Devil's Doom Row

Chapter 175 The Last 30 Minutes
After signing the contract with Birch, Luo Ming also noticed the condition of the survivors, and it was all right.

What does it mean?
That is, their current situation has reached a precarious edge, and it is Luo Ming's turn to take action!

In the short ten minutes of this transaction, Luo Ming and the others were leisurely and carefree, and staged a scene of warmth, but the survivors were completely different. What they staged was not only fierce battles, but also tragedies. !
There is no comparison between survivors and bugs in terms of individual strength. If only one survivor deals with a bug, the actual difficulty of this task will plummet to a negative number. Of course, this situation will naturally not happen. Surviving What the hunters had to face was countless bugs, so when they got ready and watched the bugs break through the gate and pour into the base with their own eyes, an extremely fierce contest began!

The number of bugs is endless, but the survivors also have their own advantages. The first is that they are strong enough, and the second is that the terrain of the base is very beneficial to them!

In a base with restricted terrain, the number of bugs that survivors face at the same time is limited. No matter how many bugs there are outside the base, whether it is thousands or tens of thousands, only a few dozen of them will always flood into the base. , so when the first wave of confrontation between the two sides started, the survivors could still take advantage.

In the first wave of contests, the survivors performed surprisingly well. They could even be described as orderly and tacit cooperation. Everyone completed their respective tasks, and some of them were responsible for using the weapons in the base to attack. Most of these people are survivors who can only attack alone, and it is difficult to play a role in the face of a large number of bugs, while all the survivors who have mastered group attack skills are arranged by Lan Yu into several echelons, bombing the bugs in turn, As for Lake, he is the commander-in-chief, leading the overall situation.

In this case, in the first few minutes of the confrontation between the two sides, the survivors still seemed to have the advantage!

But anyone who has watched the Starship Troopers series of movies should know that this is basically the result when anyone competes with bugs. They will have an advantage at the beginning of the battle, even ordinary people are no exception, but after this period of time passes , the situation will be reversed rapidly, and any enemy against the bug will quickly fall into a disadvantage during this period!
why?
Because after the first fierce battle between both sides, the numerical advantage of the bugs and their completely fearless style of play will be revealed!And the survivors did not avoid this situation!

After the survivors killed the first wave of bugs that rushed into the base without any casualties or even without much effort, the endless number of bugs launched a second round of offensive without intervals!Three-meter-tall spiders swarmed into the base once again stepping on the corpses of the same kind. These lowest-level soldiers didn't know what death was, and their only purpose was to break through the vitality web formed by skills and bullets Shattered Survivors!
Of course, the survivors are not so easy to deal with. Their stamina and physical strength are not comparable to ordinary people, so the second wave of the bug's attack was quickly resolved, but the third wave, the fourth wave, and the fifth wave followed. !

The strength of the bugs is unlimited, no matter how fast and how quickly the survivors are eliminated, they will immediately fill up the next wave of bugs without gaps, as if they don’t need money at all. In this case, the physical strength and consumption of the survivors It started to grow extremely large, and the non-stop fighting was unbearable for anyone, and so were they!
So when the last of the fifth batch of spider worms that rushed into the base fell down, the distance between it and the first line of defense built by the survivors was less than two meters!If the bug fell a little later, its sharp front claws would be enough to attack the survivors!

This speed of advance was beyond the expectation of Lake and everyone else. They originally thought that the first line of defense would be able to hold on for at least an hour without being breached, but the actual result was that after less than 10 minutes, the bugs were gone. Already almost hand to hand with the survivors!After that, something even worse happened, that is, after the survivors successfully withstood five rounds of attacks, new units were added to the bug's attack echelon!
In the Starship Troopers series, there are many types of bugs, especially after fighting with humans, many arms are specially produced to deal with humans, such as what the survivors encountered: spray tiger bugs!

This kind of bug is slightly smaller than a spider bug and looks like a big ladybug, but in addition to attacking with its front claws, it can also spray acid!It is a bug that can attack from far and near!And because the spray tiger bugs are small in size, the number of bugs in the base immediately increased as soon as they appeared, and the survivors felt great pressure in an instant!
When Luo Ming looked at the monitor, what he saw was exactly the scene at this time!

"Damn it! Li Hua! Go help Lake down! He's injured!"

Already on the front line, Lake yelled and punched in the air. His powerful punch instantly hit the spider a few meters away like a shock wave, and then directly penetrated through it like an armor-piercing bullet!And after this blow, the spider worm fell to the ground with a plop, instant kill!

