The Ultimate Evolution - Chapter 255

Chapter 255

When Sheyan left, Reef still soaking in the womb opened his eyes . His eyes shone with a complicated brilliance . The wounds emitted out strands of black-reddish blood . His powerful physique was starting to recover to its optimal state . He was no longer depressed as before . The muscles spasmed and solidified intensely, forcefully patching and cooling like boiling casted metal!

"That Seaman, he really seems pretty outstanding . To be able to easily bring me into a grand arachnid base, and a sacred healing pool like this . . . . . . . "

"Perhaps I'm really not suited to be a party leader, then I should just observe for now . "

"This gratitude cannot be expressed with words . This time, Seaman and Mogensha rescued me, their losses are undeniable as well . If Seaman is really a reliable talent, then following his command may not be a bad thing . If he isn't reliable, then I'll just leave after repaying this gratitude of grace . "

After deciding, Reef felt a void within his heart; as though a huge stone had been lifted from it . Currently, this body wounds were vividly healing and patching up, his fractured bones gradually mending together . Finally, his skin as smooth as before, the perfectly fine Reef rose from the amniotic fluid; the fluid rolling off his scarlet muscles like a waterfall .

"This rejuvenating sensation, it is indeed refreshing!"

*************

When Reef strolled out of the spawning pool of the Mother nest, Sheyan was still undergoing his detoxification treatment . Hence, Reef could only randomly stroll about . Suddenly, he saw the black man Mogensha hugging his golden AK as he walked over with all smiles . After inquiring, he realized that the drone Mogensha had brought back had a pretty outstanding efficiency rate . It could harvest 30 units of Pandora crystal and 5 units of Vespene gas every hour, its workrate was about twice of the average drone .

In theory, every drone could only work for 16 hours per day; the 480 units of Pandora crystal and 80 units of Vespene gas could be directly sold to the nightmare imprint, or gifted to the Blackthorn Mother . The selling valuation was 2500 - 3000 utility points; but exchanging for reputation points would be more worthwhile, boosting several thousands of reputation points . Everything is great except for one small defect - the extracted Pandora crystals and Vespene gas were all raw ores, if he could process and refine it; their valuation would increase .

After listening, Reef curiously asked .

"That drone you caught, it really harvests Pandora crystals and Vespene gas?"

Mogensha immediately brought Reef along to observe . When he witnessed personally the drone extracting the minerals, Reef abruptly sighed .

"If I knew I could obtain Pandora crystals like this, why did I insist on carrying out the main mission?"

At this moment, Sheyan had completely his detoxification and coincidentally arrived . Asking curiously .

"What has the main mission got to do with Pandora crystals?"

Reef shook his head .

"At the Rum outpost base, they were selling Pandora crystals and Vespene gas . Because I had learned a forging type ability, a certain longing for these minerals emerged within me . But the prices they offered was so expensive it made my hair stand . Thus, I insisted on completing the main mission to raise my reputation . Haish . . . . . . . I didn't expect there was this method!"

Sheyan muttered out .

"If you really needed those crystal and vespene ore, then there are relatively many ways in doing so . The most dependable is raising your reputation to 'Respected', then you can directly purchase a drone to harvest for you . However, the payment is pretty expensive . Moreover, I don't recommend such a method because after raising your reputation to 'Worshipped' here in the Blackthorn, there are incredible attribute enhancements . "

After finishing, Sheyan immediately regurgitated the purchasing menu out to Reef with his memory . After Reef absorbed the facts; he was no fool, he instantly understood the hidden benefits behind those exchanges . But still, he couldn't help asking .

"Then what is the other method?"

Sheyan laughed, putting it bluntly forward .

"Of course it's to snatch!"

**********

5 minutes later, the rested trio once again boarded their acquired ordinary Overlord . Scouting a kilometre ahead, was that mutalisk . Although previously the Blackthorn tribe had assumed dominating aerial superiority, the Redliner tribe did not give up easily . They changed their warfare tactics, producing Scourges and multitudes of hydralisks to deal with the situation; hence, they successfully destroyed the total aerial monopoly of the Blackthorn tribe . Thus, Sheyan and the rest cautiously proceeded like a thousand year boat .

Reef was concentrating his attention onto the electronic map . On the map, Sheyan's previous marking was still extremely vivid in his mind; as though his steady and calm voice repeatedly resounded within Reef's ears .

