Giant Worm World

"Reporting to the company commander, we have gathered all the civilians we can search and rescue in the nearby area here in the past few days. But at present, our ammunition is almost running out, and food and water are almost reaching the cordon." A soldier told Liu Flag reported.

Liu Qi sat on the machine bed and frowned: "How many bullets are there?"

The soldier said: "Ordinary rifles have enough ammunition, almost two magazines per person, but ordinary weapons have very limited lethality against giant worms. Five M99s that can effectively kill giant worms, add up to five Less than thirty rounds left."

Their conversation was not loud, but it still fell into Xu Yang's ears in this peaceful atmosphere.Xu Yang didn't know what the M99 was, presumably it was a Bartley-like weapon mounted on a jeep.

Liu Qi was panting irritably, and took out the cigarette case as if he wanted to get one, but seeing the few cigarettes lying in the case, he thought about it and took it back.

"Have the people sent to investigate the base come back? Where are the people searching for supplies?" Liu Qi continued to ask.

"They're all back," the soldiers said with a sad expression, "but there's no good news from either side. The survey team reported that the base is still surrounded by giant scorpions. It's really unrealistic to rush in to find supplies with our current armed forces. As for supplies …Just after the meteorite fell, almost all the shops and supermarkets were robbed, and according to the latest news from the civilian population, it seems that a group of unknown people are robbing supplies everywhere, and it is said that they seem to be local gangsters.”

"Is it from the Lin family?" When it comes to the local gang, the Lin family is the first thing everyone can think of, Liu Qi paused, "In any case, ammunition and food are our necessities, whether we are attacking or defending." They are all indispensable. Pass down the order and pay close attention to the movement of giant worms near the base, and rush in to snatch weapons and ammunition if they are weak. In addition, increase the intensity of food collection.”

"Yes." The soldier saluted, "Commander, I have another idea..."

"Say." Liu Qi was expressionless.

The soldiers hesitated for a moment, and then they seemed to have made a decision: "Company commander, during this critical time, would you consider letting civilians participate in the material collection?"

"Nonsense!" Liu Qi's face immediately changed, "We are soldiers! How can there be any reason to put ordinary people in danger? Lieutenant Wang, your military rank gives you not only rank, but also responsibility. Don't say anything more."

Second Lieutenant Wang stood upright: "Company commander, I am not evading responsibility, but the fact is that it is impossible for our dozen or so soldiers to protect all of them in every possible way. If they want to survive, they have to rely on themselves. It's not doing them any good to keep them in the background."

"In normal times, do you know what consequences you have to bear for saying such things?" Liu Qi put on a cigarette and looked at Second Lieutenant Wang coldly.

Second Lieutenant Wang said: "You also said, if it is normal, but it is not normal now, company commander, I am willing to fight for the people and die for the people, but if they die immediately after us, there will be nothing If we are torn apart by bugs with resistance, what is the point of what we do? At least let them see the reality, right? Let them adapt to the current environment."

Liu Qi was silent for a while, but finally didn't light a cigarette: "You go down and get busy first, although what you said is not unreasonable, but what the hell is this world! Let me think again..."

Second Lieutenant Wang nodded and retreated until he walked out of the warehouse.The heavy door of the warehouse creaked, and after a brief moment of light, it returned to gloom.

Liu Qi was thinking about something with his head down, when he caught a glimpse of a familiar figure, Qi Mofeng, out of the corner of his eye.

Liu Qi quickly took the cigarette from his mouth and put it back into his pocket: "Don't ask for any more cigarettes, it's gone."

Qi Mofeng snorted softly: "I'm not here to ask you for a cigarette, I'll tell you something. If you think it's useful, I won't be unacceptable if you force me to give you a cigarette."

Liu Qi felt that he was here to cheat Yan, and asked lazily, "What's the matter?"

Qi Mofeng brushed the broken hair in front of his forehead, it was a little greasy after not washing for several days: "If the local gangsters are really robbing supplies, then I think they will also target the weapons left in your base. There are so many people, I don’t recommend you to return to the base, because if there is a conflict, the gains will outweigh the losses.”

Liu Qi smiled slightly: "Boy, I've thought about what you said, but weapons are indispensable. Even if we take risks, we have to get them back, otherwise it's no different from waiting to die."

