Chapter 3056: Hard-earned MoneyEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Spawn ID: World No. 29012.

This world had extremely abundant mineral resources.

After spending some contribution points from the dependents and putting in some effort to clear out the native creature populations on the world, the Shadow Clan fully took over. It authorized the Crocodile Clan to carry out mining operations here.

99% of the profits from the mining were handed over to the Shadow Clan.

The Crocodile Clan could only earn a bit of hard-earned compensation.

Upon learning that the Disaster swarm had been spotted in the world, the Shadow Clan immediately dispatched a fleet stationed in a nearby star system to provide reinforcements and conduct an investigation.

In the eyes of the Shadow Clan, with the allied forces against the humans conveniently nearby and on standby, eliminating an Ouroboros insect nest was just a matter of convenience.

The fleet slowly descended onto the world’s plains via a spatial transmission passage.

"Sir Nork."

The captain of the Crocodile Clan, who was in charge of mining operations, immediately transported himself into the control room of the Shadow Clan’s flagship and reported, "Yesterday, we discovered mutant worm creatures in several of the mines. These mutant worms attacked the mining zones, and several miner teams suffered heavy casualties, severely affecting our mining progress."

"Our planetary mining guards were not strong enough to fight back against the mutant worms, so we didn’t conduct a deeper investigation either."

"After submitting biological samples, we discovered partial genetic fragments of the Seed of Ouroboros, so we immediately reported to headquarters."

Nork gave a soft acknowledgment and continued asking, "Did you find any traces of an insect nest?"

"So far, we haven’t discovered a nest, but we did find some spreading creep."

"Just some mutant worms. No need to worry, just wipe them all out."

Since no high-level insect nests had been discovered, the Shadow Clan didn’t pay much attention to these lower-tier mutant creatures. They only sent two Shadow Clan flagships and about thirty allied vessels of various sizes.

From the Shadow Clan’s perspective, the absence of an insect nest meant the mutant worms were of a very low level.

Over thirty ships were more than enough.

After understanding the situation, the fleet’s commanding captain, Nork, immediately dispatched more than ten scouting teams to search for the mutant worms’ nest.

Following Fang Heng’s instructions, the Elven fleet was also included among the investigating Shadow Clan allied teams.

However, Cole Karot did not participate in the mission. Instead, he secretly took Fang Heng and Kapa and left the Elven ship, following one of the scout teams.

"Fang Heng, this team is an elite squad from the Umbrella Fungi Clan. They’re well-equipped and individually strong. They have high damage immunity and are difficult to deal with. Within this alliance corps, their overall strength ranked among the top five."

"Mm."

From a distance, the Umbrella Fungi Clan looked nothing like humans. They were short in stature, and their heads appeared to be covered by a fungal canopy.

As for their equipment...

Those high-energy beam weapons in their hands?

Fang Heng observed the Umbrella Fungi and gave a soft acknowledgment, saying no more.

Seeing Fang Heng’s indifferent attitude, Cole Karot felt a little awkward, shrugged, and simply waited to see how Fang Heng would handle the Umbrella Fungi.

Kapa watched from the side and nearly laughed.

What a joke—this team wasn’t even a hundred strong, and you’re worried? They wouldn’t even be enough to get stuck in Mr. Fang’s teeth!

"Chi! Chi chi!!!"

Just as the Umbrella Fungi squad entered a cavern where anomalies had been detected, and before they could go deeper, a series of black shadows sprang out from within the cavern.

Lickers!

The Lickers leapt from the darkness and lunged straight at the Umbrella Fungi Clan!

The Umbrella Fungi squad immediately took formation and pulled the triggers of their energy weapons, firing high-tier energy beams at the Lickers.

"Bang! Bang bang!!!"

The Licker swarm was hit by the focused beam fire and forced back one after another.

Since the existence of the Seed of Ouroboros had been confirmed, the Umbrella Fungi were fully equipped with beam weapons, especially effective against Ouroboros.

Although expensive, their damage output was more than ten times that of normal beam weapons!

Even so, the Umbrella Fungi’s attacks were not enough to completely kill the Lickers!

The Licker swarm that emerged from the cavern quickly advanced toward the Umbrella Fungi squad.

The Umbrella Fungi commander had already sensed something was wrong.

So durable?

Were these just normal-level Ouroboros?

The next moment, the ground beneath the Umbrella Fungi squad shook violently, cracking open with deep fissures.

The elite soldiers of the Umbrella Fungi were caught off guard, their expressions changing drastically.

A large number of Lickers burst out from the underground fissures and closed in on them from all directions!

This was bad!

They were surrounded!

The Umbrella Fungi commander’s heart skipped a beat.

"Control formation! Hold them off!"

In truth, the Umbrella Fungi Clan’s real strength lay in their melee combat!

In close combat, the Umbrella Fungi immediately drew their beam swords to counterattack.

These were also overclocked beam swords, especially effective against the Seed of Ouroboros.

The beam weapons could easily tear through the Lickers’ bodies!

In an instant, severed limbs flew everywhere.

Surprisingly, the Umbrella Fungi seemed completely unscathed during melee combat with the Lickers.

"Huh?"

Fang Heng, who had been hiding nearby and observing in secret, let out a soft sound of surprise.

It seemed that the Lickers’ normal melee attacks did not affect the Umbrella Fungi.

Interesting!

Fang Heng’s vision was thousands of times sharper than that of a normal person. He clearly saw every frame of the battle.

In close quarters, the Lickers’ sharp claws slashed through the Umbrella Fungi’s bodies, and to onlookers, it appeared to pierce straight through.

But in reality, Fang Heng noticed that this move was very similar to the red worms’ ability.

When attacked, the red worm’s body would split into countless micro-worm segments to dissipate the damage. The Umbrella Fungi, when receiving physical attacks, turned their bodies into extremely fine fungal threads.

Even when these threads were severed, they could instantly reconnect and regenerate.

Fang Heng silently nodded to himself.

There were countless races in this world, each with unique abilities. This was his first time seeing one that could completely negate physical attacks.

Cole Karot, seeing the mutant worms being overwhelmed, chuckled and said, "Fang Heng, the Umbrella Fungi are terrifying in melee combat. Why don’t we leave them for now? We can handle the other species first."

"No rush."

Fang Heng looked up and observed.

The Umbrella Fungi had more than just this ability.

The Lickers had extremely high attributes. Even with physical immunity, they shouldn’t be at such a disadvantage.

So that’s it.

Looking closer, Fang Heng noticed something strange.

In close combat, each time the Umbrella Fungi were injured, extremely fine fungal threads would leak out from their bodies.

Once entangled by these microscopic threads, the Lickers’ speed dropped significantly, and some were even immobilized on the spot.

"Enhanced fungal threads?"𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

Fang Heng clicked his tongue in admiration.

The Lickers had high strength attributes, yet these fungal threads managed to restrain them?

Interesting!

But still...

They were a bit lacking compared to the Lickers.

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