Chapter 53 Mantis
Chapter 53 Mantis
"Marshal, our connection with M-star was suddenly interrupted." The staff in the control room continued to strengthen their connection with the ground of M-star from the first time they discovered the change, but in the end it was a step too late.The small red dots representing the heads flickered a few times and all went out. No matter how hard they tried to contact the team leader, they couldn't get in touch again.
Everyone suddenly became serious: "Something happened."
"Maybe there is nothing wrong, but there is a problem with the short-term signal?" Someone whispered to comfort himself.
The technician who had not been moving suddenly exclaimed: "M star has more Zerg breath than we imagined. When did they get mixed in?"
Si Lin walked up to him, and there was a multicolored mist floating on the display screen, which indicated the presence of Zergs detected by the detector. The deeper the fog, the more Zergs appeared.
The adjutant walked to Si Lin's side: "Marshal! Your Majesty wants to see you."
"Send people to support, and drop a batch of mechas onto the battlefield by the way." Si Lin gave the order before leaving.
It seems that the emperor also found out that something happened to M star, probably through Shi Qing's secret signal, and the chancellor of finance pretended to stroke his gray beard as soon as he entered the palace: "Marshal, you have neglected your duty."
In the beginning, instead of discussing countermeasures, he scolded Si Lin in a strange manner. The adjutant clenched his fists, and his disgust reached its peak for a while.
Si Lin asked back, "Really?" Under the cold face, the undisguised aura that can only be produced by killing was revealed.He stood there tall and straight. Among the people on both sides, the politicians gradually put away their petty thoughts and became honest, while the military twisted into a rope and vowed to defend the dignity of the army to the death.
Percy frowned deeply: "This rescue is very important. We have contacted the king of Star M, but they also said that they could not contact their prince."
Si Lin said succinctly: "There are more ambushes by the Zerg than imagined."
Lance's face changed drastically, Shi Zhou was still inside: "They don't have mechas."
Fighting against the Zerg, if one-on-one is okay, humans and bugs are evenly matched, but the most important thing for Zerg is numbers, a group of low-end bugs will suffer a lot if they overwhelm humans, let alone high-level Zerg.
"The mecha base of the nearest planet has been arranged to drop the mecha to M star."
"However, the people from Star M requested that we not be allowed to use mechas..." a minister hesitated.
The adjutant mocked: "That small group of people is the top elite of the empire. At least for now, the lives of our empire people are temporarily more important than dispensable political goals."
After careful consideration, the goal of the Zerg is not Anda, but the reserve of "Blade Shadow" and the prince of Star M, but to wipe out that group of people.If it succeeds, regardless of what the Zerg is secretly planning, there may be a knot between the two planets.
The one who echoed the words of the adjutant was another anxious minister. He looked bitterly at a group of colleagues who had nothing to do with him, looked at the military for a moment with concealed gratitude, then turned his head and covered his face and wept: "Your Majesty, The minister's son is still inside, the minister knows that dying for the country is worthy, but the minister really can't control his emotions!"
The emperor, who had been silent since before, sighed: "Forget it, Percy, go and tell the M star royal family that we need to use mechas."
"Father." Lance stood up, his gentle voice concealing haste and fear, "I hope to join the support team. After meeting the M star royal family, the other party will be more or less afraid of the empire."
His Royal Highness personally dispatched, more or less added political meaning, and to a certain extent can appease the other party.The old emperor nodded ponderingly: "Thank you for your hard work, prince, be careful."
The emotions leaked out for only a second, and he was the elegant and restrained prince once again: "I will definitely fulfill my mission."
The emperor squinted his eyes and looked at the group of people below for a long time, but couldn't see any emotion.
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M star.
I don't know where the others went, but I should have arrived at the big swamp that the prince mentioned before.
When Shi Zhou looked around, the surrounding scenery became much wider.
The black silt was piled up, thick and sticky, and the wetness exuded the smell of rotting animal and plant corpses.There are lush water plants on the side, and the water covered by the silt becomes clearer as you go to the center, but everyone knows that once you fall into it, there is no possibility of survival.
The danger facing the swamp is no longer the trees in the dense forest, but the creatures that may crawl out of the mud at any time and the poisonous gas of suffocating and rotting.
