Samsara Paradise: Dream Weaver of Connections.

As soon as the announcement from Samsara Paradise came out, the war channel on their side instantly exploded.

Light Puppet Master (Sanren): "Captain... why do we have to listen to a Husky?"

Mosha (Sanren): "I think so, right."

Selulu (Sanren): "Real dog captain, but he found the world core in both world battles. This is very powerful. I am defeated."

Light Puppet Master (Sanren): "I never thought I would be worse than a dog."

After seeing the announcement from the Samsara Paradise, most of the contractors were stunned for a moment, but they were immediately relieved after seeing Bubuwang’s performance.

It is obvious that Bubuwang has special abilities in finding the core of the world. So it seems most appropriate to let it lead the search team.

In addition to Bubuwang, Baha and Benny under Su Xiao also received the task of searching for the core of the world. One of them is good at treasure hunting, and the other can fly and is also good at hiding. Of course, they will be chosen by the Samsara Paradise.

However, Bubu Wangang did not serve as captain in the end, but handed it over to Benny, because Su Xiao needed Bubu Wangang to go to the vicinity of the insect nest to check the situation of the Zerg, and no one except Bubu Wangang could do such a thing.

About an hour later, the camp where the Samsara Paradise was located became quiet. Apart from a dozen members of the Symbiosis Alliance who were left behind to defend the camp, only a few lone wolves were still wandering around the camp.

The others had already scattered - some were lurking in the forest, waiting for an opportunity to hunt down lone enemies.

Some try to contact local forces, trying to use the power of the indigenous people to gain more resources for themselves.

Although this world is still in its primitive stage of development, primitive does not mean barren.

On the contrary, precisely because civilization has not yet developed on a large scale, the world's natural resources have been preserved extremely intact.

Once civilization enters a period of rapid development, these extraordinary resources, such as mineral veins that have not been over-exploited and rare wild materials, will soon be divided up.

Half an hour later, Bubuwang rushed back to the camp and brought back a large number of reconnaissance photos of the southern insect nest.

Judging from its size, this should be a medium-sized insect nest.

In the photo, the interior of the hive appears to be a light green biological tissue structure, and humanoid creatures covered in shells can be vaguely seen moving around in it.

The Zerg in this world have a strict hierarchy - the higher the level of the individual, the more similar their appearance is to humans.

The appearance of the Zerg Queen is almost identical to that of a human female, except for a few additional carapace features and antennae on top of her head.

The engineer bugs at the bottom level are like a hybrid of a mantis and a scorpion, and are close in size to large dogs. Although their combat effectiveness is average, their load-bearing capacity is amazing, and their ability to adapt to the environment is extremely strong, making them the cornerstone of the Zerg's expansion.

Su Xiao picked up a close-up photo of the Zerg Queen and raised his eyebrows unconsciously.

What surprised him was that the queen mother actually looked... quite pretty?

If it weren't for the metallic shell and slightly trembling tentacles, he would almost think it was a human woman wearing strange clothes.

"Is this the queen of the Zerg?" Lin Yi looked closely at the photo, sizing it up with suspicion. "She doesn't look like she can lay hundreds of eggs a day, right?"

In Lin Yi's imagination, the queen insect should be an ugly creature with a bloated body as big as a hill, a swollen abdomen that is always eating frantically, and then excreting an egg every few minutes.

"Wang."

Bubu Wang took another photo with his paw. The picture showed a huge translucent biological capsule with vascular-like lines all over the surface. The developing insect eggs could be vaguely seen inside.

"Egg-laying connective tissue, what is the role of the Zerg Queen?"

"Woof (should be the evolution nest)."

"Is that so? It's more complete than I thought. This Zerg... looks somewhat familiar."

"Wang."

"Indeed, they are very similar to the 'Leya Swamp Zerg' in the void, but their combat effectiveness is very different."

"Woof." Bubu Wang quickly scratched something on the ground with his claws.

"Huh? You mean, traces of the Death Paradise were found near this Zerg?" This sudden news made Su Xiao and Lin Yi look stern at the same time.

