Three Behemoth-class battlecruisers, like a flickering blade, came directly near the Leviathan's corpse, trying to extract the most delicious meat.

This area is more like the set of a magical thriller at this time, foggy, and hazy formed by all kinds of light that is difficult to determine the source, and a large number of dead insect corpses can always be seen nearby, like meteorite fragments in the asteroid belt, scattered and floating, with very low speed, with the hull armor of the battle cruiser, there is no fear of colliding with it.

In the battle cruiser Nemea, Leon listened to the AI's gas analysis report, and his brows furrowed unconsciously, a large amount of ammonia and methane, which are the main components of the gas emitted from the inside of the giant ship creatures of the insects, not to mention the smell, and flammable, very unsafe.

In fact, this is just a proof that the insects are also using high-energy gas.

In the SC universe, whether it is humans, star spirits, or insects, it has been found that this hydrocarbon is the most abundant and efficient fuel in the known universe.

For Xingling, high-energy gas is also a catalyst for psionic reactions, which generally refers to the state-like hydrogen. In fact, human ingestion also has reactions such as excitement and hallucination.

Alien insects can take in nutrients from them, which can accelerate their metabolism and reproduction.

In general, the so-called evolution of life can be understood as a process of adaptation to the environment. From adapting to the environment of the home star, to adapting to the solar system where the home star is located, to the wider galaxy, whoever can make better use of the elements provided by the environment will be better able to survive.

The fact that the insects absorb high-energy gas almost directly proves that from the perspective of biological evolution, they have stood at a high point.

But it doesn't make them get rid of the fact that they stink, and there is slimy.

This is the main feeling of the special operations team sent by Lyon, entering the interior of the Leviathan wreckage.

It wasn't as the Marines had expected, traveling through huge biological cavities, and everywhere was soft and unshaped.

It's not like that, the interior of the Leviathan is more like a combination of large and small caves, domes, and tunnels, and the basic outline is still relatively clear, not too soft, and the ground covered with fungus blankets is like stepping on hard rubber. Occasionally, there are places where it looks like a cement that has not yet been stepped on, and you can feel the juiciness underneath, but the shell on top is harder and not sticky to your feet.

But the stuff that drips everywhere like transparent glue or snot is really bad to look at. The Marines got the information that this was the 'honey' that the insects liked very much, and some Marines even joked about it: "The insects have entered the happy stage of eating and opening their mouths, and it is raining honey in the sky." ”

Despite the airtightness of the spacesuit's power armor, the absence of a stench, and the need to worry about skin touching the mucus, the Marines felt as if they had been in the rainforest, suffering from the heat and stickiness.

Thankfully, the gravity here is normal, even slightly higher, which is good news for the GIs, and the feeling of not working around and flying at the touch will make people feel a kind of grievance and depression that they can't handle.

However, they soon found that they were happy a little early, and that normal gravity was undoubtedly more beneficial to the insects.

The first death was caused by the sudden attack of the needle-spine crawler, a huge bone-like multi-edged giant spear, which suddenly flew from the darkness and mist, and poked a huge hole directly into the human body, looking at the proportion, if it were not for the power armor, the human would have been poked in two.

In this way, the injury to the chest cavity, which occupies more than 20% of the body and is still a concentration of vital organs, was naturally spared even treatment and died tragically on the spot.

And so the battle began.

The first to appear with a giant spear with a long flexible pole like a steel cable is the most numerous jumping insect among the insects.

The jumping insect is about the same size as the Demu, but it is covered in scales and armor, looks heavier, and has sickle limbs like the skeleton of an ungrown angel's wings, a whip tail, and sometimes ridge fins or wings, which make it look more formidable.

From the perspective of humans, most of the insects have more or less dinosaur characteristics, with sharp teeth and claws, typical carnivorous beasts.

The jumping insects make all kinds of strange screams, pounce out of the fog-like smoke, this is a tactic, the sound is not only intimidating, but also a kind of confusion, the jumping insects do not only know how to stupidly pounce on and bite to see, they will also engage in some tricks of spreading the maze and sounding east and west.

There are not many of them, so they use this kind of ventriloquist to contain the opponent, but once the number comes up, the screaming is not so fierce, and they are slaughtered.

The Marines soon discovered that there were bugs everywhere.

"It's a trap! It's a trap!" shouted the Marines in charge of surveillance in a hoarse voice over the channel.

He carries a ghost energy detector, which can not only lock on to the mission target with the strongest ghost energy overflow, but also can detect the location of ordinary insects.

Because even the lowest level of jumping insects communicate through ghostly energy, or telepathy, the various sounds they make are more like the modal words commonly used by humans, and basically do not involve specific content.

But now, the Marines found themselves trapped, and the insects played a trick similar to radio silence, lurking underground, motionless, non-happening, like a boulder, people walking over their heads, and they didn't react.

At the right time, through the regular transmission of vibrations similar to code words, the communication is completed, and then the ground is broken and the siege is formed.

So in the Marine's monitor, there is a view of a large number of insect signals appearing in all directions and besieging them.

The leader of the Marine Corps was not bad, and immediately commanded the Marines to hold together, the medics and heavy weapon carriers were placed in the inner circle, and the others were shoulder to shoulder, handing over the flanks and backs to their comrades.

In this context, what the Marines hate the most is the flying spear of the spinal needle crawler, this kind of stabbing, even if it is encountered by the main battle tank, will be a hole in the body, and the power armor of the Marines naturally cannot bear it, so they can only dodge.

However, although this thing is not like the Meteor Hammer, which is both sweeping and pumping, but only pokes, and the attack angle is relatively limited, its trajectory is still difficult to figure out, and it is often too late to dodge when it is seen.

