Section 13 Sea of Worms
At this moment, a faint starlight shrouded the earth, as if smearing the desolate world with a thin layer of silver sand. From a distance, the sky and the earth are gray, sparse grass, and lonely shadows are faintly visible.
After driving a gentle slope, Iron Slag suddenly realized that the horizon in the distance seemed to be trembling slightly, as if something was rushing towards it. He was taken aback, quickly braked the locomotive, took out the luminous telescope and looked over. I saw a large area of black shadow appear at the junction of heaven and earth. The black shadow was rapidly expanding, and in an instant, it had formed a momentum to cover the sky and the sun, pouring out like a flood that burst the embankment.
As far as the eye can see, it is a torrent of thousands of cries running at full speed. And in the torrent, there were dots of green fluorescence. He knew it was the glow of the poison sac on the self-detonating crush. This means that this insect tide has a high-strength concentrated acid bomb.
"Roar, Roar, Roar, ......Roar, Roar, Roar, Roar, T
Between thoughts, a deep hiss suddenly sounded in the distance. Immediately after, a large, metallic four-hoofed beast appeared on the horizon. I saw them stepping on heavy steps, advancing in a earth-shaking sound. At the moment, they are like rows of giant trucks driving in the wilderness, dragging the sand and dust into the sky. One can't help but think that any obstacle that dares to stand in their way will be ruthlessly crushed by the huge wheels.
Thunder Beast Insect Tide!
This is the true form of warfare of the queen swarm, with the Thunderbeast as the meat shield, the Cry Fly as the Assaulter, the Self-Detonating Fly as the destroyer of the first wave, and the Stinging Worm as the fire supporter.
"Alice, activate the bioscanner and detect the swarm." Iron Slag stared ahead, and commanded in a deep voice.
[Toot ...... Doodle...... Probe Failed ...... Too far away, or lack of scan coverage to estimate the number of biters] A few seconds later, the front of the car resounded with the mechanical synthesis of a young girl.
After listening to the report, the iron slag turned his heart sideways, swung the front of the car, twisted the accelerator, and rushed towards the overwhelming sea of insects.
"Alice, full power!" As he walked forward, Iron Slag yelled loudly.
[Yes, my captain]
As the mechanical synthesis sound sounded, the tail of the red comet emitted a muffled "......". At the same time, an orange-red flame erupted, pushing the locomotive's speed to the extreme. In an instant, a huge wind pressure rushed in front of you, and the surrounding scenery quickly retreated. I saw that in the night, the red comet dragged the orange-red tail flame, turned into a meteor and flew towards the endless sea of insects.
The wind was roaring, the earth was shaking, and the swarm was deafening.
A few seconds later, Iron Slag drove the locomotive to the edge of the sea of insects, speeding around the swarm. At the same time, a pale green glow shot out from the front of the car, enveloping the swarm.
[Swarm Coverage, 3%...... 4%β¦β¦ 5%β¦β¦ 6%β¦β¦ 7%β¦β¦] As the iron slag moves forward, the power of the scanner gradually increases.
[Charge Cost, 96%... Drip... 95%β¦ Drip... 94%β¦ Drip... 93%β¦ Drip... 92%β¦ Drop...] The girl's mechanical synthesized voice meticulously reported the state of the locomotive.
Just then, the swarm spotted the intruders, and the cries on the edge left the army and rushed towards the locomotive. And the latter outpaced them by a wide margin, leaving them behind in the blink of an eye.
[Swarm coverage, 30%...... 31%β¦β¦ 32%β¦β¦ 33%β¦β¦ 34%β¦β¦ 35%β¦β¦]
As the degree climbed, more and more flies followed him, and the group of flies on his side was like a huge water dragon, raising billowing smoke and dust on the semi-sandy land, winding forward, completely unaffected by the outside world.
[Charge Cost, 67%... Drip... 66%β¦ Drip... 65%β¦ Drip... 64%β¦ Drip... 63%β¦ Drop...]
[Captain, Alice will leave the swarm immediately, once the charge is exhausted, we will be in extreme danger......]
"Keep scanning!" Iron Slag stared intently ahead, and shouted in a deep voice.
[Yes, my captain]
[Charge Cost, 60%...] Drip... 59%β¦ Drip... 58%β¦ Drip... 57%β¦ Drop...]
At this moment, a phalanx of stinging insects appeared in front of the side at a constant speed. Immediately after, a dense screech was heard from the swarm. Iron Slag secretly thought "Oops", quickly turned the head of the car, and rushed diagonally forward.
In an instant, the starlight suddenly disappeared from the night sky, replaced by endless darkness.
"Whew...... Whew...... Whew...... Boom ......"
At this moment, spikes like a torrential rain fell from the sky, with a thin sound of breaking the sky......
......"Sneer, s
The dense sound came from behind itself, and the iron slag couldn't help but sweat for himself, and immediately did not dare to get close to the insect swarm, made a 180-degree "U" shaped turn, and drove in the direction from which he came.
