the only savior

Chapter 885
The new Apollo 1, a spaceship that poured countless people's efforts into it, was dismantled in front of them.

Even in the end, under the food of all the insects and beasts, there was not even a complete iron sheet left.

What ate it was not the scythe worm from the beginning, but a new bloated black worm that appeared.

They are larger than the sickle insects, and they all use newly dug large passages, each of which has reached a body length of more than four meters.

In the mouthparts of these insect beasts, the hard titanium alloy is as crisp as rice crackers, torn off in two or three strokes, chewed into pieces, and swallowed.

This made everyone who saw this scene completely unbelievable, why the creature's mouth can be so powerful.

"It's them...it's them..."

In the NASA Space and Space Center, Lu En saw the last scene from the lunar rover screen, and his face completely changed.

Although he hadn't seen all of those bugs, he still recognized some of them. They were the monsters that the Seventh Fleet encountered on Rebirth Island.

It's just that what he really didn't expect was that these monsters could not only kill, but they could even swallow all the metals used to build spaceships.

From this point of view, if they appear on the water blue planet, then the entire human civilization will probably become the opponent's ration.

In fact, what he didn't know was that these bloated black bugs that swallowed up the spacecraft, although they looked huge, were not combat units of the Desolate Zerg.

Their status in the group is like an engineer, feeding back and strengthening the structure of the brood by devouring a large amount of metal minerals.

These bloated black bugs have a code name of "The Devourer", but people in the Covenant prefer to call them "Peasants", as they are called in many real-time strategy games.

These "farmers" have been observed to preferentially target purified metals for phagocytosis.

When there is not enough food, they will directly eat dirt and ore to extract nutrients from it.

Based on the model of the Star Alliance Research Department.

If the Zerg race develops on a planet for enough time, they can even devour all the land in the end, and finally form a "star-level insect nest" floating in the universe.

And now, these guys appeared on the moon.

For the Covenant, their threat even far exceeds that of ordinary combat units.

moon base.

Tony and the others have completely lost the perspective of the new Apollo 1, and the picture on the monitor has fallen into darkness, because the lunar rover was also eaten by those bugs.

There was a daze in front of them, they had never fallen into such despair.

Trapped on the moon, the spacecraft was destroyed, and the surroundings were full of those horrible insects and beasts.

His eyes were so dark that he couldn't see anything, and he didn't even have a possible reinforcement, so he could only wait for death dryly.

Whoever came at this point, I'm afraid they would have to collapse.

"woo woo woo woo……"

Engineer Odell cried with his head down.

But no one cares about him now.

Everyone is experiencing the same desperation, so there is no mood to comfort others.

If they were on Water Blue Planet, then everyone might still have some hope, after all, the military would send a rescue team to save them.

But now it's on the moon.

Not to mention the rescue team, I'm afraid they won't even be able to launch a satellite that will die for them in a short time.

Calling every day should not work, calling the land not working, is exactly the situation mentioned.

It can be seen from this that everyone's mood collapsed at this moment.

Being able to maintain the current restraint and calmness is already well-trained.

"Othos, if those bugs come, can you stop them..."

Aside, geological surveyor Abbott asked with the last glimmer of hope.

But after saying these words, he himself lowered his head in a dazed expression.

Obviously, this is nonsense, a stupid question with no value.

Although Otos is the security officer for this operation, he is also equipped with certain weapons.

But at best, it can only deal with one or two insects.

Even in a small base and a space environment, it is not certain who will win.

Not to mention that now, what they are facing is not a simple worm, but an entire army of zerg!

In front of such a tide, relying on the few guns in the other party's hands, I am afraid that even a small wave cannot be lifted.

On the other side, inside the NASA Space and Space Center on the Water Blue Planet.

A group of professional scholars and professors also got busy and began to analyze how to help the survivors on the moon base.

However, in the face of absolute disadvantage, any extrapolation is meaningless.

Some things don't need to think at all, and the results can be seen at a glance.

Lu En leaned back on a chair, closed his eyes and meditated.

The few subordinates in the back seemed to have given up when they saw their chief, and they had no fighting spirit at this time.

During the period, Professor Houston, the person in charge of the space center, also came to him several times, but there was nothing to say.

With the current situation, even the most stupid people can see that the new Apollo team is hopeless.

Apart from praying that the bugs will not find themselves, what they can do now is to try their best to send back all the information they have explored, so as to realize their final value.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and those who were still discussing the rescue plan also fell silent.

Everyone lowered their heads, no one spoke, and the scene was deadly silent.

Yes, in such a situation, where can there be any rescue plan.

All the struggles I have done before are just to find a spiritual comfort for my powerlessness.

At least at this last moment, they did not give up on those people, but made an effort.

"Director, what should we do now? Do we need to notify Congressman Aiken?"

An agent asked.

Councilor Aiken fully supports this mission to the moon. When such a situation arises, it is necessary to let the other party know as soon as possible.

On the chair, Lu En suddenly opened his eyes, looked at the agent who spoke with piercing eyes, and said:
"No, don't contact Aiken yet, let's find another person!"

After he finished speaking, he immediately stood up and strode towards the outside of the command center.

Although the few subordinates were a little confused, the chief of the bureau had already spoken, and everyone followed up.

……

On the other side, inside the moon base.

"woo woo woo woo……"

The fat engineering expert Odell was still whining with his head down.

The atmosphere in the room has recovered a little from the initial freeze.

