Samsara Paradise: Dream Weaver of Connections.

After Bai Lan disguised herself as a merchant insect and entered the store, several busy Zerg workers immediately stopped their work, raised their antennae slightly, and prepared to salute Bai Lan.

When they noticed Lin Yi behind Bai Lan, their bodies suddenly stiffened, and then they all crawled on the ground, with their tentacles pressed against the ground, making low and respectful buzzing sounds to show their submission to the insect queen.

Bai Lan waved her forelimbs, signaling them to continue working. The worker insects then climbed up tremblingly, but their movements were obviously much more restrained than before. Their compound eyes glanced in Lin Yi's direction from time to time, as if they were both awed and curious.

"Your mask looks great. Can it be customized?" Lin Yi touched his chin and could not feel any seams or flaws.

"You're overthinking it. This thing can only maintain the progress of one world. Next time you encounter a similar situation, I'll make one for you for free."

"What a pity." Lin Yi shook his head with a little regret after hearing that.

"Okay, stop standing here and chat, let's go inside." Bai Lan turned around and took Lin Yi through the front hall of the store to a private room in the back.

He took out a fruit that looked like an apple from the locker, threw it to Lin Yi, and picked up another one and took two bites.

"The situation here has been unstable recently." Bai Lan said vaguely while chewing, "The previous Insect King has grown too old to suppress the power of his subordinates. Her descendants are now ready to make a move, secretly accumulating strength to prepare for the throne."

"Especially the First and Second Princesses. They have each recruited a group of high-ranking Zerg officials. A civil war could break out at any time."

As dusk fell, a Zerg with a strange golden glow on its shell stepped into Bai Lan's shop.

Bai Lan winked at Lin Yi, and the two of them silently followed the Zerg out of the store.

The carapace of this Zerg was different from the ones Lin Yi had seen before. It had a faint golden hue on it, and looked much more noble than ordinary Zerg.

Arriving at the edge of the island, the two followed each other's lead and entered a cave.

Although the entire island floats on the sea, the sea level here is not high due to its proximity to the land.

The Zerg have already completely transformed the underground structure of the entire island chain, and an intricate network of channels runs through it like blood vessels.

Under the guidance of the other party, Lin Yi walked along the winding tunnel, occasionally hearing the clicking sound of worker insects digging in the distance.

About half an hour later, the view in front of them suddenly became clear - a huge underground warehouse appeared in front of them.

The Zerg leading the way suddenly stopped, turned towards the two and stretched out its forelimbs.

Bai Lan took out a crystal clear potion bottle from her personal space. The liquid in the bottle glowed with a strange purple light, and a sweet and dizzying fragrance filled the air.

The Zerg's tentacles trembled violently, and an almost obsessive look appeared in its compound eyes.

It carefully took the potion, examined it carefully, and hummed with satisfaction, but then nervously moved its forelimbs to emphasize, "You can only take the agreed items."

It is just a warehouse manager, not the owner of this warehouse. If the royal family really finds out something unusual, then it will be finished.

Stepping into the warehouse, Lin Yi subconsciously glanced back.

I saw the Zerg administrator curled up in the corner, holding the potion bottle tightly in his forelimbs, his compound eyes blurredly fixed on the bottle mouth, greedily sucking in the aroma emanating from it.

Its shell trembled slightly, its antennae swayed unconsciously, and the whole insect was immersed in an almost insane joy, and it was not even aware of the footsteps of the two people leaving.

"What the hell is that?" Lin Yi lowered his voice and raised his eyebrows and asked, "Can it make you so excited?"

Bai Lan glanced back and said, "Zerg pheromone concentrate is equivalent to drugs. This small bottle is enough for it to feel good for three months."

In fact, Bai Lan was able to infiltrate the high-level intelligent Zerg in a short period of time thanks to this special pheromone.

Ironically, these self-proclaimed intelligent insects have learned nothing else but have become addicted to drugs.

With Bai Lan's deliberate marketing, this concentrate has become popular throughout the Zerg upper class, and even many members of the royal family are deeply involved in it.

In order to maintain huge profits, Bai Lan even resorted to the trick of hunger marketing.

