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Chapter 180 The Terrifying Zerg
Bang bang bang~!
Boom boom boom~!
With a series of soft thuds, fireballs rose rapidly into the air, scattering sparks that quickly ignited the surrounding bushes.
Once the scalding pine resin is ignited, it adheres to flammable materials, and even if the evolved plants fan it with branches or spray it with sap, they cannot extinguish it.
Soon, thick smoke billowed out and the fire spread.
The flames ignited by the high-explosive pine cones seemed to sense each other's presence, and under the influence of the hot air currents, they quickly connected into a line!
Behind Cangnian, the Black King Serpent roamed along the fire line, occasionally swallowing flames that approached Cangnian's family territory and then igniting the area near the insect swarm.
Every half hour, Cangnian would stop and light the wildfire, then take the little sable to the river to fetch water to cool down the black king snake.
As for Tiger Dad, he and his brother were diligently carrying lit torches, slowly igniting the jungle.
Meanwhile, Tiger Mom released a phantom image of the Black King Serpent from the side.
The phantom of the Black King Serpent, under Tiger Mom's control, swallowed the flames on this side of the firebreak, just like a black king serpent, and then released them into the area on the other side of the insect swarm.
Now, the Black King Serpent phantom summoned by Tiger Mom can use the Black King Serpent's own special abilities!
Although its power is significantly less than that of the original, its efficiency is still roughly the same as that of the Black King Serpent at its first tier.
Moreover, the Black King Cobra phantom on Tiger Mom's side doesn't need to cool down from time to time like the real Black King Cobra.
When the Black King Serpent phantom can no longer withstand the high temperature, Tiger Mom can dispel it and summon a new Black King Serpent phantom.
This is equivalent to refreshing the temperature of the Black King Serpent phantom, allowing it to return to its normal body temperature and continue to breathe fire.
Therefore, compared to the Black King Serpent itself, the Black King Serpent phantom has both advantages and disadvantages, only being slightly slower in efficiency.
Soon, thanks to the efforts of the Cang Nian family, in just two and a half hours, the 30-kilometer-wide fire line was connected!
Compared to when the mycelium was growing, the strength of the Cangnian family has undergone tremendous changes. Even something as simple as building a firebreak is a world of difference in their performance.
"Ouch~!"
Seeing this, Cangnian issued another mission.
Because Cangnian didn't know the exact size of the insect swarm, in order to ensure that they were all burned to death, he directed the Black King Serpent to continue spreading the fire northward along the fire, while simultaneously constructing firebreaks to control the direction of the fire.
And Tiger Dad and his companions had the same task: to continue doing this southward!
However, Cangnian has made the Black King Snake no longer need to pursue efficiency as before. It only needs to keep its body temperature from getting too high. If it can't bear it, it can stop and rest until its body temperature drops before continuing.
Cangnian himself, with the little sable, jumped into the river, crossed the direction of the advance towards the front line, and went downstream!
Before long, thanks to Cang Nian's incredible speed, he had arrived at the forefront of the insect swarm.
At this moment, the fire line had only burned for more than 20 kilometers, and there were still nearly 100 kilometers to go. The insect swarm was unaware that disaster was about to strike.
Cangnian then had the little sable retrieve a few beads left behind by the fisherman.
Cangnian named it "Lüling Dan".
Although this thing isn't for eating, Cang Nian can only put it in his mouth and press it under his tongue when he uses it.
Next, Cangnian and Little Sable used the defensive decree together to bless themselves!
Although the fishing expert's rules can now be used for multiple targets simultaneously.
However, the effect is different when used alone versus when used on multiple targets.
When used alone, it is 30% more effective than when used on multiple targets, and the effect lasts for fifteen minutes!
However, when used on multiple targets, the duration is only five minutes, even with the number of targets affected.
Next, Cangnian is about to dance on the edge of a knife; everything must be done to the extreme!
Rays of light fell upon Cangnian and the little sable, and the seven kinds of law pills left by the fisherman were all applied to them!
In an instant, Cangnian and Little Sable both saw a significant improvement in all aspects of their attributes!
Feeling his own power, Cangnian had more confidence in his upcoming plans.
At this moment, Cangnian and Little Sable took out two Law Decree Pills.
These two are the Laws of Invisibility that Cangnian didn't finish using before!
As the Law Pill was used, Cang Nian and the little sable quickly blended into their surroundings.
Then, Cangnian followed the river, crossed the front line of the insect swarm, and continued swimming downstream!
In a short while, he traveled nearly ten kilometers downstream along the river.
Then, his eyes suddenly lit up!
A few kilometers from the north bank of the river, he saw an unnatural bulge in the swarm of insects!
Upon closer inspection, the river formed by the swarm of insects radiates outwards from that ridge and then converges again in a radial pattern!
"This should be where the Queen Insect is, right?"
Cang Nian murmured to himself.
In both literature and film, the Zerg are invariably depicted with a mother race that bears the responsibility of procreation for the entire species.
This mother organism is the queen insect.
In fact, large insect groups in reality, whether ants or bees, all have this kind of social structure.
Once the queen is dealt with, the swarm will lose its ability to reproduce in a short period of time!
Cangnian's purpose in coming into the insect swarm is to try to kill the queen!
Without any hesitation, Cangnian rose from the river and then ran wildly toward the rising swarm of insects!
He was incredibly fast; before the insects beneath his feet could even react, he had already darted hundreds of meters away.
The simple-minded Zerg didn't pay any attention to this and continued to carry out their tasks according to the established orders.
Soon, Cangnian rushed to the unnatural bulge.
Stab~!
But at that moment, Cangnian heard a whooshing sound in the air!
Clang~!
The next second, a clang of metal clashing rang out, and Cangnian blocked the sudden attack with his claws!
Turning my head, I saw a huge, over two-meter-tall, but slender, greenish-blue insect with a pair of exaggeratedly long and sharp legs in front of it retreating and hiding itself!
However, under Cang Nian's high level of spiritual power, its invisibility was not very effective, and a ring of outline could be seen.
"Mantis?"
Upon seeing this, Cang Nian frowned.
He hadn't expected that, besides the queen, there were other types of mutated individuals in this insect swarm!
After exchanging blows with the mantis, Cang Nian discovered that its attack power was not much weaker than his own!
This is a Tier 2 Zerg!
Moreover, it's not as simple as just entering the second stage!
"How did you find me?"
At this moment, a new doubt arose in Cang Nian's mind.
But then, his ears twitched slightly as he noticed a faint sound above him, like the spinning of a helicopter propeller.
Looking up, Cang Nian's sharp eyes revealed a giant dragonfly with a wingspan of over ten meters hovering nearly a hundred meters above the queen, its enormous compound eyes gazing down.