"You can choose other weapons." Qi Mofeng said.

Liu Qi shook his head: "Ordinary guns can't hurt giant worms, so what's the use of other weapons?"

Qi Mofeng said: "Before I was rescued by you and got into the car, I saw one thing. A giant centipede appeared to the west. For some reason, the centipede and the praying mantises fought. Centipedes cut off. Their shells should be equally strong, if the front claws of the mantis can easily cut off the shell of the centipede, can it be considered that cutting the mantis itself has the same effect?"

Liu Qi's eyes suddenly brightened: "What you said is true?"

"It's absolutely true." Qi Mofeng said indifferently.

"Come on!" Liu Qi stood up abruptly, "Send a small team out with me to kill a giant praying mantis and bring the body back!"

The action of the soldiers was very fast. Liu Qi quickly assembled a four-person team after giving an order, and hurried out after finishing the preparation.

The people in the warehouse heard their conversation clearly, Chu Chen muttered softly: "A lunatic is indeed a lunatic, it's really daring to think, human beings don't have the strength of a giant worm, can they achieve the same effect? "

Xu Yang said: "It's better to have a solution than to have no solution. Let's try...Damn, we stink!"

Chu Chen smiled: "Brother Xu, you just smelled it now? There was no water to take a bath for several days, and I ran desperately for a whole day, and my body was stained with monster and human blood. Of course, the smell is indescribable. Endure Bear with it, there is no water for you to use now... But I heard that the gunpowder in the bullet seems to be able to cleanse the body, so you can borrow some from that soldier brother."

The baby-faced soldiers guarding them heard the words and looked at them: "It was used to clean up the trauma in extreme times, mainly for sterilization. Deodorization has no effect. You children really can't endure hardship. You suffer from pain if you don't take a bath for a week. It’s gone? It’s common for us to drill in the deep mountains and old forests for a month when we are on mission, bear with it.”

Chu Chen chuckled: "That's what I said, they are all men, so what if they don't take a bath? Hey brother, what do you call them?"

"Hao Xing." The baby-faced soldier said.

Not far away, a slightly older soldier smiled and said, "Why don't you say your name? Isn't your name Hao Xingxing? Why is there one less?"

The soldiers couldn't help laughing. It seems that Comrade Hao Xingxing was often bullied in the army. Hao Xingxing was a little embarrassed: "Shut up, you!"

The soldier continued to laugh, and many people who had nothing to do couldn't help but smile when they saw this scene, and the soldier who had just molested Hao Xingxing nodded: "That's right, let's talk and smile, anyway, it's reached this point , laughing is better than crying."

It is rare that the atmosphere is not so tense, Xu Yang has such a feeling that people's rationality that is almost broken is temporarily connected by a thread because of this episode, but this thread is too thin, and no one knows when it will happen. The wire will be disconnected with a "snap".

At this time, a cry of incompatibility suddenly sounded from the crowd, and a little girl gently grabbed the clothes of a middle-aged man with glasses: "Dad, I'm so thirsty..."

The man with glasses looked at the people around him in embarrassment, and found that no one was willing to lend a helping hand, so he could only comfort his daughter dryly: "Be patient for a while, and you can drink it when you get water at noon. Everyone is very thirsty now, and there is no extra water It's..."

"I don't..." The little girl didn't dare to make any noise, she could only look at her father pitifully with red eyes.

Just when his father was at a loss, a half of the mineral water bottle was thrown at his feet. The man with glasses looked in the direction, and Qi Mofeng looked at him expressionlessly: "I'll drink the rest, if you don't dislike it Just drink."

Where would he find it disgusting, he quickly picked it up and said thank you to Qi Mofeng, then unscrewed the bottle and carefully fed it to his daughter.

Chu Chen lowered his voice and said to Xu Yang: "The lunatic is not very right, you see, there is no sense of fear at all, and I feel that I am not as crazy as in school, and I will be a good person... Is it possible to be cured after being frightened by the insects?" his madness?"

Xu Yang glanced at Chu Chen: "What the hell, have you ever met someone at school and just called him crazy?"

"Huh?" Chu Chen raised his eyebrows, "You talked to him just after being kicked, Stockholm?"

