On the mycelial mat beside the base camp, a mantis beetle slowly moved its armored legs, inspecting every inch to see whether the mat needed repairs. This was not an order from Thorns, but Mantis Beetle Bulu's spontaneous behavior. It seemed incapable of sitting idle for even a moment, either tending the mycelial mat or inspecting the various organs within the Bug Nest.
Su Xiao sat in a wooden shed near the Bug Nest. At this point, his biological energy reserves had reached 327,520 points. It was time to put his plan into action.
According to Baja's reconnaissance, the Tiger Bee faction had a total of thirty-three hives. Thirty of them stood around forty to seventy meters tall, while the remaining three were much larger, measuring 135 meters, 154 meters, and over 200 meters respectively.
The tallest hive was Temisha's residence. No matter how one looked at it, the thing no longer resembled a hive. It was more like a strangely shaped black-stone building.
The remaining two hives were the residences of the other two Bee Queens, located to the south and north respectively.
If one had to name the strongest aspect of the Tiger Bee faction, it would be their numbers. Even the smallest hive contained over a million tiger-eye bees and more than ten thousand members of the Tiger Bee race.
Tiger-eye bees and the Tiger Bee race were completely different. The former could be classified as extraordinary creatures, while the latter were intelligent species. However, most members of the Tiger Bee race had lost their ability to fly.
At first glance, the Tiger Bee race looked like humanoid monsters covered in carapace. Their forearms ended in armored blades, indicating that they were creatures specialized in combat. Their lower limbs had no feet; instead, they ended in claws,