The wizard era begins with the alchemist wizard

Chapter 137 Incubation Pool

boom!
A cut mark appeared on the tunnel, but nothing else happened.

Seeing this, the two-star warrior worm shook its tentacles and quickly left the tunnel.

"It seems that I have been a little overly nervous recently."

The insects' patrol was over quickly. After all, each insect had its own area of ​​responsibility, which was not very large.

And in that tunnel covered with mucus, due to Richard's cleanliness, the black crystal worms didn't find any traces.

After the search, the warrior bugs quickly returned to their respective positions and continued to guard their own areas.

In the shadows, Richard slowly emerged.

Richard's heart was pounding as he looked at the cut that was less than ten centimeters away from him.

If the knife had gone a little off, he would have been exposed.

"These bugs have really sharp intuition. Shadow sneaking is not 100% reliable. We have to be careful next time."

Going down the tunnel, Richard soon entered the upper level of the underground insect nest.

The defense of the underground hive is not as tight as that of the ground hive. There are only one or two warrior bugs in large areas. Most of the hive's forces are transferred to the ground hive to deal with wizards.

Li found a small, remote cave and released Ulysses from his pocket.

"Gah, it finally came out."

Ulysses flapped his wings and flew in a circle in the crypt.

"Gah, why are you here again? I've had enough of this damn place."

"Mission, how is your injury recently?" Richard asked lightly.

After killing bugs underground for two years, Richard naturally obtained a lot of sacrificial fungi. These fungi had a certain effect on Ulysses' injuries, so naturally all the sacrificial fungi fell into Ulysses' mouth.

"Gah, it's OK. Those mushrooms are somewhat effective. My injuries have healed a bit. At this rate, these mushrooms can probably restore me to the level of a normal second-level creature. Right now, I'm almost at the limit of a first-level creature."

As he spoke, Ulysses ignited a black flame, and the energy fluctuations were quite powerful.

Richard nodded. As long as the mushrooms were useful, it would be fine. The more Ulysses' soul injuries recovered, the more means he would be able to use, and Richard would be safer when he encountered danger.

All he needed to do was to strike a balance so that Ulises' strength would not exceed the range that he could control.

Taking out the microwave developing crystal ball, Richard explored the surrounding terrain to decide his target.

There are three targets worth destroying inside the hive: the food warehouse, the hatching pool, and the weapons warehouse.

Needless to say, the granary is a very important part of life. Although level one creatures can rely on their body cells to absorb energy from the air to maintain normal activities, it is another matter when they encounter a battle.

Wizards need magic stones to replenish their magic power, while these insects rely on food to replenish their energy and physical strength.

Burning down a grain warehouse is equivalent to destroying a wizard's magic stone warehouse, and its effect is indeed significant.

Then there are the hatching pools. The reproduction of black crystal worms is not sexual like ordinary creatures. Instead, the mother worm produces eggs, which are then distributed by sacrificial worms to various hatching pools for hatching.

These incubation pools are often located at certain geocentric nodes, and the liquid inside the pools is rich in life-active substances and magic power.

For wizards, hatching pools are of great value both in terms of strategic significance and personal benefits.

Finally, there are the weapons warehouses. According to the intelligence from the dark wizards who had sneaked into the insect nest earlier, the strategic weapon of the black crystal worm, the Mother Goddess Cannon, is usually stored in these weapons warehouses. However, these weapons warehouses are all heavily guarded, and there are Queen Worm guards and sacrificial worms guarding around them. For ordinary black wizards, it is basically impossible to destroy them.

Soon, the developing crystal ball projected a map of the nearby terrain.

According to the topographic map, Richard began to explore the surrounding environment bit by bit.

The structure of an underground insect nest is simple to say, it is usually centered on a settlement, and the surrounding caves are all mushroom fields. Small settlements are surrounded by large settlements, so as long as you find a small settlement, you can follow the clues to find the large settlement, and then find important targets such as food warehouses and hatching pools.

But when Richard really put this idea into practice, he discovered the difficulties.

The biggest difficulty is the intricate tunnels of the insect nest. Although these tunnels can be explored with a crystal ball, just looking at the intricate and mixed tunnels on the topographic map makes Richard feel like an Indian electrician.

Secondly, these tunnel systems are often patrolled by bugs. These bugs are not samurai bugs, but they are no less threatening than samurai bugs.

Richard managed to catch one by stealth. After dissecting it, he found that the sound-producing organs of these insects were quite developed. If they made a sound, the warrior insects several kilometers away could sense it. Moreover, this insect itself had a pheromone, which would leave a mark on the body if it touched the body, which was very difficult to remove. Once it was touched, the insect could track him with the pheromone.

Finally, these small settlements often have insects stationed there, ranging from one or two to more than ten. Although Richard is not afraid of them at all based on their combat power, he is now behind enemy lines.

If you can leave as few traces as possible, do so.

