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"Prepare for battle..."

"There's no need for that," Xia Lin gestured for Yelena to sit down, then put down the harvesters on all four sides. The spinning alloy blades sliced ​​through the school of dinosaurs like tilling the land, and the bull charged straight down the gentle slope.

The obstacle remover smashed the tarantulas to pieces and crushed them into the ground, while those that tried to climb the vehicle or even bite the tracks were simply crushed by the harvesting arm, just like an old farmer happily harvesting crops.

This is the standard "fungus carpet" harvesting method. The fungus carpets of insects are also a good thing. The Covenant imports them as part of planetary terraforming projects. They can turn a large amount of inorganic matter into organic matter. After harvesting and rapid processing, they can be backfilled to form good soil.

Besides harvesting the fungal carpet, you can also harvest other things on it, such as the insects' "crops," which are tumors that store countless high-density sugar blocks and protein solutions.

If you see the Zerg spreading creep, covered with numerous hideous and terrifying growths, resembling a vast forest of spherical mushrooms, and teeming with grotesque monsters and insects floating in the sky or roaming the ground, do not be afraid—it is just a field.

Those tumors are fermentation organs, similar to the digestive organs of bees, which can process the organic and inorganic matter accumulated in the fungal carpet into a highly nutritious solution similar to "honey".

Those floating monsters are responsible for harvesting and further processing—to put it bluntly, they are the insects' combine harvesters—and their products are all sorts of biochemical raw materials and sugar products.

As for the animals on the ground, they are livestock that feed on tumors and the small creatures they produce, which produce meat and various biological materials, such as metal-rich shells and some special organic products.

In the process of competing with them for territory, it is also part of the daily routine for human farmers to help the neighboring farmers harvest their crops.

Of course, the harvested produce is not returned; instead, it is processed and made into one's own.

"The sugar content is quite high. How about we raise some 'terror fish' too?" Yelena, unaware of the danger, suggested, looking at the harvest results on the cockpit panel.

"It's really quite high..." These dinosaurs were crushed and harvested before they could decompose themselves. A large number of byproducts were extracted from the remains, including metal ions, sugars, various amino acids, proteins, various phosphorus and nitrogen compounds, and some strange things waiting to be further separated.

After all, to the sea creatures, the terror fish were just livestock they grazed, so naturally they were rich in nutrients.

Therefore, the Iberians later began to rely on the tarantula for food, but they themselves were also affected by it.

"Want some candy?"

"No, thank you, please don't bring this kind of thing to me..." Grandia looked at the candy that Xia Lin handed her in horror. She could clearly see what the slightly green candy was made of.

Glucose blocks are made by filtering and pressing sugars separated from the body fluids of the dinosaur. Other sugars include lactose solution and fructose solution, and at most, granulated sugar blocks that are similar to sucrose.

"Give me some," Ghost Shark said without hesitation, picking up a piece and stuffing it into his mouth. "It's quite sweet, Captain. Let's raise some more spectacles..."

"Shut up, Specter!"

"Oh……"

Chapter 58 Ghost Shark Pulls Up Sealing

Chapter fifty-eight

In the lake halfway up the mountain, tangled blackish-gray matter and white chitinous shells form a bizarre tree of flesh and blood. Its roots extend deep into the water, drawing nutrients from the fertile lake mud. White flowers sway in the wind on the flesh and blood that extend like branches, and specks of "pollen" constantly fall into the water, turning into new embryos of the dinosaur.

Just like the insectoids that Xia Lin was familiar with, they weren't all those monstrous hatcheries.

In fact, their regular buildings are very natural and geometrically beautiful, and the bioplastic material is similar to human engineering plastics, even slightly stronger.

This was the first time Xia Lin had ever seen something that looked like a flowering willow tree. "Is this what you call Hai Si?"

“No, I’ve never seen this type of thing before…” Goddess’s expression was also very serious. It’s normal for sea creatures to have tentacles and the like.

