Chapter 44: Life hangs by a thread

The Emperor Star Worm suddenly turned around and opened its mouthparts that could cut off the iron plate, and with a "swish", it cut off the left leg of the ant machine in the stunned eyes of everyone.

Adeline exclaimed, apparently not expecting the Emperor Star Worm to abandon Ethan and attack herself.

The Ant Machine lost its balance and fell backwards diagonally.

After the ant machine fell, several Emperor Star Insects outside the gap couldn't wait to get in, and a few huge insect brains would enter through the gap by just a fraction of a second.

"Uhhh Clawrence shouted, and the assault airbag behind him suddenly activated, pushing him through the gap with his flesh and blood.

"Lawrence!" Exclamations from Jeff and Christina were heard over the channel.

I saw that Claurence's mouthparts were clamped by several Emperor Star Worms that shot out from all directions, and the mouthparts were deeply embedded in Clawrence's armor, and red blood poured out from the contact parts, instantly dyeing him into a bloody man.

In the command center, Dora saw Lawrence's actions, as if she suddenly remembered the past experience, tears slipped down her cheeks, and after saying "pay attention to emergencies and watch them well", she wiped a handful of tears and turned around and walked to the central control center next door.

Ethan jerked his right foot to the ground, his body bursting out, and the long sword in his hand slashed angrily at the sickle-like mouthparts that surrounded Flowerrence's body, only to burst out a string of sparks.

The mouthparts of the Emperor Star Worm are the hardest part of their body, even six times harder than the carapace on their back, which can withstand rifle bullets head-on.

Christina also ran over with her shield, but she didn't know what to do when she saw that Lawrence was tightly fastened to the corpse wall.

"Hold on, Laws." Ethan lifted his long sword and stabbed at the Emperor Star Worm that grabbed Laws, but due to the angle, Ethan couldn't do much damage to it in front of him.

Watching the jaws of the Emperor Star Worm penetrate deeper and deeper into Lawrence's body, watching the blood gushing out gradually merge into a pool of blood at Lawrence's feet, and feeling that Lawrence's life force was constantly flowing from his body.

Tears oozed from the corners of Adeline's and Christina's eyes, especially Adeline, who manipulated the Ant Machine to prop up the body, and shouted while opening her two iron palms to block the Emperor Star Worm behind her, "Hold on!" Hold on! ”

After Ethan found that this move was useless, he took out a pot of medicine pills from his backpack and threw it to Christina who was stunned on the side, although Ethan was also exposed to such a cruel scene for the first time, but perhaps because of the nature of the system warrior, he did not show any special panic.

Christina put Xiao Huan Dan into Crorence's mouth, and the drugs produced by the system have the same effect on both system warriors and ordinary people, but in the current situation, Xiao Huandan's therapeutic effect is a symptom rather than a cure. Although Xiao Huandan was able to heal Clarence's wounds and speed up the production of blood, because the artery in Crorence's thigh was severed, large strands of blood gushed out, and according to this situation, he would not last long before he died of excessive blood loss.

Seeing that the long sword was ineffective, Ethan decisively took out the short dagger, drilled into the gap between Lawrence and the Emperor Star Insect, and quickly twitched the sharp weapon in his hand, and took out the minced meat and mucus from its mouthparts.

The insect didn't feel pain, but it could sense the danger, and after receiving a fierce response from Ethan, the emperor insect withdrew its mouthparts and turned to clamp Ethan.

The sharp mouthparts were only half an inch after fully penetrating Ethan's armor before they got stuck on the outer shell of Ethan's body.

However, Ethan was not feeling well at the moment, he was tied to the upper half of his body by jaw pliers, and the lower half of his body was still outside the gap, so he couldn't exert his strength.

Adeline, who had already been in a scuffle, finally tore the evil Emperor Star Worm in half, but she also paid the price of half an iron palm.

Clarence was helped aside by Christina, who had lost so much blood that he was already a little delirious and muttering something incessantly. Christina, on the other hand, handed Xiao Huandan to Grass's mouth again with trembling hands, praying in her heart that he would be able to hold on until the power of the medicine was exerted and the wound would heal.

After taking out the Emperor Star Worm, Adeline didn't have time to rest, and crawled to Ethan's side with the half-crippled Ant Machine, trying to free Ethan from his bondage.

Right now, behind the barricade of insect corpses, it can be described as a bleak and miserable situation.

"I'm coming." Jean's voice came from the channel.

"Bang!" Before he could finish speaking, a gunshot rang out from the other end of the corridor.

While everyone was still stunned, the gunshots rang out again, one shot after another, diverting the attention of the insect tide to the gunman's position.

"It's Jean, he's getting the attention of the biters." Jeff looked at the screen, and Jean, who was lowering the rope and half-hanging in the air aiming at the insect tide, said in surprise.

The sound travels far and wide in the narrow underground passages, covering the entire underground hive. In the seconds after Jean's gunshot, the entire tide of face-eating insects seemed to be boiling, a stream of pheromones spread in the air, and a large number of face-eating insects drilled out of all parts of the hive, and even the hives on the surface heard the movement here, and more emperor insects and mutated face-eaters were touched.

Affected by the hormone pheromones, most of the face-eaters and emperor insects in the insect tide followed the actions of the commanders in the insect tide and went to the source of the gunfire together, perhaps in their eyes, the enemies who could make such a big movement were far more threatening than the enemies in front of them.

The Emperor Star Worm, which had held Ethan with its mouthparts, also let go of its mouthparts and turned to where Jean was.

Turning over and sitting on the ground, Ethan almost fainted as soon as his spirit relaxed. The long-term mental wear and tear had overburdened his brain, but fortunately, he had experienced a lot of anti-stress training before, and his mental toughness had been trained to be very strong, so he would not faint at this time.

"Jean ......" Ethan gasped and said, "protect yourself." ”

"Yes!" Jean replied.

Jean wrapped his feet around the ropes, his body hanging in mid-air and still able to hit a few shots with his incredible marksmanship.

"Jean, the Emperor Star Worm and the Face Eater Worm on the surface have begun to dispatch, return to the surface!" Jeff warned in the channel.

After hearing Jeff's alarm, Jean quickly put away his sniper rifle, used his limbs together, and quickly climbed up.

It took him a moment to get rid of the dozen mutant face-eaters, and as soon as he finished dealing with them, Jean immediately ran to Ethan's aid.

The crisis was temporarily lifted, and except for Lawrence, who was still unconscious, the other two were still in good condition.

"Adeline, is the nutrient solution with you?" Ethan asked, looking sideways at Adeline.

Hearing this, Adeline jumped out of the cabin, took out a few nutrient solutions and handed them to Ethan. Ben thought that Ethan would have some new plans, but he was just hungry and wanted to eat.

Ethan leaned against the pile of corpses behind him, gulping down nutrient solutions in an environment full of insect corpses.

"Let's all have something to eat, we're going to be here for a few hours."

After finishing his lunch, Ethan leaned against the carapace of a face-eating insect and let out an even breathing sound.