There is no doubt about Lake's strength, he is fully capable of blocking the attack of a few bugs alone, but now he is getting more and more uncertain, because the number of bugs is not just as simple as a few, no matter whether he or the other survivors No matter how hard we try to kill the bugs in front of us, the next wave of bugs will come, not only more, but also without end!But the survivors had already endured six or seven rounds of attacks at this time. Not only were they tired, but their mana values ​​had dropped a lot, and their combat effectiveness was obviously not as good as before.

In this case, everyone's morale and combat effectiveness have dropped to an extremely low level. In addition, there are more and more bugs and they are getting more and more powerful, so some people have started to get hurt!

It's definitely not a good sign when people start getting hurt after only holding on for more than 20 minutes!

"Blue Feather! Magic!"

After recovering from his thoughts, Lake saw another wave of bugs rushing towards them, but the survivors around him who had just used their skills were obviously not ready to attack them. If they were approached by bugs, they might appear again wounded!So Lake immediately shouted to Lan Yu, asking him to support him with magic and skills!
While Lake was shouting, there was a sudden crackling sound in the air in front of him, followed by a loud cracking sound and strong light, and a piece of lightning fell out of thin air, hitting a group of bugs just in time !
"Shoot! Use high power!"

The magical support from Lan Yu and others arrived in time, and Lake immediately ordered everyone to use the weapons of this world to attack!Although the damage range of range-type skills is wide, the attack power is slightly weaker than that of single-target skills. In addition to the strength of the user itself, it is difficult to instantly kill the bugs. This requires the front row Survivors are coming to make up the knife, and it is the best choice to use the weapons of the mission world at this time!

After hearing a burst of gunfire, the worms in front of the survivors fell completely, and after this wave of attacks was blocked again, the number of worms blocking the door was finally slightly less, and it seemed that they were being wiped out. After six or seven waves of hundreds of bugs, the Zerg's troops were also unable to keep up. Taking this opportunity, Lake just asked the survivors to repair and prepare for the next wave of fortifications that will inevitably be stronger.

And at this moment, Lake heard Birch's voice from the headset!
"Rick, what's wrong?"

Finding something wrong with Lake's expression, Lan Yu asked.

"It's that boy Birch, he said he could help us."

"What... are you going to do..."

After his entire plan was destroyed, Lan Yu became less confident than before. If it was before, he would definitely give advice directly, but now, he wants to ask Lake what to do instead.

"........."

Reike didn't answer his question right away. Naturally, he didn't want to be a knife and I was a fish, so he instinctively didn't want to follow the route Luo Ming arranged for him. However, the actual situation made it impossible for Lake to give up this opportunity, because he I knew very well in my heart that the survivors couldn't stand the attack of the bugs at all!So now he is very contradictory and has no answer at all.

But at this moment when he was hesitating, there was a sudden commotion among the bugs outside the base, followed by a muffled booming sound!This immediately made Lake divert his attention, but when he looked at the door, he was stupid!
After a short pause, another round of attack by the bugs started, and this time, they even sent a real big guy:
Tank bug!
When Lake looked out the door, he happened to see a huge figure rushing towards the base stepping on the spider worms under his feet. This thing was nothing but the monster that had appeared since Starship Troopers 1: the tank worm!A mobile fortress that is more than ten meters high and can spray out strong acid!
The worm even sent this kind of monster!

Rick was shocked when he saw this scene. This kind of thing is not a low-level thing like a spider worm. In the entire movie series of Starship Troopers, the tank worm is a terrible insect that is extremely difficult to deal with because it is too big. , the armor is too thick, generally light weapons are like scratching his body, and heavy weapons must be used to deal damage to him, and this kind of insects naturally attack melee due to their size. The frightening thing is that it can also spray out acid like a water column. Even if the characters in the plot are not dead, they will be seriously injured after being hit!

Once this kind of bug appears in the movie, it must be dealt with with large troops and heavy armored weapons, but now the survivors don't have any of them, and even if their own strength is strong enough, facing this kind of BOSS-level opponent will be very difficult. be terrified!

"Retreat! Everyone, retreat to the second floor!"

Seeing that the tank worms crushed countless spider worms crowding in front of the door, and then began to attack the gate of the base, Lake immediately ordered all survivors to retreat!This kind of monster is on the move, and the first line of defense built by the survivors obviously cannot be defended, and if it continues to defend, it may even be in danger of death!Therefore, he decisively asked everyone to retreat to the second line of defense on the second floor!

"Rake! What to do! How to deal with this thing!"

