I was reborn after playing a good hand badly

Su Mo nodded, confirming that she had also sensed what Bai Bai had said.

"Let's put the psionic matter aside for now and go down to check on the big black sphere."

“Okay, it seems scared,” Bai Bai said.

She arrived here before Su Mo; the big black ball had been sitting there without moving.

The airship descended into the barrier and came to rest on the open mountaintop.

Su Mo and the others walked over to the big black ball. She squatted down and looked at the dazed ball, asking with concern, "Are you alright?"

She knew that the big black ball was not injured by what had just happened, since the contract between her and the big black ball in her sea of ​​consciousness was perfectly fine.

Given the other party's current state, of course I have to show some concern. The big black ball is my good battle pet and helpful assistant.

"Big Black, are you alright?" Fatty also twisted his body to come closer, his concerned tone so obvious.

This is its only little follower. Don't let the inexplicable explosion shock you; what if you become stupid?

Bai Bai squatted down beside him, watching him without saying a word.

The large black ball moved stiffly, turned its head to look at its owner and two companions, and immediately felt a little embarrassed.

"I'm fine, I'm fine, Master."

The explosion was so sudden and caught us off guard. Although the energy ripples from the explosion weren't enough to blow it away, they did impact it, and this unexpected event really startled the big black ball.

That's right, it was sitting there frozen because it was scared!

Imagine someone is happily preparing for a delicious meal, only to have the food explode and overturn the table before they've even taken a few bites. Who wouldn't be bewildered in that situation?

If the big black ball isn't strong enough, it'll develop a psychological aversion to eating from now on.

Seeing that the big black ball had come to its senses, Su Mo comforted it a couple more times, saying that it wasn't a big deal and it would be fine once it calmed down.

She asked, "What happened? How could there have been an explosion?"

Previously, when sending Zerg soldiers in, Su Mo would pay a little attention to the situation inside the space, but since the mother hive was the last Zerg, and Su Mo was busy checking the situation of the secret realm passage, he didn't pay attention to the space.

Who knew that watching for a short while would lead to an accident?

"I don't know, I don't know which reptile bit something on that big guy, and it suddenly exploded." The big black ball shook its head a little aggrievedly.

"It's its own problem. We ate normally and didn't do anything extra. We didn't have this problem when we ate those Zerg before," the big black ball explained.

It truly didn't know, nor did it do anything unnecessary.

At this moment, the little reptiles that had been thrown away and crashed to the foot of the mountain gradually crawled back and gathered together in a short distance away.

They dared not move, nor did they dare deal with the limbs and fragments of flesh that had been scattered after the mother nest exploded. They simply gathered together neatly, a dark mass, quietly watching this side.

"The explosion was caused inside the mother nest..." Su Mo muttered softly.

But before she could store the mother nest in her spatial storage, she had already pierced it with over ten ice arrows, yet she still couldn't destroy it...

However, there are indeed enough small crawlers that they are biting a target at the same time, so it is normal for them to accidentally bite some places.

The hive has now been blown to pieces, so there's no way to verify exactly where the problem occurred inside the hive. But as long as we can confirm that the explosion was unrelated to the space itself and was not an intentional act by the hive, that's enough.

Su Mo didn't blame them. Seeing the big black ball was anxious, she comforted it, "It's good that you and the reptiles are alright. The energy from the explosion of the mother nest has been replenished into the space. Don't worry, it's not a big deal."

Bai Bai walked to a piece of remains of a mother nest lying nearby, stretched out his leg and rummaged through it, guessing, "Could it be that this thing had something like a demon core inside its body? And the little reptile accidentally bit through it, causing the explosion?"

Su Mo's suspicious gaze swept over the three little ones in front of him.

"You all have demon cores, right? How can those things be bitten through by reptiles?"

The three little ones' mouths twitched.

Whether or not a demon core can be bitten open is uncertain; it mainly depends on the difference in strength between the two sides.

Judging from the energy released by the explosion of the mother hive, it seems to be quite powerful, but in reality, if the mother hive exists alone, its combat strength is indeed not good.

If the mother nest contains a demon core, the possibility that it can be bitten open by small reptiles cannot be directly ruled out.

Bai Bai awkwardly explained to Su Mo, then sighed and said, "It would be best if we could dissect a sample to see what's inside. Regardless of whether there's a demon core in the other person's body as I think, there must be a place where energy is stored."

"The little crawler accidentally damaged the area, which released a large amount of energy and caused the explosion."

After confirming that his little follower was alright, Fatty also shared his opinion.

“Boss Bai is right, but I don’t think it’s necessarily a demon core. The mother nests we’ve seen before weren’t very big, but this one is so big. Is that right?”

“I’ve seen mother nests burned by their owners before without them exploding, but this one exploded after being bitten a few times. I think the energy storage places inside this mother nest are probably very ordinary, or it might be an organ that stores energy.”

Su Mo stroked his chin and nodded gently.

“The mother nest on the seabed is different from those we’ve seen on land before. All your guesses are possible, but what Fatty said is more likely: the size of the mother nest expands as it stores more energy.”

Even when it was underwater, you could tell that the mother nest was huge. After she moved it into her space, the base of the mother nest alone took up more than an entire mountain.

Thinking back to the dozen or so water arrows he had fired at the Mother Nest earlier, Su Mo looked at the large black ball sitting obediently beside him and asked, "By the way, the Mother Nest wasn't dead when it was first sent in, right?"

"They're not dead, but they're close. I didn't worry about it too much and just let the little reptiles get going," the big black ball said, rubbing its hands together.

Su Mo pursed her lips. If that was the case, then her attack must have hit the opponent's vital points.

Su Mo remembered those dozen or so landing points clearly. Although he couldn't yet identify exactly which point caused the fatal damage to the mother nest, the area was already quite small.

Next time, as long as she attacks the location determined this time, she can ensure that she kills the opponent without hitting the wrong spot and causing an explosion.

"MoMo, are there any more mother nests like this? Let's catch another one and see, so we can confirm which guess was right." BaiBai's voice interrupted SuMo's thoughts.

Bai Bai wasn't sticking to his guess. Actually, this invasive species didn't seem that similar to the monsters in Suzhou. But there's always a chance of something going wrong. How could he draw a conclusion without dissecting one to verify?

Anyway, there are many mother nests on land, so there must be more than one in the sea, right?