The range of activities of the insect swarm is not limited to Insect Mountain. Underneath several insect mountains is a large-scale cave world. After several years of development by the Zerg, the cave space has been expanded even more. There are at least hundreds of passages, criss-crossing each other, and you can explore them one by one. It doesn't take days and nights to figure out the insect monster's lair.
Because most of the bug monsters are very large, and most of the passages are extremely wide and have good ventilation conditions, humans will not suffocate when moving inside the wormholes.
The rock walls of the cave are covered with glowing green mucus or slippery moss with the ability to glow. There are boulders or rock crevices everywhere, making it easy to hide. The exploration process is not difficult.
The three of them followed the nanny bugs closely. They were probably not fighting bugs. The nanny bugs were slow to react and had very low alertness. They were not found to be being followed from the beginning to the end. The two tanker-like nanny bugs moved in tandem, switching between After passing through multiple passages, we finally entered a particularly huge underground tunnel.
"It's such a wonderful place!"
This passage is about 12 meters long, wide and high. The cave is obviously heavily guarded. There are combat bugs every few dozen meters. In addition to the bug soldiers standing guard, there are also patrols walking back and forth. When the nanny bugs arrive, retreat immediately. Enter the caves on both sides of the passage and let the nanny bugs go first.
Zhang Mu knew that it would not work to just rush over. He looked around and said, "Let's climb over from above. Be careful and don't make any noise!"
Zhang Mu walked to the rock wall on the left, fished out a few handfuls of mucus from a small pit, and smeared it all over his body. This mucus is a bit disgusting, but it can mask the smell and prevent the spread of body temperature. According to Zhang Mu's observation , most bugs have poor eyesight, but they can locate prey using sound and temperature.
They grabbed a piece of stalactite and began to climb. The stalactite was eroded all the year round and was slippery. The three of them had to be careful when making mistakes. There were too many bugs in this passage. If they were disturbed, they would not be able to pass.
Fortunately, the size of humans is nothing in front of giant insects. When covered with mucus, as long as they don't make too much noise, the giant insects won't notice a few human figures jumping around at all.
Zhang Mu avoided the patrolling insect soldiers and finally came to the end of the passage. It was a huge cave entrance. When they walked in, a whole new world appeared in front of the three of them.
This sight was so shocking. It was a huge underground space, at least the size of three or four regular football fields, with about ten passages around it.
What’s surprising is not the size of the cave, but what’s inside.
The ground and walls were densely covered with insect eggs, with as many as five to six thousand by visual inspection!
The eggs are the size of a washbasin and have light green shells. They are neatly placed and divided into several areas. A large number of pink giant insects are responsible for taking care of the eggs during the coming and going. When a larva breaks the egg, they will go over and take the larvae away. Come out, and finally send them to the breeding room—the cave that Zhang Mu went to just now!
In the middle of the underground space, a majestic and tall mountain of flesh stood out. It was impossible to tell what kind of creature it was. There were more than ten insects covered in pitch black and covered with spikes, meticulously guarding the side.
Zhang Mu got closer and finally discovered that the giant pink insect that took care of the eggs was called an egg-hatching insect.
[Hatchling Bug] (Dark Iron Lord), level 25 insect monster, life 22000, magic 17000, attributes? ? ? ,Skill? ? ? , Introduction: The upper-level Zerg race is responsible for hatching insect eggs, but its combat effectiveness is very weak.
There are more than ten giant insects with dark bodies, hard carapace and spines, called guard insects.
[Guard Insect] (Bronze Lord), level 25 insect monster, life 32000, magic 11000, attributes? ? ? ,Skill? ? ? , Introduction: The bodyguard responsible for guarding the Zerg Queen is the most powerful warrior in the Zerg population.
As for the "meat mountain" in the middle, although I don't know what it is yet, it is just a piece of meat weighing more than a hundred tons. It is crawling and squirming as if it is alive. Just its appearance is disgusting enough, and it is definitely not a good thing. Zhang Mu approached carefully and used an advanced insight from a distance.
[Insect Queen] (plot monster), level 25 insect monster, life 55,000, magic 80,000, strength DD, constitution DD, agility F-, spirit C+. Skills [Zerg Domination LV6], [Spawning LV6], [Psychic Hypnosis LV6]!
"Strange, why is it a plot monster?"
Zhang Mu didn't have time to be surprised when a prompt sounded in his mind.
"There are new tasks released, please pay attention to the taskbar"
There is a new mission released!
Secret Mission: [Eradication of Insect Disaster]
Mission type: optional world mission.
Mission description 1: Cooperate with the barbarians to eliminate the insect queen under the insect mountain (DD level difficulty).
Mission description 2, unite other mercenaries to eliminate the insect queen under the insect mountain (level C difficulty)
Mission reward 1: Get a secret treasure chest, a certain probability of getting a secret prop, and a very small probability of getting a rare reward.
Mission Reward 2: If you get a secret treasure chest, you will definitely get secret props, a certain probability of getting rare rewards, and a very small probability of getting unique items.