Lan Yu was also a little confused in this critical moment. After all, he was just a military adviser, and he was not very good at combat. The big idea in this area was always from Lake.

At this time, Lake did not answer this question, but just looked down at his watch and found that there was still 1 hour and 20 minutes left before the rescue ship arrived!

This time made Lake's face even more ugly, because it was too long! !There is no way for the survivors to resist the attack of the Zerg for such a long time!
Lake did not expect that the final battle would be so difficult in this mission where there was almost no combat!Now they have only been fighting the worm for less than half an hour, and they have already encountered a boss-level monster like the tank worm, so what next?As time goes on, what else will the bugs send out to deal with the survivors, and how will the survivors deal with these things? !
These key questions flashed through Lake's mind one by one, making it clearer to him that the survivors might really be in danger!

Thinking of this, Rick gritted his teeth, ran to the side and whispered into the earphone, "Birch! You're here!"

"Have you made up your mind?"

After finishing the sentence, Lake heard Birch's answer.

"How are you going to help me!?"

In the situation where he couldn't think of any solution, there was only one way for Lake to choose now, and that was to ask Luo Ming for help!So even though he was extremely reluctant, in the end he had no choice but to contact Birch.

Luo Ming had foreseen this scene a long time ago, so Birch said calmly: "You, Lan Yu, Li Qing, Lupi, Li Hua, and call Alban, the six of you come to the cafeteria on the third floor. Meet there."

After saying this, Birch cut off contact without giving Lake a chance to ask back. The people he called just now were none other than Luo Ming's target this time!Among the six people, apart from Lake himself and Alban who have green souls, Lan Yu, Li Qing, Lu Pi, and Li Hua all have blue souls!Luo Ming called them all without fail!
At this time, Lake, who was put down for a sentence, let out a long sigh, and then called everyone Birch pointed out, contacted Alban, and hurried to Birch while the tank bug hadn't broken through the gate. Qi said the location.

"You wait for us here, let's find help! Shan Duo will command when I am away."

After leaving such a sentence, Lake quickly led everyone up to the third floor and arrived at the place Birch mentioned, the cafeteria.

Because of the attack, the power supply in the base has been switched to emergency mode at this time, and the lights in the cafeteria are very dim. When they entered the empty cafeteria, Lake and others could only hear their own footsteps until they reached the Only at the end did I see two figures, it was Birch and Aini, who were sitting at a table drinking something that wasn't very tasty.

"Birch? Just the two of you?"

Discovering that there were only Birch and Aini in the empty cafeteria, Lake and the other six were slightly taken aback. Didn't they agree to meet the third party who was always hiding behind them?How did Birch appear?

"Birch! Could it be you..."

After seeing Birch and Aini, Li Hua, who had just learned the truth, seemed a little excited at this moment, and immediately stepped forward and pointed at Birch and asked, "How could you do this! Don't you care about other people's lives?" What!"

Although I don't know why Burch called Li Hua, a seemingly irrelevant survivor, Lake still told Li Hua the whole story on the way here, including Lan Yu's deduction. Everything, such as who destroyed the defense grid, who took the heroine away, etc., and in Lan Yu's deduction, Birch naturally played an important role.

So now when Li Hua sees Burch, she can be said to be full of anger. In her opinion, if Burch and the people behind him hadn't played tricks, the survivors would have won a big victory by now, so how could they have fallen into this situation? Dangerous situation!
It's a pity that she really doesn't know Birch. Birch looks like a good baby in front of Luo Ming. That's because his fear and awe of Luo Ming has penetrated into his bones. But for other people, especially the survivors in this mission But Birch wouldn't care!
"Hmph!" Therefore, facing Li Hua's accusation, Birch snorted coldly without even looking at her: "Regardless of other people's lives... I really feel guilty listening to this!"

"you!"

"Okay, stop arguing..."

When Li Hua was still arguing, Lake waved his hand in time to make her stop, and then shook his head helplessly.

It is useless for these survivors to say anything at this time, why?Because they have been cornered!The current situation is that people have to bow their heads under the eaves, and it is useless to say anything, especially when facing Birch, because with Lake's understanding of Birch, it is clear that this guy must be eager to see himself and others die in front of his eyes. !

So after stopping Li Hua, Lake glanced at Birch: "Biqi, let your boss come out, because you are not qualified to talk to me."

"Boss is always there."

