Chapter 345: Infected Civilians
The carrier-based aircraft of the Ark successfully entered the atmosphere of the planet, and at this time, from the sky, the entire planet was already purple, and the ground was full of wriggling sarcomas and internal organs, and the living organs that served as a Zerg fungus blanket were constantly hatching more Zerg troops.
Everyone in the Avengers was frightened by this twisted creature, and although they had fought with many alien creatures, it was the first time they had seen such a terrifying sight.
Especially Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, who participated in this kind of operation for the first time, how could they have seen such a tragic scene? At the same time, it also made them realize that this mission was really not simple, after all, they needed to face the Zerg creatures all over the planet.
There was certainly no hope that there would be any living people on the fungus blanket, so the carrier-based aircraft landed in the only forest area that had not been completely covered by the fungus blanket.
Probably because the tall trees have slowed down the spread of the fungus blanket a little, or it will take some time for the fungus blanket to decompose this forest, so this has become the last pure land on the entire planet, but this pure land will probably disappear soon.
After Qiao Lu set foot on the land of this planet, the system immediately sent a prompt:
"Land on the planet Antura and earn 350 civilization points."
Sure enough, it's a planet that I haven't heard of, but it's understandable that the human Tyranid Empire in StarCraft has so many colony planets, and most of them don't appear directly in the game's plot.
Only then could Jory not expect to do nothing and wait for Jim Reno's Rangers to arrive. There is no such episode in the Wings of Liberty plot, and he can only find a way to attract the rangers to this galaxy on his own.
The task of finding the survivors on this planet becomes even more crucial!
Just because the fungus blanket hasn't fully spread doesn't mean it's free of insect swarms.
From time to time, jumping insects can be seen running and passing by in the forest, and I am afraid that they are also looking for humans who are still alive here. Once they find out, I'm afraid that an overwhelming swarm of insects will rush towards them immediately.
Qiao Lu reminded: "Pay attention to concealment! Our goal is to rescue, not fight, don't provoke these bugs! ”
After seeing that there is a fungus blanket covering almost the entire planet of the Zerg outside, a little relaxation may usher in the siege of the swarm. In such a situation, no one dares not to cheer up.
Despite their large numbers, the bugs do lack senses, and with a little attention they can avoid this zerg creature that looks like a hunting dog but doesn't have a sharp nose at all.
What really needs to be watched out for is the occasional eyeworm floating in the sky, which looks like a balloon with eyes, and is the real reconnaissance unit of the Zerg.
It is covered with creepy eyes, with a 360-degree field of view without dead ends, and six sensitive light-sensitive tentacles growing around its body, even optical camouflage cannot escape the detection of this kind of eyeworm, and it is difficult to escape its multispectral monocular at the speed of Quicksilver.
Under Qiao Lu's reminder, the group could only pay attention to whether there were eyeworms patrolling over the jungle at any time, and once they found it, they could only take a detour, and they didn't dare to test whether this creature really had anti-stealth ability.
Luckily, the euglena is not really clairvoyant, and there is always a way to get around its field of view as long as you spot them through a telescope in advance.
"A balloon has been spotted ahead." The old cat, the sniper on the team, said that for these swollen creatures floating in the air, it would simply call them balloons.
"But it looks like it's ······ Excretion? ”
Obviously, the old cat originally wanted to say, but in the end it was changed to a more civilized statement.
"Excretion?"
Qiao Lu curiously picked up the telescope and looked at it, and sure enough, he saw a creature like a balloon emitting a large amount of filth to the ground, which was really disgusting.
It's just that this is not an eye worm, but the Zerg's transport unit King Worm, although it looks like a living balloon floating in the air, but the King Worm does not have so many eyes, instead of a larger abdominal sac, and a slower movement speed.
Its excretion is actually secreting a bacterial blanket, and after successfully contaminating a certain area, the king worm will grow away.
Qiao Lu knew that the Zerg would not order the king worm to secrete the fungus blanket for no reason, which could only mean that there was something worth caring about there.
"Let's go and have a look."
Everyone cautiously came to this area contaminated by the fungus blanket, and sure enough, they saw a building complex like a forest hut in the place where the king worm excreted just now, I am afraid that many people were hiding here when the Zerg invaded, but now they have been flooded by the fungus blanket.
All of the human structures that had been flooded with mushrooms were covered with what looked like internal organs, and the entire walls seemed to be covered in entrails and carrion, and the flesh was still beating and disgusting.
"There's someone in there!" Wanda the Scarlet Witch exclaimed that there were indeed traces of human activity in these mutated buildings.
It's just that when these so-called "living people" walked out of the building, everyone fell silent.
I saw that these people had twisted and terrifying appendages on their bodies, which looked like parasites had drilled out of their bodies, their palms had completely turned into sharp claws with Zerg characteristics, and their entire heads were wrapped in a disgusting organ, as if their entire brains had been eroded by the Zerg.
It's not so much alive as the walking dead, and this kind of transformation is more terrifying than the biochemical virus, and the feeling of feeling the bug burrow through one's body until it is completely unconscious must be more desperate than being gradually eroded by the biochemical virus.
"You call this a man?" Liu Peiqiang immediately raised his gun and said, "I think it's better to end their suffering as soon as possible." ”
Indeed, these infected humans have lost the slightest sense at all, and simply want to infect other people with their parasite eggs, as if this will alleviate their pain a little.
The Zerg didn't even look down on these infected civilians, and did not include them in the official Zerg troops, but simply regarded them as a kind of disposable biological weapons made of local materials, and they would die of running out of nutrients in a few days.
Qiao Lu sighed slightly: "We need to confirm whether the distress signal is from here." ”
If these infected humans are the survivors who sent out the distress signal, then Qiao Lu is one step late!