"I must admit that I seriously underestimated the deterrent power of Shadewalker King Beast."
Jarod Shadowsong, who had watched the entire encounter in the Empress palace, sighed after more than ten seconds of silence:
"Vigilant Saint didn't lie to you. With this king beast participating in the war, this war against Mantid is really just a "simple mode" just to make you familiar with the real battlefield.
Even if you use up the last insect swarm in your hand, as long as the king beast is still there, you can still drive it to trample to death every Mantid on the battlefield.
This thing is on this battlefield
No!
It is almost all Invincible in Azeroth!
Look at the exaggerated war specializations on it. Even Burning Legion's Abyssal Lord would die in front of it. Master Agamaggan got rid of the nightmare, and it chose to respond to its thousands of years of pain with even more brutal power.
Ah, I actually started to look forward to it appearing in front of the Burning Legion in a new powerful form.
Those demons will be scared to death of it!"
"But there is only one "Leader King Beast". Other Thunder Beasts cannot have such exaggerated power. Even if the Thunder Beast hatched using the captured Crypt Lord as a material, its power is only about half of that of Agamaggan.
We can't find the second Wild God who is determined to take revenge as the hatching material for the king beast."
Anveena has a different opinion, she said:
"And the king beast can't fight in the air! It's said that it's because Agamaggan rejected wings, and it feels safe to have its feet on the ground.
Therefore, theoretically speaking, as long as there is enough fierce air force, it can be surrounded and killed. Although Agamaggan's Eternal Spirit will make it return to Sea of Darkness's insect nest to resurrect, but you have to know that the biomass and Entropic Energy required for re-hatching the leader beast each time are enough to create ten main insect swarms."
"It's worth it! No matter how powerful the insect swarm is, it is only a tactical-level unit, but such a Invincible king beast is a true strategic-level weapon!"
Jarod said in a short tone:
"Once it enters the battlefield, any enemy defense will appear absurd and ridiculous. This is a beast that must win! You have to learn to control it correctly.
Since the king beast is here, there is no need to worry about the palace and focus on strangling the Mantid army.
Immediately shift your attention to Niuzao Temple and take a look at the situation over there."
Anveena Follow it immediately.
Then, she and Jarod saw the scene of the Shadow Chasing Swarm and Mantid armies fighting in Niuzao Temple's building. Compared with the one-sided crushing when the king beast came on stage, the fight here was very miserable.
Anveena's previous judgment was correct.
Facing the elite Mantid who are specialized in war, Shadow Chasing Swarm needs a lot of cannon fodder to "redeem" it. On average, seven springtails must be sacrificed to replace one Mantid Warrior.
Feilong's ridiculous air combat capabilities suffered even more terrible losses when faced with the "National Air Force" Mantid, who mastered the art of flying.
Jarod specially counted the numbers and came to a sad conclusion.
On average, it takes twelve flying dragons to kill one Mantid Sky Raider in the air. Facing the aerial combat-type Mantid, which is as flexible as a dragonfly, it is even difficult for the venom balls shot by the flying dragons to hit them. Besides the venom balls, the flying dragons' offensive methods are very poor.
"Shadow Chasing Swarm's air power is in urgent need of strengthening. Mantid is the perfect genetic material."
Overmind's whimpers echoed in Anveena's ears.
It also observed the battlefield through the eyes of Shadowstalker Bugs, and it said to Anveena:
"This is a part of Light Weaver's great Grand Plan. After we accept Mantid's "Legacy", Shadow Chasing Swarm will be reborn again. This is your strategic mission, Queen of Blades."
Anveena nodded.
She observed the battlefield carefully, and she was dissatisfied with the slow movements of the flying dragons, so she simply started micro-manipulation.
She controlled an elite flying dragon and played "Ace Combat". Finally, in the extreme dog fight, she was satisfied with killing a Mantid Sky Raider one by one.
