Chapter 18: An Ambush in the Clearing

"Gah!"

The scaly beetle that was fired by the armor-piercing projectile let out a roar of pain, and the armor-piercing bullet stuck right in the middle of the scale, piercing halfway through, but this only caused pain, and did not shoot the target.

Hmm, I forgot to put poison on it...... However, the penetration of this warhead is not enough, and it needs to be adjusted.

The roar of the scale beetles resonated with the other scale beetles in the vicinity, and they began to rampage as if they had gone crazy, and they all slammed their heads against the trunks of the trees at the edge of the clearing, and the twisted trunks trembled under their impact, and many small creatures were shocked and fell from the trees above.

What are they doing? Crazy?

Lynn looked at the creatures curiously, and by this time the hunters had already carried the snipers back into the jungle, and they didn't have to worry about being hit by them...... Wait a minute!

Lynn noticed that one of the largest scale beetles didn't crash around, but raised its head, waving its tentacles in the air, and finally, it turned its head in the direction where Lynn's troops were hiding!

"Goo......

The scaly beetle let out a muffled sound, and in the next moment, all the beetles turned in this direction.

This sense of smell is quite powerful.

"Whew!"

The scale beetles roared in unison and rushed towards this direction, apparently targeting the hunter with the sniper on his back, and Lynn told it to immediately turn around and flee deeper into the jungle, while the rest of the troops continued to hide in the bushes.

All the beetles followed the fleeing hunters, their huge bodies trembling as they sprinted through the woods, leaving behind a trail of trumpeted branches and mud, and then all rushed into the jungle and vanished without a trace.

So easy to lead them all away?

The rest of Lynn's troops entered the glade, a place overgrown with ferns that was perfect for Lynn to cover the green carpet, where there were no trees to cover it and allow it to grow.

The three Nest Carriers walked to the center of the Fern Field, Lynn let them close together, and then released all the wild bees in their bodies, all of which formed a circle around them, enveloping the three Nest Carriers, and then the sides of the wild bees began to secrete chitin, gluing and connecting each other, and finally forming a round ball covered by shells.

At this point, the nesters inside begin to dissolve themselves, and they will turn into liquids, reorganizing themselves in their shells, and eventually forming a special organ, the base, which is used to produce troops and green carpets, which can be regarded as Lynn's second base in the forest.

Although Lin has many troops, in fact, none of them are fixed, Lin can change their form and function at will, which needs to be done in the water, so Lin has to get a sealed sphere first.

However, this sphere is not completely sealed, and there is a small opening in it, because the change also requires nutrients and more water. Now, other hunters are harvesting the ferns from the field, chewing up the soft plants into sap and injecting them into the spheres.

I don't know if the swarm of scale beetles will come back, and now the hunter who escaped has already dumped them, so Lynn needs to quickly grow the base so that she can defend against them.

The composition and changes of the base continued until the night, and Lynn didn't see the scale beetles again, so she probably went somewhere else, otherwise it would be troublesome to chase them away or kill them.

In the glade of the night, the starry sky above could be clearly seen, and Lynn thought that those flickering lights were its future target, but she didn't know what was on it......

I remember the first time I went to land, I was quite disappointed...... There were only deserts and deadly ultraviolet rays, but now there is such a large biome.

When Lin recalled the past deeds, the transformation of the base had been completed, and after absorbing a large amount of fern nutrients, the current center base was now a two-meter-high spherical shape, and there were many kinds of toxins in the ferns, but Lin could break them down and use them to cover the shell on the surface of the base for defense.

So now, it's time to make some troops, and after you have safe protection, extend the green carpet.

Lynn plans to create some snipers to deploy in the surrounding woodland first, so that she can observe if any creatures are approaching.

The hunters gathered around the base, climbing the newly created snipers onto the trunks of the surrounding woodlands at a height of about ten meters, while some of the snipers were placed directly among the ferns on the ground.

As the Hunter placed the tenth sniper near the base, Lynn suddenly felt a strange noise.

In the forest, there was a vibration of a large number of creatures galloping.

It's a scale beetle! They're back!

With the sound of countless shocking footsteps, countless huge figures appeared in the twisted jungle, and they quickly swung six thick knobs, and rushed into the glade of the forest menacingly.

And then...... Begin to lower your head and eat ferns.

They apparently didn't notice the extra Lynn base here, or the snipers and hunters hiding around.

However, if you don't get rid of them, it seems to be a bit of a problem.

But it can be a little difficult to fight so many huge creatures.

Lynn, a little distressed, heard a strange sound again.

And this ...... From the air?

Eyeball tentacles stretched out from the base, and a huge black shadow appeared under the twinkling starry sky.

This is...... Flying creatures?

The black shadow had four huge leaf-like wings that stretched out to be twenty meters wide, and each time it flapped its wings, it would stir up a strong air current, blowing the moss on the ground in all directions.

The scale beetles raised their heads, and they slowly retreated as they looked at the huge flying creature.

How can there be such a huge flying creature? Is this creature unable to enter the intricate twisted woods, which is why it's here?

A lantern stretched out from the base, and the light shone on the giant creature, and Lin found that although its wings were huge, the body in the center of the two wings appeared relatively narrow, only about two meters wide and about five meters long.

The flying creature's mouth was covered with three curled tentacles and serrated teeth, and it used its giant eyeballs to look around the scale beetles of the fern clearing.

Suddenly, its wings sped up and rushed towards the nearest scale beetle, which it grabbed with its hooked arthropods, and then used the jagged tentacles of its mouth to scrape between the creeps between the beetle's scales, sending a huge amount of blood gushing out like a torrent.

The other beetles quickly fled into the forest, completely ignoring their companion.

But Lin didn't run away, and the moment she saw it, she decided that the huge flying man that Lin was going to build would be the size of this creature.

This flying creature is called a 'Saw Fly', although it should not be a dragonfly, its wing form is more like a creature called a 'butterfly' in Lynn's thoughts, although Lynn has never seen what a butterfly is.

The sawfly was sucking the blood of the scale beetle with the tentacles in its mouth, unaware that a sniper in a nearby fern bush had taken aim at its eyeballs.

Shoot!

The high-speed sharp bullet instantly pierced the sawfly's eyeballs, and the sawfly's huge body slammed into a burst, flapping its wings and trying to fly.

At this time, several more spikes shot into its abdomen, and the rapid sneak attack in the darkness was unnoticed by the sawfly, and a large number of spikes instantly penetrated its abdominal cortex, and blood flowed out of the wound......

Although the sawfly is huge, the carapace is really thin, and it is estimated that it is about the same as the skin of a reptile.

But thanks to its large size, the sawfly did not fall down after a series of snipers, but flapped its wings vigorously and rushed into the air, the huge wings gave it a strong upward force, and before the sniper could prepare the next round of ammunition, it was already out of the range of the sniper.

However, Lynn has always liked to pack strange gadgets in her ammo, and this time was no exception.

'Boom! ’

The sawfly's belly exploded, blood, flesh, and various organs scattered under the starlight, and the sawfly's huge body fell from the sky, slamming heavily on the ground, crushing the large fern.

Looking at this scene, Lynn had a wonderful feeling, like ...... It's a good mood, but it's not the same as the sense of accomplishment of defeating the strong, yes, it's like seeing something interesting.

'Art', the word came to Lynn's mind again.

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Thanks to ~Soul Seeker~Hanji~godmorgan~for the tip~