The next day, the Divine Body Weaver cleared the last clump of parasitic tissue from the spring, and the remaining defenders were wiped out as well. [Hannibal] squatted beside the storage sac, staring at his status panel with a foolish grin.
[Regional main quest completed.] [Received campaign experience and Bio-Energy rewards.]
After days of crafting, the experience accumulated from repairing constructs, combined with the settlement rewards for this siege, finally pushed him to a new level.
[Current level: LV.56, Tier Two.]
Hannibal spread out his palm, and the muscles that Third Regiment had just separated floated up at once, attaching themselves to the skeleton from different directions. In the past, maintaining one clump would make the other two liable to loosen. Now, he could maintain all three at once and still had strength to spare.
He could not resist grabbing another clump.
"Still smiling? Get over here and lend a hand!"
Old Liang's shout came from below the platform. Hannibal answered and jumped down with a nutrient sac in his arms.
The interior of Nest City had been completely transformed.
The Divine Body Weaver had cleared the parasitic tissue from the supply ducts and separated out the severely contaminated stored fluids. The remaining nutrient fluid that could be purified was diverted into clean containers delivered by the craftsmen, lined up in long rows along the platform.
The "spring" mentioned in the quest lay beneath the storage sacs.
It was a body-fluid collection area blocked by the Insect Nest, connected to nearby branches of the bloodstream. Nutrient- and psionic-rich body fluids had pooled here, while nearby wounds continued to seep, allowing this Nest City to grow larger and larger.
Now, the leaking wounds were being stitched closed one by one, while the Repair Kinfolk cleared the deeper