Volume 4: The Seed of Holiness (52)

"So, Director Ling didn't give a detailed breakout plan?"

After listening to his son talk about this period of experience, Chang Shengshi fell into deep thought.

"Nope! Director Ling said that the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and it is only possible to make a plan for breaking out on the spot, and a plan that is not formulated in accordance with the situation on the spot will only put the personnel in unknown danger. Therefore, she only formulated a general strategy in the plan, and the implementation of specific tactics was left to our own judgment. ”

Speaking of this, Chang Haotian paused, stuffed a large piece of barbecue meat into his mouth, chewed it a few times, and then gave a thumbs up to Qi Xiang

"Brother, it tastes good! It's delicious every day, and it's no problem to stay here for the rest of your life! I'm going to vomit these days......"

Chang Haotian, who already knew that his father was safe and sound, was worried, and returned to his previous heartless appearance.

"Do you have any plans to break out? The xenos who are chasing us are very strong, and it will definitely not work to force them through, and you should be well aware of this. ”

Chang Shengshi turned his attention to Liu Yuxin, Suzuki Minami's entire plan from the allocation of troops to the course of action revolved around him, and his actions determined the trend of the entire battle situation, and every step affected the life and death of countless people.

Now what Chang Shengshi is most afraid of is that after Liu Yuxin saw the strength of the insect swarm, he decided to stay here and wait for help. This is understandable, waiting for reinforcements to arrive at such a huge difference in strength is the safest thing to do, and Suzuki Minami will definitely do his best to open the way home for him.

It seems that there is no deviation from his original plan, and the forces represented by Liu Yuxin have indeed been dragged into this incident. But as the Zerg's strength gradually surfaced, there was a huge drawback to this plan - even if all the cards were pressed, they would not be able to gather the chips to crush the Zerg in one fell swoop.

Then in order to return Liu Yuxin, a protracted war will definitely be triggered, and the alliance will definitely not be able to survive in it, and it will be dragged into this bottomless quagmire.

"I still don't have a clue. The swarm in front of us is very desperate in terms of the allocation of troops and the ability of high-level leaders, almost blocking the possibility of our frontal breakthrough. But I have an idea."

Liu Yuxin pointed to the lake not far away

"Lieutenant General Chang, do you have a little impression of these lakes scattered all over the tunnels?"

"How can there be no impression? Several times when we fled, we were surrounded by swarms because we strayed into those forks, and we were almost wiped out when we had no way out! ”

"So did Lieutenant General Chang notice the characteristics of these lakes?"

"Features?"

Chang Shengshi lowered his head and pondered for a while, but every time he was in a hurry, he didn't notice anything particularly noteworthy about those lakes

Seeing Chang Shengshi like this, Liu Yuxin guessed that it might be because they were in a hurry to break through and didn't notice the details, and reminded with a smile

"There are fish in those lakes formed by deep depressions!"

"Fish!"

Chang Shengshi's eyes lit up and he slapped his thigh

"yes, I didn't think of that! If it's stagnant water, how can there be fish in every lake, there must be a dark river connecting them together, so fish eggs can be all over every lake! ”

"Yes, those connected lakes are probably tunnels created by creatures in ancient times, and they have been completely submerged by water due to subsidence and other reasons. Although I didn't expect to be lucky enough to find an exit to the outside world, it was not difficult to find a passage dozens of kilometers away. And I've found that the Zerg have very few xenos who are good at moving in the water, and it's almost impossible for them to detect when we pass through the encirclement through the waterway. ”

Liu Yuxin finally added to the plan

"It's really the waves of the Yangtze River pushing the back waves, and the new generation is better than the old! The afterlife is terrible......"

Chang Shengshi has to admire Liu Yuxin's keen ability to grasp things. In his opinion, Liu Yuxin came up with a feasible plan in a few days, solving the biggest problem and making it possible for them to break through safely.

"Then I'm bothering you to explore the underwater terrain these days."

Liu Yuxin made a gesture of all to Johnny

For the exploration of unknown terrain, Anubis, a space warfare equipment with strong environmental adaptability, is best suited for this task. And his team had been hit hard before, and he urgently needed a few days of recuperation.

The other people present were naturally convinced by Liu Yuxin's arrangement, and after just a while, the hope of going home appeared in front of him, and the strength he showed won everyone's respect.

"Then I'll continue to monitor the movement of the swarm for the next few days."

Qi Xiang took the initiative to take up the task of investigation

"So hard for you!"

Liu Yuxin nodded and thanked him, he really couldn't spare manpower

"Then I'll do some underwater adaptation modifications to the Raider mech, although I haven't done it for a long time, but I graduated with SSS Grade 3 credits in mechanical engineering back then!"

