Volume Five, 08: Zerg Assault
When they truly entered the scope of this magical building, everyone was shocked by the spectacular things standing in the air.
In the narrow strips between the middle of the forest, those huge translucent crystals of azure blue float one after another at the height of the trees, surrounded by three-dimensional structures composed of gold or silver metals, mostly ring-shaped, Mitsubishi cones and various polyhedral shapes, adding more colors to the monotonous azure light background.
They do not have a general connection, but are closely connected. The separate parts are always running closely with the crystal in the middle, as if there is an invisible force manipulating it, which makes it appear more mysterious and attractive.
"No wonder those scientists spent a lot of words to praise these buildings after they went back. It was so beautiful..."
Almost everyone sighed that just like the Babylonian sky garden in history books would leave a profound impression on anyone who studied this course, the kind of giant buildings that were free from the constraints of general structures, usually triggering infinite associations between human beings, how did "they" build these great things, why did "they" abandon this place, and what would "they" leave behind in it.
Just like the situation we are facing now, these three questions have become the whole of what most people think about in their minds.
"The situation of gravity changes has become more complicated here. Have you noticed that the surrounding trees are taller than those outside. According to visual observation, they are about 500 meters above. It should be the effect of these lights. Even the planet living here have undergone varying degrees of mutation. Not to mention the bigger ones, there are also some special things..."
"Electronic devices are no longer available. We have completely lost contact with the Space Prison, which means that even if we encounter any danger, they cannot give us any help. Well... For example, suddenly a large-scale shelling from the air, turning these things into ashes together with us..."
At this time, of course, the only one who could still joke was our Brother Chen. He looked around calmly and checked his own equipment. Occasionally, he used a Greedy Gauss rifle to hit some creatures watching them in the distance, and the attack was a mess. Compared with the peaceful aesthetic atmosphere at this time, it seemed extremely disharmonious.
I didn't see everyone who was immersed in beautiful things looking at him with an angry look of "Is it dirty?"
"Okay, don't look at it anymore. It's time for us to go in now." The member of the Cobra unit with the highest rank said helplessly. Under the extremely strong interference of this sense of existence, they naturally all got rid of the truth.
"But there seems to be no place to go up. Those guys who have been here before have not left any explanation. Do we still have to try to use the most primitive method... to climb trees?"
The middle-aged man, who had automatically become a commander, said hesitantly that the mechanically powered armor they equipped had the function of flying for a short time, but the problem was that the electronic device that controlled this function had basically failed. Facing the buildings floating in the air, it seemed that they could only climb trees first, and then adjust them from adjacent trees to those crystal things. Fortunately, there were many vines and branches and leaves around these trees, so there was no need to test the proficiency of everyone's original skill.
The process is very troublesome, which is more cumbersome than climbing a staircase that is hundreds of meters high.
"It's probably the only way..." Kennan echoed. With five members, he is naturally the second person in this 26-man team. After the commander spoke, he took the opportunity to show his presence. "But it's better to use those vines to make some wrapping tools. The surface of these crystal structures looks very smooth and without the support of the force, we may fall down."
At this time, it is often a good time for all kinds of guys with different purpose to jump out to gain influence, and take advantage of the difficulties they face to show some of their abilities and qualities. Kennan has such a plan. He establishes enough trust in the early stage to facilitate the subsequent process, so as to isolate Chen Xi and An Yumo.
However, Brother Chen had different opinions.
"No need to be so troublesome."
He pointed to several native creatures of the Tifa planet who had been scared by the bullets and said, "See, don't you. They now seem to be going to escape to the top, and are already flying using the gravitational path here. I'm afraid that for them who have lived here for a long time, this is a very safe place."
"Well....."
After receiving Chen Xi's reminder, they also discovered that although they had no wings, some creatures here could make various changes in the air and use the adjacent branches and leaves to fly to the crystal. It was obviously the same as Chen Xi said. They were very familiar with the environment here. Once they were frightened, they instinctively hid in places that they thought were very safe.
"Okay, there is indeed a better way." The commander spread his hands and made an unexpected expression, but his eyes were full of surprises and eagerness to try. This feeling of flying without external forces is probably a great temptation for anyone. Even if there is a choice of going up stairs or elevators, they will be willing to try this way, of course, the premise is that the superior has no ban on speaking.
Only the five people on Kainan's side looked ugly. It was obvious that on the road to gaining influence, Brother Chen was already ahead of everyone.
What they were going to is a crystal building in the center of this gathering area. It is larger than the surrounding ones, and the crystal part as the main body is more than 200 meters in diameter.
In this process, I caught some local creatures living nearby, drove them away from the crystal, and then remembered the route completely. After the first flight of humans without the help of external forces, everyone finally came to this huge crystal.
