Bab 199: Chapter 198
Dong … Dong!
The Earth Breaker stood in front of Lin's army. It opened its jaws and slammed them together, making loud noises.
However, unlike last time, the noises this time didn't seem to be harmful. Lin didn't feel any dizziness from the Predators.
Then, what did the Earth Breaker's actions mean?
Apart from the Earth Breaker, there were also a large number of Exploding Armor bugs lying on the nearby Hometrees. They were densely packed together at the height of 20 to 30 meters. That was where the fungal infection was the most severe.
If there were that many exploding armors … these Hometrees would break apart, causing the entire place to collapse. However, this wouldn't be beneficial to the Inca insect swarm either. Their territory was very close to this place. If this place collapsed, their territory would definitely be affected.
In the Incan swarm's territory, there were also many Hometrees infected by the fungus.
"Dong …"
The Earth Breaker continued to make noises, but the Exploding Armor bugs didn't do anything.
The Incan swarm's actions gave Lin a thought. Were they … trying to communicate with this place?
However, Lin didn't understand what they meant. What if it was the Brainworm? Normally, if it encountered something it knew, it would definitely call out first.
"This is Echo Summoning. In ancient times, the Brainworms used the Earth Breaker to communicate with each other. The sound could travel as far as 100 kilometers."
Indeed, as Lin thought, the Brainworm spoke. In fact, it had been watching Lin's display all kinds of situations in the underground world.
"The Incan finally understand how to use the Earth Breaker. However, they aren't familiar with it. They are also ignorant. Ignorant. They are angry. After the war, they are very weak. Their suggestion to Lin is to completely destroy the Incan swarm. "
Lin could still feel the Brainworm's anger at the Incan swarm controlling the Earth Breaker. However, this wasn't the answer Lin wanted.
Then, Lin used the display's voice to ask, "Destroy, wait. Now, what do the Incan swarm mean? "
The Brainworm's anger instantly disappeared. It said seriously, "Echo Summoning is made up of many single syllables. They form a complete meaning. It's different from normal communication. "
Following the Earth Breaker's noises, the Brainworm said slowly, "They mean: Return … the … Earth … Shatter … or … they … will … destroy …"
Earth Breaker? So that's it? Lin suddenly understood. That's right, the Earth Splitters on the other side of the battlefield didn't die, or rather, Lin didn't care about them at all. For the Inca insects, these creatures that took several years to mature were extremely precious.
These Earth Shatterers were also valuable to Lin. They were slightly different from the first time she saw them. So, they could be observed and analyzed..
"Lin is currently under threat, if you don't hand over Earth Splitter," the headworm said. "Suggestion: Observe the overall situation and come up with a suitable countermeasure"
The Brainworm has a countermeasure? Let's see …
Lin asked the Display to display an image of the entire area, including the location of the nearby Hometree, as well as the exploding armor on the tree, etc. Because Lin was using the Flyer to observe, she could see everything very clearly.
"Thinking about the structure of the environment. Twenty-two Home Trees with 212 to 391 trees each. Suggestion: Camouflage type of troops. Ambush them and make them explode in one hit. Weakness: Deployment of troops takes too long."
[Suggestion 2: Ignore the requirements and let it explode. The army will charge into the Incan swarm's territory and destroy it. Weakness: Large army, low chance of the entire army entering the territory before it collapses]
[Suggestion 3: Use deception. Pretend to return the Earth Breaker and deploy other units]
So that's how it is. Would the Brainworm use this tactic? Its opinion was very different from Lin's. Lin felt that it would be interesting to occasionally see how other creatures thought.
Lin originally wanted to try a new unit to see if it could isolate the Incan swarm's brain connections. But now, the Brainworm's third suggestion seemed to be very useful, so she decided to give it a try.
With that in mind, Lin brought a large Earth Breaker over from the rear of the army. In truth, Lin had already made this before the war. She originally wanted to use it for communication, but she never used it.
Lin had a group of aerial hunters pull the Earth Breaker over and displayed it in front of the Incan swarm.
The large Earth Breaker was 20 meters wide, enough to display a large image.
As soon as the Earth Breaker saw the Earth Breaker, it became nervous, but as soon as it saw the image, it seemed to have understood something and its nervousness disappeared.
Sure enough, the Incan swarm was very smart. Lin had shown the image to most creatures, but most of them treated the image as real. Some of them even tried to charge in or attack the image displayed on the screen.
Only creatures with a certain level of intelligence would be able to tell that the image displayed on the screen was fake, and only the Brainworm and Incan swarm would be able to tell in an instant.
