"What's the difference between what you said and what I just thought?"
Garona growled in dissatisfaction, but she quickly came to her senses.
The key point of what she just said was "beat", while the key point of what Lao Chen said was "leaving no one alive"!
In the current situation, it is almost impossible for all five of them to infiltrate the insect general without telling them, so the only option left is "fight".
But if we fight, we will definitely alert the enemy, and the infiltration operation will be considered a failure.
But Lao Chen's suggestion of "leaving no one alive" opened up everyone's thinking. Since if you go on, you will definitely alert the enemy, you must alert the enemy to the minimum. Not leaving anyone alive means that no enemy will be alive to inform you.
If the nest mother is attacked by an enemy, the nest mother will not be able to know the details of the infiltrator.
In this way, even if the nest mother discovers that she has lost contact with her offspring in this area and realizes that an enemy has infiltrated, she will not be able to immediately make a targeted counterattack.
Several people looked at Old Chen with admiration. He was worthy of being a person who had participated in rescuing the Red Dragon Queen.
"Okay, let's stop talking nonsense. Niebuhr is responsible for reconnaissance and cleaning up the area before taking down the big guy. Garona is going to stun the enemy with a blow. Do you remember the insect body structure that the priest said?"
Garona flashed her dagger to show her understanding, and Lao Chen nodded and continued.
"After I went to withstand the big guy, the magister provided fire support, and the priest did the treatment. After the tasks were assigned, let's start working."
The infiltration operation was changed to a push operation. With Lao Chen as the captain, the team efficiently cleared all enemies and moved forward steadily. After continuously clearing three insect generals and all the bugs along the way, Kel'Thuzad expressed his heartfelt condolences to Lao Chen during the break.
Give a thumbs up.
While Lao Chen accepted the respect with peace of mind, he couldn't help but say with emotion.
"On that mission in Grim Batol, the team leader was Li De. He did it more perfectly than I did. I learned all this from him."
Niebuhr laughed from the sidelines.
"I'm talking about why I can get into the state so quickly. When the master is commanding, I feel like I have gone back to a few years ago and fought beside the teacher."
Old Chen laughed and praised Niebuhr again.
"Thanks to you for the smooth progress of the operation. I didn't expect that you could use the power of Loa so skillfully at such a young age. Combined with your ability as a shadow hunter, not a single insect can escape under your hands."
Niebuhr was a little embarrassed to be praised.
"This is all due to the greatness of Ganizun. I am just being a good medium."
At the same time as he said this, a dozen thin and skinny Lenognathosauruses emerged from the cracks in the cave, holding palm-sized insects in their mouths.
Swallow it all into your belly.
Although Lesognathus appears small and weak in front of giant bugs, it is definitely the natural enemy of small insects. Being able to exert the power of Lesognathus Loa so freely is the result of Niebuhr's talent and hard work. In terms of Loa belief,
Niebuhr is indeed a genius. He is one of the few people who can use all the power of the three gods of Han Hai Loa. Among these three gods, Niebuhr has received the most teachings from old Garni.
"Okay, it's almost time to rest, let's move on."
Old Chen patted his butt and stood up. At the same time, he stuffed the remaining half piece of magic bread into his mouth.
The insect nest caves stretched into a vast area, and the five-person team could only go deeper and deeper while twisting and turning. In the end, even Shiloma began to doubt himself. The insect pillar structure that he had memorized was of no help at this time. The theory
The huge gap with practice made her a little anxious.
Fortunately, Garona and Niebuhr, who had the best sense of direction in the team, calmed Hiloma's emotions in time.
"Don't worry, the overall route you planned is correct, and we are indeed heading deeper."
Finally, the team came to a different chamber. It was very large and not as wide as underground at all. It was at least the size of two football fields. What’s even stranger is that this underground chamber was unknown how many meters above the ground.
, there are large tracts of “plants” growing there!
Seeing the scene here, Hiloma's expression changed drastically.
"This is the nest mother's stomach!"
"What?!"
The other people looked at Hiloma in surprise.
"Guys, do you still remember what I told you about the feeding habits of Zerg at the academic exchange meeting before?"
Except for Garona, who had not attended this meeting, the other three people all nodded, and Kel'Thuzad repeated what she had said.
"You said that the main feeding method of the Zerg is to pick up organic matter in the soil, and to dig underground mineral veins and absorb the energy. Are these theories confirmed in the process of dissecting the bugs?"
Kel'Thuzad felt a little strange, and Hiloma's expression was particularly solemn.
