Chapter 446: Classification of Parasites
After the Kuroshio conquered several cities under the Siberian Grizzly Brigade one by one, the scale had swelled to 1.2 million to 1.5 million, and after eating the base camp of the consortium alliance in the permafrost tundra, the scale of the Kuroshio directly exceeded 2 million, approaching the 3 million mark.
After occupying the Alliance's stronghold on the border between China, Mongolia and Russia, the Kuroshio split into two parts, one part of which crossed the Central and Western Siberian Plains and pressed towards the Russian region of Most, while the remaining half continued southward into the territory of Old Mongolia.
As for the forces in the east, the Noah Consortium, the Mitsui Consortium and Yamato Heavy Industries are completely cut off from this side - but according to the speculation of several commanders and staff officers on the alliance side, these three forces should not have been completely destroyed, unlike the Grizzly Brigade, which has a large non-combat population, the combined population of these three forces is likely to be unable to exceed a medium-sized city of the Grizzly Brigade, and they use mechanical soldiers as their main combat strength, and mechanical soldiers cannot be parasitized by parasitic worms, Therefore, it is difficult for Kuroshio to snowball in the east.
As long as the three forces resolutely implement the strategy of clearing the wilderness, gather all the population in strong fortresses and underground fortifications, and fight only with heavy firepower weapons and mechanical soldiers and parasites, slowly deplete the number of parasites, and do not get the "fresh blood" to replenish them, the threat of the Kuroshio will be reduced by at least six or seven percent.
The Kuroshio spreading westward naturally has those old Maozi in Russia to deal with, and the Huaxia Consortium Alliance needs to face it, and only this wave of the Kuroshio going south is it.
According to the intelligence estimated by the forward observation posts, the number of parasites in this wave of the black tide exceeded 1.5 million, the largest of the three directions.
Not only that, but in this wave of the black tide, there are also a large number of parasites of alien species.
After so many battles with parasites, players have given different names to different types of parasites to distinguish them from ordinary parasites in the Kuroshio.
"Ordinary level", this is the most common, the most common, and the largest number of parasites, ninety-five percent of the Kuroshio is composed of "ordinary" parasites, the most significant feature of ordinary parasites is that they have rough skin and thick flesh, and their defense and vitality are extremely high, if they can't completely destroy their bodies or directly kill the parasitic worms in the skull, it is difficult to kill them completely, and their weaknesses are slow movement, slow reactions, and low IQ.
In terms of strength alone, the normal-level parasite is at least at the level of an elite-level mutated creature, but due to its obvious shortcomings, its combat effectiveness is still a lot worse than that of an elite-level mutant creature.
"Hunter class", the largest number of alien species parasites, more than half of the alien species that account for five percent of the Kuroshio Current's number are "hunter class".
Qi Lin and Karachev The alien species they encountered in the wilderness were all "hunter-level".
The Hunter-class parasite is agile, can run on all fours, can move at a speed comparable to a modified off-road vehicle, can easily reach speeds of more than 150 kilometers per hour, has several times higher defense than the ordinary level, and the ten fingers at the end of both arms have been alienated into sharp claws, which can quickly take out opponents in close combat.
The player's internal evaluation of the Hunter level is equivalent to that of F-class mutant creatures, but in the opinion of Qi Lin, who has had a head-to-head confrontation with the Hunter level, the Hunter-level parasite is much more difficult to deal with than ordinary F-class mutant creatures, and the biggest reason for this is that the Hunter level has no obvious flaws.
The agility and speed of hunter-level parasites are almost the same as the most agile of F-level mutant creatures, but the problem is that general agility mutant creatures will have defects such as insufficient attack power, weak defense, etc., but the offensive and defensive attributes and even blood volume of hunter-level parasites are also the top in F-class.
According to Qi Lin's estimates, it shouldn't be a problem for a hunter-level parasite to deal with two corpse kings at the same time, and it is not impossible for four or five hunter-level people to get together and hunt E-level mutant creatures without injury.
In addition to their own combat power, hunter-level parasites have a larger number of parasitic worm eggs in their bodies and hatch faster.
"Iron Tower", this is a new alien parasite, to be precise, the Iron Tower is not a single parasite, but a strange symbiote formed by the "blending" of several or even a dozen parasites.
The bodies of these parasites are connected to each other, as if they were an undead monster "abomination" stitched together by many broken corpses in an old-age video game.
The tower-class parasite's body is supported by multiple thick, twisted legs, and its upper body also has many arms and many heads, and according to the outpost's report, it seems that there is not only one parasitic worm that controls a tower-class parasite, but one of each head - a sniper tries to blow the head of a lone tower-class parasite one by one, and losing one or two heads does not affect it much, until the last head is blown out, and the tower-class parasite collapses to the ground.
The tower-level defense is the highest among the known parasites, and in addition to ordinary attack methods, the tower-level will also use its well-developed and powerful arms to throw the "normal" or "hunting" parasites around it at distant enemies, and the farthest throw distance can reach more than 300 meters.
This throwing ability couldn't help but remind Qi Lin of an extremely powerful zombie in a game called "Plants vs. Zombies" in the old era - the giant zombie "Gagontel".
The strength of the tower-level parasite itself is also very terrifying, although its agility and flexibility are not high, but when it charges, the straight-line speed is not inferior to that of the hunting parasite, and because the tower-level itself is very heavy, the destructive power of the charge should definitely not be underestimated.
A tower-class parasite charging at full speed can even overturn a 60-ton main battle tank head-on, and if a human player crashes head-on into a tower, they will only end up with meat sauce.
The last type is the rarest number of "kings".
The number of king-level parasites is very rare, and the number found so far does not exceed ten - the so-called king-level parasites are parasites that are parasitized by the parasite king, and around such parasites, there are often a large number of hunting-level parasites and tower-level parasites, as for the ability of the king-level parasites themselves, for players, it is still a mystery.
The insect master that Qi Lin killed before was a somewhat special king-level parasite.