In the moment before his death, Meng Xiang's mind flashed through all kinds of past memories like a recording machine. From relying on his parents to living alone, from being full of fighting spirit to being depressed...
"I still want to continue living. I haven't been to Shangri-La, I haven't watched the World Cup in person, I haven't driven a sports car back home to see my parents, and I haven't even touched a woman..." Meng Xiang didn't know why he thought so much at this moment, but the substance that had spread throughout his body made his nerves extremely sharp.
For some reason, a magical power suddenly burst out of his body, driving him to find a way out of the current predicament.
"As long as I spin in the air like a gymnast and sweep Moye to my side..." This crazy idea suddenly popped up in Meng Xiang's mind. He didn't even consider that his left arm was broken, nor did he consider how his body, which had never received any gymnastics training, could perform such a difficult move. He held Moye with his right arm while supporting his body, twisting his hips and waist at the same time, achieving perfect coordination of his whole body, allowing his body to spin at high speed several centimeters off the ground with his waist as the axis.
"Shua shua shua..." Broken limbs flew everywhere, green fluid splashed, and the Moye in Meng Xiang's right hand cut off the long jaws or sharp limbs of the stink bugs that were surrounding him and preparing to dismember him like cutting vegetables. Looking at these stink bugs screaming and retreating, Meng Xiang was also stunned. He supported himself on the ground and slowly stood up, looking at the Moye blade that was still sticky with the stink bugs' body fluids. He couldn't believe that these stink bugs in front of him, which required several people to deal with even with guns, were actually solved by him in an instant.
Suddenly, Meng Xiang felt the danger approaching. This feeling, to put it bluntly, was a sense of oppression that made it almost difficult for him to breathe. As this feeling intensified, a "buzzing" sound like a bee came to his ears. His body reacted as if instinctively, and he suddenly leaned down and turned his body, allowing the Moye on his right hand to be lifted up from the bottom.
"Hoo!" A black shadow passed over Meng Xiang's body, and he only felt that Mo Xie, who was moving upwards, encountered a slight resistance.
"Sha!" With a very subtle cutting sound, Moye's blade had already pierced into the black shadow, ripping it open.
The black shadow was exactly the flying insect in the sky. Moye cut the big flying insect neatly from forehead to tail, and the green liquid that oozed out spilled all over the ground. With a "crackling" sound, it crashed into the ground. Due to the great diving force, it rolled out a long pit on the ground before stopping.
Meng Xiang was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat. Fortunately, he sensed the danger and crouched down in time, otherwise he might have been beheaded. He looked around and saw the stink bugs with their forelimbs and jaws cut off swaying not far away, as if they wanted to crawl over, but because they were on the hillside, they couldn't balance themselves, so they were like headless flies, rushing around on the slope.
Meng Xiang then remembered his left arm, and blood gushed out like a spring. But strangely, the pain from the broken arm was not as painful as he had imagined. He just felt that the left side of his body was lighter, and there was a pain as if it was stuck with hot wax.
The loss of blood means the loss of life. He hurriedly ran behind the stone and saw Yuan Zhi staring at him with eyes wide open and a look of surprise on her face. Meng Xiang put Moye down, picked up the spray on the ground and sprayed it, and the blood from the broken arm stopped immediately. He breathed a sigh of relief, and felt as if he had just finished running 5,000 meters, sore and weak. He sat down and kept gasping for air.
"Hurry up and swallow the military ration pills and blood-enhancing pills, and then get rid of the bugs behind the big rock. We don't have much time." Yuan Zhi looked at the Desert Eagle not far away, but spoke in a very calm tone, just like chatting about family matters.
Meng Xiang knew that the "not much time" Yuan Zhi was referring to was the time for the Zerg army to encircle and suppress them. They had been discovered by the Zerg, and the few stink bugs before could only be said to be exploring the way. Soon, tens of thousands of stink bugs would rush over and tear them to pieces.
After swallowing the military ration pills and blood-boosting pills, he felt refreshed. He struggled to crawl to the boulder and picked up the Desert Eagle, muttering, "My body feels so sore. Is this the aftereffect of excessive adrenaline?"
Yuan Zhi suddenly laughed and said, "It's the potential lock. Of course, it's also related to adrenaline. You have already stepped into the first level of the potential lock. If the danger just now continues, I believe you will be able to completely unlock it."
Meng Xiang raised the Desert Eagle with great effort and snorted: "Continue the danger just now? Just let me continue to struggle on the brink of death? Forget it." As gunshots rang out, the few stinky limbs that were about to fall either fell down or rolled down the hillside.
