Doomsday Totem

Chapter 244 Insect Sea
At this time, the faint starlight shrouded the earth, as if a fine layer of silver sand had been applied to this desolate world.Looking from a distance, the sky and the earth are gray, sparse grass, and lonely tree shadows can be seen faintly.

After driving through a gentle slope, Tie Slag suddenly noticed that the distant horizon seemed to be trembling slightly, as if something was rushing here.He was taken aback immediately, stopped the locomotive quickly, took out the luminous binoculars and looked over.I saw a large area of ​​black shadows appearing at the junction of the sky and the earth.The black shadow was rapidly expanding, and in an instant it had formed a tendency to cover the sky and cover the sun, pouring out like a flood that broke a bank.

Looking at it with a fixed eye, it is a torrent formed by thousands of crickets running at full speed.And in that torrent, there are actually dots of green fluorescence shining.He knew that it was the gloomy light emitted by the poison sac on the self-exploding gnat's body.This means that this bug swarm has a high-strength concentrated acid bomb.

"Hoohoho..."

In the midst of his thoughts, a deep and incomparably neighing sound suddenly sounded in the distance.Immediately afterwards, gigantic four-hoofed beasts with metallic luster all over their bodies appeared on the horizon.I saw them stepping forward with heavy steps, moving forward amidst the earth-shattering momentum.At this moment, they are like rows of giant trucks driving on the wilderness, dragging the dust all over the sky and hitting them head-on.One can't help but think that any obstacle that dares to stand in front of them will be ruthlessly crushed by the huge wheels.

Thunder Beast Swarm!

This is the true form of war of the Queen Ant Swarm, with Ultralisks as meat shields, scorpions as assaulters, self-destructing swarms as the destroyers of the first wave, and stingers as fire supporters.

"Alice, activate the bio-scanner to detect the number of insects." Iron Slag ordered in a deep voice while staring ahead.

[Beep...beep...detection failure...too far away, or lack of scanning coverage, unable to estimate the number of insect swarms] A few seconds later, a girl's mechanical synthesis sounded from the front of the car.

After listening to the report, Tie Slag put his heart on the sidelines, swung the front of the car, twisted the accelerator, and rushed towards the overwhelming sea of ​​insects.

"Alice, fully power on!" Tie Slag roared loudly while moving forward.

[Yes, my captain]
With the sound of mechanical synthesis, the tail of the red comet made a muffled sound of "Hey...".At the same time, an orange-red flame spurted out, pushing the speed of the locomotive to the extreme.In an instant, a huge wind pressure rushed head-on, and the surrounding scenery quickly retreated.In the night, the red comet turned into a meteor and flew towards the endless sea of ​​insects, dragging its orange-red tail flame.

The wind was roaring, the ground was shaking, and the hissing of the swarm was deafening.

A few seconds later, Iron Slag drove the locomotive to the edge of the sea of ​​insects, moving rapidly around the swarm of insects.At the same time, a pale green light shot out from the front of the car, enveloping the swarm of insects.

[虫群覆盖面，3%……4%……5%……6%……7%……]随着铁渣的前行，扫描仪的度数逐渐上升。

[充能消耗，96%…滴…95%…滴…94%…滴…93%…滴…92%…滴…]少女的机械合成声一丝不苟地报告着机车的状态。

At this moment, the insect swarm discovered the intruder, and the crows on the edge left the large group and rushed towards the locomotive.The latter was far faster than them, leaving them behind in the blink of an eye.

[虫群覆盖面，30%……31%……32%……33%……34%……35%……]
As the speed climbs, more and more crickets are following behind him, and the cricket group on his side is like a huge water dragon, raising billowing smoke and dust on the semi-desert land, winding forward, completely unaffected by the outside world. Impact.

[充能消耗，67%…滴…66%…滴…65%…滴…64%…滴…63%…滴…]
[Captain, Alice suggests leaving the swarm immediately, once the charge is exhausted, we will be in extreme danger...]
"Continue to scan!" Tie Slag stared at the front, and shouted in a deep voice.

[Yes, my captain]
[Charge consumption, 60%...drop...59%...drop...58%...drop...57%...drop...]
At this moment, a phalanx of stabbing insects appeared in front of the side at a uniform speed.Immediately afterwards, there was a dense screaming sound from the insect swarm.Tie Slag murmured "Oops" to himself, quickly turned the front of the car, and rushed towards the oblique front.

In an instant, the starlight in the night sky suddenly disappeared, replaced by endless darkness.

"Shua Shua Shua... Shua Shua Shua... Shua Shua Shua... Shua Shua Shua..."

At this moment, spikes like a torrential rain fell from the sky, piercing the ground with the sound of piercing through the air...

"Chichichichichichichichichichichichichichichi..."

The dense sound came from behind, and Iron Slag couldn't help sweating for himself, and immediately didn't dare to approach the insect swarm any more, made a 180-degree "U"-shaped turn, and drove towards the direction from which he came.

