The clods of soil on the ground kept arching and meandering, approaching Chen Xing. Those are the marks caused by the movement of scorched earth earthworms in the shallow soil. They usually dig tunnels as dense as spider webs in the soil of their territory to move and capture prey.
Chen Xing looked around and found a larger stone. He took a few steps forward and jumped on it. Earthworms can drill through soil, but they cannot drill through rocks. He still understands this common sense. Then launch a charged shot and shoot at the arching position.
"Da da da!"
Three light points shot into the soil one after another, and a dull howling sound was heard immediately. Black dust rose into the sky, as if it stretched across the curtain in front of me. A huge body jumped out of the ground, twisting wildly. The bullets infused with psychic energy penetrated its tough skin and rolled in the flesh, causing great pain.
Chen Xing's muzzle moved up and down along with its dark flesh ring, and he pulled the trigger at the moment of locking. That is the weakness of the scorched earth earthworm, similar to the seven inches of a snake, and is called the "ring of life". The regenerative ability of the scorched earth earthworm is extremely strong. As long as the life ring is still there, it can grow back into a body.
The life ring was hit continuously, splattering red blood. The scorched earth earthworms burrowed into the soil again and fled into the distance. How could Chen Xing let it go? He quickly unhooked the sniper rifle, pulled the bolt, pushed in a steel core armor-piercing bullet, concentrated his energy, and pulled the trigger.
"Bang!"
In the short and hidden tongue of flame, a blue steel-core bullet came out of the gun. At extremely high speeds, the surrounding air twists and deforms, forming annular airflows. Then it broke through the soil and shot into the rubber-like body.
Only a sound of "ouch" was heard, and the scorched earth earthworm raised its head high and broke out of the ground. Chen Xing pulled the bolt of the gun, and the smoking bullet casings flew out and landed on the rocks and bounced several times. Load again and shoot!
The 7.62mm bullet is far more powerful than the 5.56mm bullet. The former is for killing the enemy, while the latter is for killing. There is an essential difference in tactics. Although the 12.6 and 20mm are more powerful, they are also heavy and inconvenient for individual soldiers to carry.
The second bullet penetrated the life ring, and the scorched earthworm twitched and struggled on the ground. Chen Xing took another shot and was finally dead.
It must be said that Chen Xing's skills and equipment are very suitable for survival in the Black Earth Continent. If replaced by ordinary mercenaries, it would take at least a team of three to four people to complete the kill, and it would not be as easy as him.
The first is reconnaissance. Chen Xing has a sense of danger and is very restrained against such creatures that mainly attack sneak attacks. They can be said to be natural enemies. If it had succeeded in the sneak attack just now, even if it couldn't bite Chen Xing's leg, it could still wrap its body around him. But Chen Xing dodged immediately. Not only did the Scorched Earth Earthworm's attack fail, it also exposed itself.
The second is combat. Most mercenaries learn psychic armor. The skin of the scorched earth earthworm is as thick as a tire. It is difficult for ordinary bullets and cold weapons to penetrate. Grenades and rocket launchers cannot cause much damage. In this way, at least a gun with a caliber of 12 mm or more must be prepared. Similar to the "Hunting Elephant", it is large, bulky and difficult to carry. If it's okay in other places, you can't drive in the Black Death Continent, and just carrying a gun can kill people.
Under normal circumstances, it takes two combatants to hold down the scorched-earth earthworm, and a precision shooter and a support hand to complete the kill without paying a price or paying a small price. Now, Chen Xing can kill the Scorched Earthworms alone, without using a trio, which is enough to illustrate the problem.
Chen Xing drew out his long knife and cut open the body of the scorched earth earthworm bit by bit, revealing the light yellow flesh inside. A stench emanated, like overnight egg yolk, so stinky that one felt like vomiting. Chen Xing took out a towel from his backpack, dipped it in some water, covered his nose, and then continued to dissect.
He did not use a ripper knife. On the one hand, the skin of the scorched earth earthworm was too thick, almost ten centimeters, and the ripper blade was not long enough. On the other hand, the knife would become dull if used too much. The "gut-seeing" was used to kill people. It's not used for these things.
