The day after the fighting, workers completed the cleanup of the underground water station. More than two hundred termite corpses were moved to the ground and piled into a hill.
The corpse dealer got three large trucks and took the corpse away. The third team also had more than a hundred gold coins in its public account.
Aaron returned to the camp and brought news that Li Rou's injury was stable and asked another female team member to stay in the hospital for care.
Chen Xing took the workers down to the generator room, dug out the collapsed passage, and then asked Ye Yang Bailiu to guard the outside and continue to explore the termite nest.
Due to the last battle, the corridor was muddy, and there was muddy water everywhere, mixed with white slurry and broken insect shells. Chen Xing, wearing high rubber boots and a hooded waterproof cloak, went down the corridor leading up and down, and then got into the branch road on the other side.
This time he came down significantly faster. And along the way, no trace of termites was found. As he expected, all the termites that could fight had already rushed out.
Compared with the corridor leading to the storage room, this side is much drier. The soil on the cave wall had only a touch of moisture and felt a little rough, so he took off his cloak and threw it aside.
The cloak would affect his movement, and the reason why he wore it was to protect the ammunition from moisture. Since there is no water here, there is no need for it.
This corridor seemed to be very long. Chen Xing walked for seven or eight minutes and still had not reached the end.
"Chi chi chi..."
Suddenly, several half-meter-tall termites appeared in front of them, with a size between adults and larvae. Under the illumination of white light, the tentacles on the head swayed, as if aware of the appearance of the intruder, they all made timid neighing sounds, slowly moved their huge abdomen, and fled towards the cave.
How could Chen Xing let them run away? He immediately swept them over with a hail of bullets. These termites appear to be very fragile and can be killed with one bullet.
I scanned their corpses with a black watch, and a few lines of bright green information immediately scrolled out from the bottom of the screen.
[Termite workers in the metamorphosis stage (common)]
[Vitality: 0/3, dead]
[Innate ability: none]
[Viruses that may be carried: none]
Walking a little further, the corridor becomes very open, with a diameter of at least five or six meters, suitable for driving a container truck.
Rooms appeared on both sides of the corridor. Looking inside, there were piles of bones, all of which were the corpses of completely eaten creatures. There are the living dead, corpse-eating dogs, and various mutated insects. Termites have a wide diet and can digest anything that contains protein.
"Intruder..."
"leave……"
"die……"
While walking, Chen Xing suddenly heard a small sound.
He was suddenly startled and squatted down, holding the gun and shining the flashlight in all directions, not daring to move forward.
"go ahead……"
"die……"
The voice was faint, like a whisper in the ear.
Chen Xing stepped back and listened carefully, but he couldn't tell where the sound came from.
It's just like……
It comes directly to mind!
"The intruder...leave...die...leave...die..."
Chen Xing maintained a constant speed and slowly retreated. But as he listened, he suddenly felt that there seemed to be a hint of tremor hidden in the voice.
That’s right!
The other party seemed to be afraid of him, and the voice that reached straight to the soul was mixed with fear and uneasiness. He couldn't help but stop and watch.
"Intruder, leave, die, leave, die..."
After waiting for a while, the voice became urgent and the uneasiness became more and more obvious. At this time, Chen Xing suddenly remembered that he had heard somewhere that the hind insects of social insects had the ability to telepathize.
He moved his steps and walked forward cautiously. From the moment he came in until now, he hasn't encountered even the slightest resistance. His sense of danger was also telling him that it was safe here.
More rooms appeared on both sides of the corridor. Looking inside, they were all white insect eggs, oval in shape, as big as a basketball. When the beam of light shone through, something seemed to be crawling inside.
Chen Xing took out an incendiary grenade, opened the buckle, and threw it in.
"boom!"
The firelight lit up the room. Under high temperatures, insect eggs continue to burst. Unformed termite larvae were struggling and tumbling in the viscous liquid.
"No!" A scream suddenly sounded in his mind.
"Please, leave, woo woo woo... please, leave, woo woo woo..."
Then, the voice turned into pleading, accompanied by bursts of sobs. After careful identification, it turned out to be a woman's voice, and it seemed very childish.
Strong curiosity drove Chen Xing to continue moving forward. What does the legendary termite queen look like?
After continuing for more than twenty meters, a huge underground space suddenly opened up ahead. The top is spherical and more than ten meters high.
There were insect eggs the size of eggs everywhere on the ground. There were two or three piles in a pile, emitting a glimmering white light.
"Crack!"
Chen Xing accidentally stepped on the insect eggs, making a crisp sound.
"No...don't hurt us...please...get out of here..."
The voice became extremely clear, as if a girl in her twenties was begging him.
He stopped, stood next to a pile of insect eggs, raised his foot, and pressed it down slowly.
"No……"
"Crack!"
