Chapter 282 The Fallen Chariot
Under the saturation attack, a wide passage was easily torn out of the survivors' lair. During this period, Wei Huan and others increased their vigilance and redeployed the criminal sequence once again, and the illusion never came again.
Wei Huan stayed beside Mu Zhong for a long time out of concern. The newly added sofa in the deputy commander's cabin after the upgrade came in handy.
Mu Zhong was concentrating on directing the chariot forward in his driver's seat.
There is a relatively complex control panel in front of his seat. When necessary, he can take over the driving of the tank and operate it manually throughout the process.
Of course, Wei Huan also has a similar system in his driver's cab, and his authority is higher than that of the deputy driver.
However, most of the time, the tank is controlled by an AI butler, but its route, tactical arrangements, etc. still need to be monitored by a professional driver. After all, for some complex tasks, AI may not be able to fully understand the commander's requirements, so it must be controlled by humans, and the team must control the details.
Mu Zhong was sitting next to his driver's seat at the moment, with two criminals standing on the left. In addition, outside the chariot, the number of criminals carrying out the warehouse exit mission had increased to three to ensure that nothing went wrong.
With the five criminal sequences as anchors, Mu Zhong was practically "immune to all poisons" and always gave orders with a clear mind.
As for Wei Huan, he had nothing to do after the undead army was withdrawn, so he had time to wait here.
Finally, as they continued to go deeper, they encountered their first difficulty.
The seawater was as thick as jelly. At some point, seaweed as thick as a hair began to appear in the water. They were easily cut into pieces by the level eight weapon.
Later, these seaweeds that were as thin as hair gradually became thicker, as thick as fingers, and then as thick as wrists, until at a certain moment, the intertwined seaweeds were thicker than cars.
The eighth-level tank weapons easily cut them in half, but this kind of cutting attack is not as good as crushing and bombing type weapons in "destroying corpses and eliminating traces". As a result, the "corpses of the surviving family" that suddenly appeared in front of the car actually had the ability to attack the tank's protective shield.
Of course, it is very easy for the level 7 protective shield to block the "corpses of the surviving family", but the premise is that the number is not that large. These pieces of sea water remind people of walking in a sponge pool as a child. Even though the sponge is very light and harmless, you still feel unable to move forward.
Mu Zhong issued new orders.
"Remote team, land on the war platform and blast the road ahead!"
Then he turned back and explained to Wei Huan, "The entire area is filled with these fragments. The oversaturation is consuming our combat power. We need to use magic to burn them."
Wei Huan nodded. "I think the level 6 weapon has high-temperature damage, just to cope with the current environment, right? We skipped two levels. Although the survivors were easily cut down, it also left a lot of other troubles."
Mu Zhong's eyes rolled and he smiled, "Isn't that a coincidence? We don't have any advanced weapons in our fleet, but we have plenty of level six weapons."
"Yes, but if they go into battle, our tank weapons cannot be used."
"Research has proven that even the remains of the survivors possess a powerful psychic attack. These fragments are piled up in front of our chariot, but we haven't been affected by any illusions. Clearly, the criminal sequence has played a role. They are doing well."
Hearing the praise, the two criminals in the deputy commander's room straightened their spines. Even if they played a small role in this tank, it made them proud.
The two's decision was correct. After reducing the attacks of the eighth-level weapons, they handed over the task of opening the passage to the nine chariots that followed and the magicians on the war platform. As expected, the speed of advancement increased.
The damage caused by the high temperature vaporized the seaweed fragments, and before being surrounded by new seaweed, the chariot had already taken them forward a long way.
The tank commanders from various countries who finally got the mission also worked very hard. They drove in a circle of white tanks, within the range of the protective shield, and launched attacks continuously.
Wei Huan provided all their energy consumption, and now they just had to fire madly to open a channel.
Sometimes when Wei Huan looked at the fragments of the surviving clan, he couldn’t imagine what it would be like if he were trapped in the illusion.
Will these seaweeds turn into human limbs in his mind, as if he has entered a meat grinder and all he sees are bloody scenes?
Fortunately, the survivors are mainly plants. Thinking about the vegetable leaves that were chewed up when they were eaten, I feel relieved.
"Report to the commander, our tanks have been spotted ahead."
Suddenly, the housekeeper AI made a report and made a mark on the map.
A red dot appeared in front of them on the left. Wei Huan glanced at the criminals standing beside them. Sensing that the anchor point was still working, he said, "Drive over there. Can you contact them? Can you confirm whose tank it is?"
The housekeeper AI said: "No one responded, so I can't confirm."
Mu Zhong also got the answer from Iron Heart: "It's impossible to determine which country this chariot belongs to, but the scan confirmed that it may have been damaged."
