According to the information provided by His Majesty the System, the monster here is called a corpse dragon insect. The denominator and the male insect are different from the self-fertilization of the gold-eating dragon insect. The female corpse dragon insect needs to mature and have sex with the same adult male insect. Give birth to worms.
The mission deadline of November 3 at 17:00 is the sexual maturity period of the corpse dragon worm deduced by the system.
"How many eggs can a female corpse dragon insect give birth to at one time? What are their living habits?" Xiao Mo asked the system in detail.
"A female worm can give birth to thousands of eggs at a time. The female corpse dragon worm is used to laying eggs in the body of human flesh and blood. The incubation period of the eggs is very short. If there is sufficient energy, it only takes three to five hours. It will hatch and emerge from the body. For every 10,000 corpse-eating dragon worms, one female will be born, and the new female will lead a group of male worms to migrate to another place with abundant food."
"So how long does it take for them to mature from egg to maturity? What is the longest life cycle? How many times can a female worm lay eggs in her lifetime? How long is the longest life?" The questioner this time was Xue Lihong.
Although the system did not want to answer Xue Lihong's questions, these questions were related to the mission. Letting the host know more about it would also be beneficial to him in completing the mission. He treated it as if it was Xiao Mo's question and answered: "Ordinary corpse-eating dragon worms from egg to maturity. The period is only one month and the life cycle is one year. If there is a mutation and the king insect of the corpse-eating dragon appears, its life cycle will also be greatly extended. There is currently no clear data showing how long the king insect can live. And the female insect It has a lifespan of up to five years and can lay eggs ten times a year."
After Xiao Mo finished recounting, he did some mental calculation and couldn't help pinching his brows, "One month matures, and thousands of eggs are laid at a time, which is ten thousand a year. One female will appear for every ten thousand, and each female will still be alive. Five years... days! If there is enough food, these bugs will overrun the world in a few years."
Xiao Mo was still a little puzzled: "These bugs are called corpse-eating dragon bugs. I thought they were scavengers?"
System explanation: "Because when they were first discovered, they were living on corpses and there were only corpses around, so they were named corpse dragon worms. However, further research on them later showed that although the corpse dragon worm females like to The eggs are laid on the flesh and blood of the body, and they hatch using the heat generated by the corpse. The eggs eat carrion when they are born, but normal corpse-eating dragon worms prefer living flesh and blood."
"What are the weaknesses of these bugs? Characteristics?" Xue Lihong has now built a monster model software. He collected all the monster characteristics, weaknesses, etc. that Xiao Mo told him, trying to find some pattern in it.
The system answers one by one.
When Xiao Mo told Xue Lihong the answer, Xue Lihong had already compiled a task list and sent it to the mercenary list.
Zhongshan base, mission hall.
A man wearing sportswear and a hood, with a bulging cowhide bag hanging sideways and two small axes stuck on his waist, was browsing the task list.
The mission hall was very lively, with some coming to hand in missions, some coming to receive new missions, and some making a special trip to collect information.
Not many people noticed that man. Nowadays, there are many people carrying rocket launchers directly on their bodies. It's just two axes. It's nothing.
"Look! Organization 07 has released a new mission." Someone noticed the new message that popped up.
Upon hearing that it was a task issued by Organization 07, a group of people came cheering in front of the huge electronic screen.
The hooded man did not look at the big screen, but looked down at the small display in front of him. He clicked on the first task that just popped up and read the content carefully.
"Task goal: collect the corpses of the corpse-eating dragon king insect. Requirements: The corpse must ensure more than 80% completion. Quantity: no limit. Mission completion time: no limit. Mission delivery points: every time a corpse-eating dragon king bug is collected Ready for delivery. Delivery location: negotiable. Contact:… ”
The contact information left by the 07 organization is the real-time chat software generated by relying on this mercenary mission system. Now because this mercenary mission system is almost all over the world, this originally additional real-time chat software has replaced other chat software and has become It is currently the standard contact software for mercenaries around the world.
Below this information, important information such as the characteristics and weaknesses of the Corpse-Eating Dragon Bug was announced.
Many mercenaries are busy transcribing this information, and some can also use mobile phones to take photos and other means.
Of course, if you accept this mission in the mission window, then you can get the detailed information printed out by the base. However, accepting a mission requires depositing a certain amount of alloy particles or conversion energy. If the mission is not completed, the deposit will not be returned. In this way, mercenaries who are unsure and not wealthy will naturally not accept this task easily.
