Chapter 70: Gu Yin Worm 1
"boom!"
The earth veins seemed to be grasped by a giant hand and pulled up violently.
The command center's originally sturdy building was like a piece of paper lifted up by an invisible force, with wall fragments mixed with the remains of metal supports soaring into the sky.
Immediately afterwards, a huge creature broke out of the ground, its dark brown shell covered with sticky mud and broken cables, shining with an oily luster in the twilight.
The shell had honeycomb-like patterns with purple light flowing through it, which made people's scalps tingle.
"Buzz—"
A burst of extremely sharp high-frequency sound suddenly exploded.
It was like countless fine needles drilling deep into the ear canal, or like millions of cicadas flapping their wings inside the skull. The tinnitus-like roar instantly gripped everyone's senses.
The vocal cavity in the abdomen of the Gu Yin Worm was vibrating violently, and the resonator composed of twelve layers of membranes was working frantically.
The sound waves formed a visible ring of air waves, sweeping across the entire three-army camp:
The armor plates of the mecha were vibrating and the monitor's screen was instantly distorted.
In the camp, the sentries who had just been rotated out for a rest were drinking water and chatting, and some had even closed their eyes and taken a nap.
The sound was like a heavy hammer hitting their temples, and the kettles in their hands fell to the ground with a clang.
Someone curled up in a ball on the sand, holding his head, blood seeping from between his fingers.
The mental barrier was torn open by the sound waves without any preparation, and the severe pain made them unable to even groan.
At the assembly point where Lin Yao arrived, the sentries who did not have time to get into the mecha froze in their tracks.
Many people fell straight out of the hatch, their helmets rolled to the side, revealing faces distorted with pain.
This sudden high-frequency sound wave was like a sharp blow to the mental strength. Some people's eyes went black and they fainted with blood at the corners of their mouths.
The sentinels who were repairing mechas and debugging equipment were even worse off. The ones closest to the Gu sound insects were directly blown away by the sound waves.
The dull sound of bones breaking when they hit the steel shell of the mecha could be heard from a long distance away.
The tools in their hands were scattered all over the floor. Some of them were still holding the tools, but their eyes were distracted. It was obvious that their mental barriers were completely broken and they were in chaos.
The guides were in slightly better condition, but their faces were all pale.
Xiao Zhou was changing the energy block for the monitor. When the beeping sound came, he suddenly covered his ears and quickly built a barrier. The energy block fell to the ground and his fingertips trembled uncontrollably.
Sun Yun had just calmed down a sentry and was now helping him move to a safe place, but he himself was feeling dizzy and his steps were unsteady. He had to force himself to maintain mental stability.
Lin Yao staggered back due to the sound waves, and the murderous vines immediately wrapped around his waist. The ice-blue energy built a thin barrier around his ears.
Shasha blocked the sound waves, but his ability to resonate with the Zerg allowed the high-frequency calls to penetrate the mental link madly.
He could clearly hear the painful roars coming from all over the camp through the Gu sound insects, and could feel the mental curves of the sentinels beating wildly, like an electrocardiogram struggling to survive.
"Ye Heng!" Lin Yao covered his ears and roared, his voice torn to pieces by the sound waves, and his heart felt like it was being tightly grasped by a hand.
The command center had completely collapsed, and the temporary building that had once stood there had become a ruin. Gravel and sand were constantly falling into a dark hole.
The entrance to the cave was ten meters wide, and the edge was still expanding. Most of the huge body of the Guyin insect was still underground, and the only exposed part was enough to make people terrified.
The mucus layer hidden under its shell is slowly wriggling, releasing danger signals.
Lin Yao looked around the ruins, but didn't find Ye Heng, and his heart sank.
But he didn't have time to think about it, as the crisis in the camp had not been resolved yet.
His mental power spread out like a tide, sweeping across every corner of the camp with precision.
Lin Yao knew clearly that the current situation did not allow him to have any hesitation or unnecessary reaction, and he had to respond every second.
The ice blue and black colors spread out instantly, covering the entire camp like two huge nets.
The ice-blue light stream continued to buffer the tinnitus-like sound of the Gu Yin Bug, while the black light stream was like a camouflage coat covering the camp.
In order to avoid secondary damage, Lin Yao could only disguise the entire camp as "Zerg" first.
This method was indeed effective, and the Guyin insect stopped attacking immediately.
Its head was slightly raised, and its dark brown shell glowed with a strange light in the twilight, with the pale purple light in the honeycomb-like patterns flickering.
As if looking at everything in front of him in confusion.
The vocal cavity in its abdomen stopped vibrating, the resonator quieted down, the tinnitus-like sound disappeared, and the camp instantly fell into an eerie silence.
The ten bone spurs on both sides of the head and abdomen stopped trembling. Those densely packed small bone spurs retracted and showed no signs of shooting out.
