Zerg Evolution Journey

Chapter 187 The Infection Spreads
The next day, the insect swarm acted, and a kind of insect called a poisonous body was air-dropped from the nest of the fortress.

The size of this kind of bug is about five meters, which is not too big. It is semi-circular and looks like a soft sphere placed on the ground, but in fact it is not soft. The body is covered with solid black The carapace has two rows of protrusions from small to large that resemble compound eyes.

It is transparent, and the green liquid inside emits fluorescence. It has eight pairs of gastropods, which are very short, clinging to the ground.

Mutants are indeed mutated for the purpose of spreading infection, but they do not have the ability to infect themselves. Instead, they spread special virus blankets by producing tumors one by one, and infect other organisms through contact.

Infection virus, temporarily named Infection-1 by Italin, this is a virus that does not have air infection, the main purpose is to make the virus controllable, and at the same time, once the virus has completed the infection of the target, it will mutate , then as long as the host leaves the range of the creep, it will quickly decay and die, and there will be no ability to re-infect in the future.

After the mutants left the brood, they started their work. Along the way, they produced tumors on the ground and began to spread the creeps. There were not a few of these bugs, and their gene sequences were not complicated, so that they could produce bugs at the same time. A large number of mutants were produced.

They quickly infected the land in the form of a fan, and the covered creepers first turned some unlucky animals into hosts. Under the infection of the virus, their own gene sequences and genetic information were tampered with, and the process was extremely rapid. , In less than 10 minutes, they completed their new life in the cocoon that mutated the creep and wrapped it inside, a low-quality new life.

When the cocoon was broken, the creatures that crawled out of it were no longer the creatures they used to be, but became little brainless monsters with a size of only about one meter, squatting around their bodies, with fangs and sharp teeth.

They began to gather in groups. Although these inferior half-worms were brainless, they were still under the control of the swarm.

Surely the infection simply progresses through contagion?No, the flying insects that can mutate into tumors have also left the nest.

These bugs are called diffusers, which are mutations of flying arrow insects. Some of them look like scarabs. They move forward with flapping wings. They may not be able to intercept them.

Because of their inconspicuousness, the Proliferators easily broke through the towns where the human army was stationed. They flew into some houses, and when they touched the floor, the eight spear legs plunged into the ground, and the carapace on their bodies began to crack and fall off. , the bulging body rapidly mutated towards the tumor.

Similarly, the speed of this transformation is also very fast, and the mutation is completed in a few minutes. After becoming a tumor, the mycelium-like filaments begin to extend outward, and after covering the ground, a green liquid is secreted and continues to extend outward. .

Each tumor body is a small transformation furnace. The tumor body absorbs substances through the mycelia of the creeper, and releases cool substances in the body to meet its own energy needs. With the energy intake, the tumor body spreads quickly. Even faster.

The army in the city knew nothing about it. When some patrolling soldiers saw the creeping blanket spreading from the room, out of curiosity or vigilance, they smashed the door and entered the room to check.

And when they saw the wriggling tumor... Indeed, they didn't know what it was, but they knew where it came from. They didn't need to think about it, they knew it must come from bugs.

The patrols wanted to destroy the tumor without saying a word, but by the time they came into contact with the creep, it was too late.

When they drew their weapons and walked forward, before they had time to slash with their swords, they found that their bodies were out of control, and the scene in front of them became blurred, and the field of vision was filled with green silk threads, that was not air There is something blocking their vision, but their eyeballs are already covered with green threads, and even the pupils have penetrated into the virus.

There was no howling, no pain, they just felt sleepy, as if all the fatigue of their lives had been concentrated at this moment, they fell asleep without any resistance, but their bodies didn't fall down.

After the virus invaded, their bodies also began to undergo tremendous changes. The creeps under them began to climb towards them, and finally wrapped them up, forming cocoons one after another, and began to mutate...

Inferior half-worms, poisonous bodies, and creep tumors, their existence is too conspicuous. It is true that the swarm has Euglena to provide information, but Pelux's army is not much different, small, fast-moving scouts There has been a pause in the game, and they have started all-round intelligence collection according to Pelux's order since the start of the game.

Soon he received a report of the infection, and the inferior half-worms proliferated in an astonishing number. Although this kind of unit with little combat power did not pose any threat to the army of the Zulong Empire, an infection broke out in a certain city immediately. In less than an hour, the whole city was infected, and all the garrisoned troops were mutated. They lost their human shells and became minions of the swarm, a kind of insects wrapped in black carapaces.

Their speed is not fast, but the carapace on their bodies has a magic reflection layer, which is extremely resistant to magic elements. This makes ordinary individual magic equipment useless to them. The main reason for the rapid fall of the city is this. .

But the bad news is more than that. All the cities in front are falling rapidly, but this is just the beginning. He did issue an emergency response to carry out long-range strategic strikes on these fallen towns, and the organization's infection spread further.

However, as long as there is still a tumor body, the spreading creep will not stop, what he destroys is only his own troops and the products attached to the tumor body.

As the positions fell in turn, the area Pelux could control became less and less. During this period, he sent three raiding troops, one fleet, and two armies, hiding in the shadows to attack the swarms. Unfortunately, although they were not infected by the creep, they were still discovered by Yan Chong.

In the past, when the Euglenas did not have such abilities, they might be able to approach the brood, but now it is different. As the main detective unit of the insect swarm, the Euglenas have abandoned all attack and defense capabilities, specializing in sight, As long as it is within its line of sight, no living thing can escape their eyes.

Both the army and the fleet were intercepted by the swarm.

The raiding troops were completely wiped out, and the town was overturned and lost. After these blows, a palm-sized bug evaded the patrolling scout and spy planes from a very high altitude, and flew over the supply team of the Zulong Empire. Well, it's not controlled by Itrein, but Xiao Hei, who is far away in the depths of Luoyue Forest, made this special little bug mutate in the brood.

Xiao Hei used the main vision to control the bug to avoid everything that might block him. When it was in the sky above the supply team, it started an experimental mutation, micro-mass diffusion.

(End of this chapter)