It was a sudden pause and tilted his head sideways, as if listening or thinking. A few seconds later, he announced to the crowd, "Alesia is finished." ”

John. A. Worden destroyed Alesia.

Although he knew that this unfortunate incident was destined to happen, and he had been prepared for it, when he really heard the news, He Xie still felt pity: if the Lord God had a mission, they might find a way to help the crew on Alesia, as well as the two squads of soldiers. They're good people, but they don't have as many bonus points, so the Hell Squad would rather stay here and slaughter bugs.

That's right, slaughter. This is the most apt word that He Xie can find. He didn't have this idea when the swarm charged again and again, but now he felt that the whole battle was not like a battle at all, the situation was too one-sided, and it was just that the bugs were lining up to send people to their heads, so that they could easily score points.

It's a game.

However, the game is almost over, and there must be more bugs on board, but only a few are left in front of them......

No, not a single one. Ho Xie quickly corrected his statistics. In the time he paused to think, all the bugs were wiped out, leaving only hundreds of wreckage.

He Xie didn't know how many he had killed, dozens or hundreds, except for the three newcomers, the others were almost in this range. It's unusual that they've earned many times more bonus points than they've put in—what He Xie means is that even if the Lord God doesn't restrict the way to farm points, there's no need to make it so easy.

There are no plasma bugs, and the queen does not use psionic powers. If it attacks their brains with psionic energy, if not directly damaging their minds, and the plasma bugs provide fire support from a distance, the situation will be completely reversed......

Very interesting idea, we will try it if we still have the chance.

An unfamiliar voice that could not distinguish the speaker's gender suddenly entered He Xie's brain, mechanical, rigid, and without tonal fluctuations, like a beginner learning to speak.

"Who are you?" He asked reflexively.

We are the swarm.

Before his brain was completely occupied by the endless, unbearable pain, He Xie only had time to flash a strange thought: I wonder if the glass slag will ask for royalties. Then this thought also disappeared, leaving only a blank, but it was not very long, maybe only a few tens of seconds, He Xie quickly regained consciousness, and then found himself kneeling on the deck, holding his head and screaming hysterically.

And he's not the only one doing it.

Qin Lang, Regular, and three newcomers, most of the members of the Hell Squad were rolling around on the deck like him, or worse. Only Mo Fei and Guo Bo were in a slightly better situation, but they were also very limited, they both covered their heads with one hand, their bodies shook gently, and most of them just gritted their teeth and insisted.

It only means one thing......

"The Queen!" Guo Bo's voice seemed to be squeezed out between his teeth, "She's attacking us!" ”

"What should we do?" Qin Lang asked, panting with difficulty. However, he had stopped shouting and seemed to be recovering.

However, Mo Fei's recovery is faster - after all, for users of the Dark Force, pain can bring anger, and anger means strength.

He unleashed his power, and everything around him twisted, cracked, and deformed.

He Xie crawled slowly on the floor, doing everything he could to stay away from such deadly danger. He almost succeeded, and his body left the radiant range of the Force, but he still didn't escape Mo Fei's voice. It wasn't loud, but it made his ears and brain buzz and he felt a palpitation for no apparent reason—the effect of the Force. If you rule this out, it's just a simple requirement: "Focus." ”

"Focus." He repeated, then continued, "The queen's attack won't last long. ”

He Xie didn't know how he got this inference, perhaps through the Force's ability to predict. In any case, it doesn't have much practical significance, maybe Guo Bo and Qin Lang can, but the others can't concentrate even for a few seconds, it's too difficult to do it at all.

Thankfully, there is another way.

He Xie opened his helmet, aimed it at the floor, and slammed it hard.

And he did succeed.

At the same time, Carmen. Ibana returned to the bridge with the rest of the soldiers. In a short period of time, she had an unprecedented experience: watching a starship explode into a fireball in front of her at close range and without shelter, then being chased by the swarm, having to run like a motorized infantryman, and now losing contact with the L-6 base and Rego. This is undoubtedly better than Roger. The time after Yang was destroyed was much worse, and although she was facing a brain worm trying to drain her brain, at least it didn't cost her energy, and Xander — and then Rigo — was always with her.

But to make matters worse, she still couldn't understand why an unmanned Federation warship would aim and fire at another Federation warship.

"Jenkins wants to warn us." Varro told her a piece of news that surprised her.

"Carl is still alive?"

