Chapter 411： Wormhole mutation

The sample analysis data of "Insect Swarm Host" provided by Emma records 4 main functional components.

1. The incubator, the huge mushroom-like structure on the back of the swarm host is a hatchery for millions of parasitic larvae living in its blood vessels. Through a simple layer membrane system for material exchange, the glands in the host inject hormones into the larvae to accelerate their growth, and finally quickly hatch these deadly locusts with limited survival time from the incubator vesicles. Destroy the enemies of the swarm.

Second, the digging foot, the powerful muscles of the swarm host's foot can make it vibrate at supersonic speed, which is consistent with the principle of the tunnel worm's teeth. However, the swarm host's digging speed is not fast enough to adapt to the changing battlefield environment. In order to improve this problem, a set of fragile capillaries that can regenerate quickly are added to the host. Now, when the swarm host digs, these capillaries will rupture, softening the soil with acid blood, allowing it to be buried in the ground within seconds.

Third, bone stabilizing organs. When the swarm host is ready to attack, a set of elastic skeleton structures composed of different thicknesses will fix the host. Like the support of a human siege tank, this special skeletal system allows the swarm host to maintain stability and balance when spraying locusts or being attacked.

Fourth, blood symbiosis. Millions of parasitic larvae swim in the acidic blood vessels of the swarm host. They feed on damaged tissues, heal the damage and eliminate any foreign substances invading the host. When the host is threatened or joins the battle, a clever chemical reaction tells these larvae to go to the incubator, where they will evolve into weapons.

The swarm host is a master of defense and counterattack. The well-known "spring ditch" tactic in the battle is a consumption tactic constructed with the swarm host as the core and supplemented by other combat units.

The bugs it hatched not only do not consume resources. And the attack power is strong, the only drawback is that the duration is short, and it will die within a certain period of time after leaving the parent body. but. You can increase the duration of the locust by upgrading the "Durable Locust" in the Infected Abyss.

In the battle. The fighting method of the swarm host is generally defense-stalemate-consumption-with fungal carpet advancement-suppression-total attack, because the swarm host occupies a supply of 3 people, which is higher than an air combat weapon such as the Corruptor. It is also a ground unit. From a point of view, it is a relatively tasteless combat unit.

But Tang Fang didn't think so. Abathur's unlocking process had already started, in the Battle of the Swarm Heart. As a Zerg genetic engineer, it is dedicated to modulating and cultivating more powerful Zerg units. The Swarm Host is one of its research objects. In the later stages of the Battle of the Heart of the Swarm, one of the evolutionary branches that the Swarm Host hatches is the "flying locust". The status will naturally rise.

"Explosive mosquitoes, infected persons, insect swarm hosts... there are air units, ground units, and support units. This battle is a bit tiring, and the danger is a bit more dangerous. It can be rewarded, but it is also rich. pole."

Thinking of the "flying locust", he inevitably thought of Abathur to unlock the progress. After summoning a worm from the system space, order it to collect the gene fragments of the jellyfish-like parasites and inject them into the worm hole. After that, Tang Fang pressed the page key and found that Abathur's unlock value had changed to 11, which was an increase of 1% from before.

"Is there any mistake? This big neck is thick, and the appendages are like the Avalokitesvara Avalokitesvara? Is it easy to me? I was so overwhelmed by the'one-eyed Tai Sui' that I took everything from the bottom of the box. Only after it came out, it was killed. It was poured, and the unlocking progress only increased by 1%? Are you kidding me?"

Muttered angrily. Unwilling to resign, he hit the phagosome gene again: "A guy like Abathur should be very interested in the phagosome? After all, there is no such abnormal thing in the world of StarCraft."

Because of the particularity of the phagosome. Before giving the order, Tang Fang first consulted with Chonghou about the possible consequences of doing so. For example, will it be parasitized by phagosomes? For example, after the phagosome gene is injected into the worm hole, will it have a negative impact on the Zerg base?

