The evolution of insect swarms from XNUMX million years ago

Chapter 240 The First Battle (2)

"The target appears, the number..."

The first wild saw-toothed saw ant soon appeared in the sight of the aliens. It was unknown whether the ferocious appearance of these giant insects would have a certain degree of mental impact in such a close encounter.

And soon, more wild saw-toothed saw ants appeared in the field of vision, almost crowding the entire underground cave. They were so dark that their sharp claws were shaking in pieces, making them look particularly ferocious.

"Okay, I've stabbed my old man, it's everywhere!"

"Then fire everywhere!"

The initial velocity of the warhead fired by the lowest-power standard electromagnetic gun is only subsonic, so it is almost silent when launched. Only the faint current sound of the electromagnetic accelerator coil was faintly heard in the underground cavity.

Under this power, the electromagnetic gun can fire continuously. Since no propellant is required, the process of ejecting the shell is omitted. The structure of the receiver has also been greatly simplified, making jamming and other phenomena almost impossible to occur, greatly improving reliability. .

In such a large-scale battle, the opponent did not care to hold back. Each wild saw ant was hit by several tranquilizer bombs. In order to get closer to the wild animals, the slightly weakened exoskeleton was no match for the subsonic tranquilizer bombs. The shaped warhead pierces easily and then injects a powerful anesthetic.

"Sufficient samples are available to retreat."

"Copy that, get ready to throw shock bombs, get ready."

The next second, a dazzling white light flashed, accompanied by strong high-frequency sound waves - under normal circumstances, the perception of all living things will be temporarily paralyzed at this moment, and even if the mask mode is not switched in time, even one's own people can't survived.

But the next second, something shocking happened - the strong light dissipated, and those ferocious shell-footed creatures not only did not disperse, but took this opportunity to get closer to their location.

For the nest group, it is very simple to suppress the effect of this anesthetic. However, in order not to expose its own special characteristics, Lin Yi did not make any modifications. Instead, he adhered to the idea of ​​​​dressing as a wild animal and even deliberately weakened some resistances.

Several spherical structures were thrown from the hands of several armed men, and bounced and rolled twice on the ground, making no movement. Immediately, all personnel prepared to retreat backwards.

Under alternate cover, everyone began to take turns changing ammunition. The sound of empty magazines falling to the ground echoed in the cave. Immediately, a brand new magazine was loaded - no longer a special, brightly colored tranquilizer magazine. Instead, it was an anti-personnel bullet magazine that was as black as the gun body.

After capturing samples last time, scientific researchers have developed the most effective anesthetic ingredient for the creatures on this planet. It has been produced at this time, and its effect is also outstanding. In the blink of an eye, there are already many wild Crazy Teeth. The saw ant was knocked to the ground.

"Continue to fire, switch to normal output power, and replace anti-personnel bombs!"

At such a close distance, one can even clearly see the ferocious appendages and mouthparts of these creatures through their visors. These are the iconic features of crustopoda and are very different from brachiopods, which makes people feel viscerally horrified. .

Since the electromagnetic gun does not require propellant, the bullet has no shell part and is smaller in size, so a single magazine can hold more bullets and has a stronger continuous shooting capability.

At the same time, it seems that the output power has been increased. The firing rate of these electromagnetic guns has been significantly reduced, but the power has been increased by more than one level. Warheads reaching the speed of sound roared out, accompanied by bursts of screams and fired at those wild saws. ant.

The destructive power and penetrating power of these warheads cannot be resisted by wild saw-toothed saw ants whose exoskeleton strength has been castrated in order to better match the level of wild animals. Blue insect blood splashed out, and the powerful kinetic energy carried by each roaring electromagnetic gun bullet could directly blow the head of a wild saw-toothed saw ant, leaving a blood hole as big as a bowl on the body. , and even if hit on the inner shell, it can directly tear the entire body in half.

However, under the influence of the underlying logic of the specially edited genetic sequence, they still fight to the death and continue to move forward over the corpses of their companions, acting exactly like eusocial insects whose nests have been violated.

The previous opportunity allowed some wild saw-toothed ants to touch the opponent's side. With their sharp claws wide open, they pounced hard on the alien's tall body, trying to knock it to the ground.

"Be careful, the bug is coming!"

"Prepare bayonets, maintain formation, and retreat slowly, they can't break through the defense!"

The warheads of the electromagnetic gun roared out, and many wild saw-toothed saw ants were penetrated by the warheads in mid-air. Blue blood flowers bloomed, and their bodies fell to the side like rag bags, making no sound.

Although some saw-toothed saw ants succeeded in getting close to their opponents, they were unable to gain the upper hand for a while. Their similarly castrated muscle systems fell behind during the struggle with the powered exoskeleton armor, and were pushed away with great effort, and then shot away. Lose your life.

Some alien armed personnel also installed a ferocious, bayonet-like blade-like structure under the barrel of the gun. Under the huge force brought by the powered exoskeleton, they directly flew away the crazy-toothed saw ants and threw them aside. .

However, in the chaos, there were still wild saw-toothed saw ants that successfully took advantage of the chaos and pounced on the alien armed personnel. Under the influence of the hunting methods compiled in their genetic instincts, they skillfully clamped the upper body of the alien with their upper jaws, and then , the claws stabbed hard at the part that should be the mask.

There was a sudden cracking sound, and the tips of the claws of the Crazy-toothed Saw Ant pierced the mask, but it was quickly stuck, unable to move forward or retreat.

"Someone is under attack! Cover!"

Nearby, more armed men came forward, several of them shot to cover, while one man equipped with a bayonet stabbed hard into the head of the wild saw-toothed saw ant, killing it.

The broken body was thrown aside casually, and then the two men quickly lifted up the man who had been knocked down, pulled out the claws of the Crazy-toothed Saw Ant that had penetrated the mask, and quickly checked the man's condition.

"The appendage of the bug is stuck. It is not injured, but it has inhaled alien air. It is not sure whether it has inhaled unknown pathogens."

"Where's the sealing tape? Put it on quickly to avoid further damage."

Someone once again took out a roll of tape-like structure and pasted it crosswise in an fought.

Seemingly seeing that the situation was not going well, the ant colony began to retreat gradually, leaving behind corpses and the stunned ones on the ground, and fled the scene. All the armed personnel quickly picked up the stunned wild saw-toothed ants and evacuated out of the cave.

But no one noticed that when the mask ruptured, at the microscopic level, a large number of small particles filled in the air entered the inside of the alien's protective suit!

(End of this chapter)