The evolution of insect swarms from XNUMX million years ago

Chapter 85 Self-exploding Corner Stone Carrier
  Choosing to retreat may save the fearless soldiers for a while, but in the long run, it will undoubtedly be disadvantageous.

Driven by the dual power of the water-jet propulsion system and the paddling feet, the huge body of the fearless soldier quickly passed the group of ordinary soldiers in front, and fought with the approaching straight spiral horn stone and the quiet octopus horn stone.

As the well-developed sickle limbs opened and closed, the solid shells of straight helical stones were easily pierced and shattered by the triangular pyramid-shaped blades. Those who used soft tissue to meet the enemy were directly pulled out of the shell like a snail.

Dark red blood surged out, and among the waves of blood, the fearless soldier's huge body became even more ferocious. But Lin Yi knew that the real test for them had just begun.

The remaining swordfish-shaped Hurd shrimps successfully escaped with the arrival of the fearless soldiers. They once again swung their swimming blades swept back at a small angle, and ran the water jet propulsion system to kill the self-destructing horn stones that were surging in one after another.

The soldiers swung their two pairs of paddling feet in an interlaced manner, and opened and closed their sickle limbs to cut in half the bodies of real or fake self-exploding corner stones.

During the fight, the Zhiluojiao Stone Nest Group also went completely crazy. The self-exploding horned stone, whose authenticity is unknown, directly imitated the adult form of the straight spiral horned stone, and stabbed the bodies of the soldiers with the sharp end of the shell.

Some of the real self-destructing corner stones actually exploded directly in the densely populated areas of the soldiers, clearing a bloody path for more self-destructing corner stones to attack the fearless soldiers.

Although almost all the troops of the two nest groups tried their best to block it, a small number of self-exploding corner stones broke through the encirclement and approached the body of the fearless soldier.

The ordinary soldiers began to shrink their defense line and moved closer to the fearless soldiers. The huge bodies of the fearless soldiers also began to gather together, covering each other's weak opening of the Gnacang.

As the defense line shrank, the group of self-exploding horn stones also began to pour inward, tearing open the defense line of ordinary soldiers under the cover of the remaining adult straight spiral horn stones, and charged towards the fearless soldiers.

The number of remaining orthohelical adult bodies is small, compared to the previously astonishing number. The current actual number is only much greater than the number of fearless soldiers.

Under normal circumstances, no matter how many adults there are, they cannot threaten the fearless soldier. But this time, things are a little different.

Seeing that the battle situation was unfavorable, the hive mind of the Zhihejiao Stone Hive Group also gave in. It seemed that even the tactics of real and fake cover could not penetrate the defense line. As a last resort, they changed their tactics again.

The tentacles of the adult helical stones were spread out. At this time, Lin Yi noticed that the shape of these remaining adult helical stones was slightly different from the ordinary helical stones. Their tentacles were relatively flat, and the insides were slightly sunken, with some residue. It has a structure similar to the suction cups on the tentacles of later cephalopods.

Among the group of self-exploding horn stones, several self-exploding horn stones broke away. Although there was no pattern, these self-exploding horn stones that escaped from the group were undoubtedly genuine ones that contained sodium in their bodies.

Do they slowly close their bodies and attach themselves to the open tentacles of the "Adult Orthogonal Stone"? Immediately, I saw those grades that looked like adult helical stones retracting their tentacles and heading straight towards
  The suction cup structure is another structure that transcends the times. This made Lin Yi wary. If the right spiral stone nest group can create suckers, it may not be a problem to create the grade of inkjet.

However, now, such suction cup structures are only used to mount self-exploding horn stones. At this time, those self-exploding horn stones are attached to these suction cup structures, and they can easily kill ordinary soldiers and swords when carried by these straight spiral horn stones. The defense line of the fish-shaped Hurd Shrimp is heading straight towards the huge body of the fearless soldier!
  Adult individuals with the shape of a spiral hornstone are no longer something that can be intercepted by the swordfish-shaped Heard shrimp. These huge carrier corner stones were able to penetrate the defense line calmly and rush straight towards the fearless soldiers. They are like torpedo boats in the history of human naval warfare. They are desperately rushing towards the huge dreadnought at the risk of their lives, trying to destroy it, or at least severely damage it and lose its combat effectiveness.

As for the carrier horn stone that was approached in such a way, Lin Yi had no choice. The fearless soldiers tried to retreat back again, and the ordinary soldiers continued to block the carrier corner stone.

The sickle limbs waved, and the tail pin and tail spines penetrated the wide and flat tentacles, trying to inject deadly poison into them. However, these carrier corner stones were completely indifferent to this, and still operated the water jet propulsion system at full capacity to swim forward.

At this time, Lin Yi discovered that the tentacles of these carrier hornstones were not only wide and flat, but also had stacked horny nails attached to the outside. The texture was somewhat similar to their horny beaks.

These structures seem to be improved from the horny protrusions on the tentacles. Although later cephalopods have not possessed them, the technical content is not high.

Although it is obviously impossible to prevent the violent crushing of the fearless soldiers and will greatly reduce the flexibility and range of activities, it can significantly improve the defense against the swings of the sickle limbs of ordinary soldiers and the chopping of the swordfish-shaped Hed shrimp. .

Sighing that even molluscs in this world have armor, Lin Yi thought for a moment and finally made a difficult decision.

The fearless soldiers at the rear suddenly changed direction and rushed forward driven by the water jet propulsion system and paddling feet. A pair of well-developed sickle limbs were spread wide, swinging towards the carrier horn stone.

Triangular cone-shaped clusters of blade thorns clamped hard on the body, which was about the same size as a straight helical stone. With a cracking sound, its shell was quickly crushed by the two sets of muscle systems of the fearless soldier.

Immediately, the fearless soldiers released their sickle limbs. On the other hand, they released the carrier corner stone. The air chamber was shattered, and the huge body was unable to fall downwards. The ordinary soldiers guarding the side immediately rushed up to guard against the attack of the self-exploding corner stone it carried. .

Each of the ten tentacles of the carrier horn stone is equipped with a self-exploding horn stone, and these ten self-explosion horn stones have separated from the carrier the moment the Dreadnaught Soldier and the carrier corner stone are close, running the water jet propulsion system, heading towards the Dreadnought Soldier The tiger is coming to kill.

The fearless soldier's water-jet propulsion system was operating at full capacity, and its two pairs of paddling feet were swinging wildly across each other, driving its huge body to quickly turn around and retreat, trying to escape the killing range of the self-exploding corner stone.

Ordinary soldiers surged up from all directions, waving their sickle limbs, clamping the shells of self-exploding cornerstones, and swinging their paddling feet and tails to keep them as far away from the fearless soldiers as possible.

Several muffled sounds were heard, and a mixture of red and blue blood mist spread with the shock wave. The huge body of the fearless soldier was shaken by the shock wave caused by the simultaneous explosion of ten self-destructing corner stones, but fortunately enough people were successfully evacuated. distance and was not fatally injured.

But more self-exploding corner stones and carrier corner stones are still approaching from behind, and there are also a large number of real or fake sporadic self-exploding corner stones approaching with water jet propulsion systems, which are bound to kill a fearless soldier!
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