However, extreme micro-management could not change the situation that Shadowstalker Bugs was fighting hard at this time, so Anveena asked:
"It's too slow to wait until the war is over to start genetic upgrading. Can't you upgrade while fighting? I have already occupied a Amber Holy Tree tree as a base. Send the Gene Masters there and let the insect swarm analyze the genes of Mantid.
I've had enough of this red tape.
I need a stronger air force to suppress these flying mantis warriors!"
Overmind was silent for a moment, seeming to be calculating the risk. After a few seconds, it replied:
"Yes, but every insect Gene Master is precious, and you must ensure their safety. And I heard that among the Mantid heroes, there is one "Gene Master" named "The Cutter·Rik'kal".
Bring it! Queen of Blades.
The insect swarm needs its crazy wisdom. We believe that having such a hero who has profound research on the Mantid gene to join us will significantly speed up the strengthening of the insect swarm.
If we can still crack the famous "Amber Regeneration" technology of Mantid and make Kyparian Amber a strategic resource of Shadow Chasing Swarm, then maybe at the end of this war, you will have new swarm warriors under your command."
"Okay, I'll finish it."
Anveena agreed, then she rolled her eyes and asked:
"But my mentor Vigilant promised me that after I complete the war training, I will have my own "Saviors" insect swarm. That is my gift to World Mother.
What I want to know is, will Shadow Chasing Swarm share these genetic secrets with me when my insect colony is born?
It's not that I'm lazy, it's mainly that it took too long for the original Qiraji to evolve step by step to your current strength. World Mother faces the threat from Six Realms, and she may not be able to wait that long.
Although Master Diakum is powerful and warm-hearted, he has his own lord, and World Mother and I cannot bother him every time to come to rescue him."
"Well, ambitious and greedy thinking is the virtue that a qualified Queen of Blades should have."
Overmind made a subtle whimpering sound.
It says:
"But every evolutionary secret of Shadow Chasing Swarm requires a lot of sacrifices to obtain. We cannot ignore the interests of the insect swarm and share it with another insect swarm for free.
As a whole consciousness, before you ask for benefits from the insect swarm, you should first think about what you have done for the insect swarm.
Let's do this, Queen of Blades Anveena, on behalf of Shadow Chasing Swarm, we have reached an agreement with you, the future Lord of the Swarm "Saviors".
If you can help Shadow Chasing Swarm obtain all the insect swarms Legacy of the Aqir Empire, then we will share all the secrets extracted by Legacy with you.
If you need it, we will even provide a batch of Gene Master as the evolutionary mentors and forerunners of the "Saviors" insect swarm."
"Okay! I agree."
Anveena nodded and said:
"Except for Mantid of Pandaria, the last inheritance of the Aqir Empire is in Northrend, right? When I finish here, I will immediately set off to Northrend to work for you again."
Overmind whimpered, indicating that the agreement was established. Then, it reminded:
"Shadow Hunterss have sent important news, you should take the next step."
"Huh?"
Queen of Blades Trainee temporarily pulled away his consciousness and opened his eyes under the Amber Holy Tree tree that was already occupied by Shadowstalker Bugs. Then he saw a "Shadewalker Lurker" lying on the stone in front of him.
It is flexible and flexible, and its tail with poisonous spikes is curled up with a letter.
Anveena took the letter and opened it, and found that it was handwritten by General Staghelm. It described in detail the important information they had discovered in Klaxxi Council's territory of Dread Wastes.
"Well, Elder Council of Mantid is very dissatisfied with Empress's behavior of breaking the tradition of "Great Cycle". They sent several heroes as assassins to take advantage of the chaos to assassinate Grand Empress Shek'zeer and regain control of the Mantid clan."
Anveena said to Jarod:
"This Mantid Grand Empress is really a "high-risk profession." I heard that in the tens of thousands of years before Shekzeer, many Grand Empress died at the hands of assassins sent by Elder Council."
"It's strange that the politics of insects can be so dark."
Jarod scoffed at this.
But he perfectly fulfilled his duties as a war staff officer and suggested to Anveena:
"This is an opportunity. Send your second swarm hero. The Unscarred·Malik is a master tactician and let him participate in this matter.
