Chapter 34: The Centipede (1)
I saw a huge red-headed centipede, dancing with countless steps, and preparing its fiery red head with huge tentacles and mouthparts to poke into the cave where the little secrets were.
The main character's stiff hairs stand on end. Suddenly seeing such a huge and hideous centipede, the protagonist has a sense of trembling in the face of the praying mantis approaching step by step with a scythe.
He was holding his mouthparts wide open, his limbs trembling, and he didn't know what to do. Rush up? I will definitely be easily killed by this centipede's huge mouthparts and thick poisonous tail claws. It's better to run away, yes, run away, just like last time, my life is my own, I must not lose my life again, like in my previous life.
The protagonist's determination to escape has just been established, when Mulan hits him from behind and asks him why he didn't leave. They hadn't seen what was ahead of them.
By this time, the centipede had already penetrated the hole with its antennae, and although its antennae were not long enough to reach the ants buried deep in the nest, the breath of the prey had already made it a little crazy.
Although the opening of the cave is relatively large to carry luggage, it is not enough for centipedes to crawl into it entirely. Then again, if it weren't for the fact that the opening was too big, maybe the centipedes wouldn't have spotted this hidden makeshift camp so easily.
I saw that the red-headed centipede began to wave its huge feet and three pairs of mouthparts, and began to dig the earth with a roar, trying to expand the area of the tunnel. The ants inside are finally alarmed, and although there is a command from the protagonist to sleep, the ants who sense the danger wake up one after another, and there is a noisy friction sound in the cave. It's just that in the face of the centipede with its head on top of the tunnel, they will definitely not be able to rush out.
"It's over, they're all going to die, and the centipedes are still poisonous." The protagonist feels a chill in his heart and is about to sneak away without attracting the centipede's attention. saw Mulan and the others jumping straight down the height of the last rock and rushing towards the centipede. They heard a cry for help coming from the cave.
"Damn!" The protagonist cursed inwardly, and he couldn't run away from these. He was very self-aware that he didn't have a single guard by his side, and if he lost his luggage and food, he wouldn't be able to escape back to the nearest side nest.
"Damn, fight!" The protagonist thinks that the team is full of females, and they dare to fight against this big centipede, and don't be cowardly, it would be too embarrassing for the traverser to run away every time. Sometimes, there is only a small ditch that is not wide between fear and courage, and in this situation where there is almost no way back, the protagonist takes a step across the small ditch.
The protagonist also jumps off the rock, landing steadily on a yellow, half-rotten leaf, chasing Mulan and rushing towards the centipede.
The centipede was digging the earth very fast, and after digging the hole out of the hole that could barely accommodate itself, it hurriedly twisted the first few sections of its body and squeezed it in. The protagonist is anxious when he sees this, although the centipede is not long enough to burrow into the hole at this time, but with this centipede's ability to dig the ground like a grandson, it is a matter of minutes. By the time it had dug through the nest, the little secrets crowded underground would not even be able to launch an attacking formation, and they would be powerless to resist the centipede's huge mouthparts and venomous jaws.
At this time, Wei 9 had already run in front of the centipede first, she hesitated, the centipede's body was covered with chitinous carapace, and it was almost impossible to speak. In the end, she simply bit one of the centipede's countless steps, trying to drag the centipede out of the hole.
Hua Mulan and the other three soldier ants also arrived, and they also had no way to bite the carapace centipede, so they had to bite their feet together and drag them back. The protagonist shook his head from the side, the strength of the four ants was completely insufficient to pull the centipede out of the hole, but the protagonist couldn't find the weakness of this guy at all after a rough look. He simply shrank aside, ready to observe the centipede's weakness while it was safe to do so.
The centipede that was digging the soil felt the ant bite from behind him, the carapace of the foot was not as thick as the body, and the soldier ants used all their strength to bite it to make it feel a pain, especially when Mulan actually bit the weak gap on the joint of the foot.
The centipede immediately retreated from the hole, and as soon as its head left the cave, it began to twist violently on the ground like a dangling long rope, and even kept throwing its back to the ground, and then flicked it back to its normal lying position. The protagonist, who is not far away from the battle, sees the violent rolling of the centipede, and can't help but think of the famous "death roll".
The so-called "death roll" refers to the crocodile biting its prey, tearing the food apart by the force of the rolling body, and then swallowing it.
Although the centipede's tumbling was not intended to tear its prey apart, it effectively interfered with the ants' attacks. Hua Mulan and Wei 4 bit tightly, and they were not thrown off as the centipede rolled around, but Wei 9 was pressed under the centipede and couldn't see his figure.
Wei 10 was thrown to the ground near the tail of the centipede, only to see the centipede turn around, its dark round eyes stared at Wei 10, look carefully at the pair of round eyes, each eye is actually composed of four single eyes, eye contact can make people's scalp tingle. The centipede stretched out its tentacles, trying to grab Guardian 10 with its three-pair mouthpiece and tear her apart.
Wei 10 was quick enough to dodge the centipede's sudden forward attack. At this time, Wei 9 finally crawled out from the centipede's belly, limping and losing his combat effectiveness, and Hua Mulan and Wei 4 were still hanging on the centipede and couldn't make more contributions. The tunnel of the temporary camp was already loosened by the soil cut by the centipede, and a collapse was formed when the centipede quickly withdrew, and the friendly troops in the nest were temporarily blocked underground and could not get out.
The protagonist hides behind a piece of grass and watches Wei 10 face the terrifying giant centipede alone. In the world of insects, the small creatures that humans were accustomed to have become hideous and bloodthirsty at the moment.
Wei 10 was not afraid, and dodged another attack of the centipede, and also took a bite on the tentacles of the centipede, the centipede tentacles were very sensitive, and hurriedly threw Wei 10 away. This time the centipede lost the patience to hunt slowly, only to see it pounce again, although it pounced again, but the largest pair of mouthparts, that is, the jaw claw, pointed to the direction that Wei 10 dodged, and the front end of the jaw claw violently spewed out a stream of red mist, instantly enveloping Wei 10 in it.
Under the gaze of the protagonist who was hiding, Wei 10 convulsed a few times and fell. The centipede saw the opportunity to rush up, and with its jaw claws, it stuffed Wei 10's still convulsive body into its mouth, chewed it and ate it.