Upon receiving the order, Izsha immediately began hatching Lurkers, modulating 100 Hydralisks, and simultaneously had Overlords transport them.
Lurkers are Zerg variant units with a spider-like structure; they abandon the Hydralisks' original ranged attack in favor of burrowed attacks using proliferable and reabsorbable Bone Forks.
Lurkers possess a semi-stealth characteristic, but they must be burrowed in the soil to attack.
They will instantly unleash an indiscriminate, covering Bone Fork strike within a 30-meter radius, piercing and killing enemies with weak defenses.
Half an hour later...
The Moon Goddess in the Green Zone had already become a bare commander, captured by Big Claws from a building, but not killed. Perhaps they thought this creature had value.
The Spider Monsters chose to retreat selectively because it was not worth the loss.
These evolved Spider Monsters possess simple intelligence, so they will not choose to fight head-on against strong enemies; as masterpieces of biological evolution, they already understand how to avoid danger and seek good fortune.
The next target for the Arachnid is the Quarantine Yellow Zone.
A population of 10 million can provide the Arachnid with a large amount of biomass needed for hatching and reproduction.
Previously, the Broodmother did not believe Earth had the ability to resist 1 million Arachnid, because her forces would reproduce rapidly, and by then there would be far more than 1 million.
Therefore, the Broodmother was annoyed by the Chitauri's constant urging, but she was extremely fond of the Chitauri's wealth; energy blocks are a scarce resource that can only be manufactured with corresponding technology or mined from resource-rich Planets.
For high-tier units, energy blocks are an essential condition for hatching; currently, the Broodmother is delaying, demanding as many energy blocks as possible, waiting for her vanguard forces to send news of victory, and then she will thoroughly humiliate the Chitauri for their ignorance.
However, the news returning from the Warp rift did not make the Broodmother happy; although the strong enemy was eliminated, the Zerg were still stranded on an island, and even suffered more than half their losses, which made her lose face.
The Broodmother wanted to summon the Chitauri leader; this time, her losses must be compensated, and she had already decided to dispatch a second wave of Zerg.
The Chitauri leader, Pa Da Lord, entered the Broodmother's lair, leaning on his iron staff, and bowed, saying, "Respected Broodmother, may I ask if you are satisfied and wish to send out troops again?"
"Pa Da Lord, yes, I plan to send another 1 million troops to your hostile Planet, but you must give me another 10 million energy blocks, otherwise you will have to bear the consequences yourselves." Anger was hidden in the Broodmother's thousands of compound eyes; she didn't know how long it took her to accumulate such a huge swarm, and the heavy losses of her vanguard forces were unacceptable to her.
Pa Da Lord frowned and said, "Broodmother, the Chitauri have already provided 13.54 million energy blocks, and you have only dispatched 1 million troops. Not counting the reward, we have already overpaid you by more than 10 million energy blocks. Your greed makes the Chitauri dissatisfied."
"Hmph, what do your satisfactions or dissatisfactions have to do with me? Currently, the vanguard forces on Earth, except for the Plasma Worms which have not been dispatched, are fully equipped with unit types, but they have encountered strong resistance on Earth, and currently only less than 300,000 remain. You should explain this clearly to me, otherwise, prepare to face the Zerg's wrath." The Broodmother showed no compromise regarding her greed, because this was not the outcome she had imagined.
Pa Da Lord was almost crushed to the ground by the Broodmother's telekinesis and cried out in astonishment, "How can this be? The coordinates provided by us Chitauri... that place is already in chaos, it's impossible for there to be so much resistance. Also, the Master of us Chitauri is Supreme Thanos of the Titan race. You, don't go too far!"
"Supreme Thanos, hahaha, merely a remnant. If the Titan race were still here, you wouldn't have to work so hard. The Zerg fear nothing." The Broodmother disdainfully belittled Thanos to nothing.
At this moment, Loki's meditation projection appeared beside Pa Da Lord. "Pa Da Lord, Manhattan's resistance strength has been largely depleted; with just one more push, it will surely trigger a World-wide disaster. By then, the Chitauri will land with ease."
The Broodmother could not see Loki's meditation projection, but she could sense that something was contacting Pa Da Lord.
Pa Da Lord then said, "Broodmother, we only have 8 million energy blocks left. If you agree, then we will continue the transaction. Please send out troops again, and if our goal is achieved, there will be further heavy rewards in the future."
Pa Da Lord thought to himself, as long as he retrieves the Tesseract, he will report to Supreme Thanos, and this greedy Broodmother and her Zerg will turn into cosmic dust.
After several seconds of contemplation, the Broodmother said, "Alright, since there are only 8 million energy blocks, I can only send out another 800,000 troops."
"You..." Pa Da Lord was frustrated; the energy blocks paid were enough for him to hire a cosmic mercenary army of several million, but due to the long journey and time required, he could only rely on this Broodmother's Warp tear to first cause destruction on Earth, and then wipe them all out. "Alright, our Chitauri fleet will arrive as soon as possible; by then, we won't trouble you anymore."
Pa Da Lord originally thought encountering the Arachnid was a stroke of luck, as he could have a large number of cannon fodder, but he miscalculated; this Arachnid Broodmother was extremely stingy and calculating.
Lin Fan's 100 Lurkers had already been deployed on the Arachnid's inevitable path; now, they just needed those Big Claws to walk into the trap.
The Green Zone originally had few people, and after being divided by zombies and Spider Monsters, it became even more desolate. The Arachnid rushed towards the Quarantine Yellow Zone without stopping.
And they also repeated their trick, ambushing Dominators in the Quarantine Yellow Zone, intending to weaken the resistance inside.
However, when the Big Claws were swarming together, planning to assault the Quarantine Yellow Zone, a giant Bone Fork array with a 3000-meter radius rose from the ground.
Without any warning, continuous Bone Forks pierced through the ground, reaching a height of three meters, stacked layer upon layer, undulating, instantly impaling and exploding the Big Claws caught within, their bodies torn into pieces, resulting in a loss of over 50,000 units in an instant.
But when the Lurkers' ambush range no longer contained Arachnid, these Bone Forks stopped again, and the ground was calm.