Chapter 3: The Name of the Zerg(1/2)
"Ah, it's very efficient. You're actually back."
While waiting, Chen Hao inevitably had mixed feelings in his heart.
After all, he knows that he is a human being, but in this alien world where the situation has not yet been understood, he will probably have to associate with insects for the rest of his life.
He has no naive idea to hand over this biggest trump card or attach himself to any other existence.
Therefore, we can only worry about the future on the one hand, and have to face this established reality on the other.
But fortunately... this king insect with only wisdom can at least talk to him to ease his mood.
Chen Hao exhaled and assumed a dominant posture.
The fleshy balloon that floated back in the sky immediately trembled in shock at his high and mighty attitude.
Then the king insect tilted its body, as if saluting its master.
At the same time, he also reported back: "Dear Overlord, completing the order you gave me is the only meaning of the existence of the insect swarm. It is my honor to be able to pay for it, so as long as it is your order, I will do my best to complete it."
of."
(Tsk, it’s just a simple mission to gather information, it’s like going through life and death...)
Chen Hao could not continue to slander him for fear of being noticed by the other party, so he asked him to explain everything he had discovered in detail as soon as possible.
After King Chong chirped and reported the matter, Chen Hao's expression was one of complete shock.
"What did you say?!"
"Did you see other humans when you went out this time? They had fierce battles, and many people died, right?"
What King Chong said is indeed the case.
If this is true, then this is actually a foreign country with humans and civilization.
This suddenly filled Chen Hao's heart with infinite joy, and a stone called hesitation finally landed safely.
If there are similar ones, there will even be human countries and city-states.
For Chen Hao, that was already the most ideal situation.
"Well, that's right." The King Insect gestured with its drooping tentacles and said mentally: "It's just that those low-level creatures cannot be compared with a high-status person like you, the Lord."
Then it added: "And the humans here seem to have mastered some strange energy release methods and can use some flashy offensive and defensive skills, but they are very weak and insignificant. The humans I met before are divided into two camps.
After a brief fierce battle, which left a few bodies behind, the remaining pursuers and survivors retreated, and no new fighting broke out."
"So, Lord, what are you going to do next?"
(Unique energy release method, offensive and defensive skills? Could it be magic or something like that?)
Chen Hao's heart moved and he suddenly had some guesses.
But after watching the battles of these humans, the king insect evaluated them as weak and flashy existences, which made it difficult for Chen Hao to judge.
After thinking for a moment, he rolled his eyes and asked tentatively: "Can you read human thoughts?"
Although he felt a little guilty, Chen Hao knew that this was a very important action.
For him, it is crucial to obtain further detailed information about this world, so he can't care about that much.
"Okay." The king insect said that although he was not as proficient in this type of business as the infected insect, he could simply analyze and read the brain thoughts of lower creatures, which was a piece of cake.
Chen Hao then immediately sent it back to the scenes of previous human battles to read the memories of the corpses left behind.
Although I don't know if the body has been collected by others, it is still necessary to try this opportunity.
"As you command, my great and supreme master." After receiving the order, the king insect once again flew out of sight.
At this time, Chen Hao suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
(Fortunately, the zerg I control is not as dull and single as in the game. The king worm in the game definitely does not have this ability, so... is what I control a real swarm of worms? So many inherent thinking
It needs to be subverted, at least not to completely copy the concepts in the game to these Zerg.)
In fact, after witnessing the extremely intelligent collection methods of worker bees and witnessing the high-end cultivation model of the hatchery, Chen Hao had already begun to innovate some of his ideas about the Zerg.
But now he realizes more clearly that he is not playing a real simulation game.
At this time, as new larvae were cultivated in the hatchery, the activity frequency of the eggs that were originally mutated from the larvae suddenly soared and reached a peak.
Chen Hao quickly moved his eyes away, only to see that the three eggs had burst at the same time, and six springtails with their bodies covered in mucus emerged from them!
The appearance of these springtails is not much different from those in the game.
With a streamlined and slender body and two extremely developed feet with split toes, it can easily run faster than a chariot.
Under the strong exoskeleton, all that surges are extremely explosive Zerg muscle tissue.