However, I have never seen one that resembles a flowering willow tree. It may be a change caused by the sea creatures absorbing certain terrestrial organisms.

After discovering that ordinary dinosaurs could not stop it, the tree began to writhe wildly, attempting to produce the next stage of creation. Within its body, complex biochemical reactions continuously generated polymers and biomimetic neural networks, rapidly "assembling" combat units as if humans were assembling drones.

"Hai Si has evolved. These things are different from what you encountered before. It seems we've arrived too late."

Goredia looked at the retreating Terrorfish and the new Terrorfish units that kept falling to the ground like willow catkins.

They resemble land lungfish, with four broad fins that serve as feet to support their bodies.

However, its body was covered with white carapace, and its scorpion-like tail pointed forward, with a flash of electricity from its forked spikes. The next second, a dense arc of electricity struck the bull's position.

"The power isn't high; a normal high-voltage barrier can withstand it. It seems it hasn't truly started connecting to the network yet, otherwise there wouldn't be only this much." Xia Lin seemed much calmer. This guy had at most upgraded the previous Wangcai to the level of a security guard with an electric baton. For any normal person wearing protective gear, this kind of electric arc would at most cause a temporary surge overload.

"Alright, it's time for battle. I have security-grade equipment here, perfect!" Xia Lin put away the four still-spinning harvesting cylinders. "Charge!"

Clearly, their arrival in a tractor caught the other party somewhat off guard. The swollen, bulging base resembled a giant tumor constantly wriggling, with something slowly developing inside.

Before Hai Si could assemble his large units, the bull rammed into his face. There was lake water in front of him, making it unsuitable for the bull to advance, but Xia Lin didn't intend to use a shovel to deal with it.

As the capacitor charges, ion fuel is injected into the reaction chamber and ionized into high-temperature arc plasma under the high-voltage arc. The blue flames, like a peacock feather fan, brush against a root system of a giant tree.

The highly permeable ion fuel rapidly penetrated the outer shell, which was comparable to polymer armor, and burned through the internal delivery pipes. The highly toxic and high-temperature plasma exploded upon contact with the internal nutrient solution, forming a cloud of highly toxic blood mist.

With a single spray, it severed a root system that was drawing nutrients, making the Sea Giant Tree even more agitated. The arc units it created were completely useless against the Bull, which had been given two layers of crudely made insulating armor in advance.

Just as the hunters hadn't expected Haisi's "evolution" to be so rapid, Haisi hadn't expected his neighbor's armored tractor to arrive so quickly. Both sides were astonished by the speed and efficiency with which the other pulled out his big treasure.

"Skadi, take care of that tumor!" Without Xia Lin giving any orders, Skadi jumped out of the waiting cockpit with her greatsword in hand, stepping on the roots that extended to the lake shore and heading straight for the writhing tumor.

"Pfft!" The tumor burst open automatically before Skadi could get close, revealing a twisted monster with a body like a giant beast.

The head, however, is a structure resembling a blooming chrysanthemum, with a sundial-like structure rapidly extending and retracting inside.

It's obvious that this behemoth was rushed; its legs weren't fully formed, and thick fleshy tubes were connected to the mother body, like cables connected to an assembly line—a half-finished product.

This is also an advantage of Zerg's large units; they can release semi-finished products, while the Covenant cannot simply throw out a half-finished drone as half a standard unit.

"Skadi, don't make eye contact with that head. Take it aside and don't let it see us!" Xia Lin commanded over the radio, while Goredia looked at Xia Lin. "What's that?"

"Biological, no, it's a high-energy laser, at least 1000 kilowatts in power, enough to burn through the protective shell of my vehicle."

If Skadi gets hit, she'll be instantly blown to bits, just like my arc jet hit that monster.

"The laser, it's evolving too fast. Hopefully, it hasn't been shared with all the sea creatures yet!"

