Section 5 Might
"I can't run, I can't run now, and if I run, I'm completely exposing my entire back to the sharp teeth of the insects. The result of this can only be that when I am exhausted, the insects that catch up easily bite my neck from behind. Rather than die like this, it's better to fight it ruthlessly. ”
This is the only thought in Tianxiang's mind right now.
Bugs are strong, but they also have weaknesses. Normally, beneath the hard, smooth keratin shell in the middle of the eyes, there is a white viscous liquid. This is where the central nervous system and brain of the insect beast are located. As long as it can be pierced, then no matter how powerful the insect beast is, it can only obediently accept the call of death. This is the crux of the whole body of the insect beast.
Like all living things, the ever-evolving insects and beasts have not relaxed their efforts to strengthen their weaknesses. An inherently hard piece of armor is the best protection against harm. Although there was still some distance between the target insect beast and himself, Tianxiang could clearly see that this big guy was covered with heavy carapaces around his body, but the black spot between his eyes was the smoothest. Judging by his years of hunting experience, the more smooth the carapace like this, the harder it was as hard as a stone to penetrate.
That's why the more dangerous the place, the safer it is.
Tianxiang stared at the huge insect beast that moved forward quickly with six thick legs, and its two bloodshot eyes were almost out of their sockets because of their nervousness. He was observing, calculating, looking for every weakness and flaw in the path of insects and beasts. The warm sweat had already soaked through the thick coat on his body. The powerful right hand also clenched the only weapon available to him at his side, the steel spear. As for the sharp pocket knife, it didn't work at all in the face of such a powerful giant beast.
The running insect beast was getting closer and closer, but in just a dozen seconds, it had already rushed to a distance of less than fifty meters from the library gate. Tianxiang, who has excellent eyesight, can even clearly see the image of himself reflected on the reflection of the two large compound eyes on his head.
Tianxiang didn't move, he was waiting, waiting for the only chance to hit with one hit. He was well aware that he had no second option. There is only one steel spear, and once it is thrown, you will never have a chance to get it back. The only fate that awaits the hunter who has lost his weapon is death, becoming a delicious feast in the mouth of the prey. Therefore, he had to take advantage of the only chance that was very slim and at the same time very good at the same time.
The insect beast is still running, and Tianxiang, who has been regarded as his prey, has no idea what he thinks in his heart. Capture more prey and add more weight to your evolutionary path. This is the only law that all living beings on Earth must follow. Even if you don't want to die, you don't want to die, but in front of a high-level species that is several times or even dozens of times stronger than you, you can still only kill obediently. It's just that what makes the excited insect beast quite puzzled is that this little thing in front of him, which is obviously weaker than himself, will still be unmoved in the face of his powerful momentum. What exactly does he want to do?
"Whoosh!" As an object that glowed cyan under the reflection of phosphorus fire flew up, a sound that pierced the air was also emitted from the place where the insect beast was less than ten meters away from Tianxiang. This is the steel spear he threw with all his strength, and it is the only chance he has at the moment. The moment he clung to what he thought was the best moment, he suddenly threw a hope with a threat of death.
"Webbed!" The sound of a hard object piercing soft flesh came from where the green light had disappeared. Tianxiang was disappointed to see that the steel spear he threw desperately was firmly inserted into the huge bulge of the compound eye on the left side of the insect beast. It was as if a sharp fruit knife had been inserted into an apple with a smooth surface.
"Whew-" The running insect beast suddenly let out a deep, but extremely terrifying scream. A blue-green viscous liquid slowly fell to the ground along the edge of its mouth, which was tightly wrapped in two pieces of hard armor, like a thick silk thread with green fluorescence moving in a mountain, and along with the same liquid that flowed from the wound on the eye, it quickly condensed into a damp mass of mud under the desperate absorption of the dry sand.
Tianxiang had already left where he was just now. Now there was only one thought in his mind: "Run, run, flee to a place where this terrible insect beast can't reach at all." With a single throw, he had already missed the only chance to win. The steel spear is not sharp, and the strength and speed are not bad, and as for the quasi-head, it is even more needless to say. A small white wound that could be seen on the black armor between the eyes of the insect beast had already indicated that the first place the steel spear had touched was there. However, it was too hard, and the smooth and convex surface made it impossible for the tip of the spear to pierce it smoothly. In the end, under the action of huge inertia, he deviated from his own direction of movement and inserted himself into the left eye of the insect beast.