The hooded man wrote down the task number and then walked to the order taking desk.
As he walked, he muttered to himself: "It's really inconvenient. It has to be done manually to take over a task."
"Cuckoo." A small furry head popped out of the bulging leather bag, like a kitten, but the sound it made was not a meow.
"Do you think that Organization 07 is the host of the No. 07 recovery system?"
"Guji, Guji."
"Well, you are right. Whether they are recyclers or breeders, they are unnatural creatures that should not exist. Just like those monsters and viruses, they should all be eliminated."
"Goojiji."
The hooded man chuckled, "Why do you need to report what happened here to the Star Police? What does it have to do with us? Don't forget, we signed an agreement and paid a large sum of money to play in the park. All we have to do is kill monsters here. That’s fine, the rest is a matter for developers and local indigenous people.”
"Goojigji."
"Okay, there are a lot of good things here, it depends on whether we can find them. Not to mention those expensive portable systems, this is the corpse dragon king insect... If there is really a king insect, we will send it out That's a deal! I heard that this thing is one of the best raw materials for gene stabilizing liquid. Because it is extremely rare, every time one appears, it can fetch a very high price on the interstellar network. It is best to hunt down a few recyclers and raise them Not to mention successfully stripping off a portable system, I heard that they all have good things from the portable system, such as large-capacity space devices, which are not cheap. If they are unbound, they should be able to drop them, right?"
"Goojigji."
"Don't worry, we are the first pioneers. As long as we look carefully, we will definitely find good things. Of course there are dangers, but are you afraid?"
"Gooji!"
"Hahaha! Yes, you're not afraid, you're not afraid of anything." The hooded man seemed to be a chatterbox, and he seemed to be very confident in his abilities. He sang along with the kitten in his bag as if no one was watching.
Arriving at the order-taking desk, the hooded man said that he wanted to take on the task just released by Organization 07, and reported the task number.
The staff member raised his head and said, "Please show your mercenary card."
The hooded man flipped his fingers, showed a card and pushed it over.
The staff scanned the card and subconsciously looked up at each other to compare it with the avatars that appeared on the computer.
The hooded man seemed to smile at him.
The staff member looked dazed for a while, lowered his head, and after finishing processing, pushed the card back to the hooded man: "Okay, the order has been accepted successfully. There is no time limit for completing this order, and it can be repeated. I wish the task goes well."
At this time, there was a dock warehouse in a city about a hundred kilometers away from the Zhongshan base.
Xiao Mo took a peek and saw that Comrade Xiao Hong had issued a mission that was currently impossible: to capture the living corpse-eating dragon king insect.
However, Xue Lihong’s main purpose is to introduce the characteristics of the Corpse-Eating Dragon Insect through this mission. It doesn’t matter whether he can capture the King Insect. Just listening to Lei Bing’s description, you will know how difficult this insect is to deal with, and then it becomes a King Insect. Insects are definitely not something that ordinary power users below level three these days can deal with.
But sometimes something really goes without saying, like Cao Cao, he will come as soon as you tell him. And the corpse-eating dragon insect king insect, a high-level monster that should never appear at this time, appeared under Comrade Xiao Hong's unintentional summons.
However, the king insect did not appear at first, and it was not even at the mission location in the first place.
The next day, the last day of October, at five o'clock in the morning, Lei Bing brought the soldiers to gather. Wang Cheng and Qian Yunkai, the other two main members of the scavenging team, also arrived as agreed with Lei Bing.
They didn't have time to visit the interior of the base vehicle, so they only walked around the body and praised it.
Lei Bing urged everyone not to waste any more time. The two teams split up and nervously entered the dock warehouse area. Everyone, including Lei Bing, was ready to sacrifice, but!
An hour later, His Majesty the System announced that the third-level mission No. 03 had been completed.
Yes, you read that right. In just an hour, Xue Lihong took Xiao Mo around the warehouse, and he picked out the female corpse-eating dragon worms here and recovered them. He also killed and ate the other male worms...
Hey, this was the second time Xiao Mo saw Comrade Xiaohong eating bugs, and they were still alive. He just opened his mouth wide and threw them into his mouth, chewed them, and swallowed them.
Wang Cheng and Qian Yunkai: ...During the period when we were not acting together, has Boss Xue evolved (degenerated)
"Want to eat?" Xue Lihong handed out two worms.
Wang Cheng shook his head fiercely, Qian Yunkai pushed up the glasses made by Twitter, and took one with great interest.