Laughing at the six people, Birch and Aini stood up, and stood respectfully beside an empty seat, followed by Luo Ming who appeared under the watchful eyes of Lake and the others. !
The sudden appearance of Luo Ming in front of him startled everyone. The six of them stared at him intently for a moment. Facing sharp gazes, Luo Ming remained calm and looked at each of them with a smile. people.

"you……!"

Finally seeing the real body behind all the troubles, Lake rolled his eyes fiercely!
It is absolutely nonsense to say that he was not angry at all when facing Luo Ming, because it can be said that all the survivors became what they are now. Luo Ming is responsible, and the biggest victim of this is undoubtedly Lake, so look After arriving at Luo Ming, a murderous aura suddenly emerged from Lake's body!
But at this moment, Birch on Luo Ming's left had already taken out his staff, and Jill's figure flashed on his right!
"It's you!"

Seeing Jill suddenly appear, Alban couldn't help exclaiming!He also took out his own dagger in an instant!
In an instant, the atmosphere in the cafeteria dropped to freezing point. Survivors such as Lake had already taken out their weapons, and Birch and Jill were standing on both sides of Luo Ming, as if only Anyone who dares to be disrespectful will attack immediately!
And among all the people, only Luo Ming has not changed at all. He is still smiling, looking at the survivors who are ready to kill him at any time, sitting firmly like a mountain!

"Don't be so nervous."

After tens of seconds of stalemate like this, Luo Ming suddenly opened his mouth, and he said to Birch and Jill next to him, "Don't be so nervous, let's not worry, wait until they calm down."

In one sentence, Lake's face turned livid!
Luo Ming does have time now, but Lake doesn't!There is a group of survivors behind him waiting for him to go back to command!Under such circumstances, the longer Lake stays stalemate here, the more unfavorable it is for him!

"who are you……!"

It seemed that he suppressed the suffocation in his heart, and finally Lake let go of his fist slowly, then looked at Luo Ming and asked.

"Oh, I forgot to introduce myself, I'm so rude..."

As if suddenly realizing it, Luo Ming laughed twice, then stood up, and said very formally to the six Lakers: "Luo Ming, I'm a demon, you can call me by my name directly."

"Evil... devil...!?"

Luo Ming's simple and direct self-introduction instantly stunned Lake and the others!Indeed, anyone who heard his words would be dumbfounded, because this is the devil's self-introduction!

"What did you say..."

"You are……"

"How……"

Looking at the people who were startled by him and didn't know what to say, Luo Ming put his finger near his mouth, motioning for everyone to stop talking, and then he said by himself: "To save time, let me explain."

"I am the devil in your imagination, from hell, I came to you to make a deal with you, because I can help you complete this mission, I can help you resist the attack of bugs, and the hero and heroine are also in my In your hand, do you understand? Time is limited, if you understand, let's hurry up."

Luo Ming shocked the scene between two or three sentences, and immediately took the initiative into his own hands. After he finished speaking, Lake and the others were stunned, and they stared blankly at the scene. Luo Ming seemed to have no reaction at all.

Ignoring their reactions, Luo Ming waved his hand while talking, and the six drafted contracts flew into their respective hands, and everyone who didn't react until now also focused their attention on the contract.

Trader: Luo Ming, Lake.

Contract terms:

2. After the contract takes effect, the demon Luo Ming will resist the Zerg attack in the last 30 minutes before the end of the Starship Troopers [-] mission.

Second, after the contract takes effect, the demon Luo Ming will hand over Starship Troopers 2 hero Dax and heroine Sandy to Lake before the mission ends.

Third, after the contract takes effect, Lake cannot make any offensive actions against Birch and Aini. If he violates the terms one and two, the soul will directly belong to the demon Luo Ming.

Fourth, after the contract takes effect, Lake cannot disclose the transaction content to any non-contract target. If he violates the terms one and two, the soul will directly belong to the demon Luo Ming.

Fifth, after the contract takes effect, after the death of Lake, the soul will belong to Luo Ming.

The six contracts, except for the name of the trader, all the other clauses are the same, and the five clauses of Luo Ming are also simple and clear, which can be understood at a glance, so it is over. In less than a minute, Lake and the others read all the contents of the contract, and then looked at Luo Ming.

"You, you are..."

"Everything I want to say is written in the contract. If you agree, sign it. If it has different meanings, forget it."

Unlike usual, this time Luo Ming was very, very tough when facing Lake and others, and he didn't give them any room for bargaining. In fact, this was a last resort for him, because the The task is for Luo Ming to sign a contract with the three survivors at the cost of their souls, but now he has only signed two contracts, and the target for the other one has not been completed, so strictly speaking, Luo Ming is not safe now.