The queen's reply is "no". As far as it is concerned, the immune cells in the body, combined with mitogen enzymes, will have a powerful exclusive effect on the phagosome genes, making it impossible to parasitize.

As for the worm hole, as a hatching place for the worm colony, its survivability, adaptability, and immunity are more powerful. After the phagosome gene is injected, it will be broken up by a special decomposing enzyme to break up the gene chain and remove the most basic nucleotides. Decompose into simple compounds, record their arrangement and compound formula, and store them in the gene bank of the Swarm Spirit Network.

After getting such a reply, Tang Fang nodded and gave the "gathering" instruction to the queen.

After about a few breaths, after obtaining the phagosome tissue cells, the queen was taken back to the system space by Tang Fang, and according to the words, the phagosome tissue cells were injected into the decomposition pool of the worm hole.

Tang Fang pressed the hot key again, and the production menu on the right side of the Wormhole changed. Abathur's unlocking progress bar changed from 11% to 31%, Evil Eye 4%, Giant Snake 6%, and the phagosome gene suddenly increased. That's 20%!

"Sure enough!" Tang Fang nodded in satisfaction, quite self-satisfied.

But at this moment, the sudden change suddenly freezes his facial expression. The bacteria blanket that originally radiated the entire window quickly shrank inward, as if the ebb seawater shrank to the outermost building edge of the Zerg Base in a blink of an eye.

At the same time, the 5 sharp blades gathered at the top of the wormhole spread outwards, and the huge mouthparts ejected a large group of reddish brown organic matter vesicles resembling a fungus blanket, suspended above the Zerg base, wriggling regularly like a heart .

The organic vesicle is like a Zerg structure suspended in the incubation state. The brown-gray veins are spread on the vesicle epidermis. Below the vesicle, there is a thick tube connected to the mouthparts at the top of the worm cavity. Look carefully. , You can see the organic solution flowing inside.

"This...what's going on?" Tang Fang was stunned, why did the bacteria blanket shrink? What is this huge vesicle? Didn’t the queen say that phagosome genes would not have a negative impact on the Zerg base?

He hurriedly picked out the worm that had promised him that there would be no accident, and asked sharply what was on the worm's lair. Why did the fungus blanket shrink? I don't know how to ask the queen of insects.

Tang Fang held back his anger and went to find Emma, ​​but the adjutant was also at a loss for Zhang Er, and could not tell why he came, but just told him to rest assured. Everything in the system is normal and there is no operational failure.

After hearing these words, he had no idea for a moment. There were 3 to 5 minutes of fear, and there were no other signs in the Zerg base. The fungus blanket also slowly spreads outwards, and everything is normal.

"Is this a manifestation of Worm Lair's upcoming upgrade to the 3 main nests?" Tang Fang comforted himself, clicking the larva and pressing the worker bee's hatch hotkey. After a few breaths, the worker bee broke out of its shell.

"The incubation unit is normal!"

Next, he selects the worker bee that has just hatched, switches to the building menu, and presses the hotkey of "Mutated into Spinal Needle Reptile". The worker bee drilled on the blanket. In a few hours, fresh spiny reptiles "come out".

"Mutated buildings are normal!"

Finally, he moved the cursor to the abyss of infection, and clicked on the three upgrade items of "Evolution Pathogen Gland", "Evolution Neural Parasitism", and "Evolution Enduring Locust" in turn.

The resource value dropped from 13360125,245934 to 13355125,240934. After the upgrade progress is completed, command a larva to mutate into an infected person. Looking at the eight-legged, swaying walking, and leaving a place of secretions, a large worm comparable to a siege tank appeared in front of him, and Tang Fang took a look. "Neural Parasite" is shown as available.

"The upgrade plan is normal!"

"All the functions of the Zerg base are normal...That's weird, what exactly is the vesicle above the worm den? There can't be a strange object that can't be selected by the cursor without any explanation."

"Tang Fang. Tang Fang... are you okay?" At this moment, Zhou Ai's voice came from the communicator.

