Three days later, in an oasis in the desert.
A group of eighty-seven phantoms frantically re-entered the forest, inserted their hair into the water source, and sucked in the nutrients of life.
As expected, they were lost in the desert of Le. Not only did they fail to find the teleportation crystal to leave the planet, on the contrary, they almost died here because of exhaustion of supplies.
Fortunately, at the last moment, they finally got lucky and discovered this small oasis, which replenished their energy at the last moment.
But then again, on this yellow sand planet, except for deserts with harsh living conditions, there are almost no other areas.
Unless you find a place rich in underground resources like before, you can build a camp and live for a long time, otherwise you will just die slowly in any other area.
This is why everyone continues to look for the crystal. With the existence of the crystal, at least they can use the first level of teleportation to randomly change their location on the planet to avoid being trapped in a certain area.
But one thing that is depressing is that the Zerg has invaded this planet, and places rich in underground resources mean that the probability of bugs appearing is higher, which undoubtedly makes survival more difficult.
"Adun, why don't we stay here first? I think the resource reserves here are pretty good. Let's build a camp first to let the soldiers breathe. After everyone has recovered a little and the nutritional reserves are richer, Make plans again.”
Sarah made her suggestion to Arden.
After some thought, the latter also felt that what she said made sense. Just when he was about to nod in agreement, his companion suddenly ran over in a hurry and said:
"Aden! Come and take a look! We found something amazing!"
The man's face was anxious and his body was covered with beads of sweat. He was obviously frightened.
An ominous premonition suddenly arose in Arden's heart, and he followed her and ran out without caring about talking to Sarah.
When he arrived at his destination, he suddenly stopped, his face stiffened, his eyes fixed on what he saw in front of him, and he said in a trembling tone:
"Sand, sandworm...this is a sandworm..."
Ahead, under a sand dune, a huge corpse stretched in front of him.
It is about three hundred meters long and thirty meters wide. It is huge. Its whole body is covered by a yellow carapace covered with spikes. On its head is a large round mouth full of sharp teeth. Just looking at it It gives people a creepy feeling.
But now, this ferocious giant beast is dead. Its carapace is in pieces, its flesh and blood have been eaten away, and only a huge skeleton is left across the desert.
"Don't worry, Arden, it's dead."
Zeroda came over. The reconnaissance team he led was the first to discover the target and was on guard around it just now.
After hearing his friend's consolation, Arden's expression showed no sign of improvement, but instead became a bit uglier.
"No, Zeroda, what I'm worried about is not the sandworm itself... Look at its wounds, don't they look familiar? Think about it again, what other species on this planet can kill an adult sandworm? insect?"
Hearing these words, Zeroda's face suddenly became serious. He cautiously walked to the sandworm and observed it carefully, and his expression suddenly became more serious.
"It's the zerg...these wounds were caused by the zerg..."
Zeroda lowered his head. He knew that everyone would be in big trouble now.
Sandworms are the dominant creatures on this yellow sand planet. No creature can threaten them, except for the insects that have just invaded here.
Everyone became nervous all of a sudden, and Yaden quickly organized everyone to pack their things and prepare to run away.
I originally planned to stay here to take a breather, but now it seems that the plan is definitely not going to work. Needless to say, this underground area must have become the nest of the Zerg.
"Be careful! There are bugs underground. We can't run in one direction. We must disrupt our steps. Otherwise, the rhythmic steps will attract their attention and let them know that there are living creatures here!"
Arden reminded everyone.
Immediately he took the lead and started taking action.
The steps he used looked very strange. He took two steps, took one step back, and kept circling around, as if he was dancing some kind of strange dance. The efficiency of his movement was very low.
However, others did not dare to complain at all, because they knew that this seemingly weird pace was actually the only way to walk on the sand.
During this period of contact with the Zerg, they gradually summarized some methods against the Zerg, and this step called "return step" is one of them.
Among the zerg, there is a very terrifying Nydus worm. Their size is not at all the size of the sand worms we just saw, and is even bigger.
It may be that the auditory system of this kind of tunnel worm is very developed, or it may be that they have mastered the corresponding spiritual power. In short, they can hear any small sounds and vibrations hundreds of meters above deep underground.
In particular, the moving footsteps of this creature are generally very regular. This is undoubtedly telling the bugs that there is prey here, so hurry up and catch us.
The only way to avoid this happening is to learn the backward movement that Raton is using now, disrupt his own forward rhythm, and imitate the wind and vibrations of nature. Only then can he possibly escape their detection.
It is precisely for this reason that even if the situation is urgent now, everyone has to slow down their speed and choose such an inefficient way to move forward.
It took a full hour, and everyone only walked less than one kilometer. At the same time, everyone was exhausted and sweating profusely. It was really a waste of energy to move back and they ran slowly, which took away the little energy they had just replenished. It has also been consumed to a great extent.
And the current situation is not up to them to choose. Running blindly in an area where they know there are bugs below is really no different from seeking death.
It's just that hope is beautiful, but reality is cruel. Just like there is a saying, when the house leaks, it rains all night, and bad luck only seeks out the poor. Everyone's escape plan came to an end in a burst of earth-shaking shaking.
Looking at the rapidly collapsing ground in front of him and the rolling yellow sand, Arden knew that they were playing tricks.
"Run! Run!"
He turned his head and yelled wildly at his companions, trying to get them to stay away from the area.
