Samsara Paradise: Dream Weaver of Connections.

After taking a look at the list, Lin Yi discovered that the current Thorn is still in its initial stage and can only cultivate two basic worker insects: one is the hard-working Zerg Mantis used for transportation and infrastructure construction, and the other is the Stinger with combat capabilities.

The most difficult problem at the moment is that Jila's bioenergy reserves have reached the bottom.

The core functions of a Zerg nest are not complicated and are mainly divided into three parts: laying eggs, cultivating adult Zerg, and storing biological energy.

As the core, the mother body, Jira, is responsible for commanding the Zerg and regulating evolution.

Her rank improvement will directly drive the evolution of the entire hive, so protecting her safety is of vital importance.

Fortunately, with Lin Yi and Su Xiao around, it was no problem for Jila to get through this weakest period.

After Jila established the insect nest, Lin Yi directly summoned more than a hundred soldiers from the Black Shadow Corps. However, this time, he did not use the Royal Guards, but directly summoned the giant shadows of the Troll Corps.

The reason is simple: the prey in this primeval forest are incredibly large, and even if ordinary soldiers succeed in hunting them, it will take a lot of time to transport the bodies.

The powerful giant shadow is the best choice to solve this problem.

The two's plan was very clear - let Jila attack with all his strength first.

At least a few mantises should be bred to serve as laborers, and a dozen stingers should be added to be responsible for fighting.

Once this batch of basic Zerg is formed, they will be able to cooperate with the Shadow Legion to hunt and continuously transport the biological energy in the prey's body back to the hive.

When the energy accumulation reaches 2000 points, Jila will be able to complete the first rank promotion, breaking through from the first level to the second level.

The Zerg hive, as a symbiont, will also evolve synchronously, unlocking more powerful Zerg troops.

As for Lin Yi and Su Xiao, neither of them had any plans to leave.

The insect nest is now like a baby bird that has just hatched from its shell. Any unexpected attack may result in all previous efforts being wasted.

The only thing we need to do at this stage is to develop, develop, and develop again!

As long as it reaches the fifth stage - by then, not to mention the contractors of the three major paradises, even the local forces of this world will be vulnerable to the insect tide.

Lin Yi’s idea for this war world is very simple. He wants to completely control this area and establish an absolute ruling zone.

At this moment, a circular open space within a radius of sixty meters around the insect nest was cleared.

This is a carefully planned development buffer zone. As the main body of the hive continues to expand, the organic buildings on the periphery will extend outward like ripples.

Baha's reconnaissance report showed that there were only a few small and medium-sized insect nests within a radius of 20 kilometers. These neighbors were busy with their own development and posed no threat for the time being.

But Lin Yi and Su Xiao had already marked these insect nests on the tactical map. Once Jila cultivated basic defense forces, they would eliminate these potential competitors one by one like harvesting wheat fields.

More importantly, these insect nests are likely to contain Life Stones - strategic resources that can greatly accelerate the evolution of Jila.

What really made the two of them stay on high alert was the totem tribe roaming in this area.

These totem tribes fight even crazier than the war Zerg. According to the descriptions of the contractors who have joined these totem tribes, these totem tribes are completely a group of lunatics.

It can be said that it is a mixture of the charlatans of the Sanctuary Paradise and the Paradise of Reincarnation.

For them, death is not scary. Death is just a process of returning to the totem.

In their twisted belief system, the Zerg are nothing more than enemies to be destroyed, while other totemic tribes are heretics who must be purified.

The wars between different tribes were even more brutal than their main battlefield with the Zerg.

Among the five large tribes, only one obtained part of its food through farming. They were good at using fire. The group of primitive people that Baha met before were members of that tribe.

There are five large-scale totem tribes. In addition to the 'Sun Tribe' who is good at using fire, there are also the 'Awa Tribe' who are good at using poison, the 'Gauzhu Tribe' who are good at witchcraft, and the 'Nemoyu Tribe' who are proficient in sacrifice. , and the most ferocious 'Hazaro tribe', they have a natural ability called predatory.

The Frog Tribe (Poison) is a conservative group entrenched deep in the rainforest, and is proficient in the extraction of various neurotoxins and alkaloids.

They linger in the rainforest like poison dart frogs guarding their territory and rarely take the initiative to attack.

The contractors discovered that the totem frog god statue they worshipped had eyes inlaid with strange glowing minerals.

The Gaozhuo tribe (witches) are a group of primitive charlatans. If they don't get any guidance from the 'gods', it's fine. But once they get any 'premonition' or 'sign', they will become a group of extremely crazy primitive people.