The two looked at each other and instantly understood Death Paradise's intention - the other party actually had the same idea as them and planned to control the Zerg forces for their own use.

After confirming the other party's thoughts, Lin Yi immediately sent this matter to the war channel.

As soon as the message was sent, the channel exploded.

Doctor (Sanren): "Everyone, please be careful. The contractors of Death Paradise have recently appeared near the Zerg nest. They are very likely to support a Zerg to participate in this world battle."

White Dove (Symbiotic Alliance): "Are these people bored? I just joined the indigenous forces with great difficulty, and now I have to be tormented by these guys again."

Mosha (Sanren): "Okay, I'll help keep an eye on this matter."

Light Puppet Master (Solitary Player): "+1."

Kaikai (Symbiotic Alliance): "+1."

After confirming that these crazy people in Samsara Paradise were aware of the conspiracy of Death Paradise, Lin Yi closed the communication channel.

He knew these guys too well - as long as they were given a target, they would use the craziest and most unexpected ways to drive their opponents to collapse, without him and Su Xiao having to do anything themselves.

Now, the primary task facing the two is to find a suitable Zerg Queen to support.

But the question is - where to find a relatively weak queen insect?

"A full-scale war between the Zerg and the natives is breaking out in the north." Su Xiao unfolded the map and analyzed, "None of the Zerg that can survive in that meat grinder battlefield are easy to mess with."

"The east is the base camp of the indigenous forces." Lin Yi took over the conversation, "The south has been occupied by the powerful queen insect."

Both of them looked at the mountainous area in the west at the same time.

"It's to the west," Su Xiao put away the map, "The newly born weak queen is most likely to open up a territory there."

After passing through the dense primeval forest, the scenery in front of you suddenly opens up.

The rolling green mountains look like jade sculptures in the sun, and the air is filled with the fresh scent of grass, trees and soil.

In this world unpolluted by industry, every breath is refreshing.

The wild animals in this world are all relatively large in size. After all, this world has a good environment and abundant food, but the pressure of survival is not small.

With predators like the Zerg at the top of the food chain, weak creatures must either evolve into huge sizes or develop amazing reproductive abilities.

Lin Yi looked at the giant figure swimming in the turbulent river, his eyes lit up: "This water quality, this depth, is definitely a prime fishing spot!"

"Would you like to throw two clubs?"

Su Xiao glanced at the river surface and saw a two-meter-long silver-scaled fish leaping out of the water.

"Wait until we deal with the Zerg issue." Su Xiao relaxed for a rare moment, but was interrupted by Lin Yi before he could finish his words.

"That's what you said!" Lin Yi had already swiftly chosen a fishing spot on the shore. "I've observed that there is definitely a big fish hiding in the backflow area of ​​the river bend over there."

Ever since they were dragged into fishing by Fatty Ma, they have finally understood what it means to "once you enter the fishing world, it's as deep as the sea."

The occupational disease of wanting to throw two clubs when seeing a good position is even stronger than the combat instinct of the contractor.

"Baha, go up there and scout the terrain." Su Xiao looked up and gave orders to Baha who was hovering in the air.

"Yes, Boss!" Baha flapped his wings excitedly and flew high into the sky. However, just as he flew out of the tree canopy -

"Roar!!"

A deafening roar exploded from the forest below, followed by a blazing flame breaking through the air!

Whoosh-!
The flaming spear whizzed past Bahamut's tail feathers, and the high temperature even singed a few feathers.

"Fuck! Who is so blind!" Bahamut was so shocked that he made a sharp turn in the air, and his feathers exploded with anger. "I'm going to burn their camp to ashes!"

It angrily lowered its altitude to retaliate, but when it saw the scene below clearly, it suddenly stopped its dive momentum.

I saw that the open space in the dense forest was densely packed with indigenous warriors covered in animal skins.

They had fiery red totemic patterns painted on their bodies and all held flaming spears in their hands.

A quick glance revealed that there were at least a thousand people staring at the sky with eager eyes.

