Shrimpmen and Crabmen

Countless sharkmen dove into the water in terror.

They had intended to come ashore to make these ignorant land-dwellers feel the terror of the Sea Race, but they never expected to be beaten back the moment they emerged.

After returning underwater and seeing the corpses floating in the sea, and then thinking of their kin who were slaughtered on land, the chieftain of these sharkmen grew more furious the more he thought about it.

“The ocean is vast and boundless. These land creatures actually dare to provoke us like this.”

Although the land creatures they encountered now were somewhat unfamiliar and didn't seem to be the ones they had seen before, it didn't matter. Many, many years ago, when rumors said the Sea Race was not yet very strong, a fierce battle had occurred between the two sides.

Back then, the land creatures were insufferably arrogant, but in the end, didn't they still surrender obediently under the powerful strength of the Sea Race?

“Let the subordinate races test them first.”

These sharkmen knew their strength on land was not high. One reason was their respiratory system, and the other was that the land was indeed the enemy's home turf, making it extremely disadvantageous for their side.

Therefore, they had to send creatures that could survive in the air for a long time.

Half an hour later...

At this time, the Zerg were still mobilizing more Swimmers to the area.

Beneath Clearwillow Lake, the number of Swimmers was indeed becoming excessive. According to Xia Jin's thinking, instead of letting them swim around all day doing nothing productive, it was better to upgrade them and throw them into the Great West Sea as an exploration force.

In fact, most of the Swimmers in this upgrade wave would be transported over there, meaning some insects would have to work hard as porters.

The first batch of Swimmers would likely perish in the underwater expansion battles.

The underwater factions were also very powerful, a feeling that became more apparent after encountering the sharkmen.

The most crucial point was that the vastness of the ocean was incomparable to land. This meant that once a large group appeared within it, its scale might not necessarily be weaker than those on land.

At this time, although the Swarm on the West Coast was not large in scale, after the encounter with the sharkmen, Brain Bug No. 1 had already temporarily mobilized thirty thousand Zerg to the vicinity.

More insects were still being reassigned, and across the land, small Zerg squads could be seen sprinting toward this location.

Along the entire coastline, approximately thirty thousand insects were also mobilized for surveillance.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for new Sea Race creatures to surface.

They were individual shrimpmen... and crabmen.

“Shrimp soldiers and crab generals?”

Seeing that strange sight, Xia Jin couldn't help but mutter to herself.

This was different from people in costumes on TV; these were real shrimp heads and crab heads.

Furthermore, in terms of combat power, the crabs were clearly a bit stronger.

As these creatures emerged from the shore in groups and charged toward the land, the hydralisks immediately fired their bone spines at them.

The enemies' strength was very weak; essentially, a single spine could kill one.

Most of the shrimp soldiers were only at Tier 1 to Tier 3, while among the crabs, there were some at Tier 4, but Tier 5 was basically nowhere to be seen.

To the current Zerg, they were just running over to deliver themselves to their deaths.

“There hasn't been a battle recently, so let the locusts make an appearance.”

Calculating it out, although the cost of the Swarm was very low, relatively speaking, some insects were more expensive. For example, the two types of self-destructing creatures, the scourges and banelings, did not return as many resources as other insects after each use.

In contrast, units like locusts were excellent. They had sufficient numbers and could spray weak toxins during battle. If the dosage was high enough to pollute the coastal area, it would mean the enemy would already be poisoned before even reaching the shore, which was definitely worth it.

Roughly twenty of the nearest swarm hosts were quickly mobilized over.

After rooting themselves in predetermined positions, they immediately began producing new locusts.

All of them were Tier 2, and even against the shrimp soldiers, they were not weak.

As for the crab soldiers, although they were harder to fight, they were still low-tier after all, and could be overwhelmed by using several locusts to kill one.

Soon, the first batch of four hundred locusts landed.

As soon as the locusts appeared, they ran toward the enemy clusters.

Of course, compared to the number of enemies coming ashore, four hundred was still very few.

Fortunately, the insects arriving as reinforcements each carried multiple locusts on their backs. Once nearly twenty thousand of them had landed, they also swarmed toward the enemy in a charge.

Soon, the black tide of insects collided with the shrimp soldiers and crab soldiers on the shore.

Both sides engaged in close-quarters combat, pincer against pincer. One side had higher tiers, while the other could spray toxic liquid. The battle between them was very brutal.

A sharkman came ashore from behind and observed the battlefield from a distance.

Then, seeing the locusts, it stared in a daze.

“More creatures we've never seen before?”

After watching the battle seriously for a while, it found that the enemies were not strong, and the shrimpmen and crabmen were enough to handle them.

Having learned all this, the fellow returned to the water.

However, after swimming for a while, it noticed the toxins in the water.

The concentration was very low, so it only took note of it before returning to its tribe to report.

About twenty minutes passed, and the sharkman chieftain learned of the situation.

“Use the shrimpmen and crabmen to exhaust their numbers. When the sharkman army arrives, that will be the time for the land creatures to regret,” the chieftain floated in the water, cold laughter sounding as he spoke.