Inside the giant worm.

Lin Xi waved his arms, and the pitch-black bone blade left scars like knives and axes on the flesh wall.

"Lin Xi, it's in the ground and it's moving fast." Pandora reminded.

Large insects such as burrowing worms usually do not swarm in groups, but with the ferocious temperament of the insect creatures, after clearly understanding that they can't deal with the enemies in their bodies, it will most likely take Lin Xi to the territory of other insects before death, and let the same kind of people avenge themselves.

"Looks like we're going to have to pick things up." Lin Xi put away the bone blade.

Even inside the earthworm's body, the damage done by the bone blades is still limited, and the sections of those wounds are growing granulations that are healing at a rate visible to the naked eye.

Lin Xi suspected that even if the physique of this ground-burrowing giant worm did not reach the transcendental, it was not much worse.

Compared to the red beetle war insect, which can be destroyed by ordinary people with weapons, the flexible epidermis on the outside of the burrowing giant worm, and the cuticle half a meter deep under the skin, even those with abilities are completely unable to break through.

Coupled with the huge body and terrifying healing power, it was almost unstoppable in the early apocalypse, and it was a nightmare for all survivors.

Fortunately, the burrowing worm's internal defenses are not excellent, and predators can completely shred its flesh walls and internal organs.

As the predator poured out of its nest and wreaked havoc in its body, the body of the burrowing worm twitched violently, and the small holes between the body segments on its back for breathing oozed reddish body fluid.

But it still kept its head down, darting through the dirt underground.

……

The suburbs of Xijiang City.

The sun had just risen, and the night had not yet completely faded, when a gunshot rang out suddenly, like a stone falling into the calm water, shattering the peace of the surface and unveiling the dark tide that was surging wildly beneath the surface.

A squad of dozens of soldiers gradually advanced, the guns in their hands frantically poured out tongues of fire, and before a few corpse beetles that had just been awakened by the sound of gunfire could react, they were pierced by dense bullets, and their bodies fell to the ground with a burst of convulsions.

The sulfuric acid insect next to him was directly shattered by the entire fat body, and the strong acid inside splashed everywhere, corroding the ground under him.

In the face of powerful firepower, more than a dozen first-order bugs were quickly killed one by one. The captain led the team forward, and when he saw the scene in front of him, he couldn't help but show anger.

Next to the corpse of each corpse spotted beetle lay several mutilated human remains, some with their upper bodies missing, and some with their thighs missing.

They all knew in their hearts that these corpses were carried by corpse beetles as a reserve food. The vanished parts have been corroded by the saliva of the corpse beetles, swallowed into their stomachs.

Looking at the sulfuric acid insects around him, covered with scarlet slime, the thought of how many humans had died tragically under their strong acid made the soldier's heart surrounded by nameless fire.

"These damn bugs! Where exactly did they come from? The lieutenant beside the captain scolded everyone, and they all hated these giant insects.

In particular, the sulfuric acid insects, who initially lost a considerable part of their comrades-in-arms due to their lack of clarity about the details, hated and feared this fat and bloated green bug after seeing the strong acid turn a whole living person into pus within a few seconds.

The captain's eyes also flashed with a hint of grief, but he quickly suppressed his emotions, instructed the soldiers to guard the surrounding situation, and then took out a walkie-talkie-like device from his chest.

"This is the 17th squad belonging to the 3rd Brigade, which has captured the target location, and there are no casualties for the time being, please instruct."

“…… Zizi ...... Continue to point D and join the sixteenth and eighteenth squads......"

"Roger." The captain put down the walkie-talkie, glanced at the adjutant, and led the team to continue to move northwest.

"I don't know what's going on in the city right now." The adjutant sighed.

"Alas...... It's been almost two days and two nights since it started, and I just hope that there aren't many bugs in the city. The captain said.

Two days ago, the bugs raided the barracks and repelled them at a certain cost, and after a period of rest, the regimental commander gave the order to enter the city.

However, the constant emergence of strange bugs along the way severely hindered the army's march, and a lot of energy had to be devoted to caring for the survivors or rescuing civilians who had been captured by the bugs as rations.

It wasn't until the early morning of the third day that the army was finally about to enter Xijiang City.

The captain's eyes flashed with hope and urgency, his family was in the city, not only him, but in fact a large part of the soldiers, but even in this critical moment of survival, they could only obey military orders first.

Seeing that the captain's expression was wrong, the adjutant hurriedly changed the subject.

"But the head of the regiment is really like a god, these insects really have to sleep at night, no wonder we are broken into pieces, and we start to act before dawn."

"Indeed, by attacking while they were still sleeping, our casualties were minimized." The captain agreed.

"I guess those people came up with this, I didn't think it was before, but now it seems that those aliens are really useful."

"It's the Stranger," the captain pointed right, "Thanks to the insect distribution map drawn by Comrade Liang Hui and the command of Captain Yang, we were able to come here so easily. ”

"Yes, but I'm really curious, what are those abilities that can make Captain Yang's brain suddenly so much better, and that comrade who can detect the location and number of bugs, obviously there was nothing special when we rescued him." The adjutant looked puzzled.

"Two days ago, if someone had told you that there were worms bigger than people, you wouldn't have believed it, but now it's happening. In my opinion, it doesn't matter where those abilities come from, as long as they're good for us. The captain said.

"Well, but, if they ......," the adjutant was about to say something, and the soldiers in front suddenly raised an alert.

"There is a situation!" The captain looked into the distance, and with the help of the bright sky, he could vaguely see dark brown dirt bags growing on the ground.

"What's that?" Everyone lowered their pace and approached slowly, and when they saw the situation in front of them, their faces couldn't help but change wildly.

The dark brown dirt bags were dotted with mangled human corpses, and in the chest cavity of the corpses, the hollowed-out abdomen was covered with light brown balls, which were neither large nor small, just like adult fists.

And those huge dark brown earth bags are covered with strange black patterns, which can't help but remind people of the carapace of the red beetle war insect!

The captain's heart trembled, cold sweat flowed, and he hurriedly gestured to direct the team to retreat.

Everyone understood the severity of the situation, and tried their best to suppress their footsteps, and retreated step by step.

"Click!" It wasn't too loud, but it was like a life-threatening soul bell in the captain's ears, and he quickly turned his head to look.

I saw a soldier accidentally step on the ball scattered on the ground, bursting brown juice.

Not far away, a large dirt bag moved, and the front end was raised, revealing a pair of dark green compound eyes.

Everyone stopped, their hearts rising to their throats, as if solidified into statues. The captain raised his hand, ready to give the order to retreat.

However, the insect only stared at the group for a moment, its miserable green eyes dangling, and then lay down and did not move.

"It's okay, it's okay." The adjutant breathed a sigh of relief and was about to continue his retreat when he suddenly felt the ground tremble.

The tremors grew louder and louder, as if a huge creature was crawling underground, and approaching quickly.

With a loud tremor on the ground, a dirt bag in the distance was raised, and dozens of miserable green compound eyes opened, some of which had fully awakened and quickly crawled towards the team.

The captain didn't have time to think about it, so he quickly ordered everyone to retreat, but when he turned back, he saw a scene that he would never forget.

The ground between the many dirt bags suddenly collapsed, and an earthy yellow giant worm with a diameter of more than four meters broke through the ground!

The ground in the direction of the team's retreat cracked, and dark brown insects emerged from the ground.