Chapter 24: The Burning of the Dead
In addition to the disappointment of everyone, white smoke began to rise from the two places where the "mine" detonated, and it became thicker and thicker.
The white smoke quickly turned into black smoke, and then with a "boom", fiery red flames rose from those two places!
The ironclad mantis bypassed those two places and continued to rush towards the platform, and the ironclad mantis in front of him was already densely packed, huddled together, and yelled that year: "Nine acres, all!" ”
"Boom", "Boom", "Boom", "Boom", the pile of insect corpses shook, and the white smoke was still turned into black smoke, and in the expectation of everyone, several fires were ignited.
The fire began to spread, and it turned out that there was the remains of the dragon to help burn, and the corpse of the iron armor mantis turned out to be an excellent fuel!
The crowded iron armor mantis on the corpse pile began to be ignited, jumping around, which attracted more ignited iron armor mantis, and finally the iron armor mantis received the order, and immediately turned back and began to flee outward, but the way back was a sea of fire, and only the outermost iron armor mantis escaped.
Some of the ignited Iron Mantis jumped into the lake, and the water and fire were so fierce that the Iron Mantis was blown to pieces on the surface of the water!
The fire here even attracted the attention of the Iron Mantis around the small lake, but they immediately turned their heads back to the lake, and the Iron Mantis continued to line up and enter the water under the order, and it seemed that they would not stop until the lake water turned into alkaline water.
Here, the dragon team finally won the first real break, everyone sat down, and the weapons they cherished in the past were also thrown aside, and everyone was panting, their muscles trembling, and their bodies were sore.
For the first time, they found that it was so comfortable to sit still, and compared to this, the painful training in the training camp was indeed pediatric, no wonder Muta instructors always emphasized that "more sweat in training, less bloodshed in wartime!"
By this time, the boiling water of the lake had gradually subsided, and the entire lake was close to alkaline water, and a thick bitter and astringent smell wafted in, causing a burning pain in the nasal cavity.
Qingtong endured the pain, took out a piece of clothing, soaked it with water, divided it, and handed it to everyone one by one, and everyone immediately wrapped the wet cloth around their faces, and the bitter strong alkaline taste was greatly reduced.
At this time, there are still ironclad mantis rushing into the lake, they are not afraid of the hot lake, but they are afraid that the lake water is not alkaline enough.
Finally, an ironclad mantis survived in the lake water, and the alkalinity of the lake water was sufficient, and the ironclad mantis began to burrow into the water.
Soon, there were iron mantis returning with bones, and their target was indeed the bones left behind by Ao Qing, not only energy, Ao Qing was a god-level creature, and his life genes might be what the Zerg valued the most.
They observed this that year, but unfortunately they were too helpless to stop it.
That year, the fire under their feet was getting stronger and stronger, the flames had swept to the front of the platform, the air began to be hot, and even the platform under their feet began to get hot, and they retreated and leaned tightly against the mountain, which was still cool and made them feel more comfortable.
That year, he was helpless, he didn't expect that the effect of the mines and dragon bones originally prepared for the iron armor mantis would be so good, and they ended up rolling themselves in, the key is that they didn't know that the body of the iron armor mantis was so easy to burn, the last time the firebird incarnated by the red cloud flew into the insect swarm and burst into a large ball of flames, and it did not ignite the iron armor mantis, which can only explain one thing: only the corpse of the iron armor mantis can be ignited; Second: the dragon skeleton is the best accelerant for the corpse of the iron mantis!
At this time, everyone in the Dragon Teng team felt that their chests were tight and short of breath, and it turned out that the oxygen in the air was insufficient!
That year, I had to lift my spirits, and used a small amount of mental power to mobilize the wind element, and introduced the cool air under their feet along the mountain, so that they did not suffocate to death.
The recovery of mental power that year was fast, enough for him to maintain the inhalation of air, and they would not have a crisis of lack of oxygen in a short period of time.
But the fire shows no signs of abating, and the mountain behind it is starting to heat up.
That year, he could only shout: "Jessica! ”
Jessica understood what the captain meant, and immediately erected an ice wall in front of them, but the air temperature in front of the platform was too high, and the ice wall quickly melted.
That year, several large buckets of water were taken out of the space ring, a square barrel of titanium alloy, one bucket weighed fifty kilograms, this was the mountain spring water they had stored in advance, there was too much aura in the lake water, and it could not be drunk directly, otherwise there would be distortion worries, which was not the same as the stable life element in the body of the strange insect.
That year, the titanium alloy vat was handed to everyone, and everyone immediately poured water on their bodies, and at the same time swallowed the cool spring water in a big gulp, although the water vapor quickly rose on their bodies, but the scorching heat in their bodies was greatly relieved.
Jessica once again casts a "Frozen Ball", a mid-level spell that is usually used to kill enemies, but now it can only be used by her own people.
The Frozen Orb exploded in front of them, and the freezing cold that could have frozen the enemy could now only make the air around them a little colder.
Jessica thought that year would say that she was wasting mana, but that year just smiled and didn't accuse her, if everyone was roasted, what was the use of saving mana?
