Last Totem Novel - Chapter 244
Chapter 244 Bug Sea
At this moment, a faint starlight shrouded the earth, as if it had smeared a thin layer of silver sand on this desolate world. Looking from afar, the world was a gray expanse. Sparse grass clumps and lonely tree shadows could be seen faintly.
After passing through a gentle slope, Tie Zha suddenly sensed that the distant horizon seemed to be trembling slightly, as if something was rushing towards him. He was instantly shocked and hurriedly stopped the motorcycle. He took out his luminous telescope and looked over. A large area of black shadow appeared at the junction of that day and the earth. The black shadow was rapidly expanding, and in an instant, it had already formed the power to cover the sky and cover the sun, and it poured out like a flood that had burst a levee.
It was a torrent of thousands of songflies running at full speed. Sparks of green fluorescence actually flashed within the torrent. He knew that it was the faint light emitted by the poisonous sac on the self-detonating weeping lacewing. This meant that this wave of insects possessed high-strength acid bombs.
“Roar! Roar! Roar! Roar!”
In the distance, an incomparably deep hissing sound suddenly sounded in his mind. Immediately afterwards, huge four-hoofed beasts with metallic luster all over their bodies appeared on the horizon. They stepped forward with heavy footsteps amidst the earth-shattering momentum. At this moment, they were like rows of giant trucks traveling in the wilderness, dragging sand and dust into the sky. One couldn’t help but think that any obstacle that dared to block in front of them would be ruthlessly crushed by the giant wheels.
Thunderous Beast Bug Tide!
This was the true battle form of the queen ant swarm. The Thunderous Beast was used as a meat shield, the Weeping Chrysopa as an assailant, the Self-detonating Chrysopa as the first wave of destroyers, and the Thorn Chrysopa as a firepower supporter.
“Alice, activate the bioscanner to detect the number of insects.” Tie Zha looked ahead and ordered in a low voice.
[Beep … Beep … Failed to detect … Too far away, or lack of scanning coverage, unable to estimate the number of insects] Seconds later, the girl’s mechanical synthesis sounded from the front of the car.
After listening to the report, Tie Zha crossed his heart, shook the front of the car, twisted the accelerator, and rushed towards the overwhelming sea of insects.
“Alice, activate all your power!” As he walked forward, Tie Zha shouted loudly.
[Yes, my captain]
As the mechanical synthesis sounded, the tail of the red comet emitted a muffled “menacing” sound. At the same time, an orange-red flame sprayed out, pushing the speed of the motorcycle to its limit. In an instant, a tremendous wind pressure pounced on him, causing the surrounding scenery to rapidly retreat. In the darkness of the night, the red comet dragged its orange-red tail flames and transformed into a meteor that flew towards the boundless sea of insects.
The wind roared, the earth trembled, and the swarm of insects hissed deafeningly.
Seconds later, Tie Zha drove his motorcycle to the edge of the sea of insects and sped around the swarm. At the same time, a faint green light shot out from the front of the car and enveloped the swarm of insects.
[Swarm coverage, 3% … 4% … 5% … 6% … 7% …] As Tie Zha progressed, the power of the scanner gradually increased.
[Energy consumption, 96% … Drop … 95% … Drop … 94% … Drop … 93% … Drop … 92% … Drop …] The girl’s mechanical synthesis voice meticulously reported the condition of the motorcycle.
At this moment, the swarm of insects discovered the intruders, and the nearby weeping flies left the army and rushed towards the motorcycle. The latter was much faster than them, leaving them behind in the blink of an eye.
[Swarm coverage, 30% … 31% … 32% … 33% … 34% … 35% …]
As the temperature increased, more and more weeping flies followed behind him. The group of weeping flies beside him was like a giant water dragon, rising up smoke and dust on the semi-desertified land, winding forward, completely unaffected by the outside world.
[Energy consumption, 67% … drops … 66% … drops … 65% … drops … 64% … drops … 63% … drops …]
[Captain, Alice recommends leaving the swarm immediately. Once the charge is exhausted, we will be in extreme danger …]
“Continue scanning!” Tie Zha stared straight ahead and shouted.
[Yes, my captain]
[Energy consumption, 60% … Drop … 59% … Drop … 58% … Drop … 57% … Drop …]
Right at this moment, a series of spiny arrays appeared in front of him at a constant speed. Immediately after, a dense howl came from the swarm of insects. Tie Zha muttered, “Damn it!” He hurriedly turned the car around and rushed forward diagonally.
In an instant, the starlight in the night sky suddenly disappeared and was replaced by endless darkness.
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh
At this moment, a sharp spike like a rainstorm descended from the sky, piercing straight into the ground with a dense sound of piercing through the air …
“Chi chi chi chi chi chi chi chi chi chi …”
A dense sound came from behind him. Tie Zha couldn’t help but pinch his sweat. He didn’t dare to approach the swarm anymore. He made an 180 degree U-turn and drove in the direction of the swarm.
