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Chapter 42 The Shadow of the Swarm

The woman in the military uniform said a few words, probably because she was reporting the reason for the disappearance of the image. However, Shuer waved her hand and interrupted her report. It was nothing more than the consequences of the damage to the observer. What he really cared about was the last thing he saw in the image.

"Empty jellyfish?" Shul was not asking a question, but was just talking to himself.

The so-called empty jellyfish is a native creature of Pavatiga. It has a transparent body and floats in high altitudes all year round to survive by swallowing birds that fall into the trap. When food is lacking at high altitudes, it will occasionally drop to low altitudes. Except for the Winged Man and some legendary people, almost no one has seen this creature. In most races, empty jellyfish is just a legendary existence.

The last thing that floated in the image was very similar to the empty jellyfish in the picture book. Its huge body floated in the air, dozens of tentacles hung down and twisted randomly, and the slow movement speed was exactly the same as the empty jellyfish described.

Of course, such a slow speed and so conspicuous, it is unlikely to be used as combat power. The key is the bugs on the ground that have never been seen before.

Behind him, his long tail was standing upright like the sea demon clan among the sea elves, with a wide upper body, and his two forelimbs turned into two mantis-like sickles. The long mouthparts stretched out from the hideous head. Judging from the shape of the mouthparts, it was not for sucking, but for vomiting, and it was used to reduce the diameter of the liquid column to perform high-pressure spurt. The last scene I just saw was that a stream of liquid was spitting out from the mouthparts of these insects toward the top.

Ranged attacks and flying creatures are the two most troublesome types. If they were joined in the battle a few hours ago, the number of people who could survive until the fortress would be reduced by at least two-thirds. The two types of bugs are very threatening, but unfortunately they cannot see their battle scenes.

"Let's go, there's nothing to see." Shure sighed, "Go back and say to them, it's time to decide what to do afterwards."

"What are you worried about? Is there any problem?" Moria was a little puzzled. "It should be a good thing for us to go to war with bugs and cave spiders."

"Good thing? Haha, the problem is very serious." Shuer shook his head, "Go back first, let's talk about it when everyone is together."

Back to the living area, as soon as I entered, I encountered three ordinary mercenaries guarding the entrance. Although there should be no problem with the safety here, the mercenary's instinct still asked Mia to arrange the guards. She was not vigilant and would always have more harm than being overly vigilant.

He said hello and walked inside. There was no one in the restaurant. Even in the entertainment room, only high-level mercenaries were still gathered together. I guess Mia had arranged for others to go to the bedroom to rest. Although this whole day had a great impact on ordinary people, excessive fatigue should allow them to have a good sleep, but the high-level mercenaries were not so relaxed. Even if the four of them were bored and fiddled with the rules and chessboard, no one would go to rest first.

"Where is Militi?" He looked around and found no shadow of the Necromancer, "Oh, go to the medical room."

"Well, I've been dealing with the injured. It's almost time to end in ten minutes." Mia nodded and said, "Look, I'm back."

"Look for me? Is there any problem?"

"Arranging tomorrow's mission." Shuer pondered for a moment, "I temporarily expected to rest in the fortress for three days. Except for those with tasks, everyone else should try not to consume excessive physical energy. They must maintain their best condition after three days."

"Saf's task, draw the detailed range of the projection area, and the location of the exit. Remember, it is the location of all exits, and also calculate all the specific data that can be calculated."

"I, I..."

"This is not a negotiation, it is an order." Xiuer had a serious and stern face and was very firm in his attitude. "I know you are afraid that you will calculate it wrong again, but the task must be completed. Whether you check it ten times or a hundred times, I don't care about it. Before tomorrow night, I will see the sketch. Within three days, I will get the task result."

"Yes." The female swordsman nodded aggrievedly.

"Friesen, Yuli, you two are responsible for the safety alert of the fortress to prevent insects from infiltration. Yuli, you mainly pay attention to the enemies in the air. There are already floating bugs, and it is not ruled out that more types of flying insects will appear, so you pay attention."

"I understand." The two of them had no objection. However, Mia glanced at Shul strangely, but in the end she didn't say anything.

"Mia, Dark, tomorrow you two will go to the southwest thirty-three degrees west, twenty kilometers away. It is the battlefield now. Your mission is to get a few different types of insect corpses back on the basis of trying not to be discovered by insects. There are three types in the fortress, no, some of them need them too. In short, you can bring back a few types. I think there are problems with these insects. In addition, if possible, it is not normal to bring back a little bacteria blanket."

