The situation on the battlefield changes rapidly, and every second counts. The garrison originally located in the northeast corner of the front line was quickly moved to a forest after the insect tide.
The garrison is the only place where the soldiers on the front line can rest in peace.
The selection of each garrison site must be calculated by professional analysts to ensure that it is discovered by the reconnaissance magic insects as late as possible.
“I don’t know how long I can last this time.”
The volunteers who were chatting nearby were all coming to the frontline for the first time. Although becoming volunteers was their choice, they were worried when they encountered a swarm of insects. They all asked Yaxiao for information:
"Yaxiao, isn't your employer an officer? Have you heard any news from him?"
"No."
Yaxiao shook his head. He did not ask Qin Qi about similar topics.
This matter is indeed confidential, and ordinary officers are unlikely to know about it.
The volunteers just asked casually and did not feel disappointed after getting the response. They pushed each other and tried to leave the medical station.
"Come on, Yaxiao, let's go eat together."
After the small insect swarm ended, the medical station was no longer as busy as before, and they had a chance to catch their breath.
"I have something to do, you guys go first."
Yaxiao declined the invitation with his eyes squinted. After several of his companions left, he turned and walked in the opposite direction.
Yaxiao didn't lie.
He did have things to do. After the small insect tide, the officers, after receiving simple treatment, left the garrison under the leadership of the marshal and spent several days outside strangling the demon insects.
Qin Qi just returned to the base this morning.
[Host, are you going to look for Qin Qi now? ]
The system asked, looking at the direction Yaxiao was heading.
"right."
Yaxiao nodded, he wanted to give the villain a simple treatment.
Combat can greatly affect TH value fluctuations.
According to Adjutant Sauron, Qin Qi has been killing demon bugs in the most dangerous S area recently. He came back today just to meet with other marshals for a temporary rest and could not stay for long, so he had to hurry.
Although Yaxiao is now a volunteer, he has not forgotten that he is Qin Qi's housekeeper.
Demons have a strong sense of contract!
Of course I will fulfill my duties.
Arriving at the office area of the base, Yaxiao sent a message to Sauron. Since he had greeted the other party at the beginning, Sauron quickly came to the door to pick up Yaxiao.
The garrison in the forest area was the same as before, surrounded by huge silver walls, with rows of iron warehouses standing in the forest.
"Ya Xiao."
Soran reminded in a low voice: "It is expected that the Marshal will lead the troops out tonight, and the Marshal will go to a meeting in an hour."
"OK."
Yaxiao knew that Soran was reminding him to manage his time during healing. He made an OK gesture, then walked to the marshal's room and knocked on the door.
At this time, Qin Qi was investigating the specific mountain distribution of Wuxia Mountain.
When he heard the knock on the door, Qin Qi thought it was his adjutant, so he responded perfunctorily and turned off the screen of his computer.
Just as he was about to ask the other party something, he raised his eyes and saw the black-haired boy standing at the door. Qin Qi's eyes paused slightly.
After moving from the garrison and knowing that the boy was safe, Qin Qi led his troops to the battlefield, and Yaxiao also did volunteer work every day.
There were many crises on the front line, and soldiers were injured one after another. Both of them were busy and it was difficult to squeeze out time to chat with each other, so they had relatively less contact.
Of course, it is not ruled out that as the war intensified, Qin Qi began to consciously distance himself from the two.
After not seeing each other for a few days, Yaxiao is still the same as when he first came to the base. His blue eyes are dazzling and pure, and there is always a faint smile in his eyes. Even his soft skin looks fair and healthy. Just one look at him makes people feel comfortable.
Qin Qi suppressed the complicated emotions in his eyes.
When he was busy on the battlefield, he could still ignore the emotions in his heart, but when he saw Yaxiao in person, Qin Qi knew that he could not deceive himself. He had always wanted to see Yaxiao.
"Marshal, let me record your TH value."
Compared to Qin Qi's restraint, Yaxiao was more straightforward. He carefully observed Qin Qi's condition and made sure that he was not injured. The smile in his eyes became more intense.
He said the villain was very strong.
Those little bugs can't hurt Qin Qi.
Qin Qi was not surprised. As early as when Yaxiao arrived at the base, he knew that the other party would come to check his TH value.
The boy has always been very responsible.
"Marshal, are you going to kill the demon bugs tonight?"
"Um."
The magic insects have shown new unusual movements in the past few days, and Qin Qi must observe them personally. He noticed that after Yaxiao put down his watch, he walked behind him, and knew that the other party was intending to heal him and relax his spirit.
"Not for now."
