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Listening to Lieutenant Colonel Dundee's tireless explanation, Sheyan and Mogensha suddenly understood. No wonder the situation on planet P was so strange. It was clear that when humans encountered the Zergs, both sides would most likely fight. But if there weren't any other races, no matter if it was humans or arachnids, they would appear to be united but are actually divided at heart. Naturally, they hoped for the other side to fall.
Mogensha suddenly asked.
"Then all the human bases, are built on top of the Pandora ore veins?"
Lieutenant Colonel Dundee nodded.
"All the arachnid bases, are like that."
Sheyan abruptly interjected.
"What do the arachnids need these ores for?"
Lieutenant Colonel Dundee coughed violently, before continuing.
"Only by borrowing the energy within the ores, can they survive and reproduce. Looking at it from a more direct perspective, the Pandora crystal ores are like our daily bread, while the food harvested by the arachnids are like salad dressing, butter and other condiments."
"Woah, then these arachnids think that our salad dressings can provide them with more bread?" Mogensha continued.
"No." Lieutenant Colonel Dundee earnestly replied. "This Blackthorn arachnid group is extremely lucky, they have already found their Christmas feast. That is a Pandora mineral deposit with an astonishing amount of reserves. Simply speaking, just this mineral deposit alone is equivalent to a tenth of Planet P's known reserves. It is enough for this group to mine for 10 years. While their Overmind is frantically absorbing energy to grow, and developing the entire tribe." "That's right." Dundee replied seriously. An extremely unfortunate incident occurred. Sensing the threat, three nearby arachnid swarms formed an alliance, and launched an assault on the Blackthorn tribe! Amongst the arachnids who worship the law of the jungle, such an action is actually quite common. "
"The outcome of this assault, was that although the Blackthorn Arachnid horde was attacked to the core of the Mother nest, and suffered disastrous casualties, they relied on their massive reserves of Pandora energy crystals to continuously spawn new arachnids. Thus, they were able to forcefully exhaust the two arachnid hordes to death! Furthermore, the Overmind of those two arachnid swarms were directly plundered and devoured by the Blackthorn tribe's Overmind. "
"Overmind?" Mogensha asked curiously. "What's that?"
Lieutenant Colonel Dundee said seriously.
"It's similar to the existence of the queen and queen of ants and bees. Its ability is completely focused on controlling the development and evolution of the entire swarm. It has a very powerful mental ability. Simply put, it's the brain of the entire swarm. As for the Mother of the Blackthorns who abducted us, it was in charge of reproduction and some basic functions. Of course, in a swarm, there would only be one Overmind. If a second Overmind appears, then the two Overminds will either devour each other or split the entire swarm into two. "
Sheyan contemplated as he digested the information provided by Dundee. Instead, he heard Dundee continue.
"After the Blackthorn tribe's Overmind had absorbed the other Overminds, it entered a state of deep sleep. The remaining Thick-liquid tribe then gathered all their remaining forces, and launched a suicidal ambush from all directions! Because the Blackthorn tribe's defensive capabilities were still in the process of recovering, the Thick-liquid tribe successfully dispatched an elite troop to break through the core, and abducted the slumbering Overmind. This caused the tribe to be like a group of dragons without a leader, and could only rely on their instinctive defensive capabilities to defend themselves. "
(Some people may not understand the functions of the Overmind, but to use an analogy, the Mother of the Blackthorns is equivalent to the Mother nest of the arachnids playing Starcraft. While the Overmind is equivalent to sitting in front of a computer controlling you. If you were abducted, then the various defensive facilities of the base would still be in effect. The patrolling and attacking troops that you previously set up would still follow your commands and instincts to defend and attack. However, one can only imagine how inflexible it is.)
"Currently, the Thick-liquid tribe would mobilize their newly hatched troops to launch a frenzied assault on a certain area of the base, attempting to find a breakthrough point, and quickly occupy this rich Pandora crystal mine. As for the Mother of the Blackthorns, her main function is to reproduce and not battle or decision-making. Her MP can only command less than a third of the newly hatched troops in battle, and her battle tactics are relatively inflexible. Thus, after discovering that we are battling with the Thick-liquid tribe, she didn't kill us, but hoped to borrow our strength to resist the Thick-liquid tribe! Once the Mother of the Blackthorns is slain, then the Thick-liquid tribe can easily control all the facilities and structures here, and we are similarly doomed. "
"Wait a minute!" Sheyan suddenly interrupted. "There's a crucial question. Where's the Blackthorn tribe's Overmind? I noticed it was abducted, and not killed. "
Dundee was stumped. "I don't know about that, but it was indeed abducted."
