The evolution of insect swarms from XNUMX million years ago

Chapter 196 The general attack arrives

But this time, Lin Yi no longer had any regrets - behind them, those mortar spiders that were still firing cannonballs with a carpet structure immediately stopped shooting and turned around.

The auxiliary loaders also put down those specific carpet proliferation bombs, and the real biological high-explosive shrapnel was quickly transported from the mother nest by ordinary workers, ready for loading.

The shadowfly's echolocation system locked onto a rough area. The mortar spiders stretched their legs and switched to a hoeing position. The chelicera structure next to the mouth unfolded, revealing the cannon barrel structure in the middle.

The loader started loading. The chelicerae skillfully picked up the projectile and stuffed it into the barrel. Under the influence of gravity, it slid to the bottom of the barrel and entered the firing state.

Accompanied by the muffled sound of the propellant reaction, the shell roared out, drew an arc, and shot towards the position scanned by the echolocation system.

The first batch of loaded shells were not biological high-explosive bombs, but some equally special shells - in mid-air, two broad membrane-like wing structures suddenly unfolded from the end of the projectile.

It's not so much a wing as it is a parachute in a sense - the structure traps the air, allowing the cannonball's body to slowly float in the air.

At the top, several exoskeleton structures also unfolded, revealing three well-developed jet-black compound eyes below that were placed together like one.

In the compound eyes, there appeared the figures of the Mesoscythus spider and the giant horseshoe crab spider. Subsequently, more biological high-explosive bombs and semi-armor-piercing bombs roared in, slamming into this area.

These are special types of projectiles developed by Lin Yi in order to maintain precision-guided strikes without the guidance of airborne levels such as Kuai-Wing Divers. It is envisaged that they will be suspended in the air for a long time and continue to use their compound eyes to provide guidance for other projectiles.

The composition of these projectiles has been improved a long time ago, and they will explode after being embedded in the opponent's body without Lin Yi's control.

The hive mind consciousness network continuously transmits all information back. Under the guidance of those special cannonballs in mid-air, these biological cannonballs swing the real wing structure, and shoot at the giant horseshoe crab and the mid-throat spider with precision like eyes. .

Immediately, there was a muffled sound, and the huge body of the giant horseshoe crab exploded from it. Blue blood and pieces of flesh were mixed and splashed out. The fishy smell of copper ions filled the air along with the choking smell produced by the reaction of the propellant.

High-explosive biological shrapnel followed, exploding in mid-air, and a large number of smaller bead-shaped projectiles sprayed out, hitting the spiders below.

The biological semi-armor-piercing projectile with powerful kinetic energy was the first to hit the ground, pouring straight into the giant horseshoe crab's head. Even the giant horseshoe crab's exoskeleton, which was stronger than before, seemed so fragile in front of the thick warhead exoskeleton with upgraded components. It easily penetrated from the top, opening a hideous bloody hole.

As the spider turned over, azure insect blood splashed out, dyeing the moss, leaf litter and soil azure, watering the vegetation that had absorbed a large amount of biological essence.

The unknown symbiosis or unilateral parasitic relationship between carnivorous plants, strange fungi, and terrestrial arthropod nests is so weird. Perhaps the other party intends to make this battle consume more vitality to supply plants. Better growth with fungi.

But unfortunately, it is not so much a battle as a unilateral massacre - after hundreds of millions of years, the King of War once again showed its power. A large number of biological cannonballs roared and hit the opponent's head, making the battlefield reverberate with roars. . Before they could enter close combat, these mid-throat spiders and giant horseshoe crab spiders were covered and slaughtered by the firepower of the mortar spiders. Blue insect blood flowed between the craters and seeped into the earth.

The final round of bombardment ended with carpet spore bombs. The projectile was embedded in the soil, and the spatial synapse structure extended out. Then, a large number of carpet spores poured out and began to spread and proliferate in the blood-stained soil.

In the sky, another group of fin-winged divers roared past, but this time, they were not carrying ordinary ammunition, but a special huge bag, which made their flight speed somewhat slower and quite heavy.

These giant-winged divers bent their abdomens and flew over the fern forest. Then, from the end of their abdomens, a large amount of orange-red liquid atomized and sprayed out, spreading into the fern forest below.

Those fern leaves immediately began to wither and fall off when exposed to the atomized orange liquid - dichloride. This time, they turned into the god of death, fell from the sky, and began to indiscriminately kill the fern trees on the ground.

Driven by the symbiotic fungal fibers inside, those special vine structures swing violently, as if struggling painfully - they have already been highly integrated with the plants, and once the plants die, they cannot survive.

But in front of Tianke on the chemical level, no matter how stubborn they resist, it will be useless. The ferns died one after another, and the fungus carpet stepped on the dead plant carcasses along the way, advancing vigorously and continuing to proliferate.

The mother nest, turret structure and sensing structure also spread along with the proliferation of the fungus carpet. Shadowflies and Kui-winged Divers flew back and forth between the fungus carpet and the mother nest everywhere, searching for the situation on the battlefield.

During this period, the Mesozoon and Giant Horseshoe Spiders launched countless sneak attacks in various forms, but they were unable to escape before the echo positioning system. They were easily seen through, and the fire attacks of the Mortar Spiders followed closely. And arrived.

But this kind of gourd boy's refueling tactic of saving grandpa, sending people to their deaths one by one, made Lin Yi feel that something was wrong - the other party's behavior didn't seem like an attack, but more like a test!

From the right spiral stone nest group to the terrestrial arthropod nest group, every enemy standing in front of Lin Yi showed that the intelligence level of the nest group, whether controlled or not, is not low, but is limited by the environment. , so that the advantages of the source can be highlighted.

Therefore, he did not dare to take it lightly, because the short-term advantage now was 800,000 vs. 600,000. I rushed forward with confidence, but in the end I could only end up with a disastrous defeat.

Finally, one day when the fungus carpet had penetrated quite deep into the fern forest, a large number of echolocation signals were sent back from the depths of the fern forest - mesoporus spiders, giant horseshoe crab spiders, and large groups of ancient web-winged cockroaches, the scale of which was quite astonishing.

I'm afraid this time is the opponent's real attack. A large number of grade individuals immediately began to take up positions, preparing to fight.

According to Lin Yi's guess, after such a long period of testing, this battle will definitely not be that simple. Therefore, this time, he also came out in full force, with a large number of Shadowflies scattered in all directions, scouting the movement, while the land combat classes such as Wild-toothed Saw Ants, Main Battle Armor, and Mortar Terror Spiders gathered in formation and stood by at the front. .

A large number of Kui-winged divers carrying various types of biological aerial bombs or rockets have also taken off, preparing to deal a fatal blow to the opponent in advance and defeat the enemy's formation. Everything is ready!

(End of this chapter)