Doomsday Totem

Chapter 384 Brothers
After eliminating the living dead who rushed into the hall and arranging to transport the only seriously injured person away, Iron Slag had a thought, and the scouting soldier ants lurking around fluttered their wings and flew into the power generation room.They flew in the low air, crawled on the equipment, and quickly fed back the situation in the room to Iron Slag's mind.

Through the thick stone wall, Iron Slag vaguely "saw" a group of living dead gathered together, there were about twenty of them.He didn't dare to lure them with soldier ants rashly, because Alva said that the undead gathered in a crowd would act collectively, and the whole body would be affected by one move.

A few minutes later, Iron Slag returned to the hall and informed Alva of the situation in the power generation room.

"Blow them up." The Black Pig King who was at the side suggested gruffly.

"No... no." Alva quickly waved his hand and explained.Although the hearing of the living dead is limited, if a large-scale explosion occurs, the living dead on the lower floor will be alarmed and rush up following the sound.Not to mention whether they can deal with the living dead in the entire shelter at once, if the explosion causes a landslide, the rescue operation will immediately turn into a entrapment operation...

"Then what should we do? We're running out of bullets." The Black Pig King asked with his hands folded, frowning.Just now, in order to kill a few living dead, each of them fired at least five rounds. If the ammunition was spent on this, I am afraid that it will not be long before they will engage in hand-to-hand combat.

"Let's take one step at a time." Tie Slag quickly made a decision.Afterwards, he arranged the formation of the crowd, led the living dead out of the hall, and then used the open terrain and the advantage of speed to consume them to death.

After cleaning up the power generation room, Alva immediately took several team members with knowledge of electricity to overhaul the generator set and try to start it.

During this period, iron slag came to the entrance of the stairs.This is a stone staircase spiraling downwards. Under his control, the soldier ants slanted down like flowing water, flowing deep into the ground.In the silence, thousands of tiny jointed feet tapped the stone surface lightly, making a soft "rustling..." sound.

He left fifty of them on each floor, burrowing into the gaps, while the rest continued to penetrate.However, his actions were quickly thwarted.The stairs between the third and fourth floors collapsed, preventing the colony of soldier ants from getting through.Immediately afterwards, a soldier ant wandering on the third floor discovered that the elevator entrance had been forcibly pried open, so Iron Slag mobilized the ant colony and went down the elevator shaft on the third floor.But as soon as the ant colony got out of the elevator on the fourth floor, they encountered a large number of living dead.They stood blankly at the elevator entrance on the fourth floor, and as soon as more than 50 soldier ants from Iron Slag swarmed out, they were besieged and killed.

Fortunately, a few soldier ants escaped the slapping of the living dead and flew up to the ceiling.Through their field of vision, they can see that the exit of the elevator is a narrow passage, only about the width of five to six adults walking side by side.At a glance, the passageway was crowded with living dead, densely packed, at least fifty of them.But this is not the most astonishing thing. If you observe carefully, you can find that one of the group of living dead is particularly tall and strong. It is about three meters tall, and its head reaches the ceiling, so it can only bend its back.According to Alva's introduction, this should be the leader of the living dead, commonly known as the "King of Corpse", with a certain IQ.The living dead usually gather around it and act in unison with it.

At the end of one side of the passage is the dining room, and at the other end is a tightly closed metal door. Most of the living dead are facing this door, as if there is something they are interested in.

Iron Slag directed the soldier ants on the ceiling to creep closer, trying to find a gap leading to the back of the metal door.Suddenly, a few black shadows jumped up from nowhere.Sensing the abnormal flow of air, the crawling soldier ants suddenly raised their antennae and flew up alertly.But before it flew half a meter, it was grabbed by a black hand that appeared out of nowhere!
"Squeak!" In the next second, it only let out a scream, and it was smashed into pieces by the dense teeth.

Tie Slag felt a pain in his head, and couldn't help frowning. These nimble little things, commonly known as "corpse monkeys", are another variant of the living dead. Although their bodies are not strong, they are very flexible and difficult to target.

Seeing that the way forward was blocked, Iron Slag stopped the forced investigation, withdrew the soldier ants, and then directed them to drill into the ventilation duct connected to the elevator shaft.But before climbing far, the pipeline in front broke. Judging from the traces at the scene, it may have been blown up by a grenade not long ago.

With many roads blocked, Iron Slag had no choice but to temporarily abandon the fourth floor and focus on investigating the second and third floors.It didn't take long for him to discover that the second and third floors had no trace of human activity at all. Except for a bunch of living dead gathered in front of the elevator door on the third floor, there was no movement anywhere else.It seems that the expedition team did not explore the second and third floors, but directly went down to the fourth floor.In order to prove this point, he sent soldiers and ants back to the landslide of the stone ladder.

