae on the queen ant's head also mutated into tentacles. She casually broke a five-meter-tall tree nearby in half, put one half into her mouth, and threw the other half towards Yu Luowei.
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