Nowadays, the price of a bottle of pheromone on the black market is enough to bankrupt an ordinary Zerg - but this can't stop their enthusiasm at all.

After turning left and right and passing several warehouses, Bai Lan and Lin Yi stopped in front of a warehouse.

"This is it."

The moment the metal door slid open, a lazy female voice came from the darkness: "I've been waiting for you for a long time, stranger of the same race."

In the center of the warehouse, a Zerg was leaning elegantly on a throne, his slender forelimbs holding a crystal cup filled with a familiar purple liquid - it was actually a diluted pheromone concentrate.

Lin Yi glanced at Bai Lan, whose expression beneath the mask was noticeably gloomier.

It seems that this encounter was not part of Bai Lan's plan.

"Greetings, Third Princess." Bai Lan mechanically performed a standard insect salute. For him, disguised as a merchant insect, this was a necessary courtesy, while Lin Yi nodded slightly in the manner of an insect mother.

"Don't worry, I've cleared this area. Aside from that poor wretch who's in his sweet dream, there are only three of us here."

"I wonder what brings you to the warehouse, Your Highness? I'm afraid the environment here is not worthy of your status." Bai Lan stood still vigilantly. The sudden appearance of the Third Princess definitely came with bad intentions.

As for her saying that there were only three of them here? Even the worker insects wouldn't believe such a clumsy lie.

Bai Lan quickly glanced at the shadows around her. Those seemingly random piles of goods could be perfect ambush points.

A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. Unless her brain is burned by pheromones, she would not dare to appear here alone.

If Lin Yi and Bai Lan joined forces, they could easily kill her head and body within three seconds.

The third princess Claire chuckled, "Don't be so defensive."

"Here is what you want, take it." As she finished her words, a metal box was pushed in front of the two people.

When the box was opened, a huge Zerg head was lying quietly in the box, and its shell was covered with star-like patterns.

The head of the [Star Guardian] stores a nearly complete genetic map of the race. To Jila, the remaining incomplete parts are just minor flaws that can be easily filled.

Lin Yi noticed that the Third Princess Claire's eyes were always fixed on Bai Lan.

It seemed that the other party was coming for Bai Lan this time, so Lin Yi calmly picked up the metal box, took a few steps back, and left space for the two confronting parties.

This action made Claire's tentacles tremble, and she was obviously quite satisfied with Lin Yi's tact.

"Bai Lan, I came here to seek your cooperation this time."

The third princess looked at Bai Lan. Although she said she wanted to cooperate, her tone was very firm and it was obvious that she was not going to let Bai Lan refuse.

Bai Lan bowed her head slightly, her attitude was impeccable and respectful: "Your Highness, you are joking. I am just an insignificant businessman. How can I be qualified to discuss cooperation with you?"

Bai Lan's tone was still very respectful when she said this, but Lin Yi had already vaguely sensed the murderous intent in Bai Lan.

If the Third Princess really wanted to break up with Bai Lan, she would definitely deal with her here.

At worst, I can give up the identity I have been maintaining for a long time, change my appearance and sneak back in.

Claire seemed to have noticed something, and her tone softened a bit: "Bai Lan, do you know what's going on with the Queen Mother recently?"

Bai Lan nodded. It would be a lie to say that she didn't know in this situation. Although the Zerg here has become a feudal society, the Zerg King's leadership over his subordinates is still supreme.

"Do you know why the Zerg are frantically collecting pheromones?" Without waiting for Bai Lan to answer, she continued, "Because the queen is dying, and pheromones can temporarily alleviate the emptiness of losing the queen."

In this Zerg society maintained by a mental network, each individual is controlled by the queen like a puppet.

For them, the Queen Mother is both faith and the meaning of survival.

When the neural link that maintains life suddenly loosens, the first reaction of most Zerg is not worry, but extreme fear of being abandoned - this fear makes them tremble more than death.

The Queen Mother's increasingly weak spiritual fluctuations in recent times are like a dying star. Although it is still emitting residual heat, every citizen can feel the irreversible decline.

