The swarm is attracted by the highly toxic essentia and psionic energy, and the sound of their wings is so piercing that it is impossible to think at ease, and the many black gases they carry are extremely poisonous, which can easily make people's skin fester.

If it weren't for the special forces and the Spiritual Weapons Church, which would have worn gas masks and applied skin coatings, 90% of the people in the team would have died in such an impact.

"What bugs?"

The captain reached out and grabbed a worm, which was a strange insect that resembled a combination of a moth and a dragonfly, and its exterior was covered with uneven gray-black metal scales, and it was the wings that rubbed against the scales to make a piercing sound that resonated with psionic energy, and except for the scales, its head was blue and red, with a greasy sheen, and its tail had a highly toxic tail needle that could be reused like a killer bee.

The captain was shocked to find that it was not dead - inside the strange insect was a strange corrosive colloid, with the internal organs of the insect floating, and crushing the shell could not kill the strange insect in the first place, and it had to be treated with fire, alkali, and salt.

"Buzz ......"

The swarm of insects continued to pound and vibrate the corridor, with an unstoppable momentum, their scales shining brightly, their tails sharp and powerful, and their voices piercing and terrifying, they were simply a perfect tool of war, and everywhere they passed, it was like a flood that everyone wanted to retreat and avoid.

The Flameland soldiers who had first made contact had already fired, and the flames were shining.

"Ahh

"Help!"

But the effect was not great, the sound and sparkle of the fire attracted the insect swarm, and the two soldiers who shot at the beginning were overwhelmed by the gathered insect swarm, and by the time the insects dispersed, they were already covered with holes, and the devastated flesh was even densely packed with insect eggs and small worms.

- Swarms build nests in the creatures they kill as nutrients for the growth of their larvae!

As a last resort, the captain could only use cold weapons to meet the battle, he drew his sword, urged the wind pressure, and slashed at the swarm with a sonorous roar.

Several wind blades that rotated and slashed forward, smashing and crushing a large area of strange insects - the scale dragonfly moth is not tough, and with the power of the Terra, it can destroy a lot with a single sword.

This pointed out to the other soldiers, and when they landed, they could see the sound of swords slashing in the black mist, and all kinds of martial arts were used, hitting the swarm. The air surged, causing the corpses to fall one after another.

At the same time, the trap was detonated.

Bang!

A violent explosion sounded, thunder generally echoed in the corridor, debris and shock waves rushed back and forth in a relatively narrow area, and the directional blasting explosives formed a high heat wave, which directly cut off the still surging poisonous black fog, and even reversed back.

And the psionic blast also worked, even if the Flying Flame Land soldiers who were not the main attack were also after a burst of blue light flashed, they felt that their brains were being hit hard, and the five senses disappeared for a moment, and their ears were full of buzzing and trembling, and nothing could be heard.

On the vast surface, the swarm can still spread out to avoid the shock wave and psionic blast, but in the underground ruins, they can only be burned to ashes or fall like raindrops—in just an instant, most of the originally dense insect swarm will disappear, and the darkness that cannot be seen is much lighter.

"Buzz ......"

But before everyone in the Flying Flame Land could breathe a sigh of relief, there was another piercing sound of wings flapping in the distance, and the black mist was thick again, making everyone's faces suddenly change.

"What the hell is in front of you, can't you kill it all?"

In this regard, the Church of Spiritual Machines also had to take out the hole card - the nun took out a box from the center of her chest, opened it, and a red light shot on the ground, and then quickly condensed into a giant machine gun that was large enough for a person.

Lifting the giant machine gun with one hand, the nun weighed more than the one-handed one.

- The physical transformation degree of the Iron Nun of the Spirit Sect is more than 80 percent...... They are not so much human as armor with human brains!

Airplanes......

The giant machine gun began to spin and warm up, and the nun began to show her inheritance ability - the hot fiery red dust merged into the machine gun, condensing into half-empty bullets.

The Church of Spiritual Machines' unique True Inheritance 'Heavy Attack Attacker' can condense high-explosive bullets anytime and anywhere, and even if there is no logistics, it can capture enemy positions alone.

And the small box she took out before was the technology 'Aether Matter Converter' that the Spirit Mechanic Church had only unearthed from the relics of life in the previous era in the last ten years—through specific inscriptions, specific items could be etherized, esseriorized, and stored in the corresponding storage box.

It is said that this technology is the core of the 'Ascension Project' carried out by the civilization of the previous era...... In other words, the human body can also be converted into ether, which reduces the pressure of ascension and lifts more people at once.

The giant machine gun was warmed up, and then in an instant, it erupted into a storm of flames that swept through the entire corridor—the flames blew and burned almost all the scale dragonflies in an instant.

Although some of the insects turned to besiege the nun, the insects only discovered that under the nun's loose clergy robes, there was not a soft body, but a solid steel ...... The nuns of the Sleepless Eye, or the core members of the Order of Spiritual Machines, all need to use special technology to modify their bodies, and almost all of their bodies will be replaced with steel, except for the flesh and blood tissue that is kept to load the essentia structure.

The needle puncture could not penetrate the nun's outer armor at all, and could only be burned to ashes by the heat dissipation flow from the opponent's body.

【Onward】

At this moment, entering the state of battle, the nun's real voice sounded, it was an emotionless, plain electronic voice: [There should be a nest of this group of strange insects in front, if you want to continue to explore, you must exterminate the nest!] 】

The giant machine gun continued to spin and fire until the crimson flames engulfed everything.

"Let's go!"

