Zerg in the crystal wall world

Because the tree canopy and air elemental shield shrouding the sky blocked the sight of the Euglena, and the zerg virus has not yet infected the core area of ​​the Tree Mother Tribe, the Overlord is unaware of the conflict between the Tree Mother High Priest and the saints within the tribe. .

But the fluctuations caused in the space and time field when the Tree Mother High Priest destroyed the passage were still caught by the Euglena.

It's a pity that because of the blood moon, the monitoring spells above the Tree Mother Tribe are always running. Euglena can only observe the Tree Mother Tribe from an altitude of a thousand kilometers away. Even with the assistance of a focusing structure, it is difficult to project psionic energy over this distance and cannot interfere with their behavior.

Even the state of the two-realm passage at this time cannot be determined.

Just when the Overlord was hesitating whether to let the Euglena lower its height at the risk of exposure, to determine what the elves had done.

Within the Tree Mother tribe, a sudden drastic change occurred.

The insect swarm virus, which was originally suppressed by the high-intensity "dispelling disease", suddenly lost all restraints. In an area half the size of a prefecture-level city designated as a training ground by more than 3,400 elves, the infection progress increased rapidly. .

Judging from the creep map, it only took a few hours for everything to turn red. Except for some key vegetation that had been activated over the years, a large number of animals and plants had become part of the insect swarm.

The Overlord has even seen the Tree of Life of the Tree Mother Tribe and the green phantoms of many elves in the state of telepathy in the Hive Mind.

But the strange thing is that with such a high infection rate, the local ecology has not collapsed. Instead, it has become more prosperous because of the high efficiency of the Zerg organization.

The Overlord can feel that under the control of the force of nature, the infected life forms have not experienced excessively deformed mutations, and the infected organisms have not shown signs of damage to their central centers due to conflicts in the nervous system.

Everything seems extremely "harmonious".

Under the Zerg virus, this kind of harmony is the biggest abnormality.

The master asked the hatchery mastermind to search for relevant information in the elf memory bank, but failed to find the relevant information.

After searching for a while and finding nothing worth mentioning, the Master simply woke up Saveri.

Compared to other elves, he has a wider range of knowledge because he has a knowledgeable "friend".

Saveri pondered for a moment and then gave his guess: "This should be the guardian sect's technique of using the power of nature."

"Guardians? High elves?" With the new keywords, the hatchery quickly found relevant information.

The natural way of the Guardian emphasizes order, the "stability" and "normality" of the ecology, and believes that all living things have their own "place."

In the current situation, it is obvious that the tree mother tribe is consciously consolidating all aspects of the ecology.

For example, a tree's responsibility in nature is to create oxygen, produce organic matter, and provide habitat for some living things.

After being infected, its position is still locked on the "tree". Plant-like traits in the virus, such as "full-spectrum photosynthetic protein", "reinforced fiber bundles", "fine sparse tubes", etc., will be lost in the force of nature. It is easier to express under the influence. On the contrary, animal-biased traits such as "digestive enzymes", "hydraulic joints" and "venomous stinging cells" will be suppressed.

In the same way, aggressive traits such as claws and fangs are rarely displayed in herbivores; defensive traits such as carapace and spines are also rarely displayed in predators...

The Overlord now understood that each life form in the tribe, with the blessing of the power of nature, was selecting its own suitable traits from the gene pool of the zerg virus. It is the animals and plants from another world that are trying to plunder the "essence" of the insect swarm with the blessing of natural magic.

No wonder the Overlord felt that the situation of the Tree Mother Tribe was somewhat familiar from the beginning. The environment created by this "essence of the insect swarm" + "natural ecology" was very similar to the place where the zerg originated, Zerus.

However, the essence of the insect swarm is not so easy to obtain.

If they are epic species, saints or other people with a strong will, during the chaotic period of the power of the insect swarm and when the will of the insect hive is not solidified. That can indeed be infected by the power of the white prostitute swarm.