There is no way, even if it is a desperate situation, what should be faced is still to be faced.

These astronauts are all determined people, and they won't be paralyzed there all the time.

"Odell, don't cry! Quickly integrate all our data and send it to the aviation center, we must do our duty!"

Surveyor Abbott patted Odell on the shoulder and told him to get up and work quickly.

However, the latter was still lying on the table without any response.

"Wait! There seems to be something wrong with him!"

Tony seemed to have noticed something, and quickly stopped Abbott's right hand that continued to extend.

"Odell, what's wrong with you? Are you okay?"

Tony squatted down to check it out, and couldn't help but be taken aback when he saw the other person's expression hidden under the table.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..."

Odell's face was full of pain, and he was whimpering intermittently.

The facial features on his face were all wrinkled together, as if he was enduring some kind of huge torture.

"Oops! He seems to be sick, you guys go get some painkillers and water!"

As the captain, Tony also took part-time job as a doctor in the team, and immediately began to help Odell deal with his injuries.

"sick……"

Otos glanced at the other party listlessly, and then turned around absent-mindedly to go to find painkillers.

From his point of view, he and the others might lose their lives later on, and getting sick doesn't really have much impact.

Soon, Ottos brought painkillers from the freezer, and Tony quickly took them and went to feed him.

However, when he straightened Odell's body, his expression suddenly changed.

Because at this time, the latter's stomach had swelled into a strange posture.

It's like a pregnant woman who is pregnant in October and is about to give birth.

No, Odell's belly was bigger and more penetrating than a pregnant woman's.

It has swelled to the point that it will explode at any time.

"what happened to him……?"

Surveyor Abbott was also taken aback.

After being slightly dazed, he hurried over to check the situation.

Although Odell is a bit fat, his stomach is not so large. It seems that there are some abnormalities that no one knows about.

It's no wonder that this guy looked a little sluggish from the very beginning, and just now he was lying on the table crying for pain.

Beside him, security officer Ottos also saw this scene, and at this moment, he suddenly felt a little familiar.

As if thinking of something, Otos' face suddenly changed.

Immediately afterwards, he quickly pulled out the gun from his waist, and pointed the black muzzle at Odell who was already moaning weakly on the chair.

"what are you doing!!?"

Seeing him suddenly draw his gun and aim at his own people, Tony shouted in horror and anger.

"Be careful! Stay away from him! He's been parasitized!!"

Otos responded nervously, without any intention of putting away the gun.

Just waiting for Tony and the others to react to the meaning of the former's words, a sudden change occurred in the room.

Hearing a sound of "Puchi", engineer Odell's stomach suddenly exploded, and blood splashed everywhere, drenching everyone.

At the same time, a black monster jumped out of his stomach and flew out in the blink of an eye, aiming at the nearest surveyor, Abbott.

Even though he had prepared to raise his gun in advance, the speed of this black monster was so fast that it was too late for people to react, and it landed on Abbott's face in an instant.

"Bah!"

The sound of flesh being cut sounded, and Abbott's throat shot out a lot of blood, and his throat had already been cut.

"damn it!!"

Othos raised his gun and aimed at the worm on the opponent's face.

But because of the distance, he didn't dare to shoot directly, otherwise Abbott's head would be blown off.

"Grumble~"

A chirping sound full of excitement came out of the bug's mouth.

It seemed to be enjoying the blood, and its body stretched out visible to the naked eye.

The transparent wings that were originally curled up on the back also gradually opened, reaching the size of a medium-to-large pet dog in a short while.

"boom!!"

Huge gunshots sounded in the closed base, shaking people dizzy.

Orthos fired anyway.

He couldn't just sit back and watch the monster grow. Once the bug switched its target to the two of them, they might not be able to survive.

However, Abbott, who was hit by the bugs, was completely silent under the gunshot, and slumped on the chair weakly.

"You... what did you do!?"

Tony was stunned by this scene, and it took a long time before he came back to his senses and grabbed Ottos by the collar.

"Let go! I'm saving your life!!"

Otos broke off his hand, also very excited.

"He's had his throat cut! Such a big wound! You can't save him! If I don't kill that bug, both of us will die here!!"

Tony also calmed down after being yelled at by him.

Obviously, he is not ignorant of this truth.

It's just because he suddenly witnessed the tragic death of his companion, which made him a little hard to accept.

"Huchihuchihuchi~"

The room suddenly fell into silence, only the two people were left panting continuously, indicating that they were not at peace.

"Fack! Fack Fack Fack!"

Otos suddenly raised his foot, and kicked hard at the corpse of the insect beast that fell on the ground, in order to vent his emotions.

Who would have thought that misfortune would come so quickly.

Suddenly, two members of the team died, leaving only the two of them.

"What's going on here? Why would Odell..."

Tony looked at the miserable situation of his companion in front of him, with a painful expression on his face.

"Parasite, he was parasitic. I have seen this situation before. The people of the Seventh Fleet were attacked by this kind of bug before, and then the entire base was destroyed because of it."

Otos slowly said something that he had personally experienced.

He had served in the Hurricane Squad and had participated in that rescue operation, so he knew this matter well.

"Then...I...we..."

Tony spoke incoherently, but he didn't hold back a complete sentence after holding it in for a long time.

Although he is the captain of the new Apollo team, what happened in front of him is completely beyond his ability.

This is not what astronauts should do. What NASA Space and Space Center should send is an interstellar team.

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(End of this chapter)