Chapter 95 The Enemy Also Has Experts

As the roar subsided and the dust settled, everyone's emotions shifted from tense to excited. The temporary team then set off to rejoin the main force.

But after finishing tidying up and walking out of the grove, Qi An stopped in his tracks.

"What's wrong?" Chen Xi was the first to notice and asked.

“About two kilometers to our northwest, there’s a group of Fallen Insects moving north,” Qi An said.

"Hmm?" Gu Liansheng was slightly taken aback, but immediately realized: "That's normal. Right now, the small groups of fallen insects around here are definitely gathering towards the mother nest."

Indeed, Qi An sensed more than just this one group of fallen insects from all directions.

However, the general direction of this swarm of fallen insects seems to be towards the mother nest, but it is somewhat off!

She didn't let this amiss go easily. After sensing for a moment, she said to Chen Xi, "Let's contact command. I suspect..." She paused, then continued, "I suspect this group of Fallen Insects is moving through the main force's encampment!"

Everyone was stunned. Gu Liansheng uttered a "Huh?"

Chen Xi immediately sent an inquiry to the command center.

There was no reply for two minutes.

Chen Xi requested a voice call again, but after a minute of silence, the call still didn't connect!

The surprise of Gu Liansheng, Feng Xu, and even the technicians turned into solemnity.

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The main force of Operation Dome was unable to respond to the reconnaissance squad because they were engaged in combat.

They packed up their tents, ready to go, but before they could even set out, they were caught in battle!

A massive army of fallen insects, coming from the north, appeared on the horizon just as the main force of vehicles was about to start moving. Like a surging tide, it seemed to cover the sky!

At the same time, a group of guarding fallen insects, numbering in the hundreds, also broke up and launched a surprise attack from the direction of the mother nest!

This was observed by a large reconnaissance aircraft. By then, the action team had already packed up all the tents, and Chen Yuezhou had a bad feeling when he saw this.

This group of insects abandoned guarding the mother nest and instead launched an attack.

The premise that this behavior is not foolish is that the Fallen Insects discovered their base.

Despite the protective measures taken, such as the grid-like odor sensors, the nanofiber protective lines deployed in all areas with rocks and trees, the patrol posts, and the high-flying drones that traveled back and forth to the mother nest to prevent the Fallen Insects from observing the trajectory, the Qi An team did not allow them to return. Yet, none of these measures could stop the Fallen Insects from spying on them.

Humans gained the upper hand, but the Fallen Insects immediately launched a counterattack, deploying troops ahead of time to intercept the cave-blocking team!

A group of hundreds of fallen insects from the north suddenly charged forward like sharp knives. If the action team charged forward recklessly, they would collide head-on with the hundred or so guarding fallen insects that had regrouped in front of them!

The convoy on the wasteland was like a samurai with two swords pointed at him, forced to stop, draw his weapons, and fight back on the spot.

As Chen Yuezhou issued his orders, the convoy quickly changed formation and was ready for battle before the enemy could get within effective attack range.

But Chen Yuezhou had already sensed the wisdom of the one or more commanders of the fallen insects in the mother nest.

It at least realized that the key to this war was in the rear, and its mother insect must not be blocked!

Therefore, Chen Yuezhou's real worry... Zhao Bohan was also expressing this worry to Yu Shuang:

"First, we don't know if there are other groups of Fallen Insects heading this way. If so, we'll be attacked from multiple sides. Once we're surrounded, it won't just be a matter of guns and cannons; the spread of the contamination will become uncontrollable!"

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On the reconnaissance team's side, the sound of artillery fire came again from the direction of the mother hive. Amidst this background noise, Feng Xu shouted:

"Is it a communication disruption, or has the main force's location been exposed?"

The group looked at each other, all realizing that the latter was far more likely than the former!

Because the Starlink network used for communication is not a ground base station, it will not be affected by ground bombing!

"That worm is about to leave my perception range!" Qi An warned.

"How many insects?" Feng Xu asked.

"Between 100 and 200."

Everyone's hearts sank further. After a moment of contemplation, Chen Xi made a decision: "Chase after them!"

"Wait! 200 Fallen Insects!" Zhou Jianyu's face turned pale. "We're running low on ammunition, and can we even catch up?"

