Chapter 37: The Manor Crisis (3)
A few people looked towards the lair, and beside the dilapidated farm gate, a dense mass of insects had crossed the fence and were gnawing at a large, mutated creature that looked like a camel on the ground.
"The Ferent Face Eater, a mutated insect, has a habit of living in groups and has a very strong sense of territory. Although only more than twenty targets can be seen on the Life Detector, there should be more face-eaters hidden underground, as well as the face-eater king. Jeff said.
"It's too dangerous, you guys fix where you are, and get ready to turn back to the shelter." After a brief analysis, Dora commanded in the channel.
Although the combat ability of the fifth combat team may be able to eat the swarm of this face-eating insect, Christina and the others are still only novices after all, and they are not experienced in all aspects, and the number of bugs hidden underground is unknown, so it is too risky to act rashly.
Ethan and the others are still more than 200 meters away from the farm, so Ethan can't detect the level of those bugs through the combat system, but according to Jeff, the level of these bugs is similar to the wild wolf before the mutation last time, that is, level 6 or 7.
"Huh? I remember that these faceeaters were slow and easily provoked, and maybe we could lure them out and kill them little by little. Claurence.
"That's right! And we have the Ant Class, and we have heavy weapons to press the array, as long as we don't go deeper. Christina obviously didn't want to give up halfway, and she very much agreed with Flowerence's statement and responded to it.
"But don't forget, faceeaters dig into the ground. The range of these insects is usually densely packed with insect passages, although they are not visible on the surface, but they may already be in all directions underground, densely packed with their underground passages, and will come out to surprise you when you feel that you are sure of victory. Dora reminded in the channel.
Everyone was silent, but Ethan walked to the rocky ground next to him, carrying a stone in each hand, and threw it into the distance.
"Poof" "poof", the head-sized stone was easily thrown by Ethan and thrown dozens of meters.
"So what? As long as you build a platform, you don't have to worry about attacks underground. Ethan was more reluctant than anyone else to give up on his goal, and the slow-crawling bugs in front of him were a string of moving experience points in his eyes.
Ethan's words woke everyone up, and they began to give advice.
"We also need to increase the coverage area, otherwise it may still sink if the underground is hollowed out."
"Or let Adeline test the ground first, Jeff, can you calculate how much weight can crush the hollow ground?"
"The key is not actually on the ground, we have to know the layout of the worm road, we can dig a hole in the worm road first, put a detector in it to investigate the situation of the worm nest before making the next decision."
Several people in the fifth squad were discussing enthusiastically, although the idea of captain Ethan may not be reliable, but his words ignited their enthusiasm, as long as they don't give up, there are always more ways than difficulties.
Ethan has already expressed his attitude, although Dora does not approve of their decision to continue the temptation, although the suggestions and ideas put forward by several people are meritorious, but in the long process of practice, the predecessors have come to the conclusion through repeated failures: there is never a perfect strategy to deal with the swarm.
After a few seconds of silence, Dora pressed the call button in front of her and said in the channel: "Ethan, stand on the slope with thick soil, Chris is building a three-three-one defense line in place, and Lawrence and Adeline will blast the soil layer at the location I marked, throw the detector in it after the blasting is completed, and then immediately retreat." Jean is in charge of observing, and as soon as there are bugs at the 120 and 170 positions of the farm, they will be notified immediately, do you understand? ”
"Roger!" A loud voice sounded, and the morale of the group was high, and after receiving instructions from the commander, they immediately went into action.
Dora's style of doing things has always been straightforward and decisive, and hesitant people are not suitable to be commanders. After thinking about the pros and cons for a few seconds, Dora agreed to Ethan's continued tentative approach, and immediately gave the most secure plan so far.
Every swarm that can stand in the wilderness is not to be underestimated, they are not fat sheep to be slaughtered, and they must be treated with 12 points of spirit.
As Adeline and Claurence's walk down the rocky slope to approach Dora's marked location, Dora reminds in the channel, "Adeline, remember how I taught you to walk? With that ......"
Before Dora could finish speaking, Adeline's screams and Lawrence's exclamations could be heard.
"Bang!" The shallow soil layer could not withstand the weight of the ant number and fractured directly. A hole suddenly appeared in the flat ground, and the Ant Class and its pilot disappeared in place. It can be seen that these tunnels are very thick, not ordinary narrow tunnels, and it is very likely that a large swarm of insects lives underneath this ground.
"Fack!" Dora couldn't help but burst out directly, her eyes widened, staring at Adeline's perspective in the window in front of her.
"Ahh Adeline! Christina put down the stone in her hand and ran straight in the direction of the two of them.
Ethan grabbed Christina, and although he was surprised, he was not worried about Adeline's safety, and the Ant's combat power was actually much higher than his.
Lying on the ground, Jean with a goggle in his hand continued to observe his target as if he didn't know what was happening.
After being pulled by Ethan, Christina also calmed down and asked in the channel, "Adeline, can you hear me?" Are you okay? ”
When the smoke and dust kicked up, Adeline was a little uneasy to control the ant machine to look around, but due to the lack of light and the influence of dust, she couldn't see the surrounding environment clearly for a while.
"I'm fine, I'm sorry Commander, I ......." Adeline heard her teammates' voices and reacted, saying apologetically.
"Adeline, try to see if you can grab the wall behind you and climb up." Dora stared at the surroundings on the screen, capturing some details despite the poor lighting conditions. This is supposed to be a mine in the past, and although there are traces of the activity of the face-eating insects on the walls of the cave on both sides, traces of human mining can still be seen in some places.
Adeline watched left and right, and several face-eaters in the passage felt the movement coming from this side, and moved their six arthropods one after another, crawling towards the ant machine piloted by Adeline.