Goredia was immediately at her wit's end. The laser itself wasn't the problem; after all, the most likely consequence of using a high-energy laser weapon in the deep sea was to blow herself up on the spot. But what it implied was much more troublesome.

"Don't panic," Xia Lin comforted her. "The laser isn't the most troublesome thing. Do you see its unfinished back shell?"

There, the sarcoma of "construction" was rapidly wriggling and taking shape, resembling a honeycomb structure. "The biological missile hasn't been launched yet, so you're panicking too early."

"Isn't this all because of your relationship?"

"Don't worry, don't worry, this is the limit. If there are no further changes, then it means there is no internet connection."

What's next? You'll find that they begin to bioaccumulate metals, build metal shells, and use electrochemical metallurgy to manufacture composite materials, high-strength biopolymer materials. The power source will also change from chemical energy bioreactors to proper electric arc reactors.

The weapon systems will change from the old three types to biologically guided smart missiles and similar smart munitions. Zerg smart munitions have always been unique in the universe.

Because they actually stuffed the brain of an intelligent being inside, making them a major threat to space and ground-based missile interception systems.

In addition, the unique flight control structure gives them a great deal of expertise in using missiles.

It's normal for a missile to grow a wing membrane halfway through its flight and enter a gliding phase. Under the control of the guiding biological brain, it can move forward in a meandering manner, just like a real bird.

"If you haven't seen any ammunition on the battlefield that can think for itself and maneuver around enemy lines, then it means they're not serious."

“Then I’d rather they never actually do it…” Goredia pushed open the hatch; Skadi was about to collapse, and she had to go help her.

Otherwise, Skadi would have to dodge the Arc Terrorfish on the ground, which were almost all targeting her, while trying to avoid being pointed at by the sundial head, and constantly using her greatsword to deflect the sundial head that was trying to focus on and lock onto the bull.

Goredia went straight to the bio-missile nest that was still being assembled. These low-level bio-missiles were not very powerful and had no intelligence. In the Zerg system, they were similar to the cloud-driving missiles that Xia Lin made. However, if they were to pull out real intelligent munitions next...

Then Xia Lin would have to consider the feasibility of running away with the buckets, because that wasn't a farm brawl, but a real military weapon unit.

Goredia's spear severed the biological conduit that was filling the unformed launch nest with material, and she kicked the monster, preventing it from aiming at the bull once again.

After completely severing half of the root system, the bull stepped back and began to spray plasma flames at the giant tree and the surrounding arc-shaped dinosaurs. The plasma would explode repeatedly upon contact with the bodily fluids of the organisms and the lake surface, with flames even shooting up to a height of more than ten meters.

Yelena watched intently, seemingly unfazed, and even appearing eager to try. Each attack was a burst of fiery sparks, clearing a space among the terror fish while simultaneously tearing away a chunk of flesh from the giant tree, leaving a huge tear.

After cutting off more than half of the organic matter supply, the speed of the giant tree's manufacturing units slowed down significantly. Goredia and Skadi worked together to sever all the connecting pipes of the sundial-headed creature. Without the energy provided by the mother, both their movement speed and strength were rapidly decreasing.

The sundial-like laser above could no longer fire normally and entered a ceasefire. Skadi jumped onto its head, stood on the sundial spikes, and forcefully shoved the cutter in her hand into its face.

If that mirror-like arc can be called a "face", then the high-pressure dense ion flow instantly pierced through the mirror, piercing through all the energy storage and control organs behind it. The three-meter-long ion flow carved a tunnel-like cavity in the organism's body.

The rapidly evaporating liquid broke free of the carapace and muscle restraints, spraying out from every inch of the body. "Bang!" The upper half of the behemoth exploded into a pool of bloody carnage.

Before that, while everyone was distracted, Ghost Shark had already jumped to the roots of the giant tree, circled around to the other side, and made a piercing, strange sound as the circular saw in his hand whirled between the polymer shell and the tough fibrous tissue.