What kind of bug is the scariest? It's not the huge swarms of insects, it's not the carnivorous insects that don't die when they see a corpse. It's the kind of bug that has been injured in the body, but it is not life-threatening. This kind of insect has a strong revenge mentality, and once it is injured, it will never stop if it does not fight to the death with the enemy. This is true for ordinary insects, and as for insects and beasts, it is naturally not to mention.
The wounded insect beast, whose left eye was already completely wrapped in green liquid, only wailed for a few seconds, and immediately turned around and chased frantically in the direction of Tianxiang's escape. Compared to just now, the speed and strength that erupted from this injured insect beast were nearly twice as strong. The sharp steel spear stuck in his left eye was like a signpost erected in a huge eyeframe, pointing the way forward for the angry Avengers.
Tianxiang didn't look back, and he didn't dare to look back at all. In this life-or-death situation, any extra action will lead to one's own death. It's useless to look back, maybe just because you want to satisfy your curiosity to look back, your pace will be hindered, and the small rocks and broken bricks scattered all over the ground will become the biggest accomplices of the insects when your eyes can't take care of them. What's more, just when you are exhausted from running, you may suddenly look back, and you may also be frightened in front of the incomparably frightened and terrifying strange face of the insect beast, and suddenly lose all your strength. He could only stand in place in despair, waiting for the hard armor on the side of the huge insect's mouth to slash his body into two pieces from the middle.
Tianxiang is running. Agile, he was nimble, desperately searching the crevices between the ruins for all the shelters that seemed to allow him to successfully dodge the insect attacks. At the same time, it also managed to burrow into a low corner separated by the debris of large reinforced concrete, and the huge body of the insect beast could not get into it at all. But just when he was somewhat relieved, thinking that he would escape. only to find that this big guy who was furious to the extreme, like a prehistoric monster with endless power, relied on the heavy armor wrapped up and down his body, and bent the steel bars and the cement into the air, and the narrow nest that he once thought was quite safe turned into a gravel pit shrouded in the dark sky in an instant. Thus, the game of running and chasing is once again played out between man and beast.
In fact, Tianxiang has been able to survive until now, completely relying on his own flexibility and the help of complex terrain. If it were on the flat ground of a pathway, it would take no more than a few minutes at most, and the fast-moving insect beast would be able to catch up with it effortlessly, biting off the neck of the creature who dared to stab himself in the eye. However, Tianxiang's successive sharp turns and the running route that focused on the hidden places of the ruins also made the speed of the insect beast lag behind. And you'll have to fight to the death with those abominable rubble bricks to get the hidden targets back out.
Although this chase seems to have the upper hand of the escapees, and if it continues to develop like this, the insect beast will not be able to take the nimble Tianxiang at all. However, the huge difference in stamina between the two has already determined the outcome of a death chase from the start.
Tianxiang felt that he was about to die, and the long and vigorous running had put a huge burden on his body. Too much water loss in the body causes a dry throat, rapid oxygen depletion and uneven breathing through the mouth and nose also lead to an increased heartbeat. Finally, the feet, the feet that have been moving rapidly for a long time, have repeatedly warned the commanding brain of the danger of overfatigue. In short, everything shows that he is completely defeated in this contest of physical strength, endurance and speed.
It was another ruin that seemed to be able to hide, and Tianxiang, who didn't think much about it, plunged headlong into the black crack! Even if there was another of the most terrifying bugs hiding inside, it wouldn't stop him in the slightest. After all, in front of a wounded insect beast, there is simply no threat to compare with it.
Once again, the enraged insect beast performed its old trick, and the debris scattered under the violent impact fell from the roof of the humble shelter. Like the previous hideouts, this place will soon be completely destroyed by insects. If you want to live, you have to escape.
Tianxiang didn't move, not that he didn't want to move, but that he didn't have the extra strength to move anymore now. With one hand on the wall, he was gasping for air, while the other hand pressed his heaving chest tightly, trying to relieve the pressure on his body. But the wounded insect beast obviously didn't want to give him such a short chance to rest. In despair, Tianxiang saw that the two huge armor pieces around the mouth of the insect beast had cut off the outermost cement pillar that blocked its progress. In a few seconds at most, the chewing mouthparts with four rows of sharp teeth, which had not yet fully evolved, would smoothly reach in front of him, protected by the hard armor.
"If there is another steel spear, I will definitely use it to pierce this insect beast's head." Tianxiang hung his head helplessly. There is nothing wrong with such an idea. At such a close distance, his own ruthless fight would definitely be able to kill this insect beast on the spot. But now, there was no weapon at hand other than a dagger that was no longer than an inch. Is it true that I am going to die here?
