dark moon

Chapter 266 Enemy Attack
"Puff, pew, pew," the groundworms ran across a piece of brown land, and several small bugs only ten centimeters long were lying on their backs. The small bugs were a bit like slugs, and their bodies were as soft as a puddle of mud. The only special thing is the top of their head. On the top of their head, two tentacles stand upright until they reach the sky.The tentacles are very long, several times longer than their bodies. It is impossible to understand how their soft muscles can support these relatively heavy tentacles.These groundworms carrying passengers were not very fast. They ran and stopped, and circled around a few times from time to time, as if they were full of doubts.

While traveling at a slow speed, the slugs' tentacles that had not been shaking suddenly moved and began to rotate slowly with the top of their heads as the center. The groundworms under them suddenly stopped, and all the groundworms raised their heads to the sky and bared their claws. Make a threatening gesture.

There is nothing in the sky, but if you switch to Wei's field of vision, you can see that in the direction they are targeting, a small invisible spy plane is hovering in mid-air, constantly transmitting graphic information. Knowing that she has been discovered, Although there were no long-range bugs below, the probe still flickered, turned its head and slowly flew in other directions.

The groundworms below moved in unison, and at the same time their two hind legs rubbed hard, making a terrifying sound like scratching glass, as if they were celebrating their own victory. After a strange cheer, the groundworms seemed to have found the person they were doubting. The target regained the speed of its kind and began to fly with the slug, trying to catch up with the progress of its patrol.

As soon as the bugs left, several large pits quietly appeared on the ground. The eight vehicles of the escape convoy slowly drove out of the pits along the steep slope.

"Safe." Moria, who had the best eyesight, gave Shuer a thumbs up, and Saff's ears moved while making all normal gestures.

"Fill the holes?" The mountain elf patted the dust on his body, and the necromancer put some foundation on his face. Just now, the two mages worked together to change the terrain and dug several large holes to hide in, but the time was too tight, and Miredi had He was not an elemental mage, but his control over the earth element was far inferior to Mia's, so the consumption was still quite high, and his face turned a little pale.

"No need to fill in, let's go." Xiure waved his hand, "If they knew how to look for traces, the ruts we left along the way would have been discovered dozens of times. Since the ruts cannot be found, the same goes for the pits."

"learn."

"Miridi, please go into the carriage and rest for 15 minutes. You can take the potion." Shuer, who was supposed to be on the roof of the front car, had already climbed onto the top of the rear car. "Mia, you take the place of Mirity." Position, I will take care of the car behind you."

"I don't need to rest yet." Mility frowned, protesting dissatisfiedly.

"I didn't ask you if you need it." Shuer emphasized, "I need you to rest."

"Understood." During the battle, orders and prohibitions were followed. With the close contact of several people during this period, the cooperation became more and more tacit.

"Yuli, large-scale light deflection."

"Finished." The ring on Yiren's hand flashed, and then he made a success gesture.

Light deflection is a special intermediate light attribute magic, similar to the haze spell commonly used in the dark, but it is more effective than the haze spell. Instead of making oneself absorb light and become blurred, it can completely disappear from sight.

However, if it is so easy to use, there will be no need for high-level invisibility. In fact, after using light deflection, the person disappears, but a distorted light and shadow will be left where the person is, and the visual effect is very obvious.If the distance is close enough, such as 30 meters, as long as you are not blind, you will definitely be able to see it. But if the distance is relatively far, the deception will be very strong. Beyond a hundred meters, unless your eyesight is as good as Moria's, you will not be able to see it. The possibility is almost zero.

"Let's go." Xiuer didn't have to worry about not being able to see anyone. The colorless shadows around him were too obvious. "Wei, speed up. You don't have to worry about patrols for at least two kilometers."

"Boom", the tank roared and sped up. The ground began to retreat rapidly. In just a few seconds, the speed of the convoy had increased.

"Two thousand and eight hundred meters ahead, there is an enemy air patrol, type King Insect, speed 800." Even if she controls all the machinery alone, Wei will not appear busy, at least her reaction speed will not slow down at all, "Your Excellency, Commander, please give instructions .”

"What is the king insect?"

"Empty jellyfish."

"The map is shown." Shuer glanced at the map in front of him. "It is seven degrees to the left. It will be corrected to the original angle after 200 meters."

"Yes, Your Excellency."

"Friesen, Friesen, report the situation."

"We are close to the target location." The assassin's cold voice sounded through the communicator, "It has been confirmed that no creep has been found along the way."

"Continue until you reach the target point. Pay attention to the empty jellyfish above your head. There are more and more of them." It's not that I don't believe Wei, but I still need to go there in person before I can rest assured that the assassin who is good at sneaking and not slow will naturally be took on important responsibilities.

"clear."

"Dak, Dak, report the situation." Except for Fleissen, Dak was not in the team either, Xiu Er sent him out a few hours ago.

"We will arrive at the destination in 7 minutes and wait for the next instructions." At this time, Dak, relying on the invisibility scroll, has already reached the vicinity of the jump platform. Compared with the probe, the Nightmare Beast is much faster and can easily bypass it. Reconnaissance of open air jellyfish.

"specific situation."

"The defenses are sparse. Apart from avoiding a large number of empty jellyfish, no signs of large-scale troops have been found."

"The main formation is empty? It shouldn't be, are you sure?"

"Sure." Dak in the communicator raised the volume, "Wait, I found out, their forces are concentrated inside the brood."