"I'm fine." Tang Fang shook his head. Since he didn't understand, he simply gave up thinking. There are many things he can't understand about the StarCraft 2 system, as long as it doesn't affect his use.

What exactly is the vesicle above the wormhole will always find the answer in the future, so let's consider the aftermath now.

"Come in, there should be no danger." Tang Fang jumped out of the deep hole in the center of the hangar. He raised his head and looked at the external armor that was riddled with holes, and he looked at the Thunder God like a scrap iron mountain from a distance. He sighed gently, and put it into the system space. Repair by new production.

Outside, Byron, Aros and others saw him jumping out of the pit. There was nothing serious about his body. They all took a long breath and walked out from the control room of the quarantine station, opened the safety door, and entered the hangar.

To them, Tang Fang was like the main trunk of a towering tree, and the others were all green leaves and branches that depended on them. If the main trunk collapsed, they would surely become a mess of sand.

The veteran has repeatedly asked him to advise him not to be rash. For the handsome, the Chinese army can be in charge, and his subordinates are brave in front. However, when fighting human forces, Tang Fang could also remotely control and rely on high-tech troops to win, but when faced with the Devourer, he had to act in person.

Fortunately, there is Thor's help this time. If the Devourer is bigger and stronger, I really don't know what the result will be?

When several people walked to Tang Fang, he was recovering units damaged in the battle such as fanatics, stalkers, and Viking fighters. Byron walked to a piece of inactive, shriveled and withered phagosome flesh, slammed it down with a fist, and scattered dust with a "wow".

Tang Lin saw a nurse mm holding a sealed box in his hand, following the eldest brother step by step, his face changed: "Brother... are you injured?"

Tang Fang touched the wound that had healed long ago, leaving only a wisp of blood on his right temple. He smiled and said, "I'm fine. The sealed box contains living samples of phagosomes."

"Suffering such a powerful attack, it... it's not dead yet?" Tang Lin's mouth twitched continuously.

The scene when Thor’s fire was fully on, they had a clear view through the closed-circuit surveillance system of the quarantine station-hangar, especially the high-energy particle stream emitted by the Thor’s Hammer particle accelerator with large arms and arms, and suffered the same degree of attack. I am afraid that the battleship will be wiped out, but I didn't expect "Tai Sui" to survive.

"Don't worry, even if it's not completely dead, it's dying, it's like a fire in the wind." After Tang Fang put the last scrapped Goliath armed robot into the system space, he turned around and patted the sealed box in nurse mm's hand. , Explained with a smile.

"That's good." Thinking of the horror of "One-eyed" Tai Sui, Tang Lin still had a lingering fear.

"Commander, although the cargo ship carrying the phagosome has been destroyed, the transaction log recording system protected by layers should be unimpeded. If you want to study the formation process of the phagosome, you may wish to obtain a data chip that records the flight log." When the two talked. Emma's reminder came in my mind.

"Okay, I see." Emma screened back. Tang Fang turned and approached the wreckage of the cargo ship. After analyzing and comparing the structure of the ship, it took a quarter of an hour. Finally, a scrapped "black box" was dug out from under a pile of rubble, and the data chip inside was taken out and handed over to the nurse. save.

More than an hour passed, Ruskin and others did not know what it was like, so they thought a little. Chong Byron commanded: "Contact Ruskin and tell him that the monster is dead, and the blockade of zone g can be cancelled."

"Okay." Byron agreed and walked quickly to the door.

At this time, Tang Fang suddenly realized something was wrong with Zhou Ai, her small face flushed, just like the big girl who had drunk two cups of green bamboo leaves and was too strong to drink.

"Zhou Ai, what's wrong with you?"

"I...I'm okay." The girl sorted out the messy broken hair on her temples and gently wiped off the sweat that overflowed her forehead: "Perhaps she is a little tired."

"Big Brother..." Tang Lin walked to him. Tell Zhou Ai's fact that he was almost parasitized by follicles.