Qin Qi refused calmly, "My TH value is temporarily controllable."
That's not wrong.
The numbers that Yaxiao saw were indeed like this, but logically speaking, healing could also be used to soothe and relieve fatigue. If it were before, Qin Qi would not have refused.
He blinked, thinking about whether there were still fragments in Qin Qi's body that had not been absorbed.
When an ordinary human butler is healing, he needs to use his mental power to explore the body of the forbidden person. In this process, he might be able to find out some abnormalities, so Qin Qi refused
This explanation makes sense.
Thinking of this, Yaxiao felt like he was scratched by a cat in his heart. He wished he could use his magic power to get into Qin Qi's body and find out what was going on. He had been curious about Qin Qi's current physical condition for a long time.
But after hesitating for a moment, Yaxiao gave up this option. If it was really as he thought, Qin Qi would definitely not let him come for the test.
Perhaps, he could wait and use Crowstep's identity to do it later
Qin Qi didn't know what was going on in Yaxiao's mind. He watched as Yaxiao didn't refute him after he refused, but just poured him a cup of tea. His tense nerves slowly relaxed.
This time Qin Qi did not refuse. He picked up the cup and took a sip.
Yaxiao is very smart.
Qin Qi gently placed the cup on the cup holder, deliberately ignoring his arm. The energy from the barrier fragments was like needles, devouring the blood in his body every moment. Once the constant flow of energy exceeded the limit of the human body, it would only be torture.
So far, he has not figured out the fragments.
Not allowing Yaxiao to heal him is a way of protecting Yaxiao.
The office gradually became quiet.
Yaxiao was thinking about when to use Crowstep's vest to chat with the marshal, so he didn't stay any longer. After chatting for a few words, he proposed to leave.
Watching Yaxiao's back disappear, Qin Qi stared at the door with his black eyes for a long time before he withdrew his gaze at the vibration of the light brain.
On the optical computer were video communications between several marshals.
Thinking of the information he had collected in the past few days, Qin Qi's eyes became much colder, and he raised his hand and nodded twice.
Suddenly, a light screen popped up in the air, and projections of other marshals of the human base appeared on it. Marshal Wistar on the far left spoke first, "Have you noticed? The offensive seems to have slowed down again in the past few days."
"Yes, it's very strange."
Lu Chuanxi from the border base replied.
“I’m here too.”
Wenbol seconded.
The marshals of the three border bases all had the same feeling. The marshals of the other second-tier bases did not say anything, but their expressions also showed agreement.
Qin Qi kneaded the simulated eyeball in his palm. He did not respond. His eyes were somewhat unpredictable. After a while, he said calmly: "Recently, the number of magic insects in my five areas has doubled."
"What?"
Several marshals were somewhat shocked.
Doubling in number is a scary concept.
Normally, the size of the regional magic insects is nearly a quarter less than that of a small insect swarm, but the probability of a small insect swarm occurring is at most twice a week. But now there are half the amount of insect swarms every day, which is an extremely unfavorable thing in any aspect.
"What's going on with the demon worms?"
From the spring meeting to the time we went to the front line, the magic insects in the area of the Eighth Base became obviously more abnormal.
Marshal Lu Chuanxi of the Eighth Base heard what Westal said, looked at the data on his notebook, and raised his glasses calmly.
Not to mention Westa, even he thought that the first target of the magic insects should be their base.
But now the sixth base is the first to double its number.
According to data from the Seventh Base a few years ago, when the large-scale insect tide occurred, the number of magic insects in the outer area of the Seventh Base doubled directly. Within a few days, the Seventh Base was gone.
Qin Qi's eyes darkened slightly.
During the spring meeting, the demon worms did seem to be targeting the Eighth Base, but no one knew why the demon worms suddenly changed their target in the past few days.
"I need backup."
According to the progress in the past few days, there may be a large insect invasion in the near future.
The current location of the base is not safe.
"Okay, we'll arrange it as soon as possible."
The seven existing bases are simply unable to remain immune to disasters.
Several marshals nodded immediately. Their eyes were sharp and filled with murderous intent. No matter what the demon insects were planning, they would never let the tragedy of the Seventh Base happen again.
The response of the top human beings is always the fastest.
Although the volunteers, who had the fewest information channels, did not understand the situation, they also realized in their busy schedule that the war situation, which had already eased, had undergone new changes.
First, there were more and more patients in the medical station, and then there were many more officers wearing different military uniforms in the garrison.
Every day, a large number of out-of-control taboos are transported to the fortress for professional treatment. Volunteers work around the clock, and there is still a steady stream of injured soldiers coming to the medical station.
