Section 23: Suicide note
The ceiling was covered with thick silk moss, and huge insect cocoons hung upside down in the silk moss. The moment the beam shone past, it seemed that many dark shadows flickered by, hiding in the backlight.
The sailors drew their long guns and short cannons, and aimed at them with trepidation. However, after a long while, there was no movement, as if the dark shadow I had just seen was just an illusion.
Suddenly, "Bang! A gunshot broke the silence. I don't know who was overly nervous and fired a shot! Suddenly, as if stabbing an ant's nest, the shrill chirping of insects and the sound of hard objects hitting iron tools sounded in all directions at the same time, as if thousands of knotted feet were swimming on the iron sheet.
Everyone stared at the top, all holding their breath, not even daring to take a breath. In the next second, black shadows emerged from the ceiling, opening their sharp mouthparts and letting out a sharp hiss.
"Click", "Click", ......"Click",
With a messy bolt pull, the sailors were ready to go, and at the captain's command, a dense burst of bullets would pour out!
"Wait, don't shoot! There are people in the cocoon! Feng Yun shouted loudly.
At this time, everyone found that the insect cocoon revealed a hazy human form under the direct beam of light. If Feng Yun hadn't reminded him, he wouldn't have been able to see what was inside.
"Withdraw!" As soon as the captain waved his hand, the sailors immediately huddled in a group and retreated.
At that moment, black shadows fell from the ceiling, and there were as many as rain. Iron Slag grabbed the flashlight of a sailor next to him and shone it through. I saw a large patch of arthropods in front of me, each with eight pairs of pointed legs, translucent insect bodies, thin carapaces, and light yellow organs inside. They are both ants and spiders, and they are extremely numerous, densely intertwined, and there is no end in sight.
"Scavenging spider swarm! It's a swarm of scavenging spiders! A famous sailor recognized the creature and cried out loudly.
"!" The captain didn't care what it was, and at the sound of an order, long guns and short cannons rang out one after another.
"Da da da......" "Bang!" "Bang Bang Bang ......" "Bang! Boom! ”
In the darkness, the fire flickered, and all kinds of gunfire intertwined. The sailors had a ragged range of weapons, all brought their own, including submachine guns, rifles, pistols, and even homemade muskets......
In an instant, the scavenging spiders in the front row were beaten to the ground, the milky white liquid splashed everywhere, and the severed limbs flew up and down. Their limbs seem to be brittle and break when they hit them!
After seeing the effect, the sailors were in high spirits and shouted excitedly while pulling the trigger! It's like bullets don't cost money.
The scavenging spider colonies retreated one after another, and they did not dare to rush up at all. It wasn't long before the swarm retreated to the passage on the other side of the hall, fleeing deeper. The captain ordered the pursuit to be stopped, sent more than half of the men to guard the entrance of the passage, and then returned to the middle of the hall with a few men.
The ceiling was four or five meters high, and the captain was about to ask someone to find a ladder, but he saw Feng Yun lying on the ground and jumping up!
With a "poof", Feng Yun didn't seem to control his strength, and hit his head on the insect cocoon, and actually crashed into it! Immediately after, Feng Yun and another figure fell one after the other and fell heavily to the ground.
Iron slag hurriedly went over to check, only to see Feng Yun lying on the ground covered in mucus, while another person was lying on his stomach, gasping for breath.
"They should all be alive, hurry up and save people!" Feng Yun breathed a sigh of relief and immediately shouted.
"Here, take the ladder!" Rick stepped forward, half-crouched down, and said to the iron slag.
Iron Slag immediately jumped on Rick's shoulder, and Rick kicked hard, holding the soles of Iron Slag's feet and pushing hard! The iron slag rose with the help of force, spun around in mid-air, "snapped", and slapped on a cocoon.
The cocoon fell off, and the moment it touched the ground, it burst like a balloon filled with water. Then a figure rolled out, gasping for air.
"Awesome!" Rick gave a thumbs up to the iron slag and smiled. Iron Slag patted him on the shoulder and motioned to continue. Then, they cooperated with each other and photographed all the cocoons.
There were more than forty insect cocoons in total, but only about thirty people were rescued, and the rest were corpses or white bones. Fortunately, the big fat captain of the Star Chaser is still alive. When he came to his senses, he understood the situation.
They had arrived yesterday morning, and as soon as they landed on the island, they were surrounded by Cole's men and asked them to come down and turn on the power. They resisted a little, and they were killed by a dozen people and had to surrender.
Later, they encountered a giant spider near the generator set, and the carapace was so thick that the gunpowder weapon could not be used at all, and then he fell unconscious......
At the end, the captain of the Star Chaser led everyone to the side of the hall, opened a round hatch, and introduced. This is the rest room of the base, which is relatively safe, and they spent the night here last night.
The captain summoned the men guarding the passage, entered the lounge together, and closed the hatch. After it was safe for the time being, the captain of the ship numbered a total of fifty-three people, half of whom had weapons and half had cold weapons.
At this time, the captain of the Star Chaser fumbled along the wall, and it didn't take long for him to find a switch and pull it hard to activate the emergency lighting.
The incandescent light illuminated the lounge, and the personnel of the Star Chaser all lowered their heads, and their emotions were very low. Seeing this, the captain of the Star Chaser sighed deeply and said loudly, "I have no ability to fight that star, and I have caused everyone to suffer." ”
Everyone looked up and looked at their captain with a blank look of despair written on their faces.
