"Have you noticed that the bugs here seem to be mutating?"
Li Zixuan came to a dead sickle on the ground and rushed towards it. He gently kicked its body with his foot, exposing the tentacles of calamity that were pinned beneath it.
"I don't remember that there are organs like tentacles on the body of the sickle bug. These characteristics are quite consistent with the aberration."
Yin Rao also squatted down, fiddled with his fingers lightly, and said:
"That's true. I guess these bugs may have been affected by the scarlet light when they were outside before, and they only started to attack slowly now. This should be an early symptom of the mutation."
Bugisun rubbed his chin and said:
"If that's the case, our cleanup work should be speeded up. Otherwise, when these bugs completely mutate, wouldn't it be more difficult to kill them?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the dead sickle bug on the ground suddenly opened its eyes, with a piercing scarlet color, and suddenly pounced on Yin Rao, who was closest to it.
"careful!"
The other people couldn't react at all, so they only had time to warn them, and then they could only watch helplessly as the bug pounced on their teammates.
At this time, as soon as the figure flashed past, the latter came to Yin Rao first, knocked him away, and then he was suitable for the wild insect to tear them together.
"team leader!"
Several people saw the figure clearly, it was their captain Li Zixuan.
"Whoosh~chila!"
After a dazzling operation, Li Zixuan turned over and came to the back of the desert insect. Then a dark weapon blade popped out from his wrist and inserted it into its head.
"Kekeke~"
His head was crushed, and the desert insect twitched a few times before stopping.
Everyone worked together to pull the corpse of the desert insect away from his body and came forward to check on his condition.
"I'm fine, don't come to my place, be careful around the realm!"
Li Zixuan climbed up holding his lower abdomen, where a small hole had been drilled out by the tentacles on the body of the wild insect in the close combat, and blood was gurgling down his hand.
"team leader!!"
When Yin Rao saw that Li Zixuan was seriously injured trying to save him, he was moved and panicked. He hurriedly searched for rescue supplies in the tactical bag he carried.
"It's okay, I can't die."
Li Zixuan waved his hand to signal him to stay calm.
At the same time, a slender hand handed a small yellow bottle to Yin Rao.
Yin Rao looked back at Meng Meimei, and the fear in his heart was calmed down at this time.
He took the small flat yellow bottle and sprinkled the powder inside on Li Zixuan's wound. The latter's abdomen, which had been punctured by a tentacle, was immediately repaired.
This is the powder of Yuyanghua, the elixir from the second universe. It can be used to quickly repair wounds. It is a must-have medicine for every anti-magic alliance warrior.
"It's okay. Don't worry, everyone. Pay attention to the bugs around you and shoot them in the head. Don't give them a chance to survive."
Li Zixuan stood up slowly, and the wound healed quickly with the help of Yuyanghua powder.
"Look at their eyes. These guys have begun to mutate. It's difficult to kill them completely by simply attacking their bodies. The weak point of the mutants is the head. Everyone must pay attention!"
"Ah!! Ah!! Ah!!"
Suddenly, three screams came from behind. Everyone turned around in shock, only to find that only one of the three miners who had been following them was left, and the sound came from the direction they came from. .
"what happened!?"
Li Zixuan was shocked and angry.
The only old miner from Ancient Lengxing left in the field looked at the end of the corridor and said tremblingly:
"He, they ran back just now... They must have been frightened when they saw these bugs suddenly come to life, so they wanted to stay away..."
"Damn it! Don't they know there are insect corpses behind them too!"
Li Zixuan immediately led the team and rushed back. By the time they reached the end of the corridor, it was already too late. There were only two corpses with their heads torn off.
“Swish swish swish!!”
A series of spiritual rays were fired, and several desolate insects that mutated into aberrations responded, ending their feast.
The expressions on the faces of the members of the Crazy Bee team were not very good. The target they were protecting actually disappeared under their noses without them noticing, which really made them feel irritated.
Although these two guys were seeking their own death, failing to watch them was indeed an oversight on their part. This made several newcomers who had just stepped onto the battlefield feel angry and frustrated at the same time.
"Follow us. It's very dangerous here. We can't take care of you if you run around. It's safest to follow us."
Li Zixuan reminded the old miner, who swallowed and nodded stiffly.
"Don't worry...I know what to do...I won't run around..."
The few people set out again, aiming for the ore warehouse in the middle of the right side of the ship. They needed to find other survivors first.
Compared with the initial action, the advancement process this time is much more difficult, not only because the wild insects have turned into aberrations one after another, and their attributes such as speed, strength, and vitality have been strengthened, but also because they have arrived. After here, the number of bugs nearby increased, and it became more and more difficult for them to deal with them.
At the same time, a group of nearly a hundred people were hiding shivering in the Digger's mine warehouse. Judging from their uniforms, they were all miners in the spacecraft.
These miners tried their best to hide themselves behind the huge spiritual stone mines around them, trying to prevent the monsters outside from discovering them.
And a group of people wearing simple armors and holding ordinary versions of Jean's particle guns were standing at the door and engaging in fierce exchanges of fire with the desert insects. They were the security team on the spacecraft, and they were also the only armed force among this group of people. Team now.
"Sir! These bugs are getting crazier! We can't stop them anymore!"
A soldier frantically pulled the trigger in his hand, and at the same time, like the others, he was forced back to the wall step by step by the desert insects.
"They seem to have mutated! Damn it! What's going on with these bugs! Why can't they be killed!"
Some people couldn't help but break down and scream. Even though the gun in their hands broke through the insect's defense, it had little impact on the latter's actions, which made them very desperate.
"How is it possible...how could they be infected and become aberrations? Be careful! Shoot them in the head, don't hit the body!"
