There is something wrong with my infinite flow teammates!

"Because the captain will come to pick us up."

Xiaolin Daigo smiled bitterly. "Didn't we start the side quest before? That's why the captain went to look for the insect nest. Now that he's out of the military's sight, he will definitely meet us as soon as possible. At this time, he and other team members are already driving a drilling mecha towards us from underground."

"Is that so... No, that's not right." Kasumigaoka Utaha held her head and asked in confusion, "How do you know that the Zerg will attack only after you wake up the doctor?"

Xue No turned her head and looked behind her, and explained softly: "It is impossible that the Zerg are unaware of the existence of the doctor. Why don't they capture him directly? It is very likely that forcibly destroying the hibernation chamber will cause his immediate death."

"If we speculate based on this, then it proves that his existence is extremely important. Perhaps his research results are something that both humans and Zerg desire. After all, it is the key point of the main storyline. Being too casual would make it seem sloppy."

"Why did the Zerg almost all evacuate after they captured this base? Why does the ground give people a sense of security? The Zerg may have been expecting us to come and rescue them from the beginning."

Kasumigaoka Utaha stared at Yukinoshita blankly, as if she had just met her for the first day, "You guessed all this from the beginning? This guess is too arbitrary!"

"I only guessed it when I arrived here. My previous thoughts were indeed a bit rash. Until now, I was not 100% sure..."

Xueno looked at the red dot on the radar and raised the corners of her mouth slightly, revealing a confident smile, "But now I can be sure."

Although those red dots were moving, no matter how loudly everyone spoke, they would not come closer. The seemingly irregular movement perfectly avoided the routes of the two rescue teams.

The reason why they acted like they were taking a walk was to test whether the insects would attack them. Did they not know that there were visitors coming to the research base? No, they were just pretending not to know.

The IQ of the lower-level bugs is very low, but their "military advisors" are much smarter than ordinary humans. The difficulty of the observer's enhancement this time is in terms of IQ!

"So, you didn't plan to rescue the postdoctoral fellow and return to the surface from the beginning, but stayed underground until Kitahara-kun came?"

"Well, that's about right. But we still have to pay attention to Rick. Keep him steady and don't let them wake up too early."

"Rescue Dr. Aiden Jerry. Rescue... doesn't necessarily mean sending him to space. It's enough to transfer him to a safe place. Bringing him to the human base is also considered completing the mission..."

Kasumigaoka Utaha suddenly felt enlightened and murmured, "So there is such a way to clear the game. Did you read the script in advance?"

Yukino shook her head slowly. "Using Kitahara-kun's words, we were tricked. You can't imagine how embarrassed we were in the last mission."

At this time, Kitahara Sora's voice came from the headset, and the armor positioning also showed that Rick had reached the bottom floor.

Xueno's relaxed expression suddenly disappeared, "Speed ​​up, go directly to the middle passage, and get to where Rick is within a minute."

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Chapter 2: Isolated and helpless ()

In the most secretive safe room at the bottom of the base, an old man who looks to be in his sixties is lying peacefully in a hibernation capsule. The technicians have connected the central control system with a small computer. All they need to do is enter the password and the hibernation device will be shut down, and the old man will be forced to wake up.

But Rick frowned, as if he was in anxious hesitation. Just now, he heard Yukinoshita's stern warning in the earphone, asking him to temporarily suspend the action and wait for them to come?

But suddenly, the technician's puzzled voice came from the side, "Johnny."

"explain."

"The dormant system appears to have been re-encrypted and programmed to self-destruct."

"What do you mean?" Rick was stunned, and a sense of uneasiness spread in his heart.

The technician's fingers danced quickly on the keyboard, and his tone was also a little hurried: "Forcible destruction of the program will trigger high-intensity voltage in the cabin, and the doctor will die immediately."

"Self-destruct security system? How long will it take to crack the code using conventional means?"

The technician paused and said hesitantly, "About ten minutes."

"Crack it now."

"OK."

Rick no longer hesitated, took out the signal generator, and immediately sent a distress signal to the flagship in the universe. But when the screen showed "The signal has been received, the rescue ship will arrive in thirty minutes", Rick was stunned again.

There was a lot of noise coming from the headset, and the screen of the microcomputer on my arm began to jump continuously. After a few seconds, a beeping sound came from the headset, indicating that the signal was interrupted...

"Rick!" The team member on guard outside the door rushed in immediately with a hint of doubt in his tone.

When they saw the captain's face, they were stunned. At this moment, the quiet environment suddenly became noisy. One of the team members subconsciously glanced at the life radar. The red dots were approaching this side at a very fast speed...

"Oh - damn it."

At this time, Rick finally understood why Yukinoshita had warned him that he had to wait for them to come before waking up the doctor. The reason he ignored her suggestion was that it would take time to crack the code, and it would only take them less than three minutes to get over.

