Chapter Twenty-Three: The Mysterious Humanoid Ghost
Compared with bee insects, pincer insects of the same rank also have their own unique advantages.
First of all, the extreme cold of winter is not suitable for the flight of beeworms, and once their wings are opened, they will dissipate a lot of heat at the base of the wings (armpits), while the pincer insects look bulky, and the thickness of the carapace on their bodies plays a good role in insulating heat. The armor pieces on the pincer insects will also gradually thicken, increasing their cold resistance, making them look more powerful.
Before Xiaohua hibernates, Fang Lei uses her information to go on the last expedition of the winter - there is a giant beehive inside a hanging canyon waterfall.
Ten thousand high mountains, rising from the ground, the low mountains are more like the servants of this giant. From the entrance to the canyon to the south, the huge ridge rises like a human face, and the waterfall at the chin has long been frozen and turned into a white beard. This huge waterfall is more than a thousand feet wide and several kilometers high, and it still gives a sense of grandeur and holiness even when it is frozen.
Standing at the front of the team, he observed the entire ridge before and after, only to feel that there was already silence in this deep canyon, and there could be no sound at all, Fang Lei made an order to stop with his right hand.
"Thousands of mountains and birds fly away, and thousands of people disappear, which is really well described. I didn't expect such a big waterfall to be hidden here, if the information is good, it must be here and there, and it must be very lively. It's a pity that our Lei is here to harvest wheat today, and all the energy accumulated by the Zerg will be collected. β
The strategic intent is very obvious, to grab resources and use them for their own use.
"Thousands of mountains and birds fly away, and thousands of people disappear - the leader will compose poems, I really heard two peerless poems this time, and I admired and admired. β
Fang Lei squinted at Huangfu Zong, who was patting his ass, and was shaking his head with interest, thinking that this thing looked rough, and his ability to pretend to be good was not bad.
"Brother Huangfu understands me very well. β
The slightly obscene bone fire jumped lightly and made a praising motion, Fang Lei took the opportunity to glance at Baili Yinxi and Zao Wou-ki, it seemed that he happily liked Huangfu Zong's praise, and was waiting for the praise of these two right-hand subordinates.
Fang Lei is very cautious about important events, but his plain style has always been exaggerated, anyway, others don't know that Lu Dao's poem was copied, so casually read it is a little bit of cultural style.
Zhao Wuji was well versed in Fang Lei's temper, and said with a meaningful smile, "The leader is a great talent, well, a thousand mountains and birds fly away, and this scene here is very wonderful. β
Baili Yinxi was even more upright, "The start is good, but there should be something behind." β
This ancient poem is a masterpiece of Liu Zongyuan in the Tang Dynasty, Fang Lei memorized it well when he was in school, and the last two sentences should be a lonely boat and a lonely fisherman in the cold river and snow. It's a pity that the pools under the icefall in front of you are also frozen and empty, let alone anything.
Fang Lei was speechless for a while, held back his glance at the Baili Seal Seal, and hummed, "A good poem of the eternal quatrain, which one can you appreciate? Just these two sentences, if you want to listen to my later verses, just wait for me to return triumphantly!"
Of course, everyone didn't know that Lu Dao Fang Lei just hummed two sentences in response to the situation, and they didn't know that Lu Dao's poem was plagiarized from this undisciplined copy. But Fang Lei's cassette can still be seen, snickering and commotion. Baili Yinxi was puzzled, and his heart was always entangled by what the last two sentences were.
Gradually, I walked to the waterhole below the icefall, which is about a few hundred zhang wide, and there are a lot of floating algae in the water, and it still looks deep and unfathomable after freezing. Fang Lei knocked on the icefall with his hand, and the echo showed that the ice was extremely thick, and it was difficult to see the scene inside the icefall without a knife and axe.
Changing his previous relaxed state, Fang Lei's expression gradually became serious, he was very worried about the thickness of this icefall, the thicker the ice, the better the thermal insulation effect, once the bee insect activity inside did not enter a dormant state, then the future of this expedition was uncertain.
"Captain Eagle, according to Xiaohua's information, a large number of bee insects flew in and out from under the waterfall a month ago, and according to her numbers, there should be a medium-sized beehive in it, but the weather has become colder and formed an icefall. Go and reconnoiter and see if you can find any trace of the bee bee. β
"Yes, the last general commanded. β
The flying eagle immediately climbed up with several sturdy skeletons, and in a flash, it jumped and climbed more than ten meters along the smooth and vertical ice surface.
Flying Eagle is one of the skeletons trusted by Fang Lei, and when he fought against the Kawang Pincer Worm, the main task of detecting the enemy's Chinese army was Flying Eagle. Fang Lei is responsible for the Flying Eagle and serves as the scout leader of the skeleton group.
Since the waterfall is constantly flowing at a high speed, the water source is full of bubbles after freezing, especially under such a few feet of solid ice, it is unknown whether there are insects in it. After climbing about seven or eight hundred meters, the eagle climbing on the ice used a long nail to make a small hole in the icefall.