Grand Empress cannot die now, at least not in the hands of Elder Council.
By the way, try to capture a few more heroes. These guys are "gene treasure troves". If you plan to extract more benefits from Overmind for Saviors Swarm, then every hero captured alive will be your bargaining chip."
"Yeah!"
Anveena waved his fist and said:
"The genetic enhancement of Yingjie can be used not only by Shadowstalker Bugs, but also by our future Saviors Swarm. So, Jarod, will you serve as the commander in Saviors Swarm in the future?
That's my swarm, and I'm free to appoint its commander. Of course, you may need to make some small "modifications."
"Uh, forget it, if I turn myself into a "worm", my sister and wife will kill me."
Jarod said regretfully:
"At least not yet."
"Hiss"
A Warrior Bug guarding the insect nest jumped over, waved its claws at Anveena's spirit body, and made a hissing sound. Queen of Blades Trainee understood, and she said to Jarod:
"The Gene Masters of Shadow Chasing Swarm are here. Let me go and take a look. Overmind has hidden them very deep. I have never seen Gene Master like them."
"Then let me go and have a look too."
The spirit of Jarod followed Anveena into the insect nest. Worker Bee's work efficiency is very high. Amber Holy Tree of Mantid has been hollowed out and covered with green carpet. Several incubation rooms have been placed inside and have begun operation.
A steady stream of "biomass" was sent back here from the battlefield by the Worker Bees as nourishment for the new-born bugs.
The long-term war in Sea of Darkness has turned Shadow Chasing Swarm into a real weapon of war. Once they start operating, every member of this swarm will strictly perform their mission unless they are destroyed or victorious.
Because this is the meaning of their existence.
When Anveena floated along the fungus carpet to the inside of the insect nest, several large insects with very "unique" appearances were already busy here.
Their appearance is very uniform, and they have not been specialized for warfare. Instead, they maintain the original posture of a "long insect". Their lower bodies are flat and have small centipede-like legs to allow them to move. Their upper bodies are propped up but covered with insect claws of different sizes and even different shapes.
Their heads are hidden in the huge bulge of the "back". It is difficult to find the small but flexible head without looking carefully. The huge cysts on their backs are covered with strange green vacuoles on both sides, and you can even see small bugs hatching and growing in them.
These are the organs used by Gene Master to test genetic specialization, and the sharp insect limbs they grow on their backs also have similar vacuoles.
Rather than attacking organs, this thing is more like a "precision scalpel" that facilitates the extraction of prey genes and samples.
"Hiss, this thing is quite boring after looking at it for a long time."
Anveena shook his body.
Although the interior of Shadowstalker Bugs is full of all kinds of strange bugs, these "Gene Master" in front of you are definitely the most "raunchy" ones.
They don't seem to care what they look like.
"Welcome to you all."
Anveena opened her hands to welcome her, but no one paid attention to her. Every Gene Master was busy.
Some are dissecting captured Mantid, using strange biological toxins to keep them awake while removing their organs to extract fresh genes. Others are studying the magical Kyparian Amber, trying to decipher the Amber Regeneration secrets of Mantid.
More Gene Master have begun to extract and evolve the advantageous genes of Mantid.
A batch of flying dragon eggs that were about to take shape were sent here by Worker Bee, and Gene Master injected different gene fragments to observe the evolutionary effects. However, they did not use a crude "exhaustive method", but had strict screening and biological breeding standards.
"Why don't you talk?"
Anveena approached a Gene Master who was observing the sample, and she said:
"You obviously have vocal organs."
"Chatting? It's a waste of time, affects efficiency, is meaningless, and should be thrown into the pit of worms."
The name Gene Master replied very rudely:
"Insects, not perfect, far from perfect, flaws, intolerable! You, too, are flaws."
"You!"
Anveena is a little angry.
But then she realized that these Gene Master were designed in this way. They shouldered the evolutionary mission of the entire insect swarm and were the real "evolutionary drivers". Once they were not efficient enough, the conquest of the insect swarm would be directly affected.
