It's not too much to say that a beauty is a little bit stronger

One after another, scarred figures slowly walked out from between the trees.

Their clothes were tattered, like survivors from the cracks. They staggered towards the team, uttering faint shouts.

"Finally someone has come...save us..."

"Please save us, please!"

The voices of those survivors were filled with endless pain and longing, and did not sound fake.

The sentries subconsciously looked at these "survivors" and lowered their weapons slightly, as if they really believed that they were companions who needed rescue.

However, at this moment, Xia Qixiu's expression suddenly changed, and he almost shouted: "I told you, don't believe them! This is a trap!"

Before he finished speaking, the "survivor" standing in the front suddenly looked up with an extremely strange smile on his face.

There was deep malice in that smile, like a predator suddenly exposed.

Their smiles made the tension in the air suddenly rise.

"Haha...you can't escape this!"

Immediately afterwards, a rustling sound began to be heard from the ground, and countless small black beetles emerged, rushing towards the feet of the sentinels like a tide.

"Everyone listen up, retreat, evacuate quickly." Xia Qixiu shouted sternly.

The beetles crawled quickly, covering the ground. Their tiny bodies drilled into the cracks in the soil at an extremely fast speed, and then instantly drilled into the body of a fallen sentry.

The sentry opened his eyes wide, screamed in pain, his body trembled violently, and he clutched his head tightly with both hands, making a final struggle against some irresistible force.

"Ah!" His screams stopped abruptly. The next second, his body suddenly stopped shaking and his eyes became empty and dead.

He stood up, his movements stiff, but he slowly raised the weapon in his hand and aimed at his companion.

"No...A Quan, how could you be controlled?" A sentry exclaimed, his face full of shock and fear.

"Don't come near." Xia Qixiu growled and quickly grabbed the sentry beside him to prevent them from doing irrational things due to emotional fluctuations.

Faced with such parasitic creatures, any mistake could turn them into the next puppet.

They are apparently parasitic tools for crack organisms.

Once they penetrate the human body, they can completely take over the host's body and even control their minds, turning them into minions of the rift creatures.

And now the black beetles that were surging like a tide had begun to surround them, and every second seemed extremely urgent.

Seeing the beetles getting closer and closer and the exits around them about to be completely blocked, Xia Qixiu's face darkened. He knew that if they delayed any longer, the entire team would be on the verge of life and death.

After thinking for a moment, he decisively raised the weapon in his hand and pulled out a specially made high-energy gun. With a flash of fire, a blazing light instantly burst out from the muzzle. The powerful energy was concentrated in his hand, condensing the power tens of millions of times.

With a loud bang, the bullet flew out of the air.

"boom--!"

The shot tore through space, and the bullet streaked across the sky, striking the center of the beetle swarm with unstoppable destructive power.

The energy exploded, as if triggering a chain reaction, and the huge shock wave generated by the gunpowder explosion swept around at an astonishing speed.

Countless beetles were blown to pieces in the explosion, and the scattered flames completely tore apart everything in front of them, and the road leading to the safe area was blasted out.

Xia Qixiu didn't hesitate at all and shouted sternly, "Don't look back, just keep going! Spread out and don't gather together!"

The sentries did not dare to hesitate and followed Xia Qixiu's instructions, quickly retreating towards the blown-up road.

They walked so fast that every step seemed like a race against death.

Xiao Huai's expression was indifferent. From the beginning until now, he had been observing everything as an observer.

The sentries fled in all directions at a rapid pace under Xia Qixiu's command.

I don’t know how long I ran, but the oppressive feeling of the jungle gradually eased and the surrounding environment gradually became quiet.

Everyone finally stopped in a relatively open area, breathing rapidly and their physical strength was almost at its limit.

Although there are no pursuers for the time being, everyone's nerves are still tense because they may face new dangers at any time.

However, when the sentries stopped, they soon realized a more serious problem: the main force had completely collapsed.

The once tight-knit team is now reduced to scattered small teams.

The teams got separated during the escape, and some people didn't even know where to go.

"We need to contact other teams quickly and confirm their location." A girl with short hair suggested.

Everyone picked up the walkie-talkie and tried to contact other sentries.

The crackling sound of electricity immediately filled my ears, and the harsh noise was disturbing.

"Zi-Zi-"

"This is Team 3... If you hear me, please report back—"

The sound was cut off halfway, and the disjointed fragments could not be pieced together to form any useful information.

The intercom sometimes made noise and sometimes completely stopped working.

The more critical the moment, the more vulnerable the communication equipment becomes, and the sound keeps flickering in the air.

"Damn it, this thing is useless!" A sentry cursed and slammed the walkie-talkie.

Xiao Huai stood quietly by, knowing full well that such communication failure was no accident.

It seems that their enemies are not only smart, but also know how to use environmental and psychological tactics to break down their defenses.

A communications failure not only means losing contact, but could also inadvertently expose their location.

"If you want to live, stop making noise." Xiao Huai spoke in a faint voice.

However, his calmness immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of some people.

A B-rank sentry, already looking anxious, turned his head abruptly, his eyes dark, anger rising to his brows, his tone filled with sarcasm and questioning:

"What if we don't care about other people's lives? Are we just going to watch everyone die? We've been separated from Captain Xia. Without a leader, we're doomed!"

He gripped the weapon tightly in his hand, his face flushed with anger, and he seemed to have been pushed to the limit by tension.

"Do you know how to command?" he demanded, his voice filled with a hint of provocation and helplessness. "If you make the wrong decision, the entire team could perish because of your negligence!"

Xiao Huai did not respond to his anger immediately, but just glanced at him lightly, his expression still calm and almost ruthless.

The sentries nearby looked at them, with some worry and uneasiness in their expressions, and the scene suddenly became a little tense.

Xiao Huai looked at him: "Really? But you have to listen to me."

The sentry was obviously unwilling to accept this statement, and his anger came from a sense of powerlessness and fear of the situation.

"We have no idea what's going on with the other teams! Captain Xia isn't here, so who are you to command us?"

Xiao Huai's eyes turned slightly cold. He didn't like being questioned without reason, but he knew that the other party's reaction came from fear and pressure.

He spoke slowly, his tone still rational and calm: "I don't need to command you. I can leave alive on my own. As for you, if you want to die here, then die here."

After the words were spoken, everyone was stunned for a moment and then fell silent.