[Beep … Scanning light coverage is 41%, error rate is 37%. The number of this insect tide is estimated to be 10375, 2537, 32 Thunderous Beasts, unknown self-detonating Thunderous Beasts, unknown Hegemon of the Abyss]
At this level of information gathering, it was more or less enough. Just now, as long as he changed direction a second later, he would probably have been pricked into a hedgehog.
A few hours later, Tie Zha returned to the satellite signal coverage area and was about to inform Wang Hu to prepare for war when he discovered that the satellite signal had disappeared. He was instantly shocked and didn’t dare to stop for a moment, rushing towards the direction of Tyre Stronghold.
At the same time, Edward Sorsch led his legion to leave the stronghold on the pretext of inspecting the terrain while Wang Hu and the others were busy preparing for battle. Shortly after the former left, a young noble leader also left with his team.
As for Nick Wagner, the other leader of the small nobility, he struggled for a while before deciding to stay. In his opinion, escaping from the battle for whatever reason was a disgrace to the nobles of Silver City. He can die here, but he can’t lose his honor.
At this time, the total strength of the Tyre Stronghold was four academy legions and the sixth squad of the 36-member Princess Guards. Compared to Alice’s calculations, this amount of troops could not last for even two hours.
After realizing that Edward and the others had escaped, Wang Hu felt the seriousness of the situation. He immediately sent five three-man teams to Windsand Castle and the surrounding strongholds for help. Before this, after discovering that the satellite signal had disappeared, the reason why he did not call for help in the first place was because he was not sure what would happen and did not dare to act rashly. But now, it seemed that things had gone beyond his expectations. Edward Sosi and another young noble captain left overnight, indicating that they might have some secret information …
However, shortly after he dispatched a small squad for help, three of them were discovered by Edward and killed on the spot …
At 6:00 p.m. Silver City Time and 13:00 a.m. Satt Time, Tie Zha returned to Tyre Stronghold.
After parking the car, Wang Hu and Einold immediately greeted him and told him about the current situation. The three of them walked as they spoke, arriving at the battle command room on the top floor. Afterwards, Tie Zha gathered all the commanders and opened the virtual tactical sand table, marking the route of the swarm.
According to Bai Xiaoyun’s calculations, the insects would arrive near the stronghold at 22:00 a.m. Satt time in nine hours. Because swarms of bee ants have night vision, they don’t need to wait until dawn. Within an hour of their arrival, they would launch an attack. In other words, there was only ten hours or less before the war started.
After listening to Bai Xiaoyun’s analysis, Tie Zha frowned and fell into deep thought. At this moment, there were only two choices before him-retreat and perseverance.
Retreating is of course a matter that everyone is happy about …
However, not to mention his inexplicable feelings for Yoga Lombar, even with Eva Green’s trust and respect for him, he was unable to make a choice to retreat.
However, it was not easy to persevere. He had personally witnessed the number of insects this time. If no reinforcements arrived within two hours of the start of the war, the entire stronghold would probably be buried in the stomach of the insects.
After pondering for a moment, he decided to defend the stronghold and wait for reinforcements. After making up his mind, he called for Bai Xiaoyun to leave with Qin Ke’er and Mu Qianhe. However, this arrangement, which was made out of goodwill, was unanimously opposed by the two women. Mu Qianhe rejected Tie Zha’s arrangement on the ground that he was the captain of the mecha squad of the Wolf Legion, while Qin Ke’er rejected Tie Zha’s arrangement on the ground that she was afraid of the dark sky.
After a brief discussion, Tie Zha disbanded the military council and allowed everyone to rest in batches to recover their strength.
Upon returning to his office, two investors from Tyre Stronghold heard the wind and made a request to Commander Sa Jia Qi to evacuate. Looking at the two panicked middle-aged businessmen, Tie Zha nodded in agreement. However, after obtaining his approval, the two investors did not leave immediately. Instead, they stood there with expressions of hesitation.
“What’s the matter?” Tie Zha asked.
One of the investors hesitated, and the other took a deep breath and said resolutely, “Sir, can you send a team of soldiers to escort us back?”
“No, we don’t have enough manpower.” Tie Zha refused without hesitation.
“You can’t do this” “Yes, I’m Beihai Venture Capital” “The two investors said nervously. Tie Zha frowned and interrupted them,” There’s no need to discuss. ”
“Guild Leader Sa Jia Qi, it’s against the rules for you to do this … We’re just investors …”
“What’s the problem? Tell Eva Green that I’m only in charge of defending the stronghold.” Tie Zha raised his hand impatiently, signaling for the two to leave.
The two investors looked at each other helplessly before turning around and leaving. As soon as the two of them left, Qin Ke’er and Mu Qian He arrived.
‘”Sir Guild Leader ~ I heard that there is going to be a war ~” “Whoosh ~ What should I do ~ I’m so scared ~” After entering, the two women smiled and said.
“And then?” Tie Zha asked with a frown. Just now, they had asked Bai Xiaoyun to send them away, but they refused to leave. Now, they were pretending instead.
“I want to drink Sea Demon!” The two women shouted at the same time.
“Alright” Looking at the two smiling girls, Tie Zha couldn’t help but sigh and stood up to get some wine.
Perhaps, this is their last night …