Something's wrong with these zerg

Chapter 147
Let's not mention what happened to the special mission on the side of 'Dreamwalk', it was not long after they successfully dealt with the first white-ringed night vulture in 'Shocking the Stone'.

The Zerg have finally encountered a creature that can be called "big trouble".

The swamp was on the way of the Zerg. Because of its huge size, it was not possible to pass by detours on both sides. Therefore, after a simple judgment, the best way was to find a road that was barely passable and cross the swamp.

The reason why the swamp is difficult to walk is mainly due to two points. One is the lake on the bright side. Although the Zerg are not afraid of water and cannot drown in a short time, they do not have the swimming skills and can pass through the water... Is there any water in the water? Hazardous organisms cannot be identified yet.

Moreover, most of these watery lakes are exposed outside, and once any creatures appear, they will be very conspicuous. Many giant birds like white-ringed night vultures live nearby, and they are easy to be taken by them as prey.

The other is the swamp in the dark. Because of the strong water vapor nearby, the ground is very wet and soft. The swamps that can trap creatures are mixed in it. It is not easy to distinguish. It is impossible to prevent it if you step on it. .

Mo Lan couldn't think of any way to change the terrain here for a while... I can't tell the Zerg to drink up all the water.

Then they can only resort to other methods, or Mo Lan can temporarily research a kind of Zerg that can pass through the swamp without hindrance - the biological gene of the white-ringed night vulture. Mo Lan has just started researching and has not yet achieved results.

Fortunately, the waters, lakes and swamps were not completely connected, and there were some places in the middle where they could walk normally. Mo Lan sent many Zergs to scout the road to find a road that could pass smoothly.

The spotted snake crocodile is a huge creature that appeared in front of the Zerg at this time. They live in the swamp, and their special body structure allows them to sink into the swamp at will, lurking and waiting for their prey to be swallowed by the swamp, and then come to pick up ready-made food .

Of course, they are also a huge threat. The crocodiles on the earth can reach a maximum size of more than seven meters, and the crocodiles on the planet Tanlong will only be bigger.

Preliminary judgments show that the individual crocodilians should be between 12 and 15 meters long. They have a thick layer of scales on their bodies, and the gray color is like the mud of a swamp, which is a camouflage color.

In order to cope with the huge oppressive force when sinking in the swamp, the layer of scales on his body was very hard and strong, and the muskets of the Musketeers could not even punch a hole in it.

It is estimated that the technology gun of the interstellar people will break through the defense.

But it is not without natural enemies. Some creatures larger than the spotted crocodile, or predators with sharp claws, and some raptors with sharp beaks can hunt and kill these spotted crocodiles.

The scales on their bodies are indeed hard, but they are not completely indestructible. In the final analysis, they are just a layer of outer skin. Although the back is hard, after turning over to expose the abdomen, it is still soft.

However, the problem was that the Zerg under Mo Lan's hands didn't seem to have anything special against the spotted crocodile.

The mantis humanoid Zerg, even after upgrading once, is only more than two meters in size. The two forefeet are indeed sharp, but they may not be so hard, and they may be broken when poked.

The tentacle-type Zerg is only three meters long, and the tentacles are soft and squishy. They are also used to imprison creatures that are about the same size as themselves. At most, multiple people can cooperate to control creatures that are not too big.

Like the spotted crocodile, which is more than ten meters long, they are more famous for their great strength. It is only delusional for the tentacled Zerg to control the spotted crocodile.

Zerg like pangolins are only five or six meters in size, which is half the size of the spotted crocodile, and they don't have too sharp claws for attacking. The thing they are best at is actually similar to the spotted crocodile. It is defense, the shell on the body is another kind of solidity different from the spotted crocodile.

There is also the most powerful water monkey Zerg currently under Molan's hands. This water monkey Zerg is no bigger than the Pangolin Zerg, because their main feature is flexibility.

Although it should be able to break through the anti-snake crocodile, the problem is that the terrain of the swamp is completely unsuitable for the output of the water monkey type Zerg. The ground is slippery and full of mud, which is not easy to use and move, which directly limits the water monkey type Zerg. The biggest odd job advantage.

Faced with a size difference of more than double, the water monkey Zerg can attack the spotted crocodile many times without any effect, but they can't stand the counterattacks of the spotted crocodile at all, and they have no resistance in minutes.

The most important point is that the Banluo snake crocodile is not a solitary creature, but a group of creatures.

There is a whole group of spotted crocodiles living in a swamp, the number is not too fixed, it is related to the size of the swamp, but at least, there are at least a hundred spotted crocodiles living in a swamp.

