Chapter 49: Defense
Inside the nest of their own base camp, Su Xiao closed the information on the insect nest. With the 3 million points of bio-energy provided by Silver Queen, their defensive options suddenly became much richer.
A map composed of biological tissue gradually converged in front of him. This was the tech tree of the insect race. Although their own mother nest hadn't invested much in this area, it still had the basics covered.
There was no rush for this aspect for now. After defeating the various powerful enemies of the Eternal Light World, they could develop the insect race tech tree later. For now, the focus was on maxing out combat capabilities to deal with the strong foes.
On this insect race map, the entire Frenzied Growth Region was displayed. The Shadow Hunting Fangs scattered everywhere, along with the Soul Jellyfish floating high in the sky, could monitor changes on the map in real-time, thereby manifesting enemies on it.
It could be seen that on the northernmost side of the map, countless red dots were approaching their base camp. These were all Deep Sea Evil Spirits, too numerous to count.
Although they planned to deal with both the Deep Sea Evil Spirits and the local Frenzied Growth Tribe simultaneously, both were second-tier World-Destroying level races and needed to be taken seriously. Therefore, they would first try to withstand the fierce assault of the Deep Sea Evil Spirit race. If they could hold, then they would provoke the Frenzied Growth Tribe.
Under Su Xiao's arrangement, with their kilometer-tall mother nest as the center, the surrounding area was entirely covered in fungal carpet. The overall diameter was just over 15 kilometers, covering an area of about 180 square kilometers. At the edges of the fungal carpet, high walls had already been established through insect nest tissue.
Viewed from above, these hundred-meter-high walls formed a complete circle. On these walls, every five meters or so, a nearly 200-meter-tall Brutal Cannon Tower was embedded. These towers had round holes, and the living missiles inside were ready.
A total of 1,350 Brutal Cannon Towers, connected by the biological tissue high walls, protected their base camp. On the fungal carpet of their base camp were various insect race buildings. Not far apart, there was a "Bio-Reaction Mound (Ninth Rank)" storing a considerable amount of bio-energy.
The Brutal Cannon Towers couldn't form living missiles out of thin air. Each living missile required bio-energy to construct, which necessitated the "Bio-Reaction Mound (Ninth Rank)."
The principle was that the bio-energy stored in the "Bio-Reaction Mound (Ninth Rank)" would first travel through the fungal carpet to the living high walls, then along the living high walls to the nearest Brutal Cannon Tower, where the tower would use this bio-energy to form living missiles.
The rate of fire for the Brutal Cannon Towers was 350 living missiles per minute. Whether on the ground or in the air, nothing could escape the living missiles. Not only were they powerful, but they also had a certain tracking capability.
Building these Brutal Cannon Towers consumed a total of 270,000 points of bio-energy. With their current 3.04 million points of bio-energy, this was nothing. However, Su Xiao had used Brutal Cannon Towers before, and the main consumption wasn't in construction but in forming living missiles once the battle started.
Their perimeter had a total of 1,350 Brutal Cannon Towers. At a rate of 350 living missiles per minute, that meant 472,500 missiles would be unleashed every minute. The firepower was certainly fierce, but bio-energy would also drain away like water.
In other worlds, these 1,000-plus Brutal Cannon Towers would be considered an impenetrable defense line. But in the Eternal Light World, this was only the outer perimeter defense. Neither the Brutal Cannon Towers nor the living high walls could completely stop the Frenzied Growth Tribe and the Deep Sea Evil Spirit race.
Therefore, inside the living high walls, countless Demon Beasts were already prepared. A total of 2.4 million points of bio-energy had been consumed to cultivate 300,000 Demon Beasts. These served both as the middle ring's defensive force and to trigger all the bonuses of the War Lord title through the sheer number of Demon Beasts.