The beast tide appears again!
When the team from the Hui Ge mercenary group found this place, they had almost cleared away the tide of red ants and beasts in this dense forest.
During this period of siege, except for those red ant beasts that rushed out of the tree holes, no other red ant beasts appeared.
But just as the Broken Star Realm powerhouses were gradually gaining the upper hand in the battle against the Misty Flame Beast and the Mutated Red Ant Beast, a wave of beast attacks began to appear on the periphery of the team.
Qin Xiao heard clearly through the transmitter that the entire team was attacked almost at the same time.
Although it was impossible to see clearly what was going on outside, it could be expected that the scale of the beast tide that suddenly appeared was at least a medium-sized beast tide.
"No, something must be wrong." Qin Xiao said with a frown.
Even if this is a dangerous area and the frequency of strange beasts appearing is very high, it is not so high.
Ever since he entered the dense forest and discovered that the probability of mutation among the red ant beasts here was too high, Qin Xiao had always suspected that there might be variables behind this operation.
And this variable is most likely man-made.
Now it seems that his guess was not groundless.
At the critical moment, Wen Ji's reaction was very calm. After he handed over the command of the main attacking team to Wen Yuan, he began to direct the team with all his strength to defend the Red Ant Beast's attack.
The terrain they are currently in is very good, near the giant dead tree. Even if there are a large number of red ant beasts, it will be difficult to conquer their defense line in a short time.
The only difficulty is the battle in front of the tree hole. It seems that it will take some time to eliminate the Lanyan Beast and the Mutated Red Ant Beast.
But this is just a not too difficult difficulty. With the emergence of the peripheral beast tide, Wen Ji has decided to give up capturing the Lanyan Beast alive.
Although this will cause them heavy losses, compared with the annihilation of the entire army, the less profit is obviously not worth mentioning.
After all, as long as the Misty Flame Beast cub can be caught, this operation will not be considered a loss.
After confirming through the transmitter that Haishan and others were safe, Qin Xiao was no longer in a hurry to go out and had free time to watch the battle in the tree hole.
After another ten minutes, the battle at the entrance of the tree cave finally came to a conclusion.
No matter how tyrannical the mutated red ant beast is, it can't withstand the repeated bombardments of large combat mechas.
After the death of the mutant red ant beast, the Lanyan beast was weak and died under the strong siege of Wenyuan and others.
In fact, if it weren't for the purpose of capturing the Lanyan Beast alive, this battle would have ended this way.
In the end, the cub of the Misty Flame Beast was left on the battlefield. It was trembling on the spot, looking at the ferocious human warriors around it at a loss.
Qin Xiao hid in the tree hole and looked at the trembling Misty Flame Beast cub with an indifferent expression.
This is the law of survival in this world, the weak eat the strong.
Suddenly, the dog's balls on Qin Xiao's shoulders came out. He looked out lazily with a sleepy look.
Qin Xiao just thought it was Goudan who wanted to let off steam after having a good meal, and didn't think much about it. As a result, Goudan escaped accidentally.
Goudan was extremely fast and rushed out of the tree hole in the blink of an eye, heading straight for the pitiful Misty Flame Beast cub.
Qin Xiao suddenly broke into a cold sweat and quickly chased after him.
He knew exactly what Goudan was going to do. Goudan must have thought that new food had appeared after seeing the cub of the Misty Flame Beast, so he couldn't wait to rush over to prepare "extra food".
Fortunately, Qin Xiao was fast enough and "captured" this little guy before Goudan opened his mouth.
Although Qin Xiao reacted quickly and caught Goudan in advance, Goudan's appearance still attracted considerable attention.
Before Wen Yuan could hand over the Misty Flame Beast cub to others, he stared at the dog egg in Qin Xiao's hand and asked, "What is that?"
"My pet." Qin Xiao replied calmly, stuffing the dog's balls back into his shoulder pocket.
Although Goudan is a phoenix, he now looks more like a chicken with gray feathers. It is difficult for people who don't know the situation to see its true identity at a glance.
But obviously Wen Yuan is not an ordinary person. He could tell at a glance that Goudan was special, and that's why he reacted like this.
It was obvious that they had worked hard to catch the Misty Flame Beast cub, but now he only had dog eggs in his eyes. He didn't even look at the Misty Flame Beast cub in his hand, and even forgot to hand it over.
"Can you show me?" Wen Yuan continued to ask.
"No." Qin Xiao replied firmly, without giving Wen Yuan any face.
"You make a price, no matter how much it is." Wen Yuan stopped covering up and simply expressed his true intention.
"Not for sale." Qin Xiao still replied coldly.
He was already certain that Wen Yuan had already figured out Goudan's identity as a phoenix in just that short glance.
If not for this, Wen Yuan, who has always been somewhat of a general, would not have lost his composure with a "little pet".
From Wenyuan and the others' willingness to dispatch such a large team to capture the cubs of the Misty Flame Beast, we can imagine that they are very eager for the cubs of powerful alien beasts.
Generally speaking, the most important purpose of bringing cubs with you is to practice.
