Chapter 42: Battlefield of Heterogeneous Species

  I found that the old ghost did not go to find the exit, but stared at a sunflower lamp and was stunned there. I walked up to him curiously and asked: "Mr. Ghost, what's new?"

  As soon as the words fell, I saw that old devil's whole body tremble violently, and then he turned around with a terrified face, shouting: "Don't look for the door first, everyone hurry up to put out the fire."

  He inexplicably shouted out this sentence, didn't pay attention to me, and quickly turned around, facing the sunflower-shaped lamp core's burning flame and blew at it with force.

  I was completely bewildered by him, wondering if he was mentally ill or not. But seeing his tense expression made me think that maybe there really was something going on, so I went to help him blow the spark without thinking.

  After blowing hard a couple of times, I found that the fire had only tilted to one side and was still not extinguished. I don't know what kind of kerosene this lamp uses, but it's burning for so long.

  The old ghost was like a madman, still desperately blowing with all his might. I heard footsteps and turned around to see Zhou Huan, Zhang Zhuang, and the flower shirt rushing over.

  Zhang Zhuang walked up and turned Lao Gui's body over, asking: "What's going on? Why did you want to put out the fire?"

  That old ghost at this time seemed to have fainted, weakly plopping his butt onto the ground, muttering to himself: "It's too late, it's too late, the legend is actually true..."

  "What are you talking about? What's going on?" Zhang looked confused, squatting down and shaking Lao Gui's shoulder to ask.

  But no matter how he asked, that old devil was still muttering to himself: "Too late, too late."

  I took a look at Zhou Huan, and saw that she was also looking at me with a confused expression. I felt that something was not quite right. This old man didn't seem to be ill, unless he had encountered some huge psychological change, otherwise he wouldn't have become like this.

  Zhang Zhuang saw that Lao Gui had completely changed into a different person, unable to utter a single word, and in anger he slapped him twice and scolded loudly: "What the hell are you doing?"

  Just at this moment, a voice was heard shouting from afar: "Everyone look quickly, the ground is moving again."

  I don't know who shouted, I quickly went to the center of the house floor and found that the giant insect had come out again, and several earth bags were bulging.

  I'm wiping... won't there be even more giant insects coming out?

  I immediately had a special idea, the old ghost went mad because he was in a hurry to blow out the lamp but didn't succeed. According to my impression, that sunflower lamp not only has a very strong flame, but also emits a particularly special fragrance. Could it be, could it be this fragrance that attracted these giant insects?

  Thinking of this, I feel particularly reliable, and I don't have time to think more, so I rush over to continue blowing the flame of that lamp. But no matter how hard I blow, I'm almost out of breath, but still can't extinguish it, and I'm getting anxious, spinning around in circles.

  Looking back, I saw that the mound of earth on the central ground was getting higher and higher. I muttered to myself: "It's too late, this time it's really too late..."

  Zhou Huan hastily came over and pulled me, anxiously asking: "Qiu Ye Qiu Ye, are you okay? Have you also gone mad?"

  "You're crazy, ah... it seems that the giant worm earlier was just a vanguard, the main force is gathering, I estimate this time, we really are going to die in this haunted house." I said to Zhou Huan.

  She saw that I was fine and didn't ask any more questions, then went to look at those earth mounds, each one had risen to over three meters high, with many more just starting to swell up around them, who knows how many there were?

  At this time, the flower shirt also understood the situation in front of him, calling his subordinates to return and gather. After everyone had returned, they saw the first giant worm emerge from the ground.

  I had already made a complete mental preparation, but after seeing this giant worm, I was still shocked and tongue-tied. The giant worm was completely different from the one that was killed before. That one had black stripes all over its body, while this one was covered with colorful long hair all over its body, looking like a large chicken feather duster at first glance.

  Right after that, another giant worm followed, one after another, breaking through the ground. I took a closer look and it seemed like all the ancestors of insects from around the world had gathered here.

  Some of these giant insects are the same as the one I killed before, some have a body full of hair, and others are like sea cucumbers with long black spines all over them, making people's eyes dizzy. I think if I take a few photos and post them online now, it will definitely cause a global sensation.

  I was lost in thought when I saw those giant insects start wriggling their bodies non-stop, and finally they all fell to the ground with a thud, counting them, there were about fifteen or sixteen.

  As the giant insects all landed, Flower Shirt loudly shouted: "Everyone get ready, form two rows front and back, maintain circular firing, back against the wall, defend while finding an exit."

  After he finished shouting, the team members lined up neatly and followed his orders, I was particularly puzzled, this is completely different from my impression of the black society, where can the black society obey orders so neatly? This looks like a typical well-trained assault team.

  Although I was puzzled, there was no time to think about it. I stood with Zhou Huan and Zhang Zhuang at the back of the team, and everyone retreated to the wall together. In this way, the giant insect could only attack from the front, which was very advantageous for us.

  Everything was ready, just waiting for the giant bug's attack. However, I found that those bugs didn't immediately crawl towards us, but instead all rushed towards the dead bug corpse.

