The information from the upgrade was quite extensive, echoing within Xia Jin's consciousness.
She now had a good grasp of the current improvements.
First of all, the drones remained unchanged.
This didn't matter much, as she never intended for those fellows to go into battle anyway. If the day ever came when the drones had to take the field, it would either be a last resort or some extremely special circumstance.
As for the zerglings, they were still Tier 4, but they had evolved. While becoming stronger, the cost for each one had also decreased by 10 units.
A Tier 4 unit only costs 50 units of ordinary energy to produce. It truly is the ultimate fodder unit and the backbone of the Swarm.
The baneling has evolved from Tier 4 to Tier 5. For now, there are no other changes, except that its defense is stronger and its explosion power is even more ridiculous.
The hydralisk, lurker, infestor, and queen have all increased by one Tier.
The change in the hydralisk is that it finally lives up to its name with the appearance of spines. This undoubtedly increases its armor-penetrating capabilities, and its range will certainly be much longer.
The roach is a new type of insect that functions as both a melee and ranged unit.
On the surface, it truly looks like a creature evolved from the prototype of a cockroach... although, it might look a bit more like a turtle.
Its head is as hideous as ever, and it has two super sharp giant blades on its back. Not only is it agile in its strikes, but its power is also extremely staggering, capable of slaying enemies with ease.
For ranged combat, it can spit out an incredibly strong acidic corrosive liquid. The volume and power of the spray are terrifying, far stronger than the hydralisk's liquid from the LV5 main hive. Of course, the downside is that its range is nowhere near that of a hydralisk; the currently measured distance is only about a hundred meters, though it might be strengthened further in the future.
Additionally, the roach has an above-average recovery ability and decent defense. Therefore, in battle, it can serve as a meat shield to hold the line.
“Even with my game experience, the Zerg of this world are indeed somewhat different from what I know.”
After confirming the status of the roach, she looked at the queen.
Each queen can now hatch 5 larvae per hour.
Doing the math, a single queen can provide 120 larvae in a day.
This boost is extremely beneficial to the Swarm's ability to mass-produce troops.
Compared to the queen, the swarm host is a creature that piques Xia Jin's curiosity even more.
This is a spider-like creature that looks like it is carrying a giant mushroom on its back. Its body size is quite staggering, and countless tiny larvae drift within its blood. These larvae can help the swarm host perform some healing. Once danger is encountered or combat is required, the swarm host uses pheromones to rapidly catalyze these larvae, causing them to hatch from the concave incubation nests on top of the mushrooms on its back, emerging with a burst of bubbles.
These small insects that are born are called locusts.
The locusts are undoubtedly the ultimate fodder troops. Currently, a locust can only maintain a three-day lifespan, and each one is only at Tier 1.
Under the intervention of a brain bug, a swarm host can now hatch a batch of 20 locusts at a time, with a total energy consumption of only 1 unit.
In other words, it only takes 1 unit of energy to have 20 Tier 1 locusts come out and fight for Xia Jin.
This cost-effectiveness can be said to be very good.
But perhaps because they are still at a relatively low level, the current catalysis speed of a single locust cannot keep up with the production at the main hive; it can only produce one batch per hour.
Over 24 hours, it can send a maximum of 480 locusts onto the battlefield.
“But it's still very good. Such cheap fodder.”
It's hard to describe how strong Tier 1 is. However, at this stage, the gap between Tiers is definitely not insurmountable, and the lower the Tier, the smaller the gap.
The locusts' own combat power isn't too weak. They have a certain amount of melee ability, no worse than a Tier 1 human warrior. Moreover, they can spit acid with a very short range. Even if they can't actually kill an opponent, the toxicity and pain brought by the corrosion can still greatly interfere with their combat effectiveness.
“Then, I must definitely allocate production capacity to these things.”
The swarm host is too important. Although the Swarm's reproductive capacity is currently very strong, when spread across a vast land and combined with continuous warfare, the actual numbers are not as high as expected.
Most importantly, Xia Jin needs to save a lot of resources for the next upgrade.
So, a creature like the swarm host that can hatch fodder while saving resources is simply a sharp tool for frontline warfare.
For example, in the battle against the gnolls, she could just send them to the field.
Now, the reaction from the Kingdom of Clear has gradually become more intense.
The existence of the Zerg has clearly made the kingdom very nervous. Secretly, large-scale troop movements have begun, and they have started to be on guard against this area.
The humans still suspect that the Zerg are magic beasts.
Xia Jin was more than happy for them to think so.
The royal family would never imagine that the lovely Princess who was driven out not long ago was coming back for revenge.
Thinking of this, she smiled inwardly and turned her attention to the final insect—the primal brain bug.
Literally, a very primitive brain bug.
Brain Bug No. 1 is the most advanced product of the StarCraft era, and this thing definitely can't compare.
As a specialized existence among the Zerg, the primal brain bug already possesses the following functions: gene research, command and control, and information transmission.
They have high intelligence and can communicate directly with the Queen.
If the individual combat experience of the insects is already rich, then just one brain bug can greatly enhance the coordination between different insects.
“30,000 ordinary energy to create one is not a loss.”
Xia Jin took a deep breath and issued the command.
The appearance of the brain bug had already taken shape.
It was a giant worm, somewhat like the clever bugs that appeared in the Starship Troopers movie.
Compared to ordinary insects, the Tier 8 brain bug possesses extremely powerful mental strength. They can use an ability called psionic power to strike at the enemy's spirit.
Well, that was all for now. Perhaps in the future, psionic power would become even more formidable.
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