“Hey, that’s it.” Baha instantly got scared and made a beautiful turn back to the tree canopy. “Boss! There are savages playing with fire down there!”

It landed on Su Xiao's shoulder in a panic, and did not forget to use its wings to flap its scorched tail feathers: "These primitive people are too unethical! They actually attacked directly!"

Through Baha's aerial reconnaissance, they confirmed that there were at least tens of thousands of tribal warriors entrenched in this primeval forest.

These indigenous people with fiery red totems painted on their bodies have obviously managed the entire forest into an iron-clad territory.

The two of them changed direction tacitly and sneaked towards the northwest side of the forest.

Five hours passed and they were still traveling through this vast primitive jungle.

Towering ancient trees block out the sun, and thick vines crisscross the landscape, requiring a machete to clear a path at every step.

Baha fluttered his wings and landed on Su Xiao's shoulder: "Boss, we found something ahead!"

It pointed with its beak into the distance: "Over there is a big blue-gray mountain. The top is bare, but the middle of the mountain is covered with trees."

This shows that there should be signs of biological activity here, and it is highly likely that the creatures are not very strong.

At the same time, a gust of wind suddenly swept through the mountains and forests, and the branches and leaves of the towering ancient trees shook violently, making a sound like the sound of waves.

Amid the flying fallen leaves, the sky darkened at a speed visible to the naked eye, and thick dark clouds spread across the sky like spilled ink.

Click!

Deafening thunder echoed through the valley, and dazzling lightning streaked across the sky, illuminating the entire green mountain in a pale white.

Bean-sized raindrops began to fall, hitting the leaves with a dense and crisp sound.

With a light click, both of them activated the devices in their hands at the same time.

In an instant, the light blue force field spread out like flowing water, condensing into a translucent barrier around the two people, faintly glowing.

The raindrops as big as beans fell down, but they bounced away the moment they touched the force field, splashing countless tiny drops of water, as if they hit an invisible wall. The humid water vapor in the air was also completely isolated, and not even a trace of coolness could penetrate.

This exquisite little prop is an everyday necessity invented by the geniuses in Technology Street and is specially provided for the use of contractors.

Ordinary umbrellas and raincoats are completely useless in many worlds - the rain in some worlds is highly corrosive, such as acid rain, and protective gear made of ordinary materials will be dissolved in a few seconds.

That's why this force field umbrella came into being.

Its principle is not complicated. Just activate the device to form a force field around it that repels rainwater. No matter how bad the weather is, the user will not get wet.

For contractors who often travel between different worlds, this is undoubtedly the most convenient equipment.

"found it."

Su Xiao raised his hand and released the Apostle's Eye. The light golden reconnaissance device floated in the air, slowly turning and scanning the surroundings, and finally locked onto the trace of a small insect nest on the edge of the barren rocky area.

After walking forward for several hundred meters, Lin Yi found a round mound four meters high and five meters in diameter in the distance. There were large protruding meridians on the mound. Three engineer insects that looked like a combination of a mantis and a scorpion were guarding the insect nest.

"Don't look, there's nothing inside."

Lin Yi closed his eyes and released his perception, and invisible spiritual waves spread out like water.

After a moment, he opened his eyes and shook his head - the inside of the hive was empty, without any energy fluctuations.

Obviously, there is no Zerg Queen here. It is probably just a temporary shelter built by a few engineer bugs that were separated from the main force.

The weak queen had already hidden in a more hidden nest, and those who dared to move around outside must be mature individuals who have completed their development and are not afraid of the covetousness of other forces at all.

This discovery actually made Su Xiao in a good mood. This also meant that it would be even more difficult for the people in Death Paradise to find a suitable target.

The team quickly split into four groups to start the search - Lin Yi led one team, Su Xiao acted alone, Bubu Wang was responsible for the east area, and Baha and Am formed a partnership.

The four groups of people advanced in different directions in a fan shape, carefully searching for clues of Zerg activities.