"Zhou Ai, let me see." Tang Fang walked up to the girl with a sullen face and raised her arm. Pressing the lock button to break down, a piece of shoulder armor opened in response.

Then, he grabbed the military uniform and pulled it forcefully. With a "stab", a white and smooth jade lotus root appeared in front of his eyes.

He wasn't in the mood to appreciate Zhou Ai's delicate, well-proportioned arms, and his arms without a trace of fat.

After carefully checking his arm, he made a "chi" sound. The general's uniform was torn apart, revealing more than half of his back shoulder blade.

There is no wound. There was no ulceration, and the girl's skin was intact. It is thin and slippery, with a hint of shower gel aroma.

"Fortunately." Tang Fang let out a breath.

"How? Are you okay?" Aros also looked worried.

"It's okay."

"That's good."

Zhou Ai also breathed a sigh of relief, concealing the bare skin of her arm, and buttoned her shoulder armor again: "I said it's okay, you still don't believe it." Because she blushed, she couldn't see such embarrassment and embarrassment. Kind of expression.

Of course, according to her previous sturdy style, Tang Fang didn't think she would be embarrassed by this little thing.

"For safety, I'd better return to the Morningstar first, and let Valentin do a physical examination for you." After saying that, Tang Fang waved to Aros and Tang Lin: "Go, go back to Morningstar first to clean the battlefield. Just leave it to the people of Venus Pharmaceuticals."

The three nodded without saying much, and followed him out of the hangar, just as Byron walked out of the control room of the quarantine area: "Ruskin has lifted the blockade of G area, and someone will come here to open the isolation gate soon."

"Okay." Tang Fang nodded, turned his head and glanced at the control room behind Byron, unconsciously moving.

The one who survived the battle received the order and walked quickly into the control room to completely destroy the data host.

At the beginning of the war, Tang only cut off the monitoring network between G area and the outside world. Taking into account the existence of Zhou Ai, Aros and others, he did not destroy the electronic equipment in the control room of the quarantine area. When the battle was over, Ruskin's men were about to enter the hangar to clear the battlefield. He didn't want to expose his secrets to outsiders.

Appropriate performance of one's own abilities is helpful to strategic layout, but the details do not need to be known to the public. Only by maintaining a certain sense of mystery can people in the "Venus" pharmaceutical industry be in awe.

"Crack...squeak..." Soon after the data host was destroyed, the sound of the gate opening came from the other side of the connecting channel in the quarantine area.

Tang Fang glanced at Zhou Ai, who was still flushing beside him, frowned slightly, and walked out quickly.

Although Zhou Ai did not find a wound on her body, her mentality and performance were normal, but somehow, there was always a weird feeling in her heart. It was neither good nor bad, anyway, it was very different from usual.

When several people walked through the connection channel together the isolation gate has been raised, the security door opened, and Steven Sue was the first to enter the G zone. Seeing that Byron is the same as before, he breathed a sigh of relief and put it down. Heart comes.

Behind Ruskin followed with a few soldiers wearing Lancer power armor. After meeting, he glanced at the blood on Tang Fang's forehead, and asked worriedly: "Is it all right?"

"A slight injury, it doesn't matter." Tang Fang responded with a smile.

"What about that big guy? Is it... Is it really dead?" Even knowing that Byron could not be joking with him about this kind of thing, Ruskin was still suspicious. The large rail cannon in the center of the hangar couldn't kill it. How many people in Tang Fang solved it?

Tang Fang didn't answer directly, and threw a sentence: "Sorry, I ruined one of your hangars." After speaking, Zhou Ai, Aros and Tang Lin walked towards the exit.

Ruskin did not get a satisfactory answer from his mouth, and turned his head to look at Byron, but saw the one-eyed dragon propped up the corner of his mouth, laughed at him a few times, said "haha", and said: "Don't look at me, what am I? I don't know." Then he followed Tang Fang and the three of them, leaving him and Stephen Su to look at me, and I look at you, speechless. (To be continued)