December 17, 2070 17:50 __Shariz Star Centipede Rift Valley__Underground Passage__

"I can't believe that there are so many native species on Shariz Star...... "In this place hundreds of meters underground, the darkness does not occupy everything, and all kinds of plants and animals illuminate the darkness. The faint blue "fireflies" flutter among the many lantern plants and half-human-tall "enoki mushrooms" of fluorescent plants, and their neighbor moss insects slowly wriggle on the rock wall, also glowing with a faint white light, and the entire underground passage is illuminated in a colorful light. Life, everywhere, shines with dazzling brilliance.

Mark walked slowly, and where he stood, the tiny but numerous bryophytes shimmered, and Mark felt as if he was walking on a divine path. The alien plants like dandelions on the side of the road were blown by the breeze, and floated back and forth between the caves like little stars, circling around Mark with the "fireflies".

No one would have thought that in this lifeless underground, there is a beautiful scenery that is difficult to see on Earth. Mark froze in place, and some "fireflies" and "dandelions" fell on him, turning him into a "light man". Watts, who came up from behind, was also stunned, standing in the middle of the road in a daze, so that El and James, who followed closely behind, did not "brake the car", and "bang" knocked Watts out, blowing a large number of "dandelions" from both sides of the road, and for a while, the entire underpass became a "starry sky".

"Dead Watts, why are you in the middle of the road?" "That's it, you really think you're 'blocking the center'!?" Cursing and scolding, they got up from the ground, and El and James were also stunned for a moment. Then, the tragedy happened...... there were two more muffled sounds, and two other "bangs", Carl and Stephen followed in the footsteps of El and James, and the number of people lying on the ground instantly became five, and they were stacked Arhats......

The corners of Mark's mouth twitched, and he said secretly: "If these guys bump into the Zerg here, they'll have fun." "Doot-" The bioprobe suddenly let out two soft sounds, and two small yellow dots appeared on the tactical map. (Note: Green is allies, red is Zerg, blue is Protoss, and yellow is unknown.) "There is a situation! Raising the AGH12, Mark vigilantly aimed into the depths of the cavern and turned on all observation systems (infrared thermal imagers, low-light night vision devices, microwave reflective radar) to look into the deep cavern passages. The five Watts had already stood behind Mark at some point, and the five AGH1 guns and 2 muzzles were pointed at the depths of the cave in unison.

"The unknown creature is still approaching, and it is preliminarily determined to be a creature from the crypt of Sharitz. Distance: 120 meters...... 100 m ...... 85 m ...... 75 meters...... 54 meters...... 40 m ...... 30 m ...... 25 meters ...... "Now, even without the Bioprobe, Mark can lock on to the location of unknown creatures, because they are right in front of Mark's eyes.

"T-" The unknown creature cried out, stopping 20 meters away, looking at Mark Six warily. The crypt creature of Shariz is somewhat similar to a mole, but its limbs are longer, and its volume is dozens of times that of an Earth mole, about one meter and seven years long. "This ......" "It's so strange." "Grab two and sell them back to Earth." "Uh......" "Looks like the natives of this cave, but why do they run around where there are Zerg?" No one answered Mark's question, but that doesn't mean there isn't, because the Bioprobe Detector answered it......

"Doot-toot-Zerg Organism signal detected, number 18-27-48-59-70-" "Distance 170-147-" "Damn! It's the Zerg, ready to fight! The two "big moles" also seemed to have spotted the Zerg, screamed twice in horror, and rushed towards Mark and them desperately. Everyone opened the insurance and aimed at the "big mole" who rushed over. "Don't shoot, get out of the way, and let them go." Mark reached out to block his teammates' guns, signaled not to shoot, and got out of the way first. The teammates looked at Mark in bewilderment, but finally got out of the way, and the two "big moles" ran away.

"100 meters - 82 meters - " The Zerg is getting closer and closer, Mark and the six are nervous, holding the AGH12 in their hands, and the six of them understand that they can't outrun the Zerg, so they can only wait to fight with the Zerg. "70 meters - 60 meters - 52 meters - 43 meters - " "Fire!" "Da-da--" The six AGH12s roared together, forming a dense network of fire in the less than 10-meter-wide underground passage. Snort-snort-"The Zerg who rushed ahead were knocked through the shell and turned to the ground, either dead or wounded, and the other Zerg who followed behind didn't care whether the fallen companions were dead or alive, and continued to charge on the corpses of the injured companions and dead companions.