Chang Shengshi also made arrangements for his work, and he was still quite proud of his deeds back then.

It's time to do everything you can to increase the possibilities of a safe retreat, and any chips need to be added. Although the Raider was designed with the isolation of the outside environment in mind, it is not a professional water combat equipment after all, and some details still need to be slightly changed.

"Okay, let's work a little harder during this time, and strive to meet up with the receiving troops within the planned limited time!"

……

Three days later

Qi Xiang returned to the camp after a round of inspections, and his companions, who had been busy for a few days, were waiting for news from him.

"How?"

"The swarm hasn't moved, and we probably haven't noticed what we're trying to do."

Liu Yuxin is very satisfied with the current situation.

The swarm has been unexpectedly honest these days, which allowed them to successfully complete the survey of the underwater road and the task of modifying the mech. On the other hand, although Liu Yuxin's medical spirit suit energy was almost exhausted and could not treat the wounded, the evolutionary's strong regenerative ability made the injuries of the team members healed nine times out of ten, and they had already recovered their combat ability.

"Act according to the plan!"

Liu Yuxin waved her hand forward and gave the order to transfer

Everyone followed Anubis into the water one after another, and Qi Xiang, who was at the end, looked at the temporary camp where he had lived for more than ten days again, and plopped into the water.

The heavy mech sneaks underwater, trekking and following Anubis on his way home. In some places, where they were too soft to bear the weight, Anubis would start the engine and take them to the right place. With no xenomorphs to hinder them, they traveled very quickly, following Anubis to land after passing through numerous underwater tunnels.

"I guess I escaped alive, right?"

After going ashore, Chang Shengshi sighed

"We are about thirty kilometers away from that Zerg base, and it is not safe for the insects to rush over at full speed for only ten minutes, so let's go quickly......

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Firefly is puzzled now, and it has been a long time since he received a report of what happened to his men and those mechs. In the past, in order to prevent their own surprise attacks, they often had mechs to detect their movements and were witnessed by patrol teams.

That's a bit unusual!

Although he was afraid that the team would restrain his subordinates not to disturb them, the other party didn't know why they would withdraw their sentries with confidence? Have they migrated again?

Fireflies summon their men and let them check on their opponents' camps, but they can't get them out of their control!

However, after anxiously waiting, the news came that all the humans were missing.

They're all gone!

Shocked to hear the news, Hotaru decided to go over and see it for herself.

The abandoned camp only left some household garbage on weekdays, and all the things that were not easy to carry were abandoned on the site, and there were no other xenoinvasive phenomena in the entire camp, and they were not forced to evacuate.

Why would they want to evacuate a camp with such adequate supplies for no apparent reason? You must know that it is very rare to come all the way to a suitable place like this lake to camp, because he has to meet many conditions such as good defense effect, many living materials, and convenient retreat.

And there is only one reason to retreat in a planned way like this, they have found an opportunity to go back!

The situation of the territory itself is still roughly clear, the connection between the outside world and the underground is still far away, plus the delay at the fork, it is a question of whether those humans can go out in their lifetime. They would not be departed because of this slim hope, because it would be more reliable to go home by the way they came, if they could break through their own blockade.

Combined with the fact that there are many squads making trouble elsewhere, there must be a huge response in the near future to clear the way home for them.

The combination of these circumstances leads to a single answer: the group of people did not know how to skip their own interception and were on their way back!

I made such a big negligence!

Enraged, he returned to his base and immediately announced the order for the return of the whole army.

"Smack~"

"Pap~Pap~Pap"

……

The unhatched cocoons on the blanket burst into puddles of juice that were absorbed. The various xenomorphs hidden in the burrows also broke through the ground, and several agile huge beetles scratched dozens of pairs of limbs, came to the swarm of workers, shook their bodies, and unfolded the carapace behind them, revealing a back that was strong and concave inward, and several war insects put the workers into their pockets one by one to protect them.

"Gollum~Gollum ......"

The Roshan that was neutralized on the fungus blanket also began to wither rapidly, and the fungus coat covering almost the entire ground also began to shrink, and in less than a moment, the whole body lost its vitality.

A few war insects tore open the shrunken mountain of flesh and carefully pulled out a piece of pink flesh (creature?) from it. ) into a beetle in the center of the circle.

After the fireflies gave the order, several teams of war insects as sentinels ran on the way back first, and disappeared after a while.

A few minutes later, a team of war bugs ran back and let out a chirp at the worm array.

The whole swarm began to move, flooding aisle after aisle like a tidal wave.