But for a group of ordinary animals and plants, taking the initiative to transform into insects is really asking for death.

Not to mention that after they were connected to the Hive Will, the master's nether energy was able to flow unimpeded in their bodies.

Just a piece of technology from the King Insect, the "wide-effect receptor protein", can bring an unparalleled strategic advantage to the insect swarm.

This protein structure on the cell surface can make cells connect more densely and tightly, which can greatly increase tissue density. But once it receives instructions from the king insect, the interconnected cell clusters can be quickly dispersed.

This is the key gene for the king worm to quickly produce carpets, and it is also the first target for the zerg virus to insert after infecting plants. With it, a simple psionic signal can cause the activated infected trees to disintegrate on their own...

That is to say, these elves were still a little cautious and did not infect themselves and the Tree of Life with the virus, otherwise the battle could be declared over without fighting.

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The foolish behavior of the Tree Mother tribe to suddenly embrace the virus was beyond the master's expectation.

Perhaps the swarm should launch an attack earlier.

There are still five days before the blood moon actually arrives, and the power of the insect swarm has not yet reached its peak.

However, as the blood moon gets closer and closer, the Lord can vaguely perceive other worlds from the sub-dimension. Perhaps, when the blood moon really comes, he can use his psionic energy to open wormholes and send the swarms of insects to other worlds... he can end the battle early so that he can use all his energy on the exploration of the sub-dimension, and also Not a bad thing.

After making up your mind.

The master gave the order simply.

Around the Tree Mother Tribe, under the three Alopecia areata carpet areas, tens of millions of insect swarms awakened from their energy-saving dormancy one by one.

At the same time, outside the Tree Mother Tribe, on the edge of a thick underground tunnel that could allow three alienated dragons and lions to pass side by side, more than a hundred tunnel worms on standby opened their mouths full of sharp teeth and began to dig rapidly underground...

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evening.

Treemother tribe border.

The interface between activated forest and natural forest.

Fierce battles raged on every part of the long front.

The infected bodies all over the mountains and plains moved slowly and firmly towards the direction of the tribe.

With the help of fungi and external brains, they have defeated countless tree spirits in the natural forest.

But they were blocked by these tree spirit guards summoned by the elves. Under the urging of the force of nature, the wooden claws could easily tear the infected body into pieces.

But not a drop of blood will flow from the infected body. Instead, they were all transformed into simple carpets that continued to expand until they encountered node trees in the forest and were forcibly appeased.

There were also quite a few infected birds in the air, but the ancient tree guards in the jungle behind them used thrown stones to form an aerial fire net, preventing the infected birds from getting any closer.

The tree spirit, which was already dominant, became even more one-sided after the addition of a new type of tree spirit guard composed of tighter and more vibrant black root vines.

These tree spirit guards activated by alienated trees are much higher than ordinary tree spirit guards in terms of strength, agility, and physical strength.

They can even rush into the infected army, kill for a while and then come back.

As the entire elf tribe becomes more and more alienated, the proportion of black tree spirit guards is also increasing, and the natural power that the elves can mobilize is also increasing.

The situation seems to be getting better.

But right now.

The wandering infected body suddenly went blank for a moment.

Then, from the distant horizon, the almost endless sea of ​​ferocious insects swept towards the Elf tribe with a momentum that was about to swallow up everything.

The ancient tree guards threw boulders, but under the overwhelming tide of insects, it was like water droplets dripping on the sand. They mixed into mud balls and rolled for a while, and were eventually buried by the churning sand.

The tree spirit guards were swallowed up the first time they came into contact with them.

Although the ordinary tree spirit guards were immediately knocked down by the springtails, they could still struggle for a while.

The performance of those black tree spirits was particularly weak. Under the impact of the insect swarm, they were like tofu, and they quickly collapsed just when they came face to face with them.

The overwhelming swarm of insects rushed into the forest of the Tree Mother Tribe, breaking through the layers of activated vegetation and killing the Tree of Life in the core area...

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