Volume 6 The Siege Chapter 30 The Locust
The journey back to the surface is a long one, especially without very specialized engineering equipment. A large number of metal splitters frantically dug towards their heads, but fortunately, the metal splitters who were responsible for this kind of work did not need to rest, and after nearly two days of excavation, the group finally returned from the ground.
For two days, Wang Weihe was dizzy from the ubiquitous smell of sulfur in the air, and the moment the cave opened up, the sudden rush of fresh air made the two of them suddenly have a ridiculous feeling of being reincarnated.
Coming out of the ground, the two of them simply rinsed the dirt with water and put on a new set of clothes. Wang Wei then blasted the bombs planted along the way.
Although it has become a dead city, Wang Wei decided not to give others any chance to enter it due to the work of self-centeredness and small-scale peasant consciousness.
Releasing the brain worm from the contract space, Wang Wei hit the road again, this time without the stars and iron girls on the way. Because the excitement and novelty of entering this place had passed, boredom began to enter their consciousness, and they thought that there was absolutely no contract space for fun here. So now with the brain worm in his hand, he sat on the back of a big dog with Master Freud, Alos, and Yuri, and according to Yuri's memory, he headed for the territory closest to them.
Of course, this was the plan, but the plan could never keep up with the changes, and not long after they set off, a large monster suddenly appeared in the low passage that should have been blown up. He looks like a beetle that has always been huge, with a hard shell all over his body, and a pair of insects on his back to have wings, but from the outside, he looks like he has certain humanoid features. They stand on two legs, and although they have four arms, they are all born in pairs. The head, chest, waist and abdomen and limbs are clearly distinguished, and there are obvious facial features on the head. But no matter which way you look at it, it looks like a person is wearing armor of that shape.
When the humanoid bugs appeared, they immediately spotted Wang Wei and them who were preparing to leave. It immediately slumped down, its wings retracted into its hard shell, made an attack stance, and rushed forward like lightning.
Perhaps infected by the strange atmosphere, the brain worm woke up from a coma, and as soon as it woke up, it saw the bug rushing towards it, and it screamed in fear.
"It's a locust! don't touch it, run!"
The reminder of the brain worm was still a little late, and the rapidly rushing Stygian Locust was blown away by the fireball shot by Wang Wei in the air, but what was surprising was that this thing only blew off an arm, and the body was unexpectedly fine!
The injured locust stretched out its wings and rubbed against each other, making a high-pitched sound, while green blood spurted from its wounds. The breeze blew, and the smell of blood came into Wang Wei's nose, and it turned out to be the smell they had been smelling for the past few days!
The ground began to shake slightly, and then it became more and more intense, and the smell of sulfur became more and more pungent. The brain worm was afraid of fainting several times, and Wang Wei woke up with pinching.
"Tell me what this thing is. ”
For the curiosity of the unknown, Wang Wei is no different from ordinary humans. He was interested in this monster that he didn't kill with a fireball, you know, the fireball spell is not an ordinary spell, this spell grows with the level of the mage, it can be said that it is a spell that has been with him for life since he learned it. And Wang Wei is even more able to unleash double his power because of his ability to almost cheat. But this kind of power was not enough to kill this dark locust, Wang Wei didn't believe it.
"I've never seen such creatures before, the smell of them is so bad, it's definitely not the smell of Evanses, where did they come from?"
Yuri said with a wrinkled nose.
Yuri doesn't have a true human sense of smell, and the smell she speaks of is not the pungent smell of sulfur in the air around her, but the energy fluctuations peculiar to living beings.
"A few months ago, there was a terrible earthquake here, accompanied by a violent burst of energy. Almost all of Evanses could feel the incomparable tremors. At that time, I was only controlling a normal movement of underground creatures. But as I moved aimlessly down, I saw the most horrible thing. These locusts have emerged from nowhere, they are everywhere, controlling most of the surrounding underground space. They eat almost everything, plants, animals, metals, magic crystals, and the creatures I control die in their mouths. ”
The brain worm felt the terrifying vibration of the ground, and the speed of his speech became faster and faster.