It doesn't make much sense to shoot at this kind of thing, the spearhead and the whip, the former is extremely hard, the latter is extremely tough, and it is fast to come and go, neither of which can be easily destroyed, but can only be solved by approaching the spinal needle reptile and striking its body.

Surrounded by insects, it is very difficult to advance, so people are constantly poked, or the tight queue structure is destroyed, resulting in leaks in the fire network.

Insects are very sensitive and good at seizing such opportunities, and where their firepower is weak, they will attack from wherever they are. The Marines were in a hurry.

But soon, they didn't have to worry, or couldn't take care of it, and a new kind of insect appeared.

Poisonous Explosive Bugs!

This kind of bug is a secondary mutation based on the jumping worm, which consumes a large amount of high-energy gas to obtain an abundance of corrosive acid, and its size is like a go-kart full of items.

Because their bodies are too fat and too slow to crawl at normal speeds, they all roll and walk.

As soon as the Marines saw this thing, they immediately realized that something was wrong.

The main reason is that the angry sac of the poisonous explosion insect is too intuitive, and the visual effect is like a fluorescent water bladder being wrapped in a big net, the kind of trembling, a lot of water inside the effect, it is easy to remind people of the water bladder formed by filling water with latex gloves when I was a child, but the poisonous green glowing color is a very recognizable warning color, so that people can know at a glance that most of the things there are not good, especially now on the battlefield.

"Shoot it!"

Gauss rifle 8MM nail bullets rain down.

However, the Poison Blasters are much stronger than they look, and have a large explosion range, and there are other jumping insects to cover them, and most importantly, they are numerous......

"Dodge, dodge!"

What's the use? Tragedy has filled the coffee table of life.

The effect of acid corrosion is more powerful than the effect of pouring strong sulfuric acid directly on people, the power armor is corroded and smoking, and even the human body is corroded into a pile of rotten meat, the kind of melting effect visible to the naked eye, and the screams that are not like human voices, will be a nightmare that accompanies the survivors for a lifetime.

This Marine Corps is basically finished.

In the original history line, there is almost no new type of alien worm that can make the star spirits and humans jump for a while, killing and injuring a large number of people.

The advent of a new type of insect means that the tactics become more abundant, and of course, the logistical pressure and preparation time increase.

Therefore, the insects do not blindly pursue the diversity of tactics and the power of individual soldiers, sometimes they are basic units, jumping insects, stinging snakes, and at most flying mantises, simple, fast, and powerful.

Leon's encounter this time is obviously a brain worm that likes to sell off technology, not only the secondary evolution units such as the Devourer, the Corruptor, and the Poison Blaster, but also the heavy unit evolved from the Stinging Snake, such as the Lurker.

The evacuated Marines watched as they rushed in, burrowed into the ground in front of them, and then launched a series of jagged blade thrusts on the ground.

This kind of single-molecule blade that suddenly erupts from the ground, can spray up to about two meters, and has a certain sawing effect, and it is indescribably miserable to be suddenly hit by this super millennium kill, the key is that it is impossible to determine when the next column of spurs will appear and what kind of direction.

There is no doubt that it is normal for people to be gravity-driven now, as it is clearly more beneficial to the Alien side.

The Marines went from daring to run for their lives, and the three ships waiting outside were not having a good time.

In the beginning, it was a few flying mantises.

This battle patrol is not very afraid, their blade insects have limited damage to the battle patrol, but the ATA platoon cannon of the battle patrol can quickly shatter these flying mantises.

However, the situation soon deteriorated, and not only did the number of flying mantis surge, but they also evolved twice in front of the ship, forming a huge cocoon in the airspace filled with related substances (gases).

For the human side, there is nothing to say, dare to pretend that this comparison is better than stepping on the consciousness of stepping on the face, and it will be shattered!

Then I opened the cannon and found that the flying mantis in the cocoon state was really strong enough, and the platoon cannon did not shatter it, but hit it far away like a baseball.

It's embarrassing, it was originally static, but it turned out to be a blast of artillery, and now it's like marbles, rolling around. Then came the cocoons that emerged as Devourers and Corruptors, and Guardians.

The same amount, but the damage was multiplied, and the three battle cruisers quickly felt the pressure, and Leon was also gritted and grim-faced by the frequent reports of losses.

In the bridge operations command room, many people secretly watched him, waiting for him to give the order to retreat.

Obviously, it has failed, and it is difficult to say how many of the marines who went in to capture the brain worm will be able to escape in the end, even if Leon chooses to completely abandon those people now and immediately jump away, it is estimated that no one will object, after all, if you continue to play like this, the three battle cruisers will be reimbursed, which is a matter of minutes.

Leon is unwilling to admit defeat, and he is playing bad debts on Josara, which is not actually his nature, but has a reason to be manipulated.

He himself knew very well what an important quality 'obedience' was in his circumstances.

'Obedience' not only gave him a chance, but also gained some fame and power, but as a result, he ran into a graybeard who tore apart without a word, the loss of several new battle cruisers, the death of the fleet commander, plus the loss of the new Wellington and the death of a large number of people, the little popularity and credit he had accumulated before could be said to have been exported all at once, and there was still a deficit.

He believes that he must take advantage of the fact that he has not lost his command now, take advantage of the rare opportunity, and give it a fight, otherwise what awaits him will be 'unusable' evaluation and thrown to the second line, even if it is not a cold palace, and he will no longer have a large number of resources, connections, etc. to support him as in the past.

With this in mind, Leon Fawkes made a bold decision to ask for help from the Golden Fleet and encourage them to jump here and participate in the kidnapping of the brain worms......