The sensory organs of the Guyin insect hidden under its shell are working rapidly, and it can clearly smell the scent in the air.
There is the unique fishy smell of the Zerg, but it is also mixed with some unfamiliar smells.
It saw the camp in front of it was shrouded in a layer of black light.
The fluctuations emitted by the light stream were extremely similar to the aura of its kind.
How did we suddenly become the same kind?
Its not-so-developed brain was full of confusion.
It was clearly the enemy's breath just now. How could those beings that made it instinctively want to attack suddenly be covered with the breath of its own kind?
Is there something wrong with my perception?
It moved its body tentatively, and its huge body shifted slightly on the ground, raising a cloud of dust.
It once again released a faint trace of Zerg pheromone, trying to verify the authenticity of the fellow in front of it.
The only thing that responded to it was the information fluctuations emitted by the black light flow, which imitated the mother worm.
Although it is not a Guyin insect, it is indeed the same kind!
The tentacles of the Gu Yin insect swayed gently, and the sensors at the tip kept scanning the sky above the camp.
Although it didn't understand why the Broodworm appeared here, both of them were the kings of the Zerg.
So it remains vigilant, and under its dark brown shell, the mucus layer slowly wriggles, ready to deal with any possible accidents at any time.
But for the time being, it did not attack again.
Lin Yao felt a pause in the Gu Yin insect's movements and felt slightly relieved, but he did not dare to relax at all.
He knew that once the Guyin insects saw through his disguise, the new round of attacks would be even more fierce.
He must take advantage of this gap to find Ye Heng and the others, and at the same time find a way to completely get rid of this Gu Yin insect.
"Take care of the minor injuries first! And keep your voice down."
Lin Yao spoke to Zheng Jieyu who was not far from him, his voice a little hoarse from overuse.
Zheng Jieyu also discovered that the Guyin insect had stopped attacking, probably because of Lin Yao's layer of black energy.
She covered her mouth and nodded, afraid that any sound would leak out, thus tearing off the disguise and causing uncontrollable consequences.
"The mental barrier has cracks but has not been completely broken. I will stabilize it first!" Lin Yao continued to instruct her.
As soon as he finished speaking, streams of ice-blue light, like fine raindrops, fell precisely on the sentries rolling on the sand.
There is also awareness that it can be a rescue aid.
The stream of light penetrated their mental barrier, like patching a dam that was about to break, temporarily curbing the expansion of the crack.
The sentries who were originally groaning in pain, their brows relaxed slightly.
Although her face was still filled with pain, she was no longer on the verge of collapse, and her groans had also disappeared.
Immediately afterwards, Lin Yao diverted part of his mental power to those seriously injured sentinels whose mental barriers were severely broken.
He couldn't repair their barrier all at once, so he could only temporarily wrap their spiritual core to delay the collapse of their spiritual power.
"Try to move the unconscious sentry to a safe place." Lin Yao reached out and helped up a slightly injured sentry, saying to him, "Move gently and try not to make any noise."
After doing this, Lin Yao turned his gaze to the guides who were also in a mess.
He knew that he couldn't save so many people by himself and that he had to ask other guides to join the rescue.
The ice blue color surged towards Sun Yun and other guides.
Feeling the energy instantly filling his body, Xiao Zhou suddenly raised his head.
He glanced at Lin Yao, then at the surrounding environment, quickly mobilized his mental power, and joined the ranks of the quiet rescue sentinels.
Lin Yao kept helping the sentries up. Zheng Jieyu quickly came to his side and took the sentries from him: "Command Center."
Hearing her say this, Lin Yao looked around and saw that the guides had already joined the rescue efforts. He breathed a sigh of relief.
He knew that he could finally spare the energy to rescue the command center which had become a ruin.
Ye Heng is buried there, and there may be other people trapped inside.
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Time goes back five minutes.
Ye Heng and his team were just about to conduct a final detection of the Gu Yin insect in the northeast when Lin Yao's holographic communication came.
After seeing this, Cang Lie and Yun Ling teased him and joked that the two of them had a good relationship!
Even Cangye looked over, congratulations flashing in his eyes.
Ye Heng originally thought that during working hours, he could just send messages, and he was afraid that holographic communication would be a bit inconvenient.
His hand was on the reject button, but suddenly an emotion came from Mo Yun, and that emotion made him answer the call.
As a result, Lin Yao's roar in the communicator was like a thunder, which made everyone in the command center's pupils tremble.
Underground! Gu-sounding insects! Run!
A few words penetrated the noise of electricity and hit everyone's ears clearly.
Yun Ling's hand, which was about to put the signal gun into the holster, suddenly stopped, and Cang Lie pushed away the light computer held by the staff officer and froze in mid-air.
The communication device that Cangye was holding hit the corner of the table with a "bang". Even the staff lying in front of the console looked up in unison, with confusion on their faces.