Wait, this is 。。。。。。 It's, guns! It's the gun! Tianxiang's lowered gaze once again fell on the heavy, useless pistol pinned to his waist. The learning machine had a description of the great power of the gun in his mind again. If the ancients were right, then they could use it to get out of danger.
People in despair will never let go of any straw that seems to save them. It's the same with Tianxiang. Although the short pistol didn't seem to have any place to be used as a weapon, the rusty plate machine was like steel solidified in cement, and even if Tianxiang tried to eat milk, it didn't move at all. But he still did not hesitate to follow what was said in the learning machine, pinched the grip tightly, lifted the gun straight, and aimed at the insects and beasts that were about to break through the barrier and rush in, and pulled the board machine desperately。。。。。。
"Click-huh" Tianxiang's expected scene of a ball of death flames spewing out from the muzzle of the gun did not appear. A small pile of grayish-yellow rust falling from the plate only widened the gap in the clasp of the gun body. Moreover, as the user pulls back and forth, more rust continues to fall off. The half-moon-shaped machine, which was as black as the teeth of death, also shortened the distance between it and the handle of the gun step by step in the back and forth movement of the fingers.
The insect beast's hearing is very sensitive, and although the sound of the pistol pulling is not loud, it has obviously caused an alarm to it. Somewhat surprised, it only delayed for a few seconds, and when it saw that the prey in front of it did not make any moves, and remained honestly in the cage that was about to be dug up, it once again raised the armor on the side of its mouth, and swung it fiercely towards the last slender steel bars that blocked its way in front of it.
"Bang-bang! Bang! Three loud and incoherent gunshots rang out from the dark and damp ruins, startling several carrivorous rotting insects that were far away from the shadows, and they writhed their round bodies and arched desperately towards what they thought was the safest place. Because, according to the established laws of this dark world, something that can make a loud noise is definitely at the top of the food chain, and it is also an incomparably powerful and terrifying existence.
"This is the gun? This is the power of the gun? Tianxiang looked at the slightly hot pistol in his hand in a daze, and muttered this question that no one could answer except himself. If he was only in a state of half-belief about the knowledge possessed by the ancients before, then the facts in front of him made Tianxiang have to believe that everything about the ancients in the learning machine was as real as this insect beast that fell in front of him.
The huge insect beast had fallen to the ground with its six claws facing the sky, and the two large holes between its eyes, which were still emitting a thin wisp of light smoke, explained the cause of its death. Tianxiang, who was in a hurry, couldn't care about so much at all, and the plate machine that was pulled one after another finally completed the difficult task of combining with the handle of the gun at the most dangerous moment. In this way, under the control of Tianxiang, a new hand who had never touched a gun, the three bullets flew out of the chamber of the gun smoothly under the action of the mechanical impact in the gun, and successfully sniped the most terrifying creature of insects and beasts.
The Jedi Tianxiang couldn't resist the huge transformation of life and death in an instant, and only then did he find that the back of his clothes had been completely soaked with tense sweat, and the strength in his body had disappeared without a trace. Even the eyes that had been staring at the insects and beasts before, not daring to relax at all, became like shriveled fruits that had lost all their water, and were in a state of wanting to close at any time under the shrouded eyelids. Only the heavy pistol that had saved his life in a life-or-death situation was still firmly held in his hand, and he did not dare to relax at all.
"Thirsty! Water! I need water. Tianxiang, who stood in place, reflected for a while, his throat that was about to smoke desperately reminding him of his most urgent need at the moment. The leather bag with water on his waist has long been abandoned, and being able to lighten a little burden when fleeing for his life means that there is another glimmer of hope in life. It's just that now, I didn't expect that the thirst caused by it would become another big killer to torture myself.
The stinking black water in the ruins is undrinkable. Only the kind of fresh rain that falls in the recesses of the ground. Or the liquid that comes out of some strange tube that automatically releases water to get down. According to the knowledge of the ancients, Tianxiang knew that it seemed that it should be called a "water pipe".
But now, apart from a huge insect beast that crashed to the ground, there was nothing in front of him that could quench his thirst.
Worm blood is also liquid, but it cannot be drunk. The foul-smelling green liquid was still pouring out from the wound in the left eye of the insect corpse, but Tianxiang was not interested in it at all. His eyes were now focused on the nearest part, the two large holes between the eyes of the insect beast that had been pierced by bullets.
Two soft, greasy white masses of fluid were emerging from there—the brains of insects.