However, the Blood Orchid Ecosystem is very powerful. Lin Fan and his group only walked along the edges, not venturing deeper. For instance, right now, the Splitters have entered a nest of Red Centipedes.
Red Centipedes possess first-tier physical abilities, but their size is not advantageous, and their venom is immune to the Zerg. Nevertheless, in large numbers, they can still kill Splitters.
Due to the Splitters killing too many Red Centipedes, a Zerg Swarm gathered in thousands of Red Centipede nests across several hundred kilometers.
The Death of a large number of Red Centipedes resulted in a strong pheromone in that territory, which prompted a Zerg Swarm from numerous Red Centipede nests.
Although the blood orchid has not yet evolved the Red Centipedes into intelligent beings, to cope with the emergence of a large-scale destructive natural enemy and ensure rapid growth in reproduction, Red Centipedes have already evolved effective methods.
A Zerg Swarm gathered.
When tens of thousands of arm-length Red Centipedes emerged from their caves, they surged forth like a crimson river, devouring everything in their path on the ground.
Thousands of Splitters, having detected the approaching Red Centipedes through the Overlord's vision, immediately launched a pincer attack from both sides of the gathered Zerg Swarm.
The Splitters and Red Centipedes were evenly matched.
Although the Splitters were fewer in number, they could rapidly multiply and were of higher quality, capable of fighting ten-to-one.
While individual Red Centipedes were fragile, their sheer numbers gave them a significant advantage in the Early Stage.
However, after the Red Centipedes attempted twice to overwhelm the Splitters, the Splitters' numbers rapidly reached nearly ten thousand and were multiplying at an astonishing rate.
The numerical advantage of the Red Centipedes began to even out.
In same-tier confrontations, Splitters exhibit extremely superior performance. Even in cross-tier confrontations, if the opponent lacks a suitable trump card, they will be dragged to Death by Splitters.
When the number of Splitters exceeded that of the Red Centipedes, the Splitters ceased multiplying.
At this point, the Worker Bees mutated into Decomposers.
Decomposers are designed to assimilate and reproduce by atomizing into mist to invade corpses, thereby enhancing the speed of decomposition.
They were designed for clearing corpses on the battlefield. They cannot be used for direct confrontation, cannot invade living beings as they would be killed by immune functions, and are equally poor at resisting energy bodies.
However, as long as it is a corpse, they can quickly and efficiently convert the biomass within it into misty atoms, rapidly transporting them to the Zerg Base, facilitating the hatching of larvae.
These Red Centipede corpses not only met the hatching resource needs of the second Initial Zerg Base but also provided nearly ten thousand biomass, just 1000 energy blocks short of upgrading the Initial Zerg Base and unlocking more new Zerg unit types.
However, with the Blood Orchid Ecosystem in the Amazon Rainforest serving as a resource point, Lin Fan, even with only the Initial Zerg Base's unit types, can already create large-scale Zerg Swarms to accumulate power.
On the other side.
Lin Fan sat in what used to be Colonel Tuode's office. The empty military Base had no soldiers.
The higher-ups were very displeased to learn that Colonel Tuode's entire army was annihilated this time, but Osborn Company successfully negotiated with them by offering triple compensation and agreeing to pay triple taxes this year.
This time, Osborn Company didn't even mention the blood orchid; the additional biological samples they obtained were already worth a fortune. So, that small amount of compensation and taxes was not worth mentioning at all.
However, according to intelligence from the military, although Lin Fan inherited this military Base, he would have to relinquish the inheritance if he could not assemble a five-person team within a week.
If Lin Fan were not of Chinese descent, such unfair conditions would not have occurred.
And Lin Fan absolutely had to obtain this military Base.
If he were under someone else's command, his military rank advancement System would not be able to exert its maximum effectiveness, and his merits would also be distributed. It is better to have his own Base, where, as Commander, he can receive the maximum merits.
After Colonel Tuode's Death, the merits from this mission were returned, allowing Lin Fan to immediately advance to the next rank.
Military Rank: Private First Class. (Official establishment.)
Merits: 3960.
New Technology Unlocked: Hacker Dagger.
NB-14 Gauss Rifle, Hellfire Thrower, Hacker Dagger.
Manufacturing Technology: Hacker Dagger.
Iron Ore Required: 100 kg.
Introduction: In the Late Colonial Era, humanity established itself in the stars, but internal strife arose, and the flames of war between the Resistance Army and the Federal Army swept across dozens of star sectors. The leader of the Resistance Army was a top Engineer. To help the disadvantaged Resistance Army turn the tide, he developed this Hacker Dagger, capable of cracking enemy databases and seizing data controllers within seconds. However, the Resistance Army ultimately failed, and this Hacker Dagger became an important trophy for the Federal Army.
Functionality: Fourth Tier.
Lin Fan took out the Jarvis replica from the Mark unmanned armor that was destroyed last time and used the Hacker Dagger to crack it, successfully connecting to the database.
However, the main Jarvis on the other side was quick to act, immediately cutting off the connection to the replica Jarvis.
But Jarvis discovered that some data had still been stolen.
And now, Tony is negotiating the acquisition of a domestic robotics company.
After Lin Fan blew up his prototype unmanned armor, Tony began to value life more and accelerated the practical application of his mechanical army.
However, unmanned armor is too fragile and requires a skeleton for support. There is a domestic company specializing in household robots, USR. (Source: I, Robot.)
If the acquisition is successful, Tony will be able to have tens of thousands of prototypes through the production line, boosting his productivity to an unprecedented level, and New York's safety will reach a new height.