Furthermore, the Incan swarm were able to understand much faster than the Brainworm.
Lin had the Earth Breaker show the Earth Breaker on the other side of the battlefield. Then, a group of units appeared and used spider silk to drag them over to show that she was bringing them over.
Of course, in reality, Lin hadn't moved at all. Instead, she had silently prepared some units to attack the nearby Earth Breaker.
Lin also noticed that the Earth Breaker's position was very good. They were located at the 22 infected Hometrees within a 3km radius, and Lin's army was within this range. If the explosion caused the Hometrees to break and the cave to collapse, even if Lin's army managed to escape, their path forward would be blocked, making it very difficult for them to attack the Incan swarm's territory.
The Earth Breaker looked at the image displayed on the screen and raised its large jaw to knock a few more times.
「 Awaken them 」 the Brainworm translated.
「 Reject 」 Lin used one of the Earth Breaker's vocal cords to utter a single word. Lin had gotten the pronunciation of this word from the Brainworm.
「 Destroy 」 After the Earth Breaker uttered this word, the Earth Breaker's Earth Breaker's abdomen began to swell, as if they were about to explode.
「 Reject 」 Lin Lin repeated. She understood the Incan swarm's hesitation. They were doubting whether or not Lin had brought the Earth Breaker back, but they wouldn't be so quick to decide to blow up the Hometrees.
The Incan swarm seemed to understand that the Hometrees had become very fragile after being infected by the fungus, but did they have a way to deal with it? Or perhaps they didn't want to deal with it at all and just wanted to escape? That was why they had left so many statues and fat worms behind. But what was with the stone nest they had built?
Speaking of which, since the Incan swarm could communicate with each other, could she ask them some questions? However, according to the Brainworm, the Incan swarm had only recently learned how to communicate with the Earth Breaker. In that case, they shouldn't have a lot of vocabulary.
Dong!
Just as Lin was thinking, the Earth Breaker made another sound.
This time, it said, 「 Recover a bit, then go unconscious again. Confirm location. 」
So that's what it was. The Incan swarm thought that Lin was afraid that the Earth Breaker's recovery would cause a lot of damage, so they wanted Lin to recover a bit of Earth Breaker's consciousness before making it go unconscious again. That way, the Incan swarm the Earth Breaker's location and know if Lin was bringing them here.
「 Reject 」 Lin said again.
「 Destroy! Die! 」 The Earth Breaker of the Incan swarm the Earth Breaker with its large jaw and repeated these words.
As expected, they didn't have a lot of vocabulary. Perhaps after the Incan swarm the Earth Breaker, it would take a long time for them to slowly learn how to use it.
Lin ignored it completely. Right now, a few special units had been deployed at the correct location and were preparing to attack …
Lin was preparing to attack a new type of unit that could accurately aim at the head of the Earth Breaker without triggering it to self-destruct.
Crack!
Suddenly, a loud noise came from one of the Hometree. A huge crack appeared on its waist.
What was going on? Lin didn't see the Earth Breaker explode. Did the Hometree break on its own? Was it because its structure was too weak? Or … was it because the Earth Breaker kept making loud noises and the internal structure of the Hometree was shaken?
This kind of thing … was indeed possible. Sound was actually a very terrifying method of attack. Lin had done some research on it recently.
The Incan swarm seemed to be shocked as well. All the Earth Breaker immediately flew away from the Hometree. The crack in the middle of the Hometree continued to expand until the entire tree tilted to one side.
The branches that extended to the top of the cave were pulled apart by the pressure. Huge cracks began to spread from the top of the cave. Large amounts of boulders fell from the top of the cave, crushing the ferns around the Hometree.
Finally, the entire Hometree collapsed. It fell heavily to the ground and after a series of loud noises, it shattered into pieces. Countless bits of wood that contained fungi flew everywhere, creating a yellow cloud of dust …
「 Gu … 」 The Earth Breaker of the Incan swarm immediately turned around and burrowed into the ground. All the Earth Breaker flew up at the same time and quickly returned to where they led the Earth Breaker.
What was this? Did they all escape?
The collapse did not end there. After the Hometree fell, its original position was like a huge hole with spiderweb-like cracks all around it. The cracks rumbled and spread to the surroundings, and as countless boulders fell, one of the cracks touched the nearest Hometree. Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
"Crack …"
After a series of noises, the cracks instantly covered the top of the Hometree. As the top of the cave loosened, the Hometree also started to creak and bend to one side …
Lin only had one thought after seeing this.
This cave was going to be over. Floating astronomy.
PS: Thanks to ~ Lele ~ for the tip ~
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