The Sun Tribe (Fire) is relatively friendly and good at farming and smelting metals. The other four tribes will exchange metal weapons with them. They believe that everything is equal on the earth, and only the sun is noble. As for the night, they generally dare not go out at night unless they are provoked.

The Nemoyu tribe (sacrifice) has the smallest number of people. They often bring in evil gods and believe in dozens of gods so far.

Most of the people who infiltrated the Paradise of Samsara were from the Nemoyu tribe. After all, there were too many evil gods, so the Nemoyu tribe was not clear about the origin of the Paradise of Samsara.

To them, as long as you are an evil god, you are their half-brother.

As for the last Hasaro tribe (predators), for them, all living things except their own tribe are food, so this tribe is full of blood and killing. They are the strongest in body and have the strongest combat power.

Whenever a new creature is devoured, a Hasaro warrior temporarily gains some of that creature's traits: perhaps the bite force of a swamp crocodile, or the night vision of a wolf.

Although there are many limitations - such as only being able to retain one trait at a time, and each new predator overwriting the original ability - this method of evolution alone is enough to make them the top of the food chain for the entire continent.

In their eyes, the Zerg are simply a mobile treasure trove of evolution. When a new type of Zerg soldier is discovered, the entire Hasaro tribe will become collectively excited like sharks smelling blood.

Every additional unknown creature means that they may gain a new combat form.

Recently, many contractors from the Samsara Paradise have joined this tribe.

The reason for this is that the temperament of these crazy contractors in Samsara Paradise is a perfect match with the barbaric style of the Hasaro tribe.

As we all know, the members of the Hasaro tribe are all in a state of insane mental state because of their special abilities.

However, surprisingly, the contractors of the Samsara Paradise are several times crazier than these natives.

This wonderful combination of madness and craziness made the two sides feel like old friends at first sight, just like brothers who had been separated for many years and felt a deep sympathy for each other.

At this moment, Twilight of the Symbiosis Alliance has led all members to join the Hasaro tribe, and has become a small leader among them, commanding more than a hundred soldiers under him.

Such a starting configuration can be regarded as a dream-like top-level treatment among many contractors.

The closest force to the hive built by Jila is the Sun Tribe.

Although this tribe cannot be called friendly, it is the most gentle compared to the other four ferocious totem tribes.

As long as outsiders do not intrude into their territory without permission, the possibility of conflict is relatively low.

From the fact that there are still several small insect nests surviving in the surrounding areas, it can be seen that the members of the Sun Tribe rarely set foot in this area.

It was because of this that Lin Yi and Su Xiao decided to build an insect nest here.

This primeval forest covers an area of ​​about 9 square kilometers, which is equivalent to the size of a small province or city. It is more than enough for the initial development of the insect nest.

Five minutes later, accompanied by the sound of rustling footsteps, a soldier from the Black Shadow Corps appeared in the camp carrying a giant prey that was more than five meters long.

The silent soldier dropped his prey heavily near the insect nest and quickly disappeared into the darkness.

Almost at the same time, several mantis beetles swarmed out of the insect nest and began to dismember the prey with their sharp forelimbs.

After these engineer bugs skillfully cut their prey into neat chunks of meat, a crack suddenly appeared on the surface of the nest, revealing the wriggling fleshy passage inside, and the mantis beetles immediately threw the cut chunks of meat into it.

With the hive's efficient "digestive system", Jila no longer has to personally extract bioenergy from the prey's body.

The next second, three mantis beetles crawled out from the eggs near the insect nest.

As soon as these new mantises appeared, they immediately began to expand the area around the hive. They used special secretions mixed with soil and wood to build fortifications with amazing efficiency.

As the number of mantis beetles grew exponentially, Jila began to send them in batches to various parts of the forest.

Soon, this vibrant primeval forest fell into unprecedented panic.

As dusk fell, the forest, which should have gradually returned to silence, became abnormally lively - the roars of animals were mixed with the cries of dying prey.

The soldiers of the Black Shadow Corps shuttled between the shadows of the trees like ghosts, while the Mantis Armors conducted a carpet search on the ground, leaving no grass growing wherever they passed.

The surface of the insect nest glowed with a faint green fluorescence, like an animal's eye slowly opening in the darkness.

Although this faint light was not enough to illuminate the entire forest, it enveloped the area within a hundred meters in a strange green mist.

Suddenly, there was a rustling sound in the bushes, and two mantises broke out of the forest. The hooks on their tails pierced deeply into the bodies of their prey, leaving two winding blood trails behind them.