Xu Yang let out a heck, and lay down on the blanket, ignoring him.

No need to read books, no need to study, no need to take exams, this is the life that many students dream of, but Xu Yang who enjoys these things is not happy at all.Mom, Dad, the librarian, Wang Qiang, the girl who was dragged to death by the strong man, the images of yesterday flashed through his mind one by one. Like those people, either died at the claws of mantis, or were driven to collapse by fear.

People's psychological endurance is limited. Once the pressure exceeds that threshold, they will explode. A small number of people will arouse their potential and courage, but most people... will fully expose the animal instincts that originate from their flesh and blood. Annihilation of humanity, just like that strong man who wanted to hold back even if he died.

Xu Yang had watched disaster-themed movies and novels before, and had imagined what he would be like if it were him.He found that he overestimated himself, he was just a cowardly and cowardly ordinary person.He hadn't drunk all the water yet, but just now he didn't even want to give any water to others, he was not as good as the person called a lunatic in school.

At the same time, an empty street in the west of the city.

The giant spider let out an ear-piercing scream, and the powerful sonic energy knocked back the surrounding four- to five-meter-long giant centipedes like leaves.The person standing on the spider sneered, the cheap work clothes on his body became more wrinkled, it looked like he bought it from a street stall, but his proud expression seemed to be wearing a dragon robe.

On the other side, there was actually a person lying on the centipede's body, looking at Zhang Bowen in horror.

Zhang Bowen lightly stepped on the spider's back: "Sweetheart, kill him!"

The giant spider opened its mouth wide, and its huge fangs sprayed out black venom.The giant centipede that was splashed by the venom let out a sharp neighing, and writhed in pain. The place contaminated by the venom began to wither and rot quickly, and fell to the ground after a short while, the shaking frequency of its feet became lower and lower.

The man on the centipede's back naturally fell down too, and before he could stand up and run away, the spider suddenly crawled towards him quickly, lifting the first pair of furry pincers, and a terrifying shadow enveloped the man's frightened expression. In an instant, it was smashed into meat paste by the huge chelicerae.

Ding!Congratulations to the player for eliminating the false king of the centipede army and permanently regaining control of the centipede army.

Zhang Bowen glanced at the collector with a sneer, took a few steps forward and sat down, stroking the spider's furry head like a puppy.The spider's two rows of eyes are shining brightly, as if inspired by the love of its master.

The scattered giant centipedes slowly crawled behind the spider, motionless as if surrendered, waiting for the master to give orders.

Zhang Bowen looked in an unknown direction: "The false king of the centipede has been eliminated by me, so... the false king of the mantis that has been born, where are you? It doesn't mean that people after the "coronation" will be attracted to me unconsciously What about people..."

In the warehouse, the people who were bored and bored for time finally heard the sound of the engine from far to near outside. It should be that Liu Qi and his group came back.

Sure enough, the door of the warehouse was completely opened, and four soldiers entered with the corpse of a praying mantis.

Mantis was shot in the head again, and he couldn't die anymore.The soldiers put down the corpse of the praying mantis panting, and Liu Qi wiped the sweat from his brow: "Come here, someone, break its front paw."

"I'll do it!" Hao Xingxing volunteered to trot forward.

The guns of the soldiers were always ready to fire, and no preparation was needed. Hao Xingxing took the gun and fired directly at the joints of the mantis's front paws.

The sound of the tongue of fire was as lively as firecrackers during the New Year. When the bullet hit the hard exoskeleton of the praying mantis, sparks splashed out, which was enough to show how strong the outer shell was.

After fully emptying half of the full magazine, the front paws of the mantis reluctantly separated from the body.Liu Qi nodded: "Take it up and hack it to see how it works. Be careful not to get scratched."

Hao Xingxing put the gun on the ground, and carefully picked up the front paw of a praying mantis, which was almost as tall as a person, from the joint without the blade.

"Huh? It's not as heavy as I imagined." Hao Xingxing waved it twice and said.

"How about trying the power?" Liu Qi said.

Hao Xingxing nodded, and slashed at the metal-like back of the mantis with his front paws.

It was not as easy as cutting tofu, but the exoskeleton, which was strong enough to withstand ordinary bullets, was broken open by Hao Xingxing, and part of the front paw sank deeply into the mantis body, and dark green blood spurted out all at once.