"Can you navigate?" Shi Zhou released the system that had been screened before.
"Ah?" The system was suddenly cueed, and the viewing of "Black Cat Sheriff" was hurriedly suspended, "Can I? I should be able to."
In fact, he has always had a very powerful navigation function, especially when facing unfamiliar maps, but because he was conducting a military demonstration the previous week, he was not allowed to help, because using it is cheating, and its function is slowly degrading. I almost forgot about it.
The system is gearing up for a big fight, and finds the most suitable sound effect from the database: "Girls! All girls! Big Swamp! Come on! Girls, promise me..."
Shi Zhou cut it off with a black face, and it took a long time to release the crying system.
[Host, what are you doing?I just want to liven up the atmosphere. 】The system complained aggrievedly.
"Lead the way well, don't talk too much. Buy what you want, and it won't affect you to show me the way."
The system is happy: [Hee hee, then I will fill in your school's address. 】
According to the instructions of the system, you can pass a cliff to the west of the endless swamp, walk close to the edge of the cliff, you will meet a waterfall, enter from the waterfall, and you can directly enter the middle of the cave at the last level.
Shi Zhou kept a mark all the way and walked in the direction it pointed, the more he walked, the more unreliable he felt: "Is it really right?"
【What's wrong?You see, what else have you met besides a crocodile along the way? 】
"Hehe." Shi Zhou turned his attention to the bloody and muddy wound on his leg, "Just because I still have strength doesn't mean I don't feel pain."
The crocodile leaped out from the water near his feet, biting Shi Zhou's calf.Shi Zhou was quick, and took out the electric shock rod to make a little space for his legs so that he could pull them out.He bent down and pulled down his lower jaw with one hand to reveal a bigger bloody mouth, and boldly stretched his other hand to the innermost part to open the electric shock baton.
[I think it is still more miserable. 】The system has never forgotten the tears of that crocodile. Although the tears of the crocodile were fake, the tears of that crocodile were like rain, and the eyes were full of despair. Patient waiting helplessly for the dentist to slaughter.
Shi Zhou shrugged his shoulders and didn't refute it anymore. He turned on his own optical brain, and the signal still couldn't be connected.
what happened?
While secretly doubting in his heart, he raised his feet and walked towards the location.
Approaching the cliff, with the sound of the waterfall getting closer, the inexplicable panic in Shi Zhou's heart increased more and more, and he had no intention of reducing it.The pace under his feet became slower and slower, and he kept observing the environment on both sides. The originally bare land was gradually covered with vegetation, from low to tall, stretching endlessly.
hiss.
Suddenly there was a sound of flapping wings, Shi Zhou suddenly stopped in his tracks, and cold sweat broke out on his back for a moment.
This kind of shielding technique is exactly the same as the last time I met the Zerg with Hu En, and the sound just now was clearly the movement of the Zerg.
Shi Zhou found a hidden stone, lay down on the grass and looked down the cliff.
Zerg.
The densely packed Zerg, all kinds of bugs moved quickly like a flowing black river, and then scattered into all the places where they could hide, waiting to give the planet a fatal blow.It can be seen that they have been deployed in advance, and each bug has a clear purpose.There are about four or five leading high-level Zerg officers, and the rest are all low-level.
No wonder the old Huang Li said that everything was inappropriate, and Shi Zhou felt that he was really unlucky.Since the last time he blew himself up, he really hasn't seen so many bugs. Now that old acquaintances meet, he has a headache.
How can I stand this!
Without a mecha, going out is useless.
He quietly retracted his gaze, bowed his body and continued walking towards the edge of the cliff. Now he is stuck in the middle of the road and cannot get up or down.
"Can you get in touch?" Shi Zhou asked the system, and quickly retorted, "No, you can't get in touch."
While everyone has no signal, even if the system has the ability to send messages back to the empire, then he will encounter endless investigation afterwards, and the fact that the system exists is in jeopardy.
[I can try it. 】The system hastened to prove its usefulness upon hearing the words.
"You don't have to try." Shi Zhou refused.
As if he was selfish, he would rather everyone take the risk together, and not have the possibility of system exposure.
【All right. 】The system sound weakened.
