While waiting, Chen Hao inevitably had mixed feelings in his heart.
After all, he knows that he is a human being, but in this alien world where the situation has not yet been understood, he will probably have to associate with insects for the rest of his life.
He has no naive idea to hand over this biggest trump card or attach himself to any other existence.
Therefore, we can only worry about the future on the one hand, and have to face this established reality on the other.
But fortunately... this king insect with only wisdom can at least talk to him to ease his mood.
Chen Hao exhaled and assumed a dominant posture.
The fleshy balloon that floated back in the sky immediately trembled in shock at his high and mighty attitude.
Then the king insect tilted its body, as if saluting its master.
At the same time, he also reported back: "Dear Overlord, completing the order you gave me is the only meaning of the existence of the insect swarm. It is my honor to be able to pay for it, so as long as it is your order, I will do my best to complete it."
of."
(Tsk, it’s just a simple mission to gather information, it’s like going through life and death...)
Chen Hao could not continue to slander him for fear of being noticed by the other party, so he asked him to explain everything he had discovered in detail as soon as possible.
After King Chong chirped and reported the matter, Chen Hao's expression was one of complete shock.
"What did you say?!"
"Did you see other humans when you went out this time? They had fierce battles, and many people died, right?"
What King Chong said is indeed the case.
If this is true, then this is actually a foreign country with humans and civilization.
This suddenly filled Chen Hao's heart with infinite joy, and a stone called hesitation finally landed safely.
If there are similar ones, there will even be human countries and city-states.
For Chen Hao, that was already the most ideal situation.
"Well, that's right." The King Insect gestured with its drooping tentacles and said mentally: "It's just that those low-level creatures cannot be compared with a high-status person like you, the Lord."
Then it added: "And the humans here seem to have mastered some strange energy release methods and can use some flashy offensive and defensive skills, but they are very weak and insignificant. The humans I met before are divided into two camps.
After a brief fierce battle, which left a few bodies behind, the remaining pursuers and survivors retreated, and no new fighting broke out."
"So, Lord, what are you going to do next?"
(Unique energy release method, offensive and defensive skills? Could it be magic or something like that?)
Chen Hao's heart moved and he suddenly had some guesses.
But after watching the battles of these humans, the king insect evaluated them as weak and flashy existences, which made it difficult for Chen Hao to judge.
After thinking for a moment, he rolled his eyes and asked tentatively: "Can you read human thoughts?"
Although he felt a little guilty, Chen Hao knew that this was a very important action.
For him, it is crucial to obtain further detailed information about this world, so he can't care about that much.
"Okay." The king insect said that although he was not as proficient in this type of business as the infected insect, he could simply analyze and read the brain thoughts of lower creatures, which was a piece of cake.
Chen Hao then immediately sent it back to the scenes of previous human battles to read the memories of the corpses left behind.
Although I don't know if the body has been collected by others, it is still necessary to try this opportunity.
"As you command, my great and supreme master." After receiving the order, the king insect once again flew out of sight.
At this time, Chen Hao suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
(Fortunately, the zerg I control is not as dull and single as in the game. The king worm in the game definitely does not have this ability, so... is what I control a real swarm of worms? So many inherent thinking
It needs to be subverted, at least not to completely copy the concepts in the game to these Zerg.)
In fact, after witnessing the extremely intelligent collection methods of worker bees and witnessing the high-end cultivation model of the hatchery, Chen Hao had already begun to innovate some of his ideas about the Zerg.
But now he realizes more clearly that he is not playing a real simulation game.
At this time, as new larvae were cultivated in the hatchery, the activity frequency of the eggs that were originally mutated from the larvae suddenly soared and reached a peak.
Chen Hao quickly moved his eyes away, only to see that the three eggs had burst at the same time, and six springtails with their bodies covered in mucus emerged from them!
The appearance of these springtails is not much different from those in the game.
With a streamlined and slender body and two extremely developed feet with split toes, it can easily run faster than a chariot.
Under the strong exoskeleton, all that surges are extremely explosive Zerg muscle tissue.
Those bright yellow eyes and sharp fangs dripping with mucus are somewhat like the classic monster in the "Alien" movie.
But unlike the aliens, the life levels of the zerg are much higher.
In addition to their strong torsos, coupled with the strong jaws on the side of their heads, and the two hard claws protruding from the back of the front end of the body, the springtails have begun to initially express the violent aesthetics of the zerg - their habit
Tear up all the living things you see and break them down into pieces of protein or other nutrients that can be easily absorbed, just for a satisfying meal.
Although springtails are just the most basic and weakest fighting force in the insect swarm.
But this appearance alone is enough to make ordinary people feel deeply shuddering.
Chen Hao was stunned for a few seconds.
Until a few springtails adapted to their new bodies and glanced at the thin territory of the swarm, they formed a group and jumped in front of him. The bugs all made a gurgling noise in their throats and screamed in a low voice.