However, before they could run far away, in the center of the turbulent yellow sand, a huge figure that covered the sky and the sun loomed out in the dust.
"It's the zerg! They're coming!"
"Boom!"
A loud noise came, accompanied by the piercing scream of the Tunnel Insect. The huge insect body slammed to the ground, shaking everyone.
Just such an appearance instantly caught up with the distance that everyone had run in panic, and almost made them lose the ability to continue to escape. The strength gap between the two sides can be imagined.
However, such a huge Nydus Worm is not actually a real combat unit within the Zerg. Instead, it exists more often as a transport unit.
I saw this giant tunnel worm with a body length of more than 400 meters suddenly opened its mouth, and countless black worms poured out of its mouth.
There are sickle bugs, blasting bugs, stinger bugs, and even a lot of flying bugs, numbering in the hundreds of thousands.
The space that can be loaded in the body of a Nydus Worm is very large. It is said that they have a special chamber that contains spatial attributes, just like the chamber used on the Zerg mothership.
From the surface, the size of these chambers may appear to be average, but in fact, the internal spatial structure is very large, and the number of desert insects that can be loaded is extremely exaggerated.
In the second universe, there are still many blacksmiths who use these Zerg chambers to create space storage equipment. However, this kind of equipment made of insects is not popular with people. Only many people cannot afford space stone equipment. Only then can you go back and choose.
At this time, the front of Adun and the others had been occupied by hundreds of thousands of Nydus Worms. At the same time, two other Nylon Worms of similar size appeared. They broke out of the ground in two different directions. He also spat out a large number of bugs from his mouth and surrounded everyone.
Now, the total number of all the wild insects on the field has probably exceeded one million, and they are encircling them, trapping everyone to death.
The eighty-seven Phantom Men were as inconspicuous as a grain of sand on the beach in front of such a huge Zerg army, with no possibility of resistance at all.
"No, no, no..."
At this time, Arden was completely panicked. Hundreds of thousands of Zerg armies were surging from three directions, making them completely lose the possibility of escaping. Not to mention that there was no teleportation crystal at hand, even if there was a crystal here, it would not be possible at all. There was no time to open it.
"How come there are so many bugs... they... they..."
Sarah also looked helpless. She really couldn't understand why these bugs would send a million troops to encircle and suppress her when there were only more than 80 people like her.
But what she doesn't know is that this is the correct way for the wild insects to start hunting. No matter how many people you have, my number will definitely be much more than yours, and every action must be crushed by sheer numbers. .
I am afraid that in the second universe, the only ones that can compete with the Zerg in terms of quantity are the drones of the Bell family.
By this time, no one on the Phantom side was calm anymore. The situation in front of them was clear at a glance. They had no possibility of survival. The only difference now was how they died, whether they were killed by sickle bugs. Divided into pieces, killed by blasting bugs, or melted into blood by stinging bugs.
"Form up! Psykers are out! Protect our companions! We are the eidolons that will never retreat! We are the hope of this race, warriors who fight for ourselves! We can die! But we must not Die without any resistance! Everyone! Be the light blade unsheathed! Follow me and fight!
! "
Arden's shouting voice reached everyone's mind, and everyone gradually recovered from their despair and began to subconsciously follow his instructions to set up their formations.
I have to say that in this kind of team battle, it is indeed rare to have an excellent commander, because most people will lose their ability to think rationally in this situation. They need a backbone and need to be united. , in order to maximize your combat power.
Although the current organized resistance seems to have no meaning and can no longer change the destined outcome of death, for these few phantom tribesmen, the value of death is also the meaning of existence itself. Dying in battle is not only The mission of a warrior is also the last will of every Phantom tribesman to resist the Zerg.
Seeing the Zerg army coming towards him, feeling the pressure as surging as the sea, Arden's hands were already covered with beads of sweat.
He knew that he might die in the next second, and his heart was also filled with the fear of death, but his dignity did not allow him to retreat. Even if he died, he would die facing the enemy.
The distance between the two sides is getting closer, 500 meters, 300 meters, 100 meters...
Just when the distance was less than 50 meters, an unexpected scene happened.
The sickle bug is the basic unit among the Zerg, and it is also one of the units with the fastest charging speed.
They usually exist as cannon fodder on the battlefield, rushing the fastest and taking the hardest hits.
Now, at the front of the team is a group of sickle bugs who are not afraid of life and death.
They charged wildly, roaring, trying to tear the prey in front of them into pieces. However, when they were less than 50 meters away from the target, an invisible wall of air suddenly appeared, blocking them. In the middle of the two.
The first batch of sickle bugs immediately came into close contact with the wall and hit it hard. The bugs at the front were directly hit to pieces, and were also injured by the companions rushing behind them. He was squeezed into a ball and lost his life on the spot.
Yaden and others stared at this scene in stunned silence. Looking around, the black insect tide was like a flood hitting a dam, and was blocked 50 meters away from them.
"what happened……"
Others were also shocked by the scene in front of them. They didn't understand what was going on. Seeing the insects in the distance biting and scratching but unable to move forward at all, they couldn't help but slowly put down the light in their hands. blade.
Arden mustered up the courage to take a few steps forward, but saw a looming white light in front of his eyes. The curtain was flashing with the attacks of the insect swarms. It turned out that it was that thing that had hit them.
The next moment, a shadow suddenly appeared, shrouding everyone in it.
"That is……"
Arden suddenly raised his head, and then he saw a scene he would never forget.
