Chapter 374: Fear of Insects
In the end, they didn't do anything, which saved Su Xia a lot of trouble.
It would be easy to teach them a lesson, but these two guys are huge and it would be easy to hurt the fragile insect eggs during a fight.
Insect eggs are the new force of the insect nest, and they are full of cute baby insects.
If a fight really broke out, Su Xia would call them both outside.
"What trick do you want to play, Els?"
"If there's no news coming back, are you going to delay like this?"
The two insects stared at him, their dark red eyes filled with unconcealable murderous intent.
Su Xia looked calm and said to them, "I am very pleased with your restraint. This shows that you are acting with your brain instead of your body's instinct. This is a sign of your improved level of evolution."
"Els, you didn't answer our questions!" said Big Bear.
"Don't worry, news will be back soon." Su Xia said slowly.
"Els, my scout came back early, and he told me that now is the time to expand!"
"No, your so-called scouts are too superficial in this regard..."
Although the two lords had read the book Su Xia gave them, they did not make many changes. Their reconnaissance system was still the old one - letting those large and fast low-level insects be responsible for reconnaissance and message transmission.
Then, let the news be reported up layer by layer until it reaches their ears.
Therein lies a fatal problem.
Although there are many low-level insects, their IQ is quite touching.
Most of the information they convey back has problems such as low accuracy, questionable authenticity, and lack of specificity. Many times, they are searching aimlessly.
In response to this, Su Xia made certain improvements to the reconnaissance systems of the two insect nests based on the situation in the entire southwest region.
He sent out many high-level Zergs, especially the parasites.
Back at the old oasis camp, this race had once given him a lot of pressure.
But now that he has mastered some of the parasites himself, his mindset has changed, and he finds that this race is really useful.
They are smart and cautious. Although they are greedy to a certain extent, most of them can perfectly integrate into the parasitic group and obtain sufficient information from it.
"I have listed for you separately the advantages and disadvantages of each race in the hive, as well as their scope of application. I guess you didn't read them, or you read them but didn't think about how to improve them." Su Xia said to the two lords.
"Els, you're trying to change the subject!" Big Bear retorted bluntly.
"Okay, then I won't say anything more. I'll just wait for the news."
Su Xia spread his hands, chose to remain silent, and stopped arguing with the two lords.
He flapped his wings, slowly descended, and landed on a huge stone platform in the insect nest, quietly waiting for news.
Big Bear stretched out his sharp claws, hung upside down on the rock on top of the insect nest, and folded his wings, like a giant bat.
Xiong Er stood on another high platform, his eyes sometimes swept over Su Xia, sometimes swept over Xiong Da above, his eyes were dark red, no one knew what he was thinking.
Obviously, these two lords are not so united.
They are now on the same front just to fight against Su Xia.
Once Su Xia gives up power, the two of them will inevitably fight, or even go to war directly, to fight for the position of a leader.
“Squeak…squeak…”
Below, some bugs growled, their fangs dripping with slime, releasing battle pheromones.
During this period, Su Xia's strategy has been to retreat and hide in the shadows for a long time, just to develop slowly.
There is a reason why “compromise” is popular in the world today.
The first one to stick his head out gets shot. Just look at how miserable the masked man's body is and you'll understand.
However, his behavior not only dissatisfied the two lords, but also many of the bugs below.
Today's incident is the result of long-term accumulation of conflicts and dissatisfaction.
Many bugs with low IQs are thinking that it might be better to replace them with a more warlike lord who can give them more opportunities for promotion.
Now, all three leaders were silent.
Time inside the insect nest slowly passed in depression and boredom.
“Tick-tock…tick-tock…”
Drops of cold water dripped from the stalactites on the top of the rock, and the sound was very rhythmic, like a second hand recording time.
As time went by, the atmosphere inside the hive gradually changed.
Waiting is probably what insects are worst at.
Inside the hive, some insects became restless, their hoarse calls became louder, and some even began to collide and bite each other.
Chaos is spreading and death is coming as expected.
The fighting expanded and became deadly.
“Crack!”
Suddenly, one of the insects' heads was bitten to pieces, with bones and brain tissues shattered all over the ground.
The rest of the insects around quickly rushed over and ate it up.
