Section 138 Locusts

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Bugs, probably one of the most ordinary and inconspicuous creatures in the world. Insects that feed on plants, pose no threat to human safety, and feed hunters with their own flesh, will not attract anyone's attention. After all, when you're full, you never think of hunting a phytivore. Because, as a result, it will only result in a waste of one food resource.

Therefore, as annoying as the bugs were, they did not attract the attention of all the vigilant soldiers. In their eyes, those opponents who kill their comrades and seriously injure them are their most important enemies. It's just that Tianxiang doesn't see it that way. Now, he was trying to recall the first words of the four soldiers who fled back to the camp after being seriously wounded. And the only thing they've said so far.

They're not people, they're bugs. Considering a strange-looking bug as a human being, it is common sense that such a low-level mistake would not happen to a vigilant soldier. However, this is only for ordinary insects. After all, this creature crawls on the ground on six legs, has tentacles, and is even capable of making short flights......

With such obvious biological characteristics, if anyone else mistakes it for a human, such a soldier is not worthy of the task of vigilance at all.

But Tianxiang doesn't think so. If the bug rises from the ground, use its two hind limbs to alternate forwards. From a distance, and with the numerous vegetation in the hills, I am afraid that any hunter will see it as a human. At the very least, a creature that resembles a human.

At that moment, Tianxiang only had one thing in his mind - the human-faced locust. The kind of human-faced locust mentioned in Qin Guang's report that can use its hind limbs to travel, and the first pair of articular legs of its forelimbs metamorphose into a strong armor......

If that's the case. So all doubts. can be satisfactorily explained. Many times, preconceived notions tend to constrain the brain's thinking to make further judgments. It's like these soldiers who are in charge of guarding, just because they see a human-like appearance for the first time, they have already formed in their minds the active idea that the opponent is a human. But it never occurred to me that the insects that stood up would also have a time when they lay on the ground and moved in their original form. Distance, light, and two distinct forms of appearance are enough to make the most sober person make the most stupid judgment. There is also Lijiadui Farm. Those who were inexplicably killed by sudden attacks should be in the same way. The sentry standing on the tower could indeed see any movement at the farthest distance. However, there was no reason for him to pay too much attention to an ordinary insect that seemed to be foraging. What's more, in the concept of hunters, locust insects, except for the evolved uninsect and animal variants, are all hunted objects that feed on plants. Therefore, there are not many groups in number. And the locusts that lie on their stomachs and move slowly on the field naturally do not attract too much attention. This is the most fundamental reason why the sentry did not give any warning signal until the people of the wooden house were killed. As for those soldiers who suffered misfortune, it must have been because they were stunned and unable to react normally after suddenly discovering the huge contrast between their target and their own concepts. Only then was the locust swarm swarmed up and torn to pieces......

Of course, all of this is still just Tianxiang's speculation. While it is quite possible that this is the case, there is no tangible evidence to prove it. "Pass my order for all guards to switch to mind detection immediately. And try to extend the detection range to the longest distance. Tell them. The number and location of all found insects in the surrounding area are immediately reported. Be quick! ”

Since the ethnic group entered the construction period, Tianxiang has taken the "Tai Chi Heart Method" and the cultivation of the sixth sense as a compulsory course for every ethnic group. He firmly believes that the combination of physical and mental power will eventually evolve into the final evolutionary path of human beings. Under the influence of this view, there are more and more people who are physically strong and have a rudimentary sense of thinking and communication. Although the range of their thinking extension is not as strong as that of Tianxiang, in terms of the perceptual range of those hundreds of meters. But it has surpassed the ancients by too much. However, in areas that can be reached by eyesight, the dragons are still accustomed to using the naked eye to observe. On the one hand, it is more intuitive, and on the other hand, because it allows for a longer distance and a wider range. After all, the eyes are indeed able to see other things that are happening farther away than the initial development of the brain......

The results of the search were quickly sent back by the radio waves, and Tianxiang, who had marked it on the improvised basin map according to his position, could not help but be surprised. At present, almost all the control areas of the tribe have been occupied by a large number of bugs. They are well hidden, and their locations are in areas on the back that are invisible to the naked eye. But it's very close to each other. Some were even a few tens of meters away from a fire attack. If it weren't for the use of mind exploration, they wouldn't have been discovered at all.