Although the strong ones in the swarm are weak, that is only compared to wizards of the same level.

Taking all these factors into consideration, Richard's infiltration mission became extremely difficult. In the initial period of infiltration into the hive, he could hardly move forward, and mistakes would appear after a few days. But fortunately, these mistakes were not big, and he had Ulises to help cover them up, which allowed him to explore safely.

Half a year later, Richard was lying in a narrow tunnel, staring at the underground cave it led to with fiery eyes.

This dungeon is very large, with huge luminous fungi scattered throughout it. Plant worms work back and forth among them, and occasionally warrior worms appear and travel through the tunnels to other settlements.

At the deepest part of this cave, there is a small pool made of earth and stone, with steam constantly rising from it.

The pool was filled with bright red, boiling liquid, and streams of vigorous vitality continued to flow into the air as the bubbles burst.

And this is exactly Richard's purpose this time - the incubation pool.

To achieve this goal, Richard explored the surrounding area for three months and checked all the caves within 20 kilometers around the settlement to confirm how many insects would come to support him if he made any noise.

And now, the time has finally come for him to take action.

Wrapping himself in a cloak, Richard crawled out of the tunnel like a shadow and entered the dungeon carefully.

Richard had already explored the garrison of this crypt, and found that there were only thirty warrior bugs and ten spider knights. In the surrounding ten kilometers, there were only fifty warrior bugs that could support the crypt, and they arrived in batches. If there were no accidents on the way, the first batch of support bugs would arrive in two minutes, with a number of twelve.

Therefore, as long as Richard can complete the series of operations including destroying the hatching pool, escaping from the numerous bugs, and hiding his tracks within two minutes, he will be safe.

But obviously, this is impossible for Richard, a first-ring wizard.

So Richard came up with a clever solution.

hum!
A sound wave inaudible to human ears entered the cave, instantly shaking the warrior insects in the settlement.

A warrior bug wearing black metal armor rushed out of the fungus room, and the sharp explosion from its mouthparts echoed throughout the crypt.

"We have found the trace of the wizard monster. Leave one third of the insects behind and follow me for support. This time we must sacrifice the wizard monster to the Queen Insect God!"

At this moment, about five kilometers away from the settlement, a figure in a black robe was wantonly slaughtering alarm bugs in the tunnel.

"Gah, the taste of killing is refreshing."

Under the black robe, Ulysses laughed loudly and spewed out flames of annihilation, without restraining the energy fluctuations in the slightest.

As it acted so arrogantly, a group of warrior bugs quickly blocked a section of the tunnel. The leading warrior bug shouted at Ulysses:
"Wizard monster! Today I will take your head and offer it to the Queen Worm God!"

But just as he finished speaking, he saw the black-robed figure suddenly float past him, and the black flames instantly engulfed him and the three warrior insects around him in the sea of ​​fire.

Looking at the insects struggling in the sea of ​​fire, Ulysses lowered his head and took a bite, and a burnt insect leg that was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside went into its mouth.

"Gah, these bugs taste good when grilled."

Listening to the constant humming of insects coming from the tunnel, Ulysses chewed on the insect legs, the sound a little unclear.

"Gah, I've made enough noise, that kid should be able to succeed."

At this moment, the insects in the settlement were ready. With the order from the black-armored warrior insect, the insects moved their wings behind them and instantly accelerated and rushed into the tunnel.

"Halfway through, it's still okay."

In the shadows, Richard muttered to himself as he watched the insects leave.

Relying on the shadow of the Stealth Cloak to sneak in and the blood shadow to shuttle, Richard has now entered the settlement and is only two or three hundred meters away from the incubation pool.

Looking at the boiling hot incubation pool and the insect eggs constantly floating up and down during the incubation, Richard felt a flash of heat in his heart.

The liquid in the incubation pool is rich in life-active substances. Long-term consumption can improve physical fitness, and those immature insect eggs are very good specimen materials. Through the insect eggs, wizards can have a deeper understanding of the black crystal worm race.

With two-thirds of the defensive force missing, the defense of the entire settlement became loose.

Richard quietly went around to the back of the hatching pool. This location was supposed to be guarded by two spider knights, but due to support, there were temporarily no bugs at this location. They could only wait for other bugs to come and patrol before they could discover Richard's trace.

Richard took this opportunity to poke a hole in the incubation pool with his staff, collected about ten kilograms of incubation liquid and two insect eggs, and then left two timed annihilation bombs.

Then Richard left as quietly as he had come.

Shortly after Richard left, two patrolling bugs arrived behind the hatchery.

"Do you think we can catch the wizard monster this time?"

"Who knows? These wizard monsters are as cunning as reptiles. I don't think it will be easy."

"Yeah, that's right. Hey, there's a hole next to the pool. Let's go and take a look..."

boom!
Richard watched the annihilation bomb explode quietly in the tunnel, then turned and left.

(End of this chapter)