Zerg in the crystal wall world

A week later, a low building over four meters high, covering an area of ​​nearly 400 square meters, and covered with surveillance carapace and fleshy membranes rose from the ground.

This is certainly not a hatchery, hatcheries are much larger than this.

It is actually a construction unit that only existed for a short time in the evolutionary history of the zerg - the worker hive.

Rather than bypassing the entire incubation system and building a hatchery out of thin air on the carpet, it is easier to create a worker bee first.

In fact, the predecessors of most zerg buildings are the same as the bird's nest buildings in the core area of ​​the creep carpet at this time. They were female individuals with amplified fertility. Therefore, the characteristics of the corresponding military units can be clearly seen on many zerg buildings.

It was only later that with the formation of the Overlord, all fertility was concentrated in the hatchery, and those military buildings became "activation organs" that only provided messenger proteins and corresponding hormones that induced the expression of specific genes.

Of course, this primitive method of reproduction without going through the larval stage is very inefficient and can take days to produce an adult worker bee.

However, on the other hand, there is no situation where a building can only produce one unit at a time. Compared to the hundreds of tons of worker bee hives, this behavior is no different than boiling a pot of water and adding a noodle.

As the eggs near the worker bee nest were broken open one by one, insects with giant claws and body shapes resembling trilobites were suspended on the bacteria carpet - the worker bees can actually fly, and their floating sacs can produce A special energy field is used to offset gravity, and the membrane-like webs grown on their limbs are needed to maintain balance.

It's a pity that this untested breeding method cannot be foolproof after all.

The Master bred more than fifty worker bees at one time, paying close attention to their development in the eggs. However, in the end, only one worker bee developed completely normally, and the rest had more or less mutations.

The nesting glands of worker bees are the hardest hit area. Only six worker bees have the ability to mutate into insect structures. Most of the remaining ones have completed differentiation before birth, growing deformed organs such as tentacles, carapace, and weird glands.

Then came the floating bags that maintained the anti-gravity field. Half of the worker bees were unstable in suspension, and even two worker bees simply lost their ability to float and could only stand on the ground with their limbs.

Of course, the rapid mutation characteristics of zerg determine that their bodies will actively adapt to some mutations. The limbs of worker bees that cannot be levitated will become abnormally thick, other parts of the body with incomplete limbs will become particularly developed, and the endocrine system will actively adapt to some additional changes. of glands.

Compared with normal worker bees, the work efficiency of these deformed ones is still slightly insufficient, but it is far superior to the rabbits, rats, otters and other infected bodies under the master.

The normal worker bee is naturally given an important task. It will develop into a hatchery in the dragon and lion forest, at the water pool guarded by three venomophages.

At this time, the water in the water pool in the Dragon and Lion Forest has been drained, the pool has been expanded, and it is filled with green juice that exudes a charming fragrance - the master very much doubts that he finds this stuff smells good because his sense of smell has been modified. .

In fact, giant pits are very suitable for the development of hatcheries.

After all, you can tell from the ring-shaped shape of the hatchery that resembles a sphincter. The ground part of the hatchery is actually an entrance and exit, and its main part is underground.

The hatchery that has developed to the "nest" stage will simply connect the lower part to the tunnel network excavated by the zerg. After the combat units are produced, they will be directly transported to the frontline battlefield through the tunnel worms.

The cyst supported by the tough insect shell began to gradually expand. From the translucent cell body, you can clearly see that the shell, muscles and various internal organs of the worker bee began to gradually decompose. Only its nervous system was preserved and began to proliferate. , differentiate, and gradually transform into the advanced center of the Zerg architecture.

The Overlord did not immediately focus on the hatchery. Instead, it looked at an alienated worker bee with great interest.

Due to mutation, the nesting gland on the head of this worker bee developed a thick architectural carapace, and the large carapace on its back were connected into pieces, forming a relatively flat "platform".

The Lord couldn't help but look at the "throne" not far away, which was moved here by the dragon and lion. Perhaps, you can install "wheels" on your sofa.

Although the name worker bee seems to make people feel very tiny, in fact, the size of normal worker bees is definitely not small.

Just lying down is already 1.34 meters tall, which is equivalent to a goblin. If it is an analogy, the size of the worker bee is close to... a three-bouncer with an extended body. Well, both the body shape and temperament are very similar, maybe Worker bees are even wider.

The Overlord patted the vehicle he chose, and the worker bee with the huge carapace opened up the fungus carpet and got into it. An obvious bulge appeared on the ground of the fungus carpet, and crawled all the way towards the Overlord's throne.

With two clicks, the worker bee cut the bones supporting the throne, and arched its entire body under the throne. Under the command of the master, the throne began to grow together with the worker bee's carapace.

Then, the master gave instructions to other worker bees: dig a secret escape crypt. Your own safety always comes first, and a tunnel that allows you to evacuate at any time is essential.

This kind of work is naturally familiar to the worker bees, and they immediately take action.

First, saliva dripped from the mouth. The moment it touched the bacterial blanket, the bacterial blanket scattered away, revealing the ground that had been sifted out of organic matter and turned into sand.

The big claws swung back and forth, and after a while, they dug out a small pit. After a while, they dug into the rock layer. This is a pool, and there are many rocks.

However, the hard rock did not stop the worker bees from digging. To be precise, the stone was no different from ordinary soil under the claws of the worker bees.

It's ridiculous to say that even though the Overlord has an army of hundreds of thousands of infected bodies at this time, only the Overlord and Agatha can really resist the slight snap of the worker bee's pincers.

The bones, teeth and some highly dragon-like scales of dragon-lion can resist the sharp claws of worker bees, but the skin and muscles cannot.

A swarm of worker bees soon burrowed underground.

The Lord also stepped onto the obviously taller throne beside him, turned around and sat on it.

The nerve cord behind the chair began to glow a little bit, and the master's consciousness was directly connected to the hatchery bag not far away through the nether energy and the nerve bundle buried in the carpet.

Before sinking his consciousness deep into the Hive Will, the Overlord looked at his adjutant: "Stop all expansion, dispatch all arrow gulls and predatory birds, and take turns to wake up the alienated combatants on alert to ensure the safety of the core area. Agatha, the insect swarm I’ll leave you alone for now.”

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