Although there was no queen in the previously discovered hive, the few solitary engineer insects had already explained everything: there must be Zerg forces in this area, and it was very likely a small group that had not yet become powerful.

If they were powerful Zerg, their nests should have been discovered by veterans like Lin Yi and Su Xiao long ago.

Lin Yi stepped on the thick humus and struggled to make his way through the tangled vines.

While keeping in touch with Su Xiao through the headset, he spread his perception like a spider web - in this primitive jungle, the most deadly threats often come from those inconspicuous corners.

A poisonous insect the size of a fingernail is poisonous enough to kill a tiger within ten seconds.

As the search deepened, Lin Yi discovered more than a dozen abandoned insect nests.

The largest one is nearly ten meters tall, with its shell covered with honeycomb-like holes.

But in each nest, there are only a few engineer bugs struggling to survive. They are like abandoned soldiers, gathering in groups of three or five in the empty nests, waiting for their inevitable demise.

A Zerg without a queen is like a bee colony without its queen, doomed to extinction.

These empty nests silently tell a cruel fact: although the Zerg can be invincible after growing stronger, they are extremely fragile in the early stages.

Judging from the abandoned nests scattered throughout the forest, the local indigenous forces are obviously well aware of this truth - they will wipe out the newly born Zerg at all costs.

Everyone knows that if the war Zerg are allowed to successfully complete their development period, all creatures in the entire forest will face a catastrophe.

This is by no means alarmist, but the law of the jungle that has been verified by countless corpses.

The rainstorm was getting heavier and heavier, and large pools of water had formed under Lin Yi's feet.

At this critical moment, Lin Yi and Su Xiao's communicators vibrated at the same time - it was a message from Baha.

Sometimes, the advantage of being able to fly is so obvious that not only does it provide a wide field of vision, but it also allows you to avoid numerous obstacles on the ground.

Several people rushed to Baha's location. The target location was in the middle of the previous mountain. When Lin Yi arrived, he found that the terrain here was quite special - a gently sloping platform made of a mixture of soil and broken rocks, and a hundred meters above was an exposed rock wall with no grass.

Pushing aside the dense bushes, Lin Yi saw Bubuwang, Amu and Baha lurking in the grass with bated breath.

As soon as Su Xiao arrived at the scene, Bubu Wang impatiently bit his trouser leg and pulled him into the bushes.

Bubuwang did this not out of concern for danger, but because he was worried about the elusive blood energy in Su Xiao's body - even if he tried to restrain himself, the blood energy that this killing god inadvertently exuded was enough to make the Insect Queen flee.

In comparison, it would be more appropriate for Lin Yi to get closer.

Lin Yi took a look at the blood energy emanating from Su Xiao and decided to go and investigate it himself.

This insect nest is less than three meters high and much smaller than those discovered previously.

But if you look closely, you will find that the meridians on the surface of the nest are extremely fine and dense, pulsating slightly like the capillaries in the human body, showing strong vitality. This is obviously a living nest in operation.

Am wielded a giant hammer and quickly dealt with two engineer bugs that were wandering outside the nest.

Just as it was about to tear open the outer shell of the insect nest, a petite purple figure suddenly broke out of the nest and rushed towards the bush where Su Xiao was hiding at an astonishing speed!

Lin Yi raised his eyebrows upon seeing this and simply stood there without moving.

There is a road to heaven but you don't take it, you will break into hell through the door.

The Zerg queen's slender limbs moved rapidly alternately on the humus, and her compound eyes flashed with joy of escaping.

Just as it was about to rush into the bushes, a shadow taller than it descended.

The violent blood energy exploded like a substance, and Su Xiao's figure was looming in the blood-colored mist.

The queen mother's compound eyes shrank to the extreme in an instant, and she instinctively wanted to turn around, but it was too late.

Bahamut's sharp claws dropped from the sky with a sound of breaking through the air, accurately grasped the queen mother's neck, and pressed it hard into the mud.

The humanoid creature covered with light purple shell struggled frantically. Its sharp forelimbs scraped against Bahamut's metal wings, making a harsh sound, but it failed to leave even a white mark.

