Chapter 19: Voices from Brain Worms
"You're a cold-blooded butcher!" Ji Shi was still cursing, James, Turkey Lang rushed up and pulled her back, and the dead wood Taoist scolded on the side: "Xiao Shi, stop messing around, that's someone else's business!" ”
Xiong Dongsheng walked up to Ma Le and whispered a few words in his ear, Ma Le was surprised when he heard this, and looked back at Ji Shi who was being dragged away, and couldn't help frowning.
"There's no time to delay here now!" Ma Le rose into the air, "I'll go and deal with those bugs first, and I'll study the rest when I come back, you guys first find a good place to rest." ”
Ma Le left in the dust, but he didn't pay attention, among the adventurers and insect warriors, in addition to Ji Shi, there was also a woman who was secretly paying attention to him.
"Captain, it seems that the result of the inspection is correct, it is this person who is using that damaged training machine!" Zhao walked over to Alicia and whispered.
Alicia snorted coldly: "Sure enough, it's him!" ”
Because of the ruckus of the super trolls, the besieging half-beasts were almost killed by that mouthful of flames. The rest of the Zerg were also annihilated by the troops who rushed to support. The adventurers and insect warriors joined up with the ordinary troops and began to retreat to the rear.
According to reports sent from various places, not only on the side of the insect warriors, but also on the side of the planet, the troops fighting all over the planet have been attacked by half-beast insects, but usually a few or dozens of them act together, not as large as the thousands on the side of the insect warriors. As for that terrifying giant monster, it never appeared again. This also shows that the bugs do have intelligence, and will deliberately target the powerful combat power of humans.
Of course, even a small number of half-beasts are enough to crush the average mobile suit. After gaining a slight advantage at first, the human mobile forces were counterattacked by the swarm, and began to suffer a large number of casualties. For this reason, the upper echelons had to give the order to retreat, began to send the fleet to cover the fire in the air, and landed transport ships to help the soldiers retreat to the rear.
Although this time, the human race was mentally prepared in advance and did not underestimate the enemy. But because of the terrifying half-beast insects, the casualties of the human race are not much less than in the original, and it is still a fiasco!
By the way, the task of rescuing the insect warriors has been completed, but the benefits are pitiful. Only 13 fighters were rescued, three rescue teams were freed, and only 2,700 credits and 13 merit points were awarded in the end.
While the other adventurers were retreating to the rear, Mala was flying at high speed in the stratosphere of Klendasu.
His method of finding bugs is very simple, fly high enough, and in a place where the air is thin and the field of vision is far enough, see where there are plasma shells flying high in the air, there must be giant cannon bugs there! And the giant cannon bug usually does not act alone, there are usually ordinary bug guards around him, and the level is generally not low, as long as the giant cannon bug is found, the tank bug is not difficult to find.
On average, every few tens of kilometers, there will be a cannon point, and sometimes, there will be multiple giant cannon worms together. As long as Ma Le sees it, he can calculate the angle of free fall and smash it, and if he is lucky, he will directly smash it on the insects, and the general power of meteorites falling from the sky can often directly kill many insects. Even if he falls nearby, he can quickly arrive and kill directly.
Time passed minute by minute, although the task was entrusted to Ma Le, but how could other adventurers be as relieved as the Persian cats, they were evacuating, and they were also searching for traces of insects. But whenever they see the numbers in the mission description change, they feel a little more at ease.
Eventually, with twenty minutes left before the deadline, the last tank bug was killed. Of the five bugs, Ma Le killed the giant cannon bug and the three tank bugs, and one was found by the other adventurers when they retreated.
Everyone was prompted to complete the third main quest, and the fourth quest was even simpler, evacuating Klendasu and returning to the military fortress of Guardi. There are no rewards for this step, and the only thing that is used is to activate the fifth step.
The time limit for evacuating the planet was one hour, and the adventurers immediately began to act, rushing to the assembly point of the army's retreat as fast as possible and catching up with the transport ship.
"I'll go and talk to the officers, let the spacecraft take off later, the gourmets haven't come back yet......" Although Deng Yunlong looks rough and vicious, he is delicate and responsible. Although it is not a team, after all, they work together to complete the task, and he will not leave anyone behind.
But the Persian cat stopped him: "Don't worry, our captain will have a way, we just need to do our own task!" ”
Looking at this girl's confident expression, Deng Yunlong felt more and more puzzled, who is that gourmet, who is sacred, he has just become a senior and has such great powers, if he is promoted to the elite or even the champion, then it will be okay?
