Dawn Spider

Chapter 14 The Evolution of the Zerg

The Lord of Sikui Mountain dropped a bag of food and left.

Eat and drink

Jin honestly began to practice the spider silk bag weaving technique.

Thirteen lay quietly on the side and watched, looking like he was learning seriously.

In the rainforest at night, the sounds of insects and frogs rise and fall one after another, one wave covering the other.

The Red Cone Mountain Master watched for a while, only to find himself completely bored. After watching for a while longer, he lost his patience and tapped the ground with his forefoot, making a sound:
"Alright. Jin, stop knitting."

"Only the most useless Flame Spider Warriors waste their time weaving those tattered bags. The real Flame Spider Warriors work hard to practice their combat skills."

Jin paused.

Thirteen rubbed his claws and asked, "How does a first-year Flame Spider warrior fight?"

"When I teach, ordinary little spiders can listen in, but they are not allowed to talk! Otherwise, I will throw them back to the mountain and not play with them anymore."

The Red Cone Mountain Lord issued a stern warning, paused, and said seriously, "Jin, as a Flame Spider Warrior, there are two basic points you need to understand."

"First, all Force life possesses exceptional resilience, self-healing, and adaptability. During the evolution of Force life, it will adjust and change based on its own conditions and the external environment."

"Secondly, all Zerg warriors face a certain risk of failure during the molting and evolution process. Failure to evolve can result in serious injury at best, and even death at worst."

"The risk of evolution at a certain age is lower, while the risk of evolution at a higher level is higher. For example, a 9-year-old junior warrior breaks through to become an intermediate warrior, and a 9-year-old intermediate warrior breaks through to become an advanced warrior."

The Red Cone Mountain Master spoke with a downcast expression, saying sadly, "Nine-year-old high-level warriors have the highest risk of death if they fail to break through to the Mountain Master level. I have a good friend who grew up with me, and he died at the high-level warrior breakthrough to the Mountain Master level."

what? !

A Protoss warrior could actually have the problem of evolution failure? And even risk death?
real or fake?

Jin felt a chill in his heart and was filled with doubts.

The situation isn't that serious for ordinary humans!

There is almost no such thing as human Force warriors failing in evolution. At most, they encounter bottlenecks, and the worst case scenario is that they get stuck at a certain level.

Zerg warriors have the blood of true gods and have a wide variety of Force food that is too abundant to eat. How could they fail?

Bluffing me?

You are still a spider with good acting skills~!

Jin observed carefully, but it didn't seem like the Lord of Red Cone Mountain was trying to scare him.

and,

If you think about it carefully, it is not entirely groundless.

Jin knew that the evolution of the Force of the Universe was divided into seven realms and nineteen stages, from the primary level to the true god. Currently, the inherited memory only recorded the first two realms and the first six stages.

The three classes of primary, intermediate and advanced belong to a big realm called 'Origin Realm'.

The mountain master level, lord level, and king level belong to another great realm called the 'Source Power Realm'.

For a high-level warrior to break through to the Evolutionary Mountain Lord level is a major realm leap. For the human race, it is a major bottleneck that blocks most Force warriors. For the Zerg, there may also be some difficulties, but there is also the risk of failure and death...

Jin followed up on the other party's topic and asked, "Master Hongzhui, how can we avoid failure? Or, in other words, increase the probability of success?"

“That’s a smart question!”

The Red Cone Mountain Master suppressed his sorrow and continued, "Ignoring environmental interference, evolutionary failure can be classified into two main categories. The first is that after molting, the body rapidly expands, leading to muscle strain or rupture of the new carapace. In severe cases, legs and antennae may break, leading to collapse and death. This problem occurs due to insufficient muscle and carapace toughness."

"The toughness of the shell can only be enhanced by strengthening it with Force-based food. We Zerg have cultivated and bred many plants with these properties. With a little attention during the growth and evolution process, it shouldn't be a big problem."

"Muscle toughness can also be strengthened through Force food. However, in addition to Force food, it can also be improved through proper exercise. Exercise combined with Force food strengthening has the best effect."

Jin Zhongchen said: "I understand!"

Jin understood as soon as he heard it. The Zerg and the Human race are two different races, and there are also huge differences in the evolution of their Force. The Lord of Red Cone Mountain is not trying to scare the little spider!
As human warriors evolve and grow, their size hardly changes.

Zerg warriors are different. They start from a few centimeters or more than ten centimeters, and evolve through repeated molting. Their bodies expand again and again, and finally they are finalized at the mountain master level, becoming large insects with a span of three or four meters.

The advantage of this Zerg evolutionary model is its high plasticity. Each molting evolution is a self-adjustment and optimization.

Gaining enormous benefits comes with the risk of failure and death. This is the balance of gains and losses among different life forms and evolutionary models in the universe.