Seeing that the magazine was about to be emptied, Mark yelled: "Grenade! "Boom-boom-boom—" Six grenades were thrown one after the other, falling into the dense swarm. Boom-boom-"Exploding in such a small space, the grenade caused massive damage, and the heat from the explosion turned the beautiful underworld into a terrifying purgatory, and countless native plants and animals were reduced to ashes along with the Zerg. The deafening sound of explosions echoed through the underground passages, and countless underground creatures fled in terror. The shock wave generated by the explosion lifted Mark and the others out for more than ten meters, and it took a while for Mark to get up from the ground with difficulty. Shaking his head vigorously, Mark finally felt a little more sober.

"Damn, this destructive power is too powerful." "Ahem, yes, I'...... cough cough cough ...... I think so. Mark turned around and saw Watts, El, James, and Carl all standing up, with Stephen alone lying on the ground. Stephen, it's time to get up, don't you ...... You're hurt! Carl, who was closest to Stephen, rushed to his side, quickly took out a flashlight-like thing from his first aid kit, and put it on Stephen's breastplate. Sneer-" As a stream of blue-blue gas poured into the armor, Stephen, who had been coughing, finally stopped and exhaled comfortably.

Looking at the nervous Carl, Mark couldn't help but laugh and scolded: "Nano medical worm, the cost price of one is 5,000 star yuan (the unified currency after entering the interstellar era, 1 star yuan is about 2 US dollars), Carl, you are really a loser." But Stephen has a comrade like you. Turning his head to look at Mark as he gasped against the wall, Carl shook his head. The injury was temporarily delayed and did not worsen, but the shrapnel was still stuck in it and could only be surgically removed. The armor was penetrated, the airtightness could only be maintained by patches, and Stephen's combat effectiveness decreased by at least 30%. Mark, what do we do now? ”

"Da-" "Woo-" Two shots killed a badly injured big dog who tried to sneak attack, Mark walked over to Stephen and crouched down. "Can you stand up?" "Hey, hey, little meaning." "Let us help you." Mark and Carl each grabbed Stephen's arm and lifted him up from the ground. "Damn, it still hurts a little bit. "If it weren't for the nano-medical worm near your wound that paralyzed some of your pain nerves, you'd probably have had a hard time standing up. Stephen smiled and said embarrassedly, "Carl, I'm sorry to let you break the bill again this time." "Less nonsense, let's go." Carl took Stephen by his arm and followed El and Watts, who were leading the way, in the direction of the two "big moles" who had fled, with James and Mark walking behind to take charge of the break.

"Boom-" As soon as the group walked a few steps out of the road, the top of the underground passage where the explosion occurred collapsed, and the road back to the outside was blocked along with the road in the direction of the Zerg's attack. "I ...... "Don't look at ......it, let's go." Patting James on the shoulder, Mark said lightly: "We have no way back, Jem, we can only move forward." "I understand, and I'll support you." "Well, we'll get out alive." Stepping on the glowing alien moss, the group walked deeper into the underground passage.........

18:07__Centipede Rift Valley__Where the main human forces are__"Slow down, slow down, good!" Stay in place and drill in place! An automaton cannon was securely mounted on the hill wall, and the two "Rippers" that had been clutching it tightly were finally able to let go. "26th, 27th, come up above, your combat position is next to the 19th." "Roger." The two "Rippers" were suspended from the mountain wall by their own climbing cables, and now they needed to go up, and they activated the winches on the two ribs to climb to the top of the cliff, ready to enter their combat positions.

The entire human army is busy, building trenches, planting spider-induced mines, installing automatic gunpowder jets, infantry shoulder-fired rocket launchers, infantry shoulder-fired laser cannons and other weapons are deployed one by one in this less than ten square kilometers of land, which will become a giant Zerg meat grinder.

"Commander-in-chief, all the 'rippers' and snipers have all been deployed on the cliffs on both sides, and forty-six automatic cannons have been laid on the mountain walls, and the firepower of our two flanks has met the requirements of the battle plan." The commander-in-chief nodded and asked, "What about the front?" "One hundred and fifty spider-induced mines, twenty-seven automatic flamethrowers, two rocket artillery squads, half a laser cannon squad, and 400 marines were laid on the front, and the rest of the fighters were in reserve to guard the rear." "Draw 300 people from the reserve and arrange them on the mountain wall, I want the crossfire nets on both sides to be able to directly clear the swarm." "Yes!" "Huh-" Not far away, the screams of the Zerg were heard, and the Zerg was already close to this place. "Zerg ...... Here it comes......... Get ready for battle! ”