Therefore, it is a virtue for people to pursue ultimate efficiency and hate meaningless interactions.
"I'm about to catch Yingjie back!"
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Anveena rolled his eyes and said:
"Do you want Yingjie to be a test sample? One? Or more?"
All the Gene Masters in the entire incubation room turned their attention to Anveena at this moment.
Their small but sharp eyes are full of desire.
Every Mantid hero is an elite sample of this race after thousands of years of evolution, and is a walking dominant gene pool.
The genetic body of "the Unscarred·Malik" that was previously thrown into the insect nest by Light Weaver directly helped the insect swarm overcome several evolutionary difficulties, so of course Gene Master would like to obtain Yingjie as an experimental sample.
For this reason, they would rather endure the disgusting inefficiency and complete this conversation with the "Queen of Blades" in front of them.
"Do you have names?"
Anveena asked:
"What should I call you?"
"Abathur."
The eldest Gene Master replied:
"This is the name given by Light Weaver. The surname Origin of Gene Master. I am Alpha·Abathur. The other names are all on the carapace. The insect swarm has given me precious individual consciousness, which is not used for idle chatting.
Ask for something useful!"
"Oh, I have reached an agreement with Overmind. In the future, several Gene Master will come to Saviors Swarm to serve as "evolutionary pioneers"."
Anveena explained:
"I want to establish a good relationship with you in advance to avoid any problems in the handover work. So, is anyone willing to take the initiative to go to Saviors Swarm?"
"The least efficient ones "Abathur" will be optimized after this boring low-intensity conflict is over!"
Alpha·Abathur said coldly:
"The swarm hates inefficiency, and the optimized Abathur belongs to you."
"Give me the best one? Isn't this bullying? You don't do that!"
Anveena stared and said:
"No! I want the best!"
Several "Abathur" discussed it in a strange spirit, and finally Alpha·Abathur waved their insect claws and made a "3" sign to Anveena.
It says:
"Three heroes, replace them with one of high quality!"
"What about you?"
Anveena blinked and said:
"You look the most powerful. If I want to exchange you, what will it cost?"
"Not too ambitious, good genes."
Alpha·Abathur turned around to deal with the several larvae under its care. It said without looking back:
"King of Pheromones! The core of the secret of reproduction cannot be synthesized artificially. Bring a living sample and I will follow you."
"It means to capture Mantid Grand Empress alive, right?"
Anveena eagerly said:
"Okay, I will order your most powerful Abathur!"
In the Shikvess Sacred Tree Palace, due to the constant siege by the king beast and those crazy insect swarms, the place has entered a real state of war.
In order to protect the safety of Grand Empress, the royal prime minister ordered the Mantid lord Pavatik who attacked Niuzao Temple to immediately lead his army to return for reinforcements, but the Mantid was ambushed by Shadow Chasing Swarm and was blocked halfway.
After realizing that this was also the opponent's trap, the prime minister immediately mobilized Dread Wastes's army for reinforcements.
Its original intention was to escort Grand Empress back to the safer Dread Wastes. However, the problem now is that the king beast is too fierce. Mantid cannot provoke it on the ground and can only walk in the air.
Shadow Chasing Swarm's flying dragons are very weak in aerial combat, but they can't stand up to large numbers.
The sub-base established by Anveena at Abyssal Valley is now in full operation, using all biomass to produce flying dragons.
That's right!
The flying dragon battle is very poor, but the numerical advantage of the insect swarm makes up for the lack of combat power in this local battlefield. Anveena took a rough and simple decision. When Gene Master concluded that the quality of the flying dragon could not be improved in a short time, then they went to improve the quality of the horse!
I will crush you with crude and simple numbers!
Anyway, even if the battle damage ratio is 1:50, my insect swarm can afford to replace it. Can you do it?
At this time, hordes of flying dragons covered the sky and surrounded the palace, almost forming a black "storm". This could not defeat the Mantid Sky Raiders, but it could block any form of breakout from them.