[Beep... The scan light coverage rate is 41%, and the error rate is 37%. The number of insect swarms is estimated to be: 10375 gnats, 2537 thorns, 32 thunder beasts, unknown self-explosive gnats, and unknown master of the abyss]
This level of data collection is almost the same.As long as he changed direction just a second later, he might have been tied into a hedgehog.

A few hours later, Iron Slag returned to the satellite signal coverage area, and was about to inform Wang Hu to prepare for the battle, but found that the satellite signal here had disappeared.He was startled immediately, not daring to stay for a moment, and rushed in the direction of Tyre Fortress.

At the same time, Edward Soci led his army and left the fortress on the grounds of inspecting the terrain while Wang Hu and others were too busy preparing for the battle.Not long after the former left, a small noble leader also left with the team.

As for another minor noble leader—Nick Wagner, after some struggles, he decided to stay.In his opinion, no matter what the reason is, fleeing is a shame to the nobles of Silver City.He can die here, but he cannot lose his glory.

At this time, the total strength of Tyre Fortress was four academy legions and the 36-member Sixth Squadron of the Princess Guard.Compared to Alice's calculations, this force cannot last for even two hours.

After discovering that Edward and others had fled, Wang Hu felt the seriousness of the matter more and more, and immediately dispatched five teams of three to Fengshabao and the surrounding fortresses for help.Before that, after discovering that the satellite signal had disappeared, the reason why he didn't call for help immediately was because he wasn't sure what would happen, so he didn't dare to act rashly.But now it seems that things are a bit beyond his expectation.Edward Socie and another leader of the minor nobles left overnight, indicating that they might know some secret information...

However, shortly after he sent out the squad for help, three of them were discovered by Edward and killed on the spot...

At 6:13 p.m. Silver City time and [-]:[-] a.m. Sete time, Iron Slag returned to Tyre Fortress.

After parking the car, Wang Hu and Ainuo De immediately came up to him and told him the current situation.The three walked while talking, and came to the combat command room on the top floor.Afterwards, Iron Slag summoned all the commanders, opened the virtual tactical sandbox, and marked the route of the swarm.

According to Bai Xiaoyun's calculation, the bug swarm will arrive near the fortress in nine hours, at 22:[-] am Set time.Since bee ants have night vision, they don't need to wait until dawn.Within an hour of their arrival, they attack.In other words, there are only ten hours or less before the war starts.

After listening to Bai Xiaoyun's analysis, Tie Slag frowned and fell into deep thought.There are only two options before him at this moment—retreat and hold on.

Retreat is of course a happy thing for everyone...

However, not to mention that he still has some unclear feelings for Yugo Lombard, even with Eva Green's trust and respect for him, he can't make a choice to retreat.

But it's not easy to stick to it.He saw the number of insect swarms with his own eyes. If no reinforcements arrived within two hours of the battle, the entire fortress would probably be buried in the belly of insects.

After pondering for a moment, he decided to stick to the fortress and wait for reinforcements.After making up his mind, he called Bai Xiaoyun and asked him to take Qin Ke'er and Mu Qianhe away first.However, this well-intentioned arrangement was unanimously opposed by the two women.Mu Qianhe used the reason that he was the captain of the mecha team of the Wolf Clan Legion, while Qin Ke'er rejected Tie Slag's arrangement on the grounds that "the sky is dark and scary".

Next, after a brief discussion, Tie Slag dissolved the military meeting and asked everyone to rest in batches to recharge their batteries.

After returning to the office, two investors from Tyre Fortress heard the news and asked Commander Sacha to evacuate.Looking at the two middle-aged businessmen with flustered expressions, Tie Slag nodded in agreement.But after getting his approval, the two investors did not leave immediately, but stood where they were, with hesitant expressions.

"What's wrong?" Tie Slag asked.

"This...sir...can...can..." One of the investors said hesitantly, while the other investor took a deep breath and said with determination: "Sir, can you Send a troop of soldiers to escort us back."

"No, there are not enough people." Tie Slag refused without thinking.

"You can't do this..." "That's right, I'm Beihai Venture Capital..." The two investors said nervously, Tie Zha frowned and interrupted them: "There's no need to discuss."

"Chief Sacha, you are doing this against the rules..." "We are just investors..."

"If there is any problem, you can talk to Eva Green, I am only responsible for the defense of the fortress." Iron Slag raised his hand impatiently, motioning for the two to leave.

The two investors looked at each other helplessly, then turned and left.As soon as the two left, Qin Ke'er and Mu Qianhe came.

"Master, I heard that there is going to be a war~" "Wow~ What should I do~ I'm so scared~" After entering, the two girls said with a smile.

"And then?" Tie Slag asked, frowning.Just now Bai Xiaoyun was asked to send them away, but they refused to leave, and now they are putting on a show instead.

"I want to drink the Kraken!" The two women shouted in unison.

"Okay..." Looking at the two smiling girls, Tie Zha couldn't help sighing, and got up to get the wine.

Perhaps this is their last night...

(End of this chapter)