After Yuan Zhi took the pill, her complexion became noticeably rosy, and she was no longer panting, but she was still very weak. Nice shook the pill in his hand and said, "This is a blood-enhancing pill, which is better than thousand-year-old ginseng for replenishing blood. But according to Xiao Zhi's condition, her life is not in danger, and she needs to rest well!"
As he was talking, Zhang Jin had already put the cooked insect legs in his mouth and was chewing them. Then he frowned, threw the insect legs aside, and said unhappily: "Why is the meat of this insect as tasteless and soft as tofu? It's not even as delicious as human flesh." Hearing this, Meng Xiang's face turned pale and he almost vomited.
Ding Jie strode over, his eyes swept across Yuan Zhi who was sitting on the ground, and finally fixed on Meng Xiang and said, "Newcomer, you are responsible for supporting Yuan Zhi. We are going to look for traces of the brain worm."
Seeing that Yuan Zhi still looked bad, Meng Xiang quickly said, "But Xiao Zhi is very weak, and the plot has changed. Johnny may not enter the wormhole alone. We should have time to rest well. So, should we rest for a night before taking action?"
"Newbie, shut up." Ding Jie's eyes flashed with a fierce look, but it was gone in a flash. He said coldly: "The plot has changed. We don't know what the tough guy unit will do next, so we must find the brain worm as soon as possible. If you don't want to come with me, I won't force you."
Yuan Zhi's face changed, and she stood up with difficulty. She gently squeezed Meng Xiang's hand and said, "Captain, I... I will definitely be able to catch up with you. Just do as you say."
Meng Xiang certainly understood Yuan Zhi's hint. He didn't understand. Under the current circumstances, even if Yuan Zhi could really catch up with Ding Jie and the others, it would be impossible for them to fight again. Instead of risking going deep into the wormhole, why not stay in the fortress and wait for the horror movie to end? But he also knew that this horror movie could not be guessed with ordinary people's logic, so he gently supported Yuan Zhi and stopped answering.
Ding Jie's face widened slightly. He glared at Meng Xiang and said calmly: "That's good. Let me make it clear that if you can't keep up with us or even drag us down, then you have to get out of the wormhole." After that, he strode into the fortress, followed closely by Zhang Jin with a grin on his face.
Nice stuck out his tongue and whispered, "Follow me, don't get lost."
"Uncle, thank you." A smile appeared on Yuan Zhi's pale face.
Meng Xiang held Yuan Zhi's shoulders with one hand and gently stroked her slender waist with the other. The two followed Nice with great difficulty. Taking this opportunity, Meng Xiang leaned over to Yuan Zhi's ear and asked, "Why don't you stay here? The mission is just to kill the brain worm. It doesn't matter who kills it. We don't need to take risks."
"Hush!" Yuan Zhi motioned to lower the volume. She also leaned over, her breath was as fragrant as orchid, her face was framed with a haggard expression, and her pitiful appearance was very pitiful. She walked and answered: "The Lord God will not have bugs, nor will there be tasks that allow people to take shortcuts. It is safest to follow the development of the plot, so the two newcomers who did not follow the protagonist to the battlefield will die. If we still stay in the fortress, I believe that terrible bugs will attack us soon. It is dangerous to go deep into the wormhole, but at least the captain and his men are here. You and I? Wait for your bodies to be cut into pieces."
Meng Xiang nodded, gaining a deeper understanding of these rules.
As they were talking, they had already entered the fortress. In the dining hall, a large pit had sunk in the middle, which had been blown up by the infantry with bombs. In the original plot, the Zerg attacked the soldiers while they were having a meal, so the soldiers were almost slaughtered without knowing how to resist. The brain worms also came out of this deep pit and sucked the human brain.
Ding Jie curled his lips at Zhang Jin and said, "Use your skills, but be gentle and don't destroy the wormhole."
"When I attack, I will not be gentle. Uncle Nice, you come on. The plasma cannon is originally plasma. It should not be difficult to corrode these rotten tiles." Zhang Jinsheng walked to the side with his hands on his hips, smiling as if he was ready to watch a show.
"Okay, but I have to weaken the shock wave. I won't care if the wormhole collapses." Nice opened his angel wings, put them together, and a ball of light gradually condensed. With a "ding", the ball of light popped out, covering the area around the big pit with blue light.
Plasma cannons are designed to destroy targets with the high temperature of plasma, which is millions to tens of millions of degrees. Even steel can be melted, let alone these bricks and sand? Under the blue light, the soil was evaporated like water vapor, making a "sizzling" sound of high temperature burning. Soon, the entrance to the cave appeared.
Zhang Jin clapped his hands and shouted, "Great job, I love this plasma cannon so much, can you fire another one?"