"No!" With a crisp sound, the voice became high-pitched and plaintive, full of endless pain.
Chen Xing squinted his eyes and flashed the flashlight back and forth, trying to find the source of the sound.
Finally, in a corner of the underground space, he saw a huge figure.
At first glance, Chen Xing was startled and took several steps back, crushing the insect eggs on the ground. It was a very huge bug, like a container truck.
The front end of its body is covered with bright yellow carapace. The back half is white and has a round belly. Under the illumination of the flashlight, it appears translucent milky white, constantly undulating, as if breathing. And its body is covered with tiny joints and legs. At a glance, there are at least seventy or eighty pairs.
It seemed to be scared, with its head buried in the corner and its white belly facing outward.
Chen Xing picked up the gun, aimed at the milky white insect's belly, and tentatively fired a bunch of bullets.
"Da da da!"
"grumble!"
There was a flash of fire, and three bullets penetrated into the insect's belly one after another, spurting out a stream of white slurry. The queen ant suddenly raised her head and let out a shrill chirp.
At the same time, Chen Xing's mind erupted with an extremely painful cry.
"Ahhhhhh!" "It hurts... it hurts so much!" "Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
Gradually, the whine turned into a low and touching cry.
"Da da da!"
Perhaps due to the evil intention in his heart, or perhaps because of the species instinct to control other life forms, Chen Xing fired the second bullet.
"Puff puff!" Three high-temperature and scorching warheads whirled into the belly of the insect.
"Ji!" "It hurts, it hurts. Don't hurt me, please!"
"Can you speak?" Chen Xing asked slowly, holding a gun and aiming at the belly of the insect.
"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo of of pain, please!" "Answer me!" Chen Xing ordered. The deep voice was full of threat.
"I, I can speak, I, I am human, no, don't bully me..."
Humanity?
Chen Xing was still confused when he saw the termite queen swinging her densely packed legs, moving her huge body, and turning around.
A sad and fair face appeared in his sight.
He was suddenly stunned, his eyes were as wide as copper bells, and he almost lost his grip on the assault rifle in his hand. The scene in front of him was so incredible that it was completely beyond his cognition.
That queen ant, no...maybe can't be called a queen ant.
In the middle of several sickle-shaped legs, surrounded by heavy carapace, was a young girl of seventeen or eighteen years old.
She frowned and clenched her teeth, as if she was enduring great pain, which made people feel pity for her. A small mouth, red as cinnabar, as if it was about to drip blood. The milky white skin is like translucent white jade, crystal clear.
The shoulders are round and smooth, but the arms are turned back, buried in the insect body.
The fullness in the chest is like fresh bamboo shoots after the rain, standing upright and crisp, making people want to get close and take a bite.
The torso further down is buried in the insect body.
No, to be more precise, it grows in the body of an insect. Integrated and inseparable. Half human and half insect, yet there is an indescribable sense of beauty that is both cruel and beautiful.
"You...who are you?" Chen Xing asked with his mouth moving and swallowing hard.
"I...I am Suna..." The girl's voice sounded in my mind.
"What are you?" Chen Xing asked.
"I...I don't know..." Suna said timidly.
Chen Xing narrowed his eyes and did not answer.
"No, don't hurt me..." Suna shrank back, and several sickle legs blocked her body. Like a girl huddled in a corner, covering her chest with her arms.
"Answer my question and I won't hurt you." Chen Xing said. Try to slow down your tone and appear friendly.
"Sir, what time is it now?" Su Na did not answer, but asked another question.
"What do you mean?" Chen Xing asked.
"Time, I mean time." Suna added.
Chen Xing looked at the black watch and reported the time, "dr2612-6-17."
"Ah..." Suna exclaimed and murmured, "Six years... It's been six years..."
"What six years?" Chen Xing's voice increased.
"I... I went to town with my mother six years ago, and then... I was caught by them, and turned into... wuwuwu... turned into this... it hurts every time I give birth to a baby It hurts so much, it hurts so much..." Su Na said absentmindedly, leaving two lines of tears.
"What caught you here?" Chen Xing aimed his gun at Suna's belly, which was like a large oil tank, and asked in a warning tone.
"No, don't hit me in the stomach, it hurts, it hurts so much, don't...wuwuwu..." Suna swung her legs, moved her huge body, and hid her head in the corner. That way, it's like an ostrich that sticks its head in the sand when it's in danger. Leave your body outside to be eaten.
"Answer my question." Chen Xing ordered.
"Queen, a dying termite queen. It swallowed me into its stomach, and when I woke up again, I looked like this, wuwuwu..." Suna replied while crying.
Then, Chen Xing asked a few more questions, such as how she lived these years, what she ate, and why she was here. She answered them all.
"Then..." Finally, Chen Xing faced Su Na and said calmly, "Give me a reason not to kill you."
