There are almost no insects in the vine forest, but it is just almost, which means that the number is extremely small.
From time to time, there would be a few porters, warrior-level, who strayed into it... From time to time, there would be one or two worker-level diggers who dug there, and then a big hole... From time to time, stinging wasps that were scouting for enemies would hide there...
Day after day, after four days of anxiety, Gu Wanqiu and Li Fang encountered their first bug, a lost porter ant. Although it was only the size of a human, it scared them to death. They had to use all their might to escape.
"It's all your fault! Why don't you just die? If you die, they won't have an excuse to chase me away, and I can go back..."
Under great fear, Li Fang became more and more incoherent in her words.
Hearing her daughter asking her to die again, the originally indifferent Gu Wanqiu became completely furious. She couldn't help but think that if she had not given birth to this daughter, she would definitely treat Li Fei as her own daughter. Then, at this time, she should be living a good life in the base with good food and drink, instead of running for her life like now!
Gu Wanqiu, who was also filled with resentment, slapped him directly and cursed, "What's your attitude? Giving birth to you might as well be giving birth to a piece of barbecued pork! If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have given birth to such a rebellious girl like you!"
"You hit me? How dare you hit me! It's all your fault. If you hadn't wanted to sell my sister, she wouldn't have treated me like that!" Li Fang fought back without showing any weakness.
The two of them started to quarrel, cursing and accusing each other.
During the shoving and pushing, Gu Wanqiu pushed Li Fang, causing Li Fang to lose her balance and fall to the side, hitting a thorny vine.
"ah!"
With a shrill scream, as luck would have it, a long thorn on the stinger pierced Li Fang's neck.
"Fangfang!" Gu Wanqiu screamed with her eyes wide open...
About ten days later, Lin Xiaoman received news from the investigation team that remains suspected to be those of Gu Wanqiu and her daughter were found in the vine forest.
Based on the scene, it can be roughly inferred that: it seems that in order to avoid insects, the two hid in the thorny vine forest, and then a dispute occurred. Li Fang's neck was pierced by the long thorns of the thorny vine, and Gu Wanqiu stabbed his heart with the long thorns and committed suicide.
After Lin Xiaoman got the news, he just passed by. The deaths of the two people did not cause any waves at all.
To Lin Xiaoman's disappointment, the original owner has not returned yet, probably because he is not strong enough.
Spring goes and autumn comes, and three years have passed in a flash. In the Southwest Province, humans have become groups living in bases. There are bases of all sizes on the land.
On this day, Shen Yi received a report that Zerg scouts were spotted within the state borders of Southeast State.
It is obvious that the Zerg who remained in Dongzhou began to look for food outside.
The military began preparing for war in Southeast Province. Before leaving, Shen Yi invited Lin Xiaoman to go to Southeast Province, but was rejected by Lin Xiaoman.
There is still a long time from the discovery of Zerg scouts to the outbreak of war. The fighting may not start for a year or two.
If she ran all the way over there to wait, her nest would be empty. What if her house was robbed?
Lin Xiaoman: "Wait until the Zerg army approaches, then tell me."
Although the Southwest State and the Southeast State are a bit far apart, with an airship, it is still possible to reach them in one day if the airship is at full speed.
Understanding Lin Xiaoman's meaning, Shen Yi did not force it. He reorganized the team and prepared to set off for Southeast Province. However, not all of the thousands of military personnel followed Shen Yi.
As the saying goes, a general on the battlefield is subject to military orders, especially in troubled times. Many of the original soldiers chose to stay in Southwest Province, especially those who were originally registered in Southwest Province. Almost all of them stayed.
Xiao Han, who kept saying "The base is my home, and its construction depends on everyone", made an indelible contribution to the fact that almost one-third of the people were retained.
Xiao Han, who firmly clung to Lin Xiaoman's leg, had been committed to poaching Chen Yi's talents since the beginning of the base's establishment.
Shen Yi, who only took away two-thirds of the people, moved to another position with a little depression.
After a group of combat forces left, Lin Xiaoman was busy selecting talents and preparing for the war in Southwest Province.
By then, she would have to work hard to cultivate a few core levels and train a group of combat forces.
Then he waited and waited, but he didn't receive Shen Yi's notification that the war in Southwest Province had started. Instead, the Zerg in Southwest Province launched a fierce offensive.
No one knew what happened, but the bugs that had been hiding underground suddenly swarmed out and began to attack all the large and small bases in the Southwest State.
The largest southwestern base was the first to be attacked.
The ground and the air were covered with insects, black and dense, like a coming storm, surging and strange, as if it was the end of the world.
Lin Xiaoman originally thought that he would not be able to pass this level without sacrificing a few pieces of spirit jade, but he never expected that after the first wave of vanguard troops numbering about 5,000 were killed, the Zerg immediately retreated.
They retreated without hesitation, at a very fast speed, like the receding tide, and cleanly.
Lin Xiaoman: That’s it?
I had my blue bottle ready, but it ran away?
Lin Xiaoman was so depressed.
In the following days, Lin Xiaoman ran back and forth between the large and small bases in Southwest Province, running to wherever there were bugs.
For three whole months, the Zerg launched attacks on all bases, big and small, in the Southwest State.
The Southwest Base remained standing, and the other small bases were lucky enough to be preserved, while the unlucky ones were destroyed.
Then, the insects retreated completely, and except for an occasional scout wasp flying across the sky, there were almost no foraging units on the ground.
Conclusion: The Zerg retreated!
Oh, a more appropriate way of saying it is that the Zerg no longer have eyes for the remaining 'food' in the Southwest State, so they migrate and look for new hunting grounds.
The Zerg have migrated, which is definitely a good thing for the survivors in Southwest State, but Lin Xiaoman is a little depressed.
What to do? Go to Southeast Province?
Forget it, let’s develop first!
With the Zerg gone, they naturally started to build up their army. First, they vigorously developed weapons and munitions. All those abandoned mines were restarted and put into operation again...
The Southwestern States began a period of rapid post-war development.
Lin Xiaoman did not forget to look for the whereabouts of the Zerg. Unfortunately, there were surveillance cameras on the ground, but there was nothing he could do underground.
A reconnaissance plane was also sent into the wormhole, but it was scrapped before it could fly far. There was obviously something inside the wormhole that was interfering with the signal.
"The Zerg have evacuated Southwest State and their whereabouts are unknown." After sending this message to Shen Yi, Lin Xiaoman left it alone.
It's either the West State or the South State. Most likely, it's the two "neighbors" next to the Southwest State that are unlucky. Once the Southwest State goes to war, Zerg will appear on the territory of one of the two states... Let the big boss of the federal government worry about which state to protect.
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