The edge of the cliff is barren, and you might feel relaxed at first, but now you see that there is no shelter, it is simply a road accompanied by death.
Shi Zhou clawed at the stones looking for an existence that could hide his figure, like a ghostly shadow, holding his breath to minimize his sense of existence.
sizzle.
The inadvertent vibration caused by the gnashing of worm teeth.
The slanting shadow reflected two long knife-like arms, and a praying mantis was sucking flower juice when its back was facing.
Senior Zerg with military rank.
Shi Zhou gritted his teeth and rushed forward, the startled mantis turned around, blocked Shi Zhou's attack in panic and took a few steps back heavily.
Or give it time to send a signal!
Shi Zhou's arrow came back like a comeback, exhausting the last bullet and only wounding the chest cavity of the Zerg, missing the heart by a tiny bit.The mantis was furious, and the serrated mantis knife slashed straight at him. Shi Zhou didn't budge, and grabbed the whole thing with his hands, blood poured out of the red metal knife handle immediately, and the barb stabbed deeply. Plunging into his palm, his expression didn't change for a second, staring at the other party with fierce eyes, grabbing the arm connected to his palm and tearing it out.
The other party was shocked, and the other hand raised the knife high, and more and more wounds appeared on Shi Zhou's back in an instant, and the sound of flesh and blood pulling was muffled, but Shi Zhou never let go of the other hand.
With greater strength, the arm and shoulder of the mantis gradually became disjointed, a huge crack appeared, and blue blood flowed all over the ground.Shi Zhou snorted coldly and parted all the flesh and blood, and the mantis had become a one-armed mantis.
While he was staggering and unable to balance, Shi Zhou threw off the stump in his hand, and while the dagger in his palm approached the opponent's heart, the opponent's knife stabbed into his abdomen.
Shi Zhou slowly drew out his bloody dagger and watched the other party's locked pupils, shaky and finally fell to the ground.He also shook, and slowly knelt down in a pool of blood.
[Zhou Zhou, I have contacted Si Lin!Someone will come to your rescue soon!Hold on! 】The system's crying voice appeared.
"Didn't everyone tell you not to do this?"
The system cried even louder: [Do you want me to watch you die again? 】
There are several chances to start over in life. It has failed Shi Zhou's hope time and time again, but was taken under the wing of protection by Shi Zhou.If even this little help can't help Shi Zhou die because of fear of being exposed, there is no need for him to live.
[Don't worry, if they find me, I will self-destruct and clean up all traces, but someone can find out about you. 】
Shi Zhou swallowed the blood foam in his mouth, staggered to his feet, at least he couldn't die here.
The sound of running water becomes more and more turbulent, as if it is close at hand. Looking down from a height, the endless waterfall is like a ferocious monster roaring and opening its mouth to devour all existence greedily.
"Are you sure you want to jump directly?" Shi Zhou asked the system.
The system is also uncertain; [The database I saved told me that the entrance is deep in the waterfall, and those who entered before jumped directly. 】
Will you die if you jump down?
A few hours ago, Shi Zhou would definitely be able to withstand the impact of the water flow and the squeezing force on the body organs, but now, Shi Zhou is not sure at all.
buzzing.
The sound of the Zerg became more and more obvious, and they were getting closer to their camp. It would not take long for them to find the corpse of the praying mantis and find it here by looking for the dripping blood.
Shi Zhou closed his eyes, gritted his teeth and jumped, his fluttering figure fell into the water like a helpless fallen leaf. The huge water wave knocked him against a rock, and the huge pain and the water pouring into his eyes and nose submerged his body. Above his head, the last trace of consciousness dissipated, and Shi Zhou fell into a coma completely.
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The cool wind was piercing, but Shi Zhou could only feel the chill on half of his face, while the rest of his face was extremely warm and addictive.Such comfort woke him up and forced him to open his heavy eyelids.There was an extra piece of heavy clothing on his body, and the wound seemed to have stopped bleeding, with scattered remnants of the medicine powder.
In the dark cave with faint moonlight, a group of fires that should not be here exudes a soft and warm orange light, and there is a faint figure next to it, and sparks that exploded beep beep puff splashed onto the floor.
"Brother." Shi Qing's face was half hidden in the firelight, looking handsome and well-behaved.
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