In the middle of the crowd, a white man in his forties was directing the crowd to attack, but no matter how they increased their firepower, the bugs were still getting closer and closer, and there were more and more, and they couldn't kill them all.
No way, although these people are the security team, the weapons in their hands are just ordinary Jean particle guns, which are relatively advanced thermal weapons, but they are not the Jean spirit guns in the hands of the Crazy Bee team.
Although there is only one word difference between the two, their power is vastly different.
If it were placed on another planet, or on the former Aquamarine planet, this kind of Jean particle gun would definitely be invincible by a single soldier. Even if the target is hiding behind a thick bunker, this kind of gun can still fire one shot. Penetrate the opponent.
However, what they are facing now are wild insects. The wild insects have evolved an adaptive shell outside their bodies and have extremely strong defense against the attacks of this weapon. When the Jeann particle gun is fired at full power, it can only break through the defense. .
"Sir! Let's retreat quickly! We can't defend here!"
A soldier ran over and said anxiously.
The white officer sighed and said helplessly:
"Retreat? Where can we retreat to now... The ore warehouse is a dead end behind us. We have no choice but to fight our way out..."
"But sir..."
The soldier wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by a white man patting his shoulder.
"Little Hank, you are very brave. I have always been very optimistic about you, and I hope you will not leave your back to the enemy at this moment. This may be our last stop. I hope we can survive the quagmire of adversity and reach the stars. The shining shore..."
As he spoke, he looked at the familiar faces around him again, and his eyes couldn't help but become slightly moist.
"Brothers, I am very happy to work with you. Our sacrifice today will be remembered by future generations! Charge with me!"
Morale was once again boosted, and everyone calmed down from the fear of death, with determination in their eyes.
They have no way out now, and their only chance of survival is to rush out, although they also know very well how low the success rate of doing so is.
The white officer led the charge, and everyone poured out the last ammunition in their hands and rushed towards the swarm of insects that was five times more numerous than themselves.
“Swish swish swish!!!”
As Qin En's particle gun attacked, the bugs in front fell to the ground and died, and a path miraculously opened up in front of everyone.
"No...this is it!?"
The white commander looked confused, but then he immediately realized that the attack just now seemed not just from them, but someone seemed to be coming from the other end of the corridor.
"This kind of ray... is a spirit gun! The reinforcements from the Anti-Magic Legion are here!"
The white commander seemed to know the goods and immediately judged their identity from the attack provoked by the other party.
"Squat down!!"
At this moment, a loud shout came from behind the insect swarm, and dozens of rays shot over, killing all the insects around them one by one.
These soldiers also reacted immediately. Although they were just ordinary security team members, they had received professional training after all. They quickly reacted in every possible way and immediately squatted down to avoid being accidentally injured by the reinforcements at the other end.
As the spiritual attacks came one after another, the originally terrifying desert insects looked like the product of shabby engineering under such attacks, and were easily torn into pieces.
"It's rescue! Rescue has arrived!"
When the group saw that they were finally rescued, they burst into tears of joy.
"Huhuhu~"
Li Zixuan and others experienced a big battle and were quite tired.
"Finally found it, it is indeed here."
He looked at the seven or eight security team members in front of him and knew he was in the right place.
"We are the Wild Bee Team from the Third Fleet. We received your distress signal and came to rescue you. Are there any other survivors here?"
Li Zixuan saw that the white man should be the highest-ranking person here, so he walked directly in front of him and asked.
"Hello, Commander, I am the security captain of this spaceship. My name is Fergal Makros. Nice to meet you!"
The white man performed a star-touching ceremony and directly addressed Li Zixuan as commander.
The first time they met, he could tell from Li Zixuan's coat of arms that he was a third-level commander, which was two levels higher than his first-level commander. He belonged to the same class as Olson, the captain of the spaceship. It's the same level.
Although Li Zixuan is only a trainee captain, he is a combat pilot, so he is naturally higher than the captain in the logistics sequence.
"Commander, we still have ninety-seven survivors here. They are all mining engineers on this spacecraft. They are taking refuge in the warehouse at the back."
Marklos, a white man, pointed to the alloy door at the back, where were the last survivors on the spacecraft.
Li Zixuan nodded, and the two parties briefly understood each other's situation before entering the ore warehouse together.
The door opened, and the survivors inside all curled up subconsciously, for fear that what was coming in would be a man-eating monster.
Fortunately, they were lucky. Members of the security team and members of the Crazy Bee team came in, and the horrific scene they imagined did not happen.
Of course, some smart people realized in advance that it was a person and not a monster, and came out of the hiding place. After all, if a monster came in, how could it open the door in such a polite way? It would definitely knock the door directly. It's open.
"Captain Marklos, you don't seem surprised by what's going on outside?"
In this short distance, Li Zixuan had already told the other party about the emperor's situation and the current situation of himself and others. However, although the latter's face was a little ugly after hearing this, he did not feel too surprised, as if he had known it for a long time. This thing is average.
"Hey, that's right. I guessed a little bit in advance, but now I'm quite desperate after knowing the truth..."
Marklos shook his head, sighed, and said:
"Those damn bugs all came from the outside, and now they have mutated. This can only mean that they were corroded by the scarlet light when they were outside the spacecraft..."
"It's just that this mining area is protected by a purification array. Logically speaking, they shouldn't mutate, so there are only a few possibilities left. Either the purification array has failed, or it's the one in the star. The guy is about to wake up, causing the scarlet light to become stronger. In short, I am more inclined to the latter..."
After listening to his analysis, Li Zixuan nodded secretly in his heart. Although Marklos looked like a mighty and strong man on the outside, he was quite thoughtful and could see the current situation so quickly.
He thought for a while, then looked into the other person's eyes and said seriously:
"Captain Marklos, I have a plan that may allow us to persist or even escape from here, but this requires your cooperation..."
(End of chapter)
