mtlumby2d Chapter 1306 The Zerg Pattern
Chapter 1306 The Zerg Pattern
The Dragon Flame Barrier had been erected, but the swarm of insects continued its attack for a full three hours without stopping.
After a fierce battle at the foot of the city wall, Jiang Xiaoming, Li Shuying, Bai Qing, and Arthur finally killed the giant beetle warriors. When they finally dragged their exhausted bodies back to the city wall, their weapons and armor were already stained with the green juice and bright red blood of the giant insect race, emitting a pungent stench.
“Huff…Huff…”
Jiang Xiaoming plopped down on the ground, panting heavily: "Damn, they were really tough to deal with. I told you that Zerg warriors weren't generally very strong individually..."
Ye Ge said, "You've worked hard."
Despite the pain in her arm, Bai Qing injected a life-saving potion into it, her gaze fixed on the distant battlefield blocked by the Dragon Flame Barrier: "Are those insectoid armies showing no signs of retreating yet?"
Gao Shenxue gazed at the light emanating from the barrier and said softly, "The Dragon Flame Barrier is nearing its limit."
"What??" Li Shuying turned her head in astonishment.
The fire-eating ants continued their relentless assault on the barrier. They swarmed up the barrier's walls, completely ignoring the scorching heat on the surface, and frantically sucked up the fire-attribute energy within the barrier with their sharp mouthparts.
The swarm of insects piled up higher and higher outside the barrier, forming a terrifying mountain of insects hundreds of meters high, pressing heavily on the surface of the barrier and sending chills down one's spine!
Even more alarming is that fine cracks have appeared on the surface of the Dragon Flame Barrier!
The Flame Dragon Mages were still desperately pouring their soul power into the barrier, trying to repair the damage.
However, their soul power is ultimately limited, how could they possibly withstand the endless consumption of trillions of fire-eating ants?
Ququ couldn't help but ask, "Speaking of which, what about the reinforcements from other races, and Ao Shenglong King?"
Night Song explained, "Dragon King Ao Sheng is directing the defenses on the north wall, while we are on the south wall. As for reinforcements from other races, they have already been dispatched to aid other cities of the Eastern Dragon Clan that are under attack by the insectoid race."
"Huh?" Jiang Xiaoming asked in surprise, "Did the Dragon Clan's other cities also get attacked?"
“Of course,” Ye Ge said. “Unlike us humans, the Eastern Dragon Clan does not have a Great Wall that surrounds the entire territory of their empire. Their city-states are scattered across many places on the Eastern Continent, which means that if an enemy wants to, they can attack many of their cities at the same time.”
Upon hearing this, Li Shuying said with relief, "Phew... In that case, it's fortunate that we have the Great Wall built by the late emperor; otherwise, we might have become the enemy's first target."
"Click...click..."
Cracks on the distant barrier are spreading at a visible speed.
Jiang Xiaoming nervously swallowed: "Okay, it seems we really can't hold them off much longer..."
Li Shuying looked at Ye Ge: "My lord, what should we do?"
"..."
General Jinlong's expression was extremely grave. His knuckles were white from gripping his sword too tightly as he said in a deep voice, "It seems the barrier can't hold; hand-to-hand combat is the only option..."
"bass--"
With a swift motion, he drew his longsword and turned to Ye Ge, his tone resolute: "Lord Ye Ge, once the enemy breaks through the barrier, please join me in leading the army to engage them in hand-to-hand combat. We must absolutely not allow the insect swarm to cross the city walls and enter the city!"
Ye Ge slowly shook his head.
General Jinlong's expression changed drastically: "What, do you intend to desert your post?"
"Oh, no." Ye Ge scratched her face with her finger. "What I mean is, I don't need your help. I can manage on my own."
"...What?!?" General Jinlong exclaimed incredulously.
Yu Li, Qu Qu, and Li Shuying also looked surprised.
Jiang Xiaoming quickly said, "Hey, Ye Ge, you're not kidding, are you? Getting bitten by those giant bugs hurts terribly, I just tried it..."
On his arm, there is still a bloody, mangled wound, a result of the recent battle.
The giant beetle's mouthparts were practically a shredder! Zhu Yan's physical defenses should have been extremely high after he was half-beast transformed, but he was still bitten like this!
It's easy to imagine that if they were truly engulfed by the swarm of insects, not even a trace of their bones would be found...
"Lord Nightsong," General Golden Dragon paused for a moment, "you probably don't know how terrifying the insect swarm is..."
you could put it that way.
Even the five strongest beings of all races probably wouldn't dare to face the insect swarm alone!
Ye Ge said, "If we were to fight these strange insects hand-to-hand on the city wall, what are your chances of being able to stop them?"
After careful consideration, General Jinlong replied, "Sixty or seventy percent. The Dragon Clan's army is not as fragile as you imagine. If we let them pass through the outer city walls, we can encircle and annihilate them wave after wave."
Night Song said, "But, there will definitely be a heavy price to pay, right?"
General Jinlong fell silent.
That's true...
Even if you win a melee battle against the Zerg, heavy casualties are absolutely unavoidable.
"I don't want any of my men to die fighting alongside me today." Ye Ge smiled. "What I want is for none of them to die today."
General Jinlong remained silent for a while, then said, "You really are an idealist... But how do you plan to defeat the swarm of insects all by yourself?"
Instead of answering, Yege asked, "Do you know that most of the soldiers in the Zerg are less intelligent than ordinary supernatural races? In terms of intelligence alone, they are not even considered particularly intelligent animals."
"But it is precisely because of this that they are the most united army. They are fearless of death because their individual intelligence is not high. Their biological instinct is to prioritize the group and have a strict hierarchy. Therefore, when they receive orders from their superiors, they will carry them out without hesitation, comparable to AI in the biological world."
General Jinlong paused for a moment upon hearing this, then pondered for a while before saying, "What you mean by all this is...?"
Nightsong continued, "To command such a massive and unintelligent swarm of Zerg on the battlefield, the ruler cannot use complex commands or devise sophisticated tactics for individuals. Therefore, the actions of these individual Zerg soldiers are actually commands given to them by their mother Zerg through a mental link."
“Spiritual transmission…” Bai Xueling mused, “Isn’t that just like a beast tamer controlling a spirit pet?”
“Yes, more or less,” Nightsong said. “Each queen can lay tens of thousands of eggs in her lifetime. These eggs hatch into tens of thousands of insect soldiers. These insect soldiers are her mental nodes. The more intelligent queen receives commands from higher-ups and then commands her subordinate insect soldiers through mental links—this is the insect race's combat mode.”