Wei Huan, who had already realized something, looked at the gradually decreasing firepower and did not stop everyone's subconscious behavior. He just reminded them: "Be careful."
The fragments of seaweed were forcefully pushed aside by the chariot, and from time to time an attack would be launched from the chariot platform to destroy the overly large fragments.
Just like that, they slowly moved forward a bit, and the AI butler reported: "Target found..."
Wei Huan didn't even have time to wait for the next words before his eyes caught the abnormality.
Among the scattered seaweed fragments, he found a hand, a human hand.
The palm floated limply among the debris, with only four fingers, the thumb missing, and the broken end was neat, just like the surrounding seaweed fragments.
There is no doubt that when the eighth-level halo cuts through, it does not distinguish between the abilities of enemies and friends.
After the palm was discovered, other fragments were soon found. The white flesh and black seaweed fragments mixed together were very conspicuous. By the time Wei Huan saw what was suspected to be one-fifth of the head tissue, his brows were already furrowed in the shape of a mountain.
This scene makes people wonder whether it was their indiscriminate bombing that cut off the last breath of their fellow tribesmen, and whether they killed them?
There was silence inside and outside the car, and it was obvious that everyone was thinking deeply about this problem.
There was also the image of human tissue mixed with seaweed fragments, which was very uncomfortable, disgusting and terrifying, as if there was a big horror peeping at them from behind the obstructed view.
"Do you want to take it back?" Mu Zhong asked. He asked this question on the public channel. It seemed that other drivers also wanted to know Wei Huan's solution.
Wei Huan said, "No, the danger is not over yet. We can burn this place down after we leave, but not now."
"yes."
Mu Zhong looked at Wei Huan deeply, knowing that this decision was also a little sad for him, because Wei Huan rarely explained when he made a decision, but this time he said one more word.
This decision must have been difficult for Wei Huan, but he was always so reliable and would never act on impulse, only making the most correct judgment.
If this happened to him, he might know that this is the best way, and would always want to make decisions that are more in line with reason, law, and morality, but may put himself in danger.
The chariot continued to move forward without stopping. With the vision of a Sequence Five, one could clearly see the broken limbs being pushed aside by the protective shield and finally being submerged by the seaweed fragments.
As they walked further, more fragments appeared and everyone's nerves were on edge. Even though they were used to seeing life and death, it was obviously difficult for anyone to get used to such a scene.
Until they were less than three kilometers away from the scanned chariot, the fragments of seaweed not only became larger, but the bodies of the challengers also finally appeared intact.
They were floating in a pile of seaweed fragments, their faces pale, squeezed by the sea water fragments in a strange posture, motionless.
At a glance, there were more than ten humans in such a small area.
In order to avoid harming these humans, Wei Huan's chariots stopped attacking and their movement speed slowed down a lot.
The AI butler had already scanned the other person's physical signs and confirmed, "Identity verified. Lieutenant Colonel Krishna, a member of the Australian tank command, has completely lost all vital signs and is confirmed dead."
Then, he continued, "The main combatant of the Australian tank, Sequence Five Druid, Major Anna, has completely lost all vital signs and is confirmed dead."
"Australian tank crew..."
While Wei Huan was listening to the report from the AI butler, the corpses whose names were called out by it would appear faintly red under the illumination of a special light color.
Wei Huan had no impression of most of these sacrificed challengers. A level six chariot could accommodate a thousand people. Except for a very small number of them, Wei Huan had seen them before. The others were like screws in precision instruments, distributed in the chariot. They might have never left the chariot in the challenge world and were not known to more people.
But at this moment, with the destruction of the tank, they were like popcorn, all leaving the tank on which they depended for survival, and their lives forever stopped at this moment.
However, Wei Huan had met Lieutenant Colonel Krishna. He seemed to be trusted by the Australian tank commander and was always taken with him wherever he went. Even when he came to his battlefield for a meeting, he brought the lieutenant colonel with him as his adjutant.
Now the lieutenant colonel was squeezed between two large pieces of seaweed fragments with his head, body and legs exaggeratedly twisted.
His expression was empty, his eyes were wide open on his pale face, and from that frozen expression, one could see his fear at the moment before death. His open mouth made a dying cry. He might have asked for help, but unfortunately the savior did not come.
Wei Huan was a little sad. He had killed many Dark Beasts and many people, but this did not prevent him from feeling sadness from deep within his heart after seeing the death of his fellow tribesmen.
If possible, he hopes that everyone can live, live a long life, and live happily until old age.
But at this moment, Wei Huan's expression froze and he looked deeply again.
I saw Lieutenant Colonel Krishna's mouth was wide open, almost revealing his throat, and his tongue slowly twisted twice.
Wei Huan realized something and immediately said, "Anchor point!"
