73: Start consuming

In his delight, Song Yun opened the system.

When he saw his Life Force, Song Yun couldn't help but get excited, causing Sect Leader Liu to roll her eyes.

18,372,438 points of Life Force.

He was almost at 20 million Life Force. Group battles were truly the correct way for the Zerg to operate. How much Life Force could he get from annihilating a sect? It wasn't enough to level up. He needed these large-scale battles.

If it weren't for his swarm not reaching the required numbers, he wouldn't have killed too many.

But this couldn't be helped. Liu Shuangji didn't give him time to develop. Otherwise, today's Life Force would have at least doubled, or even tripled.

However, this result was acceptable. After everything was absorbed, he should have around 30,000,000.

That would be enough to bring his swarm to maturity, allowing him to absorb more Life Force in the next group battle.

The first thing to do was, of course, to upgrade the Broodmother.

- 2,000,000

Indeed, upgrading to Level 7 required 4,000,000, an exponential increase.

Mass production mode officially activated!

While waiting for the Broodmother to upgrade, Song Yun first checked today's losses.

6,872 First-tier units died, 2,184 Second-tier units died, 118 Third-tier units died, 17 Fourth-tier units died, and no Fifth-tier units died.

Moreover, 181 of them were trampled to death by their own kind.

From the battle damage ratio, this was very exaggerated, but if there hadn't been the Ku Yun Clan's group defense, the death toll would have doubled.

This showed the importance of the Ku Yun Clan. The Aust Clan could be fewer, but the Ku Yun Clan must reach a certain number.

From now on, for every three bugs, there must be one Ku Yun Clan unit, a three-three system.

Furthermore, in this attack, the Third-tier Plague Albatrosses weren't even deployed, and the Armor Melting Bug's volley only came once, mainly because he was afraid of too many enemy deaths. But even so, quite a bit of Life Force was wasted.

It was time to increase their numbers. The current existing numbers...

Acid Corrosion Worm: 3,719 units.

Among them, 183 had evolved to Second-tier, 31 to Third-tier, and there was even one Fourth-tier Acid Corrosion Worm, which Song Yun hadn't expected. This was interesting. This Acid Corrosion Worm wanted to be a boss.

Blade Worm: 2,739 units.

Among them, 231 had evolved to Second-tier, 51 to Third-tier, and none to Fourth-tier.

Scarlet Flower Worm remaining: 1,311 units. The losses were relatively small, as the attack was launched from underground.

439 had evolved to Third-tier, and 9 had evolved to Fourth-tier!

882 Third-tier Rift Worms remained, of which 20 had evolved to Fourth-tier.

468 Fourth-tier Annihilation Throats remained, of which 3 had evolved to Fifth-tier.

There were no losses for Fifth-tier Ghost Mist Insects, remaining at 110 units.

As a ground charge, the vast majority of deaths came from the Jingji Clan, which was unavoidable.

Next were the Ku Yun Clan.

89 First-tier Ironclad Bugs remained. For the Ironclad Bugs, it was about rushing into the crowd and self-detonating.

387 Second-tier Hammerhead Worms remained, with no evolution.

345 Third-tier Crystal Core Sentry Worms remained, also with no evolution.

120 Fourth-tier Armor Melting Bugs, likewise no evolution.

110 Fifth-tier Eagerths, also no evolution.

Song Yun couldn't help but wonder, it seemed very difficult for the Ku Yun Clan to evolve.

Let's look at the Aust Clan.

35,899 First-tier Razor Bugs remained, of which only 78 had evolved to Second-tier, and none to Third-tier.

4,123 Second-tier Spore Bugs remained. When he saw this number, Song Yun felt something was off. He seemed to have only cultivated 1,000 Spore Bugs. How did he have more?

Upon closer inspection, Song Yun chuckled. So that's how it was...

The Spore Bugs themselves were gone. These 4,123 units were flying insects that emerged from the hosts after the Spore Bugs had parasitized them. The system simply classified them as Second-tier Spore Bugs.

Suddenly, Song Yun seemed to think of something. Zhong Xue had transformed into a Spore Bug...

Then her ability should be to spread spores and parasitize others. The key was, what tier were the flying insects born from a successful parasitism!

Spore Bugs were Second-tier, and the flying insects born after parasitism were also Second-tier.

Zhong Xue was Fifth-tier, so if she did it, the creatures born should be Fifth-tier flying insects.

This was a bit abnormal.

But he still needed to test it. He immediately told Zhong Xue to try and see if his guess was correct.

Continue looking.

200 Third-tier Plague Albatrosses remained, they weren't even deployed.

200 Fourth-tier Brood Nests, 200 Fifth-tier Blood Boil.

Leaving aside others, he'd get 2,000 Brood Nests first!

From now on, all deployments would rely on the Brood Nest's transport capability.

- 1,000,000

A million was spent just like that. He remembered how he used to scrimp and save every million.

100,000 Acid Corrosion Worms.

100,000 Blade Worms.

100,000 Ironclad Bugs.

200,000 Razor Bugs!

- 5,500,000

Don't underestimate these First-tier units. They were relatively easy to evolve, and combined with their low cost, they had extremely high cost-effectiveness.

Then came the Second-tier.

Scarlet Flower Worms were also worth cultivating; they weren't easy to die and easy to evolve.

So, 50,000 of them.

Hammerhead Worms, besides being big and having hard heads, were good for showing off. He'd get 1,000 of them.

Spore Bugs must be brought up. If he was lucky, it would be buy one get four free.

Also 50,000 of them.

- 5,050,000

Ten million gone?

Was he spending too fast?

He still needed to calculate carefully. It was too fast to spend.

Third-tier Rift Worms, they were very fierce when charging and went crazy in crowds. He'd get 10,000 of them.

- 1,000,000

He also needed 10,000 Third-tier Crystal Core Sentry Worms. Their perception and group defense were too amazing.

- 1,000,000

The Aust Clan's Third-tier Plague Albatrosses, he still hadn't found a way to use them. He'd get 1,000 to play around with.

- 100,000

A total of 2,100,000 Life Force was spent on Third-tier units.

Fourth-tier Annihilation Throat, Song Yun hesitated for a moment. Although they were fast, in terms of cost-effectiveness, it was better to save for cultivating Ghost Mist Insects. Annihilation Throats were only suitable for assassin work, capable of disrupting enemy formations on the battlefield.

He'd get 1,000 of them.

- 500,000.

Song Yun felt that the Armor Melting Bugs were sufficient and did not plan to increase their numbers for now.

So far, he had spent 13,600,000, leaving 4,272,438 Life Force.

He was spending too fast. This was only a scale of hundreds of thousands. To reach a million, it would be an astronomical figure.

He'd stop for a bit and collect the Life Force within the city first. Once the Broodmother reached Level 6 and he could research Sixth-tier Zerg, and with the Broodmother activating the Overlord-tier, it would probably be a considerable expense.

He suddenly realized, it wasn't enough, completely not enough.

He placed Liu Shuangji on the table. Liu Shuangji's abdomen was greatly distended, as if she was about to give birth, and her mouth was overflowing.