They seem to be waiting, waiting for an appropriate opportunity. Attack en masse、、、、、、 "These bugs have intelligence. While they may not be very intelligent, there is no doubt that they do know when to launch a surprise attack. ”

These were the words of Tianxiang at an urgently convened meeting of officers. It's just that people who hear such statements for the first time can't help but show due doubt and surprise on their faces. Of course, they would not doubt the words of the Great Patriarch. It's just that anyone who hears such a strange statement will definitely measure its veracity first.

"This ...... Is it possible? It can't be true, right? This is a thought that is shared by almost everyone.

Although he is a soldier, he takes it as his duty to obey orders. But if the order is contrary to one's own concept, the intensity of execution will naturally be greatly reduced.

"Order all fire attack points, fire at these marked areas." Such an order, if it were to be uttered from other people's mouths, would certainly be considered unreasonable. After all, this amounts to a waste of precious ammunition. However. The words of the great patriarch have incomparable majesty. No matter how many questions you have in your heart. It must also be enforced.

Powerful and concentrated tyrannical power can often play an unexpected role at this time. The 255 mm self-propelled howitzer is a powerful long-range attack weapon. For this kind of thing, which the ancients called "the god of war", Tianxiang has always placed great expectations. This time, too, it showed its powerful and terrifying power to its owner again.

Twenty-four 255-mm self-propelled guns, which were parked in two rows in the basin, dispersed into several artillery groups, opened fire on their respective designated areas. One after another, the large-caliber shells that rushed out of the chamber whistled sharply in the air and smashed head-on at their targets. Bugs perceive danger far more than humans. This was explained in the books of the ancients hundreds of years ago. This special ability has saved their lives again and again in critical moments. Now it is no exception, when the cannonball is still in the air and has not yet fully hit their target, the locusts lurking in the shadows also find that a great danger has come. They spread their wings on their backs and swept towards what they thought was safe in the distance. It's just that it's too late. The wave of air emitted after the explosion of the cannonballs caught up with them at the fastest speed. Use great force to tear one by one into tiny pieces. Amid the intense smoke of burning smoke and the choking smell of gunpowder, the great swarms of locusts were engulfed in death. Only the hardest carapace and part of the body stump were lifted by the air waves, and then fell heavily to the ground from the air without support......

The range of the artillery swarm attack is only a few places where locusts gather the most. In contrast, a group of hundreds of bugs is obviously more threatening than a few scattered individuals. Not only artillery, but all warning and firing points that received orders. All launched an attack on the adjacent swarm at the same time. Grenades, machine guns, all weapons were fired in that instant. The greetings full of death were completely sent to these alien creatures with bad intentions.

All living things don't sit still. Locusts are no exception. After realizing that there was no hope of escape, they also began to viciously raise the armor on their chests under the fire and bullets of gunfire, and pounced on the targets of their attacks. It's just that they can't cross the blockade of death at all. Its body was still in the air, and it had already been beaten into a dense honeycomb by the dense rain of bullets. Or it was bombarded in two by small individual artillery. There is only one exception. It was a machine-gun emplacement guarded by only five soldiers. According to the command center's orders, they smashed more than a dozen anesthesia canisters into a hidden tree pit just over 20 meters away from them......

Tianxiang wants to see with his own eyes what this strange locust that has been tracked here from Liaodu Farm is what it looks like. Besides, the results of using living creatures for research are certainly much better than dead corpses. The attack lasted only a few minutes, and the number of lurking bugs was not large, and the locations were very close. Thus, with little effort, the dangers hidden around the basin were cleared. It's just that even Tianxiang himself didn't expect that the newly subdued Fangshi people, after witnessing the powerful power brought by technology and civilization, would worship themselves and the dragon clan to an unparalleled height.

A total of sixteen locusts were caught. Completely anesthetized, they are now standing upright, lying unconscious in several sturdy iron cages, for a group of visitors to admire. "It's very human-like indeed. At the very least, their heads already have a rudimentary humanoid appearance. Even without this carapace, just the part that covers it is no different from ordinary people. Tianxiang put a steel bar into the iron cage, and kept looking at the insects imprisoned in it, and commented on it.

