Chapter 123 What’s next?

Author: Shujiao

Chapter 123 What’s next?

Mi Ajiu is undoubtedly the strongest output here. He is the smallest among the strong men but the strongest. In less than an hour, he dug into the mountain col to a depth of more than ten meters.

It was also their luck that the place they dug happened to be the gap between two huge rocks. It was basically filled with soil, mixed with scattered stones.

Next, people continued to dig inside while moving, expanding a space of hundreds of square meters, and piled the excavated soil outside the hole to strengthen the defense.

Through the dense black clouds of flying insects, people saw the temporary camp previously built with cars and tents. The first layer of tarpaulin was completely torn, and the second layer was completely open.

Countless bugs landed on it and chewed it. Two hours later, the rubber products completely entered the bug's belly.

Unexpectedly, modified and evolved bugs can eat plastic directly? If this had been studied in peacetime, there would be no "white pollution".

The huge insect wave lasted for about six or seven hours. The lingering buzzing in the ears seemed to gradually subside, and the sky gradually became clear.

Has the insect wave finally passed?

Captain He looked outside through the small wire mesh vent, and it seemed that the bugs were really gone.

No, the ones flying in the air are gone, but there is still a thick layer left on the ground.

These bugs eat everything that can be chewed, plastic, dry branches, soil...including the bodies of the same kind.

Two team members nearby caught a few bugs and came in to study them, while Team He continued to contact the base.

Miajiu is also observing what species of insects have evolved...

Team He did a very good job of protecting the communication equipment when they first received the order from the base. However, in the past few hours, they have been racing against time to defend against the insect attack.

Moreover, amidst such a deafening buzz, there are also strong magnetic field fluctuations, making it impossible to maintain smooth communication, and even if the connection is intermittent, it is impossible to hear clearly.

Now it seems that this wave of insect waves has finally passed. Team He sees that although the big trucks have some damage on the surface and are a little embarrassed, their performance is intact and they can continue to drive. He is thinking about whether to leave now and return to the base.

After all, it is only twenty kilometers away from the base, and only with safer and tighter protection can the base receive continuous supplies and support.

But he didn't know if this emergency evacuation was just an insect wave, or if there were other dangers... so he had to ask the base for instructions first.

"...What, there is also an earthquake? What should we do now? Okay, I understand..."

Miajiu used a knife to roughly dissect a few bugs, but in the end he didn't find out what species they were.

Just one thing, the most powerful thing about this thing is not the plier-like mouth, but the six or seven centimeter sharp spike on the top of its head.

To be precise, the spike is a hollow poison needle, which contains venom, and there is a small poison sac in the head.

This toxin has completely different effects from the black mucus of the giant octopus monster.

The poisonous needle seems to be only effective on the animal body. Once the venom is injected into the body, it can automatically melt the muscles and bones into mucus.

However, if the venom is dropped on the ground or simply touches the surface of the skin without any trauma, it will not cause harm.

Miajiu felt that this stuff was an excellent material for making hidden weapons, so she started to collect it.

Others saw this and imitated it.

Of course, there are still some people inside who continue to work tirelessly to expand the cave and transfer soil bag by bag to the outside.

The remaining people organized themselves consciously to collect insect poisonous stings.

After Team He contacted the base, he told everyone: "The base said...according to the beginning of the first wave of insect waves, a super crustal movement will occur in about a day."

In fact, when Team He was on the phone just now, everyone had heard the same thing. Now when they heard the other party speak in more detail, with a look of confusion and a certain fear on his face, he asked: "Trustral movement?"

Why not just say earthquake?

Earth's crust is moving? Is it really what they think?

Captain He scanned the crowd and nodded: "Yes, that's what you think? Our world is about to enter a period of crazy crustal movement..."

"Crazy crustal movement? How crazy? You don't mean that all of this...will be subverted, right?"

Team He: “That’s pretty much it.”

Dozens of earthquakes? Super volcanic eruptions? Tsunamis? Even land-sea transitions?

So where is safe amid such disruptive geological changes?

By the way, base?

From the very beginning, the location of the base was...

One team member said eagerly: "So... the base is safe, right? Let's go back to the base now?"

Team He: "Our current problem is that this wave of insects is not the only one. We may not be able to outrun the next wave of insects."

besides?

The black insects filled the entire space, and even if you drove your car onto the road, you couldn't see the road at all.

And once the bugs break the car glass, they will be like delicacies on someone else's plate.

Furthermore, even if there is no insect tide now, the sky is getting dark and there are great restrictions on movement.

Team member: "Then what should we do now? We just moved all the food in the car and it can last for about two days."

It was originally just the final transportation equipment, and the road ahead has been completely cleared of obstacles. If there had not been this insect wave, it would have taken more than half an hour to reach the base after 20 kilometers.

But it was just this half hour that almost put them in dire straits.

Team He said: "The above only said that all the disasters this time have not only been advanced, but also become more terrifying. The next insect wave may come soon. Let's prepare first. The first team and the second team will continue to expand the space, and the rest will be reinforced.

Defense, collecting poisonous needles, integrating resources... we can all make plans after dawn tomorrow."

Miajiu and others were assigned to get the big truck, remove the equipment on it, and then weld the iron shed on the truck body.

More than 20 people died in the previous insect wave attack, and now they still have more than 70 people, and more than 10 of them were injured to varying degrees. They need at least three vehicles.

To be on the safe side, they prepared six vehicles in total.

This is the limit of all steel and iron sheets that can be used to strengthen vehicles. Then all the oil in other vehicles is transferred to these six vehicles, and the rest is stored in barrels for later use.

We encountered the insect infestation from after 10 am, and it didn’t slowly dissipate until 8 pm.

And while they were making intensive preparations, a cleansing of the food chain was actually taking place just a few kilometers away from them.

The insect tide that just roared past was divided into several parts by several strands of larger insects, and then they preyed on them like a carpet.

If they had gone straight on the road just now, they would have come into direct contact with these giant bugs who were enjoying their meal.
Chapter completed!