As for cultivating cubs into partners who can fight together, this kind of thing basically only exists in fantasy.
Not to mention that powerful alien beasts often have long lifespans, it is difficult to achieve in terms of closeness.
The reason why human star warriors choose to capture some cubs and keep them with them for training is because the intelligence of the cubs is not high at the stage. As long as they are guided properly, they can get some key materials from the cubs.
However, as the cubs grow up and their intelligence becomes more mature, even with the "nurturing grace", it is difficult for the adult beasts to maintain a deep relationship with the human stars.
In fact, if the alien beasts do not kill the human warriors who raise them when they reach adulthood, it is already a sign of "deep feelings".
Qin Xiao had already guessed that Wenyuan and the others wanted the cubs of powerful alien beasts, and if nothing else happened, they wanted to find them for someone who practiced fire-based skills, because they were too obsessed with the cubs of fire-based alien beasts.
First it was the cub of the Misty Flame Beast, and now Wen Yuan has set his sights on Qin Xiao's phoenix cub. It is not difficult to guess their target.
Qin Xiao understands the principle that a man is not guilty of carrying a jade. Now that everyone here is Wenyuan's people, he really can't withstand it if the other party robs him.
"Deal with the enemy first, and we'll talk about other things after we get back." Qin Xiao took the initiative to change the topic and pointed at the fighting around him.
Wen Yuan realized that he had lost his composure, quickly adjusted his mood, and led the main attack team to join Wen Ji, and began to discuss the breakout route while fighting.
There is nothing they must defend here. Now that the mission is over, breaking out and leaving is the best option.
With combat mechas and fortress mechas opening the way, it would not be difficult for the entire team to break through.
Qin Xiao followed the team. He kept exploring around, trying to find some abnormal situations around him.
Huyange looked at Qin Xiao doubtfully and asked, "What are you looking for?"
Ever since they entered the dense forest, Qin Xiao had always been nervous. His state made several people around him also nervous.
Now that things have happened, Qin Xiao no longer intends to be secretive, and directly replied: "I always feel that these accidents this time were specially arranged by someone, or that someone wants to harm us, so they have been causing trouble in secret."
"Someone wants to harm us?" Huyange was startled and subconsciously looked at the front of the team: "You mean them?"
Huyange was referring to Wenyuan and others. After getting to know each other for a while, they all knew that Wenji and Wenyuan were family members.
Hu Yange also knew that Wen Yuan wanted the phoenix cub in Qin Xiao's hands just now. He thought Qin Xiao suspected Wen Yuan and others of wanting to kill him.
"What do you think we should do? Should we leave the team now or wait until we return to the base and then find a way to ask for help?" Huyange asked in a low voice.
"That's not what I meant, I meant..."
Before Qin Xiao could finish his words, their team was suddenly blocked right in front.
Qin Xiao heard the gunfire!
"Enemy attack!"
A warning sound from the front came from the transmitter, followed by precise coordinate transmission and accurate information about the enemy.
The number of Star Soldiers ambushing them right in front is currently unclear, but it is at least confirmed to be more than a hundred people.
Moreover, there are many strong men in the enemy's team, and they don't seem to be afraid of confronting Qin Xiao and his team.
But just when everyone thought that a head-on conflict would break out between the two sides, the direction of the battle deviated again.
The expected head-on conflict did not break out. When Wen Ji opened up his battle line and prepared to destroy the opponent, they were surprised to find that they had fallen into a huge trap.
There are booby traps everywhere around the battlefield, and they are all extremely well-designed booby traps.
And when they entered the trap area, there were continuous long-range sneak attacks from all around, and booby traps were continuously detonated, catching the mercenary team by surprise and causing heavy casualties.
Although this team has fought hard since the beginning of the war, the risks have always been under control, and there are some casualties but they are not serious.
But now that they were attacked by human warriors, this tired warrior finally suffered a very heavy blow.
What Qin Xiao was most worried about finally happened. Not only were they plotted, but they were plotted so hard.
Looking at the number of sneak attackers around him, Qin Xiao frowned deeply.
"There is absolutely no way that so many star warriors came here illegally. They should have been on Flying Star No. 101." Qin Xiao said.
Hu Cheng followed Qin Xiao and said after thinking for a while: "These people may be those Qiang star warriors."
"Qiang people?" Qin Xiao was stunned and asked, "Why are there Qiang people here?"
"After Xiqiang Star was conquered, many of their tribesmen came out to work as mercenaries, and our mercenary group absorbed many of them."
"There are many Qiang star warriors on Flying Star No. 101. There are as many as five to six hundred people, and there are also many strong ones in the Broken Star Realm."
Listening to Hu Cheng's introduction, Qin Xiao felt more and more that he was right. The current style of play seemed to be in line with the identity of the Qiang star warrior.
In the process of being conquered by the Xingji Empire's legion, the Qiang tribe on Xiqiang relied on guerrilla warfare to make the Xingji Empire's regular army suffer.
Seeing that the entire team was locked in a bitter battle but could not find a way to break out, Qin Xiao immediately found Wen Yuan and said, "It's time to change our approach."
Some people died, but not completely...