At this moment, everyone present felt their hearts throbbing. Following that, the Mother of the Blackthorns' voice resounded.
"Mozi is still alive. After devouring two Overminds, he has already met the basic requirements to successfully promote to a Black-Iron Overlord! Even if he didn't succeed in promoting, his strength is at least 2-3 times that of the Thick-liquid Overmind. The devouring of Overminds isn't the kind of plundering of physical body, but a plundering of MP. Not only will the Thick-liquid tribe's Overmind not kill him, it will instead protect his body with all its might. That weak little Overmind will definitely imprison Mozi, and slowly exhaust his MP. Only when he is completely exhausted, will it begin to attack with its own brainwaves, slowly attempting to devour him. Due to the disparity in strength between both parties, this process will last for an entire 120 hours. "
Based on his calculations, Overmind Mozi should be able to survive for at least two to three days … … .his thoughts began to churn rapidly.
All of a sudden, an indescribable deep rumbling sound reverberated throughout the base. That sound was like the rumbling sound of an airplane piercing through the clouds. The 10 survivors suddenly leapt up, swiftly charging towards their weapons. Then, they started donning their battle armour, obviously preparing for battle. Although their bodies were riddled with injuries, their movements were still relatively nimble. Mogensha was startled.
"What, there's a battle?"
“GOGOGO!” Dundee and the other soldiers were already shouting. He too donned his battle armour, and brandished a standard C-14 'penetrating' electromagnetic rifle. Then, he turned around and commanded. "Lads, you guys take a rest first. We'll return after violently kicking the ass of those invading arachnids."
Mogensha was about to speak, but a few exceptionally ferocious and massive elite zerglings scuttled out from the side. They blended into the group of humans as they charged forward ferociously. Mogensha couldn't ask anything even if he wanted to, he glanced towards Sheyan.
"What should we do now?"
Sheyan resolutely replied.
"Of course we follow, at least we have to ensure that Dundee doesn't die. If we can obtain a mission from him, then at least we don't have to worry about being exterminated from this world. "
The two of them quickly followed the path they took. Along the way, they saw a large number of purplish-red organic buildings, or rather, organs. The shortest one was about two or three stories high, and it was sinister and strange. It was covered with blue veins and blood vessels as thick as an arm, and it was secreting all kinds of viscous liquids, making gurgling sounds. There was also a strange smell in the air.
The largest core building was what the humans called the "Mother's Nest". It looked like a towering hill of flesh and blood, but it was only five or six stories high and covered an area of more than a kilometer. Its surface was covered with thick purplish-red veins. Hundreds of purplish-red six-legged beetles the size of millstones were digging into the rocky mountain nearby with their mouths open. They would then pick up the crystals in their mouths and travel between the Mother's Nest and the rocky mountain.
These beetles had peculiar mouthparts, first spraying acid to melt the hard rocks, then using their two developed mouthparts to crush the rocks, before digging out the crystals and piling them up. Apart from that, within the crystals was a rare yellowish green mineral called 'gas'. To the arachnids, it wasn't like the crystals, without which they couldn't survive. Instead, it was a crucial factor for their evolution. According to Sheyan's information, these were the arachnid production unit known as the 'drones'. These arachnids were weak in battle, but their importance was placed above the other arachnids.
Surrounding the Mother Nest were 7-8 enormous' beast lairs'. These beast lairs were identical in shape to the Mother Nest, but in terms of volume and size, they were inferior. They only had one function, and that was to breed embryonic larvae. These things were similar to embryos, they could use the hormones and energy of the Mother Nest to hatch into various arachnid arachnids. After the Mother Nest was destroyed, other beast lairs could undergo a long period of development, and take over the function of the Mother Nest. Normally, the Mother Nest could produce 15 embryonic larvae every hour, while ordinary beast lairs could only produce 5 or so.
Intense sounds of battle drifted in from a place not far from the Mother Nest. Sheyan and the rest immediately sprinted forward. Along the way, they saw a large number of arachnids standing lifelessly in their original positions, completely oblivious to the intense battle happening 500 metres away. This was obviously the disadvantage of losing the Overmind. (To be continued.) If you like this work, I welcome you to donate your recommendation votes or monthly votes. Your support, is my greatest motivation.)
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