As soon as the corpse-eating dragon insect that was in Xue Lihong's hand reached Qian Yunkai's hand, it immediately wormed its way into his palm.
"Hey." Xue Lihong stretched out her fingers to clamp the insect's body, and bit by bit pulled out the insect's head that had gotten into Qian Yunkai's palm.
Wang Cheng felt goosebumps forming in rows, while Qian Yunkai directly used a knife to prick the skin of his palm.
"This is a male insect. It cannot lay eggs or divide itself." Xue Lihong unscrewed the head of the disobedient insect.
Qian Yunkai exhaled and felt relieved, "Is this the Corpse-eating Dragon Bug? I saw the latest mission released by Organization 07 last night, which has a detailed introduction to this bug."
"Well. Don't wander around. Follow me later. It's best not to leave me more than a hundred meters away. Boss, do you hear me?"
"Ah, I heard that!"
When Xiao Mo and the others followed Xue Lihong to catch bugs, Lei Bing also led his soldiers to look for bugs everywhere in the warehouse area. He also took the time to secretly contact Xiao Mo and asked him in a low voice: "Have you seen the monsters here? Why did you turn around? Not even for half a day? I even brought a bait specially. Isn’t it already gone?”
Xiao Mo turned to look at Comrade Xiao Hong who was eating the second worm beside him. He slowly turned back with a painful expression and said to the communicator: "Wouldn't it be better to run away? Our mission is not to kill monsters, but to kill monsters here." canned meat.”
"Yes!" Lei Bing was happy, but he was still very uneasy, "But why do I always feel a little weak? Won't all those monsters get into the cans, and when we finally transport them back and open them, okay! The base has been Monsters have taken over.”
Xiao Mo burst out laughing, knowing that the person was not in front of him, but still gave a thumbs up, "You have a good imagination, you can open a few cans and have a look."
Xue Lihong felt that it was not good to be alone, so she held a strange insect with whiskers and claws that looked like the marriage of a mutated centipede and a hookworm, dangled it in front of Xiao Mo's eyes, and tempted him: "Boss, try it? It tastes good. It’s very fragrant. Although it’s raw, it tastes like duck gizzards. Most importantly, it’s full of energy. Eat?”
Xiao Mo turned off the communication device and shook his head firmly, "I won't eat."
Xue Lihong looked regretful. He really wanted to share this delicacy with his boss. This kind of corpse-eating dragon worm was much more delicious than the previous spinach-flavored parasite, and he could feel that this kind of insect was not only harmful to It is good for his health, and it should also be of some benefit to people with powers like Xiao Mo.
"I think this kind of corpse-eating dragon bug can be cultivated artificially. Maybe this bug can become one of the favorite foods of superpowers."
Qian Yunkai said that he could take a few back to breed them. Wang Cheng and Xiao Mo both gave him expressions of collapse, begging for mercy.
Xue Lihong was a little unhappy and deliberately tore off the corpse dragon insect's head in front of Xiao Mo and put the still squirming insect body into her mouth.
Xiao Mo wanted to kneel to him, especially when he couldn't think about what these insects had eaten before to grow so big!
System: "... hum."
Xiao Mo held his throat and asked His Majesty: "What does hum mean?"
"The insect genes integrated into that big hybrid's body must be very powerful. This is absolute gene suppression. It's not obvious to that orc boy, but to insects... hum."
Xiao Mo didn't expect that this mission would be so easy. Xue Lihong seemed to know the direction as soon as she came in. She led them and separated from Lei Bing and the others, euphemistically saying: split up to explore and reduce time.
Then Xue Lihong walked to the back of a warehouse and whistled a strange sound against the damaged concrete floor.
He wanted to ask what he was doing, but Xue Lihong just put her finger between her lips to keep them quiet.
Not long after, he saw one after another corpse-eating dragon insects crawling out from under the concrete floor, and one by one they lay obediently beside the red feet in the snow.
Xue Lihong squatted down and touched the insects with her hands.
Xiao Mo was still worried at the time and wanted to hold him back.
But those insects were all as motionless as if they were stiff.
Xue Lihong seemed to have gotten some message from these bugs, so he selected a few and kept them, while letting him recycle the others for energy crystals.
After that, Comrade Xiaohong grabbed those bugs and ate them as snacks while walking. Not even one of those bugs that Lei Bing said was super scary dared to resist.
The female corpse dragon worm here was finally carried out from deep underground by other male worms and presented to His Majesty Xue Lihong.
