Of course, setting that aside, the Elven Queen still had some lingering concerns.
And that was...
The Zerg were completely different from traditional civilizations. The Queen held absolute leadership over every individual, even possessing the power of life and death.
Every single member followed the Queen's orders without question. In this situation, did it mean the elven race would have to do the same?
Now that there were so few elves left, if Xia Jin suddenly ordered them to their deaths after they joined, the Queen would find herself in a very difficult position.
She felt a slight pang of worry.
Seeing the two elf bugs approaching, Vigaya curiously took a step forward and whispered, “May I touch them?”
“You may,” Xia Jin nodded.
Vigaya first reached out to touch the skin of the normal looking elf bug girl.
It was soft, no different from a normal girl.
No, strictly speaking, it was even softer.
In terms of aesthetics, she surpassed most elves.
She was incredibly beautiful.
Vigaya then touched the other one.
The hard chitinous shell was icy cold, but the skin on her arms was snowy white and flawless—undeniably the skin of a young girl.
“She is an elf; I can feel the natural aura within her.”
It was very close to the leaves of the World Tree, a power belonging to the very essence of elves.
While she was carefully examining the elf bug, a portion of the Swarm finally returned from the entrance to the underground world.
Insects continuously crawled out of the opening.
Since the area below had been completely unified, the elven race no longer needed to focus their energy on the world below.
However, for the 2,000 Zerg left behind, the fighting was not entirely over.
Various strange creatures could still be found across the mountains and lands below.
A small portion of them could provide decent high energy crystals, serving as a resource source for the Zerg.
“I didn't expect to lose so many after a single war.”
Over ten thousand was not a small number.
But at least the battle was over.
These newly emerged Zerg prepared themselves briefly or went to a queen to have their wounds treated before immediately heading south to support the Kingdom front.
By her count, five or six days had already passed.
Xia Jin tallied the current number of Zerg in the Swarm.
Currently, the number of magic beasts killed daily reached 10,000, while wild beasts and other creatures exceeded 80,000. The vast majority were Tier 1.
Only magic beasts could supply high energy crystals, and the standard energy they provided was more than twice that of ordinary creatures.
Currently, killing a Tier 1 magic beast yielded an average of 10 units of standard energy and 1 unit of high energy crystals.
Tier 2: 20 to 80 units of standard energy, 2 to 5 units of high energy crystals.
Tier 3: 80 to 120 units of standard energy, 6 to 10 units of high energy crystals.
Tier 4: 120 to 200 units of standard energy, 11 to 20 units of high energy crystals.
Tier 5: 200 to 600 units of standard energy, 21 to 40 units of high energy crystals.
Tier 6: 600 to 1,800 units of standard energy, 41 to 100 units of high energy crystals.
Tier 7: 1,800 to 6,000 units of standard energy, 101 to 200 units of high energy crystals.
These were approximate figures; in reality, some unique individuals would deviate significantly.
If they only killed magic beasts, they would eventually find that standard energy was far from enough.
However, the number of wild beasts killed—which did not provide high energy crystals—far exceeded that of magic beasts.
Therefore, standard energy ended up making up the majority of what they obtained.
Currently, the energy gained in a day was approximately 4 million units.
As of now, for the Kingdom front, the number of queens had been unilaterally increased to 120.
Every day, aside from the one or two thousand drones produced—which cost about 20,000 units of standard energy—a total of nearly 14,000 combat Zerg could be produced.
This included 10,000 zerglings, consuming 500,000 units of standard energy.
2,000 hydralisks, consuming 1.6 million units of standard energy.
1,000 banelings, consuming 192,000 units of standard energy.
100 lurkers, consuming 120,000 units of standard energy.
100 infectors, consuming 130,000 units of standard energy.
800 roaches, consuming 1.2 million units of standard energy.
50 swarm hosts, consuming 140,000 units of standard energy.
In total, this consumed nearly 3.9 million units of standard energy.
Aside from these, there was a daily surplus of over a hundred thousand, which was basically consumed on other fronts, such as the city states, the forest, and the production of Swimmers underwater.
In the end, there was really no surplus left at all.
As a result, Xia Jin found that she couldn't even produce more queens.
However, given that the subsequent battles would be on a larger scale, she increased the number of primal brain bugs to five in one go.
Two of them were specifically assigned to handle the Kingdom front.
Of the remaining three, one was responsible for the defense of the various hives.
The other two were responsible for the battles in the underground world and the forest, respectively.
This way, there were specialized primal brain bugs to handle every direction.
Brain Bug No. 1 was responsible for overall coordination. To put it simply, it was the workhorse that had to handle everything.
With the production status fully analyzed, Xia Jin began to assemble the main force currently available for the Kingdom front.
This included approximately 140,000 zerglings, 28,000 hydralisks, 10,000 banelings, 1,000 lurkers, 500 infectors, 4,000 roaches, and 200 swarm hosts (along with their reserve of about 180,000 locusts).
This quantity, combined with subsequent production, would be more than enough to give the Kingdom a real run for its money.
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