Behind Mantis Armor, the trolls from the Giant Shadow Group were carrying two prey weighing nearly twenty tons.

After returning to the camp, Mantis immediately began to process the spoils.

Their sharp forelimbs act like precise scalpels, quickly dismembering their prey into neat pieces of meat.

Each piece of fresh meat was carefully transported to the vicinity of the insect nest, waiting to be devoured by this greedy building. However, the insect nest was only five meters high at the moment, and its conversion efficiency was far behind the speed of hunting.

Blood and flesh piled up like a mountain at the entrance of the insect nest, emitting a strong fishy smell.

The larger the size of the insect nest, the faster it devours flesh and blood, and increasing the size of the insect nest requires consumption of biological energy.

The smell of blood in the camp became stronger and stronger, and all the prey within a radius of ten kilometers was wiped out in just one day.

Su Xiao took a look at the prey piled in front of him, put down the tablet in his hand, and clicked on the panel of the insect nest next to him.

[Insect Nest (to which Spinela belongs). 】

[Rank: 1st rank (5 ranks in total, this rank is determined according to the power system of this world). ]

[Bioenergy reserves: 215/2000 points. ]

……

It took three hours of continuous swallowing to obtain 215 points of biological energy. This efficiency was too slow. According to this efficiency, it would take at least thirty hours to complete the evolution from the first level to the second level - and this was only the most basic first transformation.

As the rank increases, the time and resources required for subsequent evolution will inevitably increase exponentially.

"Jila."

"Ah."

A lazy reply came from deep within the hive. At this moment, Jila was curled up comfortably on the soft biological tissue, his full belly rising and falling slightly with his breathing.

The continuous energy supply made her fall into a comfortable state of fatigue, and even her voice was soft and satisfied.

Su Xiao gave orders to Jila to expand the size of the insect nest. Although Jila was afraid of this man who always exuded a dangerous aura, the generous offerings obviously increased her favorability.

The inner wall of the nest immediately began to wriggle, and countless fleshy fibers intertwined and extended like living things.

With a teeth-grinding creaking sound, the entire insect nest expanded at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Lin Yi was sitting at a makeshift wooden table, engaging in a fierce mahjong match with Baha, Emu and Bubuwang.

Bubuwang's furry paws clumsily held a card, while Am carefully arranged the cards with his thick fingers.

Hearing the movement from Su Xiao's side, Lin Yi asked without raising his head: "What's wrong? What's wrong with the insect nest?"

As he spoke, he quickly touched the five-tube that Bach had just played and casually threw out a twenty-thousand card.

"The efficiency of absorbing bioenergy is too slow. I asked Jila to expand the area of ​​the insect nest, otherwise it will take a long time to absorb so many corpses." Su Xiao shook his head, dragged a rattan rocking chair and lay down next to Lin Yi, took out his tablet and continued to challenge the second-generation puzzle game newly developed by Pi Pang.

This sequel, which is said to be the most difficult in history, is even more perverted than its predecessor - complex password matrices, nested logical traps, and outrageous anti-human designs.

Lin Yi once tried it for two hours out of disbelief, and finally got so angry that he uninstalled the game.

This game can no longer be considered a game. It is completely a torture for the players. Only a pervert like Su Xiao can enjoy it while playing it.

Su Xiao stared at the screen intently, his slender fingers sliding quickly on the tablet, and from time to time he showed a thoughtful expression.

As the expansion began, emerald green light surged inside the nest, meridians on the surface surged, and the entire nest beat and expanded like a heart.

In just thirty minutes, the insect nest grew from five meters to eight meters at a speed visible to the naked eye.'

The stored biological energy was consumed in this process, but in return the density of the surface meridians more than doubled, and the outer shell became thicker and stronger.

The four mantis beetles on standby nearby sprang into action immediately. The hooks on their tails pierced the fresh meat precisely and flexibly threw the pieces of meat towards the newly opened absorption openings on the surface of the insect nest - the edges of those opening and closing fleshy cracks were covered with fine serrated protrusions.

After the height of the insect nest increased from five meters to eight meters, the efficiency of converting bioenergy increased by at least three times. After discovering this, Su Xiao gave another order to Jila that from now on, all the bioenergy obtained would be used to increase the volume of the insect nest.

The four mantises became busy, and the number of wild animal corpses on the nearby open space decreased rapidly.

Surprisingly, these seemingly barbaric insects maintain amazing hygiene habits - they transport waste materials such as bones and fur to a distant place for burial.

