Chapter 9: Worms weave a web of the ground

The soldier and Frank weren't very far apart. When Frank got there with Mannice and the other eight people, it took less than ten minutes. Actually, he thought it was long enough, but he quickly relaxed, the young soldier was still standing there, and things weren't as he had in his mind of the soldier fighting the bugs.

"Where are the bugs?" Frank raised his gun, and the crowd scanned the area warily, just like him. The soldier pointed to the ground, and Frank realized that they had found another crack in the ground. This crack is not quite the same shape as the previous one, it is a long, narrow and deep crack. He looked as if he could vaguely see the depths of this gap, and there seemed to be something moving there, but it was too dark, he couldn't be sure, he wanted to use his mind to infiltrate, but this idea was rejected by him at the first time, it would simply bring disastrous consequences to the entire landing force.

"Are you sure there's bugs down there?" Frank asked, and the soldier immediately nodded, his expression a little excited, and he hurriedly said, "Yes, sir!" He nodded in reply, "I hear them, sir!" It was indeed their voice, like a swarm of beetles chirping and waiting to be fed. ”

This is a subjective inference, but it is unlikely that there will be other creatures on this planet that could cause such confusion.

Frank bent down to observe the crack, and then half-crouched on the ground, holding the butt of his shotgun to the ground, his ears pressed against the firearm. The next moment, he heard a voice coming from underground, and indeed there was that sound, and it was very clear. Obviously, they are bugs, and there is nothing alive on this planet except them. Judging by the sound, they weren't very close to them. But they're right there.

"Good!" Frank stood up, he looked at the crowd and announced, "We found the bugs," and looking at the nervous and excited looks of the crowd, he continued: "The bugs didn't come up from here, but we can already be sure that they are at our feet, under our feet. Be prepared, maybe they have found us, the bugs are not as stupid as you think, they are wise, at least the ones they lead are. Prepare for action. He looked at Manise. Manise nodded and shouted to everyone, "Everyone should form a defensive formation, maintain the highest combat readiness, and respond to emergencies at any time. ”

Frank nodded in satisfaction, and he quickly said, "Well done, but we still have to keep searching, because we can't get down this crack." ”

"Frank, did you find bugs?" Renault's voice came from the communicator, and Frank touched the communicator on his ear. "Yes! It's almost certain that once we've found a hole to go down to, we're ready to enter the Worm Weave Net! ”

"Go down? Oh, my God! It's crazy! Renault exclaimed.

"We have no choice!" Frank replied.

Renault: "Indeed! (Sir!) There is a situation, the body signal of the Zerg has been detected! ）。 Frank heard someone shouting over the communicator.

"That's it! We've found bugs, too! Keep the communication going! Renault's voice came over the communicator, and the communication ended. Frank closed his eyes slightly and recalled the scene in his dream, and he knew that without the use of telepathy, he would walk into a labyrinthine web of insects. Only the scenes in the dream can guide him.

"That's great news, at least you don't have to feel your way forward!" Frank muttered to himself.

The scene in the dream is still vivid, and the sky is dark. The distant horizon seemed darker, but it was not the blackness of nightfall, but the blackness of a creature, a tide of living creatures rushing towards him, their dark skin engulfing the dying light.

In the dream he was surrounded by them. He spun around with his head covered, trying to find a way out. But to no avail. Bugs were everywhere, there were too many of them, and the bugs surrounded him, slowly approaching him, and the bugs kept slicing at him with their claws and bone sickles. They overwhelmed him in an instant, and the next moment, all the bugs were strangled to death by an invisible liliang, and he stood on the pile of worms, his shadow lost on the pile of corpses. He strangled the insects that surrounded him again and again, but they still came like a tidal wave, and he eventually exhausted Liliang, they surrounded him, and the insects swung their bone sickles across his chest.

A sense of relief rose from within him. It's not just a sense of relief, it's even joy, it's excitement, he's not afraid of them, he's even happy to see them! Their wings clung to his body, piercing through flesh and blood, and some of them were indistinguishable from each other, and he was pleased with that. He was content to be one of them, very satisfied.

"Commander! What is your order? Manise asked him, and seeing that he was still stunned, she touched his arm, and Frank reflexively picked up his shotgun and fired. He noticed that the muzzle of his gun was pointed at a dumbfounded Manise, and the members of the team behind her who were waiting for his order, as did the soldier who found the bug, all of them motionless, staring at him intensely.

