Chapter 287 Insect Eggs and Abnormalities

The cleaning went smoothly, so smoothly that the soldiers were still a little confused after completing the cleaning.

Before the bullets in their satchels were finished, the targets were all gone.

There were only about a hundred Corrupted Wasps in this nest area. The soldiers discovered this when they were counting the corpses: two hundred and ten soldiers even had some excess firepower - but if they were still old-style rifles, two hundred and ten soldiers The anti-air output is far from enough.

They must wait until the Corrupted Wasps are close to them before knocking them out of the air with three pellets of shotgun blast.

Whether breech loading is most effective when attacking moving targets.

The blasted honeycomb revealed a black cave hidden behind it. The man-made cave that could be seen at a glance contained a large number of milky-white soft eggs. The densely packed soft eggs were arranged neatly like pieces of rice grains set up by good people. Place firmly on the ground.

Corruption Wasp eggs.

The scout hunting spider shook its head, trying to pounce on a wasp egg fixed on the wall to eat... but was lightly kicked back by the soldier next to it to stop it from causing trouble again.

It retreated behind the other hunting spiders in aggrieved manner.

"Sir!"

The major pushed through the crowd and walked in, taking a glance at the storage nest where a large number of insect eggs were neatly fixed.

There is no queen, but there are plenty of eggs.

What he didn't know was that Corrupted Wasps would naturally produce a queen/queen who would focus on laying eggs when there was plenty of food, but the current bee colony had not yet specialized in this egg-laying creature.

"A storage room for eggs...there are so many."

The major leaned over and pressed on an egg. There was a softness that was like caressing the gel, but it was more of a coldness. The roots of the egg are entangled and fixed to the ground by spreading lavender vines to prevent it from falling.

Some of the eggs are fixed on the ground by plants, and some are fixed on walls by plants. The eggs near the entrance were obviously missing and were taken to hatch by corrupted wasps.

Is it a plant that lives in symbiosis with the Corrupt Wasp? the major thought.

He also participated in the mission to exterminate Lin Yan's elements, and saw the wonder of symbiosis between plants and elemental life.

The eggs are always in a state of low-temperature dormancy in this unnatural nest. Is this a method used by corrupted wasps to preserve their eggs... Nature is really wonderful.

Before setting off, he had already prepared that he would not gain anything, but so many insect eggs... it was indeed good news and the trip was worth it.

He glanced briefly and estimated in his mind that there were about two hundred corrupted wasp eggs. These many corrupted wasp eggs should be able to be sold for a good price.

However, there is a doubt. Can Corrupted Wasps really use their claws without any hard structure to dig through the thick limestone here...?

The major stood up and looked at the marks that were obviously dug out in the depths.

As the eggs were removed, the major's pupils shrank sharply as he looked at the remaining traces of cooling runes on the ground.

The Prospector Guards hid in the woods and watched the aerostat rise. After raising to a relative height, open the shooting window and use ship-based artillery to cover and shoot the hive on the edge of the mountain until the entire hive is destroyed.

Then, the soldiers directly sprinkled the gunpowder powder with crystal ore explosives close to it and let it burn.

The comprehensive cleaning task was handed over to the hunting spiders. They can extremely accurately find the living Corrupted Wasp larvae from the remains of small nests. These fat white larvae escaped the bombs by virtue of their not yet fully developed bodies and thick bodies. explode.

One huddled in a hexagonal nest block.

Think of it as an extra meal for these guarding hunting spiders.

Humans will dislike this kind of scavenger, but hunting spiders will not dislike it. This is an extremely rare and delicious high protein.

After confirming that there were no recyclable resources, the soldiers did not leave the corpses on the ground alone this time.

Use local materials in the surrounding area and split wood to get firewood. Use these firewood as fuel and pour the crystal ore explosives taken out of the explosive bag as a combustion accelerant to completely burn the area.

The rising flames completely engulfed the nest area, and several black smoke gathered together to form a larger smoke column that swayed in the clouds and rose into the sky.

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"It seems they have no intention of leaving anything for us... I also want to eat a meal of swarm larvae... It would be a waste of resources to feed spiders."

A member of the guard stared at the rising flames in the distance. The rising high-temperature flames engulfed the creatures, and the high temperature turned the proteins into carbon ash.

He could vaguely smell the protein being cooked, it was very fragrant.

Corruption wasp larvae, especially those that have just broken eggs, have soft, fragrant and juicy flesh. Its body is larger, and chefs can completely remove the organs in its body and only retain the most tender insect meat. Those white and tender pieces of meat looked like swaying pieces of jelly on the dinner plate.

"Forget it, do you want to compete with those spiders for food? The most you can eat is the corrupted wasp adults that they don't like to eat."

After the corrupted wasp matures, the insect meat will contain trace amounts of toxins due to scavenging, and it needs to be pickled and detoxified before it can be eaten. Very few parts of this creature can be recycled, making it troublesome and not profitable to fight.

The only profitable things are the wasp larvae and eggs harvested after defeating them - as food, or sold to the gladiatorial arena in the kingdom so that they can use these alien creatures to fight beasts in duel cages.

Alien creature fighting is an extremely popular activity in the kingdom.

The guard captain shrugged, smelling something wrong in the air. His ears twitched and he separated the strange sounds in the forest.

There was no wind, but the leaves were shaking.

He said.

"Something is approaching."

The guards' hands were already on their swords at their sides.