If the fire continues to burn, there is a real chance that they will be roasted into jerky!
Night is coming, the sky is dark, the fire is finally getting smaller, the people who are struggling to support are busy drinking a few big mouthfuls of water, and then rinsing their bodies, before they dare to leave the mountain wall, at this time everyone found that everyone is red, like boiled prawns!
That year, he handed everyone a small salt pill, and shouted at the same time: "Replenish the salt, I sweated too much just now, and if I don't replenish the salt, I will lose my strength in the battle." ”
The crowd, who was already a little weak, nodded, and swallowed it according to their words,
They judged that the Iron Mantis was coming up soon, right? They all took up their arms and looked down.
The open flames were finally extinguished, and the piles of ironclad mantis corpses that had been piled up under their feet had been burned into a large area of black and red ashes, which could reach a maximum depth of two meters, and the ashes still emitted an astonishing amount of heat.
But the captain of the Iron Mantis couldn't wait, and under its orders, another team of Iron Mantis rushed into the range of the ashes, and they definitely refused to give the humans much time to rest.
Although the ash lost its open flame on the surface, it was still extremely hot inside, and the several iron mantis in front of it suddenly fell to the ground weakly while running, and then flames began to emerge from their bodies, these iron mantis struggled desperately, but finally burned into a few torches.
The remaining Iron Mantis spun around quickly under the order, but a few still burned, and finally the Iron Mantis withdrew from the ash area again after leaving a few torches.
The Iron Mantis can only be through a large area of ashes, staring at the humans, their captain knows that the death of the Iron Mantis can be used to consume poison gas, but it cannot be used to consume this strange flame, although they are also the first time to encounter this strange fire, but the two burns just now can prove that sending the Iron Mantis to enter when the ashes are not cool, can only add fuel to the fire!
Seeing that the Iron Mantis had retreated again, the Dragon Teng team breathed a sigh of relief, took two steps back, and sat down again, they had to seize all the time to rest.
They don't know how long the next battle will last, and the poison gas and mines they rely on have been exhausted, and they haven't achieved more dragon bones, so they can only rely on hand-to-hand combat in the future, even if they can hold on to the next battle, what about the next one?
They can't kill the Iron Mantis, and now it's night again, that's the time when the Zerg are best at fighting, how long can they hold on?
In fact, many people know that if nothing changes, they probably won't survive tonight!
No one spoke anymore, and the fiery air was so dull that what made them breathless was the shadow on their hearts.
After all, they are still young and teenagers, they are all very young, they have not been in this world for more than 20 years, they still have lofty ideals that have not been realized, and there are ...... yearning and longing for a better life in the future, but if these are all in vain, when they have to face real death, no one can be as calm as they expected!
Suddenly, a clear and graceful voice sounded, and everyone looked at it, it was Hongyun who began to sing, the lyrics were not in the language they knew, but the tune was affectionate, dignified, with melancholy, and revealed strength!
At this moment, no one wants to call the medal to translate it, only to immerse themselves in this melody of twists and turns.
In the song, they seem to see a hero, with attachment to his family and lover, but resolutely turns away and runs to his battlefield......
Finally, after a melodious twist, Red Cloud's singing became fainter and fainter, and finally it was inaudible.
After a while, Hongyun smiled slightly, and said softly: "This is the 'Battle Soul Song' of our ancient demon clan, which is sung to commemorate the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the demon clan, I don't know why I suddenly want to sing this song, isn't it very inappropriate?" I'm sorry, but don't mind. ”
Asso, who has always spoken little, spoke: "We are not afraid of death, we are only afraid that it is not worth dying, if we die on the battlefield, I am very willing, but now it is just a reconnaissance mission, and it has not been able to prevent the Zerg from obtaining the bones of the divine dragon, so I am very unwilling!" ”
Li Muhao immediately stood up and patted his chest and said: "Don't worry, I promise that I will stand in front of you, if someone falls, then the first one is definitely me!" ”
Qingtong added faintly: "As long as we can hold on until dawn, we may not die!" ”
Everyone sighed when they heard this, and persevered until dawn, how difficult it was, the biggest problem was that humans were far less good at night battles than the Zerg, and darkness was always an environment that humans didn't like.
It was also this question that he was thinking about that year, although he had magnetic field perception and low-light night vision, but his partners did not, although their eyesight was far beyond ordinary people, but compared with the Zerg who were good at night fighting, they were still like blind people.
Lighting a torch? It's a pity that there is no material; Ignite the Iron Mantis again? Even if the Iron Mantis gave them a chance, they would not have the remains of the Divine Dragon, and the flames of the Red Cloud had already proved last time that they could not directly ignite the corpse of the Iron Mantis; With a glowing stick? It's just five glow sticks, a drop in the bucket! With Dragon Ball? It's a pity that the Dragon Ball is not the Night Pearl, and without the water source full of aura, the Dragon Ball will not emit luminescence, just a gray .......
After thinking hard that year, there was still no result, if they couldn't solve the problem of everyone's declining observation ability at night, they would definitely not be able to hold on tonight!