They have a certain degree of sociality. There will be leaders in the group, and they will hunt cooperatively. When facing creatures that are dangerous to themselves, they will give priority to helping their companions, and will not easily leave their companions alone.

So Mo Lan is now facing a rather headache situation.

Let’s take a detour, this swamp is so vast that it’s impossible to judge the time needed for a detour, and once you choose a detour, there will definitely be a period of time when you don’t have enough energy and can only consume the inventory, which is the last thing Molan wants Seeing loss.

But instead of taking a detour, they chose to go through the swamp, and the spotted crocodile was too annoying—it wasn't just because the Zerg didn't provoke them.

First of all, let's talk about the geographical location. It is probably that the swamps appear in the middle of the normal ground, but they look no different from the normal ground, so they are easy to be deceived.

Once you accidentally stray into the swamp, you will definitely meet a creature like the spotted crocodile and be eaten as prey.

Even if the whole process went smoothly and didn't stray into the swamp... Why, won't the spotted crocodile come out of the swamp?
Not to mention coming out of the swamp, the spotted crocodile will go to the water lake to catch fish to eat more often, and only return to the swamp when it is resting.

After all, the prey that falls in a swamp every day is not too much, not enough for a group to eat. The main food is all kinds of fish in the watery lake. Those creatures that strayed into the swamp are at best a takeaway.

Another point is that the water lake is not safe, there will be some fish in it that can pose a threat to the spotted snake crocodile, and there will be some giant birds on the lake that are always watching and monitoring, so that they don't dare to be in the lake. Landed in Shuize Lake and got married.

The reason for choosing a swamp is that, apart from them, there are not too many other creatures that have the ability to survive in the swamp, which allows them to obtain the safest resting environment. Good for maintaining body temperature.

It can also avoid accidents in which a spotted crocodile suddenly has a problem, so that it cannot get out of the swamp... People can have cramps and numb hands and feet, and of course the spotted crocodile also has some problems.

Therefore, avoiding the swamp is not the safe route, because it is possible to meet a spotted crocodile that has just returned from eating in the water swamp lake, or has just climbed out of the swamp and is about to eat in the water swamp lake.

It is also possible to meet a spotted snake crocodile lurking in the swamp and observing the passing creatures. After confirming that the size of the passing creature does not pose any threat, the spotted snake crocodile will directly run out and drag the prey back to the swamp.

Even if this spotted crocodile is full, it will not let go of any prey passing by, because the spotted crocodile is huge in size and consumes a lot of energy for movement. They usually live in swamps, and more often During a hibernation-like rest, the energy consumption of the body is saved.

After all, it is not easy to eat enough for a crocodile with a body size like the spotted crocodile. If you don't do this, you will be starving for more than half a year all year round.

It was impossible for Mo Lan to let her Zerg just fill up the crocodile's belly in vain, hoping to feed them all so that they could pass through here—she is the Queen of the Zerg!If you really want to do this, wouldn't you lose the Zerg's face.

I've only heard that the Zerg never refuses anyone who comes and is never picky about food, but I haven't heard of any Zerg feeding themselves as food to other creatures. That's too funny.

However, environmental factors still had to be taken into consideration. If the Zerg were to hunt and kill the spotted crocodile regardless of the cost, it would definitely be possible, but the cost would not be small, and Mo Lan always preferred to calculate the price-performance ratio.

She doesn't want to do something too bad.

So after thinking about it for a while, Mo Lan happily sent a temporary emergency task to the players who had accepted the main task [-], and handed over to those players how to deal with the problems of these spotted crocodiles.

After all, the reason why Mo Lan asked this group of players to follow was to let them play a role at this time, and now is the time to use them.

[Temporary and urgent task: On the great journey of the Zerg, I encountered troubles again. The environment full of swamps made it difficult for the Zerg to move forward. In the swamp, there are creatures like "Snake Crocodile" secretly watching, please everyone Players try to get rid of these "snake crocodiles" and pass through the swamp here smoothly. 】

[System prompt: Each player will have the control authority of 100 ordinary Zergs, and can choose the distribution of the number of various Zergs by themselves. 】

[System prompt: Every time you successfully kill a spotted crocodile, you can get a chance to replenish the number of consumed Zergs; every time you successfully kill ten spotted crocodiles, you can get a chance to increase the number of controllable Zergs. 】

[System prompt: Once this mission is accepted, at least one spotted snake crocodile needs to be killed before submitting the mission. If all 100 ordinary Zergs are exhausted and the requirements cannot be completed, the subsequent mainline mission [-] will be cancelled. Access authority, the player is prohibited from continuing to participate in the main task [-], please take this task carefully. 】

(End of this chapter)