Ye Heng glanced at the calm detection screen. Although he didn't know where Lin Yao got the information from, his trust allowed him to make a decision immediately.
"Run! Quick!" Ye Heng's shout rang out immediately, his knuckles turning white as he gripped the light brain.
When he learned that he only had three seconds left, he said, "Defend! Stand against the wall!"
Three seconds was long enough for people to see the panic in each other's eyes, but short enough that even the door of the emergency passage could not be fully opened.
Yun Ling grabbed two nearby staff members and pressed them against the metal wall behind the star map screen.
His back was pressed against the cold armor plate, and the spiritual body of the horn carving instantly appeared, building a defense in front of him.
Cang Lie kicked over the alloy table next to him and blocked the way.
The guards immediately protected the officers behind the table, and used their mental blades to create a flashing wall of light in front of them.
The spirit bodies of several people appeared one after another and erected a defensive layer.
Cangye stuffed the communication device into his arms, grabbed the protective pad from the corner and threw it to the recruit beside him: "Cover your ears!"
In the last half second, everyone held their breath.
At the moment when the earth shook, the necklace that Shasha gave to Mo Yun on his chest suddenly emitted light.
A layer of ice-blue light film instantly enveloped Mo Yun and the people behind him.
The metal floor was like a biscuit gnawed by a giant beast, with hideous cracks along the center line. Dark brown insect shells, carrying mud, broke out of the ground, and a fishy smell mixed with dust hit my face.
"Be careful!" As soon as Canglie roared, the load-bearing column above the console made a sharp breaking sound, and half of the wall fell towards the console.
Ye Heng almost instinctively rushed forward and used his back to support the piece of concrete with steel bars.
Rescued a sentry who was stunned at the console.
The ice-blue light film enveloped Ye Heng, but it still flickered violently the moment it touched the concrete, causing a sweet sensation in his throat.
Even more terrifying was the attack that followed.
The bone spurs on the abdomen of the Guyin insect suddenly stabbed out, and one of the main spurs was like a precise spear, slanting into the command center, completely splitting the entire temporary building in the middle, dividing it into two.
Ye Heng quickly pulled up the stunned sentry and quickly moved closer to the wall on the left.
A lavender light seeped in from the gaps in the bone spurs, and those densely packed little thorns shot out at high speed.
At the same time, the resonator emitted a sharp buzzing sound, and high-frequency sound waves attacked the group of sentinels trapped here.
“Ugh—!”
Screams rang out one after another.
Several staff members who did not have time to gather their defenses were like being hit by an invisible giant hand. They fell straight to the ground and fainted completely.
The sentinels that were not covered by the ice-blue light film had their defense layer shattered after only three seconds.
A flash of white light as their defenses shattered passed before them, and a terrifying sound wave rushed towards them.
The two sentries closest to the Gu Yin Worm held their heads and kept banging their heads against the metal floor. Blood mixed with tears flowed down their faces, and meaningless whimpers came from their throats.
Cangye pressed the protective pad tightly, the sound waves made his gums ache, and the defensive layer was hit repeatedly by the heavy hammer and could collapse at any time.
"Mo Yun!" Ye Heng roared, and ice-blue light continued to flow out from the necklace, expanding the coverage area.
Ye Heng caught a glimpse of half of the command center sliding down the slope towards the cave entrance a hundred meters deep. Tables, chairs, instruments and unconscious staff members were falling continuously. His heart sank as if it were filled with lead.
Yun Ling's mental shield trembled violently under the impact of the sound waves. He freed one hand to hold down the twitching staff member beside him: "Hold on! Don't let up!"
The Gu Sound Bug seemed very satisfied with the effect, as if it was enjoying the sight of its prey struggling in the sound waves.
Just when everyone thought they were about to be torn apart by the endless sound waves, the sharp buzzing suddenly stopped.
The world instantly fell into an eerie silence, leaving only the heavy breathing of each other and the faint chirping of insects in the distance.
Ye Heng was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously raised his hand to touch the ice-blue light in front of him. The light film was still stable, but the vibration amplitude was obviously weakened.
He didn't understand why there was this sudden pause, as there was no record of the Guyin insect stopping midway in its habits.
Did something happen to the Guyin insect, or did its companions launch a counterattack from the periphery?
Suddenly Ye Heng discovered an unusual shadow.
I saw that the huge crack that was split by the bone spurs of the Guyin insect was covered with a layer of flowing black energy at some point.
The energy squirmed like a living thing, completely isolating their half of the command center from the poisonous insects outside.
Through the black energy layer, you can vaguely see the dark brown shell of the Gu Yin insect swaying outside.
"What is this?" Cang Lie stood up with the help of the wall, staring at the layer of black energy with a frown.
He then released his mental power to make contact, and familiar information was fed back.