Intellectually, they understood that this was just the law of nature, but their instincts drove them to frantically search for any substitute that could relieve their spiritual hunger like a drowning man grasping at a straw. And at this delicate moment, the information concentrate in Bai Lan's hand was like a beacon in the darkness.

This is also the real purpose of the third princess Claire's personal visit - whoever can control this strategic resource will have an absolute advantage in the upcoming competition for the throne.

"Bai Lan, you are a smart bug." Her voice was low and oppressive. "Pheromone concentrate... is now more precious than the Life Stone."

Bai Lan still had the humble smile that was unique to business bugs on her face. "Your Highness, the Third Princess, you must be joking. I'm just a business bug doing a little business. How dare I get involved in the disputes of the royal family?"

"A small business? If you can make half of the nobles in the imperial city obey you, this business... is not 'small' at all."

She paused, and turned her compound eyes towards Lin Yi, "What's more... you are bringing a 'wild insect queen' with you."

There was a hint of amusement in her voice. "This person... should be from the mainland, right? I can smell the scent of a totem warrior from her breath. It seems that you have had 'intimate contact' recently?"

The end of her voice rose slightly: "How about it? Do you want to...consider it?"

Bai Lan shook her head and said, "Your Highness, your conditions are indeed very attractive, but if I may be frank, the risks are not proportional to the benefits."

Claire narrowed her compound eyes: "Oh?"

Bai Lan sighed, "The situation is turbulent right now. The eldest princess controls the Royal Guards, and the second princess has won over the elders of the parliament. If I rashly choose a side now, I'm afraid I'll become a victim of the power struggle before I can be rewarded for my merits."

Claire was silent for a moment, then suddenly burst into a deep laugh: "Sure enough, you are much more sober than those fools who are blinded by greed."

She stood up, the lines on her shell glowing slightly, "But what if I tell you that the Queen Mother's weakness is not a natural aging process at all?"

Claire lowered her voice even more: "The Queen Mother's mental power is declining abnormally fast. Someone is deliberately accelerating the process. And the murderer is most likely my two dear sisters."

"what do you mean……"

"I need pheromones, not only to win over the nobles, but also to... protect myself." Claire's voice was rarely filled with a sense of urgency. "As long as you stand by me, I swear on my royal blood that on the day the new emperor ascends the throne, you will be the helmsman of the Zerg Chamber of Commerce."

Bai Lan was silent for a long time: "I need time to think about it."

Claire seemed to have expected him to say that. She took out a purple-gold crystal from the interlayer of the shell and pushed it in front of Bai Lan: "This is a token. Come to the palace with your answer in three days."

“And this fellow clansman, although your origins are still unclear, I look forward to future cooperation.” The Third Princess only showed some goodwill to Lin Yi.

Claire knew better than anyone that there were fundamental differences in thinking between the war Zerg from the mainland and the intelligent Zerg.

It is better to sow the seeds of kindness first and wait for them to take root and sprout.

After saying that, she turned and walked towards the depths of the warehouse, her figure gradually blending into the darkness.

Lin Yi looked at the direction where Claire disappeared and asked in a low voice: "Do you believe her?"

Bai Lan put away the crystal and sneered, "Trust her? If you ask me, she is definitely on the list of murderers who poisoned me."

He turned to Lin Yi, "But... this is a good opportunity to fish in troubled waters."

"How about it? Are you interested in making some money?"

"Forget it. I have a lot of things to do on the mainland. I'll see if I have time to come here after I finish my work there."

"Row."

When the two left the warehouse, the Zerg who was addicted to sniffing the potion was still lying there.

Its tentacles twitched wildly, and it was completely immersed in the illusion created by pheromones, ignoring the two people passing by.

Three hours later, Lin Yi jumped off Baha's back.

At this moment, most of the Zerg in the camp had disappeared. Based on the information feedback from Jila, Su Xiao led the Zerg to begin besieging the nearby Zerg nest.

Su Xiao's target this time is a Zerg queen named Phantom Bee, whose hive has successfully evolved to the third level.

The reason why she chose this tough nut to crack is that her subordinates have a very strong three-stage troop, a Zerg troop called Bee Knife.