Since everyone in the Chengguan Brigade said so, others naturally have no opinions. The half-beast insects encountered this time made these adventurers sweat too, if it weren't for Ma Le's last cooking of the giant beast, I'm afraid most of them would have to explain. Not to mention those insectized warriors who have just entered the battlefield, no matter how strong they are, after all, they have only faced bugs in training, and it is a relatively safe environment, and such a life-and-death fight not only takes the lives of the vast majority of insectized warriors, but also makes these survivors feel uneasy. I don't know if these "powerful recruits" will be able to overcome such psychological obstacles and become real gods of war!
As for Ma Le's side, after successfully killing the last giant cannon bug, he naturally also received a hint of the next step in the main story, and the completion time limit on the miracle badge began to count down to one hour.
"It's almost time to go......" Ma Le looked up into the distance, although he was overwhelmed by the horizon, he knew that it was the direction of the retreat of the human forces, as long as he got there, as the battleship left Klendasu, the mission would be completed.
Speaking of which, the world of this galaxy team is really rushing, except that the training period of the first stage is relatively generous, the second stage is in the vast space, and the third stage directly requires immediate landing, and the number of bugs killed by the mission is also very difficult to get together, and now it is required to leave the planet within an hour, counting the time for the spaceship to take off and leave, the time for the adventurer to retreat is more than half an hour. It's really a link after a link, and it hardly gives adventurers time to seek side quests.
That's right, the continuous missions are mostly like this, most of the time in a hurry, but there is always time for adventurers to play.
Ma Le breathed fire under his feet, took off into the air, and flew towards the evacuation point.
But at this moment, a mental fluctuation reached his head.
"What a powerful creature......"
Ma Le frowned, this fluctuation was not aimed at himself, but it enveloped a huge range including him, but although this fluctuation was clear but not strong, it had to be perceived very high to be "heard". Metaphorically, it was as if someone was muttering in the crowd, but most people didn't notice it at all, only Ma Le, who had sharp ears, heard it.
He looked back and saw that the wilderness was littered with worm corpses, all of which he had just cleaned up, but there was no sign of a half-living creature.
"Did you hear that? Terrific! The mental fluctuation spoke again, Ma Le frowned, the realm of perception expanded with all his might, and within a kilometer of the vicinity, even a fly could not get out of his perception, but he still found nothing.
"It's so clear, although the range is not large, but the clarity is better than mine! I still have such an amazing ability, I appreciate you more and more! ”
Ma Le frowned, with the realm of perception, he could barely tell that this spiritual fluctuation came from below, far below. But beneath him, the ground of the planet, is it a voice from the underground?
Powerful spiritual power, hidden deep underground, in the world of the galaxy clan, there is only one creature that is most suitable, and that is the brain worm!
As the name suggests, the brain worm has a developed brain, has intelligence, and can think, which is the most critical feature that distinguishes the brain worm from other insects. At the same time, the brain worm is also the leader of the swarm, relying on its strong mental power to connect with those inintelligent swarms and command them to fight against humans.
However, while intelligence has evolved, the brain worm has also given up its strong body. It looks fat, like a huge white fleshy (harmony) worm, and has no means of attack or self-defense other than its straw-like mouthparts, and needs to be protected by other bugs, and even relies on other bugs to help it move.
But Ma Le is a little strange, he can control hundreds of millions of insects at the same time, and the mental power of brain worms is naturally understandable, but does it really communicate with itself like this? The emotions and thinking habits revealed in this information are obviously only human beings, is this really the mind of a brain worm?
Linked to the appearance of the half-beast insect, needless to say, the so-called No. 7 must have fallen into the hands of the Zerg, and the brain worm saw the secret of the Zerg's powerful evolution from it, and borrowed human technology to transform it, so many monsters would be formed. But are these modifications really only done on ordinary bugs? Will the brain worm itself also be integrated into human genes?
"Are you thinking about ......," the voice reappeared, "thinking about me?" Come on, if you want to be a member of our Zerg, I will give you a new life and gain more power! ”
Ma Le looked down at the solid ground, exuding spiritual power to contact the fluctuation, sending out such a signal: "I do desire more power, but I don't think that a low-level bed bug like you can give me!" ”
After saying that, he flew into the air, suddenly turned around, and plunged headlong into the ground at an extremely high speed, the blazing sun's internal force was running at full strength, and the blazing fist smashed into the ground!
Burst!
As if through the cardboard, Ma Le directly opened a hole in the ground, relying on the impact force and high temperature through several meters thick rock formations, to an empty underground tunnel.
The wormhole, the underground of the planet Klendasu, is a huge wormhole with intricate roots. These bugs will swarm to the surface during the fight, while most of the time, they will stay underground and live in such wormholes.