In other areas, finding even one Thunder Beast pup within a kilometer was considered lucky, as they weren't often needed.

Those low-level mutated creatures were usually dealt with by the Zerg as the creep spread.

Right now, the Queen's production was the bottleneck. The expansion of the circular creep was slowing down with its increasing diameter.

Mainly, Zerg Queen pups were only useful for spreading creep, so they couldn't manage too many larva hatching nests.

Moreover, the number of pups needed was increasing rapidly as their territory expanded.

Normally, a steady pace would have been fine, but Lin Mo was too bored. All she saw every day was the endless expanse of gray-black creep and the dim sky, so she decided to wander around.

"..."

Kaka didn't know what to say. Damn it! Guessing the Queen's intentions was always wrong! Completely off!

"Let the pups return."

"???"

"What's wrong?"

Lin Mo asked curiously, opening her arms to Kaka.

Like a swallow returning to its nest, the white ball of fluff crashed into Lin Mo's chest, causing a large dent in the floral pattern.

"..."

"..."

Kaka chuckled awkwardly. Lin Mo didn't know why she sensed that feeling, but it was definitely awkward.

It quietly climbed out and sat on her shoulder, stealthily using its powers to fluff up the floral pattern again, finally satisfying Lin Mo.

"Aren't we going to attack? These bugs..."

"Can't I do it myself?"

"Uh... you can."

"Tell the Overmind to push in my direction, take this place first. I don't like this desert."

More accurately, she didn't like these scorpions. They were too scary, with countless tiny hands on their mouths.

"Okay."

The Thunder Beast pups looked back every few steps, visibly reluctant. Now they would be even farther away from the Queen.

Especially the Thunder Beast pup that Lin Mo had ridden on the way, crying and fussing, was eventually dragged back by a group of Thunder Beast pups.

"Roar~"

(Someone's more miserable than me, makes me feel better, hahaha!)

"Roar!"

(True!)

"Roar, roar!"

(But after all, it was the Queen's mount...)

"..."

The expressions on the few Thunder Beast pups, who had finally managed a smile, froze. One of them staggered and almost fell to the ground.

"Roar!"

(What are you doing! Don't come over here!)

So, another Thunder Beast pup was dragged back.

Lin Mo floated in mid-air, holding Kaka, watching the pups gradually disappear from view.

She patted Kaka's head.

"Let's go, Kaka, let's find if there are any more."

"Yes, my Queen."

Having some alone time again, Kaka almost had the words "happy" written on its face.

It used a very metaphysical power, specifically wiggling its little tentacles. Could it really find all kinds of creatures like that?

Kaka could replace Lin Mo, but it was restricted to being Lin Mo's subordinate. Sensing brainwaves and such was easy. Based on the intensity, it could determine the strength of the creature. The larger the body, the stronger the waves emitted.

"My Queen, to the left... a little more to the right... a little more to the left... there."

Lin Mo looked at the ground, which seemed completely normal, and pondered,

"Why can't I see it?"

"Well... if I can see it, isn't that the same as you seeing it, my Queen?"

"That's true."

Since Kaka had confirmed it, Lin Mo didn't hesitate. Her red pupils were immediately covered with a layer of gold. Her right hand lifted slightly, pointing straight up.

The black clouds churned, forming a black tornado containing crackling golden lightning.

As the tornado spun, the golden lightning became increasingly violent, gradually exceeding the tornado's suppression.

"Wow! Am I really that strong?"

"..."

With a gentle press of her hand, a golden thunderbolt, thicker than Lin Mo herself, struck the ground like an unreal, straight beam of light.

There was no explosion as expected. With a gentle wisp of smoke, a brand-new well appeared on the ground.

The sand around the opening had been hardened by the high temperature.

Lin Mo's little leather shoes stepped on it, making a click-clack sound. "Should be dead, right?" She came to the edge of the hole, curiously looking down, her right hand stretched straight and placed on her brow bone, blocking the nonexistent sunlight.

The smell of roasting meat wafted into Lin Mo's nose. She sniffed gently. "Smells pretty good."

"Emm... it's not easy to dig it out."

"Indeed."

"Wait! My Queen! They're coming again, a lot of them!"

Kaka's tone suddenly changed. "How is that possible? There were no fluctuations just now! It's very strange now too, the fluctuations are almost identical!"

"How long until the pups arrive? Don't let these guys run away."

Lin Mo licked her lips excitedly, her eyes like someone who had caught a bottle of cockroaches and was waiting for sulfuric acid to arrive.

Just thinking about it was exciting.

Lin Mo floated up, holding Kaka. Anyway, as long as there were no flying mutated creatures, Lin Mo wasn't afraid at all. Kite-flying tactics were the best!

"About a minute. The first batch of Mutalisk pups will arrive."

"Okay."

The next moment, the ground within a few hundred meters suddenly began to churn. Huge black scorpions crawled out from underground, but they were different, obviously modified by humans.

Their bodies were much larger than the ones the Thunder Beast pups had killed at the beginning. Piled up, they bared their fangs and claws, looking at Lin Mo in the sky, their curled tails ready to strike at any moment.

Lin Mo subconsciously flew up a little more, just a little, maybe a few dozen meters! At most, less than a hundred!

Their heads were covered with an unknown metal, completely encasing them. Seeing this, Lin Mo chuckled. Using metal? Good, brave enough.

Golden light burst from her eyes.

A grinding sound rang out on the first scorpion's head. Green, unknown fluid seeped out along the edges of the metal.

"Roar!"

Its limbs were tightly curled, and two huge pincers tried to stop it, but couldn't reach the metal plate on its head that was constantly squirming and invading.

The metal continued to contract, and the scorpion's skull was completely deformed, but even so, it was still not dead, frantically attacking everything around it.

Lin Mo's eyelids twitched.

"Hmm, this metal plate is quite sturdy."

Lin Mo raised her hand, and the long-brewing storm in the sky suddenly fell, this time not restrained, illuminating the entire earth like a gift from the heavens.