The two criminal sequences in the room immediately activated their "Endless Prison", actively anchoring stability, which is naturally better than passive effects.
Wei Huan didn't feel much change. He just stood up and adjusted his position, so that he could see the criminal sequence and then look at the body of Lieutenant Colonel Krishna.
The tongue in the mouth really stopped moving.
Was it because the mental attack here was too strong? Even with all the protection, he still narrowly escaped death?
Wei Huan was just thinking about it when suddenly the pair of round eyes, whose brown pupils had turned white due to being soaked for a long time, suddenly turned from their fixed gaze to look straight at Wei Huan.
This time it's definitely not an illusion!!
"Xu Qingqiang! The corpse in front of the left!" The moment Wei Huan realized something was wrong, the order came out of his mouth.
Xu Qingqiang, who was sitting cross-legged on the hood of the car, turned into a ray of black light the next second and rushed out with a "jiejiejie" sound.
Wei Huan's undead portal then appeared outside the car. Eight portals opened at the same time, and out flew strong and ferocious two-headed hidden demon zombies, following closely behind Xu Keqiang and rushing out.
After they made their attacking moves, Lieutenant Colonel Krishna's body obviously did not intend to play dead anymore.
He easily pushed away the seaweed fragments that were tightly clamped around him with his hands, turned around and looked at Wei Huan sinisterly, revealing his complete body.
Is it a betrayal of humanity?
Or are they controlled by illusions and regard their own kind as enemies?
There was no way to confirm it at this time, because Xu Qingqiang was as fast as lightning. After flying out of the protective shield, the ability of "Haizhu" made him feel like a fish in water. With a swing of his leg, he was in front of Lieutenant Colonel Chrisna, and at the same time, his five fingers turned into claws and scratched him fiercely.
"brush!"
The powerful force not only cut through the sea water, but also cut through Krishna's chest, as if it had even cut through the space.
After having the "Dark Source Training Room", Xu Qingqiang's strength has also improved a lot. Compared to when he left the sixth-level world two months ago, there is a world of difference.
Not only did he have a deeper understanding of the criminal sequence, but he also changed out of a lot of his equipment.
Before, only Captain Xue was wearing full diamond gear. Now Xu Qingqiang is also wearing full diamond gear, and it is all free equipment. Like Wei Huan, he has already surpassed the current world in strength.
Xu Qingqiang did not hold back when he struck Krishna with his claws. When everyone saw Xu Qingqiang tearing Krishna's chest into pieces, their first reaction was not that Xu Qingqiang was going crazy, but that they understood that he, who was closer to the enemy, must have noticed something.
Moreover, when Xu Qingqiang tore open Krishna's chest, he did not pursue the victory, but turned back very cautiously, bounced back, and returned to the middle of the undead team following behind.
He has always been arrogant and hid behind the two-headed hidden demon.
This action made everyone's heart jump when they looked at Krishna again.
Krishna, who was attacked by Xu Qingqiang, flew backwards and then stopped on a large piece of seaweed. His chest was scratched from the left shoulder to the right waist. The part of the left side of the body near the chest that was attacked first was even torn off with a palm-wide amount of flesh, and the ribs and internal organs inside could be vaguely seen.
But despite such a horrific injury, not a single drop of blood flowed from the wound, and he obviously didn't seem to feel any pain. With a slightly weird posture, he pushed back and rushed towards Xu Qingqiang ferociously.
Wei Huan's idea moved, and the two-headed hidden demon rushed out after receiving the order.
Seeing that the two sides were about to collide, Krishna was destined to be torn to pieces in front of the huge number of undead. Krishna's chest rose and fell rapidly twice, and then with a "whoosh", countless black tentacles gushed out from the hole in his chest.
The tentacles were a hundred times the size of Krishna's, slapping downwards like a giant palm. The two-headed hidden demon in the front was the first to be hit. With a "snap", his strong body was almost split in the middle and fell deeper into the seabed.
“Pah pah pah!”
In one encounter, he knocked away more than 20 two-headed hidden demons.
Although the two-headed hidden demon that came later was prepared and would not be hit easily by the tentacles, it could not get close at will, and the two sides were in a brief stalemate.
"Boss?" Xu Qingqiang's voice sounded in the chariot. He didn't say much, but Wei Huan knew what he was asking.
"Can."
"Okay."
"Boss Mu." Xu Qingqiang said again.
"Wait." Mu Zhong didn't wait for him to say anything more, or rather, before he could open his mouth, his hand had already touched the emerald green earrings, and he flicked his fingers lightly, "Ding!"
"Boom boom boom!" The war drums from ancient times sounded, and the figures of the ancient ancestors priests appeared above their heads.
A red light descended on Xu Qingqiang, and his bloodthirstiness increased tenfold, making his demonic eyes even more ferocious.