The smell of blood wafted around, completely activating the insects' suppressed nature.
With a few sharp screams, chaos in the entire nest was instantly ignited!
In the central area at the bottom of the nest, a large group of insects immediately fought together and killed each other like wild beasts released from an arena.
"roar--"
The roaring never stops, the killing never ceases.
Not only the ordinary races, but even a few members of the advanced races could not resist the temptation of blood and joined the melee.
Not long after, an extremely strong giant insect let out a wail and fell heavily. His huge body immediately became food for the other insects. His stomach was ripped open and eaten down to a skeleton in an instant.
Soon, even the skeleton was gone, and the bloody bones were bitten into pieces and cruelly swallowed by other insects.
“Crack! Crack!”
The sound of bones being crushed was quite creepy.
In just a few minutes, dozens of bugs died in the melee.
Moreover, as time goes by, the area of the melee is gradually expanding, and more and more insects are joining this wanton internal killing!
At this moment, most of the people who can still remain absolutely rational are those cultured people who have read books.
They quietly stepped aside, not participating in any struggle, and suppressed their desires with reason.
The leader of this group of cultural bugs is the level 3.9 parasite, who is also one of the most loyal bugs to Su Xia. Su Xia named him "Agumon" because the primitive bug he parasitized had yellow scales and looked like a small dinosaur.
Agumon's evolutionary direction is somewhat different from that of the rest of his species. He has also undergone a certain degree of mutation, has extraordinary abilities, and has the potential to become a leader.
He stood at the entrance of the hive with a calm look, waiting for news from the scouts while observing the situation inside the hive.
Seeing the chaotic fight, Agumon's expression remained unchanged, but he couldn't help but curse in his heart: "A bunch of insects!"
Living with insects like this, when will the glory of the Zerg be restored?
Fortunately, Su Xia is here.
Agumon made up his mind that even if Su Xia really lost his leadership power today, he would continue to follow Su Xia.
His IQ and rationality are far beyond those of ordinary insects. He has passed the stage of being conquered by power and is more willing to trust his inner choices.
Just like when the octopus monster Haidar met the queen, he was strong enough to reject the queen's invitation, but he still chose to follow her. He did not regret it even though he had encountered countless attacks by the mechanical tribe over the years.
"Your Majesty's choice is correct. Els is much more capable than those two idiots." Agumon glanced at the other two leaders and became more determined in his thinking.
At this moment, Big Bear and Little Bear were gloating over someone else's misfortune.
The internal strife in the hive, to some extent, represents the leader's incompetence.
The fight has continued until now, and the death toll has exceeded a hundred, but Su Xia has not taken any action to stop it.
Or...he has no ability to stop it at all?
If it were the two of them, they would be able to suppress the chaos by simply standing on the platform and roaring, then releasing terrifying psychic energy fluctuations.
And now, what is Su Xia doing?
He stood quietly on the platform, with his hands behind his back, as if he didn't see the chaos below, allowing the fighting to continue.
"roar……"
With a wail, another giant insect fell.
His heavy body instantly became like a hill, instantly crushing more than a dozen low-level insects that were biting him. Bones broke and blood splattered everywhere, it was an extremely tragic scene.
The surrounding insects swarmed over, roaring and screaming, trying to eat this huge insect.
And at this moment, Su Xia finally moved.
"boom!"
He leaped up, turned into a bloody afterimage, and landed heavily on the body of the giant insect.
Next, he said nothing, still standing with his hands behind his back, his eyes indifferent, calmly watching the insects that wanted to rush up to share the food.
“Hiss…hiss…”
The surrounding insects hissed softly, with greed and madness in their eyes, and drops of mucus dripped from their sharp teeth.
But since Su Xia was here, they didn't dare to come up for a while. They could only surround the body of the giant insect, tentatively, and constantly growling, trying to get Su Xia to leave.
But Su Xia didn't move, just looked at them calmly.
Some brave insects wanted to get closer, screaming hoarsely and looking ferocious. Their desire for food made them want to take risks.
But every time they got close, an inexplicable sense of fear would surge from the bottom of their hearts.
It seemed that the one standing on the body of the giant insect was not Su Xia, but a new Zerg king, whose aura alone made them terrified.