[Toot toot ...... The scanning light coverage is 41%, the error rate is 37%, and the number of insects is estimated to be: 10375 Frogs, 2537 Stinging Worms, 32 Thunderbeasts, Unknown Self-Detonating Frogs, Abyss Domination Unknown]
The data collected to this process dΓΉ is almost the same. Just a second later to change direction, I'm afraid he would have been pierced into a hedgehog.
A few hours later, Tie Slag returned to the satellite signal coverage area, and was about to inform Wang Hu to prepare for the war, but found that the satellite signal here had disappeared. He was startled, and did not dare to stop for a moment, and hurried in the direction of the fortress of Tyre.
At the same time, Edward Sossi led his own legions, taking advantage of the fact that Wang Hu and others were busy preparing for battle, and left the fortress on the pretext of inspecting the terrain. And shortly after the former left, a minor noble regimental commander also left with the team.
As for the other minor nobleman, Nick Wagner, after some struggle, decided to stay. In his opinion, no matter what the reason, it would be a shame for the nobles of Silver City to flee from the battle. He can die here, but he can't lose his glory.
At this time, the total strength of the Tyre Fortress was four academy legions and the sixth squad of the Princess Guard of thirty-six people. Compared to Alice's calculations, this point of strength can't even hold out for two hours.
After discovering that Edward and the others had escaped, Wang Hu felt more and more serious about the situation, and immediately sent five small teams of three people to Fengsha Castle and the surrounding fortresses to ask for help. Before that, after discovering that the satellite signal had disappeared, the reason why he did not call for help in the first place was because he was not sure what would happen and did not dare to act rashly. But now it seems that things are somewhat unexpected for him. The overnight departure of Edward Thorthy and another minor nobleman indicates that they may have some secret information......
However, shortly after he sent out his squad for help, three of them were spotted by Edward and killed on the spot......
By 6 p.m. Silver City time and 1 p.m. Sett time, Iron Slag returned to Tyre Fortress.
After parking the car, Wang Hu and Arnold immediately greeted him and told him about the current situation. The three of them walked as they talked, and came to the operations command room on the top floor. Then, Iron Slag gathered all the command staff, opened the virtual tactical sand table, and marked the route of the swarm.
According to Bai Xiaoyun's calculations, the insect tide will arrive near the fortress nine hours later, at 22 a.m. Sett time. Since bee ant colonies have night vision, they don't need to wait until dawn. Within an hour of arrival, they attack. That is, now the war is only ten hours or less away.
After listening to Bai Xiaoyun's analysis, Iron Slag frowned and fell into deep thought. At this moment, there are only two choices in front of him - retreat and hold on.
Retreat is of course a happy event......
However, not to mention that he still has some inexplicable feelings for Yugo Lombard, even with Eva Green's trust and respect for him, he cannot make the choice of retreating.
But it's easier said than done. He saw with his own eyes the number of this insect tide, and within two hours of the start of the battle, if no reinforcements arrived, it was estimated that the entire fortress would be buried in the belly of the worms.
After pondering for a moment, he decided to hold the fortress and wait for reinforcements. After making up his mind, he called Bai Xiaoyun and asked him to take Qin Ke'er and Mu Qianhe to leave first. However, this well-intentioned arrangement was unanimously opposed by the two women. Mu Qianhe refused the iron slag arrangement on the grounds that he was the captain of the wolf clan legion mecha team, and Qin Ke'er refused the iron slag arrangement on the grounds that he was "afraid of being afraid of the dark".
Next, after some brief discussion, Iron Slag disbanded the military council and let everyone rest in batches to recuperate.
Upon returning to the office, two investors from the fortress of Tyre heard the news and asked Commander Sa to evacuate. Looking at the two middle-aged businessmen who looked flustered, Tie Slag nodded in agreement. But after getting his approval, the two investors did not leave immediately, but stood in place, both with expressions of wanting to say something.
"What's wrong?" Iron Slag asked.
"This ...... Sir...... Can...... Can you ......?" said one of the investors hesitantly, while the other took a deep breath and said with determination, "Sir, can you send a team of soldiers to escort us back?" β
"No, there aren't enough people." Iron slag didn't think about it, so he refused directly.
"You can't ...... like that" "Yes, I'm a ...... of Beihai Ventures" The two investors said nervously, Iron Slag frowned, interrupted them and said, "No need to discuss. β
"Chief, it's not proper for you to do this......" "We're just investors......"
"What's the problem, you tell Eva Green, I'm only responsible for the defense of the fortress." Iron Slag raised his hand impatiently and motioned for the two to leave.
The two investors looked at each other helplessly, then turned and left. As soon as the two left, Qin Ke'er and Mu Qianhe came.
"Captain of the regiment~I heard that there is going to be a war~" "Wow~What should I do~ I'm so scared~" After coming in, the two girls said with a smile.
"And then?" Iron Slag asked with a frown. asked Bai Xiaoyun to send them away just now, but they refused to leave, and now they are pretending.
"I'm going to drink the Kraken!" The two women shouted in unison.
"Okay......" Looking at the two smiling girls, Iron Slag couldn't help but sigh and got up to get the wine.
Perhaps, this is their last night......