He slowly walked back to the stone, sat down next to Yuan Zhi, panting and said, "I can't do it anymore, let me rest for a while."
Yuan Zhi stared at his broken arm, wanting to say something but stopping herself. Meng Xiang seemed to see through her thoughts, waved his hand and said, "The pain of a broken arm is not as great as you think. Besides, from your tone, it seems that as long as you survive this movie and return to the main god space, the injuries on your body should be healed, right?"
Hearing Meng Xiang's casual words, Yuan Zhi was stunned. She could hardly believe her ears: "You... you are so calm that you can infer so many things from our words?"
Meng Xiang was very proud because he knew that as long as he survived, his broken arm could be healed, so he acted very cool, as if he didn't care about the broken arm at all. He hung the nuclear bomb box on Yuan Zhi's back, and hung the Desert Eagle and Moye around his waist with a strap, and smiled at Yuan Zhi and said, "Look at my cool look, isn't it?"
"It's neither fish nor fowl." Yuan Zhi replied with a smile, which made Meng Xiang very disappointed. He carried Yuan Zhi on his back and slowly went down the hill to the other side.
Yuan Zhi's body was very petite and soft, and her hands could not exert force, so her whole body was lying on Meng Xiang's back. The girl's slightly developed body made him feel very comfortable. However, perhaps because he almost unlocked the source of the potential lock, or perhaps because of the nuclear bomb box, Meng Xiang felt very tired carrying this little girl. But the nuclear bomb box was their most important weapon and could not be discarded, so he almost walked and stopped, and then reluctantly walked down the hillside.
In the distance, a rustling sound was gradually approaching, occasionally mixed with a "bang bang" sound like stone pillars hitting the ground. Gusts of sand and dust were raised, forming a thin wall of sand in the distance.
Yuan Zhi's body was shaking, but Meng Xiang did not stop. He gritted his teeth, and regardless of his tired and sore body, he almost jogged over the hill.
But everyone knew that in their current state, it was impossible for them to outrun the Zerg. Moreover, the "buzzing" sound like flying bees in the sky was getting louder and louder. They were flying insects, and there was more than one.
Meng Xiang ran as fast as he could, and he was so anxious that he cursed as he ran: "Damn it, I thought I could die and escape, but it turned out to be a dead end. Damn it, am I so unlucky? I was stabbed to death by a thief and dismembered by insects..." Yuan Zhi suddenly interrupted his cursing: "Look, there seems to be a cave in the distance on the left, is it a wormhole?"
"A wormhole again? Damn it, if you push me too far, I'll blow him up with a nuclear bomb, and we'll die together." Meng Xiang kept cursing, and suddenly he laughed like a fool: "Haha, wormhole, it appeared just in time. Well, I'll take a gamble, if my luck is really that bad, let me be torn to pieces by the bugs in the wormhole." He ran towards the wormhole with all his strength. Yuan Zhi didn't understand and asked several times. Meng Xiang was already out of breath at this time and was too lazy to answer. He ran all the way to the wormhole, and three flying insects had appeared in the sky.
If you don't count the number, flying insects are much more threatening than bedbugs. They fly too fast in the air, and once they find their enemy, they swoop down from the sky unexpectedly, making it hard to defend against them. So when Yuan Zhi found the flying insects, she screamed in shock.
Meng Xiang didn't even look back, and just kept trying to get into the wormhole. He ran into the wormhole several meters deep before he let Yuan Zhi go.
This wormhole was only 4 meters high, not very big. Meng Xiang pulled out the Moye and chopped at both sides of the hole and the top of the hole. The sharp Moye cut into the hole wall like cutting tofu. After a while, the hole collapsed. Meng Xiang stepped back a few steps and chopped the stone again, chopped and retreated, and finally completely sealed the hole.
The cave was pitch black. Meng Xiang inhaled some dust, which made him cough repeatedly. "Haha, I knew my luck wouldn't be so bad. This cave just happens to be our refuge."
Suddenly, several balls of light illuminated the entire cave. Yuan Zhi fished out three balls from the space bag with difficulty. These balls were only half the size of a fist, but they emitted a strong white light like a 1000-watt incandescent lamp. After pouring out these balls, Yuan Zhi said coldly: "Is it a refuge or a place to die? Listen."
Meng Xiang hurried over and lay on the ground. He only heard the rustling sound of reptiles coming from deep in the cave. These sounds like death warrants made it difficult for Meng Xiang to breathe. He grabbed a ball and threw it deep into the cave, then ran over like crazy and hacked wildly again, sealing the other end of the cave.
"So what now? I'm betting that Ding Jie and his team can complete the mission before the air in the cave runs out or the bugs get in."
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