Chapter 11: Extreme Cold

Frank was the first to jump into the cave, it was obviously a slope, the angle of inclination was not low, but he still stepped on the straight ground and stopped getting close, he felt as if it was the end, but the absolute blackness of his eyes in front of him, even Frank's bright vision could not see what was below. Although he couldn't see the situation around him clearly, the eerie feeling never subsided, and the silence was terrifying, but the silence was good news for him, at least it proved that there were no bugs nearby. The slightest movement, not even the sound of insects' breathing, could escape his detection, and it was clear that it was safe, at least for now.

He took a few steps forward, and soon, the silence was broken. One by one, the group members entered the darkness, and they could clearly hear and even feel each other's breathing, and everyone was extremely nervous. Frank stretched his hands, and in a few moments, his left and right hands touched the walls of the cave on either side. He initially judged that it was a crater, and that they were at the top of the original narrow slope of the crater, and that slope was a very good proof of this.

Frank wasn't wearing battle armor, and he could feel it instantly when his hand touched the cave wall, which was cold, and he judged that it should have been cool for a long time. Judging by the structure of the cave walls and some direct senses, there was once a hot lava eruption here, but now the rock formation has crystallized, because when he touches the cave wall, it feels as smooth as a mirror.

"Commander? Are you there? Manise's voice broke the silence, in fact, including him and the whole group had no idea when they jumped down the cave, they didn't know what to do, they wanted to get out of this darkness that they couldn't see their fingers, but they didn't dare to do it, first because Frank didn't have an order, and secondly, they were afraid that the light source would attract the insects. To be honest, they were also surprised to be in this underground, and they couldn't think of anything crazier than coming to the Zerg lair.

Frank finally came to his senses, his hands left the cave wall, and his voice immediately reached everyone's ears: "All of them are here, we are now at the crossroads of hell, and death is hanging over our heads, so cheer up 120,000 spirits, and everyone is on standby." Waiting for my command. "Having entered this cave where you can't see your fingers, there must be a buffer period to adapt to this darkness.

Five minutes later, Frank spoke, "Corporal! Give me two glow sticks! ”。 He stretched out his hands in the darkness, he knew that Manise was behind him, and in a few moments, there were two more things in his palms. "Commander!" Manness's voice rang out. Frank withdrew his hand and twisted the stick in his hand vigorously, and the little fluorescent light finally became the only light in the darkness.

The light provided by glowsticks is not very sufficient. Fortunately, everyone's eyes had adjusted to the darkness, and they could basically make out the general situation of their position. They were in a small hallway, and Frank had judged that he could probably fit two soldiers in battle armor side by side. The wall of the cave at the top of the tunnel was three feet above their heads. The width of the corridor is just within his acceptable range, which can be said to be a good piece of good news, in the narrow corridor, they can take advantage of the geographical advantage to avoid being surrounded by the Zerg, and the narrow passage is also that the insects cannot form a worm sea tactic.

This rugged road stretches in two opposite directions at the same time. The eye is not able to see the curve as far as the eye can see due to the lack of light. At the same time, he saw the ramp they had slid down.

"Which way? Commander! Manness's voice was a little unnatural, and in fact, all the members who came to the underground tunnel would have cringed a little bit.

"It's impossible to know for sure. Let me take a test first. Frank said, walking into this underground corridor, he didn't have much sense of direction, he was trying to recall the scene in the dream, hoping to get help, thinking about it when he advanced a few steps towards the passage mouth directly opposite him, the parallel line of sight appeared in the cave wall, Frank looked at his feet along the line of sight, with the faint light source provided by the glow stick, the passage under his feet was a slope, he paused, and threw down a glow stick in his hand, the glow stick kept rolling, The slope is steep, which means that the worm's nest goes deeper into the ground.

The light eventually faded from view, and Frank judged that the ramp should be a semi-parabolic path, and it was clear that it would be unwise to go down from it with such a steep path, and that if there were bugs underneath they would be able to fight back by more than half. At the same time, he was also thinking, if the insects were in this corridor, or near this corridor, they should not have noticed that they had come down at this time, otherwise the insects would have attacked them. Another optimistic idea is that there are no bugs in this corridor at the moment, but if you really believe in this idea, it will really come to an end.

From the clues he had received so far, Frank had deduced that their colony was not nearby, and that the ramp he and the group had descended down was long, but not long enough to reach the worm's nest. He knew that the bugs liked to stay deeper, and judging from the slope under his feet, it was clear that their current location was still some distance away from the Zerg's underground lair, but there were traces of a magma eruption here, which meant that there must be a road leading to the bottom, and the road would be more inclined at an angle.

