Doomsday Totem

Chapter 175 Shelling
After a while, the thorn insect's flesh and blood were completely swallowed, leaving only a pile of dark carapace and white spines.Under normal circumstances, the life cycle of scout soldier ants is only about 10 minutes, unless they can keep eating, it can be extended to about 10 minutes.

After eating, the army of soldier ants dispersed again, looking for traces of creatures in the dense forest.In the next half hour, Iron Slag fired eight shots, taking the lives of seven thorn insects.Except for one shot to the air, the rest were killed by one shot.As for the scorpion lurking in the dense forest, Tie Slag only recorded the approximate location, and did not plan to use the psychic warrior rifle to deal with it.

After firing nine shots, Tie Slag felt extremely weak.It is estimated that after firing a few shots, he could not stand still.At this moment, the scout soldier ants discovered three thorn insects hidden in a bush 800 meters away.Iron Slag hesitated for a while, then decided to give up.

When he jumped off the woodland car, his feet suddenly softened and he almost fell.At this time, Mu Qianhe, who was not involved in the construction of the camp, happened to pass by, noticed his weakness, and hurried forward to support him.The moment he saw Mu Qianhe, Tie Zha had an idea, and remembered that he still had two Thunderfire mechas, which could use long-range artillery to deal with thorns.

Thinking of this, he excitedly patted Mu Qianhe and asked her to get the two Leihuo models over.After a while, two drivers came over in Thunderbolt.Then, under the command of Iron Slag, they climbed up to a high ground, manipulated the Leihuo style to spread out six thick and short mechanical legs, and firmly fixed the fuselage.

Afterwards, Tie Slag asked Wang Hu for a pair of military binoculars with graduations, and looked at the red light silhouette in the dense forest.

"Explosive bomb, bearing at 35:800, distance about [-] meters." As soon as Iron Slag finished speaking, the two drivers pulled the joystick at the same time, and the thunder-fire-style gun mount slowly rotated.When the barrel was in place, a yellow-orange shell slid into the barrel.

"Ready for shelling." "Ready for shelling." The two drivers reported in unison.

"Let it go!" With the sound of iron slag, the two drivers pressed the red button on the joystick vigorously.In an instant, the firing pin slammed into the bottom of the shell!

"Boom!" The gun barrel shook back, and the shells flew out in a parabola to the hiding place of the three thorns.

At this time, three thorn insects were crawling and resting in the bushes.Suddenly there was a piercing scream from above, and they stood upright alertly, looking around.

"Chirp... boom boom!"

In an instant, the ground shook violently, the crackling sound was deafening, and the soil fell like a torrential rain, splashing the three thorn insects to the ground.After the rumbling, they neighed ear-piercingly, and at the same time twisted their snake-like bodies, fleeing to the depths of the jungle.

Seeing that the shell fell to the ground, Tie Slag frowned in disappointment.Mu Qianhe sensed Tie Slag's dissatisfaction, and asked him if he missed the shot.Tie Slag waved his hand, saying that he could only provide approximate azimuths and distances, without coordinates, it would be very difficult to accurately bombard.The corners of Mu Qianhe's mouth curled up slightly, curving a little, and said to let her try.After speaking, she called out one of the mech pilots, and then climbed into the cockpit.

Iron Slag picked up the binoculars and looked over, only to see three thorns running to different directions.With a thought in his mind, he sent scouts to chase after him.After escaping for a certain distance, one of the thorn insects stopped and found a bush to hide again.

"Explosive bomb, bearing at 39:950, distance about [-] meters."

"The bombardment is ready." "The bombardment is ready." Mu Qianhe's deep and slightly hoarse voice came from the loudspeaker, and Tie Slag gave an order: "Let go!"

A large tongue of flame spewed out from the muzzle, and at the same time, the barrel rubbed back: "Boom!"

"Chirp..." A shell landed five meters away from the thorn insect, and the moment the bullet hit the ground, it exploded violently.

"Boom!" With a loud noise, the thorn insect was blown to pieces, and flesh and blood flew everywhere!
At the same time as the explosion sounded, there was a trace of pain in Iron Slag's mind, which was the brain wave of the scout soldier ant before he died.Mu Qianhe's bombardment not only shattered the target, but also shattered the nearby soldier ants into pieces.

Afterwards, Tie Slag mobilized the remaining soldier ants to search for thorns and crickets.After discovering the target, he directed Mu Qianhe's shelling to destroy it.During the period, Mu Qianhe demonstrated her extraordinary skills as an ace driver.Her shelling was extremely accurate, and even hit the target directly on one occasion.The cannonball hit the thorn bug's back, blowing it into minced meat.

However, the disadvantages of shelling are also obvious.First of all, the shelling will blow the target into pieces, and new scout soldier ants cannot be hatched; secondly, each shelling will bring a few soldier ants to monitor the target.Under the ebb and flow, more than 30 scout soldier ants died very quickly.Without the support of the soldier ants, Tie Slag had no choice but to return to Lei Huo Shi, and then took Mu Qianhe back to the rain shelter in the center of the camp.

At this time, Wang Hu was directing the landing team and transport workers to establish a temporary defense line.The scene was in full swing, the marines cleared the bushes and ferns around the camp, and stretched the barbed wire between the tree trunks; while the workers dug out the soil along the outer perimeter of the barbed wire, and then packed it in burlap bags and stacked them. into a low wall.