He buried his not too big head deeply.
"Hello, hello..." Chen Hao spent a lot of effort to spit out a meaningless sentence.
However, upon receiving such greetings, the springtails' eyes suddenly became brighter, and they roared one after another, and began to circle quickly around Chen Hao.
If their evolutionary metabolism hadn't been accelerated yet, these springtails wouldn't have grown wings yet.
If they had wings, Chen Hao estimated that these monsters would fly happily into the sky immediately.
(Am I really like a high-ranking being among the Zerg? Why can’t I feel it at all...)
Chen Hao began to doubt himself.
But before his mind became more confused, he suddenly discovered that two of the six springtails had particularly obvious appearances.
"Hey, these two are bigger." Chen Hao tried to reach out and touch them with his trembling hands. This was an almost masochistic self-motivation, hypnotizing himself not to be afraid.
The two distinctive-looking springtails felt the intimacy of their owner at the same time, and immediately stretched their heads over, allowing Chen Hao to play with them as he pleased.
(The head is smaller, but the body is larger. Although it is still not as big as a worker bee, it is one circle larger than other springtails, nearly one-third.)
(Moreover...the exoskeleton structure is more compact and delicate, and there seems to be many organs and tissues that can be flexibly changed inside. Why is this?)
Chen Hao first trembled and touched them. After finding that there was no danger at all, he became bolder and searched more carefully. What he found next made him even more puzzled, so he had to let these two
Springtails use actions to prove their differences from ordinary springtails.
Sure enough, after some attempts, Chen Hao found that they can bite hard rocks that ordinary springtails cannot, which proves that their attack power is higher.
And when it comes to jumping, these two springtails are far stronger than other springtails in terms of speed and body agility. They can even do it with ease. Their longer legs and tails also allow them to complete difficult fights better.
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"Elite springtails? Is it my luck, or is it caused by other reasons?"
Chen Hao could only mutter in confusion about such experimental results. This was his first time being the zerg master in a real situation, so he was definitely not qualified.
And while he was scratching his head, the king insect that had gone out came back again.
Seeing its steady and leisurely appearance, it was obvious that it had once again completed the task assigned by Chen Hao.
"Master, I absorbed the brains of those human remains and returned safely."
(Huh? This statement is a bit scary.)
Chen Hao was slightly surprised, but this was his order. He couldn't refute anything, so he just let the other party say whatever he wanted.
Then King Chong said: "But when reading the memory, I met the previous humans."
"What did they do to you?" Chen Hao was startled and asked quickly.
"I have no means of attack, so I can only retreat and fly back. The attacks of lower creatures cannot threaten me thousands of meters above."
Very smart, there was no direct conflict, which is good, Chen Hao nodded.
He didn't want to come into an unknown world with human civilization and immediately have conflicts with the aboriginal people here. Chen Hao considered himself not a devil. He just hoped to see if he could find a way to return to Earth in as peaceful a way as possible.
opportunity.
This is his only wish at the moment.
"How did you give me the information?" Because the king insect reads the memories of aboriginal humans, this cannot be explained clearly in a few words.
"Just sharing the mind, great master." The king insect's answer was very direct.
Then, Chen Hao learned what soul sharing is.
After receiving Chen Hao's permission, the balloon in the sky suddenly inflated a little.
Suddenly, countless mottled and chaotic memories rushed straight into Chen Hao's head, causing him to feel intense swelling and pain, even to the point where his brain was about to burst and his head almost exploded.
But after a moment, this feeling immediately returned to silence.
Chen Hao was covered in cold sweat, and in his mind, some memory information appeared out of thin air that could be read at will.
Presumably, this is what the King Insect harvested from the brains of the corpses of aboriginal humans.
After a general glance, it can be judged that the level of human civilization in this place does not seem to be high, and the overall level has roughly reached the level of the 17th century on earth.
Although Chen Hao was extremely embarrassed, he needed to maintain his courage, so no matter how painful it was, he resisted the urge to grin.
"You did a great job!" Chen Hao didn't want to make himself sick without thinking about where this information came from.
But the memories of these aborigines are really valuable information, and the King Insect is indeed worthy of any level of reward.
"It is my greatest wish to do everything for my master. Master, please don't dislike me."
Chen Hao nodded slightly. Although he couldn't see the king insect's expression at this moment from a long distance, it must be extremely satisfied and happy.
"That's right." Thinking of something important, Chen Hao asked it again: "Do you know what they are about?"
He pointed at the two distinctive springtails next to him.
This time, the thought signal from the King Insect clearly contained greater emotional fluctuations.
"They are the overlords among springtails, master."
"It is a high-level existence like me, superior to other similar people, and completely under your protection, moving forward for your will, until the final moment of conquering everything comes, we will greet it gloriously
The end of life.”
