Chapter 181: Chapter 180
After Lin observed the Inca insects' method of obtaining their abilities, they began to form their own troops. Lin noticed that the Inca insects had modified most of their original troops with new abilities, but just like how reviving a living fossil would fail, while this modification had a higher success rate, it was still possible for it to fail. For example, [Armor Burst] would self-destruct during the modification process, which seemed to be a bit unstable.
During her observation, Lin finally saw how the Earth Shatterer was created. It seemed that the Incan insects wouldn't install the ability of a particularly powerful creature into a specific unit, instead creating an exact copy of that creature. Inside the Hometree that was filled with eggs of various shapes and sizes, Lin also saw an Earth Shatterer egg.
It was also created by the Queen, but as soon as it was born, it would be moved away and placed inside a Hometree. The egg would slowly grow on its own, and since it had a mouth, the black bees would either feed it or take care of it during its growth.
However, this growth rate was quite slow. Lin calculated that if there were no methods to speed up its growth, it would take at least 2-3 years to create an Earth Shatterer as large as the one Lin encountered before.
This was quite a long time. Lin had never thought of using that much time to create a specific unit. Normally, she would only create the fastest unit possible, unless it was a particularly powerful flagship. But even then, it didn't need to be calculated in terms of 'years'.
Lin now had a better understanding of the Inca insect swarm. During this period of observation, Lin's troops were also occupying and hunting for food in the Inca insect swarm's territory. She also used the burnt forest as the main production base for her troops. Lin planted a large amount of plant seeds on the burnt forest, and these fertile ashes could allow the plants to quickly grow.
At this point. The Incan insect's new troops were almost done preparing.
Under Lin's Flyer's surveillance. A large number of Incan insect troops emerged from the Hometree. They gathered in the middle of the forest. In order to accommodate some of the larger units, the Incan insects had dug up a part of the forest to create a small clearing.
Some of their units had mutated and gained new abilities, but some of them were still in their original form. The reason they gathered in such a large number was probably to prepare for war.
They had gathered in large numbers in the underground space below the desert, which was still quite far away from Lin's troops. Lin didn't want to wait for them to arrive. So Lin decided to launch a surprise attack on them.
To be honest, Lin didn't dare to casually attack the Hometree. If this underground world was truly supported by the Hometree, then a casual attack could cause the entire underground world to collapse.
War wasn't as simple as' eliminating threats'. Also, their huge resources couldn't be wasted. If they won, they couldn't leave without any spoils of war.
Now that the Inca swarm had deployed their troops outside of the Hometree, this was a good opportunity to wipe them out.
However, there were too many of them. If they really fought, it was hard to say who would win. Moreover, the distance between here and there was too far. It was very troublesome. But if it was a quick sneak attack … what would happen? In this way, even if they couldn't destroy them, they would still be able to greatly reduce their combat strength.
For that, Lin needed air support.
Lin widened the path leading to the surface of the Hometree that she currently occupied. Through the nutrient supply from the outside, Lin formed an army of 500 mixed Bombers.
Lin had once used these large bombers to bombard the Aztec worms. Their bodies had been greatly enlarged by Lin, allowing them to store even more bombs. There were also supplies mixed within, as well as a large group of aerial hunters acting as guards, as well as a floating base.
The Aerial Hunters were simply Predators with two pairs of wings. They were lighter and could fly at high speeds. Lin mainly used them to intercept the bombardment of the armor explosion. They could also be used to quickly plunder food. They were very useful troops.
The floating base was a sphere with a diameter of 10 meters. There were two oval-shaped air sacs on the side of the body that allowed it to float. It was mainly used to retrieve nutrients and convert them into new troops as quickly as possible.
Lin finished her preparations in a short period of time. This pure air support unit would depart from the burnt forest and head south. Finally, they would arrive at the Inca swarm's current gathering point, which was directly below the desert.
The air support unit was very useful. They were very fast, and their range of movement was difficult to restrict. If it wasn't for the issue of armor, Lin might have created a pure air support unit.
The number of air support units was too large. Lin had to make sure that they were well hidden. They had to pass through the Inca swarm's territory as quickly as possible and directly attack the Inca swarm's troops. Their concealment had to be perfect. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to achieve the effect of a sneak attack. Furthermore, they might even be attacked along the way.
Therefore, Lin thought of a special method.
Lin covered all the air support units with a layer of 'Skin of Light'. In reality, it was a layer of skin made up of light-emitting cells. They would emit the same light as the creatures on top of the cave. Then, she had these units fly close to the cave's ceiling, effectively preventing them from being discovered.
Based on the scouting method of the Inca swarm, they mostly relied on their vision to observe. If even this couldn't be avoided, then they could only fight. After all, it wasn't possible to hide the scent of so many troops.