Wang Ling lowered his voice and said, "We received a mission, what's going on?"
Zhang Mu has closed the task bar, closed his eyes slightly, and pondered. It is not a hidden mission, but an optional world mission. The so-called world mission is a separate mission independent of the main line. It is not directly related to the main line. It may be better understood by another word, that is "side mission"!
There are only three types of tasks in the Killing Secret Realm: main tasks, side tasks, and hidden tasks.
The main mission is mandatory. Failure to complete the main mission will be regarded as a failure in the secret realm challenge and will be severely punished.
Side tasks are additional tasks and are tasks that exist in the secret world. They are not directly related to the main line. Whether they are completed or not will not have any impact on the main line, or will only have a weak impact.
Hidden tasks, as the name suggests, are tasks hidden in the main line. If the hidden plot is completely triggered, the main line tasks will change.
Side quests and hidden quests are generally not easy to trigger, and some secret realms even have no side quests or hidden plots.
Compared with hidden tasks, the conditions for side tasks are much looser. Once the hidden plot is triggered, it must be continued. After the side plot is triggered, it is optional or not.
However, the rewards for side missions are equally generous. If he can complete them, Zhang Mu doesn’t want to give up.
Zhang Mu told the two of them the situation.
Xie said in a hoarse voice: "This is the core of the insect's lair. It is heavily guarded and full of crises. Even if we use the power of barbarians, we may not be able to kill him, and we may have to pay a heavy price for it. It's not worth it."
Zhang Mu didn't give up, he just said: "Let's observe for a while before talking."
The three of them found a rock crevice that allowed only one person to get in. Bugs would never be able to get in. They hid in the rock crevice. Even if they didn't use camouflage, they would be surprised to find bugs walking nearby.
Zhang Mu remembered the insect's movement trajectory after observing it once: "It's a bit tricky!"
The insect queen itself cannot move, and its attributes are extremely weak. Only its spirit is strong, allowing it to control thousands of insects to work for its life.
It is not difficult to judge from this that the power of the Insect Queen does not lie in itself. There are many high-level beings in this Zerg species, who are fully capable of lord-level strength. The strength of the Zerg Queen lies in dominating the entire clan. The combined overall strength is far more powerful than a lone Golden Lord!
However, Zhang Mu always firmly believes in an unchanging truth, that is, there is no unsolvable situation in the secret realm of killing.
First, the intelligence of the insect queen is not very high.
Second, the Swarm has a fatal flaw.
The first point is easy to explain. If the insect queen has the ability to think and is smart enough, when Zhang Mu hypnotizes the insect king, he only needs to command a few nearby insects to attack the insect king, and the insect king will be awakened immediately. The insect queen does not give any instructions to attack the insect king. The king's command.
The second point is more obvious and easy to see. No matter what kind of insect, the mental attributes are very low and the resistance to various illusions is low, including the insect king. Zhang Mu was confused at first, but now he finally understands the reason. The insect queen needs to control tens of thousands of people in the entire clan. If every insect had strong mental resistance, the insect queen would have exhausted her strength and died.
From the moment the insect swarm is born, its resistance to spiritual energy is almost zero. As a result, the insect swarm has a fatal weakness. It cannot withstand attacks from mental spells and is easily disturbed by illusions!
Zhang Mu whispered: "I will go over first to test the depth of the insect queen. You stay where you are. No matter what happens, don't act rashly!"
Xie and Wang Ling turned invisible. Zhang Mu walked out of the crack in the rock and cautiously approached the queen, hoping to measure the queen's alert range. However, Zhang Mu walked 300 meters in front of the queen, but there was still no sign of her noticing.
There is no way to move forward, otherwise you will definitely be caught by the insect queen's bodyguards.
Several nanny bugs walked to the mountain of meat and spit out the "nutrient solution" they had swallowed into their stomachs to feed the queen.
"You can't find me even in this way?" Zhang Mu was a little dazed. "The insect queen seems to have no sensory functions, nor does it have the ability to perceive the spirit beyond the senses. So, how does it detect the outside world?"
Zhang Mu carefully walked out of the corner. There was a huge egg-hatching insect in front of him, taking care of a group of eggs on the ground. Zhang Mu suddenly thought of a possibility and slowly walked towards the hatching insect. About 50 meters away, Zhang Mu lightly stamped his foot and made a sound.
The hatchling felt it immediately, screamed "squeak", turned its head sharply, and stared at Zhang Mu with its small red eyes.
"Gululu..."
Almost at the same time, the meat mountain trembled, and the guard insect that had its back to Zhang Mu immediately turned around suddenly. The roaring carapace suddenly opened, and it actually rose into the air and flew towards Zhang Mu suddenly.
"Hell, this guy can fly!"
The moment the guard insect executes the order, the queen's mental wave is released. Before Zhang Mu had time to escape, the spiritual power entered his brain, and his will suddenly sank, and he had a strong feeling of falling asleep - hypnosis!