In the sky above the fern forest, a strong sandstorm suddenly appeared. The sandstorm filled the sky above the forest, covering everything as it violently rushed towards Lin's troops.
Lin had seen countless sandstorms in the desert, but this time, it wasn't a normal sandstorm … Lin guessed what the Inca insects were going to do, and her troops were prepared to deal with it.
Under the sandstorm was the burning fern forest. The structure of the fern forest was very flammable, and under the raging flames, crackling sounds could be heard. The dancing flames distorted the air in the underground world, and at this moment, some small grains of sand floated above the sea of flames.
Whoosh!
The flames that came into contact with the grains of sand instantly expanded several times, and the burning flames continued to expand along with the grains of sand in the air, and finally reached the sandstorm above the forest.
Boom!!!
At this moment, the entire underground world was illuminated by a fiery red light. The entire sandstorm had turned into a gigantic flaming storm, carrying with it an intense heat. This flaming storm swept through everything on the surface, whether it was the forest or Lin's army.
The firestorm lasted for a few seconds before dissipating, but it swept through the forest within a few kilometers. When Lin's vision slowly recovered, she could only see that the surrounding area had turned into scorched earth.
All the trees and corpses had turned into charred fragments. The ground was also covered in black. Even the Wall of Death's Spikes in the distance had been burned to nothing by the flames.
This was the most spectacular scene Lin had ever seen, and she didn't expect it to be created by living creatures.
Lin's army that was in the territory of the Inca swarm was covered in a layer of black ash. But they didn't suffer any serious injuries. Before the attack. Lin had already thought that the Inca swarm might burn her forest as a means of attack, so the skin of each of her army had a certain degree of fire resistance.
Although not many of them could move freely in the flames because if every troop class was equipped with a fire-resistant shell, it might affect their various abilities. However, at least they were covered with skin that allowed them to retreat from the flames.
Although the firestorm was terrifying, it didn't last long enough to destroy Lin's army.
But now, Lin's army encountered a new problem — oxygen.
The storm of flames seemed to burn away all the oxygen in the air. Almost every soldier in Lin's army felt suffocated. They could not find any oxygen in the air, only thick smoke and poisonous gas.
Under a lack of oxygen, almost all living creatures would quickly die, but Lin's troops wouldn't. They could maintain a life-sustaining state without dying, but because there were many structures in their bodies that required oxygen, they couldn't move in this state and were instead in a state of deep sleep.
Lin only had a few units that could move without oxygen, such as the Sliders. It was a worm-like creature with an ancient and simple body structure. Lin usually used it to explore areas where there was no oxygen, such as deep underground or in the sea.
Apart from that, most of the aerial troops in Lin's army had airbags inside their bodies. Normally, these airbags were filled with oxygen that could last for 7600 seconds, but Lin didn't want to use up this amount of oxygen just yet. Unless it was an emergency, Lin would have these troops remain inactive while waiting for the air to recover.
This was the first time Lin had encountered such a situation. It seemed that she was somewhat unprepared. It seemed that she would have to think of a way to develop some units that could move and fight quickly even without oxygen.
However, it was hard to imagine such a situation where there was a lack of oxygen in such a large area …
The lack of oxygen affected the glowing creatures at the top of the cave. The light at the top of the cave began to fade, and soon, it became a dark area.
Darkness, suffocation, immobility, all these unfavorable conditions were concentrated in one place. This was also the perfect opportunity for the Inca insects to attack, but they didn't appear.
Obviously, the Inca insects also couldn't stand the lack of oxygen. While they restricted Lin's movement, they also restricted their own movement. They even burned down a large area of their own forest.
This seemed to be called 'harming the enemy without benefiting oneself'.
The Sliders were more than a meter long. Hundreds of them crawled out from Lin's sleeping army and began to search the nearby area in the darkness. Although the Sliders were primitive in structure, they still had a sense of smell, hearing, and even sound waves. This was because they were originally used to explore all kinds of environments.
At the same time, they could also rapidly digest and decompose food like the collectors. Lin had them search for burnt corpses nearby and devour them for nutrients.
In an environment filled with the smell of burnt smoke, the Sliders kept making clicking sounds. Lin constructed the image she obtained in her mind and quickly turned it into reality. In this place that was ravaged by the firestorm, there was only burnt black matter all over the ground. The only things that were still intact were the two gigantic Earth Splitters. Their carapaces were obviously able to resist the fire, and there wasn't even a single burn mark on them.