Su Xiao stepped forward and grabbed the humanoid's head. The humanoid had two very thin tentacles on its head, a light purple shell with clear lines, and sharp claws on its fingertips.

"Can you understand what I'm saying?" Although the World Tree grants the ability to understand languages, no one can be sure whether this will work for the Zerg.

Hearing Su Xiao's words, the struggling humanoid creature grabbed Su Xiao, but was hit on the head by Baha's wing.

This little guy, who was less than one meter tall, was held up by Su Xiao and stood on the ground.

As soon as she let go, she staggered around twice, and finally fell to the ground with a thud, her tentacles drooping limply, obviously stunned by the blow.

"Don't you understand? If you don't understand, there's no point in keeping her. Just get rid of her." After Lin Yi approached, he glanced at the Zerg Queen on the ground. The little girl dared to pretend that she didn't understand. In that case, he had to give her a slap in the face.

"No, don't." The Queen Mother suddenly uttered a voice with a strange tremor.

This sound might be just a meaningless hissing in the ears of ordinary people, but with the blessing of Common Language Lv.50, Su Xiao clearly understood its meaning.

She curled up, her shell trembling slightly with fear: "I just want to reproduce, powerful being, can you let me go?"

The queen mother was completely prostrated on the ground. Her survival instinct made her realize that any one of the creatures in front of her could easily crush her.

Especially the man in the black windbreaker - the strong blood energy emanating from him made the Queen Mother, who had experienced countless battles, tremble.

Even the most terrifying predator she had ever encountered in her life was not even one percent as ferocious as the person in front of her.

"Reproduce..."

A smile appeared on Su Xiao's face, and he placed one hand on the carapace above the Zerg Queen's head.

"How many do you want to reproduce?"

This answer obviously made Su Xiao quite satisfied.

In Su Xiao's eyes, a Zerg queen without ambition is nothing but a waste.

What he needs is a war machine that can wreak blood and gore on this world, not the cowardly Zerg that just wants to survive.

If the queen he chooses is too mediocre, even if the Zerg develops, it will be difficult for her to become an effective tool for him to plunder resources.

Bubuwang suddenly let out a strange cry, his hair stood up, and he quickly jumped behind Lin Yi.

Bahamut's reaction was even more exaggerated. He simply folded his wings like a quail.

These two guys knew Su Xiao too well - he was safer when he had a cold face, but once he showed this kind of smile, it meant that someone was going to be in big trouble.

As for the Zerg Queen who was facing Su Xiao, she was extremely frightened at this moment.

Her slender tentacles trembled violently, and the muscles under her light purple carapace spasmed uncontrollably.

Even when she was exiled by the queen of her original nest, she had never experienced such a deep fear.

Su Xiao lifted the Zerg Queen from the ground and began to explore her attributes.

[The intelligence attributes of both sides are being compared... The comparison is completed. Our intelligence attributes are 2.42 times that of the enemy's, and we have obtained 100% of the enemy's information. 】

The information is as follows
Name: Zerg mother body (infant stage)
Evolutionary stage: First stage

Health: 46.2% (cell infection, severe hunger, skull concussion, neck soft tissue contusion, slight damage to shell)
Bioenergy: 20/180 points

Strength: 15 points

Agility: 13 points

Physical strength: 40 points

Intelligence: 45 points

Charisma: 63 points

Skill 1: Mother (Evolutionary Stage, First Order): Can cultivate mantis beacons with the blood and flesh tissues of other organisms through cell division.

Skill 2: Insect Nest (Evolutionary Stage, First Order): A small-scale insect nest can be built through the mantis beetle, and the connective tissue of egg-making organisms can be found in the nest.

Skill 3: Higher Life Form (Evolutionary Stage, First Order): When the bioenergy accumulated by the Hive reaches the upper limit, the mother body can be evolved to the second order. The mother body and the Hive will awaken new abilities, and the number of lower-level Zerg species that can be cultivated will be increased.

...(End of chapter)