After His Majesty Xue Lihong confirmed that it was a female worm, he rewarded it to him, and he took it back blankly.
In this way, His Majesty Xue Lihong walked and called and ate all the way, and just like that, the dock warehouse area was cleaned up.
"Why are you still standing there? Now that you have a space bracelet, why don't you use it?" Xue Lihong suddenly said.
Space bracelet? Wang Cheng and Qian Yunkai's expressions were condensed, they looked at each other, and finally looked at Xiao Mo together.
"Ah?" Xiao Mo hasn't reacted yet.
Xue Lihong poured a handful of unscrewed insect heads into her mouth as if she were eating fried soybeans, clapped her hands, and while biting, she said vaguely: "There is a lot of inventory in this dock warehouse. We had these foods before." When corpse dragon bugs come, no one else dares to come here to pick up the leaks. Now that we have cleaned up the bugs, the rest is naturally the time to scan the goods. You can pack as much as you can, and when your space bracelet is full, Let’s go meet up with Lei Bing again.”
Xiao Mo patted his forehead, shocked. The goods still had to be collected, but now it was for nothing.
As Xiao Hong said, because this dock warehouse area is guarded by corpse-eating dragon insects, most of the inventory is full, and it's not just canned meat.
Because the canned meat and the like were wrapped in a layer of iron, the corpse-eating dragon worms were not interested in things other than flesh and blood, so they were left intact.
Xue Lihong and Xiao Mo first collected most of the canned beef and tuna meat.
They also found two shipping containers full of fine cotton fabrics. This new type of cotton has good air permeability, wear resistance, softness against the body and a falling feel. However, because the output is not large, it is a very expensive high-end clothing material.
Needless to say, Xue Lihong asked Xiao Mo to collect all the cotton cloth.
Wang Cheng and Qian Yunkai watched as Xiao Mo put his wrist on the pile of goods, and all the goods were gone. They didn't say a word for a long time.
They also heard at the base that there seemed to be a space superpower, but a space bracelet? Where did this come from
Xue Lihong never gave any explanation for this. Xiao Mo wanted to make up a reason, but couldn't find a good excuse for a while.
Wang Qian and the two seemed to notice Xiao Mo's embarrassment. Wang Cheng took the initiative to come over and pat him on the shoulder, saying with envy in his voice: "Captain, this is a good thing, but you'd better be careful when using it in the future. Don't let anyone except the team members." No one else knows. You know, it’s a crime to have a treasure in your possession.”
Qian Yunkai also said: "Since you and Boss Xue didn't hide anything from us, then you believe us. Wang Cheng and I have nothing to say about this. It's false to say it's confidential at this time. It all depends on the future." . In addition, Wang Cheng and I have the same opinion. Captain, you should not show your space bracelet in front of others. This thing is too eye-catching, not to mention this period of troubled times."
Xiao Mo smiled at the two of them. He already trusted their character and never thought of guarding against them. Xiaohong exposed the bracelet as soon as she came up. She probably thought that in the future, if everyone is in the same team, there will be many times like this when shopping for goods. Can she hide it once or twice? What's more, Wang Qian is a criminal police officer and a forensic doctor, both of whom are careful observers.
Besides, the base vehicle was right there, and there were rooms for Wang Qian and Wang Qian in the dormitory area, so there was no point in hiding the bracelet.
"The base car and this bracelet are both rewards from Organization 07." Xue Lihong said at this time, "In the future, we will do more missions from Organization 07, and there may be other rewards, but I'm not sure what they are. "
When Wang Qian and Wang Qian heard that the space bracelet came from the mysterious 07 organization, they were surprised and felt that it was taken for granted.
"Wait a minute, Boss Xue, what is the base car you are talking about? Is it the extremely cool car we just saw?" Wang Cheng asked hurriedly.
Xue Lihong had cold eyes.
Xiao Mo smiled and nodded.
"Wow, I always think this base vehicle is a bit amazing. It can't transform like Transformers, right?" Wang Cheng felt that he was whimsical enough.
Xiao Mo said vaguely: "You will find out when you get in the car later."
Wang Cheng felt itchy, but he didn't ask any more questions.
Qian Yunkai had other thoughts. From what Boss Xue said, it seemed that this space bracelet was not the only one? Maybe they can get similar rewards in the future
If this is really the case... Qian Yunkai's heart suddenly became excited. He wanted to see what kind of magical things would appear in the team in the future.
After the space bracelet passed the open road, it was time to scan the goods.
"Cookies? Collect them!"