Those bright yellow eyes and sharp fangs dripping with mucus are somewhat like the classic monster in the "Alien" movie.
But unlike the aliens, the life levels of the zerg are much higher.
In addition to their strong torsos, coupled with the strong jaws on the side of their heads, and the two hard claws protruding from the back of the front end of the body, the springtails have begun to initially express the violent aesthetics of the zerg - their habit
Tear up all the living things you see and break them down into pieces of protein or other nutrients that can be easily absorbed, just for a satisfying meal.
Although springtails are just the most basic and weakest fighting force in the insect swarm.
But this appearance alone is enough to make ordinary people feel deeply shuddering.
Chen Hao was stunned for a few seconds.
Until a few springtails adapted to their new bodies and glanced at the thin territory of the swarm, they formed a group and jumped in front of him. The bugs all made a gurgling noise in their throats and screamed in a low voice.
He buried his not too big head deeply.
"Hello, hello..." Chen Hao spent a lot of effort to spit out a meaningless sentence.
However, upon receiving such greetings, the springtails' eyes suddenly became brighter, and they roared one after another, and began to circle quickly around Chen Hao.
If their evolutionary metabolism hadn't been accelerated yet, these springtails wouldn't have grown wings yet.
If they had wings, Chen Hao estimated that these monsters would fly happily into the sky immediately.
(Am I really like a high-ranking being among the Zerg? Why can’t I feel it at all...)
Chen Hao began to doubt himself.
But before his mind became more confused, he suddenly discovered that two of the six springtails had particularly obvious appearances.
"Hey, these two are bigger." Chen Hao tried to reach out and touch them with his trembling hands. This was an almost masochistic self-motivation, hypnotizing himself not to be afraid.
The two distinctive-looking springtails felt the intimacy of their owner at the same time, and immediately stretched their heads over, allowing Chen Hao to play with them as he pleased.
(The head is smaller, but the body is larger. Although it is still not as big as a worker bee, it is one circle larger than other springtails, nearly one-third.)
(Moreover...the exoskeleton structure is more compact and delicate, and there seems to be many organs and tissues that can be flexibly changed inside. Why is this?)
Chen Hao first trembled and touched them. After finding that there was no danger at all, he became bolder and searched more carefully. What he found next made him even more puzzled, so he had to let these two
Springtails use actions to prove their differences from ordinary springtails.
Sure enough, after some attempts, Chen Hao found that they can bite hard rocks that ordinary springtails cannot, which proves that their attack power is higher.
And when it comes to jumping, these two springtails are far stronger than other springtails in terms of speed and body agility. They can even do it with ease. Their longer legs and tails also allow them to complete difficult fights better.
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"Elite springtails? Is it my luck, or is it caused by other reasons?"
Chen Hao could only mutter in confusion about such experimental results. This was his first time being the zerg master in a real situation, so he was definitely not qualified.
And while he was scratching his head, the king insect that had gone out came back again.
Seeing its steady and leisurely appearance, it was obvious that it had once again completed the task assigned by Chen Hao.
"Master, I absorbed the brains of those human remains and returned safely."
(Huh? This statement is a bit scary.)
Chen Hao was slightly surprised, but this was his order. He couldn't refute anything, so he just let the other party say whatever he wanted.
Then King Chong said: "But when reading the memory, I met the previous humans."
"What did they do to you?" Chen Hao was startled and asked quickly.
"I have no means of attack, so I can only retreat and fly back. The attacks of lower creatures cannot threaten me thousands of meters above."
Very smart, there was no direct conflict, which is good, Chen Hao nodded.
He didn't want to come into an unknown world with human civilization and immediately have conflicts with the aboriginal people here. Chen Hao considered himself not a devil. He just hoped to see if he could find a way to return to Earth in as peaceful a way as possible.
opportunity.
This is his only wish at the moment.
"How did you give me the information?" Because the king insect reads the memories of aboriginal humans, this cannot be explained clearly in a few words.
"Just sharing the mind, great master." The king insect's answer was very direct.
Then, Chen Hao learned what soul sharing is.
After receiving Chen Hao's permission, the balloon in the sky suddenly inflated a little.
To be continued...