Chapter 2971: Sneak Attack
Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"You motherf*cker."
Zaka was angry and wanted to argue further, but Fang Heng reached out and stopped him.
"We’ll leave."
"Hahaha, go back! This is a battlefield, not a place for little kids like you!"
The Crocodile Clan had long heard that the human fleet was docked near their mining area and had prepared for it. Seeing Fang Heng and the others retreat, they couldn’t help but laugh loudly.
Zaka followed Fang Heng as they retreated, listening to the mocking laughter of the Crocodile Clan behind them. Feeling frustrated, he asked, "Mr. Fang, the Crocodile Clan has been prepared for us for a while now. What should we do?"
"Don’t rush, don’t rush."
Fang Heng stroked his chin.
He had just observed that the defenses the Crocodile Clan had set up in the mining area weren’t strong.
It could be taken by force.
But the Shadow Clan...
He wasn’t ready to fully break ties with the Shadow Clan and their allies and start a full-scale war.
After all, he still had to rely on the Shadow Clan to deal with the insect nest.
With that in mind...
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
Far away on the Nether Sea ship, numerous Lickers under Fang Heng’s control crawled out of the ship’s various cracks.
The Lickers jumped from the bottom of the ship into the barren land, quickly using their stealth skill to burrow into the ground.
...
The Crocodile Clan’s defensive personnel in the mining area were actually few.
After all, the insect nest hadn’t been eliminated yet, and most of the battle units were gathered on the front lines. Moreover, the world was still facing the threat of the swarm, so it was not the right time to mine.
They stationed guards simply to prevent other allied tribes from turning on each other.
After all, this kind of thing had happened before.
In the mining area, the Crocodile Clan’s guards were stationed there when suddenly they felt the ground beneath their feet tremble slightly.
What was that?
"Chi, chi, chi, chi..."
Looking down, they saw cracks suddenly appear in the ground nearby.
Soon, a large number of brown spiny mutant worms burst out of the ground!
"It’s the mutant worms! Be careful! Don’t let them get close!"
The Crocodile Clan immediately used beam weapons to attack!
The Lickers once again displayed their fearless nature.
Even when their bodies were pierced by energy beams and thrown back, they simply rolled on the ground and recovered, rushing toward the Crocodile Clan.
The Crocodile Clan had never seen such an exaggerated recovery ability. Seeing the swarm approaching in the blink of an eye, the front-line Crocodile Clan soldiers immediately swung energy sabers and rushed forward to engage in hand-to-hand combat!
Every Crocodile Clan member was a born warrior!
But soon, their expressions changed, and fear filled their eyes.
The terrifying mutant worms!
They had incredibly strong attributes, sharp blades with great tearing ability, highly agile movements, and terrifying recovery abilities!
Even if a mutant worm’s limbs were severed, it could recover within seconds and relentlessly rush back toward the Crocodile Clan.
After fighting for a moment, the Crocodile Clan was shocked to realize they hadn’t successfully killed a single mutant worm.
In less than half a minute, the twenty or so Crocodile Clan guards were all slaughtered by the Licker swarm.
Outside the mining area, the remaining Crocodile Clan heard sounds coming from the mine and hurried over, only to find the Licker swarm inside. They were immediately stunned.
What was going on?
The Crocodile Clan had no time to react, and when they saw the approaching Lickers, they instinctively began to fire back.
However, this also caused them to lose their best chance to escape.
Once the Lickers closed in, there was no hope left for the Crocodile Clan guards to escape.
In just moments, the entire mining area was left in chaos.
"Chi, chi, chi..."
Once the Crocodile Clan guards were cleared out, the Lickers quickly gathered in place and formed flesh cocoons.
Seconds later, the Lickers crawled out of the cocoons and went deeper into the mine to begin mining the ore.
At the same time, some of the Lickers dug a passage and began transporting the ore back to the ship via the newly created underground passage.
Nearby, Zaka and the others watched as some Crocodile Clan guards were so terrified by the Lickers that they fled in a panic. They exchanged looks and couldn’t help but smile.
It was true that the Lickers’ disguise was just too good.
The Crocodile Clan probably thought these were mutant worms, right?
The group continued to lie low.
After a while, the third batch of Lickers transported combat shovels through the underground passage. However, the Crocodile Clan still hadn’t sent any reinforcements.
What did this mean?
Zaka was puzzled.
Had the Crocodile Clan decided to give up this mine?
In fact, as the remaining guards of the Crocodile Clan quickly retreated, their main ship soon received the news that the mining area had been attacked by the swarm.
How annoying.
The Crocodile Clan captain was currently commanding their team to fight the swarm on the front lines.
At that moment, the battlefield was at its most intense.
Never mind.
The captain weighed the situation.
It was just a low-level mining area.
It didn’t matter much, and since no other race had taken it, it would return to them after the situation was over.
There was no need to waste resources and elite forces on it.
So, this issue was temporarily forgotten.
On the Nether Sea ship.
The flying squirrel clan members quickly mapped out the surrounding mining area and marked several rich mineral spots on the map.
Just as they finished the map and were preparing to hand it over to Fang Heng, Captain Moose received the news and hurried to the ship’s storage area to meet Fang Heng.
There, he saw large crates of ore being transported into the storage area by advanced transport robots.
Moose couldn’t help but shrink his neck.
So much ore...
Did Mr. Fang take action against the Shadow Clan and their allies?
Terrifying...
Moose rubbed his chest nervously.
Although the Shadow Clan and its allies were strong, they probably never guessed that Mr. Fang’s strongest ability was actually stealing ore.
Having Mr. Fang working in the logistics area was basically letting the flying squirrel clan run wild in a grain warehouse!
As the multi-functional combat shovels and underground passageways for transporting ore were expanded, the zombie clones’ mining speed increased dramatically.
One mining area after another was being cleared out, and more and more ore poured into the ship.
While the front lines were in intense combat, Mr. Fang was happily stealing ore from behind?
Soon, the flying squirrel clan completely forgot the terror of the Shadow Clan, completely immersed in the joy of sorting and refining ores.
After a quick estimate, Moose couldn’t help but smile.
Aside from the materials provided to the Iron-Eating Beast Clan to build crystal towers, they would also earn big from the refined ore directly submitted to the spawns.
A few hours later.
Several mining areas were attacked by the mutant worm swarm, which caught the attention of the Crocodile Clan.
The Crocodile Clan found it strange and wondered why only their mining areas were being attacked by the mutant worms.
So, they communicated with other fleets and found that it wasn’t just them—other races’ mining areas were also being attacked by the mutant worms.
What was going on?
The front lines had already been fully suppressed, yet the mutant worms still had the strength to carry out tactical strikes, attacking their rear mining areas?
What was the purpose of this?
Just harassment?
Trying to distract them?
The Crocodile Clan found it suspicious and decided to report the situation to their Shadow Clan allies, sending a few warships to investigate.
After all, it was their own mining area in trouble, and they couldn’t count on their allies—they had to check it out themselves.
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