Yaxiao had originally been thinking about finding an opportunity to chat with Qin Qi using the identity of Yabu, but now he really has no time.
The air was filled with the stench of blood and demonic insects, and in one's ears were the groans of pain and the curses of hatred from the wounded soldiers.
The system felt so distressed watching Yaxiao spending every day in the medical station that it wanted to persuade the host to leave. Anyway, the host just wanted to fight the insect queen and there was no need to waste time here.
Seeing that Yaxiao didn't seem to feel tired at all, but seemed to be enjoying it, the system didn't say those words in the end. It just said tactfully when the host was resting: [Host, don't you think this job is boring? ]
This is different from being Qin Qi's housekeeper.
Firstly, those officers are not strong, and secondly, the host has no way to gain demonic value by staying with them.
"not boring."
Yaxiao curled his eyes and said, "Those officers are very interesting."
There seemed to be an unquenchable flame in the eyes of those officers. When they talked about the demon insects, the flames of hatred and hope intertwined seemed to be able to burn everything. Like Qin Qi, they were very much liked by the demons.
The system looked at the smile in Yaxiao's eyes, thought about it and said no more, as long as the host was happy.
However, before Yaxiao could rest in the room for a few minutes, he heard a knock on the door from his fellow volunteers.
"Yaxiao, the medical station needs to unload the medicine, do you have time to go with me?"
"good."
Yaxiao stretched and yawned out of boredom. Although it was interesting to talk to the soldiers, this kind of sporadic work also gave the devil a headache.
Just as he was about to open the door, Yaxiao suddenly paused.
There seems to be a lot of things under the ground of the base
"Ya Xiao?"
The volunteer outside the door called out again.
"coming."
Yaxiao said, clapping his hands.
Please, kill it first!
On the other side, a thousand meters underground.
Countless white insects with hard shells gathered together densely, and the piles of red eyeballs on their bodies allowed them to see everything around them even in the bottomless underground.
Here, here.
Your Majesty's food is here.
The white hard-shelled insects surged upwards madly. They were huge, with countless red eyes rolling around, and their tentacles greedily dug into the soil.
There are a lot of humans here.
Your Majesty's food remains.
Other humans eat them.
The buzzing sound came one after another.
Humans are the most delicious food. Both their meat and blood are full of energy, which can make the magic insects stronger.
The devil insects scrambled to climb, fearing that their companions would bite humans first. Just as their sharp tentacles were about to extend out of the soil, a crisp clapping sound was heard.
The next second, the air trembled.
There was no change in the soil on the surface, but one centimeter below the ground, countless white worms seemed to have been squeezed by something, leaving only scattered pieces of their bodies.
On the other side, inside the investigation department of the garrison.
The radiation waves that appeared one after another on the screen made the investigators responsible for the security of the base open their eyes wide.
"This radiation wave, am I seeing it right?"
"It must be an S-class compound eye! Absolutely!"
The hundred compound eyes are magical insects that have intelligence and are extremely powerful. They can move underground and are difficult to capture. Their numbers are rare. Due to their physical condition, even professional instruments find it difficult to detect their presence.
Several investigators swallowed.
"The Hundred Compound Eyes are already dead, otherwise it would be impossible to detect!"
"Report to the Marshal immediately!"
This location is obviously inside the garrison.
How did they die? No, it's a good thing they died.
There are many strong people in the garrison.
But it still can't compare with the compound eyes.
Fortunately they died.
The investigator who sent the message to the Marshal wiped his sweat and thought thankfully, otherwise he would have had no choice but to consider himself unlucky if he ran into an S-level magic insect like the Hundred Compound Eyes.
As an S-level magic insect, the Hundred Eyes rarely appear.
The last time Qin Qi saw the Hundred Eyes was at the Seventh Base. When he read the news about the appearance of the Hundred Eyes at the garrison, his heart sank slightly.
"The hundred compound eyes are in a state of death?"
Adjutant Soran stood beside the marshal, and at their feet were piles of demon insect corpses.
Hundred Eyes are difficult to hunt. Each Hundred Eye is equivalent to five lieutenant generals. It is hard for Sauron to imagine someone who can quietly eliminate those Hundred Eyes.
Qin Qi didn't say anything.
He looked down at the light brain, and a figure appeared in his mind.
Qin Qi found the man and typed out a line of words.
[Are you stationed at the Sixth Base? ]
[Yes.]
It is indeed the Crow Step.
Qin Qi put away his laptop and said to Soran, "Notify everyone, we are going back to the base."
(End of this chapter)