Liu Qi was a little excited: "The effect is good, continue!"

Hao Xingxing continued to chop obediently, and finally split the hard body of the mantis in two with the fifth stroke. When he saw the blade-like serrations of the front paws, he was pleasantly surprised to find that the front paws were not worn.

Hao Xingxing said excitedly: "Report to the company commander! It's very sharp. If it wasn't for being unable to hold the handle with the correct posture, the effect would be even better!"

"Okay, okay!" Liu Qi said two good things in a row, "Find a few more hard rocks, you don't have to do anything these days, just concentrate on polishing them for me, and they must be polished to a shape suitable for grasping! "

"Yes!" Hao Xingxing saluted.

Qi Mofeng walked slowly to Liu Qi's side: "How about it, my idea?"

Liu Qi laughed, and patted Qi Mofeng on the shoulder: "You boy... yes!" After speaking, he generously took out two cigarettes from the cigarette case, and handed them to Qi Mofeng.

Of course Qi Mofeng would not refuse, he carefully put away one cigarette, lit another cigarette and walked away contentedly.Xu Yang was speechless looking at it. Is this an old smoker who can live by smoking?

"Second Lieutenant Wang," Liu Qi called him, "I thought about what you said, and it's not unreasonable. However, it is still very risky to expose civilians to giant insects rashly. I plan to hunt more mantises and bring them back. Let civilians also have a weapon and train for a period of time. What do you think?"

Second Lieutenant Wang nodded without thinking: "Very good! I agree with your company commander."

Liu Qi glanced at the watch on his wrist: "This is the fourth day of the outbreak of the plague of giant insects, why does it feel like a year has passed... I hope our efforts are useless, and the rescue can be done soon." Come at one o'clock."

Qi Mofeng seemed to be very interested in weapons, squatting in the corner with Hao Xingxing and busying himself.Chu Chen said to Xu Yang beside him: "Brother Xu, it seems that there has been a turning point?"

Perhaps it was because he had been lying in a closed environment for too long, Xu Yang's mind was heavy: "Well...Chu Chen, go out with me to get some air, I'm a little dizzy."

Chu Chen nodded and helped him stand up slowly.After obtaining Liu Qi's consent, the two were allowed to stand outside the gate for a while, as long as they did not leave the guard post.

There was still a lifeless sky outside the house, and it was impossible to tell whether it was noon or dusk, but the air was much better than the air inside, and Xu Yang's drowsy mind was mostly sobered up by the breeze.

After a few nights of rest, Chu Chen seemed to be recovering better than Xu Yang, and talked a lot as usual: "Brother Xu, do you think these bugs were caused by the radiation from the meteorite?"

Xu Yang rubbed his feet against the sand under his feet: "Probably not, if it becomes huge due to radiation, the ecological characteristics will not change, right? But it is obvious that these praying mantises have not only grown bigger, Its habits, characteristics and even appearance are different from ordinary mantises. And if you don’t remember, didn’t the teacher say in the last biology class that it is impossible for insects to become so huge like in science fiction movies, because they The life structure of the limit restricts them from being too large."

Chu Chen was puzzled: "Then what's the matter with these bugs? Could it be that the meteorite came with it? It's too ridiculous here, it would be an invasion of alien creatures!"

Xu Yang pressed his temple: "Don't worry about it, just try to live."

Chu Chen complacently said there: "That is. You must live! Think about it, when everything returns to normal, those of us who kill insects with the army will definitely become famous! Do you think I should practice now? Practicing signature?"

Xu Yang looked at him: "You really think too much, buddy."

"Anyone who has a dream is great... Damn! Look, the plane?" Chu Chen suddenly pointed to the sky.

There was a slight humming sound in the sky, and something resembling an airplane was hovering at a place that was neither high nor low.Xu Yang said: "This... If this is an airplane, the model is too old, it looks like it was in World War II... Fuck! What kind of airplane! That is... a dragonfly!"

"Fuck!" Chu Chen was also dumbfounded, "This is too big!"

"It's not normal if you're not old... Hurry up and report to Company Commander Liu!" Xu Yang urged Chu Chen to quickly push the door open and ran into the warehouse.

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Can you guess who the false king of Mantis is?