After the preparations were made, the air support unit moved out.
Lin's air support unit flew across the sky of the underground world. If the Inca swarm were to hide before that, Lin would choose to attack somewhere else. For example, the Inca swarm's' farm 'or something.
Although the Inca swarm would hunt the creatures of the fern forest, their main source of food was obtained from the farm. The farm was a large hole in the ground. Usually, there would be a large number of creatures being raised by the Inca swarm.
The air support unit flew across the fern forest. They flew close to the cave's ceiling and passed by a large Hometree. Strangely, no Inca swarm came to stop Lin's air support unit. They really didn't seem to have discovered Lin's air support unit. However, Lin noticed that occasionally, a few small insects would fly up from below.
Those were the Inca swarm's scouting insects. However, only one or two of them would come close to observe. Lin thought that they had only noticed that something was wrong with the cave's ceiling and didn't think that Lin was here to ambush them.
Lin didn't care about these scouting insects. Actually, she couldn't care about them. If she killed any of them, they would immediately know. However, if she ignored them, they would only fly back after looking at her from a few dozen meters away. After that, Lin didn't see any changes in the Inca swarm. The new mutated troops were still gathering …
This concealment method was quite effective. The Inca swarm's black wasps had a stronger sense of smell. Unfortunately, they couldn't fly. Lin had long felt that the Inca swarm's scouting ability was quite weak.
Only the sand-spitting worms had a strong detection ability. They could use the sound of sand particles colliding with the wind to detect objects hundreds of meters away. This was an extremely strong detection ability. However, Lin had never seen an Inca swarm using sand-spitting worms to scout.
Lin's air support unit would stop moving during the night and continue moving during the day. After two days, Lin was already close to the Inca swarm's territory under the desert.
Most of the fern forest here had been dug up by the Inca swarm. A large number of Inca swarm troops had gathered here. Many of them were familiar to Lin, but there were also some that Lin had never seen before. There were quite a lot of them, perhaps tens of thousands. It was hard to estimate, but there were only a few that had wings and could fly.
Right now, Lin's air support unit was only two kilometers away from them, but the Inca swarm still didn't seem to have discovered this flying unit that was stuck to the roof of the cave.
Lin first observed the Inca swarm's troops. They didn't have any sort of arrangement and were all mixed together. They could be roughly divided into three types. The small ones were like the black wasps that were 10 cm to 1 meter long. The medium ones were like the exploding armor that was 2 to 3 meters long. The large ones were like the Earth Splitter and the sand-spitting worms. There were a few that Lin was familiar with, but there were also some that she didn't recognize. Regardless, she would blow them all up first.
Charge!
At this moment, Lin's air support unit suddenly accelerated. After creating the Reapers, Lin had placed a large number of explosive worms on each of the air support units. The explosive worms would fuse with the explosives in their bodies and then open their abdomens to release the explosive force. The resulting force would greatly increase the air support unit's speed, allowing Lin's air support unit to reach the Inca swarm in a short amount of time.
At this moment, the 'sky' of this world was covered in shadows. Lin's air support unit shed its outer layer of light and revealed its true appearance.
The Inca swarm below looked at the air support unit and let out a series of strange howls. They quickly retreated, but at this moment, countless explosive bombs were dropped from the mixed bombers.
A violent sound rang out, followed by the splash of dissolving liquid. The bodies of the small and medium sized soldiers were dissolved and festered. This dissolving liquid was newly created by Lin, it had extremely strong corrosive properties and could quickly dissolve the armor of the Inca insect swarm.
The Inca swarm lost over a hundred medium sized troops and countless small sized troops in the first round of bombardment. However, they also reacted quickly. Lin noticed that the small sized troops were quickly retreating, while some of the large insects were gathering together.
Dozens of sand-spitting worms lined up in a straight line, their abdomens expanding as they aimed at Lin's air support unit. Beside these sand-spitting worms, a large number of exploding armor had already spread their wings, ready to take flight at any moment.
Lin didn't think that they would use the Firestorm tactic here. That way, the Inca swarm would suffer far more damage than Lin's troops.
Bam! With dozens of explosions from the sand-spitting worms' abdomens, a large amount of sand and dust spewed out, instantly obscuring Lin's vision. Lin noticed that the sand and dust didn't contain any flammable liquid. It seemed like they were only used for retreating.
'Boom …!'
Suddenly, a large number of explosive bombs shot out from the sand-spitting worms. These bombs came with their own propellant systems and slammed into the walls of the sand-spitting worms, causing the sand and dust stored in their abdomens to spurt out along with their blood. Their entire body fell to the ground with a loud thud. Floating Astronomy.
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