They and the reinforcements were almost fighting in a crazy "life for life" style. Countless flying dragons fell to the ground every second, mixed with the downed Mantid Warrior. Then these downed ones would be sent back to the insect nest in the form of "biomass" by the Worker Bees.
Shadow Chasing Swarm's War Machine are at full power, like hungry gluttonous beasts, they will never stop until they eat enough Mantid.
In this messy and desperate defensive battle, Grand Empress also panicked a little.
She had not been on the throne for a long time and had not experienced a real life-and-death war. She would shout to the prime minister in her palace and ask him to mobilize the army in the direction of Kun-Lai Summit.
Outside the palace, the royal guards guarded the inner courtyard and did not allow any Mantid to approach.
But they can stop ordinary Warrior, but they can't stop the hardened heroes.
Three Klaxxi heroes took advantage of the chaos and sneaked into the Sacred Tree Palace. They shouldered a dark mission. Grand Empress's wanton behavior has affected the inheritance of Mantid. Such insects must be eliminated.
"Rik'kal, you'd better restrain your overly enthusiastic research desire."
The fully armed Wind Reaver·Kil'ruk held two amber swords. This Mantid, the most elite and powerful blast assassin in history, had a great sense of honor and scolded his companions.
The cutter Rik'kal, who was using a sharp amber scalpel to dissect a royal guard, said without looking back:
"Shut up! "Knight", I'm making camouflage pheromones for us. You can't get close without this stuff. Shekzeer, remember the plan.
It's up to you to use the terrifying "Death from Above" strategy to initiate the assassination!
If it cannot be finished immediately, lure Grand Empress closer to the window, and our most elite Hisek the Sniper will complete the "Harvest Strike"."
"I will complete my mission and let Grand Empress end her life in a decent way. After all, she is a recognized leader. The blood of mortal kings must end with the sword!"
Wind Reaver replied coldly, causing the cutter to sneer.
Kil'ruk It's not like the sense of honor that a bug should have, which makes it very unpopular among the heroes. Except for a few heroes who appreciate it, everyone thinks this guy is a bit pretentious.
Honor?
Honor cannot help Mantid inherit a better legacy, honor will interfere with the battle, and honor will put Warrior into a crisis.
Therefore honor is not a virtue of the Swarm.
Therefore, of course, Kil'ruk should not be a qualified Mantid Warrior, let alone become a hero, but its skills are indeed deadly enough. Wind Reaver's iconic "Death from Above" is one of the disasters recorded in history by the weak Pandaren historians.
This is probably an example of the legendary "mechanism is terrible, but the numerical value is super strong".
The two heroes quickly applied camouflage pheromones.
They swaggered through the area where the royal guards were located and approached Grand Empress's palace. However, when they reached a shadow corridor, Wind Reaver suddenly stretched out his hand to stop the cutter.
It whispered:
"No, there is something hidden here! The smell of this pheromone. Is it the Unscarred? Didn't it die in Jade Forest's attack? Malik, is it you?"
"It's me."
The Unscarred A deep voice sounded from the shadows in front, and it whimpered and said:
"I'm back. My friend Kil'ruk is here. I have something to say to you. It's very important."
"Don't go there!"
The cutter grabbed his biological scalpel and said coldly:
"There's something wrong with this guy!"
Wind Reaver didn't answer, but just popped out his hardened arm blade. As the two people watched, the monster-like the Unscarred made a helpless sound.
Two of its four claws used backhand to pull out the ferocious insect swarm blade from the weapon slot on its back.
Demon Sword Apocalypse is neighing, it senses something "fun".
"The Swarm needs you!"
The Unscarred walked out of the shadows with heavy steps. The alienated dragon-shaped head spurted out scorching fire. Its six eyes stared at the two heroes in front of it. Then when the sharp Entropic Energy biological blade popped out, it said:
"Friends, join the noble evolution of the glory of the insect swarm and the eternal Great Cycle, we are waiting. We need you!"
PS:
Abathur are shown in the picture: