Generally speaking, the more sophisticated the parts of a machine, the less noise it emits when it operates.

Under the effect of on-board noise reduction equipment, the sound of the two gasoline-electric hybrid Warrior III.K at medium speed cruising is no louder than that of the all-electric rover.

As the convoy drove by, almost nothing more than the sound of tires running over the dust.

But in this dark and quiet underground space, even this little sound is enough to attract attention.

On the wide-angle display, the pale blue figures are hunched up, their unusually long forelimbs propped up on the ground, moving slowly and silently back and forth in a vigilant gesture.

Turn on the micro-sound amplification device, and you can still hear a squeak that looks like a mouse. It seems that these underground dwellers are whispering.

"All ready to fight." Gou Cao whispered a command. Although the voice was deliberately muffled, he could see the slightest commotion in the figures.

"Check the condition of ammunition and weapons." From the communication device, the voices of Wu Zhe and Meng Jie whispering instructions to their team were heard. After a brief moment of hearing the sound of Suo Suo fiddling with his firearms, the team members reported in turn. The two gave another command to "open the safety and maintain the shooting position." "Two cars of people were immediately in a fighting position. I looked at it harshly, and secretly praised these people for their well-trainedness.

Since it was the first contact and it was uncertain whether it was a hostile organism, according to the National Front's training manual, the best way was to be vigilant and not to take drastic measures to avoid unnecessary trouble. So a carload of people tensed their nerves, but none of them pulled the trigger.

According to the National Front soldiers, they have seen some non-hostile creatures in other areas that have been aberrated by indirect infection, and can survive as long as they leave their territory, but their destructive power can be surprising if they come into conflict.

Now, in addition to these vague outlines, the means of attack, defense ability, and reaction speed of these creatures underground are not clear. Rashly hostile, I don't know what trouble I'm going to get myself into.

But the attack did not happen. The creatures just ran far away, always keeping a distance not too far away.

For the next few minutes, the convoy continued to cruise at a moderate speed. The figures were still running on all fours on either side, no slower than the convoy.

For Gou Cao, rather than the uneasiness of this tense confrontation, he prefers to shoot and do it freely. It's a pity that the anencephaly will only make you die faster.

After driving through a straight and wide passage, the convoy soon encountered a narrow section of road only about three meters wide.

"The long and narrow road ahead, speed through!" Looking at the dark hole in front of the convoy, Gou Ke's uneasiness suddenly doubled.

However, before Gou Cao's words fell, dozens of them suddenly separated from those figures, and suddenly accelerated, blocking the narrow hole. And in the cave, hundreds of pale blue figures appeared.

"Stop, turn on the lights." Seeing this scene, Gou Cao knew that the conflict with these underground creatures was inevitable, in this case, it was better to fight a battle in a bright and bright manner, after all, it was much more convenient to aim directly with the naked eye under the light than through night vision devices. Compared with other presentation devices and the human eye, there will be some distortion at a distance, and Gou Ke and some National Front soldiers have not yet adapted to this deformation.

As soon as the lights were turned on, there was an immediate commotion among those dodging figures, and the screams of unknown meaning soon filled the entire underground space, sharp and piercing. It is clear that these creatures do not have the photophobia that is normally found in underground creatures, but instead appear to be agitated immediately upon the sight of a light source.

Under the searchlight, I could see the appearance of this creature clearly. It is basically humanoid, with snow-white skin and hairless skin, but it is protected by a chitin shell in key parts, a few barbs on the back, and the eyes are partially degenerated to only a single flesh tissue that fluoresces red. The arms are abnormally long, the muscles are about the same as the thighs, and there are no nails, but the bones at the tips of the fingers are sharpened and exposed, and they appear quite sharp. When the mouth is open, its black mouth, sharp teeth, and snake-like tongue can be seen. In peacetime, he is in a state of battle, and when he needs to run fast, he lands on all fours. The mechanism of infection is unknown.

According to the National Front's Expedition Code, the leader of the squad that first discovers a new type of creature has the right to name it. The captain of this team is Gou. Gou Cao decided to name the creature the Earthwalker.

As he watched the dangerous creatures from the roof of the cabin, the earth-walking beasts in Gou's eyes took on threatening postures, and some even turned their lips up, completely exposing their sharp teeth. The fighting spirit is obvious.

One of the earthwalkers climbed onto the top of the cavern, the sharp bones of its fingertips rubbing against each other in a terrifying, scalp-tingling sound. Seeing this, the other earthwalkers began to rub their claws. The result is a permeating symphony. Then they pounced on it.

"Fire!" Gou Ke pulled out the safety pin with his teeth, then pressed the safety clip, and threw a fragmentation grenade out as he gave the order.

In order to cope with the situation of fighting in a confined space, all weapons in the convoy are equipped with suppressors, and the sound of weapons firing has been greatly reduced to the sound of the clacking parts of the gun hitting each other. At such a close combat distance, the sound of gunfire was not even louder than the snapping sound of a bullet hitting the flesh.

As all kinds of weapons fired, under the dense rain of bullets, the first group of earth-walking beasts that approached the convoy quickly fell in droves, leaving only a ground of black blood reflecting the light. Then the grenade exploded, and the fragments knocked down another piece of the Groundwalker. It seems that although these creatures move quickly, they are still weak in the face of guns.

However, weapons can overheat, need to be reloaded, and sometimes jam and malfunction. But these earth-walking beasts seem to be fearless of death, and they continue to rush up one after another. Despite the fact that the National Front soldiers worked well as a team, they staggered the cooling and reloading of their weapons to ensure that there were no gaps in fire. But despite the sheer numerical superiority, the earthwalkers rushed up and tore open the iron cage and sliced the shooter on the roof of one of the Warrior III.K cars to pieces with their claws. Seeing this, the shooter in the other car retreated into the car before the Groundwalkers could rush up.

The windows of the Warrior III.K are made of high-strength military bulletproof materials, and there is no danger of being broken for the time being. But the support of two vehicle-mounted machine guns was lost in an instant, and the situation quickly deteriorated. The tooth-souring sound of the Earthwalker's claws scratching the car's armor also caused the team's morale to drop rapidly.