Chapter 84: Frozen Zone Insect Swarm (Twenty)
Xu Qi's voice trembled and he could barely hold the gun in his hand.
Chen Yan's pupils suddenly contracted.
The insect monster was pitch black, its surface smooth and covered in a sticky liquid. Its head had no eyes, only a round mouth filled with sharp spiral teeth.
"Open fire!" Chen Yan roared.
Gunshots rang out in the silent frozen area, and bullets hit the insect monster, splashing black and red liquid.
The insect monster paused for a moment, then stretched its body upwards even harder and danced wildly.
The ice groaned under the strain, and more cracks spread like spider webs.
"Captain! Our weapons... are frozen!"
There was despair in Xu Qi's voice.
Chen Yan looked down at his rifle. The trigger was stuck by frost, and there was even a thick layer of ice on the barrel.
He gritted his teeth and smashed the barrel hard, sending shards of ice tumbling down, but the weapon remained unusable.
"Calling base, requesting retreat!"
"Calling base, requesting retreat!"
Chen Yan yelled into the communicator, and his legs instantly transformed into the forelimbs of a mantis. One leg pierced into the ice like a steel knife, and the other leg slashed fiercely at the attacking insect monster.
“Puff—”
The blade pierces the flesh.
The hideous head rolled onto the ice, but before Chen Yan could relax, the flesh and blood at the broken neck squirmed wildly, and a new head grew out in the blink of an eye.
The severed head also grew fleshy whiskers, twisting and entwining wildly, and grew a new, long body, like a giant black python.
"This is impossible..."
Lin Heng watched the real-time images transmitted back on the screen, his pupils dilated in shock.
They had already studied that these iron nematodes reproduce sexually and do not have the ability to divide and regenerate. Why is this happening now?
His fingertips slid rapidly across the console, constantly adjusting the drone's perspective in an attempt to capture more footage.
"Second level defense!"
"Level 3 defense!"
"Level 4 Defense!!"
More and more wireworms resurrected from under the ice, overturned the ice, and danced wildly in the dark.
"Why haven't you approved the retreat yet? Request immediate approval for the patrol to retreat!"
"Request immediate approval!"
Lin Heng's voice was rapid and hoarse.
There was no answer from the communicator, only the rustling sound of electricity.
"Fuck you!"
Lin Heng threw the communicator on the table, turned around and rushed to the equipment rack, grabbed the winter clothes and put them on.
"Brother Lin, you can't go, it's too dangerous!"
Assistant Xiaoguang tried to stop them, but Lin Heng stopped him: "Notify everyone at the observatory to retreat to the base immediately!"
Lin Heng rushed downstairs and entered the door password.
The door of the observatory slowly opened a crack, and snowflakes mixed with ice particles flew in my face, like countless blades scraping across my cheeks.
"Hold on..."
Lin Heng had just taken two steps when a dark figure suddenly pounced from the side, slamming him back into the door frame. His back slammed against the metal door, and a sharp pain shot up his spine and into his brain.
"Are you crazy?" Fu Ze's voice exploded in his ears, with unprecedented severity, "There are insect monsters outside, are you going to die?"
Lin Heng struggled to push Fu Ze away, but the other's arms locked him tightly like an iron hoop.
"Let me go! The patrol needs help! You knew there were bug monsters out there, so why didn't you order a retreat?" His voice trembled with anger. "You're sending them to their deaths!"
Fu Ze's face looked particularly cold in the light of the snow, and the lines of his jaw were tense.
"The base will send a support team, you don't need to go!"
"Support team?" Lin Heng sneered, "Do you think I'm a fool?"
The long rose whip surrounded his body. Lin Heng exerted force suddenly and successfully pushed Fu Ze away this time.
"You don't care about their lives at all. They're just tools in your fight for power!" His voice was hoarse. "In your eyes, their lives are no different from those of ants."
Fu Ze's expression was icy: "I am the base commander. My duty is to ensure the safety of everyone, including you. Now, come back with me——"
He took a step forward and tried to grab Lin Heng's arm again.
The crisp sound of slapping was particularly harsh.
Lin Heng's palm was suspended in mid-air, and he himself was stunned. Fu Ze's face tilted to one side, and a red palm print quickly appeared on his cheekbone.
