The three of them followed the guard who reported the news to the North Outer City.
At this moment, at the gate of the North Outer City, just as the guard said, countless insects the size of mice were breaking through the blockade of the Fire Bull City formation and rushing madly towards the North Outer City. These insects had low chassis and small sizes. As they moved, they flashed various lights all over their bodies, making them extremely eye-catching.
It was precisely because these insects were so conspicuous that they were discovered by residents as soon as they entered the northern outer city.
"It's over! How did the bugs get in?!"
"It hurts! Why are these bugs so hard!"
"I'm going to smash you to death!"
"Bang"
"Why does this thing hurt more than a rock when it explodes on my body?"
Seeing that the city was in a mess due to these bugs, Tang Huoniu couldn't stand it anymore. He raised his hand and sent out two fire bulls, which rushed towards these flashing bugs.
After the collision, the fire bull dispersed and turned into countless balls of fire emitting scorching heat.
But these glowing insects walked as if on flat ground in the fireball, with no impact at all, and the light on their bodies even became brighter.
Tang Xihe said anxiously: "Oh no, these insects are really not afraid of high temperatures. It seems that we can only fight them head-on."
Tang Huoniu frowned, raised his hand again to summon a fire bull, jumped on it, and trampled towards the swarm of insects.
But at this moment, Chen Wangping raised his hand to stop him and said, "Uncle, we can't just go in like this. After what you just did with the fire bull, the explosive power of these insects will be even stronger. If we go in rashly, we may get hurt."
As soon as he arrived here, he found a position closest to the formation and started observing. After changing several positions, he found that the light on these insects was not emitted by themselves.
It's the minerals, or stones, on their backs.
These bugs either feed on minerals or use them as a protective shield like hermit crabs. In any case, they have a thick layer of translucent minerals on their backs.
Under the light, these minerals reflect various flashes, and at the same time help these insects withstand high temperatures. Moreover, after killing the insects, these minerals will explode and cause secondary damage.
It can be said that this kind of insect is the nemesis of the Fire Bull City formation and is very difficult to deal with.
In the past, the people from Huoniu City had a hard time dealing with these bugs. Even if they hit the rocks, they couldn't achieve any results.
Moreover, he also observed that after these insects entered the Fire Bull City, they immediately started running around in all directions. Hurting people was only secondary. Their main goal was to get into the underground of the Fire Bull City. Their goal seemed very clear.
Hearing Chen Wangping's words, Tang Huoniu stopped what he was doing, turned around and asked, "Nephew, what do you think we should do? If we really let so many bugs into Huoniu City, who knows how many people will die."
If there were no residents, what kind of city would Huoniu City be?
Chen Wangping attacked the group of bugs that had just rushed in and said, "Let me study it. Use the cover to block these bugs first. They don't move that fast."
After saying that, he stared at a palm-sized stone worm rushing over and took a look at the minerals behind the thing. The shape was very flat and smooth.
As Chen Wangping watched, he thought of the structure of tempered glass. He tried to shoot a beam of lightning at the edge of the stone worm's back, specifically hitting the corner.
"Bang"
Something surprising happened.
The lightning struck the edge of the stone worm's back, instantly blowing off a piece of mineral matter and exposing the worm's body underneath.
It works!
Chen Wangping smiled with satisfaction, took out his submachine gun and shot at the exposed insect body. In an instant, the insect was bleeding all over and twitching.
“Sizzle!”
The stone worm, feeling the pain, turned around and ran away, preparing to use its body again to escape from the Fire Bull City formation.
Chen Wangping took a look at the direction it fled, put away his submachine gun, and waited behind it.
Just as the stone worm passed through the scorching Fire Bull City formation again, it suddenly twitched all over, stopped at the edge of the formation, and spontaneously combusted. In the blink of an eye, it turned into a charred insect corpse.
Chen Wangping laughed and said, "You want to escape without the mineral protection on your back? I'll burn you to death."
He turned and shouted, "Uncle, focus on hitting the corners of the stone shells behind these insects, don't hit the center. Once the stone shells are removed, we can kill them with high temperature."
The guard nearby was still a little puzzled and asked, "What's the difference between hitting the edge and the center? This stone shell is very hard. Several of our brothers tried to smash it before, but they couldn't break it and ended up getting hurt instead."
Tang Xihe didn't say anything. He took out a soft whip and smashed it towards the edge of a stone worm that had just rushed in.
The whip rose and fell and hit the edge of the stone behind the stone worm, and immediately, just like Chen Wangping did before, a small piece of stone was knocked off.
Although not many stones fell down, this was a breakthrough.
Then, she raised her hand and sent out a huge fire python. The fire python rushed to the stone worm, stretched out its head and bit the exposed worm body hard, instantly igniting it and turning it into a pool of charred worm corpse.
Tang Huoniu also understood and laughed: "My nephew is really awesome. Let me try it too." After that, he rode on the Huoniu and rushed towards these stone worms.
At this moment, Chen Wangping glanced and suddenly saw a faint system light emerging from the insect corpse that was previously burned to death by the Fire Bull City formation.
"After getting burned like this, what else can I gain?"
He moved closer out of curiosity, dragged the insect corpse back with pliers, rinsed it with water to lower the temperature, and dug around in it again. Finally, he discovered that the system's light was coming from a fist-sized translucent stone.
"Stone? It looks familiar."
Chen Wangping curiously put it into the storage compartment and checked the properties:
【Insect Silica Ore】
【Application: smelting materials】
[Special Effect - Same Race: Equipment made with Zerg Silicon Mine is less vulnerable to Zerg attacks.]
[Note: This is the essence of the quartz worm, which will only be revealed under high temperatures]
When Chen Wangping just finished reading the properties, he was a little bit unbelievable.
Zergoid Silica Ore???
Can silicon ore be extracted from insects?
And it also has a self-protection special effect?
When he saw the insects invading earlier, he was a little worried about the equipment being damaged by the insects.
But now it seems that if materials are taken from the Zerg, it is very likely to trigger the special effect of the same species, thereby ensuring the safety of the equipment.
Quartz worm?
This bug is really a timely help.
Chen Wangping is now worried about the lack of silicon ore, but he didn't expect to get a supplement from the bugs!
"Luckily, I let it rush to the Fire Bull City formation just now. Otherwise, without the high temperature, I wouldn't be able to find it."
He turned around and looked at the countless quartz worms outside, and rushed over impatiently.
Silicon mine here I come!
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