Zerg evolution road

Chapter 13 Zerglings
As the name suggests, springtails move their bodies by jumping. They cannot touch the ground for a long time, otherwise they will dehydrate and die quickly.

Zhang Fan's spores landed on this land and were evaporated in a short while.

Only a few cells or viruses enter the collembola's body.

He was not in a hurry to destroy the Zergling's body, and decided to observe their living conditions first.

Springtails are a group of burrowing creatures. Their nests are underground, a bit like ant nests, and they also extend in all directions.

There are four areas inside the nest. The first area is the food storage room, where some undigested rhizomes are excreted, which can be used repeatedly for eating.

This method is very worthy of recognition. Repeated food utilization will not cause nutrient loss, and the excreted food can have a long shelf life.

The second area is the breeding ground. These springtails are very smart, and they cultivate the worms they dig.

Here Zhang Fan saw a kind of white and fat insects, very similar to soil silkworms, and there were springtails specially for them to feed on.

These soil silkworms are very obedient and go to sleep after eating, just like raising pigs.

Springtails will decompose some dead silkworms and send them to the brood.

The Brood is an important area for Zerglings, as this is where the Zergling Queen lives.

It has a huge ovipositor, which regularly lays many eggs, and the collembola responsible for carrying them swallows the eggs, and then goes to the surface to implant the eggs inside the plants.

The body of the springtail queen is very large, five or six times larger than ordinary springtails without the ovipositor.

As a sexually reproducing creature, the Zergling Queen's method is simple and rude. He will directly eat the body of the male Zergling.

The resulting chromosomes will form a chemical reaction with the chromosomes of their own body, and then produce a large number of eggs.

This method of laying eggs consumes a lot of energy, and the springtails will have a dedicated team to feed the queen.

This queen seems to have a bad temper. Not only will she eat the male springtails, but she will also eat some of the springtails she feeds.

Zhang Fan couldn't blame the other party, this is the way of life of the Zerglings.

Below is a reservoir. It has to be said that it is very difficult to find water resources in the desert, but it does not mean that there is no water in the desert.

This underground seems to be a dark river, as can be seen from the water stains seeping through the surrounding rock layers.

Springtails suck the surrounding water into their bellies, and then drain the water into a cistern.

The water in the cistern was a bit dirty, yellowish, and had a foul smell.

After visiting the entire springtail nest, Zhang Fan decided to occupy them.

A springtail that was fetching water suddenly froze, then slowly fell to the ground, and got up again after a while.

This springtail has been controlled by Zhang Fan. The method is very simple. While destroying the nerve cells in its body with a virus, it repairs them by transforming the cells.

Zhang Fan also discovered that these springtails have brains, which are very, very small, consisting of only a few hundred neurons. He estimated that the main function is to allow them to accurately divide labor.

He drove the springtails to the reservoir, and there were already many springtails around to drain water, and Zhang Fan also made a movement to drain water.

But these waters have been occupied by Zhang Fan's modified cells and viruses, and they are waiting for the order to erupt.

There are many bacteria in the water, and these bacteria eat each other like wild beasts, and the entry of modified cells is like sheep entering a pack of wolves.

Of course, Zhang Fan would not give up so easily. Some of the modified cells became phagocytic cells, and the little sheep became a big tiger.

Zhang Fan found that he was purifying water resources, and the stench was gradually fading away.

A springtail came to fetch water. He didn't feel the change in the water, so he stuck his head into the water and took a deep breath.

She left with a bulging belly and came to the brood. When the springtail queen saw that food was coming for herself, she swallowed the springtail without saying a word.

Chew it in your mouth, then eat it slowly.

The Zergling Queen's digestive organs are very developed, and she has already begun to decompose the exoskeleton. If she waits longer, the cells and viruses will be completely decomposed.

Hard drilled deeply into the excretory organs of the springtail queen, and there is no way to connect to the ovipositor here.

But the surrounding mucous membrane is relatively thin, Zhang Fan tried to get in, and got in easily.Then along the nerve cells came the ovipositor.

The Zergling Queen didn't know that she had been possessed, and the children and grandchildren it gave birth to would all become part of Zhang Fan.

Another spawning period came, and the Queen's body twitched for a while, and then everything became dull, and the springtails left with their eggs.

This work continued for several months, and when most of the springtails were replaced by Zhang Fan, the virus broke out.

Instantly killed a patch of springtails and occupied the entire nest.

Some springtails tried to resist, but their fists were no match for four hands, and they were bitten to pieces by the springtails controlled by Zhang Fan.

The springtail queen also understood the seriousness of the matter and began to struggle, only to see that the entire ovipositor began to fall off from the queen.

The pale yellow ovipositor shriveled up instantly when it came into contact with the air.

The queen propped herself up on her forelimbs, then stretched out two sticky feet on her abdomen, ready to escape.

Zhang Fan decided not to kill it, let it run away, and run with its group.

The more you run, the more beneficial it will be for your future layout.

After cleaning up the battlefield, those earthworms were still in shock, curled up and shivering.

After killing a few dying earthworms and rewarding himself, the next step is to elect a new springtail queen.

Zhang Fan has already understood the queen's internal structure, and has mastered the operating mechanism proficiently.

At this moment, another battle broke out among the fleeing springtail swarm. The queen's subjects were eating it, while the queen herself was fighting hard, but the tiger couldn't beat the pack of wolves after all, and the queen died on her own. human hands.

Another surprising thing happened. The springtails began to kill the springtails carrying the virus around them. Before Zhang Fan could make a decision, all the springtails carrying the virus were killed.

Those surviving springtails have acquired anti-virus genes, and the original method will not have the slightest effect.

The springtails left, out of Zhang Fan's field of vision, and they should also be nurturing a new queen.

Sooner or later, there will be a war between the two sides.

The selection contest for the queen of the nest here is in full swing, and one of the strongest girls must be selected as the queen, and such offspring are also stronger.

Originally, Zhang Fan wanted to make a brain worm here, but unfortunately the conditions are too difficult, and there are no essentials for the life of a brain worm.

The perspective returns to the lake of life.

　Thanks for the recommendation ticket of Wisdom Fruit under the Wisdom Tree
　　


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