Lin had the Sliders drill into the bodies of the two Earth Splitters to devour and decompose the body structure of these powerful creatures, even though most of them had already been destroyed by Lin's explosion.
"The Inca insects, the destroyers of destruction, must be exterminated." The brain bug was also looking at the image on the monitor. Lin was able to fully display the image of Echo on the monitor.
When it saw the firestorm approaching, the brain bug was so scared that it rolled back a few times, but when it saw the burnt black wasteland, it was filled with anger. Although, it wasn't as angry as when it saw the Earth Splitters being 'mishandled'.
"The firestorm is a reckless increase in area of effect, causing great damage and destroying a large area. This is a foolish and ridiculous tactic that will only harm itself."
The brain bug seemed to be very disgusted by the firestorm of the Inca insects. This type of attack was indeed very damaging to the environment, and it could also harm its own troops, which was a waste of time.
Lin believed that she should research something that only dealt great damage to the target, just like the recent 'Art Creator'. Lin had researched it to create an explosion that was easier to control, which also dealt less damage to herself while maintaining the same damage to the target.
Furthermore, Lin noticed that the brain bug didn't seem to mind the fact that its own species might have been destroyed by the Inca insects. However, the other actions of the Inca insects had instead angered it. At first, it had suggested 'peaceful communication', but now, it had become 'extermination', which was quite amusing.
The gliders moved quickly in the burnt forest. When they raised their heads, they could see the light and the forest in the distance. That place was probably not in the area where there was no oxygen and was not affected by the firestorm.
Perhaps the Inca insects were waiting there for the next attack, or perhaps they thought that all of Lin's troops had been burnt to death.
In any case, that place was more than two kilometers away from here. The Inca insects couldn't directly attack here with projectile attacks. Before they arrived, this battle was considered a 'pause'. Before the pause ended, Lin had to try her best to recover as much nutrients as possible to replenish her losses.
Although, the losses were only 'cannon fodder'.
The gliders were scattered around the troops. There were many intact barbecued corpses here. Because they were easy to digest after being barbecued, the gliders ate quickly. However, the only downside was that the nutrients in the barbecued corpses were too little. They had to eat a large number of corpses to be able to eat a living one.
"Coo … coo …"
Suddenly, at the east side of the troops, a group of gliders who were eating barbecued meat heard a strange sound.
One of the gliders stopped eating and made a clicking sound to explore the surroundings.
In the echoes, Lin found an uncolored object. Uncolored meant that Lin had never seen it before. The object was more than three meters long, with a large and oval body. It looked like a creature called a 'sea cucumber' that Lin had seen in the sea before.
The 'sea cucumber' had many legs and thick thorns on its back. It slowly moved towards Lin's troops. There were many sea cucumbers around it. They crawled out of the burnt ground and crawled towards Lin's troops.
Looking at their speed, Lin guessed that these were creatures that didn't need oxygen. They were probably the Inca insects' troops, used to ambush Lin's troops. However, because they were too slow, it would take them a long time to crawl here.
In Lin's mind, the sea cucumbers were all white. This made them very easy to recognize in the burnt environment. At the same time, the gliders kept making sounds to detect the movements of the sea cucumbers.
"Coo …"
The sea cucumbers wriggled their bodies and swallowed a large amount of ashes. Then, they spat the ashes towards Lin's troops. Outside the troops, some of the gliders were buried by the ashes.
What was the point of this?
Looking at the sea cucumbers' actions, Lin was confused. Did they think that Lin's troops were dead and wanted to bury them?
Forget it, I'll just kill them all.
Lin ordered all the gliders to stop eating. They surrounded the sea cucumbers that were spitting ashes. The sea cucumbers seemed to have sensed something and moved their bodies in an attempt to escape. However, their slow speed made it impossible for them to escape from the gliders' encirclement.
The gliders had a circle of sharp teeth in their mouths. They climbed onto the sea cucumbers and bit a hole in their skin. Then, they drilled into the sea cucumbers' bodies and began to devour their organs.
The internal structure of the sea cucumbers was very simple. It was like a primitive creature from 100 million years ago. They were probably the 'resurrected' troops of the Inca insects.
The appearance of the sea cucumbers allowed Lin to obtain more nutrients. Now, the surrounding air was slowly recovering.
It seemed that the pause in the war had ended. Floating astronomy.
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