As for the sheathed sword that I grabbed from the elite skeleton warrior, it was used for chopping, and the last time it was chopped on Wu Hao's gun, a corner had already broken, so it was simply broken. This "flat fragmented composite dark-gloss pattern blade" is made of multi-section folding. To put it bluntly, it is covered and forged with thin iron sheets layer by layer. The blade is very sharp, but it is easy to break and cannot be repaired.
Chen Xing took the attitude of using it one day at a time and didn't cherish it much, so now it has become a butcher's knife.
Deep in the life ring, Chen Xing dug up a red crystal core, the size of a pigeon egg, crystal clear in the sun and exuding a beautiful luster.
Power crystal core, the market price is about 1 gram for 1 gold coin. In some marginal areas, it can be used as gold coins. Chen Xing wiped it on his trouser legs and put it in his money bag. There was still a bit of a stench on his hands, but he ignored it and continued walking forward. Now he looks like he was dug out of a coal pile, and it doesn't matter whether he is clean or not.
Before the catastrophe, the land in Xiaodongzhou was very fertile, the kind of oily black soil that could grow poppies. After being hit by several rounds of nuclear bombs, the vegetation died and the land hardened, gradually becoming what it is now - the ground is covered with black ash all year round, and only a few plants can survive.
There are more than ten species including black moss that likes radiation, scorched earth shrubs with water reservoirs, dead sea poplars that have survived for three thousand years, asura fire trees that can withstand high temperatures, black soil mushrooms, and mutated poppies.
After resting for a while and strapping the gun again, Chen Xing continued to move towards the safe house. In this environment, he did not dare to sleep in the wild. He had to go to a safe place first.
It is very difficult to walk in the wasteland of the Black Death Continent. There are gravels everywhere on the ground, some half a man tall and some as big as footballs. You must keep your head down when walking, otherwise you will be kicked, which is very uncomfortable.
As evening approached, Chen Xing walked for three full hours, covering only five or six kilometers. This is a downward slope, and you can see the ruins of the city in the distance. The collapsed buildings were covered with black moss, like a dark steel forest, dark and terrifying.
Chen Xing exhaled. It seemed that he wouldn't be able to walk there tonight, so he could only find a place with a wide view to take a nap.
He looked around and decided to walk back a bit and rest at the top of the slope. Then I found a big rock to lean on and sat down to drink water and have dinner. The military rations distributed by Lizard City are pretty good and have a self-heating function. He opened a tomato scrambled egg ramen and ate it happily.
Halfway through eating, he suddenly thought of a question, would that bitch poison the food? Thinking of this, he almost vomited out everything he had just eaten.
Probably not...
That bitch probably enjoyed the process of jumping down without a parachute. The survival rate was so low that it was negligible and there was no need to poison him. Then he thought of another question, why did Lacey hate him so much and why did she want him to die?
Stand up for the Yang family? This possibility is very low. The other party is the eldest princess of the Red Dragon Principality, so there is no need to please a small family, and there is nothing particularly powerful about the Yang family.
Lacey seems to care about his relationship with Aaliyah. At that time, he saw jealousy, anger, and a trace of panic in the other person's eyes, just like the first wife who saw the mistress. But, how can a woman be jealous of a woman?
Is it lace?
Chen Xing III was a well-informed man, so he naturally thought of this point quickly.
He carefully recalled the past events, and increasingly felt that the female devil had this tendency.
Aaliyah's appearance is more masculine when she goes out, wearing tights, military leather boots, an armed vest, and carrying a rough repeating shotgun. I prefer to drive motorcycles rather than relatively comfortable dune buggies. When they had sex that night, she threatened to rape him. Although she was not the one who took the initiative in the end, it was obvious that she did not want to act like a woman.
"Buzz buzz..."
In the midst of his thoughts, a sound of membrane wings suddenly came from behind. From far to near, the speed is extremely fast.
He immediately put down the ration bag, grabbed the assault rifle beside him, and climbed up the rock.
In the afterglow of the setting sun, three black spots as big as wheels continued to enlarge and flew towards this direction rapidly. The carapace is shiny, reflecting orange-red light.
