Chapter 168 The reinforcements of the swarm (I wish everyone a happy Dragon Boat Festival~)
Following Farah, Kasha and others, there were four insect mothers and a small group of insect swarm units. This small army was actually hatched from the dormant insect nests in the barrier mountains and was specially used to reinforce the demon fortress.
When Kasha received the recall order from Doris, she immediately thought of going to the Barrier Mountains to look for reinforcements from the insect swarm. Xue Hua once told her that the insect swarm had a gathering place deep in the barrier mountains, and also
Many times, other professionals have seen some huge "strange clouds" lingering in the sky deep in the barrier mountains.
Although Kasha was unable to contact Xue Hua directly, she still relied on Amazon's natural keen insight to find clues about the Zerg nest under the barrier mountains.
She was stopped by the Insect Mother when she was about to enter it, but the Insect Mother quickly conveyed her words to Xue Hua, who was heading to the Eternal Battlefield.
When Xue Hua heard that the Demon Fortress was being besieged by the demon army and the Evil Contractor, he immediately released the insect nest in the barrier mountains from dormancy, and hatched a troop to follow Kasha to reinforce the Demon Fortress.
Because the teleportation station of the Demon Fortress has an upper limit on the number of teleporters, and oversized units such as the Overlord Insect cannot enter the teleportation station at all, the insect mother responsible for this reinforcement operation finally chose to hatch more other insect mothers, allowing
They carry dormant eggs, carpet spores, and a small army with them to carry out this mission.
After the evolution of the golden gene, the upper limit of the number of dormant larvae eggs that each worm mother can carry is 2,000, and the four worm mothers add up to 8,000 eggs.
Although this number is still not large, it can allow some of the dormant insect eggs to mutate into worker bees on the spot, and then mutate into hatcheries and Zerg defense buildings on the battlefield front line.
With the power of those two new Zerg defensive buildings, there should be no problem at all in defending against attacks from some demon clones.
Led by the four-headed insect mother, the insect swarm team quickly passed through the streets and alleys in the fortress, and quickly arrived at the top of the city under the awe-inspiring eyes of the civilians hiding in the houses.
Then, under the protection of the insect swarm team, the insect mothers began to cast their "magic".
They first release all the fungus carpet spores stored in their bodies, allowing these spores to spread quickly on the city walls to cover the fungus carpet, and then incubate fungus tumors on the fungus carpet to fix the fungus carpet.
Finally, they expel the dormant larval eggs in their bodies and activate them all with feeding fluid.
The larvae awakened from dormancy immediately lay eggs on the spot under the orders of the insect mothers. Since the number of this first batch of larvae is limited, in addition to the necessary worker bees, other larvae need to be produced strictly in accordance with the most tactical needs.
are allocated to hatch different types of swarm units.
Half of this batch of 8,000 Zerg units hatched are Destroyers, and there are a thousand Spear Hunters. The Zerg Mothers are preparing to use these powerful Zerg ultra-long-range strikers to fight against the long-range firepower of the demon clone army.
In addition to the five thousand ultra-long-range firepower, other Zerg combat units such as springtails, cockroaches and hydralisks are naturally indispensable.
Hydralisks now have two new features: "Moving Shooting" and "Double Slide". The former prevents them from being trapped as long-distance snipers, and the latter doubles their firepower.
Therefore, this time, the Insect Mothers boldly used the newly born Hydralisks to improve their tactics. They placed the Hydralisks in the middle row of the battle line for the first time, maximizing their doubled firepower while also using guerrilla tactics to help the front row.
Zerg units destroy those tough opponents.
The Hydralisks, who joined the cockroaches, springtails, and exterminators, quickly took advantage of their new characteristics. Although the evil covenant commanders under the city adjusted their main attack direction the moment the insect swarm appeared,
But despite the twice as ferocious firepower attack by the Hydralisks, no demon clone was still able to climb up the section of the city wall guarded by the swarm of insects.
Of course, being able to withstand the violent attack of tens of thousands of demon clones requires, in addition to the ferocious firepower of the Hydralisks, the cooperation of other units of the insect swarm.
The insect mothers regard this battle as a touchstone to test the effectiveness of the insect nest's evolution. They continue to try various new tactics that could not be realized before due to troop problems, and try to maximize the effects of the new characteristics of each insect type.
The springtails with the two new characteristics of "crushing teeth" and "hunting in packs" are no longer used as battlefield dividers and rangers. They are now the front line tearers and charge pioneers in the insect swarm. Insect mothers
Place all springtails in the front row of the battle line so that they can maximize the strengthening effect of "hunting in groups".
The "void shell" and "acid sickle claws" of cockroaches make them deadly mage hunters. When combined with springtails, a team of about 600 cockroaches and springtails can hunt down almost everyone on the battlefield.
Any psionic target.
Springtails are fast and their "hunting in packs" make them extremely powerful, while cockroaches can use both burrowing and jumping methods to raid the positions of psychic creatures.
The former's "energy-breaking teeth" can easily tear through the energy defense of psychic targets, while the latter's "void shell" can help defend against the opponent's desperate counterattack.
These two types of units were mixed into several groups by the insect mothers outside the battle line, and allowed them to go to the city battlefield with the help of the supervisory king insect to find and hunt enemies who were good at using psychic attacks, such as those who sneaked into the city wall.
Troublesome units such as the Evil Pact, or the Pointed Mage, Forgotten Knight, etc. in the army of demon clones.
Of course, in addition to cockroaches, hydralisks and springtails, the insect mothers have not forgotten the exterminators and lurkers.
Exterminators continue to be used by the insect mothers as the front-line defenders of the insect swarm, but what is different from before is that the exterminators with the "acid carapace" characteristic are now more offensive.
They can use the "Charge" skill to forcefully crash into the enemy army, and then rely on their thick armored shields and the acid clouds sprayed from their bodies to gain a foothold in the center of the enemy army.
And even if they are killed by the enemy's concentrated fire because they rush too deep, their corpses will become the best bridgehead for the insect swarm to advance.
Taking advantage of this characteristic, the insect mothers let the exterminators act as the vanguard of the counterattack. They asked the exterminators to launch a charge directly on the city wall, knocking down the demons who wanted to climb up the city, and then the exterminators would follow those
The demons jumped off the city wall together and used their own characteristics to run rampant among the demon army, making the commanders of the demon army exhausted and unable to continue sending demons to harass the insect swarm's defense lines.
Due to the limited number of larvae, the first wave of dormant larvae carried by the insect mothers were not able to hatch many units, but the insect mothers still managed to squeeze out 300 larvae and hatched them into mutalisks.
and the new unit Annihilator.
These flying units will be responsible for clearing the airspace above the demon fortress, so that the flying demons cannot launch unscrupulous attacks on the city.