"There are two arachnid tribes within a thousand kilometre vicinity from here . One tribe is our ally, and the other our enemy . Therefore naturally, our heist target would be the Redliner tribe . . . . . Demu (Mogensha), cast away your damned astonished expression and carefully listen to me . Am I an idiot that will directly assault the enemy's Mother nest? The Redliner tribe has eradicated several other arachnid tribes, to be able to reach their current scope of development . Those expired arachnid tribes probably hadn't harvested fully their pandora crystals, except the contents wouldn't be as abundant . Obviously, their previous Mother nest should have already been colonized by the Redliner tribe . "

"But note, the relations between the Redliner tribe and its subsidiary bases aren't considered inseparably close . Even the nearest base is at least 50 kilometres away . For the Redliner tribe, after losing their aerial fleet, they would at least require half an hour to send reinforcements to the subsidiary base . "

"First, we will commence a one-off surprise raid on every subsidiary base, as a harassment method . Every surprise raid will last only several minutes . Most importantly, our goal is to investigate which subsidiary base holds more Pandora crystals . After the Redliner tribe has been taken for a round trip and has no clue where our primary target is, we will once again raid that certain base . Naturally, we can plunder them forcefully . "

Looking at the map ahead, Reef earnestly tried to analyze . Ultimately, he looked at Sheyan, desiring to speak but preventing himself . Sheyan laughed .

"My methods are not free from careless oversights . If there's a problem, just say it . It beats going into the battle with a misunderstanding or fear . "

Reef earnestly started .

"The Redliner tribe has since lost its aerial dominance, thus their forces should be primarily concentrated around its main base; there's no doubt the subsidiary bases are defencely hollow . But never forget, the arachnid base still contains a powerful defence mechanism - Sunken Colonies . That thing is extremely destructive, its offense is deadly and its range vast . If there are more than 3 of those, in addition to the bits of arachnids; there is no chance for victory . "

Sheyan shook his head, confidently replying like he had planned it all out .

"That's not correct . Take a look at the terrain nearby . The Redliner tribe's main base coincidentally is situated in front of the subsidiary bases . For the Blackthorn tribe to engage in assaults, it is impossible to bypass the Redliner tribe's main base without being discovered . Furthermore, even though the Blackthorn tribe has occupied aerial dominance, the Redliner tribe's tactic of hydralisk + Scourges allows them aerial authority of their controlled region . This eliminates the possibility of going airborne by using a grand scale of transporting Overlords . "

"From the Redliner tribe perspective, their greatest wariness is a sneak attack from the highly mobile mutalisks! Therefore, I dare to say that within their subsidiary bases, it is a combination of Spore colonies and groups of zerglings . In this manner, their strength to deal with aerial attacks or direct frontal assaults is segregated . This way, they can deal with the majority of scenarios . "

"Lastly but most importantly, from an economic perspective; the current Redliner tribe should be relatively lacking in vespene gas . The combination of Spore colonies and zerglings, completely does not require expending Vespene gas - This is also the primary reason and method in dealing against both aerial of direct frontal assault . "

Reef pondered for a brief moment .

"You are right, but the sheer quantity of zerglings is another headache . "

Sheyan laughed .

"Don't worry, just leave that problem to me . "

"Right . " Mogensha suddenly interrupted . "Why haven't I seen a single flaming beetle ever since we started battling for so long? Is there a chance of encountering that?"

Sheyan very confidently replied .

"I've already enquired about that with Overmind Mozi . After they obtained 'Scorching Mouth''s nucleus, they've already completely uncovered the base genes of that arachnid creature; possessing the ability to spawn out flaming beetles . Furthermore, following the flaming beetle's genetic code direction of research, the Blackthorn tribe managed to create a new strand of hormone within the hydralisk's acidic jet . That hormone is able to unleash fatal damages when interacting with a flaming beetle . The costs of spawning a flaming beetle is ridiculously high, similar to producing 20 hydralisks with the same amount of Pandora crystals . Hence, the Redliner tribe will definitely not spawn out flaming beetles anymore . Of course, the Blackthorn tribe's flaming beetle similarly suffers from this . "

Mogensha was stunned .

"So that was the case . Then the flaming beetle is only useful against arachnid tribes that hadn't analyzed its genetic code . "

Sheyan nodded his head .

"That is the rough idea . "