Even Argo's advanced materials couldn't withstand such brutal use. Finally, the saw blade shattered and was rendered unusable.

With no other option, Ghost Shark could only use its hands and limbs to further damage the roots of the giant tree and climb up its outer shell, tearing apart all the willow-like flowers that were nurturing combat units.

As Skadi and Gladys dealt with the sundial monster, and then used their greatswords and ion cutters to tackle the remaining forces of the giant tree, coupled with the severe damage inflicted on the giant tree by Xia Lin's arc plasma jets, the large temporary structure that Hai Si had transformed into finally began to teeter on the brink of collapse.

As the ghost shark rammed into the tree, the giant tree, whose roots were already extensively cracked and carbonized, swayed and began to tilt to one side, revealing its beating core, like a heart.

"Pfft!" The broken polymer fragment in Ghost Shark's hand pierced the core, and the fluids of the Sea Sprite gushed out like a fountain, abruptly stopping the call that the hunters had been able to sense.

“It’s done!” Ghost Shark tossed aside the fragments that were almost completely corroded by the Sea Spawn’s bodily fluids, watching the bright red core slowly weaken and turn into a pool of biodegradable biomass.

Xia Lin brought some products to process this biomass, in order to prevent the lake water from becoming toxic or eutrophic, and also to prevent any remaining spores from forming new marine life. The hunters, covered in blood, relaxed a little and swam to the shore, sitting down on the lake shore.

The battle didn't last long and didn't put too much strain on their physical strength, but it was extremely mentally taxing.

"I hope that, as you say, the Sealings will not evolve to the next stage," said Gladys, looking at the slowly decomposing remains. "Otherwise, both we and you land dwellers will pay the price."

“That’s not evolution. I’ve said it before, whether they use it or not depends on whether they want to, not whether they can.” Xia Lin shook his head. “If you really think that this playful balance can continue indefinitely, then that’s what’s truly terrifying.”

"Hey, Captain, I took down a giant sea monster, you should promote me, right?" Specter roamed over nonchalantly. "I even pulled the 'beep-' and 'beep-' out of its 'beep' and 'beep-', now even its 'beep-' can't recognize what this 'beep-' is..."

"Specter, watch your manners and use polite language..."

"Okay, I've taken care of a large sea creature. I should be eligible for a promotion now, right, Captain? Is there an extra bonus for promotion?"

“Okay, I’ll promote you when we get back, and there will be bonuses and all that…” Grandia gave a “kind” smile. Skadi sighed, said nothing, returned the cutter to Xia Lin, hesitated for a while, and then returned to the hunter’s lineup.

"Xia Lin, that guy with the braid has been staring at your neck, like he's about to make a move..."

Yelena spoke softly, her attention mostly focused on Skadi, mainly because Skadi seemed the most off when she was in the cockpit earlier.

"I've always wanted to ask, what kind of things were added to your genetic modifications?" Xia Lin patted Yelena's head to indicate that he understood. "I mean, what are the animal-like features on you?" These three hunters didn't appear to have animal ears, so it was impossible to tell what kind of creatures they were.

"That's a woman's secret, Mr. Xia, you'd better not pry..."

"I'm Shark, Skadi is an orca, and the captain is..."

"Ghost Shark!"

"Okay, I'll shut up," Specter said, fiddling with his completely wrecked weapon. "Captain, you're not going to make me pay for the broken weapon, are you?"

"No, we'll have the logistics department fix it for you when we get back." Greta rubbed her head; this girl's been acting strangely ever since the report started.

Sometimes he was excessively cheerful, and sometimes excessively quiet. The logistics department suspected that something might have gone wrong during the technical adjustments.

"Orca, then that's normal..." Orcas have a strange fondness for humans. As killer whales, they eat everything and attack everything, but they never attack humans.

There's a rumor that orcas perceive humans as resembling their own calves, and thus mistake them for lost or drowning infants and attempt to rescue them.