"Battery? Take it!"
"Pure water? Of course I'll take it all! Take as much as you can get."
In addition to those that are useful to the team, of course there are also those that are not of much use to the team. When encountering such things, His Majesty Xue Lihong’s reaction was:
"Is this a sapling? It's almost dead. Let Lei Bing keep it. Maybe he can find someone to drag it back and use it as firewood."
"These containers are filled with high-end mountain bikes. We have no use for them. We will collect a few of them and keep the others for Lei Bing."
"This is a processed electronic chip. Well, I don't need it. Let's keep it for Lei Bing."
"There are so many steel pipes... let's keep some of them and leave the rest to Lei Bing."
"Is this a lot of coal going to be transported to the steel mill? I asked Cheng Zai to drive the car over. Winter is coming, and I have a feeling it will be very cold this winter. Bringing this coal back will be of great use."
Xiao Mo looked at this tall coal mountain and advised: "There are so many here, let's take only one third, right? After all, General Qiu and the others still have to feed so many people."
Xue Lihong gave him an incomprehensible look and reluctantly agreed. Then she notified Cheng Zai to drive over and asked him to be careful not to be discovered by Lei Bing.
Xiao Mo: Although Xiaohong contributed the most, and without Xiaohong it would not have been possible to capture this warehouse so easily, why does he still feel a little sorry for Lei Bing
Lei Bing and his soldiers were still looking for monsters conscientiously, but they had almost exhausted half of the good stuff in the dock warehouse.
When Cheng Zai drove over to load coal, Xue Lihong took Xiao Mo and the others on a detour back to the previous canned meat warehouse, and painfully released a few corpse-eating dragon worms that he planned to use as snacks.
"Inform Lei Bing that we have discovered a monster."
Xiao Mo twitched the corner of his mouth and sent a message to Lei Bing. As soon as Lei Bing heard that they found the monster, he would immediately bring people over for support.
When Lei Bing arrived, he saw Xue Lihong swinging his knife in the air beautifully, cutting the last corpse-eating dragon insect in half.
The blood of corpse-eating dragon insects is red, and there are many insect corpses left in the warehouse, as well as insect blood scattered everywhere.
Xue Lihong walked over and grabbed her saw blade knife, picked up half an insect with the tip of the knife, and threw it to Lei Bing: "Everything should be solved. What's the result of your battle?"
Lei Bing and other soldiers: ... It's so embarrassing, we didn't find anything.
Xue Lihong waved her hand slightly tiredly, "Let your people drive the car over to load the goods. Our team will be on guard. Remember to keep our share."
"Thank you, brother! Thank you for your hard work!" This is the first time Lei Bing calls Xue Lihong his brother.
Comrade Lei Bing, who thought he had a free meal, would certainly not refuse to pay. Even if he later discovered that most of the containers in the warehouse were empty when opened, he would not feel too uncomfortable. He saw the hole in the bottom of the container and thought it was the strange bugs here that dragged away the canned beef and ate it.
Xiao Mo looked at the sky. The actual situation was that Xiaohong and Qian Yunkai violently broke the door lock, and he followed them to move the goods and repaired the door lock when they came out.
Wang Qian and Lei Bing were also very familiar with each other, and there was nothing strange on their faces. Wang Cheng was particularly enthusiastic about helping the soldiers move their goods. Qian Yunkai asked Lei Bing about his experiences along the way.
Fortunately, all the canned pork containers in another warehouse are still there. Generally speaking, Lei Bing's harvest is still very rich.
Afterwards, Lei Bing notified Zhongshan Base to send more manpower to carry all the goods in the dock warehouse, especially the mountains of coal piled on the shore, which are urgently needed by Zhongshan Base. .
The military truck on Lei Bing's side only loaded canned meat back.
Up until this point everything seemed normal.
The team was getting ready to set off, and Wang Cheng and Qian Yunkai had just stepped into the base vehicle.
It was at this moment that His Majesty the System suddenly issued a warning: "Warning, Warning! The Corpse-Eating Dragon King Insect is approaching! Do you want me to issue a mission? This is a skip-level mission. You can ignore the remaining missions of level three and four and be promoted immediately. Level 5. Recycler Xiao Mo, do you accept the mission? You don’t have much time to hesitate. 2000 meters, 1900 meters, 1800 meters..."
Xue Lihong suddenly jumped out of the car, turned around and faced the wide tributary of the river, and shouted at the same time: "Everyone get in the car! Get out of here! Quick!"