The gravel here is a little loose, and when the soldier ants crawled over it, they would bring up a little dust. All the signs showed that the landslide was caused only recently.It can be seen that when the expedition team was walking between the third floor and the fourth floor, they were attacked by a group of corpses, so that they blew up the stone ladder unintentionally or intentionally.As for the ventilation duct, it may be to prevent the corpse monkey from chasing.

After thinking about the situation, the soldier ants were dead, and Iron Slag returned to the power generation room to ask about the progress of Alva's maintenance.

"The condition of the generator set is not bad, but some circuit boards are aging, and manual soldering may take half an hour." Alvahui reported.

"Hurry up, we don't have much time." Tie Slag urged, and then informed everyone of the following situation.

"After activating the power system, we can take the elevator down, but..." Alva hesitated for a moment, then analyzed, "According to your investigation, a group of undead led by the corpse king gathered at the entrance of the elevator. I'm afraid we are not opponents. And the place is narrow, we can only rush out of the elevator and fight with them in the passage, which is completely disadvantageous to us."

"En." Tie Slag nodded, expressing his agreement.He and the Boar King might still be able to go head-to-head with the living dead, but it's hard to say for others.

"I don't know how strong your melee combat ability is, but for my brothers, it's not bad if we can kill ten of them." Alva estimated.

"You are too weak. I can kill ten of these broken things by myself." The black pig king who had been silent by the side said.

"I... I can kill a corpse monkey..." Lilith squatted on the ground and drew circles, saying with some embarrassment.

"I'm about the same as the Black Pig King," Tie Slag said.Although he can use latent parasites to quickly kill the living dead, the premise is that his joints can penetrate the abdomen of the living dead, and the direct injection of parasitic cells will be effective.And he was not completely sure, because the previous targets were all dead bodies.In addition, with the brute force of the living dead, if such a fighting method is used, his joints and legs will be broken soon.

Judging from the current situation, except for the Corpse King, they can only deal with thirty of them, what should they do with the remaining twenty?

Just when Iron Slag was deep in thought, Hagrid was sitting in the corner of the living cabin on the fourth floor with his eyes closed.When he and Tang De came down that day, they soon found that the stairs from the third floor to the fourth floor were blocked, so they pried open the elevator door and went down from the third floor to the fourth floor.

After prying open the elevator door again, they immediately found that a large number of living dead had gathered in front of the door of the living cabin, making it impossible to pass through.Seeing the traces around, he quickly deduced that the expedition team was trapped inside.

In order to save people, he and Tang De decided to divert the corpses away and take the corpse king to another place.But in actual operation, they accidentally alarmed the living dead on the third and fifth floors, and as a result, they swarmed and blocked the elevator entrances on the third and fifth floors.In desperation, they had no choice but to abandon the plan and get into the ventilation duct to hide.Afterwards, a large number of living dead followed. In order to cut off the follow-up pursuit, he blew up the pipeline behind him with a fragment grenade, and then fled into the living cabin.

The members of the expedition are basically here, but they are running out of water and food.

He has also been trapped here for three days, and the water and food he brought have also been distributed.According to his previous arrangement, Tie Slag should be on his way back by now.Thinking of this, he felt much relieved.

In fact, from the moment he came to the southern cemetery, he never thought about how long he would live.He just can't die worthless, he is a warrior, he is Norses, if he can't pursue the holy flame, if he can't continue his bloodline, then he will add to the glory of Norses.

Twenty years have passed, and his heart still cannot calm down.He can still vividly remember everything that happened that day. The beautiful homeland and the dearest people all disappeared overnight...

He was burdened with blood and deep hatred, but he was powerless, and the heart-piercing pain tormented him every night.As if cursed, he cannot live a normal life, nor can he fall in love with anyone.And since Raven's death, he has become even more lonely, no one in this world can share his pain.He can't tell anyone, can't forget, and can't help hating, so the longer he lives, the more painful he feels.

"Boss, what should we do next?" While thinking, a tall and thin man in his 30s squatted down beside him and asked in a low voice.His name is Quinn, nicknamed "Poison Fang", and he is a friend he brought over from Sandcastle.

"What else can I do? If it doesn't work, just rush out and fight them." Hagrid said lightly.

"I'm sorry, I'm the one who dragged you down." As he spoke, Quinn lowered his head deeply, and buried his thin face between his knees.

"Don't forget, you saved me too." Hagrid put his arm around Quinn's shoulder and said.

"But..." "It's nothing to worry about, we are brothers, we will die together if we die." Quinn was interrupted roughly by Hagrid as soon as he spoke.

"En." Quinn raised his head, looked at his old friend, and nodded firmly.He has done many regrets in his life, but the only thing he has never regretted is that he has made this friend, who is steadfast and sincere.

(End of this chapter)