Just as these insects entered their comfort zone and launched their most proficient attacks on Li Xingkong, Li Xingkong did not withdraw his Divine Sense; he was still closely monitoring the movements of the insect swarm behind him.
These insects that rushed up were clearly just a suicide squad, cannon fodder. It was obvious that neither Li Xingkong nor the insects thought that these cannon fodder could cause much damage to Li Xingkong; they were just there to hold him back so that they could prepare their real trump cards.
Although Li Xingkong saw through the insects' intentions, he did not break up the battle line of these cannon fodder, because he was also spying on the insects' rear, wanting to see what they were up to.
Where the remains were swept away by his enhanced divine Divine Light, a swarm of insects, unlike any they had seen before, surrounded them. After devouring the remains, they huddled together and rolled around in place, seemingly doing something unknown.
After they rolled around for a long time and stopped, the surrounding insects swarmed around them, obediently crawling into their mouths like docile cattle and sheep.
After eating a considerable number of insects, the insects seemed to have triggered some condition, and then they laid eggs right there on the spot.
The newborn worms are still connected to them by an umbilical cord, and after laying their eggs, the worms quickly shrink, as if they have been drained of all their energy.
The newly hatched insects, however, are growing rapidly.
Li Xingkong observed the details of these newborn insects with his Divine Sense and found that their resistance to light was several levels stronger. Even the divine Divine Light he had just received might not have been able to penetrate their armor.
Sure enough, these insects were quite strange.
This extreme evolutionary ability clearly hasn't reached its limit yet; I can still make it even stronger.
However, just as Li Xingkong was about to make a move, he realized that something was wrong with his Divine Sense. Shifting his attention to it, Li Xingkong discovered that it was a strange little insect that did not appear to have a physical form. It was like a spirit and was absorbing the Magic Power energy mixed in with his Divine Sense.
Normally, ordinary creatures cannot detect Divine Sense Divine Sense, let alone the energy within it. Yet this little insect has evolved such an ability, which is quite unexpected for Li Xingkong.
However, as he continued to observe, perhaps because this insect had tasted something new, soon hundreds of small insects emerged from somewhere and began to gnaw at Li Xingkong's Divine Sense.
Li Xingkong slightly used his Divine Sense to crush the insects, but what followed was an enhanced version of the insects, which swarmed towards him, drawn by the scent.
To be honest, this kind of attack, where one wave is killed only to be followed by another, is really difficult to deal with. Li Xingkong had no choice but to withdraw his Divine Sense back to the area around his body.
Through a series of observations, Li Xingkong gained a more detailed understanding of this massive swarm of insects.
Although the bugs may seem to only know how to use swarm tactics and mass-produce units all-in, upon closer examination, Li Xingkong can only say that it would be foolish to think of them as mindless idiots who only know how to mass-produce units.
Within the Zerg swarm, there are also different types of units, and the number of these units is far greater than in the armies of other civilizations.
The cannon fodder insects harassing Li Xingkong alone are divided into melee, ranged, and support units. Their combat coordination is very strong, far surpassing that of ordinary mercenaries or armies. After all, they are controlled by the same unit, and their cooperation with themselves is naturally much more tacit than the cooperation between multiple wills.
Besides these cannon fodder, there were the so-called commanders that Li Xingkong discovered using his Divine Sense.
These insects hide very well, basically always surrounded by swarms of insects, and never easily show themselves. Li Xingkong also used his Divine Sense to detect their traces.
These insects have a highly developed brain structure, which even affects their normal movement. They usually attach themselves to another giant insect and use it as a carrier to move.
As the commanders of the battlefield, they have the highest command over all the insects on the battlefield. The insects that Li Xingkong saw earlier, whether they voluntarily went to their deaths or even evolved together, were all done under their instruction.
Besides these insects designed for the battlefield, a significant number of insects can be considered scientists.
Just like those insects that analyze the power of Divine Light and then customize new structures, they are the researchers among this Zerg. Although they are also expendable, their research and development capabilities in evolution are nothing short of miraculous.
Because insects iterate so quickly, there is no such thing as learning in their lives. Just like bloodline inheritance, an insect's knowledge reaches its peak at the moment of birth.
The so-called learning ability is only useful for long-lived insects; for insects, everything is innate.
For them, the concept of learning only exists within the entire ethnic group; they have no awareness of it at the individual level.
In addition, the swarm contains a large number of laborer worms responsible for maintaining the stability of the group, as well as special swarms that perform various functions, such as spatial tunneling, light-speed flight, and reconnaissance.
The insects that detected Li Xingkong's Divine Sense probe and began to devour his energy were also a type of sentinel insect.
Their division of labor is extremely complex, far more complex than that of ordinary civilized societies.
Even because of the high degree of uniformity in the insects' thinking, Li Xingkong found it difficult to regard them as independent individuals.
Rather than describing them as individuals, it's more accurate to say they are cells and tissues of the same organism—the fundamental building blocks of the organism that constitutes a swarm.
To say that the Zerg are a civilization is an understatement; rather, it is a species that exists in a civilized manner.
It is indeed understandable that it was sealed here by the Convention.
The cannon fodder continued to be worn down wave after wave. Just as Li Xingkong was preparing to increase his efforts and tear their battle lines apart, the cannon fodder retreated, and the army with high Divine Light resistance took their place.
That's the advantage of sheer numbers; once one antibody appears, an endless stream of antibodies will follow.
Li Xingkong had no intention of resorting to other methods, after all, he came to hone his control by fighting the insects, not to actually fight against them.
One Divine Light is enough to hone one's control; there's absolutely no need to reveal any more tricks.
After all, this insect is still a major threat to the Convention; who knows when they might be able to break through the Klein Bottle?
If their methods become resistant to them, wouldn't that cause trouble for other cultivators?
As for Li Xingkong himself, he wasn't afraid. After all, even with resistance, it wouldn't work against extremely strong Magic Power.
The Faraday cage is powerful enough, capable of diverting all lightning and even believed to be able to withstand lightning tribulations. However, under sufficiently high voltage, it can still be penetrated; its so-called resistance has its limits.