  When they arrived near the front, they rushed to gnaw at the insect corpse, and for a time, all kinds of large insects twisted their bodies together, the scene was extremely terrifying.

  I feel a deep sense of emotion, and with a bitter smile, I think to myself: If the countless small insects outside were having a grand meeting before, then the giant insect in front of me now is having a grand feast. Looking at their frantic appearance, who knows how long they've been underground? We humans are probably just enough for them to have a satisfying meal.

  If a person faces death too many times in a short period, they'll probably end up like me. I'm not afraid at all now; on the contrary, I feel slightly excited.

  Finally, the insect corpse was licked clean, and the giant insects slowly turned around to face us. Led by a fluffy-haired leader, they launched their first wave of attack.

  At this time, I felt that the floral shirt must have been mentally ill. He didn't show any signs of fear and burst out laughing, shouting: "Damn it, this is the first time we've encountered such a battlefield! Brothers, hold your ground! If we win this battle, I reckon we can brag about it for the rest of our lives... Give me a fight..."

  As soon as the words of "Floral Shirt Spirit" were finished, the first row of team members' guns rang out, with fierce firepower, and immediately forced several giant worms in front to stop.

  I then felt that the people in front of me were very strange, they didn't seem to care about Zhang Zhuang's ideas and completely obeyed him, wearing this flower shirt, and these people were obviously different from those brought by Zhang Zhuang before, previously Zhang Zhuang's subordinates were all chaotic shooting, but now these people are clearly good at shooting, and can't see too much tension, all in an orderly manner against the giant insect's head, no matter how you look, it's impossible to be a member of the black society.

  The team fired while retreating along the wall in a circle, and several people were all over the wall, presumably looking for an exit.

  At this time I heard the flower shirt shouting: "All aim at the first long hair and shoot."

  As soon as the words fell, a row of bullets were shot into the body of the worm leader. Immediately, a green ** was sprayed out, and its colorful hair all turned green. Finally, the giant worm struggled on the ground for a while, probably already dead.

  The swarm of insects behind us temporarily gave up attacking us again, rushing to grab the dead caterpillar's body, eating it was really terrible, watching me felt a chill.

  "Cease fire at once and find an exit immediately." The man in the floral shirt calmly ordered his subordinates.

  I really admire the command ability of this floral shirt, although he usually looks like nothing, but unexpectedly when it comes to real fighting, he is like a seasoned commander, with a face full of bravery and confidence.

  The gunfire stopped, and everyone began searching for an exit along the walls. I felt around on the wall with both hands for half a day, but couldn't even find a crack. It looks like this is an ancient building that has been here for ages, yet it's surprisingly well-made.

  When the team walked to the next sunflower lamp, the giant worm that was killed earlier had been eaten clean, and those giant worms launched a new round of attack.

  Everyone had to temporarily suspend searching for the exit and continued shooting, after having the experience from last time, another giant worm was quickly killed. We kept shooting for a while, looking for the door for a while, until the fourth giant worm was killed, all the bullets were used up, but the exit still hadn't been found.

  Zhang Zhuang pulled Lao Gui, and I pulled Zhou Huan to hide behind them. Zhang Zhuang didn't know what was wrong with him, he hadn't said a word for such a long time, and had completely changed into a different person from before.

  "Captain, what if we run out of bullets?" a team member shouted loudly at the floral shirt.

  The floral shirt didn't say a word, walked to the front of the team, pulled out a sharp dagger, and faced the giant insect that was about to come, posing in a ready-to-fight stance.

  I'm extremely disappointed that the captain of the Flower Shirt Squad is actually a subordinate, what kind of team is this? The Insecticide Dare-to-Die Team? The relationships between characters are getting more and more complicated.

  Before I could even think it through, those giant insects had already arrived at a distance of about twenty meters from us. The team members all threw away their guns and stood in a row with knives in hand, adopting a unified attacking posture, and the atmosphere immediately became much more tense.

  I think: The melee capabilities of the current team members should be very strong, but it depends on who the opponent is. If the opponent is a group of people, I estimate that our chances of winning will be great. However, we are now facing various super giant insects, and their blood has strong corrosive properties, so how can we fight them?

  I think close combat isn't a good idea, so I walked forward and said to the floral shirt: "You can't use knives, or you'll be sprayed with the green liquid of insects and perish."

  The floral shirt laughed a few times after hearing what I said, and then said: "What to do? Either you go negotiate with the worm, or we temporarily cease fire, how about that?"

  I took a look at this person and he was even more unscrupulous than Liangzi. At a time like this, he's still making sarcastic remarks. I didn't bother to deal with him anymore and turned around to leave.

  Then an even more unexpected scene appeared. The floral shirt actually took two steps forward, turned around and faced the crowd, making a pre-war mobilization speech.

  "Brothers, facing such a powerful enemy we cannot retreat, true warriors will not retreat either. Take out your fearless spirit of sacrifice and fight with me together. If anyone survives, you must continue to complete the mission, kill..."