(He is actually the king of springtails?!)
Chen Hao was really surprised now, and in the King Insect's words, the kind it was referring to was naturally the same type of insect as it.
So that means that the first King Insect that I own is also the highest status among the King Insects?
From the fact that it regards these two springtails as equals, some clues can already be discerned.
"So, what special abilities do you have?"
The King Insect confessed: "As you can see, Master, I have a more powerful mind, more auxiliary skills and intelligence detection capabilities than ordinary King Insects."
"The kings among the springtails also have more outstanding genes, and their combat power is several times that of ordinary springtails. They also have the innate ability of the kings to reorganize their body, and the ability to summon and command the same tribe."
(Body reorganization? Commander of the same kind?)
This sounds like some information that needs to be digested slowly...
Chen Hao rubbed his palms and thought for a moment, then asked King Chong to demonstrate his body reorganization ability first.
After all, it also says that it is a king-level existence.
However, according to Chen Hao's observation, it seems that as long as he is the first to be born from a certain type of new zerg in the hatchery, he will be judged as the king and given special genes.
If that's the case, it doesn't look like that.
According to his assumption, he thought that only by cultivating gu could certain zerg become kings.
The King Insect obeyed the order and first lowered the floating height of its body a lot, sinking to the bottom of the valley.
Looking at it like this, Chen Hao was shocked to realize that the size of this king insect was not small, it was almost half the size of the hatchery!
After reaching the appropriate height, the king insect suddenly expels the gas from its body quickly, and a strange-smelling wind suddenly blew throughout the valley.
In the blink of an eye, the king insect turned into an extremely fat bald old man suspended in mid-air, wearing a loose purple robe. His dressing style seemed to have adapted to the cultural customs of the current world.
"Master, I can imitate your biological form and become like this." The old man transformed from the king insect said with a smile.
Chen Hao: "..."
However, the human form transformed by the king insect was really ugly and disgusting, and Chen Hao only found it annoying.
So he asked the two springtails to be as beautiful as possible when changing into human forms.
The two special springtails, which were quite large and much larger than Chen Hao, looked at each other.
Because they hatched from the same egg, springtails have a tacit telepathic understanding of their identical twins.
They screamed, and their bodies began to squirm, shrinking rapidly, and their carapace gradually disappeared.
Not long after, two slender girls with dark skin, curly blond hair, a few inches shorter than Chen Hao, and wearing the same medieval dresses, appeared neatly in front of Chen Hao.
"Master...Master, this is the first time we meet, please take good care of me."
The two girls bowed to Chen Hao in complete synchronization. Their blushing faces were full of reserve. They didn't know from whom they learned human emotions.
Chen Hao was slightly stunned and looked back at the fat man transformed from the king insect, who was nodding and smiling at him.
(Sure enough, it was this guy who transplanted the memories from those human corpses to these two... no, the two kings of springtails?)
But with such a result, Chen Hao was really satisfied.
Who would have thought that he, a Zerg leader, could actually make his subordinates look like humans to soothe his fearful and lonely heart?
If it were a tribe like the commander-in-chief, then Chen Hao would really have no psychological burden at all, and he would only feel extremely happy.
"Okay, very good!" Chen Hao showed a heartfelt smile for the first time. He rubbed his red face and decided to give these special subordinates names to further personalize them.
"You." He pointed at the King Insect and said, "From now on in this world, I will call you 'Owen Rhodes'."
This is the homophonic evolution of the English name of the King Insect, which is in line with the current name of human civilization. Chen Hao believes that this is the necessary first step for them to blend in this unknown world.
"Yes, great master, your gift surprises me endlessly. Owen Rhodes will accompany you to clear this world."
Chen Hao then clapped his hands again and said to the two springtail sisters respectively:
"One of your names is Zegelin, and she is my sister."
"One is named Zegoring, and she is the younger sister."
Chen Hao himself couldn't tell who was older among them, so he could only point at them casually and take turns naming them.
"Yes, Master."
"Thank you, Master."
Seeing these bugs that had transformed into human forms respecting him, although he was a little ashamed, Chen Hao was still full of happiness.
At this time, Owen Rhodes suddenly suggested: "Then in this world from now on, how should we call you, master?"
Chen Hao was stunned for a moment, and then he felt that this opinion really had to be considered. After all, he didn't want to stay in such a place where no one could poop.
"Since I am the master of the insect swarm and represent the entire insect swarm, everyone will call me 'Zeg' from now on." *Note 1
"In this way, the entire insect swarm can easily integrate into the new world."
The king of the three zerg bowed his head deeply and had no objections to this.
"Very good! Then, everyone, get ready to explore this world."
"Yes! Great Lord Zege, we will go through fire and water, even if we die!"
(Note 1: Zerg is also the English homophony of "zerg", the original word is zerg.)