Two o'clock in the afternoon.
The black soldiers who had arrived at the designated location and had been waiting for a long time finally received the order - to start placing bait.
The bait mentioned here does not simply mean placing cattle and sheep in a designated location. Doing this alone will not attract alien insects.
In fact, the cattle and sheep have already been released to the designated location. If you really want the alien insects to notice the cattle and sheep, you have to use special means to induce the pheromones on the cattle and sheep.
The method used by the Black Soldier Organization before was very simple, that is to release estrus gas into the cattle and sheep, forcing them to enter the estrus period!
When cattle and sheep are in heat, they naturally emit a large amount of pheromones. Although humans cannot sense them, to the Zerg, this is like a delicious blockbuster bomb, delicious enough to make them rush out of the nest regardless of everything.
Especially those alien insects that have been hungry for a long time and are starving will rush here to eat like crazy.
Therefore, Zhu Shijiu’s order just now was actually to let the black soldiers release aphrodisiac gas.
The designated location is a place similar to a basin. This basin is not formed naturally, but is artificially created by humans. It is a special basin used to process bait.
The black soldiers released gas at the upwind vent, and soon the gas quickly spread throughout the basin. Within just ten minutes, the cattle and sheep in the basin, both male and female, began to slowly become agitated. The black soldiers on the scene did not stupidly guard the edge of the basin, but quickly evacuated after releasing the gas.
Soon, a thick black cloud appeared in the distance, as black as ink, and the deafening sound of flapping wings gradually approached and became stronger. The black soldiers who were evacuating to the designated location became serious, because they all knew that the bait this time was completely different from the previous ones.
Not only were there only 350 black soldiers carrying out the bait-dropping operation, but the number of young children was only half of the usual number, so they simply couldn't just sit back and relax after evacuating to the designated location as usual.
They also have to deal with the subsequent consequences. If the Zerg really become violent, then these 350 people will face the wrath of the Zerg.
As for Commander Zhu, does he have any follow-up arrangements
They didn't know the answer either, because Commander Zhu hadn't told them that anyone was coming to pick them up.
So the biggest possibility is... they are abandoned.
This is a very despairing conclusion. If these black soldiers had any emotions, they might have been shaken. But unfortunately, they didn't. They were all black soldiers who ignored life and death and wiped out emotions. For them, orders were everything.
"Report! The Zerg's reaction is more intense than before!"
"It is now 14:12 in the afternoon. We have determined that the Zerg have shown abnormal behavior! Attention! The Zerg have shown abnormal behavior..."
"Report! Some Zerg have left the bait drop site! They are currently hovering above the bait drop site..."
"Report! A large number of Zerg appeared in the southeast sky! The Zerg's intentions are unclear... Wait! The Zerg's flight altitude exceeds the safety warning line! Repeat, the Zerg's flight altitude..."
"Report! A serious situation has occurred! The Zerg are out of control! Repeat! The Zerg have entered a state of being out of control! Full-frequency report! The Zerg are out of control! The special operations team has been attacked! A large number of Zerg are rushing to the defense base! Prepare to fight the enemy!"
"Fight! Fight! Fire... Commander! Please proceed with the next command quickly!"
Within just over ten minutes, Zhu Shijiu's ears were filled with a series of reports from the black soldiers, all of which were reports on the abnormal behavior of the alien insects.
It was at this time that Zhu Shijiu remembered what Bing Kuang had told him. When the real command began, commanders would need to process and analyze noisy information. If they couldn't even do this, they should not be commanders and should transfer to other departments as soon as possible.
Zhu Shijiu is facing such a situation now—a lot of complicated sounds appear in his ears, as chaotic as it can be. If an ordinary person comes, he will not be able to stand such noisy sounds and will just feel that it is all noise.
Fortunately, although Zhu Shijiu's ears were a bit strained, his eyes could still be used for judgment. The computer screen had a bird's-eye view from the drone. He could clearly see the battle between the Zerg and the Black Soldiers. Although he couldn't see too many details, he could still roughly tell which was better.
It can be clearly seen that at 14:17, 5 minutes after the Zerg outbreak, the Zerg that had flown out of the basin and were in a frenzy had caught up with the Special Operations Brigade, and the two sides engaged in a fierce battle.
From a bird's-eye view, one can clearly see the dark swarm of alien insects starting from the basin and extending outward in about two routes, just like a rushing river, with two streams appearing. One small stream is the special operations brigade, which opens up the battlefield on the spot, while the other particularly large stream, which accounts for 90% of the alien insects, is heading straight for the defense base!
The armed defense team stationed in the defense base saw this situation from the watchtower. After a simple calculation, they quickly reported to Zhu Shijiu: "… The alien insects are expected to arrive at the defense base in 10 minutes! Commander, please give the order!"
The number 10 minutes was not simply blurted out, but was estimated based on experience. They were very clear about the speed of the Zerg and their current location, so they could naturally derive the estimated arrival time of the Zerg.
However, what they didn't know was that Zhu Shijiu had not made any preparations at all, so all of Zhu Shijiu's instructions now were based on the results of his temporary reactions on the spot.
"Attention, black soldiers in area A, drive the remaining two thousand cattle and sheep out of the defense base and stimulate their pheromones, so that they can scatter and flee from the α route I marked... Black soldiers in area B, provide rear cover at the defense base... Black soldiers in area C, divide into two large teams, and make a detour from the east and west. Your mission is to rush to the position of the special operations team as soon as possible and cut off the Zerg's attack route from both directions..."
Zhu Shijiu quickly worked out a strategy of striking back after being attacked... no, striking back after being hurt based on the actual situation.
The idea behind what he did was simple.
Generally speaking, the general shape of the Zerg swarm is seen in large groups when viewed from a bird's-eye view. If the black soldiers want to fight the Zerg, they need to forcibly define a battlefield with a fixed shape for the Zerg, just like the sickly ghost did before, to prevent the Zerg from having the space to attack from any angle.
But Zhu Shijiu’s strategy for dealing with alien insects and the tuberculosis ghost is two different ones.
He did not forcibly fix the Zerg swarm's combat form, but instead stretched the Zerg swarm into a long strip, as in the current situation. From a bird's-eye view, it was a long strip of Zerg swarm starting from the basin and connected to the defense base.
He divided the black soldiers in the defense base into three areas. The black soldiers in Area C were divided into two battalions, east and west. They detoured from both sides and forcibly cut off the long swarm of alien insects. The cutting point was at the location of the special operations brigade!
On the one hand, this can save the special operations brigade, and on the other hand, it can stop the alien insects.
It can be imagined that part of the cut-off Zerg swarm will be blocked at the breakpoint, while the remaining Zerg that have already rushed through the breakpoint will still move towards the defense base.
This part of the alien insects will be handed over to the black soldiers in areas A and B to deal with.
The black soldiers in area A open up a battlefield outside the defense base, while the black soldiers in area B provide support from the rear.
Once they are able to wipe out this part of the alien insects, Zhu Shijiu will ask them to gather immediately and rush to the breakpoint to meet up with the black soldier brigade in Area C!