"The energy fluctuations of the hive worm?" Cang Lie's tone was full of disbelief.
He could clearly feel that the black energy layer contained a large amount of information about the mother worms, which was comparable to that of the Gu Yin worms.
"What?" Yun Ling was also shocked. He cautiously reached out to the black energy layer, but was bounced back as soon as he touched it.
His expression changed slightly. "It's really the Brood Zerg! How could this happen? Where did the Brood Zerg come from? Are we being targeted by two Zerg species at the same time?"
When the people around heard this, they immediately fell into panic, their already tense nerves became even more fragile, and some people even couldn't help trembling.
Ye Heng stared at the layer of black energy, and a guess flashed through his mind.
He let Mo Yun get closer to the black energy layer, and a familiar feeling came from the connection between him and Mo Yun.
This black color is clearly a killing energy!
"Don't worry." Ye Heng's voice was steady and powerful, instantly suppressing the panic around them. "This is support. It blocked our breath, so the Gu Yin Bug stopped."
Everyone was stunned when they heard this and looked at Ye Heng, their hearts full of confusion, but the Gu Yin insect had indeed stopped.
Moreover, seeing that Ye Heng seemed to be familiar with the black energy layer, everyone's hearts were slightly relieved, and a look of relief appeared on their faces.
"Okay, now we have time to deal with the current situation." Ye Heng withdrew his gaze and his voice returned to his usual calmness.
"Cangye, try to contact the outside world. Uncle Cang, you and Yunling, count the casualties. I will lead the troops to reinforce the temporary defense line to prevent the energy layer from suddenly failing."
Everyone took action immediately.
Cangye ran to a relatively open corner with the communicator in his arms, his fingertips sliding quickly across the light screen, trying to send signals over and over again.
But the red "Connection Failed" prompt keeps popping up on the screen.
No matter how he adjusted the frequency or changed the band, the communicator was like a silent piece of scrap metal, unable to detect even the slightest signal fluctuation.
"No... I can't get in touch."
He suddenly grasped the communicator in his hand, "The communication module must be completely destroyed."
On the other side, Cang Lie was squatting beside an unconscious staff member. He probed the side of the other person's neck with his fingertips and then fluttered his eyelids:
"Still breathing. The mental barrier is broken. We need to inject stabilizing fluid as soon as possible."
The guards behind him were carefully carrying the injured to a relatively flat area and setting up a simple first aid area with protective mats.
Yun Ling squatted aside, using a light computer to record casualties. The sound of the pen tip scratching across the light screen was particularly clear:
“Seven people are unconscious, and their mental barriers are broken;
Eight were poisoned, and the five with bone spurs were in the worst condition, as the poison had spread;
Twelve people were slightly injured, mostly from being hit by rubble."
He paused, looked up at Cang Lie, and lowered his voice, "There are at least ten people who fell into the cave, and their current status is unknown."
Cang Lie paused and said nothing. He just opened the first aid kit and began to inject anti-toxin into a soldier with a scratched arm.
Ye Heng was directing the remaining guards to move broken metal brackets and alloy plates to build a half-man-high shelter behind the black energy layer.
After hearing the information from everyone, he looked back at the flowing black energy:
"Got it. Forget about communications for now. Gather all the equipment we can use and see if we can piece together a simple transmitter."
After saying that, he walked to the gap and stared at the layer of black energy that separated the command center from the Gu Yin insect, frowning slightly.
"Mo Yun." Ye Heng called the spirit's name, "Just stay here."
His tone was full of unquestionable command: "Build a barrier and don't let the Guyin insects attack us again."
Mo Yun nodded, as if responding to his order.
The ice-blue barrier slowly spread out at the gap, its edges fitting in with the surrounding ruins, tightly protecting the dangerous crack.
Ye Heng took two steps back and glanced at the busy crowd.
Cang Lie and Yun Ling had already sorted and arranged the casualties, and were working together to provide emergency treatment to a soldier who was severely poisoned.
Cangye squatted in front of a pile of broken instruments, trying to find usable parts from the wreckage;
The guards lined up behind the bunker, with their spiritual swords flashing coldly, ready to deal with any possible changes at any time.
Ye Heng approached Yun Ling and the others and helped treat the wounded:
"We don't know how long this layer of energy can last. We must prepare for the worst."
Just as he finished speaking, a slight vibration suddenly came from the distance, as if the Guyin insect was moving its body outside.
Everyone's nerves tensed instantly, and their eyes were all fixed on the layer of black energy.
Fortunately, the energy layer remains stable and shows no signs of collapse.
Several people breathed a sigh of relief, but they didn't dare to relax at all.
They knew that as long as they didn't leave here, the confrontation with the Guyin insects was far from over.
Especially when they thought of those who fell into the cave, their hearts sank.
They have to save themselves.
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