"Thankfully, one of the creature's abilities was positioning teleportation, and I was able to transfer myself along with some of its brains, but I lost my support. Since then, I've met a lot of creatures who have had similar experiences to me, most of whom have been attacked by these locusts that came out of nowhere. As you may have noticed, this area is much quieter than usual. In fact, this was not the case before, mainly because the locust ate almost all the creatures around it, and there are almost no new creatures here!"
The brainworm's round head was covered with beads of sweat, and his wheezing became intense.
"Some of the big lords around have even sent people over to encircle and suppress them, but in the end, there is no result, and it is impossible for those lords to come here in person. And the lords couldn't send more warriors. Because there are so many of them! You can't imagine that when they all come out from below, the sky will be obscured by them! The air is filled with the roar of their wings rubbing!"
Probably due to the inability to withstand more pressure, the brain worm fainted again, and was recognized by the contract as a serious injury and automatically returned to the contract space.
The shaking of the ground became more and more pronounced and violent. At the same time, the sound of the locust on the ground became louder and louder, and the air seemed to become viscous.
Suddenly, all the vibrations and sounds on the ground stopped, and a small mound of earth slowly rose on the ground
Soon a mountain was formed to the size of a bag. A terrifying explosion mixed with rubble burst open, and countless black locusts shot out of it!
"Damn, it's a plague of locusts!"
Wang Wei has been to places in Xinjiang where he has been impressed by locust plagues, which have hardly any effective methods other than the use of biological control. But compared to what they are now, those little locusts are nothing at all.
The locusts are larger than the average human, and their large bodies and hard shells give them a strong sense of threat even if they are only suspended in the air. The sound of wings flapping in the sky filled the air with a frenzied roar, and even lying next to the propellers of a large transport plane could not hear such a terrifying noise.
The smell of sulfur was even stronger than when he was in the dungeon just now, and Wang Wei finally knew where the strong smell of sulfur came from before.
"Yes, Breath of Death!"
Yuri, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke.
"That's right, this is the breath of death, and when we make deals with the lords of the dead world, we often ask for this smell from their world!"
Yuri said with great certainty.
"How can a Stygian locust appear on the main matter plane?"
Master Freud was incredible. The underworld and the main material plane are almost two opposite worlds, where all living things become negative life. They don't like this world full of positive life, because positive life slowly erodes negative life.
"It doesn't matter how they got here, it's important that we'd better hurry up now. ”
Wang Wei showed a worried expression for the first time. Even when facing tens of thousands of enemies, he had never shown such an expression, but now it was different. He keenly felt that these locusts were definitely not such simple things, they were very dangerous!
Wang Wei blocked Yuli and Ellios with his body, causing the two node girls to disappear into the contract, and then Wang Wei grabbed Master Floyd's arm.
"Talent, Flame Nova! Talent, Flame Blast!"
Of all the magic, Wang Wei's favorite and most accustomed to it was Flame Impact. This is one of the best skills in terms of short time and remarkable results. Flame Nova is an instantaneous skill, and it also allows Wang Wei to double the effect.
The energy of the double flame nova suddenly exploded in the swarm of locusts, and two rings of fire erupted one after another, enveloping countless locusts in it. Then the pillar of fire that rushed to the sky rose from under Wang Wei's feet with a whirlpool, and swept Wang Weihe Master and those large insects into it.
This attack was very sudden, especially in this stalemate, some of the wings of the locusts in the center were burned off, and at the same time, the huge energy left scars on their bodies, but there were no fatal injuries, some of the people on the periphery even watched the flames pass through their bodies like this, and they didn't even dodge, the vitality of the locusts was staggering.
When the flames disappeared, the locust frantically rushed towards the location where the two men had been, but before they could get close, a meteor had already flown out of the pillar of fire.
"This thing is so strong, magic can't do much at all, and you can only use brute force at critical moments!"
Wang Wei shouted loudly to the master behind him as he picked up the restored totem pole.
"There are so many locusts, it is estimated that you will not be able to finish it when you are tired!"
The master looked at the swarm of locusts that covered the sky behind him, and said with palpitations.
"These guys are creatures of the Dead World, how did they end up here?"
The periphery asked very strangely, although he knew that Evanses had some communication with the Dead World before, but he had never heard that the creatures of the Dead World would like it here?