After hours of hard work, everyone finally finished their work before dark.This temporary defense line is divided into three circles, the outermost circle is a trench, the middle is a barbed wire fence, and the inner circle is a bunker wall.The bunker wall was made up of eight woodland vehicles and sacks filled with soil, and was about one meter high, which could resist the impact of crickets and stinging insects to a certain extent.After the defense line was established, everyone was visibly relieved.At least now, they don't have to worry about sleeping until midnight, and a gnat will suddenly appear in the tent, quietly and silently biting off their throats.

After dinner, Tie Slag called Wang Hu, Mu Qianhe, and Ju Amu and told them his plan.He intends to enter the lost contact area of ​​the satellite signal alone to find the specific location of the satellite communication node.Wang Hu immediately objected. He believed that Tie Zha, as the regiment leader, should not put himself in danger.

Mu Qianhe didn't speak, just looked at Tie Slag quietly.The young man in front of her was becoming more and more mysterious. During the shelling today, she only knew the angle and distance of the attack, but she didn't know what the specific target was.She guessed that Iron Slag might have some special detection method, which could detect creatures outside of the field of vision.Otherwise, he could not have wasted so many shells.

And Ju Amu seemed to have great confidence in Tie Slag, he just said: "If Brother Tie has any arrangements, just tell me." Then he lowered his head and didn't speak any more.Tie Slag explained to Wang Hu that he was familiar with the habits of bee and ant swarms, and he was used to acting alone, so Wang Hu didn't have to worry.

Since the head insisted, the deputy head would naturally not say anything.The next morning, after a night of rest, Iron Slag recovered most of his physical strength.He shouldered his weapon and went into the depths of the jungle alone.Ten minutes later, according to his memory from yesterday, he found two larvae lurking hundreds of meters away.

The moment they met, Tie Slag lifted up the shotgun and blasted one, then beheaded the other with a single-edged straight sword, and then hatched more than a dozen scout soldier ants through the corpses of the two crickets.With the help of these eyeliners, Tie Slag quickly found other ants, thus hatching more scout soldier ants.

Three hours later, hundreds of scout soldier ants were scattered within a range of 200 meters with the iron slag as the center.They wandered around, reflecting the situation of the entire jungle into Iron Slag's mind.And Iron Slag walked forward slowly, taking a panoramic view of every plant and tree in the jungle.When he encounters a stinger, he will bypass it, and when he encounters a cricket, he will go forward and kill it.Since the life cycle of the scout soldier ant is only six to ten minutes at most, in order to maintain the operation of the soldier ant army, he must constantly search for and kill the chrysalis.

But as he went deeper into the jungle, this problem was solved, because the number of crickets and stingers increased.Before dark, he collected some dead gnats, piled them up, and then climbed up the canopy to rest.At dawn, he hatched an army of ants from the corpse of the cricket, and continued on his way.

At noon, he entered a special area.The crickets and stinging insects in this area are in groups of three and four, and there are no single ones at all.After some observation, Iron Slag found that they would follow a certain route, as if they were on patrol.Unlike those encountered before, the crickets and thorns here seem to have intelligence no less than humans.

According to the knowledge in the textbook, only the "Abyss Queen", "Abyss Queen" and "Abyss Master" have wisdom in the bee ants swarm, and they can use superfrequency brain waves to command the swarm of the same origin.At present, bee ants are the number one enemy of human beings.These creatures from the abyss have extremely strong vitality and adaptability.They can be found in all planes, especially in Desert No. [-], where they occupy a large area.Fortunately, there is no "spirit mine" and "black oil" they need to hatch advanced life forms in the dark forest.Here, Queen Bees and Queen Ants can only hatch basic combat units, that is, Lilies, Stingers, Crypt Workers, Crypt Drones, and Abyss Masters.

After entering the area, Iron Slag proceeded cautiously.Before he had gone far, he "saw" a huge black beetle lying on a high ground more than 1000 meters away.With a thought in his mind, Tie Slag sent out twenty or so scout soldier ants to surround the black beetle silkworm from all directions.The sight of ants is different from that of humans, so they must observe from multiple angles to see the whole picture of their surroundings.

After a while, Iron Slag's vision became clear.This huge black-beetled silkworm is the "Abyss Master", which is the "brain" of the gnats and stingers in this area.After seeing the situation clearly, Tie Slag hesitated for a moment and decided to leave first.After all, he was single and weak, and it was difficult to deal with so many crickets and thorns.

However, just when he was about to leave, a cylindrical object more than ten meters high suddenly appeared in his mind.From the silhouette, the top of the object is a pot-shaped satellite signal receiver.

At the same time as he discovered the mission target, Iron Slag stopped, climbed up a big tree, took out the psionic warrior rifle, stuffed it with empty ammunition, pushed the safety catch, and started charging.He was going to take a gamble, as long as he could kill this abyss master, the gnats and thorns around him would lose their wisdom and turn back into low-level animals that acted on instinct.Until then, he will be able to defeat them one by one.

A few seconds later, the star sand gathered and gradually filled the empty bombs.

(End of this chapter)