“Hehehe!”
Xu Qingqiang, whose strength increased greatly, flew out like a cannonball and crashed straight into the tentacles.
Wei Huan hurriedly ordered the two-headed hidden demon to follow and cover Xu Qingqiang's attack at all costs.
For a moment, the sea water was turbulent, the tentacles were waving, and a silent roar echoed in the ears, directly hitting the brain. Some people who were not strong enough felt as if their brains were about to explode.
The frantic battle stirred up the sea into chaos. The seaweed fragments carried the broken limbs of some challengers and were then swept away by the current, but there were also challengers going upstream.
One, two, three... When these figures emerged from the seaweed fragments, Wei Huan realized that he had already been discovered by the survivors and that they had set a trap to hunt them.
"People" hiding behind the seaweed appeared. They floated in the sea water or stepped on pieces of seaweed. Most of their bodies were intact, but some of them were missing a small part of their brain, or a hand, or a leg.
Tentacles similar to those that emerged from Krishna's chest emerged from the damaged parts of these bodies, twisting in the sea water and floating as black shadows.
This is not good news.
"The survivors are parasitic in their bodies and have attacked us. It seems the others are also in danger."
"Is the criminal sequence useless in this environment?"
"It worked. I gathered everyone in the chariot together, and equipped it with a sufficient number of criminal sequences. I can confirm that everyone is sober."
"Yes, the Endless Prison of the Criminal Order can suppress the current illusion. Unfortunately, they were tricked from the beginning and were parasitized before they realized the danger."
"One more thing. Of the dismembered bodies we saw earlier, I can confirm that two of them were from the same group of criminals as those on the chariot."
After the last sentence was said, there was a moment of silence in the conversation channel.
in other words.
The criminal sequence that can always stay awake is killed by the survivors, and the challengers who cannot stay awake are directly parasitized. They are very clear about the means by which humans deal with them, and this is their counterattack.
"These parasitic tentacles are the remains of a higher level than the parasitic red roots in the fifth-level world."
"I remember the researchers said those red roots were just juveniles. They take time to grow, and what we're facing now must be a mature form."
"Be careful, their attacks are quite powerful."
"About three times the size of the two-headed hidden demon."
"It is indeed very strong, but it can be killed by relying on a chariot."
"Commander, let's just charge straight ahead!"
The discussion soon produced a result, which was exactly what Wei Huan had in mind.
Wei Huan nodded: "Okay."
As he spoke, Xu Qingqiang had already torn Krishna into pieces and was now tearing the tentacles of the remaining mature forms to make up for the losses he had suffered after the bloodthirst came.
Xu Qingqiang is very scary when he is in a gluttonous state.
He not only eats the tentacles of the mature form, but will also eat the two-headed hidden demon if it is around.
Wei Huan never let the undead army escape Xu Qingqiang's gnaws, and would even feed them when necessary. Xu Qingqiang was a beast, only able to fight when full. Moreover, after acquiring the Endless Prison, his mind became more stable, and he no longer ate the undead unless absolutely necessary.
On the other hand, the fact that he is now eating the Two-Headed Hidden Demon means that his current condition is not very good.
"Xu Qingqiang?" Mu Zhong also asked Xu Qingqiang.
Xu Qingqiang's snoring voice could be heard, followed by a hoarse and strange laugh: "Hahahaha, fucking no energy, hahahaha."
Does that mean there's no energy in eating those tentacles?
So what are these tentacles?
Wei Huan didn't rush to ask questions. He ordered Xu Qingqiang: "Come back, change tactics."
"Hehehe..." Xu Qingqiang did not go crazy and came back as ordered. The protective shield that could block everything was completely defenseless against Xu Qingqiang. He easily returned to the protective shield and pinched the neck of a two-headed hidden demon. He returned to the car like carrying a chicken and feasted on it.
The scene of eating was very bloody, but Mu Zhong and Wei Huan had learned to turn a blind eye and continued to pay attention to the battlefield ahead.
After Xu Qingqiang retreated, all the tanks entered attack mode.
The continuous artillery fire directly bombarded the bodies of these people who could no longer be called companions. Just as Wei Huan said, the ashes rolled up by the fire would send their souls back to the blue planet to rest in peace.
What we killed now were just a group of monsters who had taken over our nest!
“Boom!”
“Boom!!”
Amidst the frenzied bombing, Wei Huan looked at Xu Qingqiang, who was nearing the end of his meal outside the car, and said, "Can we talk now? What's going on with those tentacles?"
The man squatting on the hood of the car turned his head, revealing his hideous face covered with thorny magic patterns. His scarlet eyes looked at Wei Huan, unable to hide the neurosis and murderous intent in his eyes.
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