"Concentrate all the troops to protect the brood from attack? Or is it a hidden trap?" Shuer was lowering his head in thought. Suddenly he seemed to remember something and shouted, "Can you see inside the brood? Have you crossed the safety line?" Well, no scouts were found, so I advanced another 200 meters. I am sensible and will adjust the distance according to the specific situation."

"Then you control it yourself. If you waste an extra invisibility scroll, go and settle the bill with Mia yourself." Shuer is not worried about Dak's safety at all. This guy is more sensitive and grasps the battlefield than himself. It's nothing. But what he was really worried about now was the large army he led.

Everything went very smoothly, even too smoothly.

For a few hours, there was no danger. Although we encountered more than twenty unavoidable situations along the way, we had to pass by the patrol. The closest distance between the two sides was, just like before, almost zero distance. touch.But every time they encountered one, they had plenty of preparation time, either digging holes or erecting walls, and easily deceived them. Apart from wasting some time, there was no impact on the team.

Then the warm-up period has passed, and the convoy has begun to pass between the two armies of the insect swarm. The pressure has not increased much. It is far worse than imagined. Even now, the most dangerous ten kilometers are about to be crossed. , still no accidents happened, it was as smooth as if even the insect swarm was cooperating with everyone.

Of course it is a good thing that everything goes smoothly, but if it goes too smoothly, it will be abnormal. Judging from the previous performance, the intelligence of the Queen of the Swarm is definitely not low. Is it really turning a blind eye to the traces left by the wheels and tracks?Is it really possible for the team to drive forward so easily?Moreover, how could he hide his departure from the fortress from the Queen?
"I hope the trap won't be too powerful. I don't want too many people to die, otherwise even I will feel uncomfortable."

"What did you say?" In the communicator, Dak didn't hear clearly what Xiuer was mumbling in a low voice.

"It's okay, I was distracted." Shuer came back to his senses, "Pay close attention to your feet and don't ignore the small holes in the ground."

"You said it, do you have any other instructions?"

"Phew, forget it, you can withdraw." Xiuer hesitated for a long time, and finally sighed, "It's better to concentrate our troops. I always have an ominous feeling that something is going to happen."

"What are you worried about?" Those who command the troops will more or less believe in premonitions and think that this is guidance given by the gods, and Dak is no exception. "Is it because it went too smoothly?"

"Wei, how far is it from the place where we board the fungus carpet?" Shuer did not rush to answer Dak's question. Instead, he frowned and asked, "And, how far is it from the destination?"

"There are still 22 kilometers away from the creep and 49 kilometers away from the destination."

"How long does it take to drive at full speed?"

"Based on the current road conditions, it will take another hour to reach the destination at full speed."

"I understand." Shuer finally made up his mind, "Duck, come back, and Friesen, come back as soon as possible, and I will correct the direction for you. We will cross the swarm's defense line soon, no matter if there are traps or not, The most critical sprint is about to begin, and as for the issue I'm worried about... Wei, help me switch to the special channel."

The so-called special channel is the channel used by the eight high-ranking mercenaries alone, which can avoid being heard by others.

"Actually, we can't hide our departure from the Zerg Queen." After confirming that the channel had been switched, Shuer said softly, "I never thought of hiding it from her."

"Because of the existence of brain-controlling worms?" Mia's voice intervened, "I see that you arranged everyone in the carriage and strictly prohibited them from poking their heads out. I guess you have not forgotten the spies in the team."

"Well, that's to prevent them from observing the environment and providing information to the queen, which can delay the time for the queen to confirm our position." Shuer suddenly smiled at himself, "Actually, I have been pretending to believe that I have deceived the insect. The queen of the swarm, and the queen of the swarm has been pretending that she has been deceived by me, haha, in a way, our cooperation is quite tacit."

"Your goal is naturally to take the opportunity to get close to the target, the closer the distance, the easier it is to break through." Mility who was resting in the carriage also joined the discussion, "But why does the queen of the swarm pretend to be with you? "

"Of course it's to set up a trap." Shuer sneered, "If we stick to the fortress and it wants to capture the fortress and eliminate us, it will consume a huge number of troops, and there will be a group of spiders to deal with. It will be heartbroken if the loss is too great. And it knows that we have high mobility. If we abandon the fortress and play hide-and-seek with it, it doesn’t know how long it will take to catch us. Therefore, setting a trap for us to step in ourselves is the best choice. So, there is There is no doubt about the trap. The question is where the trap is, what it is, and how dangerous it is. If these three points can be known in advance, mass casualties can be avoided."

"Do you know?" Miredy asked.

"I have absolutely no idea, so I've been doing my best to investigate from the very beginning."

"Hey, actually I have an idea." Lin Jing was on the front tank and waved happily to everyone to show his presence. "The human ghost fighter can become invisible. It is said that the soul tribe also has dark warriors who can become invisible. The insects can Is there a similar existence? If you want to set up a trap, there is nothing more suitable than troops that can become invisible."

"Uh, I've never seen it before. Let me ask. Wei, do the bugs have invisible troops?"

"All bugs can burrow underground and lurk, which is equivalent to a form of stealth. Radar scanning is prepared to deal with the lurking ability of the bug swarm."

"I mean the type that can be invisible even if it's not on the carpet." Shuer walked forward, "Just like the land in front of you."

"No such information was found in the memory database. Detailed information must be retrieved from the main base database."

"Tsk, this is..."

"Enemy attack!" Moriya's high-pitched shout suddenly came from the front of the team, and at the same time, several thick and long spikes pierced from the ground and pierced straight into the sky.

(End of this chapter)