"He locked himself in a bug cage."

"And you're only telling me now?"

She was angry, but Varro was also full of anger, which made his tone seem disrespectful enough: "Listen, captain, if you're going to listen to the full report, I'm ready." ”

Then he told what had happened at Fort Casey: "After Jenkins found a worm at Fort Cayce, he ordered us to capture it alive. I knew that trying to capture the worm alive would result in serious casualties, and I had no intention of sacrificing my soldiers for it. ”

"That's why he arrested you." Ibana pondered, but couldn't find the point, "but he ended up getting the queen worm...... Wait a minute, why is that queen worm able to control a starship? ”

"You should ask Jenkins."

Suddenly, John. A. Worden began to shake again - the thrusters of the battleship were gradually increasing in power. She came to life completely, slowly picking up speed, pushing away the pieces of Alesia, and heading forward.

"We're moving again." Ibana looked at some of the readings on the display and then announced the results.

Doherty hurried to her side. "Where?"

"I don't know." Ibana replied that she thought things might be bad, "but if the queen is in control......

Varro also thought about it and told her, "We have to stop the queen worm." ”

"How?"

"Go back to the engine compartment and turn off the engine."

Doherty considered it an impossible task: "We don't have enough soldiers and ammunition. ”

"There may not be enough ammunition, but we should still have enough soldiers." Varro said. He wasn't referring to this guy on the bridge. There were only eight motorized infantrymen here, which was really not enough. A. Worden has another group of people. "Captain He Xie's special forces are still here."

"What?" Not only Ibana and Doherty, but also the other soldiers felt that his ideas were too illusory. Hax immediately objected: "Major, we haven't heard from them for a long time. ”

"We can try." After speaking, Varro began to call He Xie: "This is Varro, Team 3, please answer when you hear it." ”

There was only silence in the communicator, and he waited for a few seconds, then repeated.

After a few more seconds, an indifferent voice that did not belong to He Xie came out, bringing undisguised mockery. "Major, I'm Mofei. I didn't expect you to be stuck on this ship, and I have to say, I'm very surprised. ”

Varro began to think that the lieutenant colonel of the Military Intelligence was a difficult bastard.

He held back his anger and told Mo Fei: "Alesia has been destroyed, and the queen of worms has taken control of John. A. Worden. ”

Varro thinks he might need some up-to-date information, but his answer suggests he already knows about it. "Yes, I've noticed that the ship is moving."

His tone had become much like Jenkins. The Major decided to do it simply, lest his patience wear off prematurely. "I decided to go back to the engine compartment and turn off the engine. But we are short of soldiers and need your help. ”

Instead of agreeing to or vetoing his proposal, Mo Fei asked, "How many of you are left?" ”

"Eight."

"We have six more." Mo Fei continued, "I agree with your plan, Major, but you will have to wait a little while the Captain is still unconscious. ”

"What's wrong with him?" Varro asked, partly worried, partly curious.

Mo Fei used a mixture of teasing and sympathetic tone to explain to him what was happening, which was not entirely in line with the actual situation, and there was a slight discrepancy: "There is a little situation." The bug queen uses psychic abilities to spy on the captain's brain, so he stuns himself. ”

He concealed the Worm Queen's psychic attack on all the members of the Hell Squad, believing that there was no need to mention it, and that it would weaken the possible effect of He Xie's actions: now, everyone who heard it was in a state of speechlessness. He Xie's actions are commendable, very decisive, and brave, but also very reckless, and the results will not be very good. Whether it's a human or a zerg, psychic abilities are not so easy to deal with.

But since he had already done so, they could only accept it while waiting for him to regain consciousness.

He Xie was in John. A. Worden wakes up after passing through a wormhole to Mars. He opened his eyes, and there were no eyes of concern, only a few faces with helpless words written on them, distorted by what he had forcibly endured.

"What's wrong?" He asked curiously.

"We lost two people." Qin Lang told him, "That middle-aged woman died directly from the psychic attack of the insect queen, and by the time we realized it, she had already been dead for a while, and the other ......"

He moved away so that He Xie could see.

The other person who died was Gao Bo, who fell face down on the deck, but He Xie couldn't tell the cause of his death.

"How did he die?"

"He was going to imitate your actions and knock himself unconscious, but you strengthened your body, and he didn't, and he didn't have the angles and powers." Qin Lang patted He Xie's shoulder, "I must say, you brought a bad head." ”