Chapter Eighty-Three: The Nursery and the Footprints
Black Steel stared at the little ant in the palm of his hand, only to see its rice-sized head looking back and forth, as if looking for something, just as Black Steel struggled to search for information about this little guy in his mind, for a moment the familiar pain passed from his hand, he quickly shook his hand, the little ant immediately fell to the ground, he used his steel-soled combat boots to grind it hard, but the little guy didn't seem to have anything at all, maybe the stripe gap in the sole was too big to step on, Black Steel stomped a few more feet, The violent impact caused everyone around to look at them strangely. And the other party still looked indifferent. Black Steel was enraged at once, and he reached out to pinch the ant from the ground, but no matter how hard he tried in his hand, it seemed that there was no way to damage its body in the slightest.
Black Steel sneered, pulled out a black dagger from his waist, and carefully picked at its body with the tip of the knife, and an amazing scene happened, the little ant emitted a silver-gray metallic glow under the sunlight. The gray-black steel tip can't even pierce a single penny!
Black Steel gritted his teeth, only to see his only left eye flash. He tossed the ant up, and with a wave of his right hand, the dagger slashed horizontally through the air with a black light, slashing precisely at the junction of the ant's head and chest.
A small metal impact sound came from mid-air, and at the same time as it sounded, a small spark appeared in front of Black Steel, and the ants in mid-air had already been knocked away.
Black Steel glanced at the dagger in his hand, and a small gap appeared on the sharp blade!
"What the hell is this?" He muttered as he looked at the cave not far away, "I can only wish you good luck." ”
In the hall of the yellow cave of the wandering merchant, the matriarch was discussing something with several of the clansmen.
"According to the news from the mountain just now, after a big fight, the hunters began to enter the cave again." A clansman whispered. "Quite a few of us participated in this commission as hunters. , mainly because of this reason that you don't need to go to McGee to sign up. Team leader, do you think there's anything wrong? ”
"With the excuse of working for the Hunter Center, the army will not get along with us. Don't worry. The matriarch glanced at him. How many more of us are still outside? I say the ones who will be back in a short time. ”
"More than twenty. It's all out there doing business, right? The man continued, "After all, many hunters did not bring neutralizers or sufficient supplies, and many of the brothers took advantage of this opportunity to save a fortune. ”
"Pass my orders and call all those who are nearby to return immediately." The matriarch was afraid that she would not be able to speak clearly, so she added, "Go immediately now." , issued in the name of the highest command of the clan. ”
"But..." The surrounding clansmen clearly wanted to say something. But when I saw the matriarch's non-angry and arrogant face, I was shocked.
"Yes, we'll do it now." After saying that, a few gray shadows quickly disappeared.
"Hope is still too late~" The matriarch muttered with a worried face, "I have a hunch that disaster will happen soon." ”
The team, consisting of Wendy's team and four escort soldiers, had been marching in the cavern for more than ten minutes. The cave was pitch black, and everyone had their own tools to keep it lit, and Wendy's team had a small flashlight in their hands, and it seemed that this equipment was a must-have for real civilians. The hand-held lights of the four soldiers were obviously much more powerful than them, and the four bright headlights illuminated a radius of several meters as if it were daytime.
The cave built by this ant is naturally not pretty, but the width can definitely be compared to the tunnel through the mountain, Wendy and the two riot shield soldiers next to him walk side by side without feeling the slightest crowding, and its direction is not very irregular, but on the whole it is still a straight line. Wu Yun looked back and saw that the hole leading to the outside world had become a bright spot like a fingernail. The cave is surrounded by brown stones and dirt. Touching the hard mountain, Wu Yun had to think that these ants were the great architects of nature just like humans.
The team kept moving forward, but they didn't know where they were. Wu Yun could only feel that this trend was slowly going down from the wave under his feet. Are we going straight ahead? What's inside? Wu Yun admitted that he felt that it was full of danger from the moment he came in, but after thinking about this question, his curiosity actually overpowered his previous fear, human beings are really curious creatures sometimes, even if their lives are in danger, there is no way to suppress this instinct. He had to shake his head with a wry smile.