However, this kind of thing must not be known to Lake and others. Once such an important thing is leaked, Luo Ming will have a handle, so he is so tough, showing that you will not deal with me. death, but I don't care about it.

However, the survivors on the opposite side were not fools, nor were they frightened too much. After the initial shock and disbelief passed, their minds recovered, so when they finished reading the contract, Rick rolled his eyes , followed by the question:
"Burge and Ernie also signed this kind of contract?"

"of course."

"Like us?"

"Of course not."

After glancing at Lake, Luo Ming replied casually.

"Luo Ming, you can let us enter into this contract, but the content needs to be changed..."

After Lake finished asking, Lan Yu also spoke. At this time, he was undoubtedly holding a sigh of relief, because he finally saw the person who completely destroyed his plan. Ming competes!
But before he finished speaking, Luo Ming answered two words directly: "No."

"what!"

"Sign it, or forget it."

Glancing at Lan Yu, Luo Ming felt a little funny, didn't he understand what Lan Yu was thinking?Therefore, it is naturally impossible to give him any chance. Moreover, these terms and conditions drafted by Luo Ming have reasons and purposes, and it is impossible to change them at will.

"Can we...can we discuss..."

At this moment, Alban spoke!

But after he said this, he immediately caught the eyes of Lake and Lan Yu. Obviously, the two of them were dissatisfied with Alban's opening at this time, but Alban gave them a sideways glance. The meaning was very clear. It's time, life-saving is the most important thing, why are you still pretending here!

And among the six people who have the same idea as him is Li Hua. She was not familiar with Lake and the others before, and now that she is facing a catastrophe, she will fly separately, so she doesn't care about their grievances with Luo Ming. She now What I care most about is whether I can survive if I sign this contract!
"of course can."

Taking a panoramic view of the subtle changes among several people, Luo Ming chuckled, and his attitude towards Alban and Li Hua was obviously much better than others: "You can discuss for as long as you want, whoever signs the contract, I will Just help someone complete the task."

After saying this, Luo Ming didn't pay any attention to these people, even though it was obvious that Lake and Lan Yu still wanted to talk, he pretended he didn't see them!

Under such circumstances, the six people had no choice but to go to a distance to discuss, and even if they couldn't hear their words, it could be seen that they were arguing very seriously. , Li Qing, and Lupi are in the same group, and they will definitely advance and retreat together, but Alban and Li Hua are not on the same side with them. The two of them don't want to bargain with Luo Ming at all now, they just want to sign a contract quickly and get on with each other Complete the task safely, and then there will be differences!

And for Luo Ming, the more they are like this, the happier they are, because he is only short of a contract to complete the task, and once the task is completed, he will have no worries, so even if Lake and the other four really Don't worry if you don't sign him, as long as one of Alban and Li Hua signs the contract, Luo Ming will not only be able to protect himself, but also have enough time for others to obey!
Even at this stage of the mission, Luo Ming still has a backup!
However, after a few minutes passed, Luo Ming realized that his backhand seemed to be useless, because when the discussion between Lake and the others was at its most intense, Li Qing and Lupi wavered!This caused Lake and Lan Yu to become a minority party in the end, and they had to agree in the end!

After a while, the six contracts returned to Luo Ming's hands, all of which had fresh finger prints on them!

So far, Luo Ming's mission goal this time has been achieved, and it was still overfulfilled, because including the contracts of Birch and Aini, he signed a total of eight points of the contract!

However, although the mission objective has been completed, the terms of the contract have not yet been completed!

"Birch, how long will it take for help to arrive?"

After putting away the six contracts, Luo Ming turned to Birch and asked Birch, but before Birch went to watch Lake, he said, "1 hour and 08 minutes."

"Very good, you can retreat after another 38 minutes, and then I will help you block the bugs."

Looking at Lake and the other six with a smile, Luo Ming said.

"go!"

After that, Lake didn't say anything, and led everyone away. Now he has to find a way to lead the others to persist for another 38 minutes before they can be rescued!
"Birch, you two can go too, go directly to the roof, don't worry about them then, after the rescue ship arrives, go straight no matter whether there is anyone there or not."

"Ah."

With a promise, Birch and Ernie also left.

Just like that, only Luo Ming and Jill were left in the cafeteria, and it wasn't until this time that Jill asked: "Luo Ming, can you resist the bugs for 10 minutes? What are you going to do?"

"I do not know either……"

Turning his head to look at Jill, Luo Ming tapped his lips a few times...

(End of this chapter)