Cocoon Room
Liu Xia didn't dare to go through it rashly. If the substance was corrosive, her protective suit would probably become beggar's clothes.
"Bang bang!" Liu Xia was stuck in the tunnel, and he used his fists to smash the rock wall beside him, creating a deep hole.
Blood began to seep from the lines on the palm of his hand. Unless it was absolutely necessary, Liu Xia did not want to continue using the power to tear everything apart.
After getting into the deep pit, Liu Xia pulled out the safety pin of the incendiary bomb and threw it into the strange barrier.
"Boom!" The blasting air wave was burning, and the bullet surged up at the moment of explosion. Even though Liu Xia was hiding in a deep pit, the outer armor of the protective suit still made a dying groan.
The ants' screams came from outside the tunnel, and the sound actually shook off the loose soil and rocks around the rock wall, and dust and gravel fell continuously.
The gray-yellow smoke filled with the smell of acid corrosion rushed straight to the top of Liu Xia's head. Fortunately, the protective helmet only had some tiny holes and was not completely damaged, otherwise he would have been choked.
The asphalt-like barrier disappeared under the attack of the incendiary bomb, leaving only some blackened bone-like tissue at the entrance of the tunnel. Liu Xia did not wait any longer and jumped directly into the tunnel, smashing the last bone barrier and finally seeing the queen ant cocoon entrenched in the giant cave.
This cocoon completely subverts biological knowledge. Its diameter is as large as half a playground, and it is attached with thousands of umbilical cord-like tubes. Worker ants are grinding unknown meat corpses into a paste and transporting them in. Judging from the shapes, there are humans and other giant mutant animals.
Various mutated ants were scattered throughout the cocoon room. When they saw the invader Liu Xia, they all took attacking postures, and their mouthparts split into four parts made threatening "hissing" sounds.
Liu Xia broke through the rock wall and fell towards the queen ant's cocoon. Clusters of self-destructing worker ants exploded green fireballs behind her, trying to stop the invader's actions.
"Kill it while it's sick!"
The queen ant's cocoon was vibrating regularly ten meters away, and the giant queen ant embryo could be vaguely seen curled up under the shell.
The mutant soldier ants surged from all directions like a black tide. Liu Xia dodged while swinging his blade to cut off the first three that rushed over. The alloy short blade easily cut through the soldier ants' shells, but was gradually corroded by the acid, leaving mottled marks.
The worker ants suddenly stopped attacking and used their mouthparts to cut open their own abdominal cavities and inject acid gland fluid into the blood vessels around the cocoon chamber.
The pale golden nutrient solution quickly poured in, and the queen ant's cocoon began to stir at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"It's hatching at an accelerated speed!" The alarm bell in his heart rang wildly, and Liu Xia had to give up the way of dodging and moving forward.
"Da da da" a series of gunshots roared and hit the cocoon shell, but it was like hitting cotton wool and did not cause any damage.
The speed of the advance was synchronized with the degree of corrosion and damage on his armor. Liu Xia, who no longer tried to dodge, was soon clamped on his left arm by the soldier ant's mouthparts, and the short blade was stabbed into its compound eyes.
The soldier ants screamed in pain, and yellow acid continued to gush out, corroding the short blade. Liu Xia swung his waist and abdomen to use the force to swing onto the stalactites on the top of the cocoon chamber.
There were only two incendiary bombs left. Liu Xia gritted his teeth, bit off the safety pin with his teeth and threw it towards the cocoon.
Burning, the bullets whizzed away at an abnormally fast speed, but there were tens of thousands of mutant ants, and they formed a black wall outside the cocoon like a tide, fearless of death.
Under the "crackling" flames, the mutant ant's body exploded, and the flames were gradually extinguished by the acid rain, filling the air with a sour and smelly smell.
Several of the queen ant's guards had already crawled along the wall to the edge of Liuxia, and the giant sacs on their tails shot out acid rain towards the invaders hanging on the stalactites.
Liu Xia had no choice but to let go and fell into the ant colony. The exposed skin was burned by the acid and blisters appeared. The acid was absorbed while constantly corroding the skin, and the wound began to heal in an instant. The wound caused by the soldier ants' mouthparts clamping his left arm was now only a flesh-red scar.
"Could it be that the ability I gained when I killed Bao Tao worked?"
Without giving it much time to think, Liu Xia was already surrounded by the surging mutant ants. At this close combat distance, guns were no longer of much use.
The alloy short blade was constantly slashing and harvesting the lives of the mutant ants. Several holes had been burned through the steel plates of Liu Xia's protective suit, and his helmet had even been cracked.
“Ding ding ding ding!”
A series of radiation exceeding standard alarms kept ringing in my ears, like a death warrant.
Liu Xia simply tore off the mask covered with mucus and put the mouth of the portable oxygen cylinder in his mouth. White smoke corroded by acid continued to emerge from his body, and the wounds were healing rapidly.
At this time, she was already close to the huge cocoon. She squatted slightly and pushed hard with her feet. The powerful reaction force allowed her to successfully jump onto the cocoon. The grooves of her tactical boots allowed her to cling firmly to the cocoon.
"Die!" Liu Xia shouted and pulled hard with both hands. The tearing force instantly broke the four layers of yellowed cocoon silk and several blood vessels connected to the cocoon.
At such a close distance, Liu Xia could already clearly feel the rhythm of the mutant queen ant.
Corrosive amniotic fluid gushed out from the blood vessels and poured onto the breastplate of Liu Xia's protective suit, instantly corroding the armor. The new skin was torn to pieces by the swarming soldier ants as soon as it came into contact with the air.
When Liu Xia was about to tear the cocoon again, the sickle legs of three guard ants pierced her lower abdomen at the same time.
The severe pain caused his movements to stop for a moment. Liu Xia watched his intestines slide out of his abdominal cavity and were corroded into charred vines by the acid mist.
"ah!!!"
This was the second time Liu Xia experienced this kind of pain. The first time was the car accident in the real world.
In just one month, the pain seemed to have lasted a long time.
"Sister Xia, how are you? Sister Xia!!!" He Tianlin's voice rang out amidst Liu Xia's painful wails. He anxiously shouted, "Sister Xia, hold on!!!"
The headset of the communication device was still firmly hanging on Liu Xia's ear, faithfully transmitting the information back to Ding Ruotong and He Tianlin's devices, and then it was thrown out and finally died.
The crackling sound echoed in the earphones, announcing the separation from the owner.
He Tianlin, who had been walking not far from the nest academy waiting for support, did not intend to wait any longer. He rushed to the entrance of the nest academy, skillfully hung an alloy buckle on his waist, and quickly descended from the corridor.
Ding Ruotong put down the computer in her hand and rushed to Chao Xue's location. The three-dimensional map had been completely imprinted in her mind. She had been holding it because she needed to locate Liu Xia's position, but it had lost its function at this time.
"You can't leave." He took only two steps before the captain of the guards stopped him. "Don't even think about leaving here until Liu Xia returns with the alien beast core."
"She is in danger now!" Ding Ruotong's eyes, which usually showed no emotion, showed excitement.
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