So they knew from the beginning that the Doctor had been awakened and that everyone was going to be attacked?

But she was wrong. The Doctor's awakening was not the key. The key was the sending of the signal!

What does this mean? It means that the bugs are waiting for them to send a signal, waiting for them to wake up the doctor! The existence of the rescue team seems to have not been discovered, but in fact it has been under their observation.

Therefore, there must be pulse scorpions and a large number of insect swarms lurking nearby and underground. Shutting down the program will not do any harm. Sending a distress signal will tell the insects that they have awakened the doctor and are waiting to be evacuated!

Although he understood from the beginning that this mission was most likely a trap and would result in a life-and-death situation, what Rick didn't guess was that the bugs also wanted to get the doctor!

Rick turned his head suddenly, staring at the metal hibernation capsule behind him, and muttered: "What the hell is in your head..."

"Rick, Rick, Rick!!!" A female team member shook Rick's shoulder violently and shouted anxiously: "Are you fucking dreaming? Give the order!"

Rick slowly turned his head and asked, "Give orders? Give orders? Haha..."

He was getting increasingly angry. "What the hell did I give orders for? We are surrounded, fuck! We are done for. It's all over! We will be torn to pieces by bugs before the rescue ship arrives!"

"Give up?" The female team member was stunned. "Is this your answer? Great!"

"Oh yes, there's something even better. Since they want it, give it to them!"

Rick suddenly pushed the team member away. With red eyes, he turned his head to look at the hibernation capsule again. There was a hint of ferocity in his suppressed tone, "Destroy him."

The technician paused, thinking he had misheard, and asked in surprise, "What?"

"Forcefully destroy the system, destroy it, and kill him!" Rick walked up to the technician, grabbed his shoulder, and yelled, "Are you deaf? Kill Aiden Jerry, kill that damn old man!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked at Rick in disbelief. The dazed technicians were even a little at a loss. In the next second, everyone's nerves suddenly tensed up, because Rick had raised his gun and pointed it at the young man who had just joined the army.

"Rick, Fuck!"

"You stupid ass."

"Hold him!"

When four or five team members pulled Rick back, there was a violent explosion outside the door. The guards screamed and screamed, and the trapped bugs began to attack...

"Close the channel first!!!"

Following a roar, the technician moved again.

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"hiss--"

Intensive roars entered her eardrums from all directions. Yukino stared at the translucent radar on her visor, her heart hanging in her throat.

"Hurry up, hurry up!"

The girl raised her gun and ran quickly while shouting behind her: "One minute, get to the hibernation room within one minute..."

But before she could finish her words, she heard a chilling sound of metal cutting from the front, and the warrior's sharp mouthparts suddenly stabbed out from behind the wall, tearing the metal wall in front!

However, before its hideous body could break out, a blue light broke its upper jaw. Just as the insect screamed in pain, a grenade was thrown into the broken wall.

"boom!"

The fierce flames illuminated the dark laboratory. Broken limbs and arms were splattered all over the floor along with disgusting yellow liquid, and the torn gap was suddenly opened.

"Everyone rush over, quick! Komuro-kun, stay!"

With the girl's clear and beautiful shout, the team members rushed over at a very fast speed. Yukino, who was standing on the edge of the gap, once again picked up a grenade. Before the large number of insects inside could react, another explosion came from inside...

"Zheng, Zheng, Zheng..."

Suddenly, there was a burst of dense metal friction sounds coming from all directions, countless hard mouthparts pierced the wall, and the swarm of insects chasing behind also emerged!

Looking at the swarm of insects breaking through the wall, Xue Noi turned her head blankly and looked around. Suddenly, her eyes became stern and the ice shield immediately wrapped around her whole body.

"Ye Shan, blessing!"

"Yukinoshita!" Ye Shan turned his head and responded loudly, then he raised his hand and a ray of holy light appeared in his hand.

At this time, a translucent crown appeared on Yukino's head, and the translucent ice body was covered with a layer of milky white halo.

The skill of 'Protection Blessing' lasts for ten seconds, during which time the person is immune to all 'physical' damage, and only energy attacks can cause damage to the protected person. During these ten seconds, Yukino's physique becomes a 'ghost body' similar to Dirang's!

"Swish, hiss——"

The walls on all sides were completely torn apart, and countless insects rushed out. When they saw their target, they let out low hissing sounds and pounced on Yukino without saying a word. In less than three seconds, the girl's petite body was submerged in the sea of ​​insects.

"Yukinoshita!" Kasumigaoka Utaha screamed and turned her head, her voice trembling with a hint of sadness. Before she could make any move, she was pushed hard by Ye Shan.

"Run, don't worry about her! She can't die! Go!!!"

Hearing the urging, Kasumigaoka Utaha was stunned for a moment, then gritted her teeth, turned around, and rushed towards the safe corridor, while Komuro Takashi was still standing thirty meters away from Yukino waiting.