"Also, don't bring the large troop of the bugs back when you come back. Mia, be ready for teleportation. Dak, your speed bug can't keep up with you. Make sure you get rid of the bug and come back. It should be fine."

"Yeah, no problem."

"Militi, I need you to study the bugs. The more you know their habits and characteristics, the better. You also need spiritual aspects. Use the fortress first. When Mia and the others bring back the body, there will be more samples. Moria, you can move freely tomorrow. After they bring back the bacterial blanket, you will be responsible for studying the characteristics of the bacterial blanket."

"It's basically all. Tomorrow's task is not heavy. I'll give you an adaptation period, so there should be no problem."

Shuer looked around for a week and the mission was not heavy. Even Mia and Dak who needed to leave the fortress, the individual strength of the bugs was not enough to pose a threat to the golden-level powerful people. Without the drag of ordinary people, they would not be in any danger even if they went out. Therefore, no one shrugged indifferently, only Moria was staring at him with a smile on her face.

"Oh." He maintained a unmoved posture for a few seconds, but Lin Jing's eyes were also unmoved, and his smile became stronger. Shuer sighed, rubbed his forehead with headache, and said in discomfort, "Okay, the task is over. Now let's explain what we saw just now."

"Hehe." Moria finally let out a low smile after being suppressed with some pride. Although for some reason, Suff felt that he was also happy, as if something solid was broken.

He repeated everything he saw in the three-dimensional influence. Although several strange bugs surprised the high-level mercenaries, especially the huge beetle, it was a serious threat, but the situation was not yet beyond everyone's ability to bear it. No one understood why Shuer looked like he was facing a great enemy since he saw the image.

"What are you worried about?" Mia asked the same question as Moria.

"You and Moria are both experienced shadow hunters. I guess Militi should be similar to you." After hesitating for a while, Shuer finally gave up his insistence and decided not to make any reservations this time. Some things may not be impossible to try. "I ask you, there are no intelligent creatures in the projection of another world, this should be common sense."

"Are you worried about this?" Militi suddenly exclaimed in a short burst of exclamation, but shook her head in response to everyone's searching gaze, "You talk first, I'll explain later."

"Indeed, except for a few very special situations, there will be no intelligent creatures." Mia affirmed Shur's thought, "Why, do you think there are intelligent creatures here?"

"You have seen the worm tide in the image just now. Let's recall the performance of the insects over the past few hours." Shuer tapped his thigh and explained softly, "When we started to encounter insects, the insects were already surrounded by us, so we couldn't see it, but if you look carefully in the distance, you can find that the insect swarm was surrounding us from several directions."

"Yes, I saw it, six or seven directions."

“The question is, how did they come in?”

"Of course, the blockbusters are like tides, otherwise how could they be said to come over?" Mia's face changed before she finished speaking, and she couldn't even hold back her cold expression. "Sure enough, there is something wrong, they have become orderly."

"Look, you have discovered it too." Shuer said with a wry smile. "The initial worm tide was a rush of unorderly swarming, everywhere in the mountains and fields. Most of the insects were crowded together, and both combat power and forward speed had a great impact. But the insects in the influence knew to line up. Although the width of the team was relatively large, they also knew to avoid each other. Although occasionally there were collisions and almost fought, it was easy to be noticed because it was not the norm."

"In the image, I noticed that they gathered from multiple directions on the plains, no longer swarmed up, but maintained formation, just like them joining in one place to move towards the target. So, I think this is by no means a coincidence. Not only did the order appear in the insect swarm, but the commander who could allow the insect swarms from different positions to follow the order together. In five hours, only five hours were spent in total, and all the insect swarms had such a big change. Do you dare to believe that their commanders are not wise?"

Of course I don't dare.

Except for Yuli and Friesen who did not go to the control room, everyone has seen the changes in the swarm with their own eyes. No one has considered the direction of the commander before, but once Seul explains it thoroughly, all the doubts can be explained.

"There is a second question, more and more types of bugs appear." Before everyone could come back to their senses from the news just now, Shuer continued to raise the second question, "What have they been doing?"

"Not mentioning those flying creatures and long-range attack bugs, it is only the huge beetle. It is of course difficult to use it to attack us or mutant spider mothers, but the bugs don't know that they have not even tried it, and they did not appear until we and the spider mothers evacuated safely. Why?"
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