"That's true." The guard officer on the side said excitedly: "Look at their legs, so thick and well-developed. However, it seems to have been shortened a lot compared to the past. It seems that they have begun to abandon the bouncing mode of movement and are evolving towards upright walking. "The appearance is very human-like, but I don't know if their hearts are the same as ours......" Tianxiang snorted coldly and threw the steel bar in his hand aside. Gently patted the dust off his hands. When you first see this locust with a human face. He already understood why there was such a strange expression of horror on the face of the deceased found in Li Jiangdui's farm. Because, this locust ground head is too much like a human. If it weren't for the two high-pitched antennae and the sharp, jagged mouthparts on either side of the face, anyone would have thought it was a person at first glance. It's just that there are some overly obvious indentations and "scars" on the face. Looking at these locusts that had been anesthetized, Tianxiang's mind. I can't help but have this terrible scene: a few laborers sitting in the wooden hut eating in the dining place did not notice the locusts crawling on the ground and slowly approaching. It wasn't until these terrible creatures crept into the room and stood up that they were stunned by the incomprehensible scene before them. Bugs, on the other hand, naturally don't give each other any chance. They pounced as fast as they could, biting each other's throats and sucking every drop of blood out of their bodies

They moved so quickly that the poor laborers didn't even have time to resist with their guns. And so he died in fear and horror. As for the sentries on the guard tower. It must have been at this time that the situation in the wooden house was discovered. Begin shooting desperately at other bugs lurking in the grass. However, in the case of almost all the bullets. Still unable to escape from the clinging stairs to the locust beetle in front of him.

Sudden, hidden, and fast-moving...... All these words, which run through the best tactical thinking, are so vividly embodied in the attack of the locust. So much so that Tianxiang couldn't help but sigh with emotion: If it weren't for the fact that the Sense Detection could discover their existence, I am afraid that everyone in the basin would not even know how they died in the end. "They already have some intelligence...... The degree of evolution of this creature is truly astonishing. It's terrible, it's terrible. The attending medical officer, who had heard the news, looked at the strange creature in front of him and muttered to himself.

"No matter how smart they are, as long as they are enemies of humans, there is only one way to die." Tianxiang tightened his face and said this through gritted teeth. Seriously, now he wants to rush forward with a knife and cut these half-human, half-locust creatures in two. It's just that his inner intellect told him that he couldn't do that. At least, not yet. How highly evolved is this human-faced locust? What is the genetic structure in their bodies? Are the strange cells that are left behind in the wounds of soldiers caused by them? What are their breeding food habits......

All questions need to be answered from these captured human-faced locusts.

Not to mention. As the head of the clan, he has more important things to do. According to Zhou Kuang, the patriarch of Fangshi, on the other side of the valley that was filled with rocks and giant trees, was the residence of the Black Cloud tribe. However, Tianxiang once released his own maximum range of thought detection waves at the edge of the valley, and still did not find any human energy fluctuations. Could it be that the length of this valley is thousands of meters away? Also, judging from the direction in which the human-faced locusts appeared, it should be the other side of the valley that Zhou Kuang was referring to. However, judging from the records of this creature attacking humans, they should be a carnivorous insect. Moreover, there may be some special hobby and preference for human flesh and human blood. In that case, the Black Cloud Clan on the opposite side should also be within their attack range. In this case, have all the Black Cloud people suffered misfortune and become a delicacy in their stomachs? However, there is currently no basis for such speculation. After all, according to Zhou Kuang, the Black Cloud Tribe also has at least more than 20,000 hunters. Even if these damn locusts could eat them again, they would never be able to eat so many people in a short period of time. However, the direction in which they appeared was in the same direction as the Black Cloud People...... Does this mean that there is some kind of inexplicable relationship between the Black Cloud Man and the Human-faced Locust?

Reconnaissance drones have been released, but nothing has been achieved. The photographs and videos brought back for several days were obscured by the dense woods. The place of residence chosen by the Black Cloud people is too well hidden. If possible, Tianxiang really wanted to go to the other side of the valley to see what was going on. In the deepest part of his heart, there was this speculation about this event that seemed the most plausible, but also the most terrifying.

"The human-faced locust, most likely an insect bred and bred by the Black Cloud people......" Apocalyptic hunters

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