The Swarm's air units have also undergone significant changes and evolutions.
Among them, the first one to bear the brunt is the alien dragon.
Abathur selected two mutated dragon genes from the early Zerg race - Guardian (Sky Spider) and Devourer (Lobster) - from the Zerg gene pool. It mixed these two genes and introduced them to
Some of the genetic fragments collected by Dehaka in the mysterious sand dunes were added to it, and finally a new mutant dragon evolved unit-the Prowler.
The Prowler is this very, very scary versatile aerial arsenal.
As a high-speed flying unit that can attack both air and land, this guy actually has two powerful offensive abilities.
The Prowler looks only slightly larger than the Mutalisaurus in terms of body shape, and its appearance is also very similar to the Mutalisaurus.
However, unlike the Allosaurus, which is accustomed to curling up its long body, the Prowler is more accustomed to stretching its body backwards.
Moreover, the Prowler has three pairs of bat-like wings, and its tail no longer has mouthparts but becomes two forked spikes.
A very long segment of limb has evolved on the back of the Prowler. There is a pocket opening on the top of the segment. When flying, this segment of the segment will stick to the surface of the carapace on the back of the Prowler. It can only be used when the Prowler needs to use it.
It will stick out from the carapace.
The main attack method of the Prowler is still to spray out the parasites in the body, but unlike the blade insects spit out by the Mutalisaurus, the parasites sprayed out by the Prowler are more similar to the parasitic spores of the Guardian.
This parasite cannot ricochet between targets like the bladeworm, but it does have certain tracking capabilities.
Before the parasite dies, it will be difficult for the target to escape from its lock, and even if the parasite is dead, its "corpse" can still cause huge damage to the target.
The parasitic spores are filled with extremely corrosive physalis, which will corrode everything it comes in contact with as soon as the vesicle surrounding it ruptures.
Then, once this special acid slurry is exposed to an unstable environment for too long, the chemicals in it will react violently, emit high temperatures, and eventually cause the liquid to explode.
This terrifying shell makes the Prowler's destructive power against a single target (especially buildings) many times more powerful than the Mutalisk.
And the terrifying thing about the Prowler doesn't end there. It not only has the same flying speed and maneuverability as the Alien Dragon, but most importantly, it also has two very destructive abilities.
The first ability is called "Sickle Missile", which comes from the sharp forked joints on the Prowler's tail.
But don’t be fooled by these two exposed little things, which are less than half a meter long. Their real length is almost equivalent to the entire body length of the Prowler!
These two joints are actually two regenerable "spines" in the Prowler's body. When the Prowler needs to use them, it will erect its tail and push its head down, and shoot from the tail towards the target.
These are two very terrible weapons.
These two objects are hollow and filled with unstable poisonous slurry and acid. When these objects are mixed together due to the shattering of the outer shell, a very terrifying explosion will occur. The shock wave generated by the explosion will destroy the ammunition head.
The sharp part of the base is pushed deeper into the target's body, and the acid exploded will also corrode the target's body surface.
Then, the sharp bone needles pushed into the target's body will explode a second time, filling the target's interior with a large amount of shrapnel carrying pathogens and deadly bacteria.
To put it simply, two Star Wars torpedoes with dirty elastic properties are launched from the tail of the Prowler. Even Leviathan will not be very happy if hit by these things...
The Prowler's second ability is called "Taint Sting".
It is a very vicious ability that is used in conjunction with the retractable slender appendage on its back.
The Prowler can rely on its extremely fast flight speed to catch up with large battleship units or get close to certain large buildings. Then it will quietly pop out the appendages on its back and use the bag openings on the top of the appendages to absorb the target.
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After successfully grasping the target, a hard, hollow sting containing powerful anesthetic (specifically used for biological targets) and corrosive toxins will protrude from the appendage.
The Prowler uses its stingers to soften the target's armor before piercing it directly into the target's body.
Then, it will inject all kinds of deadly pathogens in its own body and genetic germs formed from useless gene fragments in the Zerg gene pool into the target object through the hollow needle.
These sinister viruses will break out quickly in the body, continuously damaging the target's various biological systems and quickly paralyzing the target's central nervous system.
And if the target is a mechanical unit, the virus will spread in the form of mist in various cabins, and as long as one of the ship's crew members is infected, the virus will mutate to become very concealed based on the genetic characteristics of the infected individual.
and contagiousness.
Soon, all the crew members on the entire ship will be infected with the virus. At this time, the virus will tear off its harmless and gentle coat and kill all the crew members on the ship within a few minutes.
It can be said that the Prowler is a very vicious but extremely effective terrorist air combat unit.
If the Allosaurus is equivalent to a starfighter, then the Prowler is a small special service ship that performs special missions.
Of course, such a powerful unit is naturally expensive. The evolution of the Prowler costs 4,000 crystals and 3,500 gas each, which is incredibly expensive.
In particular, this guy's vitality and protective power are basically the same as those of an alien dragon. When encountering a large enemy warship, it will basically be killed with one shot.
So this thing definitely cannot replace the status of the Alien Dragon. In most cases, its role is to perform special offensive tasks or special operations. If it wants to form a larger scale, it still needs a very large amount of resource supply.
Only then can it be done.
In addition to the mutated Prowler, another important member of the Zerg air force - the Corruptor and the two large biological battleships it mutated have also undergone a very interesting and very effective genetic change.
Xue Hua once used the heavy artillery governor and the insect swarm host to cooperate with each other in the mysterious sanctuary to break through the blockade of the psychic tide outside the battle zone between the two bosses.
This move sparked Abathur's inspiration.
In this round of hive evolution, Abathur did not make major modifications to the heavy biological battleship units of the swarm, but only strengthened their various strengths and spiritual connections with the main hive mind.
However, it did some tricks on the shells of these heavy biological battleships, adding grooves with nerve conduction holes at several fixed positions on their shells.
These grooves can just accommodate a swarm host, and the swarm host can also connect to the biological battleship where it is stationed through the nerve conduction holes in the grooves.
Through this link, the consciousness of the insect swarm host is temporarily linked to the biological battleship. It can easily feel the current status of the biological battleship, and automatically releases the nano-insect swarm to form a powerful wave outside the biological battleship when the biological battleship is attacked.
Nano Swarm Shield.
Abathur has modified the shells of three warship units, including the Corruptor, Hive Lord and Heavy Artillery Governor, to ensure that the number of swarm hosts on them is just right so that the nano-swarm shield released can cover their entire body.
In this way, the insect swarm's biological battleship also has a non-contact energy shield.
