Chapter Fourteen Adventure
The Fallen Insects were brought by Yu Shuang and the other two. A few minutes later, Qi An heard gunshots and saw Yu Shuang's figure break through the sandstorm and rush over.
"There are also worms drawing water on that ice sheet, and we've run right into them! Get in the car, let's go!"
Her voice was muffled behind her tactical mask, but you could hear the gritted teeth.
Qi An knew that the place where they drew water was in the ravines of the plateau, a perpetually shady spot, where spring water formed an icefall.
Sure enough, in this awful weather, everyone wants clean water!
At this time, the wind was about level 5, and the sandstorm was not too thick. Qi An had already seen the Fallen Insects chasing behind the three of them.
A large group, at least 30 of them!
Are they trying to hollow out that icefall?
This is terrible! Qi An immediately picked up his gun, grabbed the blocking agent he had just laid out to count, and rushed into the car.
Zhuang Xiao had already received the intermittent messages from the other end. He exclaimed "Holy crap!" twice, fastened his seatbelt, stepped on the gas, and sped onto the path in the ditch.
But there's an even more critical problem.
"Battery is low! It can only go a maximum of 20 kilometers!" Zhuang Xiao shouted.
“Those worms don’t have cars! You can shake them off in 5 kilometers!” Yu Shuang shouted.
Qi An quickly reminded her, "Jiu just sent word!" She asked Zhuang Xiao, "Where is the rendezvous point? How far away is it?"
"The straight-line distance isn't far, less than 20 kilometers, but I don't know how long it would take to walk there! He doesn't seem to be in good condition!" Zhuang Xiao also realized the problem.
Yu Shuang cursed, "Damn it!"
Zhao Bohan released the accelerator, picked up the walkie-talkie, and said, "Can we kill those Fallen Insects?"
Everyone was stunned for a moment. Qi An's mind raced, and he suddenly realized that the question was directed at her.
They have no shortage of ammunition, and the squad should be able to fight them head-on.
A direct confrontation would inevitably come at the cost of increased contamination levels for everyone, and the vice-captain's real purpose in wanting to kill this wave of fallen insects was probably to obtain insect oil.
Qi An had asked around and learned that both of their cars were actually hybrid electric vehicles.
The "oil" here refers to insect oil, not gasoline. Insect oil generators are used to charge battery packs.
They can't charge their batteries directly using solar panels, so the lack of electricity is actually the same as a lack of fuel!
They had a simple insect oil purification device in their trunk, but purification requires large equipment.
They can kill the fallen insects and extract their oil, but they have to burn the unpurified oil and travel a long distance to the rendezvous point, where they don't know what they'll face...
This pollution level is far too dangerous.
Qi An was already in sync with the team's combat strategy, and now she had to take on all the risks of contamination.
Qi An glanced back at the Fallen Insects that were rapidly catching up.
Do you object?
If they oppose extracting the insect oil on-site, they can use their remaining electricity to get rid of this wave of fallen insects, but they will not be able to meet up with the doves in time.
Zhuang Xiao had previously stated that when Jiu contacted them, the first thing she said was that she had found the mother nest, which meant the intelligence had been conveyed.
But intelligence is intelligence, and human life is human life!
“I agree to fight,” Qi An said.
"good."
Zhao Bohan stepped on the gas again, overtook Qi An's car, and formed a triangular formation with the other two cars.
The three vehicles came to a sudden stop, and the fallen insects, who were about to give up the pursuit, seemed to be stunned for a moment and also stopped.
But the next second, one of the fallen insects, with its abdomen bulging high and its body rather slender, raised its tentacles.
"Turn the headphones to full noise cancellation!" Yu Shuang shouted.
A shrill, eerie song, seemingly a dance of fear and violence from the depths of human consciousness, emanated from the mouthparts of the creature that was clearly a wisdom insect, driving people to madness!
This was like a battle horn, urging all the fallen insects to swarm towards the convoy once again!
When they run, their curved spines bend even more, and all their tentacles and short, thick legs slash the ground together, making them look like a twisted combination of a centipede, octopus, and cheetah, moving at incredible speed!
But they immediately encountered their first obstacle—Tang Long carried a light machine gun and mounted it on the roof of the middle vehicle, unleashing a furious barrage of fire!
The worm's momentum faltered, and its dark green blood splattered in the wind.
Among the fallen insects are "infant insects," which are only the size of a lion dog, extremely fast, and incredibly agile. They are mutated human children.
The infant insect, using its height, dodged the hail of bullets and darted to the front of the convoy in the blink of an eye.
With a "bang," it was caught in mid-air by Yu Shuang and exploded like a rotten tomato!
The machine gun shot down one layer of fallen insects, and the remaining fallen insects scattered, crouching low and crawling from all directions.
Zhuang Xiao had already left Qi An's car and climbed onto a protrusion on the loess cliff at some point. From his vantage point, he was taking down enemies with a single shot.
Except for Zhuang Xiao, everyone else held their positions and fired from the vehicles. Even Su Qingran had a hit rate of over 90% when shooting from 200 meters away in this terrible weather!
In the first encounter, the fat of the fallen insects greatly hindered bullets from entering vital organs. Unless they hit a vital spot, it would take more than a dozen shots to kill them. Yet, the two teams killed two-thirds of them!
Qi An was incredibly amazed, but she knew the real danger was yet to come.
On her wristband, the pollution levels of the other five people were rapidly increasing, jumping by 3%-5% per minute on average.
Tang Long's contamination level was 40%...46%...already at level 2 mutation. His hand, which was loading ammunition, gripped the machine gun's axle, veins bulging!
Zhuang Xiao and Yu Shuang both reached 40%, and Su Qingran was also soaring. Qi An moved between the positions, gave Yu Shuang an injection of blocking agent, and then jumped onto the roof of the middle car, pressing Tang Long's head down with both hands.
Spiritual resonance! On the battlefield where the situation was changing rapidly, Tang Long's pollution level had exceeded 50%, and Qi An could not waste a single second, so he directly carried out deep purification.
She resonated with the cold fear in Tang Long's heart.
He feared that everyone would leave him; his comrades had either died in battle or been scattered; his mother and sister had either been consumed by contamination or died tragically in the war, leaving him all alone in the world.
He was even more afraid that his low mental resistance would drag down his teammates, and that one day they would all be killed by his complete mutation!
Qi An's spiritual power is a pure white tentacle, an oil paintbrush that covers all tragic scenes, a gentle yet firm murmur—no one will die, with me here, you will never change!
In just three minutes, the pollution level in Tanglong decreased by 47%...35%!
Only two Fallen Insects remained, and they had already rushed within 50 meters of the team!
Zhao Bohan and Zhuang Xiao each fired a shot, but Zhuang Xiao's shot missed.
Qi An rushed towards Yu Shuang and hugged her from behind.
Yu Shuang's pollution level dropped even faster, falling back below 30% within two minutes.
Only Zhuang Xiao remained, chasing the last fallen worm that had escaped his gun, but despite firing several shots, he failed to hit a vital spot.
His contamination level was approaching 50%. Yu Shuang shot the fallen insect dead and shouted, "Zhuang Xiao, come down!"
Zhuang Xiao's body curled up in resistance, then suddenly realized something was wrong. She twisted her neck back forcefully and looked at the cliff face diagonally above.
At the same time, Qi An also sensed it. Driven by fear, she leaned forward and fired a shot at the cliff face!
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