"Search the nearby area and see if there are any big openings." Frank put away his shooting stance, didn't say anything more, and gave orders directly to everyone. Just now he recalled the scene in the dream, although it was fake, but the recall was too engrossed, so that his whole body subconsciously began to tense, and when Manise touched him, that scene appeared.

Manise nodded, not talking nonsense, after receiving the new mission order, even if she had any confusion just now, put it aside. The team members began to carefully explore the crack, leaving no corner unturned. This will inevitably slow down the search, but it's obviously safer. Because the bugs are right under their feet, they can't leave anything to chance.

"Sir, we're in trouble." It was an encrypted message, speaking from Horner, who had only communicated with Renault Frank. Frank, in particular, was taken aback when he received this message. His first thought was, could it be that the Zerg's air force was dispatched? It was a terrible nightmare, and the Rangers were clearly no match for the Zerg.

"What's going on? Matt! Is it the Zerg's air force that has appeared? Frank asked hurriedly. They've been searching the surface of Char for hours, but they haven't found an entrance to the lower tunnels until now. There were a lot of holes and cracks along the way, and it was already certain that there was a huge insect web under their feet, and there were many live insects shuttling through the insect web in the underground tunnel. Other words. Even if the biters discovered their presence, they hadn't attacked yet. Either they don't know the Rangers exist, or they just have something more important to do. That's how Frank judged.

"Sir!" Honey replied, "There's a huge fleet in Char, and we've detected it. ”

"Fleet? Huge? Duke's Alpha Fleet? Both Renault and Frank asked.

"No, sir! Even trickier than the Alpha fleet. Horner replied. This made Renault immediately feel nervous, no matter what it was. He still knows this young man very well, how bad is it that he would rather come to the fleet of the Tyranid Empire? This is not good news.

"It's the Protoss! Sir! It's the Protoss' aircraft carrier fleet! Horner eventually gave the answer.

When Frank and Renault heard this, they were both stunned. But the thoughts in the hearts of the two are completely different.

Frank was overjoyed, is it the fleet of the Protoss? It should be Tasada's expeditionary force, he almost forgot that Kellygen released such a strong signal to the deep sky, it is impossible for the Protoss not to know, his thinking was originally a little confused, but now it is immediately a lot clearer. Not only Tasada's expeditionary force, but another branch of the Protoss will also arrive, but they have not yet been discovered. To be exact, they didn't show up, and basically no one could find them, and that Protoss branch was the Dark Templar from Shakuras. They would also arrive under the leadership of Archbishop Zeratul, and Frank knew this very well, and they were also attracted by the great liliang of Kellygan. But this was not what excites him the most, what really makes him happy is the expeditionary force in Tasada. When they arrive, then the Zerg air force will turn its main target to the fleet of the Protoss, and then the rangers will be much safer. In this way, the Zerg Air Force, which he feared the most, would turn his attention to the Protoss fleet.

However, Renault's mood was very different from Frank's, and when he heard the news, he felt the urge to raise his gun and shoot indiscriminately.

It's the Protoss again, they're coming, and it's now. Damn it!

In a way, this is not a big surprise, looking at several large battles. Wherever there are bugs, the Protoss will inevitably follow. These tall, elegant, flamboyant aliens often appear after the Zerg infect a planet, and although they eventually wipe out all the bugs, Renault still doesn't like them very much, and they have to wait for the Zerg to infect the entire planet every time, and then wipe out the entire planet with the main guns on their carriers, not just the planet's bugs, but everything. All signs of civilization, whether higher or lower, will be erased one after another, and become the burial objects of insects.

That's how the Protoss treat Mal. Sara and the main stars of Antiga. The bugs and the Protoss are obviously a pair of old enemies, and there seems to be an irresolvable feud between them, and there is no surprise when they meet. The Protoss seems to be bent on erasing all traces of the Zerg, they follow them like interstellar pesticides, and wherever there are bugs, they will be accompanied by such a large and gorgeous fleet, or at least will come. They burned planet after planet to stop the swarms from spreading. Char has Zerg, so naturally there will be a fleet of Protoss, at least will, which can be said to be almost expected.

"Damn! The arrival of these aliens will hinder our Jihua! Renault wanted to roar, but stopped, which didn't fit his image as a Ranger leader. He even had a kind of understanding of Arcturus's mood at that time, as if he was as angry as he was now, and thinking of this, he laughed at himself unnaturally. (To be continued......)