Chapter 278: The Influence of Ecology_3
Just now, had they heard something that could still mean salvation?
"This, this... sir, do you know how to change back?"
Ge Ming asked cautiously. Su Han shook his head, saying, "I don't know, but there's a complete research department in my camp."
He paused, then added, "Now, South City is mine."
This statement, heavy with significance, shocked Ge Ming and the others to the point where it took them a long time to come to terms with it. They gathered their things and followed Su Han onto the body of the Mother Worm.
It was only then that they were truly awakened by the Mother Worm's massive and fierce appearance, a terrifying monster like a mountain, the tentacles from before were just an insignificant part extending from its back.
Standing on the back of such a colossal beast, Ge Ming and the others couldn't help but be even more cautious.
And at this time, due to the Mother Worm's disturbance of the shopping center glass, a huge commotion, monsters from within the fog were continuously approaching.
The Mother Worm, without the slightest intention of heeding them, simply rolled over with its enormous body. The monsters couldn't stop it for a moment; their bodies were crushed into pieces.
Some monsters tried to climb onto the Mother Worm, but before they could even reach the ends of its segmented legs, they were knocked off by tentacles.
Monster after monster was swept up by the tentacles, continually fed into the Mother Worm's abyssal mouth, a sight that was terrifying to behold.
Ge Ming and the others tightly grasped the carapace on the Mother Worm's back, not daring to say much, only speculating in their hearts that Su Han must have taken down South City with the might of such a behemoth.
At that moment, Su Han asked aloud, "How many people are hiding in your village?"
Ge Ming and the others were taken aback, exchanged glances, then said, "Three hundred of us fled together, hiding in Xiaogou Village, less than three kilometers away from Lisu County. Although there are monsters there too, they are not as dense as in the city."
The village, being so close to the city, actually had fewer mutated monsters.
Because of the low population, and due to its location before the apocalypse, there wouldn't have been many animals either.
This was their temporary chosen spot to settle, initially thinking it was a good idea, to use as a transition before slowly escaping.
But what they hadn't expected was to end up mutated like this, and they weren't the only ones.
Su Han returned to the crossroads, where the hive was still brooding insects, but this time, what emerged were not worker insects, nor Razor insects, but First Rank Giant Scorpion Insects.
Dark purple thick carapaces, two massive pincers on each side, covered in sharp spikes, a huge scorpion nearly two meters long and seventy to eighty centimeters high.
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With sharp, poisonous spikes hidden within its mouthparts, ready to stab out about half a meter long, and a strong, capable Tail Hook suspended mid-air, ready to strike at any moment.
"This, this is a monstrous creature?"
Upon seeing this scene, Ge Ming was astonished, since the creature in front of them closely resembled the monsters.
Su Han paid no attention, merely observing for a moment. The utilization rate of monster genes was very high; this was the first new type of insect reconstructed by the Mother Worm's hive.
Although its strength wasn't much greater yet, that was an issue with the hive's workings, not a problem with the developmental pathway.
Devouring a vast amount of monster genes to reconstruct a new Zerg system, this was the path of the Mother Worm.
More than a dozen Giant Scorpion Insects crawled on the ground, and with a thought from Su Han: "Search for prey."
Rustling sounds emerged as the Giant Scorpion Insects quickly dispersed, then followed worker insects and Razor insects into the fog.
The hive was in operation, and with the flesh it had just devoured, the Mother Worm constructed a second hive.
After all this was done, Su Han finally led Ge Ming and the others slowly out of Lisu County.
Exiting the fog, by now two hours had passed. The temporary camp was still under construction, but a fence had already been erected first, reaching a height of five meters and about one meter thick.
"The leader has returned."
Upon seeing Su Han, the guards immediately reported, and Zhu Xiong and others hurried over. Before Su Han could speak, Ye Kailing reported first, "We've found three small villages nearby. There are survivors, but the situation seems off...."
"Are there mutated beings who are not fallen?"
Ye Kailing and the others widened their eyes, while Su Han said, "I've encountered such survivors as well. Settle them well, and inform the research institute of this news."