Jin pondered and asked, "Master Hongzhui, what about the second failure scenario?"

The Red Cone Mountain Lord said, "The second possibility is that during the Great Class's breakthrough evolution, due to a long sleep period and a loss of physical strength, they may simply not wake up. Or, after waking up, they may be unable to complete the final molting and eventually... die."

"Putting aside the issue of Force talent, the main reason for this problem is insufficient overall physical strength, especially insufficient physical fitness."

"Of course, there are Force foods that can improve physical strength and strengthen the body, but it's not enough. If you don't want to die before a high-level warrior breaks through the level of evolving Mountain Master, it's best to do some necessary exercise."

Jin pondered, tapping the ground lightly with his forefoot. He asked, "Lord of Red Cone Mountain, according to you, during the three stages of beginner, intermediate, and advanced warrior, our evolutionary growth focuses on strengthening our physique and improving our physical fitness?"

The Red Cone Mountain Master praised: "Correct!"

Jin asked again, "What about elemental abilities?" The Red Cone Mountain Master replied, "A very small number of warriors with exceptional talent, like me, comprehend elemental abilities when they reach advanced levels. But normally, the vast majority of warriors, even ordinary warriors like Si Kui, only comprehend their first ability after evolving into a Mountain Master."

"Oh……"

Jin once again questioned the words of the Lord of Red Cone Mountain: It is obvious that your strength is not as good as that of the Lord of Si Kui Mountain, right?

However, in this sense, there is no essential difference between the growth and evolution of the Zerg and the Terran. Human warriors, at the elementary, intermediate, and advanced levels, also focus on strengthening their physical fitness through exercise.

"Okay, Jin, I've explained the principle clearly. Now, let me teach you how to do it."

The Lord of Red Cone Mountain waved his paw to signal, moved a little further away from the banyan tree, chose a flat ground, bent his paws, and pounded the soil with his front paws to make it flat.

"Jin, stand here."

"Roger that!"

Jin ran forward quickly.

The Red Cone Mountain Lord took two steps back, rubbing his claws together and making sounds. He explained, "Our Flame Spider ancestors developed a total of sixteen sets of movements: eight for basic physical training and eight for combat techniques. Let me teach you the simplest first set: stretching the back and abdominal muscles. Follow me and move your body up and down."

"Down."

"Stretch your legs."

The Lord of Red Cone Mountain said this while demonstrating, with all eight spider legs fully spread out and the chest and abdomen touching the ground.

Jin followed suit.

"Pull your legs back."

"superior."

The Lord of Red Cone Mountain retracted his eight legs, placed his spider legs on the ground, stretched them out, touched the ground with the toes of his eight legs, and raised his body to the maximum extent.

"This is the simplest move, Jin. Follow me and do it continuously."

"Ok."

Jin rubbed his claws vigorously in agreement.

"Down."

"Stretch your legs."

"Pull your legs back."

"superior."

The master of Hongzhui Mountain shouted slogans while demonstrating.

Jin followed the rhythm and did as he was told.

Thirteen also came to join in the fun, but after doing it a few times, he felt a little tired and bored, so he gave up and lay aside watching with joy.

"That's enough. Jin. Take a breath."

After practicing for a while, the Red Cone Mountain Master called a halt and said, "You can do this movement a hundred times a day. When you become an intermediate warrior in the future, you can consider putting weight on your back armor to increase the intensity."

"I'll teach you the second set of moves."

"The first movement is a run. Pay attention to my wording. Run means the eight legs work together to move forward quickly, not the sudden forward lunge of the hind legs when hunting."

While the Lord of Red Cone Mountain was explaining, the Eight Legs started running demonstration.

gold:"……"

This action is equivalent to daily formal walking...

The Red Cone Mountain Master then said, "The second move is to retreat. All eight legs must work together and move backward quickly."

This move is a bit difficult...

Jin followed his instructions and after two tries, he quickly got the hang of it.

The Red Cone Mountain Master continued, "The third move is to move to the left."

This move was quite difficult for the Flame Spider, and Jin couldn't get the coordination right after trying several times.

The Red Cone Mountain Master stopped his movements, looked at them for a few seconds, and said, "The fourth move is similar, move to the right."

"The full set of movements involves running forward eight steps, retreating eight steps, moving left eight steps, and moving right eight steps. It's quite challenging. Our Flame Spider's body structure isn't suited for lateral movement, so it requires daily practice combined with aging evolution to optimize and adjust. So, don't rush this, just practice slowly."

Jin followed the instructions and practiced attentively.

The red cone spider is an impatient one, a little jumpy and can't sit still. After standing aside and watching for a while, I couldn't hold back any longer.

"Stop. Stop. Stop."

"Jin, don't worry. I'll teach you. You can practice it slowly later. Come, come, come, I'll teach you the third set of moves..."

(End of this chapter)