He saw the insect's steel-like forelimbs pierce the girl, but her body seemed to become illusory, and the sharp thorns penetrated effortlessly and pierced into the body of another insect.

The other insect that was accidentally injured screamed and fought back, and its scissors-like mouthparts chopped down hard on her waist, but Yukino's waist also twisted, leaving an illusory gap like smoke, which then closed immediately.

Then she couldn't be seen anymore because she was completely submerged by the bugs, leaving no gaps at all.

Suddenly, Komuro Takashi's body was shrouded in a layer of light golden light. When the Shield of Truth covered his entire body, his pupils were replaced by a dark green color.

He spread his hands flat, and countless green lights gathered from his palms to the top of his head, condensing into a fist-sized seed that exuded an ominous aura.

While he was concentrating his magic, he was counting silently in his mind, '10, 9, 8...'

At this moment, there was a crisp sound of "crashing", and the small pile of insects seemed to explode from the inside, and white frost spread from the inside to the outside...

'Frost Nova', she deliberately waited until the bugs submerged her before casting it, so that this small-range control spell could have the maximum effect!

At this moment, a flash of light passed by, and Yukino was already standing next to Komuro Takashi, and the shadow of the crown on her head also completely disappeared at this time.

"Do it!"

Under the cold command, Komuro Takashi immediately pushed out the Seed of Corrosion that was floating above his head. After releasing the spell, he did not stop at all, and turned around without saying a word to chase after Ye Shan and the others.

And Yukino still stood there staring at the white hill. The lateral spread of the Frost Nova was only ten meters in radius, including the vertical freezing. It only controlled a dozen insects at most.

The seeds of corrosion began to spread. The completely frozen insects began to corrode, and their limbs began to fall off and rot. The insects on the periphery that were not affected were stunned for a moment, then rushed over here.

They were also infected by corrosion, but their bodies were not destroyed by the frost spell. The effect of corrosion was weakened a lot, but the shell on the surface of the body began to dissolve and fall off, but they still had considerable combat effectiveness.

At this moment, the girl suddenly turned around, and just at the moment she ran away, a C4 flew behind her!

"Boom——"

The fierce flames illuminated the dark environment, and the strong shock wave caused the ice body shield to shake violently. Even those in the power armor could feel the fierce force.

However, at this moment, another violent explosion was heard from the front. Ye Shan, who had detonated the C4, shouted in the headset: "Yukinoshita, there is something going on here. The safe corridor is full of bugs, and they know where we are!"

The girl was stunned for a moment, then quickly responded: "Go back, take the passage to the east and go around to the negative ninth floor, and then open a breakthrough from the negative ninth floor!"

At this time, they had just launched the attack. There were only four or five hundred bugs in the entire underground base, and the large force needed to rush in from the ground. Although it was not ruled out that they could force their way in from the outside of the underground, it would always take time, even a minute, they needed time!

The hidden hibernation room is connected by a long passage at the bottom level. It can be said to be a separate secret room. It is made of special metal. Ordinary insects cannot destroy it violently in a short time, and there are five security doors alone!

Thinking of this, Yukino immediately turned on the armored communication system, but after calling out twice, her mood fell to the bottom.

The bugs blocked the signal, and even the team's communication system was unusable. They had lost contact with Rick!

But I can't care about that now. I can only pray that Rick and the others don't close the emergency door...

No, definitely not! They didn't know there was rescue, so they definitely wouldn't close the safety door. They had no other way to survive except to force their way to the ground!

At this time, Yukino had already rushed to the emergency stairs on the east side, and everyone ran over at the same time.

The girl looked at the monitoring radar and the dense red dots began to move again at this moment, quickly moving towards this side.

"Let's go, thirty seconds is enough."

When the shadow of a fist appeared above her head, the girl rushed down the stairs first.

The radar observation just now showed that most of the bugs were attacking the secret passage, and some were blocked by magic on the fifth floor, so there was not even a single bug in the corridor.

They were like a well-trained army, encircling and suppressing in batches in an orderly manner and with tactical purposes. Xueno and her group arrived at the lobby on the negative ninth floor almost unimpeded.

But when they got here, everyone was stunned.

This place is like a showroom, filled with transparent containers containing various insect corpses soaked in liquid. The rows and pieces of the scene are quite spectacular, just like the government's human experiment base in the previous mission.

The number was at least close to a thousand, and everyone noticed that the compound eyes of the insects soaked in the container kept flashing, and they were all alive!

"What exactly is Aiden Jerry's research result..."

Yukino stared at these containers in a daze. The "Warriors", "Jumpers" and "Suicide Beetles" were nothing. The most terrifying thing was that there was a new species that did not appear in the movie.

They were "humanoid insects" similar to the aliens. They were two meters tall, with human-like limbs, legs covered with black shells, arms with sickle-like sharp blades, and a pair of thin wings like dragonfly wings on their backs!