The Bee Knife is a rare type of fission Zerg soldier. The so-called fission evolution refers to the mother body forcibly fusing the genes of two Zerg units.

This process is extremely dangerous. If it fails, the mother body will not only suffer severe damage, but will also permanently lose the two Zerg genes, which is a complete loss of both the wife and the army.

But high risks are often accompanied by high rewards. The successfully bred bee knife has amazing combat power, and it is extremely difficult to obtain its "remaining individuals".

In the Zerg world, any mother with a unique name is not a good person, and the Phantom Bee is the best among them.

The actual combat power of the Bee Knife that she carefully cultivated has reached the level of the fourth-order Zerg.

Although it is only in the middle and lower levels of the fourth stage, you should know that the fourth-stage combat Zerg often has one or two real attributes, which is simply a crushing existence on the battlefield.

Therefore, in order to ensure that the "remaining individuals" of the Bee Knife could be obtained without any risk this time, Su Xiao personally led Bubuwang, Am and the Black Shadow Army to surround the Phantom Bee's hive.

After all, Su Xiao's target this time is the most valuable warrior of the Phantom Bee. It is basically impossible to exchange it with the Life Stone. As one of the overlords of the third-stage Zerg, the Phantom Bee will not take out the ace Zerg Bee Knife for 10 bioenergy.

After knowing Su Xiao's destination, Lin Yi took out the [Star Guardian] and threw it into the insect nest.

After a moment, Jila sent feedback through the mental link.

The genetic structure of [Star Guardian] is extremely complex and cannot be fully analyzed at her current stage of evolution. She must wait until the third stage to digest it.

However, Jila is only one step away from being promoted to the third level, and this waiting time is just a blink of an eye for Lin Yi.

At three o'clock in the middle of the night, the insect nest began to change. It stretched out from a contracted state, and emerald green biological energy rushed through the meridians of the insect nest, reflecting a dreamy halo under the moonlight.

Along with the sound of the cuticle cracking, the lateral volume of the insect nest expanded several times at a speed visible to the naked eye, while the height remained unchanged at thirty meters. The entire evolution process lasted only a few minutes.

[Hint: Your temporary summon, Zerg Mother, has been promoted to the third stage.]

[The insect nest has evolved to the third stage, and its associated capabilities have been enhanced. ]

[The energy storage organization has been upgraded to the third stage, and the energy storage limit has been increased to 50000 points. ]

[The egg-laying tissue has been upgraded to the third stage, and can produce 300 Zerg eggs at a time, and the egg-laying speed has increased by 50%. ]

[The breeding capsule has been upgraded to the third stage, and can breed 150 small and medium-sized Zerg units at a time, and the breeding speed has increased by 200%. ]

[The hive has acquired a new organ, the energy conversion device (stage three).]

[The hive has acquired a new organ, the Evolution Chamber (stage three, cultivating sac appendages, when cultivating combat Zerg, there is a 1.5% chance of producing elite individuals). ]

[A new genetic memory has been awakened: Abyss Amplifier (Zerg Building). ]

[A new genetic memory has been awakened: Mantis Armor Elite (body size increased by 80%, load-bearing and other abilities greatly improved). ]

[A new genetic memory has been awakened: Abyssal Devilmon (top combat insect race, medium size, alien species, this is the genetic memory awakened by the blessing of a trace amount of world power). 】

……

As a series of prompt sounds appeared, Lin Yi's sight immediately locked onto the Abyss Amplifier and the Abyss Demon Beast.

The appearance of the Abyss Demon Beast was purely an accident. Due to the erosion of the demonic power and the transformation of the abyss power, the life essence of Jira was subtly changed, and this template was accidentally unlocked in its genetic sequence.

The Abyss Amplifier is a Zerg building that looks like a twisted spire, and its effect is very simple and crude.

As long as it stands on the battlefield, the Abyss Amplifier can apply all-round combat benefits to all Abyss units within range and suppress enemy units.

In a large-scale battle, it is only necessary to build a few Abyss Amplifiers at key nodes to raise the combat effectiveness of the entire legion to a higher level.

This strategic-level support capability is tailor-made for large-scale corps operations. (End of this chapter)