After a careful investigation, the Flying Eagle came back and reported, "Tell the chief, the ice cave is pitch black, and there is no light to be seen. The subordinates suggested breaking the ice directly!"
Fang Lei nodded, it was also a helpless choice to break the ice directly. Of course, he knew that if he did this, if there were a large number of bees and insects in it, he would inevitably fight fiercely. However, he still had a hint of luck, the temperature outside was now more than 100 degrees below zero, and as soon as these bees left the ice cave, they would immediately freeze to death, and they would never be as hardy as skeletons or pincer troops.
Fang Lei gave the order: "The hammer soldiers attack!"
Ten skeletons holding huge mallet weapons about a zhang long began to break the ice, these skeleton soldiers and Huangfu Zong's martial arts are all of the wrestler type, mobility and agility are not as good as light weapons, but all of them have a strong blasting power to pull mountains and rivers.
Although the ice was thick, it could not stop the heavy blow of this big hammer, and after hundreds of bombardments at a blasting point, it finally revealed a gap more than one person high.
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At the same time as the soldiers under Fang Lei's command broke the army, the space inside the icefall was like a funnel-shaped bottomless beehive, densely packed with countless bees hanging in the corridor, most of the levels were first- and second-order, the tail with hooks and thorns was curled, the abdomen was close to the waxy wall of the hive, and the closed eyes indicated that they had entered a deep sleep.
In this case, killing them is very simple.
However, as the distance progresses, the temperature inside the hive also gradually rises from minus tens of degrees, many insects begin to half-sleep, the temperature exceeds minus 20 degrees, the bee bees are already very active, and many sappers still maintain non-stop construction in the harsh winter, they build nests with waxy objects, and continue to expand their nests deep into the roots of the cave.
The space inside the waterfall is very wide and deep, almost completely occupied by the beehive, there are more than a thousand bee insects hibernate or exercising, the main corridor inside the beehive, the temperature is getting higher and higher, and the wax body has melted along it slowly down to the endβat the end of the nest, a fourth-order leader-level crimson pincer insect king is lying on the bridge, and next to him there is a third-order bee insect leader, who also maintains the same humble posture.
The high bridge leads to the depths of the cavern, where hot lava flows slowly under the arches. Fang Lei would never have imagined that the cave inside this icefall was actually a volcanic crater, continuously transporting a large amount of heat to ensure that the entire hive survived the cold winter.
This fourth-order pincer insect king is the kava king who was chased and killed by Fang Lei at the beginning, and the third-order bee insect king next to him is obviously the owner of this cave.
I don't know what kind of great adventure I get, King Kawa, who was tortured half to death last time, actually rose from the third order to the fourth order in one fell swoop, and after the dark red body evolved, it seemed to be covered with a layer of real gold, exuding a faint golden light. If calculated in terms of combat power alone, the combat power of the fourth-order zerg is equivalent to ten third-order, one hundred second-order, and one thousand first-order. What's more, King Kawa is a fourth-order boss-level boss.
In other words, if Kawa breaks out of the hive now, if nothing else, it will almost completely be able to sweep away Fang Lei's army of 100 skeletons.
But now that he has a higher command, all military operations must be subordinated to a new commander. Kava's immediate boss is a humanoid ghost in a black cloak, and the faint smell of death suggests that he is long dead. The robes were torn, and two blood-soaked iron chains pierced the ribs, and at the ends of the chains were thumb-sized skulls, each with two double-edged throwing knives.
This weirdly shaped weapon makes the man look more handsome and evil, his face is as white as a ghost, the dried meat exposed on his chest is even more awe-inspiring, and the 37-point long hair is meticulous and covers the eyebrows, making the blue cat-eyed eyes full of magic.
The tone was calm and majestic.
"Kawa, as much as I want to kill you, I will leave you with this cheap life until I get the mocking face of my master. Your enemy is just outside the waterfall, and if you don't turn in an answer sheet that satisfies your master this time, you're all going to die together......"
The look of wanting to kill Kawa hundreds of times made the bee next to him feel inexplicably panicked. When the humanoid's gaze shifted to it, the third-order bee worm, which was more enchanting, more slender, and unusually colorful than Anas, almost trembled.
"Youβthis time you're in charge of cooperating with Kawa, and you're sure to annihilate Fang Lei's army in one fell swoop. β
"Humble duty understands. β
The leader of the bee worm felt that his heart was about to skip a beat, and he had just learned that his master had awakened from the quagmire of ten thousand years, and no one could stop his determination to rule the entire battlefield of the ancient gods, but for some reason, the great master actually attached so much importance to the existence known as "Fang Lei", and sent his subordinate "Messenger to the Left" to deal with it, which is really puzzling.
Underground caverns with only two substances, rock and magma. Red and black are the main colors here.
To the left, he stood tall on the barway, his eyes slightly turned to face the rolling magma coming from the darkness and flowing into the darkness through the dome passage beneath his feet. Looking at these, he shook his head and sighed, as if he was a little sad. Then, he jumped into the rolling magma, swept the ground and flew flat, and the two iron rope weapons soaked in the magma brought out a few sparks from time to time.