Chapter 77 The Impaler
Five black thorns, hard and sharp, quietly drilled out of the ground without warning, each one meter apart, almost at the same time. The three front ends accurately pierced the chassis of the tank under Moria's feet. Not only did it make a huge impact sound, but the tank weighing dozens of tons was actually raised by the front end of the spike. Although it was only a few centimeters away from the ground, this power was quite exaggerated. Even if the golden-level power professionals lifted up with all their strength, at most they could only achieve this effect.
Fortunately, I don’t know if it was prepared for the design or by accident, the tank’s chassis was very strong. It was stabbed by such a sharp spike with exaggerated force. The chassis was not pierced. Although it left deep scars, it effectively protected the internal facilities.
"Concentrate with me." Hearing the warning from the enemy's attack, Shuer had not even seen the attack, and had already issued an order, "Wei, scatter and retreat, and the vehicle maintains its formation."
No one questioned this sudden order. According to everyone's experience, the best way to deal with it when encountering a surprise attack is to advance forward, and retreat is the most inappropriate choice, because the ambushers usually wait until their prey falls into a trap before launching an attack, and the intensity of the attack in the rear is often higher than that in front. They are to use the normal person's mind to retreat and avoid it, and launch a fatal attack when the prey thinks it is safe. If they advance forward, they can in turn catch the ambush off guard and often tear open the ambush circle of the ambush.
But an order is an order. Since the commander has been recognized, it is absolutely unquestionable to obey the order during war. Even if you know it is wrong, you must grit your teeth and walk on the wrong way, unless this wrong order will inevitably threaten your life and safety. Therefore, after hearing Shuer's order, the five mercenaries on the top of the tank jumped off the medium-speed war machine and rushed back to the top of the truck occupied by Shuer as fast as possible. The truck and tank did not even have time to turn, and directly changed from advancing to regressing. Even if the machine parts make a harsh cry, they must evacuate the ambush point as soon as possible.
Shuer knew that his command was absolutely correct, and the perceived hostility in his consciousness was unresponsive, which means that these insects were not conscious ambushing. They rely purely on instinct to launch puncture attacks on any creature that is approaching. Otherwise, if the ambush was controlled by the queen of the swarm, the endless malice would definitely cause a severe headache for him. Because of this, Shuer dared to issue orders that violate common sense.
However, the order was still one step late. In fact, it was too late when the spikes pierced out of the ground.
Because the worms hiding under the ground are not one, but dozens, and the thorns that prick out of the ground are not five, but hundreds of them. The five at the beginning are just the vanguard.
Taking the first black thorn through the ground as a signal, a dense forest of sharp thorns suddenly appeared in front of everyone's eyes. Hundreds of sharp thorns drilled out of the ground almost at the same time, turning a dozens of square meters around into a hell of needles. The black thorns not only pierced once, but constantly repeating the movements of retraction and stabbing, once a second, with an astonishing frequency.
As long as such a dense piercing attack enters the attack range, no one can escape. If it were not for retreating in time, at least half of the tanks and a heavy truck would be stabbed into fishing nets, unlike now, ensuring that most vehicles are safe and sound.
However, although several vehicles were left with obvious scratches on the chassis, the first tank belonging to Moria was not so lucky. It was the first vehicle to enter the range of the black spikes and the first target locked by all puncture attacks. The chassis was stabbed dozens of times in two or three seconds, and finally was penetrated by the spikes. The long spikes pierced out of the hatch on the top and penetrated the tank, like a piece of meat pierced on a wooden sign. Then, a large number of spikes tear the tank's armor one by one, making it riddled with holes.
"Warning, warning, the energy compartment is broken down, the control compartment is broken down, the tank starts the self-destruction procedure, and it self-destructs itself ten seconds later. Please evacuate nearby friendly forces as soon as possible, and please evacuate as soon as possible."
The tank wanted to be like a bug nailed to the wooden board, and no matter how hard it struggled, it could not escape the constraints of the spikes. With Wei's alarm, a drastic change in energy began to occur inside the tank. Needless to ask, this must be a sign of self-destruction.
"Find a cover, lie down and avoid the explosion." Shuer didn't know how powerful the tank explosion would be, but he knew that the energy purity of crystal energy was quite high. Once the energy was out of control and exploded, its power would probably not be inferior to the 100,000 Crystal Explosion with the highest capacity of Pavatiga. Think about the legendary 100,000 Crystal Explosion, tsk, I hope the tank's shell can withstand it, otherwise once the shell is blown up, the large metal fragments that were blown away will become the most terrifying weapon.
"Warning, warning, ammunition warehouse is broken down, ammunition warehouse is broken down, and it is exploded..."
"Boom", before Wei could finish her warning, a pillar of fire had already soared into the sky, and a violent explosion sounded across the plain.