"Can the three of you find a place to hide first?" Chen Xi asked.

"No!" Zhou Jianyu shouted instinctively, and Zhang Xiaoxiao was also extremely unwilling to leave the protection of these strong men.

The atmosphere became tense for a moment, and half of the team had already slipped out of Qi An's perception.

She then asked Zhou Jianyu, "If the main force's location is exposed, they might be in the middle of a battle."

"We'll fight after we catch up with this horde of fallen insects. Is a battle like yesterday's safer for you than staying in your hideout and waiting?"

Zhou Jianyu choked and hesitated.

Chang Xin, the leader of the three, said, "We'll retreat to the courtyard and hide. Just give me some supplies."

He knew neither option was safe, but standing here arguing was even less safe!

Chang Xin was also a soldier, albeit a civilian one, but he possessed some wilderness survival skills and combat capabilities, and he was confident that these people would survive and be found.

"readily!"

Lian Sheng also developed a liking for this technician from the outer base, and couldn't help but pat Chang Xin on the shoulder and take a magazine off his body and give it to him.

Chen Xi gave them backup communicators with GPS tracking, distributed reconnaissance and survival supplies, and watched them retreat back into the grove before squatting down in front of Qi An.

Qi An distributed the control device's soft cap, climbed onto Chen Xi's back, pointed out the direction, and then almost screamed out in surprise!

Under her guidance, the three people charged forward with great momentum, like three cheetahs galloping!

Chen Xi tightened his grip on her legs and said through the wind, "Hold on tight!"

Qi An hugged her tightly, unable to tell for a moment whether her breathing and heartbeat were more rapid or Chen Xi's.

Soon the fallen insect army reappeared in her senses, and soon they would be able to see the army's shadow in the wasteland!

Qi An shouted, "Everyone put on your control caps!"

Gu Liansheng turned around and looked at her with a gleam in his eyes, wondering if Qi An's purification through the machine was as comfortable as hers direct purification.

Qi An didn't understand what that look meant at all, and shouted, "Watch where you're going!"

At that speed, you might crash into a tree!

Gu Liansheng turned around, suddenly accelerated, and was the first to charge into the enemy formation.

Feng Xu slowed down and moved behind Chen Xi to protect her, and especially to protect Qi An's back.

The three of them, wielding three small yet sharp scalpels, precisely and violently dissected the fallen insect squad that had discovered them but hadn't taken a mere few humans seriously!

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Where the main force of the action team was located, a great battle had already begun, with thunderous roars shaking the earth and bloodlust filling the sky!

The yellow sand is stained with green blood; not much red blood has been shed yet, because humanity has plenty of long-range weapons!

However, both groups of fallen insects seemed to have received a death order: the insects in front used their flesh and blood to fill the cannon fire, and those that were not killed in one hit tried to spread their tentacles to provide meat shields for the insects behind them.

Or perhaps the insects behind simply carry the corpses of the insects in front as shields as they advance.

The massive horde of Fallen Insects from the north was halted, but they continued their advance.

Meanwhile, the more than one hundred mother nest guards to the east are even more elite.

Dozens of tiny "infant insects," no bigger than a house cat, crawled and darted through the weeds, easily dodging the hail of bullets, and pounced on the key damage dealers armed with rocket launchers and light and heavy machine guns!

Meanwhile, from the east and north, a sergeant major and a trainee priest rushed into the mobile unit's position, screaming, polluting, and heading straight for the squads operating the vehicle-mounted artillery and the purifiers at the rear!

The battle situation is extremely favorable to the Fallen Insects.

While sending out blocking troops, another wave of transport vehicles arrived at the mother nest area.

Without any hindrance, a large number of queen insects, recovering from the disaster of being bombed, burned, and even the collapse of a shallow mine tunnel, rushed out with all their might and squeezed onto the vehicle.

Those light and heavy trucks, and rickety buses, were crammed full and started up one by one, heading in different directions to escape to safety!

Deep underground, like a human figure, there was a long, thin worm with narrow eyes that were moving all over its body, as if it had seen the situation on the surface clearly.

What other options do humans have? It's wondering.