There is no real entrance here. Because after experimenting with animals, everyone has found that most of the crystal structures are hollow designs, which look like smooth parts of the surface. In fact, they are translucent energy covers, covering the outside of the hollow crystal structure, like a frame structure building with glass curtain walls removed. It may be because they have completely abandoned this place, including themselves, everything can pass through this energy cover and enter inside.
After arriving here, Kennan and others' faces became darker, which was undoubtedly a slap in the face of what they said just now.
If you really use arabes to make something like a rope, the biggest possibility is to stage a tragic version of Tarzan of the Ape. Under the echo of the traction, you will plunge head-in, and as a result, whether it hits the ground or the pillars between the floors, it will be very embarrassed.
"Those damn bastards didn't even say anything about the entry process here. Did you deliberately make us fools?" As soon as he said that, Comoro, a teammate of Kenan, found that he had said the wrong thing, because most people, including Kenan and others, looked at him with anger. Then he immediately understood where he was wrong. This kind of abuse was simply unforgivable for a group of victims who used their lives to find human allies in the tragic war environment.
I like this kind of pig teammate...
Of course, Brother Chen would not miss this opportunity to take advantage of the situation and sneered: "Before the accident, who knew that their actions would be discovered by the Zerg and could not come back? And I think this approach is actually very cute. When you encounter an unlucky thing, let later people share the same unlucky experience. Thinking about it this way, I feel that I am not so depressed. I even want to see that when we walk to a certain place, we can see a notice board that says that it is not a crystal but an energy cover outside. It can still be passed through."
Chen was only halfway through his words, and Kennan knew that he was going to be. This harmless joke could obviously arouse the childlike innocence of most people. For a group of scientists who had already sacrificed, it could also arouse resonance and sympathy from others. Once he finished speaking, the angry eyes that had seen it turned into hatred.
"I, TMD, want to kill you." Kennan wished he could go back to the past and slapped Comoros in the face at that time. Then he asked him to shut up his mouth. After this sentence, he stopped wanting to win the trust of these people. His presence could be blasted, but it was all negative. Because compared to ordinary people, criminals were actually more able to distinguish between good and evil, and they were more respectful to this kind of dedication that concerns the fate of all mankind.
Then at the corner, they did encounter a notice board, spraying black pigment onto the protective sheet taken off the back of the mechanical power armor, but it was not the joke Chen Xi said, but an instruction.
"Later, if you see this passage, it means we should have already died. But as long as you get the key content, the location of the crystal control room in the central area, the relevant clues and important things are there, and they have been packaged, so please send them back."
The content was written in Morse code. I think the group of scientists left this reminder after they knew the dangers of this trip and felt that they could not bring back these things that were important to the entire human federation.
"Since everything is there, let's go in quickly." In order to avoid Chen Xi talking about this, Kainan quickly changed the subject.
With the instructions, many unnecessary search processes were eliminated. Everyone walked quickly, from the lower position to the center area, and soon saw the things mentioned in the content.
There are a large number of metal components covered with three-dimensional crystals, and many metal plates with strange words written on the surface. There are many things. If they are moved down, it may take more than a dozen trips to complete.
“It looks like we’re busy.”
But at this moment, a sudden continuous explosion sounded, accompanied by a violent shaking, everyone became unstable because of the violent shaking.
Before we could figure out what kind of attack he suffered, a stronger explosion appeared.
A blue light flashed outside, and then they followed the huge crystal body with a diameter of more than 200 meters, and began to fall to the ground with crystal debris scattered in the sky...
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At the same time, the next nearly 500 people had already arrived at the periphery of this crystal building, which was the place where Chen Xi and the others saw the light blue light that shone out, but before they could continue to move forward, some faint vibrations came from the ground.
"Damn, is it that a nearby volcano erupted?"
Most people were startled, but immediately became amused by their overreaction.
Before coming, they had read the information on the planet Tifa to a greater extent and knew that the planet protected by surrounding planets and larger satellites rarely had earthquakes, and there were earthquakes of relatively large magnitude caused by active volcanoes. However, it was obvious that the distance of this eruption was relatively far. After it came here, the vibration was already very weak, and only a small number of ground cover plants were shaking. The tall trees around were nothing.
However, unlike these rookie criminals who had basically never dealt with the Zerg head-on, a few professional soldiers on the ship suddenly changed their faces, and then they leaned on the ground to feel something. The next moment, they jumped up in horror, spread their legs and ran to other places.
Of course, these people would not forget to remind others while running: "There are tunnel insects in the first two hundred meters in the left, and the position is moving quickly towards our feet. Now they are all dispersed for me to form defensive firepower. Attach the ground!" But the sound sounds very shrill, and it almost seems like howling when it comes to the wind.