They were three scythe beetles, one of the common mutated creatures in the wilderness. They had a pair of sharp sickle-segmented legs and extremely strong bite jaws. Their carapace was very hard, and their normal vitality was between 40 and 60. The Elite's shell is red, but these three are black, so they shouldn't be difficult to deal with.
Chen Xing picked up the gun, aimed at the target in the triple scope, and started firing.
"Ta-ta-ta!" "Ta-ta-ta!" "Ta-ta-ta!"
He did not use charged shots, but took advantage of the distance to destroy their membrane wings first, making them unable to fly. Although the scythe beetles that landed on the ground are not slow to crawl, they are much easier to deal with than the flying ones.
After consecutive hits, a sickle beetle's membrane wings were damaged and it slowly dropped. The other membrane wing is perforated and its flight speed is slowed down. The third Chen Xing did not shoot and maintained its original speed. In this way, the three beetles were separated.
"Buzz!"
After a few seconds, the fastest beetle swooped down towards Chen Xing. Chen Xing was twice as agile as when he came back from Dragonstone Town last year, and the speed of the ordinary-level beetle was a bit slower than him. He waited until the moment it swooped down and dodged it. As a result, the beetle hit the stone with its head and green slurry sprayed out.
"grumble!"
The sickle beetle roared angrily, and pulled the rocks with its segmented legs, dragging out bright sparks. The response was a stream of bullets fired straight into its mouthparts.
There was a flash of fire, and the sickle beetle's mouthparts were smashed to pieces. It leaned back and fell under the rocks. Chen Xing jumped on the stone again and took the commanding heights. At this moment, the second beetle flew over. Chen Xing pulled the trigger and fired the remaining bullets.
The beetle was beaten so hard that sparks flew out of its body and fell more than twenty meters away.
Looking down, the beetle with a head injury was waving its jointed legs randomly, unable to turn over. Upon seeing this, Chen Xing immediately took off the incendiary grenade on his armed belt, bit off the ring, and threw it at it.
With a "boom", fire shot into the sky. Chen Xing was so close, but not affected at all. The beetle below was burned and screamed. The beetle more than 20 meters away did not dare to approach. Chen Xing took the opportunity to change the magazine.
In order to prevent the temperature from being too high and causing the ammunition on his body to explode, Chen Xing immediately left the stone after changing the magazine and ran towards another big stone in the distance. He is not afraid of fire, but he is afraid of bullets and grenades.
The second beetle immediately caught up with him. Chen Xing shot and ran, causing the beetle to retreat. But just as he ran under the big rock, the one whose membrane wings were knocked off first had already rushed forward and rushed towards him waving a sickle.
He made a prompt decision, pulled out the Silver Star and shot, fighting off the beetle, and then climbed up the big rock.
The stone was more than two meters high. When Chen Xing was changing his magazine, the second one pounced on it, and its legs drew a large number of sparks on the stone. Chen Xing immediately kicked it down.
"Crack!"
Chen Xing loaded his bullets and fired continuously at the beetles.
Suddenly there was wind behind my head, and another beetle pounced on me. Chen Xing turned around and kicked it away. Now his strength is 25 points, and he can easily kick away a 300 kilograms of sickle beetles.
At this moment, out of the corner of his eye, he saw a beetle covered in flames turn over and crawl toward this side. It has to be said that the sickle beetle has excellent endurance. Its head is sunken, its mouthparts are mangled, and its whole body is on fire. It is still alive.
For a time, three beetles formed an encirclement.
There is a saying on the Red Earth Continent, three beetles and one army. This means that three beetles working together are equivalent to the combat effectiveness of a team of soldiers. They have a certain level of intelligence. Usually three of them forage together, and their tacit cooperation is no less than that of humans.
Under the stone, the three beetles were not in a hurry to attack, but were distributed in a triangle, looking for an opportunity to attack.
Since they didn't attack, Chen Xing was not polite. He secretly accumulated energy and poured star sand into the bullets.
"grumble!"
With a cry, three beetles pounced at the same time.