"Shut up." Ding Jie shouted coldly. Zhang Jin shrugged and looked down at the wormhole. In the rotten soil, there were some remains of the worker worm. The worker worm was in the shape of an enlarged cockroach, more than 1 meter long. In the movie, they hardly tried to exert any combat power. They were just extras, carrying the fat body of the brain worm and walking around as a means of transportation.
"Let's go!" Ding Jie opened his hand and walked into the wormhole first.
The wormhole was pitch black, and Nice's Angel's Wing emitted a strong light, illuminating almost all of the wormhole that the light could reach. Ding Jie looked carefully at the detector in his hand while quickening his pace. Meng Xiang and Yuan Zhi, who were following behind, were struggling. Meng Xiang gritted his teeth and cursed Ding Jie a hundred times in his heart.
The direction of the wormhole was almost always tilted downwards, with twists and turns and forks from time to time. It was like a maze inside, making people dizzy. Ding Jie seemed to have no worries at all, running around leisurely in the wormhole. Meng Xiang couldn't recognize the way back at all.
Ding Jie seemed to be deliberately making things difficult for them. When he saw Meng Xiang and Yuan Zhi were exhausted and out of breath, he took bigger steps and occasionally turned around to urge them angrily. Meng Xiang gritted his teeth and almost held Yuan Zhi in his arms as they walked.
A big hole appeared in front, and the inside of the hole was almost a small square. The diameter of the hole was at least 50 meters and the height was 4 or 5 meters. Dozens of small holes were dug on the edge of the hole, and a "rustling" sound was coming from the hole.
Ding Jie looked at the detector in his hand, and the corner of his mouth twitched to reveal a very sinister smile: "In the original plot of Starship Troopers, the cave that Carmen and Bakaro accidentally entered is very similar to this cave. Is this the gathering place of the Zerg?"
Meng Xiang helped Yuan Zhi sit down, panting as he looked at the small holes around him that looked like beehives. He listened to the faint sounds coming from the holes and had a bad feeling. He asked quickly, "Captain, does the detector show that there are brain worms nearby?"
Ding Jie glanced at him and didn't answer. Zhang Jin laughed and said, "The brain worms shouldn't be here, but there should be a lot of bedbugs. Look..." He pointed at the small holes, and saw eight-legged insects quickly crawling out and roaring around them.
Meng Xiang was so scared that he kept running back to Yuan Zhi. If looks could kill, he would have killed Ding Jie long ago. He had always thought that Ding Jie was watching the detector and leading the way. If he found the Zerg, he would at least inform others. He didn't expect that he would walk until he was only one hole away from the bedbugs, and still didn't let others be on guard. For Nice and Zhang Jin, bedbugs were not something they would take seriously, so the most dangerous ones were Meng Xiang and the weak Yuan Zhi who were trapped in the hole.
He cursed Ding Jie for being shameless, but Yuan Zhi struggled to stand up, took out Gan Jiang and Moye from the space bag, handed Gan Jiang to Meng Xiang and said with a forced smile: "This precious sword Gan Jiang is one of the ancient artifacts. You can use it for self-defense."
Meng Xiang didn't know what to do for a moment. He took Moye and stroked the blade gently. He glanced at Ding Jie and thought to himself, "Damn it, one day, I will make you kneel down and beg me to save you."
The stink bugs surrounded them, opened their jaws, and hissed at them with their disgusting little mouths like spiders. Zhang Jin's eyes suddenly became blank, and his muscles moved, as if they had suddenly swelled up a lot. His facial muscles twisted, and he trembled all over. He held his hands in front of his head and laughed, "Interesting, I'm going to use the Six Meridians Divine Sword I just exchanged. Everyone, don't blame me if you get shot." He suddenly raised his left thumb and stretched it towards a stink bug in the distance. A sharp force shot forward, with a force that was as powerful as a thunderbolt and a storm.
The powerful energy pierced through the bedbug's central nervous system as accurately as a sword. Without dissipating the force, it pierced several bedbugs behind it in succession, and finally hit the stone at the edge of the cave. With a "pop" sound, the stone cracked and a small hole appeared in the center.
Six Meridians Divine Sword is also a move from martial arts novels. The five fingers of the right hand and the thumb of the left hand can shoot out various forces to injure distant enemies. According to the logic of ordinary people, this move is not as good as holding a Desert Eagle, but the Six Meridians Divine Sword used by Zhang Jin has stronger penetration than a pistol and is more flexible.
Ding Jie snorted and said disapprovingly, "You unlocked the potential lock level 2 just to deal with a few stink bugs. Are you trying to put on a show?"
Zhang Jin was so excited that his eyebrows flew, and he seemed to have not heard Ding Jie's words at all. He pointed his finger at the stink bugs, and all the stink bugs in the direction he pointed had their bodies pierced like skewers.
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