Wu Yun walked behind the fox, while behind him were Carlos and two riot shields. Wendy leads the group, but appears to be safe between the two soldiers. At this time, he was attracted by the actions of the fox in front of him.
It seems that from the moment he entered the cave, the fox carefully observed the ground, Wu Yun was very curious, he lowered his head and shone it with a flashlight, the dense and messy giant ant footprints were like a clumsy painting made with dirt as a curtain, and there was nothing special at all. But the fox still insisted on doing so. Looks like he's trying to find some traces. Wu Yun guessed.
"There's a hole in front~" Wendy walked in front, her curiosity was also quite strong, and she completely lost the fear of seeing a giant ant colony in the bunker.
Everyone was shocked, and they didn't see any forks and holes all the way over, and this discovery was naturally invigorating. When Wu Yun saw the hole that was a few meters wide, Wendy had already rushed in first.
"Wait!" Although the fox and Carlos shouted at the same time, they still did not stop Lori's action. The two riot shieldmen on Wendy's side were also sharp enough, and one dodged and followed. Immediately there was a sound of striking and liquid exploding in the cave,
"Carlos, you hold the entrance to the cave." The fox didn't hesitate to get in. Wu Yun glanced at the back, and he didn't seem to have his own meaning in his arrangement. Anyway, the entrance to the cave is safe, and the most dangerous thing is to retreat, and I am quite sure of this. So Wu Yunyi gritted his teeth and got in.
He fixed his eyes and saw that little Lori was standing in the middle of several giant ant corpses, with a very unhappy expression. Next to her were two stunned riot soldiers. The fox was a step late like Wu Yun, and he didn't see what was happening at all.
"It's just a few of them~It's so boring~" Little Lori complained there as if to take credit. The fox glanced back at Wu Yun and didn't say anything, just shook his head.
At this time, the four of them shone the lighting guys in their hands inside, and everyone was taken aback when they saw the scene in front of them. The ground was littered with pieces of something, and Wendy took a step forward, and there was a clattering sound on the ground. Frightened, Wu Yun hurriedly irradiated it with a flashlight.
"This is a giant ant egg, nothing to be afraid of." The fox was already crouching on the ground, holding a palm-sized fragment in his hand. A few drops of green acid slipped off its surface and landed on the ground, stirring up a puff of dust mixed with the white smoke that came out.
"But this one should be said to be a mutated giant ant egg," the fox pulled out a neutralizer handle and cleaned it up. "At least it didn't come out of this disgusting thing when we made roasted eggs.
Roasted giant ant eggs? Looking at the eggshells left on the ground, this thing is really not small. If it is complete, it should be at least half a person tall. What would such an egg taste like? Since coming to this world, Wu Yun would fly to a very strange dimension every time he heard food thoughts.
"Let's go out first, this should be the nursery of giant ants." The fox waved his hand, and several of them retreated one after another.
"Everyone can take some neutralizers and recovery medicines and pack them up, so that if there is an emergency, they can deal with it themselves." As he spoke, the fox distributed the medicine on his back to everyone, and the four riot soldiers also had one for each person.
"Looks like the giant ant colony we just killed came out of this hole." The fox pointed to the ground, and Wu Yun immediately understood what he meant, the chaotic traces came out of the hole, and on the road outside the cave entrance, only sparse traces could be seen, but the footprints of a few pedestrians were very conspicuous.
"Four people, all men." The fox really deserves to be an all-round talent, and he saw the key at once. "I guess it's the search team that came in before, so it's right to keep going. Everybody come with me. "Look at the fox's distant back. At this time, Wu Yun understood that although Heigang was reluctant to let the fox come, he finally let him go, Heigang should have known the strength of his old friend to do so, he was originally looking at the face of his acquaintance, but now it seems that he has taken a big advantage. It's also nice to be a fox in the future. Wu Yun thought secretly.