Chapter 133: Recon Zergs (2/2)

”Yes she is, but you look prettier,” Wang Tong answered honestly.

”That’s very kind of you.”

”Well of course, since it would be impolite for me to bite the hands that fed us good lunch,” Wang Tong joked.

Ma Xiaoru got angry and gave Wang Tong a good hard pinch when no one was watching. Of course, Wang Tong didn’t scream in the class since it would be embarrassing, so he bit his lips and endured the pain.

”Yo, Wang Tong, are you not feeling well?” the other guy sitting beside him asked.

”Nah, he’s good, I think he ate too much just now.” The guy was totally mesmerized by Ma Xiaoru’s charming and cheerful smile.

How Wang Tong wished he could pinch her back for his revenge, but obviously he would never do that since the other classmates might be watching, and it wasn’t right to hurt a lady.

After all, women always got the best of men.

In the end, Wang Tong had no choice but to endure the pain, while Ma Xiaoru smiled at him triumphantly.

The whole class shushed when Gansus’ heavy footsteps echoed through the doorway of the classroom as everyone knew Gansus preferred silence. Then, Gansus stomped his left foot on the ground, examined everyone and began his lesson: ”Today we’ll be learning about another type of Zerg. These species of Zergs might be weaker in terms of combat compared to the other Zergs, but they all have one common ability, which is flying.”

The Airborne Zergs were one of the most notorious kinds of Zergs among fighters because they could expose the whereabouts of mankind’s troops, and their flying ability was really a pain in the *ss. However, there was nothing to be worried about during full force attacks as these Zergs would be handled by units specialized in anti-airborne warfare. Additionally, the Airborne Zergs were also the weakest in terms of defense.

”Take a look at this, this creature here is a Meganeura Zerg[1], or commonly known as the Green-eyed Zergs. They are one of the most common types of Airborne Zergs which specialize in reconnaissance surveys.” The image was quickly followed by the detailed data of the Meganeura Zergs. Their size was about three meters in length, their main arsenals were a pair of claws and the tail spine, which allowed them to stab and fling their victims up in the air. The Meganeura Zergs also specialized in close combats. Their large, green eyes had absolutely no dead angles, and they also had excellent flying speed.

”Since y’all have gone through and understood its profile and data, now I’d like to hear about yer thoughts.” Gansus laid down the question to the class.

Being the most active student in the class, Carl raised his hand and volunteered to give his opinion, he loved to talk, and nothing could’ve stopped him.

”Go ahead, Carl.”

”Sir, these Green-eyed recon-bastards are one of the most expendable cannon fodders in the legion of Zergs. They have weak combat abilities, all we have to do is to avoid getting detected on the battlefield as fast as we can and kill them as quickly as possible once we see them, or else our whereabouts will be exposed.”

”Anyone else wanna add anything to that?” Gansus asked after hearing Carl’s thoughts.

Apparently, everyone else in the class too had the same thoughts as Carl, since these lowest ranked Green-eyed Zergs were no strangers to most of them, no one said anything in addition since they had no other thoughts; however, some students did briefly discuss it among themselves.

”Thank you, Carl. Well, it seems like all of ya think that the Green-eyed Zergs are only some sorta weak recon scouts and there’s nothing to be feared as long as ya stay out of its radar huh?”

Everyone in the class nodded and began to think what would Gansus say; as far as they knew, those were the only data in its profile, and there was really nothing scary about recon scouts.

”However, these type of Zergs would already be obsolete if we could perfectly avoid their detections. Yet, these Green-eyed bastards still exist up until now even though the Zergs keep on evolving, which means that they are still very useful in the battlefield. The fact is, it is impossible for us to avoid being detected by them, even if we proceed cautiously in the thick jungle. Those huge eyes are not just ordinary eyes, they are actually made out of hundreds of thousands of compound eyes. Normally, those eyes won’t react to rocks, trees, and the other stuff, but they’re very sensitive when it comes to detecting mankind, like spotting charcoals in a land full of snow, easy peasy!”

”Sir, how far are they able to see?”

”Good question, I’d say around five hundred meters to about one kilometer even in a rough environment. When these creatures detect humans, they’ll directly send the image of what they saw to the brain of their leader.”

”Oh God, so it means we will be detected anyway?” the class immediately kicked up a fuss.

Even though Gansus was a strict lecturer, he had never forbidden his students to speak up or having discussions in his class.

”What I’m trying to say is, no one can ever escape from the vision of the Green-eyed Zergs,” Gansus made the final conclusion.

”But sir, that means we could be ambushed by Zergs anytime on the battlefield!”

”Yea, don’t we have any sort of technology or mechanism that could deal with those creatures?”

Somehow Gansus was fed up with these hot-blooded idiots.

Bang bang bang!

”Silence, silence, I said silence! Like I said previously, these creatures will be handled by a recon team specialized in anti-airborne warfare during full force attacks. However, most of the time, the recon teams will be unavailable during squadron missions, and when you happen to encounter the Green-eyed Zergs, that means your team’s whereabouts is already exposed, so the only thing you can do is to act accordingly to the situation,” Gansus explained.

”Sir, so you were saying that they’ll definitely see us if we see them, am I right?”

”Yes, that’s what I’m saying, and don’t you guys ever think that there might be exceptions. There are 99% chances that the Green-eyed Zergs would have already transmitted the info of your whereabouts when you encounter them, and since their job is done, they will definitely switch to attack mode.”

”But Sir, why would these creatures continue to stalk us instead of just directly attack when they see us?”

Notes:

1: Meganeura is a genus of extinct insects from the Carboniferous period, which resembled and are related to the present-day dragonflies. Wikipedia