This behavior is not due to mysophobia, but rather the survival wisdom evolved by the Zerg. Through strict environmental management, the risk of bacterial infection is reduced to ensure the stability of the evolutionary process of the population.

When the last two beast corpses were dragged to the front of the insect nest, the fleshy cracks on the surface of the nest closed abnormally.

At this time, the hive had expanded to an astonishing height of ten meters, and its entire body was a deep dark green. Some key parts began to form crystal clear biological crystalline shells - these shiny hard structures foreshadowed the biological armor defense that might evolve in the future.

This size has reached the growth limit of a first-order insect nest. Compared with the initial five-meter form, the current devouring efficiency has increased by a full fifteen times.

The beasts that the Shadow Legion had hunted with great effort could no longer keep up with the hive's terrifying devouring needs - it was like a huge mouth of the abyss that could never be filled, swallowing tons of flesh and blood every time it opened and closed.

The hive obtains bioenergy by devouring ordinary beasts. According to basic conversion, each ton of flesh and blood can be converted into approximately 10 points of bioenergy.

This conversion does not follow a fixed ratio - the more powerful the beast, the more bioenergy it provides, and its value far exceeds the simple tonnage calculation.

If one wanted to evolve the hive to level five by relying solely on the accumulation of flesh and blood of ordinary wild beasts, even if one drained all the living creatures on the entire continent, it might not be able to meet the terrifying demand.

After a day of hunting, the Shadow Legion had wiped out all the wild beasts in the surrounding area.

If you want to continue to obtain prey, you must explore further areas.

Lin Yi stood up and checked the information of the insect nest. The biological energy stored in the insect nest reached: 970/2000 points.

The expansion of the insect nest consumed nearly a thousand points of biological energy, but this expense was necessary - otherwise, the entire camp would have been submerged by the mountains of beast corpses.

However, it is still early, and Lin Yi is not in a hurry. The potential of this forest has not been fully developed yet, so there is no need to rush to confront the Zerg forces outside.

As night fell, Lin Yi took out a luxury RV from the space capsule.

Although the contractors' physiques are strong enough to adapt to harsh environments, who would be willing to sleep in the wilderness if they have the conditions?
As the night deepened, the chirping of insects and the roaring of wild beasts in the forest gradually died down, leaving only the regular pulsating sound of the insect nest, like some giant creature breathing.

As the night deepened, the chirping of insects and the roaring of beasts in the forest gradually died down, leaving only the slow and low pulsation of the insect nest, like the breathing of some ancient giant beast, echoing in the darkness.

Lin Yi lay on the soft mattress, sorting out his next plan.

At eight o'clock the next morning, the shrill alarm woke Su Xiao and Lin Yi up at the same time.

The two walked out of the room sleepily to wash up, while Bubu Wang lay comfortably on the floor of the RV hall, enjoying the cool air conditioning.

The humid and sultry air in the primeval forest, coupled with the pungent smells left by various wild animals, was a torture to its sensitive nose.

Now that he has such a comfortable environment, Bubu Wang would naturally not want to go out again even if he was beaten to death.

"Woof~"

After hearing the movements of the two people, Bubu Wang opened his eyes and yawned at them.

Its furry ears trembled slightly, obviously it had not yet fully woken up from its sleep.

After a simple breakfast, Lin Yi and Su Xiao walked out of the RV.

Outside the camp, Mantis Armor and the Shadow Army were still working tirelessly.

These Zerg warriors are perfect biological machines - they work 18 hours a day and only need to rest for half an hour near the hive to restore all their strength and continue hunting.

But compared to the Shadow Legion, even biological machines like the Zerg pale in comparison.

These shadow creations can work non-stop around the clock and will never need to rest as long as there is enough shadow power.

When Lin Yi checked the status of the insect nest, he found that the bioenergy reserve had reached the full value: [2000/2000].

There were a lot of uneaten prey carcasses piled up around the camp - obviously without receiving clear instructions, Jila did not dare to start the evolution program without authorization.

"Jila."

"I am here."

"You can advance to the second stage now."

"Got it." There was an excitement in Jila's voice that was hard to conceal.

Inside the insect nest, sticky organic tissue rapidly squirmed, completely wrapping up Thorna.

The surging biological energy poured into her body like a tide, forming visible energy veins inside the hive.

Suddenly, several cracks appeared at the bottom of the nest, and emerald green high-energy liquid gushed out.

The surrounding mantises immediately became agitated, and they rushed to the overflowing bio-energy essence. (End of this chapter)