On the same day that the parliamentary guard army arrived at Jikul safely, Xue Hua also got the information he wanted most from the mimic larvae that had infiltrated Cui Fank - information about the demon army's targeted deployment of the insect swarm troops.
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The two mimic hatchlings risked being discovered and sneaked into a stone temple-like palace that Xue Hua and Isa had suspected for a long time. Then they discovered that this temple actually contained a large number of undead monsters and strange things.
demon.
When this image information was passed back to Xue Hua, he easily identified those undead monsters as things that would only appear in the fourth act of the original game - the Forgotten Knight/Mage.
The images of those weird demons are also quite easy to identify. They are also the monsters from the fourth act of the game - the Mother of Evil.
These creepy monster clones immediately aroused Xue Hua's alert, and he finally understood what kind of idea Mephisto had in mind to restrain the swarm of insects.
In the game, the Forgotten Knight is definitely one of the most troublesome and dangerous monsters for melee combat.
The reason is that not only will they shield themselves (Bone Shield), but they can also throw all kinds of curses on you.
Aging, attack backlash, reduced resistance, weakened, stolen life and increased damage, they can use almost all powerful curses of the Necromancer.
In reality, through some battle data, Xue Hua discovered that these forgotten knights and forgotten mages are not only a big trouble for melee professionals, but also a threat to long-range professionals that cannot be underestimated.
Because in this world, this kind of monsters, together with the giant demons, are the guards of the Three Demon Gods of Hell. They are few in number but quite powerful in their destructive power.
The Forgotten Mage can apply curses to remote targets, and the Forgotten Knight has a special skill called "Profane Aura".
The profane aura will poison opponents who approach and attack the Forgotten Knight. This poison is so powerful that no matter where this monster goes, there will be a terrifying scene of no vegetation.
These two monsters are indeed very dangerous to the insect swarm, especially the Forgotten Mage's attack backlash curse.
Imagine that when the swarm of insects is attacking the city, a group of forgotten mages suddenly appear on the opposite side, wave their hands and sprinkle an attack backlash curse on the Hydralisks, Spear Hunters and other units, and then add damage to the cockroaches and springtails in the front row to increase the damage.
Or aging and other curses, the insect swarm caught off guard will definitely suffer heavy losses.
Although the Thunder Beast is not afraid of curses due to the strong mental resistance in its body, capturing Kurast cannot be achieved by relying on the Thunder Beast alone.
The Demon Legion still has a lot of air force, and the Thunder Beast will not be able to last long without its air and long-range reinforcements.
And there is also the Evil Mother. Although this monster is not as strong as the Forgotten Knight and Forgotten Mage, it is also a very, very troublesome monster.
They are somewhat like the swarm hosts before the Zerg evolved and upgraded. They are all mothership-type units that have poor combat effectiveness, but can hatch a large number of mobs to overwhelm their opponents.
What it hatches is called the "Evil Son", which is a very disgusting and evil demon-like monster.
Each of these ghosts is almost as long as an adult's leg, but its face only has a bloody mouth full of sharp fangs. Once you are bitten by an evil son, you will soon be
There will be groups of evil sons coming from all directions to knock you down and eat you up.
The Evil Mother produces evil sons very quickly, almost as fast as the insect swarm host (in reality), so you must kill the Evil Mother quickly, otherwise you will be "drowned in the ocean of people's war"
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However, once the Mother of Evil begins to produce Evil Sons, they will instinctively hide at the back of the battle line. In addition, there are Forgotten Knights and Forgotten Mages to protect them. They want to suppress the number of Evil Sons by quickly killing these monsters.
It becomes even more difficult to break out.
"Damn it! I didn't expect that Mephisto was really willing to go to great lengths to deal with the insect swarm! He actually brought in all the clones of his own Guards. Isn't it afraid that something will go wrong on the front line of the second world?"
Xue Hua gritted his teeth bitterly, and while ordering the mimic hatchlings to withdraw quickly, he began to discuss countermeasures with the commanders in the main hive mind.
"The special psionic mode and damage feedback are very troublesome. New insect swarm units must be evolved to relieve the negative psionic state."
This is Abathur's suggestion.
But the problem is that the gene records in the insect swarm gene bank do not have information related to "purification". It is extremely difficult to create a new unit with a purification effect out of thin air without the support of genetic information.
Disaster.
And the most important thing is that it’s too late!
"The number of insect swarms is endless! Some losses are nothing! Lord, you don't need to worry about battle losses, the insect swarms will move forward to clear all obstacles for you!"
This is Zagara.
To be honest, what he said is actually the right way for the current insect swarm. Use an endless sea of insects to completely overwhelm the opponent. You don’t even bother to look at the losses. Anyway, wait until the worker bees eat the opponent’s corpse and the local
After resources are collected, new resources will be available to hatch a new batch of insect swarms.
But unfortunately, Xue Hua was used to living a hard life, and he was not used to the sudden luxury.
However, he listened to Zagara's suggestion. At a time when the insect swarm's troops were rapidly increasing from secret hatcheries in the rainforest, Mephisto, who still didn't know what the insect swarm's greatest strength was, was indeed
It's aimed at the wrong place.
If it didn't work out in the end, Xue Hua would close his eyes, shrink into the belly bag of the king insect, and force his way through with force.
What kind of operational tactics and strategies are you talking about? Why are labor and management so unreasonable and flipping the table?!
However, this method is of course the last resort, because if it is really done, the insect swarm will suffer considerable losses. This kind of loss is for Xue Hua, who has not yet found a resource star that can be freely mined.
It's still quite painful...
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but cast his gaze on Stukov, the commander of the insect fleet who had been silent.
It has been quite some time since the swarm fleet pulled anchor again and began exploring resource stars in the star areas surrounding the Sanctuary World. Although this time is nothing in terms of interstellar travel, it has been
Xue Hua, who was trapped by resource constraints and couldn't let go, wanted to hear some good news from the fleet commander.
"Stukov, have you discovered anything recently? About the resource star?"
"I'm sorry, Master, but all the planets and even the asteroid belts near this world have been proven to be worthless for exploitation by the Overlord Insects and Worker Bees. Placing hatcheries on those planets is completely a move that outweighs the gains and losses."
Stukov answered with some regret.
When it saw the disappointed expression on Xue Hua's face, it suddenly reported to him a new discovery made by the fleet a few days ago.
"We once had a monitoring king insect observe a green planet that appeared and disappeared at about four standard crossing intervals from the local star. Our next plan is to prepare to go to the star where the planet is located to explore.
If the information about this planet is true, we will very likely find a resource-rich planetary belt group."
"Really? Great!
Um...wait a minute, are we going to encounter the same giant tentacle monster as on Planet 1 again?"
Xue Hua was overjoyed at first, and then suddenly remembered that the insect fleet had encountered before, the giant monster that used the entire planet as a disguise - the genetic sequence of that thing has not yet been completely deciphered by Abathur.
"Because the distance is too far, everything is still unknown. We must get close enough to the target before we can make an accurate judgment."
Stukov did not give Xue Hua a dogmatic answer to this question, but cautiously said that more detailed information was needed.
Xue Hua admired its caution, so Xue Hua nodded with satisfaction and said: "Go and explore it, but be careful, there may be a highly intelligent civilization in this universe that is not friendly to us.