Volume 4: The Seed of Holiness (45)
A dense layer of fungus covers every inch of the lake's edge, stretching as if it were before, enveloping everything as far as the eye can see. One by one, the flattened lice waged their short tails into a freshly dug hole, and took the shiny rocks out of their mouths and lowered them into another deep pit of green foam on the fungus blanket. And the pit was like a bottomless pit, and the rocks were thrown down without the slightest change.
A team of war insects from far to near, threw the corpse of the original creature in their mouth on the fungus blanket and hurried away. There was a popping sound in the center of the fungus blanket, and dozens of large lice came out and swam up to the corpses, biting them with their mouths and dragging them to the edge of the pit and pushing them down.
After doing all this, the workers returned to where they had first appeared, and disappeared after a while.
It seems that the rock leaf insect swarms are very good at burrowing, and they also like to hide underground. Although there were not a few xenomorphs in the open land covered by the fungus coat in the thousands of squares, Liu Yuxin was sure that as long as other creatures dared to invade here, countless insect swarms would immediately emerge.
The lake and its surrounding area have now been converted into their own temporary camps by the rock leaf insect colony, and in addition to the caves and deep pits of unknown use, there is also a mountain of flesh covered in bumps and holes on the fungus carpet, and several black-brown larvae (presumably larvae because of their small size) wriggle on the coat under the flesh, occasionally nibbling a few bites.
Liu Yuxin hid in a pile of rocks and observed for a while, and then came back from outside a team of war insects, each with a huge circular stump in their mouths, and several of them had the corpses of their companions in their mouths. It seems that this time they hit hard stubble, and the team suffered casualties.
As usual, the contents of the mouth were put on the fungus blanket, and the insects left again. Shortly after the worker worm pushed all the corpses into the pit, the larvae, which were gnawing on the fungus blanket, suddenly rose up like a snake, and the surrounding mycelium intertwined with the larvae's body, and then began to grow wildly. Within a few minutes, several larvae had formed giant cocoons.
In the cocoon that is difficult to see, the rock leaf larvae grow rapidly, and they have doubled in just ten minutes! It seems that in a few days, the xenos inside will take shape and emerge from the cocoon.
The ugly Roshan suddenly squirmed, and the frightened Liu Yuxin tried to shrink herself as hard as she could and held her breath.
Several light-colored larvae were squeezed out of the holes in Roshan, just as many as the corpses of the war bugs that had been thrown into the pit.
"it!"
Liu Yuxin almost exclaimed.
The rock leaf insect swarm turned out to replenish its combat power in this way! In just a few days, you can complete the process from birth to cocoon breaking, and fighting a protracted war with such a group is simply a nightmare!
Liu Yuxin carefully changed the position of the lurking position, and finally determined that there were only a few scorpion kings sitting in this Zerg base. And the number of biters was much smaller than expected - probably sent out to hunt.
Liu Yuxin, who had found out the situation, quietly slipped back to the team and described what she had seen.
"So the swarm may have been focusing on searching for supplies due to its recent lack of supplies?"
Liuli's right fist smashed lightly in the palm of his left hand
"It's a great opportunity for a breakthrough! The swarm doesn't have the power to intercept them in the way, as long as we take care of their sentry and don't let it respond to our approaching information, we can break through their interception before their main force reacts."
"But I always feel a little unsure, as if I've missed some important information......
Liu Yuxin was still hesitant, she must have neglected something, her intuition would not deceive her, and she had escaped the hunt of the lurking spider by relying on it in the first place.
"Don't hesitate any longer! The opportunity is fleeting, and it won't be so easy to break through when those swarms come home."
Chang Haotian was unwilling to let go of any opportunity
"But ......"
Liu Yuxin turned her gaze to Shen Hongbing, the most experienced member of the team, hoping that he could give her some pertinent advice, but Shen Hongbing did not speak.
Yes, no one would unreasonably delay the rescue until there is obvious evidence.
As the saying goes: saving people is like fighting fire! In case, if something happens in the delayed time, wouldn't it be a lifetime of regret?
"Well, we're ready to start the assault right away"
Liu Yuxin said helplessly
There is no way out, only to choose a surprise attack.
Ten minutes later, Liu Yuxin's team was ready for an assault
"At the beginning of the assault, we will follow the mark given by Anubis at the fastest speed (Super Mode), and do not stop under any circumstances!"
Liu Yuxin, who was lurking a few hundred meters away from the fork, stared at a team of war insects that were patrolling
"Understood!" x5
"Okay, now the assault begins!"
Liu Yuxin took the lead in pulling out the laser Gatling to jump out of the shadows, turned on all the lights and rushed forward, and the beam of light sprayed by the Gatling in his hand instantly cut only one of the Zerg patrols.
The rest of the group shot a volley of surviving xenos down, opening the way to the Allies' Lost Lands.
"Quick, quick! The swarm has been alarmed, and we must hurry! ”
Although the Zerg patrol didn't have time to raise the alarm, the sound of gunfire was definitely captured in the silent cavern, and the entire team had to get out of here before the swarm appeared in large numbers.
After the gunshots rang out, the scattered xenos who were already alert rushed towards the fork in the road, but were blocked at the intersection by the running King Kong with Gatling. When the group passed the fork in the road without danger, the black swarm was already clearly visible.
"Let's go!"
Seeing that Gatling could no longer suppress the rapidly approaching insect swarm, Liu Yuxin took Gatling away, turned around and ran. Passing through a few corners has caught up with the rest of the team.
"How's it going?"
Liu Yuxin, who had just joined the team, asked
"Everything went well, we didn't have any surprises"
"Didn't encounter any surprises? Worst! We were fooled! ”
Hearing Shen Hongbing's report, Liu Yuxin finally understood that she had neglected there! The weakening of his own perception and the isolation of the Anubis team's communications show that there is no doubt that tactical support is deployed in this area, so at least there should be at least one high-level tactician in the swarm! But just now Liu Yuxin only found the Scorpion King as the core of the battle at the base!
Then the biggest possibility is that your own perceptual peep has been detected as soon as you come into contact with the obstacle force field, and although the opponent cannot accurately locate your position, you can definitely have a new enemy invading.
So just put your squad into the passage with only two exits to catch turtles in an urn! Liu Yuxin was now sure that there must be a Zerg team waiting for the rabbit not far ahead, otherwise it would be difficult to explain why they didn't encounter even one Zerg interception in the five or six minutes from covering his teammates' retreat to catching up with the team again.
According to the speed of the speeding mecha in the Super Mode, they have already advanced nearly twenty kilometers in the past few minutes, and it is impossible that there is not even a single xenomorph hunting in the range of more than 20 kilometers!
"Fooled? What's going on? ”
Ruri asked, puzzled
"I don't need to explain, see for yourself......"
As they spoke, they turned another corner, revealing themselves to a dense swarm of insects packed with long corridors - and a beautiful head floating in mid-air!