The closer they got, the stronger the fear became, so strong that it almost overwhelmed their desire for food.
A rather strange scene slowly emerged in the insect nest.
The fighting gradually stopped, and every insect looked at the huge giant insect. Greed, desire, fear and other emotions were fighting in their bodies, so that killing became a secondary matter.
“Squeak…”
A bug rushed forward with terrifying fangs, trying to snatch a piece of fresh flesh and blood from under Su Xia's feet as quickly as possible.
But when he got close, before he could even bite, he was overwhelmed by the huge fear!
“Ah…”
He wailed, his front limbs went limp, and he collapsed directly in front of Su Xia.
The insect crawled on the ground, as if it had completely surrendered to Su Xia.
His collapse actually set off a chain reaction.
The other insects around were crawling on the ground. Fear suppressed everything. This was a kind of awe from the depths of life that made them dare not resist and had to choose to surrender.
This scene stunned Big Bear in the sky and Little Bear on the platform.
There is no need to roar or release psychic energy fluctuations, and no means of using any power. Just stand there and the insects around will surrender!
What kind of method is this?
They were shocked and found it unbelievable.
This method breaks their fixed thinking and is beyond their cognitive scope.
"Els, you do have some skills." Xiong Da suddenly said, "But your cowardice is still your biggest flaw. You can't be a good leader. Maybe you can be a good assistant."
"That's right, Els, you can assist me and help me manage the inside of the hive." Xiong Er also said so.
Both of them spoke in hoarse voices, sounding like they didn't have much emotion, and were still belittling Su Xia.
But only they themselves know the shock in their hearts.
Speaking up at this time might just be to give himself some confidence and continue to suppress Su Xia.
After all, the Zerg respect strength, and they are confident in their own power.
At this moment, Agumon at the entrance of the insect nest suddenly sent a message: "Lord Els, news from the south has come back."
Su Xia stood on the giant bug and said to him, "Well, tell Xiong Da and Xiong Er what happened in the southern city."
"OK!"
Agumon glanced at the two lord creatures and began to explain what happened that night.
Among them, these two lords knew some of the information .
For example, the thing about the masked monster.
They knew that there was a considerable bounty on this human, and many people wanted to kill him.
"It is rumored that the machine tribe's action against the masked man has not been successful this time." Agumon said seriously, "Our scouts have discovered that a large number of machine tribe creatures have appeared in various cities. This is a sign of large-scale action by the machine tribe."
"So what? What does it mean?" Xiong Da asked him.
"According to analysis, the Machine Tribe may conduct a large-scale search of the entire southwest region." Agumon said calmly.
"Why? Just for that human?"
"Yes."
"Impossible, the mechanical clan's action cannot fail, that human must be dead!" Xiong Da was certain that the masked man was dead.
This is both an affirmation of the power of the mechanical race and a reflection of his own lack of confidence.
Although he didn't say it directly, but... in his subconscious, the power of the mechanical race is unmatched, and no one can escape from the actions planned by the mechanical race.
"Even if the mechanical race really has a large-scale action, it can't be for a single human!"
Xiong Er suddenly spoke up: "They won't waste energy searching the entire southwest region. This goes against their code of conduct. They must be planning to attack a large human resistance base."
"Yes, it has nothing to do with us." Xiong Da agreed with his analysis.
With just a few words, the two lord creatures denied Agumon's guess and belittled the news to be worthless.
This made Agumon a little angry.
He could see that these two insects only wanted to seize power and didn't care about the safety of the hive at all.
If he was not so weak, he really wanted to beat these two things up right now.
Besides being angry, he was also a little worried, because he felt that Su Xia's power was not as strong as the two lords, and today's problem might not be easy to solve.
"Els, is this the news you've made us wait for so long?" Xiong Da looked at Su Xia.
"Yeah." Su Xia responded.
"Just based on this piece of information, you want everyone to hide underground with you for half a month? Your weakness really opens my eyes!" Xiong Da snorted coldly.
Xiong Er also said: "Els, you are really stalling for time!"
The two bugs attacked Su Xia at the same time, trying to force him to hand over power.
Seeing this, Su Xia lowered his eyes slightly, looked at his sharp claws, and said in a deep voice: "I wanted to reason with you, but you didn't listen..."