Time seemed to freeze for a few seconds.
Fu Ze slowly turned his head. He said nothing, and didn't touch the red marks on his face. He simply grabbed Lin Heng's wrist, turned around neatly, and twisted Lin Heng's arm behind his back. At the same time, he ignored the rose thorns surrounding Lin Heng and pressed him against the wall with his body.
The sharp thorns pierced into his flesh and Fu Ze groaned.
"Fu Ze, let me go!"
Lin Heng struggled, but Fu Ze also used insect energy.
"Sorry, Ah Heng, I don't want you to be in danger!"
Fu Ze used his knee to push Lin Heng's legs apart and held him firmly. At the same time, he pulled out a sedative from his waist and inserted the needle into the side of Lin Heng's neck.
Lin Heng fell back softly.
Fu Ze picked up Lin Heng horizontally, glanced in the direction of the insect monster's roar, and strode towards the snowmobile next to the observation station.
"Commander Fu, immediately activate the Level 4 defense plan. Block all entrances and exits. No one is allowed to enter or leave. Violators will be treated as deserters!"
The voice of father Fu Linchuan was heard in the communicator.
A trace of struggle flashed in Fu Ze's eyes, and he said after a moment of silence:
"receive!"
The gate of the base opened and closed in a place where Chen Yan and others could not see.
At this moment, 312 patrol members were still fighting a desperate battle with the insect monster.
No, it's 290 now.
287 people.
243 people.
190 people.
…
"Report to base! Request a retreat! Request a retreat!"
Chen Yan's cold-weather mask had fallen off somewhere during the fight. His eyes were bloodshot, his cheeks were red, and his voice was hoarse.
This was already the nth time he had called the base.
Hundreds of wire worms were waving wildly in the wind and snow, like black pythons emerging from under the ice.
They used their thick and long bodies to strangle the soldiers, then opened their mouths and started drilling into the soldiers' heads.
“Crunch…Crunch…”
It was the sound of a skull being chewed.
The thick heads of the wire worms were shrinking. They controlled their bodies to shrink and drilled into the soldiers' heads.
“Ahhhh—”
The screams mixed with the sound of wind and snow were extremely shrill.
"Call...Call..."
The communicator had frozen together with the broken flesh on his palm, and Chen Yan was chopping the insect monster in front of him like crazy.
Their patrol team this time consisted of only twelve insect followers, and the rest were ordinary people.
These twelve insect followers, including himself, were all bitten by insect monsters recently and were stimulated by Doctor Xie's treatment.
They have not yet learned to skillfully control their insect powers.
“Sizzle—sizzle—”
After the noisy and harsh electrical noise, a response finally came from the base command center.
Cold and desperate.
"Patrol Team Three, continue your mission and do not withdraw."
"But we can't hold on any longer!"
Xu Qi practically roared. His breathing became rapid, and every breath felt like an ice knife piercing his lungs.
Chen Yan was silent for a moment and looked at the surviving team members.
Wang Lei's mask was already broken, his face was covered in frost, and his breathing was weak; Xu Qi's fingers were completely necrotic, and he couldn't even hold the gun; and he himself had long lost consciousness in his legs...
"Follow orders and hold your post."
"Captain...has the base...abandoned us?"
Maybe his voice became weaker and weaker, almost inaudible.
Chen Yan did not answer.
He tried to stand in front of his teammates, but could only watch in despair as his teammates were rolled up one by one and their skulls were bitten to pieces.
The shredded flesh and blood of the iron worm almost drowned him.
The screams of my teammates became fewer and fewer and weaker.
"Is this the end..."
Just as the insect monster opened its mouth wide to swallow his head, he saw a dazzling light suddenly appear on the horizon.
“Great, we weren’t abandoned!”
Chen Yan raised the corners of his mouth with difficulty. He heard his skull cracking, and then he felt itchy and numb, as if something soft was drilling into his brain.
As the light got closer, the corners of Chen Yan's mouth froze and could no longer rise.
He finally saw clearly that the dazzling light was not the insect energy of the insect-loving one, but a missile with a long tail of flame.
boom--
A huge explosion engulfed everything.
The world is dark.
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