At this time, Frank couldn't help but close his eyes, and the scene from the dream appeared clearly in his mind. In the dream, the insect surrounded him, Zuihou himself was wrapped in a pupae, he struggled to hit the pupae, but it was meaningless, when he struggled with his hands to break the pupae, he inadvertently saw the changes on his arm, he found that the skin on his hands became gray and jagged, cold and hard, he even felt that even bullets could not penetrate his hard skin, he stopped struggling, he scanned his body, he found that the flesh on his body was full of cysts, It also carries a sickly gray color, and when the fingers are opened, a thin layer of skin appears, like the skin on the palm of a frog. While he noticed that his body had changed drastically, he also clearly noticed that his body had become stronger, more powerful, and stronger than before. He felt his body filled with an unbelievably thick liliang.

Suddenly, Frank opened his eyes, but it was too dark. No one could see his unpredictable expression, he had a feeling, and here he especially felt that the scene in the dream was so real, and he knew that the person who was transformed in the dream was not him, but Kelly Gan.

Frank didn't give the order for a long time, and his men, including Mannice, didn't know why, Frank walked through the passage in the opposite direction of the crowd for a dozen steps, and then came to the front on the other side, and he paused. Finally, he said, "Follow me!" Be careful with trailing zuihou, be careful, head and tail are the most vulnerable to bug attacks. ”

As he gave his command, everyone followed him to the other side, this side of the road was also a slope, but the angle of inclination was not as large as that side, and by walking they clearly felt that they were walking downhill. Frank pointed his shotgun at the dark corridor ahead, and he didn't skimp on the bullets in his magazine if anything changed. In such a dark corridor, the lights on the armor of the marines were very dazzling. Once the Zerg appear, it will be deadly, so it is a good choice to use weak glowsticks, they must adapt to the dimness of the corridor.

At the same time, his other half of his mind was still thinking about the scene in the dream. His body was gradually being transformed. He began to stop resisting and began to accept it happily. Now, a jumping worm began to touch him, and it stabbed its sickle-like forelimbs into his mottled skin. But this is not an aggressive move. Because it is not dynamic, it is not extremely fast, or rather, it is not hostile. It's just a method of communication. From that forelimb came a voice, low and cold, echoing directly in his bones, cold to the marrow. Even so, the voice had a strange and strange sense of intimacy.

"Welcome." He read what it meant, "Welcome to the biter." ”

Frank exhaled lightly, even though he knew that the scene in the dream was fake, he was still shocked in his heart, the dream was so real. The scene in the dream hints at a terrifying ending unfolding, and he wonders if he has become a real member of the swarm by the time he finds Kellygan, and more importantly, if she still knows them? Frank desperately didn't want to think about it.

The passage had not been a hundred steps before it had come to an end, but before that his instincts had grown, and he knew that he had been not mistaken, and as he walked along the path, he felt that with every step he took was one step closer to Kellygan, and he knew that he was leading his soldiers in the right direction.

The team members lined up in a tense and orderly manner. They came to a narrow fork in the road, which, judging by the inclination of its walls and the irregularities of its pathways, was part of a web of insects, at least it was not naturally formed.

"Watch out for this little cave." Frank said to the man behind him, "This cave can pass jumping worms. So saying, he moved on.

"Keep up! Watch out for this cave! Pay attention to the people behind you! Manise walked to the fork in the road, glanced at the small cavern, and turned back to the people behind her. The whole team passed through the fork safely, and Frank continued with the team under the guidance of the dream. At this moment, something happened suddenly, and the sound of an electromagnetic rifle strafing came from behind him, and the sound of gunfire resonated in this small space, deafening. Obviously, there are bugs behind them, otherwise no one will fire, it must have come out of the small cave at the fork in the road, and it is very likely that the small hole is a jumping worm.

In the underground tunnels, they had no way to retreat, and the narrow corridors could not form formations, and they were exposed to the enemy one by one like peeling peas. What awaits them will be a bloody massacre.

Frank immediately ripped a black block from his belt, which was none other than the K-2 Shock Bomb.

"Watch out for grenades!" Frank's loud warning suppressed the gunfire in the corridor several times, and the team members behind him fell to hide at the same time, and Manise behind him did the same. The shock bomb passed through the heads of the team members, and a loud bang followed, sending a powerful shock wave back through the corridor, and countless rocks peeled off the trembling walls, and the roof of the cave began to collapse.

"Run! Fast! Fast! Fast! Frank yelled almost hysterically, and the team members ran forward as hard as he could, the corridor behind him was collapsing rapidly, the road behind him was completely blocked, and the insects couldn't get through, at least for a while.

At this time, there was no point in considering the covert action, and the corridor behind continued to collapse forward, and everyone rushed forward impatiently, with Frank bearing the brunt. After running for about five minutes, they walked out of the narrow tunnel and into a large cave.

"Danger lifted!" Frank shouted, and the team stopped with him, "Quickly recuperate, the wounded begin to bandage." Frank growled.

(PS: There has been a power outage for a long time today, so that's it.) (To be continued......)