Chapter 198 Upgrade x Pre-War

At this moment, Xia Jieren completely relaxed, and the pain all over his body suddenly became more severe.

"High spirits can temporarily make me forget the pain. I didn't expect it to be true." Xia Jieren curled up his body again, trying to endure the increasingly intense pain.

Xia Jieren just felt that time was passing so slowly.

In order to divert his attention, Xia Jieren started planning the future in his mind.

What happened today taught Xia Jieren a profound lesson.

"It seems that I need to store more energy in the future in case of emergency." Xia Jieren pondered, "Hmm~, I must ensure that there are at least 200 million energy points in the energy pool in the future."

He told Kerrigan his thoughts.

Kerrigan certainly had no objection.

There is no rush to expand the fungal blanket. It will not be too late to expand after storing enough energy.

And in the future, the Zerg's efficiency in obtaining energy will only get faster and faster.

......

More than two hours passed.

"My Lord, the reinforcement plan for Zerglings, Zergmen, Worker Bees, and other Zerg units has been deduced." A voice like the sound of nature rang in Xia Jieren's ears.

At this moment, Xia Jieren woke up as if from a dream, and his lifeless eyes began to focus.

After he reacted, he quickly confirmed: "Is it really okay?"

"Hmm~" Kerrigan responded softly, with no concealment of the joy in her tone.

"What specific improvements are there?" Xia Jieren asked expectantly.

"Attack, defense, speed, life, etc. have all been significantly improved."

"Among them, the one who has made the biggest improvement is the insect people."

"The overall combat capability of the Bug People is currently at the level of a Navy lieutenant."

"The rest of the Zerg units, including Zerglings, Hydralisks, and Mutalisks, are at the level of Navy Warrant Officers, and Drones are at the level of Navy Sergeants..."

Kerrigan talked about the changes made to various Zerg units this time.

After hearing this, Xia Jieren's eyes lit up and his joy was beyond words.

If his body wasn't still aching, he would have wanted to jump up, run and cheer loudly.

What made Xia Jieren the happiest was the upgrades of Zerglings, Hydralisks and Mutalisks. These Zerg units were Xia Jieren's main combat power.

As for the worker bees, Xia Jieren didn't care.

The biggest role of worker bees is to collect supplies. It is enough for them to have some self-protection power, they don’t need to be too strong.

Xia Jieren didn't feel happy for long before he heard Kerrigan suddenly say, "Master, please be prepared."

Xia Jieren's face froze, not knowing what Kerrigan was keeping in suspense.

The next second, the cost of each upgraded type of troops popped up in front of Xia Jieren.

[Strength-type insect man: 30w]

[Intelligent insect man: 60w]

[Springtail: 3w]

【...】

【Worker Bee: 1w】

Xia Jieren was stunned for a few seconds, then asked in astonishment: "What...what on earth is going on? Why is the cost so much higher?"

"As the troops are upgraded, the cost will of course be higher," Kerrigan replied as a matter of course.

Xia Jieren's mouth twitched, and he said speechlessly: "Kerrigan, have you ever played a strategy game? In which game do you see that when the troops are upgraded, the prices are also upgraded."

"My Lord, how can games be confused with reality?" Kerrigan retorted immediately.

It made sense, but Xia Jieren obviously couldn't accept the price. "In this case, I might as well use the previous low-profile version of the Zerg."

"My Lord, please rest assured. The upgraded Zerg units are absolutely cost-effective." Kerrigan tried her best to sell them.

Seeing that Xia Jieren still looked resistant, Kerrigan comforted him, "Master Overlord, this price is only temporary. When the Zerg gene pool is enriched in the future, the price will definitely come down."

Hearing this, Xia Jieren's expression improved a lot, "Really?"

"Indeed." Kerrigan replied affirmatively.

It would be a bit difficult for Xia Jieren to hatch and upgrade Zerg units on a large scale with his current financial resources, but he could still afford a small number of them.

For some insect people in important positions, Xia Jieren readily decided to spend a considerable amount of energy points to upgrade them.

Especially the first hundred insect people who followed him to survive in the wilderness, they can be said to have made great contributions.

Xia Jieren is where he is today thanks to their help.

Therefore, Xia Jieren treated them generously and each of them held an important position.

After learning of Xia Jieren's decision, Kerrigan quickly made arrangements.

In the next two or three days, these insect people will enter the evolution chamber one after another to complete the upgrade.

Zheng Hai is leading the navy to remove the Tsuda family, which is a thorn in the side between the Netherlands Kingdom and the Kingdom of Flowers, making people very uncomfortable.

Fan Li led the White Tiger Chamber of Commerce to continue expanding the market towards the west of the Kingdom of Flowers.

The two of them and the others who could not return to the Kingdom of the Netherlands in time could only wait until they came back to upgrade.

After dealing with all the matters, Xia Jieren became even more depressed.

"Just hold on for another two hours and today's training will be over." Xia Jieren kept motivating himself.

When the afterglow of the sunset disappeared, Xia Jieren finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Xia Jieren fell into a deep sleep while soaking in the energy liquid.

Seeing this, Kerrigan quickly called over several Zerglings and carried him into the bedroom.

"Good night, Master!" Kerrigan whispered softly.

The night is still quiet.

The next day.

While Xia Jieren was training again, the fleet led by Zheng Hai was getting closer and closer to Huanyue Island.

"Lieutenant General Zheng Hai, it is estimated that it will take another three hours to reach Fantasy Moon Island." A navigator standing next to Zheng Hai reported concisely and clearly.

"Okay!" Zheng Hai responded first, and then ordered: "Notify the entire army, let everyone check and be ready."

"Yes!" After receiving the order, the adjutant went to convey Zheng Hai's order.

The crews on the ten warships quickly got busy.

The insects were calm and composed, not caring at all about the upcoming battle.

But the ordinary soldiers were extremely excited and their hearts were burning with passion.

"Mide, we must achieve more military merits this time and make the village proud of us." A childish boy whispered to his companion next to him.

As he spoke, his face was full of excitement.

The young man who spoke was named Kazuhiro, and he was from Nanshan Village in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

The boy named Mead was also very excited. He said with full fighting spirit: "I will definitely not lose to you this time. I will definitely kill many more enemies than you."

"What? You're so arrogant, Mead. We'll see." Kazuhiro said unyieldingly.

"Silence!" Looking at the crowd whispering among themselves, the leading officer couldn't help but hold his forehead with his hand. He thought to himself, "These new recruits are so hard to lead."

"I never want to take on this chore again."

Hearing this, Kazuhiro, Meade, and the other recruits shut their mouths.

But the fighting spirit in their eyes remained undiminished.

Although these teenagers look childish, they are all adults.

In the cruel world of pirates, some teenagers and even children in Xia Jieren's eyes are extremely mature, no worse than college students in their twenties on Blue Star.