Chapter 170 A "Guest" from Another Region
Sun Wen couldn't immediately glean anything from these details, but he still spoke up to alert everyone.
As soon as he said that, the players stopped joking around, and the official action team raised their guns and aimed at all angles to the right.
The two teams stood still, holding their breath and listening to every sound in the air.
Just when the atmosphere was at its most tense, Sun Yat-sen shouted, "Watch out for the ground!"
He saw a ripple of yellow sand surging past, leaving a clear mark on the ground, but others could not see this subtle movement.
With Sun Yat-sen's prompting, all the gun barrels were pointed at the yellow sand, but nothing emerged.
The special operations team members were sweating profusely.
Previously, official teams encountered saber-toothed worms in the desert, but they were clearly visible above the yellow sand. Therefore, the reason why the teams were wiped out in these few cases was because there were too many saber-toothed worms and they could not escape in time. Unexpectedly, they were attacked from under the yellow sand. These things can actually burrow into the sand!
Suddenly, one of the players, who had been on edge, was dragged under the sand by a tremendous force, without even making a sound.
"Brother Cao!" Song Hang called out.
"Old Cao!" the other players shouted in response.
Cao Jing felt a blur before his eyes, and then the yellow sand of the desert rushed to penetrate his seven orifices through the gauze wrapping him. He felt a pain in his ankle and knew that he had been bitten by a ferocious insect.
He immediately activated his innate ability, lifted his strong leg, and grabbed the long fangs on the mouthparts of the ferocious insect with his hand. With a slight grip, the fangs broke off, and he struggled to crawl up from under the yellow sand.
"Song Hang, flip it over!" Qin Bei shouted to Song Hang, still making a stir-frying motion with her hands.
Song Hang nodded, raising his eyes to try to lock onto the area within his field of vision. The team members knew what he was going to do and stood around him, while the official team also surrounded him.
He entered a mysterious state, as if he were carrying an extremely heavy object, but fortunately his limbs could move normally.
Song Hang made a scooping motion with both hands, then forcefully lifted it upwards. He saw a stretch of desert in front of him being turned upside down by an invisible force, which scooped up everything underneath, including Cao Jing, who had just been pulled down.
Knowing his teammates had made their move, Cao Jing, who resembled a small giant, jumped back to the ground, pulling out the ferocious insect whose sharp teeth he had broken from its grip.
Cao Jing felt a persistent, dull pain in his ankle, roared, and pounced, tearing the head off the ferocious insect.
Seeing his appearance, the members of the official team couldn't help but swallow silently.
He is indeed a remarkable person; his body looks like it has undergone some kind of mysterious experiment.
Although Cao Jing is the most common player with physical enhancement talent in Obsidian City, he has grown all the way to the middle level of the fifth rank, and his physical strength and recovery ability are very strong.
Song Hang is still buying up the bottom of the targeted desert area, and more and more ferocious insects are being unearthed.
One of his teammates, who was guarding him, cursed, "These worms not only eat a lot, but they also have a lot of tricks up their sleeves!"
They even burrow into the sand to ambush people. No wonder none of the officials sent before returned; they probably chose the right moment to swarm in.
With Song Hang's final big move, most of the ferocious insects under the desert were exposed.
He was now covered in sweat and panting heavily, feeling a great sense of relief as the desert was no longer locked down.
"Alright, that's basically it. Let's take care of these first."
After Song Hang finished speaking, all the team members around him moved out, while Song Hang himself activated his protective shield to avoid being ambushed by the ferocious insects during his weakened state.
The official team also joined the operation, and gunfire continued in the desolate desert.
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The official team leader dug out their last insect crystal, while the players nearby collected the insect corpses.
They reached an agreement to help collect the official insect corpses, and were willing to pay two insect crystals as payment.
After spending most of the day searching through the surrounding sand, and finding that they could no longer find a single ferocious insect, the group finally headed back home.
The players, back at their base, released the insect corpses from the official squad. Immediately, people came up and split the insect corpses, packed them up, and transported them into the tent. These frozen insect corpses will later be transported to major research institutes across the country.
As for the insect crystals, they were carefully packed, with some left in the Northern Desert and most sent to the capital.
"You mean under the yellow sand? No wonder..." the officer stationed in the northern desert muttered.
The returning squad reported everything that had happened in the desert to the officer in great detail.
"It's good that there were no casualties this time. Go and get some rest."
The squad leader nodded and left upon hearing this.
After he left, the officer called his subordinates in.
"It seems we need to fully implement the plan and send the report I prepared in advance, along with a report on this incident, to the capital."
The destructive power of the ferocious insects is beyond human imagination. Fortunately, the planet has not only been visited by these ferocious insects, but also by a large number of strange and capable people.
Their methods for dealing with the ferocious insects are extremely effective, capable of wiping out large numbers with a single kill, and they have a great need for insect crystals. They share a common goal.
In this situation, these equally destructive individuals will not have much impact on their people.
Therefore, the authorities have been considering whether to engage in comprehensive cooperation with these capable individuals.
Cooperation is needed, at least until a weapon effective and highly lethal against the savage insects is developed in the capital.
Upon hearing this, the subordinate nodded and went out to deliver the report the general had given him, embellishing it with details of the incident.
The capital will receive this report soon.
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Capital city.
Due to recent attacks by gnats along the national border, many people who originally lived near the border have flocked to inland cities, especially the capital city.
The city already had tens of millions of people, and with a large influx of new residents, it was about to become unsustainable. Therefore, people were evacuated to surrounding towns.
Fortunately, several days passed and the border remained intact. Compared to the rapid fall of neighboring countries, Xia Kingdom gave people a great sense of security. Some foreigners even flew in planes and took cruise ships to come here regardless of the consequences.
The construction of underground shelters sprang up across the country, providing these people with both temporary shelters and jobs that could last for a while.
Yuan Heng's recent research on the ferocious insect has hit a bottleneck, and he is also paying close attention to the situation along the border.
Dou Wenbo chatted with him as usual, "It's inside information. Today, we received several reports from above, all mentioning the group of capable people gathered on the border. One of them even rescued two little girls from a neighboring country. It seems that we've started full-scale cooperation with these capable people."
Yuan Heng's eyes flickered, "A capable person..."
To be honest, he was no less interested in these capable people than in the alien worms, but unfortunately, the capable people were far more powerful than the worms.
Dou Wenbo popped the last segment of orange into his mouth. "These people are amazing, like characters from a novel... What's with that expression?"
He noticed that Yuan Heng's expression was becoming increasingly distorted.
Yuan Heng smiled and said, "It's nothing, I'm just quite interested in them."
Dou Wenbo shuddered upon hearing this.
(End of this chapter)
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