As the insect mothers invested more troops into the passage, the first wave of clawed vipers that were discovered soon fell to the thorns of the hydralisks and the bitter saliva of the cockroaches.
The battlefield that Xue Hua focused on was no exception, and the five clawed vipers did not last long in front of the volleys of hydralisks.
However, the scales on those guys are indeed powerful, and can actually defend against the explosive spines of the Hydralisks to a certain extent.
Xue Hua was also very interested in the genes of this creature, so he did not hesitate to order the insect swarm to collect the corpses of sharp-clawed vipers. These monsters were not projections, so their essence could be collected.
"Isa, do you think we should divide our forces to explore multiple passages at the same time, or concentrate our efforts one by one?"
Seeing the insect swarm initially expand a safe area under the command of the insect mother, Xue Hua asked his adjutant for his opinion on the next course of action.
"Master, if our enemy's strength only reaches this level, then we can choose to divide our forces and explore.
But just in case, the number of troops should not be too large. After all, we are in an underground environment and there is no air force that can provide mobile support.
In addition, we can also rely on the swarm's ability to burrow underground. When one of the detachments finds our target, we can directly penetrate the wall of the underground building and move closer to that detachment."
"so be it."
Xue Hua nodded and approved Isha's plan.
Then, the hundreds of insect swarm troops who followed him into the underground palace were divided into three parts, and each chose a passage to explore inside.
Xue Hua also followed one of the troops as they walked deeper into the underground palace. His main purpose of following was to gain experience.
In the previous battle in the ruins of the city, because the insect swarm was surrounded and the opponent was also quite strong, for his safety, Isa forcefully stuffed him into the belly bag of the king insect.
This was safe, but it also resulted in him not getting any of the last wave of experience.
Thinking about his upgrade goal, Xue Hua felt like crying.
So this time no matter what, he must follow and gain experience, otherwise I really don't know when and what month Abathur's plan will be implemented.
Xue Hua once again lamented the depth of his experience pool while following the insect mother into the passage.
Since they dug it directly from another passage, he doesn't know where he is now. The location here is too deep, and there is a whole temple blocking it, and the monitoring king insect cannot penetrate it.
So many obstacles show their way.
So now we can only take one step at a time. If we find ourselves on the road to the exit, we will have to turn around and start all over again.
However, Xue Hua's luck was obviously good today. His group of insects walked out of the passage and entered a small hall in less than ten minutes.
In the center of this small hall, there is a corridor leading down.
"You found it so quickly?" Xue Hua blinked and took a serious look at the corridor entrance through the vision of the springtail at the front. He found that the bottom of the corridor entrance was pitch black, and it seemed to be really deep.
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However, in addition to the entrance to the next level, there are obviously some people in this palace who do not welcome them.
These humanoid basilisks, covered with fine scales, crawled out from the shadows behind the hall, screaming and charging towards the insect swarm.
"Meet the enemy!" The insect mother neighed, and the insect swarm around Xue Hua immediately took a fighting stance. The exterminators and destroyers were too big to be used here, so they were taken back by Xue Hua, so they were blocked in the front.
It's cockroaches and springtails.
The springtails are at the front, but they are not the main force in the defense.
Facing the swarm of clawed vipers that activated their charge skills and rushed towards the swarm of insects, the springtails only blocked it for a moment and then moved aside, allowing their opponents to rush through their defense lines and hit the scythe appendages of the cockroaches behind them.
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Of course, the cockroaches would not be polite to them. They opened their mouths and spat at their opponents. At the same time, they stretched the appendages on their carapace and cut them forward uniformly.
A series of painful howls sounded, and the sharp-clawed vipers at the front were either drenched in acid, or cut in half by sharp sickle appendages.
The cold snake blood was sprinkled on the cockroaches' carapace, immediately making these cruel guys become even more violent.
At this time, the Hydralisks column behind the cockroaches also began to show off their power. Since it has been verified before that the explosive spines are not very effective against these guys, the Hydralisks all changed to armor-piercing armor this time.
Thorn needle.
They lined up in two staggered rows behind the cockroaches, opened the spray chambers above their heads, and fired finger-long sharp needles at the second wave of clawed vipers.
The second wave of clawed vipers had just activated their charging skills at this time, and then they ran into a storm of armor-piercing needles halfway. The level 10 evolved and upgraded hydralisks were no joke, the needles they shot had already
It can penetrate the armored steel plates of human battle cruisers at a distance of one thousand meters.
The snake scales of the clawed vipers obviously did not reach the defensive power of the battle patrol's armor plate, so this wave of clawed vipers almost wiped out the entire army in the middle of the charge.
The remaining sharp-clawed vipers that were left behind were surrounded by the springtails that came from both sides and were surrounded in the corner of the hall. After a close fight, the group of sharp-clawed vipers that lacked space to dodge and were at a numerical disadvantage were jumped.
The insects gnawed away easily.
At this moment, a loud noise suddenly came from the wall on one side of the hall. After the smoke and dust cleared, a large hole appeared in the thick brick wall. Another group of insects came from the hole to fight with Xue Hua and the others.
Rendezvous.
After gathering all the troops, several insect mothers sent scouts down the stairs in the center of the hall.
However, less than three minutes after the two springtails descended, the biological signals in the main hive's mind disappeared.
In the last message they sent back, Xue Hua saw a huge group of sharp-clawed vipers, and a new type of viper that he had never seen before. It had no claws on its hands, but had two sharp bone spears growing on its back.
Snake man.
"What should I say? Is it a forced attack or what to do?" He glanced at the stairs going down, and he suddenly had a suspicion in his mind.
"Master, I think we can avoid the ladder area and dig directly downwards, just like we did above. As long as we know the correct location of the next level, there is no need for the swarm to follow the passages built by others.
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Isa suggested.
"Very good, let's take action!" Xue Hua nodded. He had exactly what he meant. Now that the insect swarm has evolved to a very high level, the hard building walls that could hardly contain them in the past are no longer a problem.
This can be seen from the way the insect swarm entered the underground palace just now. These underground buildings have become a sieve riddled with holes for the insect swarm.
Once the order was given, the swarm quickly took action. With the cooperation of four or five cockroaches, they quickly dug a downward passage dozens of meters away from the stairs.
The insect mothers led the insect swarm down first to expand the safe zone. When they sent out the message that the place below was clear, Xue Hua followed and jumped down.