"What! tunnel bug?"
Those who reacted slowly were still building the concept of a tunnel bug in place, wondering the sudden actions of those people, but those who reacted quickly were already running away. During this process, no one would pull those who could not react together. Because they knew very well that in this fast place that had become a battlefield, helping those who didn't even know how to hide from danger would only harm themselves. Even those veterans who had reacted very early were the same. Countless death cases that shouldn't have happened told them with cruel facts that the appearance of such comrades was definitely not in such a situation of being raided.
Within four seconds, a terrifying disaster suddenly came.
“It’s out!”
Amid the screams, a huge, zigzag-shaped blade part that was constantly rotating rapidly emerged from the position where they were originally standing, and as the protruding part continued to extend, the range of appearance became larger and larger. Those who had not escaped even had time to scream, and the mechanical power armor outside was torn open by the bone-filled sharp blades on it, and then pierced into the inside. The whole thing was stirred into flesh and blood, mixed with countless soil gravel that kept falling, and spread out of the range.
The cruel process was less than a second, and a large hole of thirty or forty meters appeared where most people had stood before. At least forty or fifty people died in this blink of an eye.
"Everyone has it, open fire!"
Before the drilling of the tunnel worm expanded from its rolled together to a long strip full of bone-like blades, led by many federal veterans who had suffered losses, the rest of the people had already used high-speed ammunition to launch an unprecedented gathering of fire.
In an instant, bullets scattered like heavy rain hit the tunnel insects, crackling sparks and a large number of blood and meat splashing became everything around. Occasionally, a burst bomb with special ammunition could even blow out a body part of a half meter to one meter in size.
In less than a second, the tunnel worm that caused large-scale casualties and injuries before became a ragged skeleton with little good meat left.
But no one breathed a sigh of relief. Under the commander's immediate order, everyone adjusted the direction of the muzzle to the point where they aimed at the hole.
"Be careful that there will be a large number of bugs appearing from the hole, and be prepared to penetrate the bullet!"
Before he finished speaking, countless insects that surged out of the cave entrance became the only one in their sight. Not only were there a large number of special insects that had seen before, but also a kind of insect with heads growing in the body and many sharp clawed limbs underneath.
This is another Zerg's army. Cockloaf can not only be able to move through the ground, but also use the powerful jumping force attached to the lower limbs to move around on top of the high-rise structure. What's even more terrifying is that in addition to the long-range attack troops, they have extremely perverted physical recovery capabilities. The life essence stored in the obese body like a bun can repair the body's wounds in a short time. Unless they concentrate a lot of firepower or use heavy weapons to quickly solve it, they will only be consumed and dragged to death by them.
It is obviously a bad fact to use on Tifa, a huge and wooded planet.
"This is an ambush that I had planned!"
The Major Commander shouted. At this time, two consecutive special signal flares had been fired by them to a height of 1,000 meters, and eye-catching yellow smoke was revealed to remind him. One shot means that there is danger in attack, two shots were very dangerous to encounter unprepared surprise attacks, and three shots were notified that they would retreat if they could not do it.
This is something agreed at the beginning, but the last one is basically impossible to appear. Because in the battle with the Zerg, running away is the stupidest and worst way to do it. In the twenty-year war, countless facts have been proved with countless facts that no ordinary soldier can escape the pursuit of a large number of insects. Even standing fire with the greatest killing efficiency cannot be blocked. It is simply a dream to survive while moving.
Therefore, there are only two kinds of consequences that they and the Zerg encounter, either their own people die or no insect survives in sight.
On the other side, Chen Xi and others encountered even more serious situations.
With the loud rumbling sound, the crystal body that had fallen to the ground was rolling and breaking the trees along the way, and then plowing out terrifying traces of destruction of two hundred meters wide on the ground. But this was not the only difficulty they were facing at the moment. How to get out of the rolling crystal, because at this moment, there was an extremely large terrifying guy outside the crystal body, staring at it.
It is more than 40 meters high and fifty meters long. It has a triceratops-like bone shell on its head, making it a hideous horn spreading on all sides, which is extremely terrifying. It is half the size of the body, covering the entire head, only the part of the mouth is exposed. In front and behind the mouth with sharp teeth and a sharp angle at the tip, there are a pair of huge curved jaw angles, which are equally astonishing in scale. Each one is more than 30 meters long, constantly destroying the main part of the crystal.
The current continuous rolling is useless to it at all. In fact, except for the impact falling from the air that directly smashed the crystal's main body, most of the trees were then broken and cut by its shaking jaw corners. It is now using its powerful lower limbs with thick cuticles to cling tightly to the main body of the crystal, waiting to completely destroy the huge building.
Chapter completed!