"These conclusions are just the conclusions I reached when studying missing samples in the past. They are indeed like this for weak Zerg individuals and chaotic Zerg swarms.
After arriving here, with in-depth research on living captives, I found that when the insect swarm is organized and moves towards a more advanced social form, they will exhibit a production mode of group labor and food intake."
This is what Lao Chen, who has extraordinary eyesight, discovered and pointed to the distance with his sharp eyes and said to Hiloma.
"Are you referring to that place? They hunt together, carry the prey to the stomach, and then cut up the carcass collectively?"
In the direction Chen Stormstout pointed, there were mountains of animal carcasses, scavenging hyenas, wild crystal-scaled lizards, scavenging birds, fire rocs, ordinary desert scorpions that did not belong to the Zerg race... the ground of Tanaris
Wild animals were almost wiped out!
Insects were constantly carrying corpses from here, cutting them into pieces, and then transporting them away together. Seeing this scene, Kel'Thuzad said with some confusion.
"Are they going to eat these pieces of meat? No large animal tissue was found in their stomachs during the autopsy."
Hiloma gave the answer.
"This is not food for bugs, it's fertilizer."
"fertilizer?"
"Yes, it's their fertilizer."
Hiloma pointed to the patches of red "plants". They were dark red and strange, making people feel uncomfortable.
"Those things are not plants, but mushroom-like fungi. Their name is Haemophilus. They feed on the flesh and blood of animals, and their mature hyphae are rich in energy.
I have also studied Haemophilus bacteria, but I have never seen such huge Haemophilus bacteria growing on such a large scale on the ground, so I almost didn't recognize them just now.
If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn’t have believed that the insect swarm would actually grow blood-thirsty bacteria underground!”
This conclusion shocked several people. The two words bugs and planting seemed to be incompatible with each other, but there was no other explanation for the scene in front of them.
Niebuhr couldn't help but click his tongue and sigh.
"They actually hunt animals and feed these blood-thirsty bacteria with their carcasses. These bugs are so evil..."
At this point, Niebuhr's words were stuck in his throat and he could no longer speak. Because he found that the things he blamed the insects for were all things they had done. The breeding center of the Hanhai Protector regularly hunted the insects from the Nest of Corruption.
Bugs and feed them to lizards.
If the Protector of Hanhai did the same thing, it would be normal. If it were an insect doing similar things, would it be evil?
Niebuhr, who had never thought about such complex problems before, felt that his brain was a little insufficient for a moment. At this moment, Chen Stormstout hit Niebuhr's head with the transformed arthropod.
"You are Li De's student. How much have you learned about the Protectorate?"
Niebuhr suddenly woke up and said with some shame.
"I mainly studied military affairs from my teacher."
"You still have a lot to learn. I once asked the Protector about this issue: People never use the same standards when considering their own interests and the interests of others. Does this mean that this person is selfish and hypocritical?
?”
Hearing what Lao Chen said, everyone listened attentively and wanted to know what Li De had to say on this matter.
"Oh, time is tight, so I will keep my story short. Li De said a lot, but I think the most valuable words are:
‘Don’t be overly hostile or elevate abstract people. Interest is a neutral term. Talking about interests is an instinct that everyone has. There are no people who don’t talk about interests.
People will change. It is normal for them to turn against each other and change their stance. What is important is whose interests are being cared for in this process. It is selfish to only seek benefit for oneself; seeking benefits for oneself and those around him is loyalty.
; And being willing to seek benefits for more people in the same camp and class as oneself can be called selfless.
As for those who blindly praise or criticize abstract human figures, and are even willing to consider the interests and gains of hostile camps and hostile classes, they are the biggest fools.
Before we can get rid of the bondage of material things to our bodies, it is best to consider more of our own interests. Seeking benefits for yourself, seeking benefits for people like you, and seeking benefits that can benefit yourself is not a matter of itself.
No sin.
Right and not good and evil are just things that exist based on the relationship between ourselves and the enemy, camps and classes.’”
After Lao Chen finished speaking, everyone had different opinions on Li De.
'The Protectorate is still as majestic and unique as ever.'
Such an evaluation was given by Kel'Thuzad.
'Why is this Protector Li De a nihilist? Could it be that he believes in shadows...or death?! Does Shandris know this?'
Hiloma showed deep concern.
'Not guilty? It seems that I still underestimated this person.'
Garona closed her eyes slightly and didn't know what she was thinking.
Niebuhr didn't bother to have any mental activity and just said it in disbelief.