The main part of the tank is made of strong special metal, withstanding the high pressure and impact caused by the explosion, but the turret and hatch above are not so strong. Under strong pressure, they are torn into pieces from the inside. With the ejected flames and diffused shock waves, they are shot out at high speed in all directions. It is so fast that it is very difficult to capture the dynamic vision of high-level powerful people.
Fortunately, Shuer had ordered the cover up before. The high-level mercenaries outside had already lie down behind the heavy truck as soon as possible. Otherwise, it would be hard to say whether anyone would be injured. The scattered metal fragments did not hurt people now, but they just kept hitting the surrounding tanks and heavy trucks, making continuous and crisp sounds.
"Ah~~~", a scream came from the carriage of the first truck. The shrill scream had just ended, and painful cries had already followed one after another.
Looking at the sound, the truck was huge in size, blocking most of the splashing metal fragments. Fortunately, the wall of the car was thick enough, but it was bumped into the pits by the debris. However, two large pieces of debris still broke through the defense of the car wall and stuck to the metal wall.
"One car and two teams, one car and two teams." Shuer frowned and asked, "Explain the situation."
"Two pieces of metal pierced the exterior wall, a worker's thigh was torn and some of the bones were exposed."
"Hard the small injury, I'll treat him later." Xiuer cut off the communication directly and poked his head out at the risk of a second explosion, "Wei, let the tank fight back."
"Can't lock the target, can't launch a counterattack."
"No need to lock, attack at will within the coverage of the black thorns, and all vehicles will retreat slowly to prevent the place from moving underground."
"Boom", the gun barrels of the five tanks spewed out flames at the same time, explosions roared and dust flew. In a blink of an eye, there were several large pits on the ground, but there were no corpses of any insect in the pit. Obviously, either the explosion did not cause damage to the insects, or they remained invisible until they died.
"Mia, sting."
"Dalu, Kai." A strange spell came from the mouth of the mountain elves. Mia's fingers quickly formed a curse seal and finally pointed to the ground. A few bangs, more than a dozen rock-formed ground thorns drilled out of the surface. The ground thorns were thin at the top and thick at the bottom, very close to each other, covering a large area.
"It's them." Shure refers to the mechanic insects that are naturally twisted on the ground thorns. Everyone is familiar with these insects. They look like spiders but have only five legs. They have seen them in the images of the insect swarm outside the spider's nest a few days ago. Mia also brought back a dissection by Militi. At that time, no matter what, no one expected that such inconspicuous insects seemed to have no attack ability at all, but once they got into the soil, they would have such terrible power.
"Come again, Mia."
"No, they are not concentrated. If you think about it, it will consume too much." Mia spoke very quickly. Now is not the time to chat. The convoy has been found by the insect swarm, and there is no need to even think about it. The next step is definitely a tide of insect swarms.
"Moriya, you said that day..."
"Yoyou, I know." Lin Jing's upper body still maintained the posture of a beautiful woman, but her lower body had become a thick tree trunk, with the roots deeply tied into the soil, firmly fixing the body on the surface. "In the underground world, nothing can escape the entanglement of plant roots."
It was not visible outside, but everyone could figure out the picture below. Countless tree roots spread forward frantically, surrounding the insects from all directions. A group of insects did not dare to get out of the ground but had nowhere to escape, so they could only hug them into a shiver.
"Oh, it's not long enough, the distance is a little bit different."
"Hey, you're kidding." Shure felt that he was simply an idiot, and he actually made this guy think so seriously.
"Yes, I'm just kidding, Yoyo, catch you and come out for me."
The next moment, countless thorns emerged from the ground and danced wildly into the air. More than a dozen five-legged piercing insects were tied into a ball by the roots, and five legs struggled in vain.
"Yoyou, do you want to eat it? How to cook it?" Sometimes, as soon as Moria opens her mouth, the atmosphere will change subtly. No matter how serious the occasion is, she can disrupt the atmosphere.
"You eat it, eat it raw." Shuer rolled his eyes, too lazy to see her, "Is the underground cleared?"
"Yeah, sure." Moria nodded, her roots suddenly tightened, tearing the insects into several pieces, and then retracted them back into the ground. After a while, the four deer legs began to kick around again, "You lied to people, it's not delicious at all. And I'm a deer, you actually let me eat meat."
"Wei, keep the team in full speed and don't have to hide anymore. Another tank is sent to attract firepower fifty meters ahead of the convoy. Everyone gets in the car, Mia, Moria, Militi, once there are bugs blocking the road, blow them away from a long range, Saff, you...well? Why did you take off your glasses?"
"It's okay, my glasses are a little blurry." The female swordsman put on her glasses again with a shy look on her face, but she obviously didn't tell the truth.
"Forget it, it's weird." Xiuer didn't have time to care about the problem of glasses and shouted, "Be prepared for head-on battle at any time. After so many days, let's do it."
Chapter completed!