Almost all the worms were destroyed, and after a short period of preparation, the group immediately moved forward under the orders of the captain.

As the road moves forward, it gradually loses its traces of humanity...... There is a rift valley in front of it, and there is a small waterfall from the top of the rift valley to make a noise here, I don't know if this was the case back then, or if it has changed in geological changes over the past thousand years, but there are indeed a large number of black metal nests like beehives here, and there are many scale dragonflies and moths whose lower bodies have not yet fully hardened are still crawling out of the nests, and the water mist stirred up by the waterfall is also hatched into a black mist by the poisonous water flowing from the nest.

The monks began to sample, and after sampling, the nests were quickly destroyed, and the black mist was burned by the flames.

"Is this really the center of the ruins?"

The captain's heart became more and more uneasy, because the insect swarm had been wiped out, and the whole cavern was unusually quiet except for the sound of their team, and he heard the sound of gurgling water in the distance, and there should be a small river of flowing water seeping from above the rift.

It was supposed to be a humid and cold environment, but the thermal vision told him that the environment ahead was going to get hotter and hotter, and the small river seemed to be boiling, releasing a red spectrum.

"Indeed, you see, there are many remains of the combat weapons of the pre-era civilization here."

The nun stood up, she had been investigating the soil on the ground that had been soaked with insect secretions and all kinds of poisonous water, and at this moment she reached out without hesitation, and pulled out a piece of silver-gray armor from the poisonous mud, which had not yet decayed, and said in an almost obsessive tone: "Behold, the material of this alloy...... It is perfectly stable even in highly corrosive environments, but it is not pure gold – it is slightly less hard, but this is an alloy that is comparable to pure gold in terms of stability! ”

"The materials are probably Chongyuan iron, Henggang and Mingguang iridium...... Unfortunately, there is not enough equipment to detect more accurate data. ”

- Technocratic maniac.

The captain showed a moment of disgust, he knew very well that the Spirit Weapon Church was a group of madmen who didn't care about their lives for the sake of technology, and he was a little rational before, but now after seeing the target, the other party's actions would definitely turn extremely radical immediately.

However, at this moment, suddenly.

The earth shook.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

It's like some behemoth is stumbling closer.

Because of the previous preparation of the giant golden mushroom fortress turtle, everyone did not panic because of this, but the captain and nun who led the group even showed a frightened expression on their faces.

"This breath is the second energy level—"

The scout in front of him exclaimed, but before he could finish speaking, he suddenly saw a black shadow pass by, and the scout's body disappeared, leaving only his stubble legs in place, and the blood of the big canopy dripping from the sky of the rift.

"Hurry back, retreat to the corridor!"

The captain drew his sword to meet him, and he shouted: "Set up the alchemy cannon!" ”

A shrill hiss erupted from the shadows of the Rift, and a giant that was darker than the shadows was moving at high speed in midair.

The captain's Adam's apple rolled, and he couldn't speak, and he couldn't move his steps, because with the chaotic words of the special operations team and the fire of the guns, the behemoth hanging in the upper end of the rift revealed its form.

What a strange and majestic beast that is?

The gigantic body of more than 100 meters resembled a sharp carapace made of steel blades, and the thousands of wriggling blade feet were firmly inserted into the craggy stone wall of the rift, hanging its huge body in the air.

It was a giant metal centipede, pitch black and non-reflective, but it was not a real creature - it had two huge drill forelimbs on the front of its body, and three huge turbine-like power units on its back that were constantly spewing out high-heat steam, and even a pale particle could be faintly seen releasing from the turbine, providing the metal behemoth with terrifying destructive power.

The Golden Centipede's 'head' had a scarlet one-eye, which was locked in front of the Flameland Soldiers, and the drill in its hand still had the blood and flesh fragments of the soldiers that had been shattered earlier.

It is clearly extremely hostile and has no intention of negotiating.

"Goo...... Gollum ......"

A disgusting mucus creep sounded, and the nun immediately looked in the direction where the sound came from, which came from a hemispherical bulge in the center of the giant centipede's waist, where there was a lot of strange flesh growth.

If Ian had been here, he would have been able to tell at first glance that these flesh and blood growths were extremely similar to those of the Great Shaman on the top of the crocodile dragon! And it's also very similar to the hyperplastic polyps that are defeated when parasites invade the brain!

"Is this a Warcraft or a relic giant?!"

Before the sound sounded, the giant golden centipede had already attacked, and it charged directly, thousands of bladed feet constantly moving back and forth, moving regularly, driving its huge body to charge forward at high speed, and these extremely sharp feet crushed everything it touched mercilessly.

"It's the Relic Giant!"

And the nun, who was extremely nervous and looked at the ruin giant in front of her with fanatical and intoxicated eyes, replied loudly, her voice trembling, and she couldn't tell whether it was fear or joy: "Complete ruin giant, besides, there is a 'driver' manipulating!" ”

Rumble!

At the same time as the nun replied loudly, the more than two-meter-long charged flame tongue spewed out, and the alchemy cannon was fired.

A thunderous roar echoed through the empty cavern, layered on top of each other, mixed with the howling of the wind, and the blast of the explosion, wrapped in rubble and a mist of high water, in all directions, powerful enough to make even the greatest beasts temporarily retreat.

However, the combined blow of the Flying Flame Land's latest anti-armor cannon and deflagration warhead did not shake its target in the slightest, only causing a slight depression in the opponent's outer armor, which was covered in a layer of harmless flames.

The dark shadows are still looming.

Meanwhile, Ian and his party have arrived near the River of Parasites.