"I'm sorry......" Captain Starchaser bowed his head and bowed deeply to them. There were no words, but the despair in his eyes deepened.
Suddenly, there was a loud bang in the lounge! The deafening sound wave echoed through the closed room, causing everyone's ears to buzz. Everyone looked up and saw a heavy wooden table being broken in two by a huge force, and thin sawdust flew all over the sky, which was particularly conspicuous under the illumination of the emergency lights.
Iron Slag stood beside the shattered wooden table, his goshawk-like eyes sweeping over the crowd, and then without saying a word he walked to the corner, leaned in, and closed his eyes under the gaze of everyone.
In the silence, a pair of eyes gradually regained their vitality. At this moment, only invincible heroes can lead them out of the predicament. They don't want apologies, they want hope!
"Come, come, listen to me." The captain clapped his palms and made his plan clear to everyone.
Once out, the captain will look for an opportunity to sneak up on Cole, and then everyone will rush up and ramp around him! And the Iron Slag is responsible for dealing with ordinary soldiers, and wait until Cole's energy is exhausted, then come back and kill him!
Listening to the captain's plan, the crowd fell silent. This tactic is in vain, which is to use human lives to consume Cole's spiritual energy, and then the strongest will kill it.
"Except for him, we are all cannon fodder." The captain pointed to the iron slag and said calmly, "This is our only hope, even if we complete the task according to their requirements, they will kill us, so, don't have any illusions." ”
Listening to the captain's words, many people lowered their heads, and the despair in their eyes resurfaced.
"But......" The captain glanced at everyone, and there was a determination in his determined gaze! He fiercely said: "I am just dead!" Pull a cushion too! I'm a deep-sea fisherman! Sharks across the seven seas! No one can step on our heads and force us to kneel! ”
The captain pointed outside and shouted, "He thinks that he is very powerful and can decide our life and death at will!" Kill our brother at will! You can't do it, you can't! ”
"No way!" "Never!" "Kill him!" "Kill him!" "!" The sailors shouted excitedly.
"Brothers, friends, deep-sea fishermen! With our blood! Sue them! Traditions of the deep sea! The captain jumped on the table and shouted!
"Traditions of the deep sea!" "Traditions of the deep sea!" "Traditions of the deep sea!" "Traditions of the deep sea!" "Traditions of the deep sea!" The crowd responded neatly. Some are furious and vow to be ashamed! Some burst into tears and vowed to avenge their dead brothers! Some are impassioned and vow to defend the traditions of the deep sea!
"Let's write a will......," the captain said, "Brother who survived, please help deliver the letter and pay the pension." ”
"The promise of the deep sea!" The crowd shouted in unison.
The captain took out a pen and put it on the table, then took out the cigarette case, took out the tin foil, tore it into strips, wrote several sheets with a brush, folded them, and placed them in a corner of the table. Subsequently, people stepped forward one after another, found all kinds of pieces of paper, newspapers, and wrapping paper, and simply wrote down their unfulfilled wishes, the people they wanted to find, and the words they wanted......
"What don't you write?" The captain took a cigarette and asked the iron slag on the side.
"I don't have any relatives." Iron slag said lightly.
"You can write to someone you like, or ......," the captain said, taking a puff on his cigarette, "someone who likes you." ”
"Forget it, it's too far......"
"This is a promise from the deep sea, where we go even from the ends of the world to the homeland of the forgotten." The captain said solemnly.
Iron Slag thought about it, and Lena's voice and smile couldn't help but come to mind. He scratched his hair and decided what to write. However, he is not optimistic about this matter, and if even he can't survive, then it is even more impossible for others.
Then Iron Slag sat down at the table, picked up the pen and thought for a while, but could not think of what to write. So he flipped through the pile of notes, found the captain's suicide note, and opened it for reference.
The tin foil reads:
"Beauty, I'm dead, go get married, I wish you happiness."
The payment is Xia Yihan, and then the recipient and address.
Open the other few more, the content is the same, it's the same sentence, even the symbol has not changed, but the recipient and the address are slightly different. Iron Slag couldn't help but scratch his hair, no wonder the captain had just finished writing with a few brushstrokes. Thinking of this, he completely lost his appetite and leaned back into the corner to continue in a daze.
At the same time, at the other end of the lounge, Captain Xia Yihan quietly walked behind Dou Naxing, the captain of the Star Chaser, and craned his neck to peek at what he was writing.
And the preoccupied captain of the Star Chaser didn't notice that there was an extra voyeur behind him, he still bit the tip of his pen and racked his brains to think......
The note had unfinished words written on it: "Dear Sister Ling Haijiao, since I met you for the first time, I have fallen incorrigibly in love with you, please ......"
Looking at the familiar name, Captain Xia Yihan patted the captain of the Star Chaser on the head and scolded in a low voice, "What are you writing for my woman!" ”
Although he was knocked out of his mind, the captain of the Star Chaser was still very calm and replied slowly, "I have the right to pursue it." ”
"You still have a reason to dig into the corner!" The captain scolded in a deep voice and slapped it again.
"You're not married!" Captain Dou Naxing argued with reason, "Isn't it okay to confess before you die?" Isn't it reasonable! ”
"Okay, okay, let's write, let's write......" Captain Xia Yihan waved his hand helplessly and no longer interfered.