Chapter 78 - 78 78 The Terrifying Insects

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Chapter 78: Chapter 78: The Terrifying Insects Chapter 78: Chapter 78: The Terrifying Insects The Blade Squad first camouflaged themselves, then set up a temporary base, and gradually began their exploration. Quickly, the reconnaissance drone discovered the first Zerg. This was a Zerg that still retained many fish-like features. It still had scales and fins, now using its recently grown hooves to walk on the ground while searching for its prey. “Target F-14. Based on its biological characteristics, it possibly attacks by spitting acid, charging, or biting. Its scale defense is very strong. Wang Lu, Qi Ziyun, you both move out and load the armor-piercing bullets,” Zhang Xiaolong commanded. They had learned from their AI instructor, Damo, the initial methods to identify Zerg abilities. This F-14 was a low-mutating variant, requiring no deployment of their armored vehicles. Two team members immediately moved, quickly shifting based on the coordinated position, just as the F-14 detected the drone. As everyone had guessed, it had realized this was a threat, but it had no means of long-range attack, so it hid within the forest. “Watch out, it’s coming!” In the forest, Wang Lu and Qi Ziyun were already concealed. Based on experience, close combat against Mutant Creatures was a foolish act. *Their reaction speed and movement were much quicker than humans,* *if it were a lion or tiger—those Blue Star beasts—they wouldn’t fear them with guns in their hands.* *But Mutant Creatures were different.* *Multiple battles had shown that facing them head-on put humans at a disadvantage.* F-14 had entered the shooting range. The two team members didn’t hesitate and simultaneously pulled the triggers of their armor-piercing rifles. With the powerful recoil of the guns, two small-caliber armor-piercing bullets were aimed at F-14’s head and heart, respectively. “Bang! Bang!” The gunfire rang out almost simultaneously. Following that, F-14 fell into a pool of blood, its hard head and body showing two fist-sized bloody holes. It was struggling to its death on the ground. “Such strong defensive capabilities!” some observing generals couldn’t help but exclaim. They knew the gun’s power well, an anti-tank rifle capable of piercing ten layers of steel at once, designed as a weapon against light tanks. *If used on a human, with human muscle and bone strength, it could turn someone into a heap of flesh instantly* *But this Mutant Creature withstood two shots and still struggled a bit,* *its vitality was terrifyingly strong!* To be safe, they fired another shot, and F-14 finally stopped moving completely. “Report, this is Wang Lu, F-14 is down!” Wang Lu reported to the team leader. Zhang Xiaolong continued to give orders, “Don’t approach for now, let the drone investigate!” Previously, they would have certainly gone to inspect the corpse, but after training, they knew that seeing is not always believing! *In these situations, various unexpected events could happen!* *The Zerg they knocked down might just be a shell of the true mutant!* No one specified the Zerg’s size. Its true form might just be a parasite! As soon as a creature got close, the parasite could seize the chance to burrow into a human body! Alternatively, other Zergs might be observing from the shadows, and approaching rashly could lead to an ambush! These insights, without the reminders from their AI instructor, would have cost the squad bloodshed to learn! The drone approached F-14 to take close-up photos. Just as the drone got close, a bone spike emerged from within F-14, piercing through the drone! “Sure enough, there was an ambush!” Wang Lu and Qi Ziyun were horrified to see a white worm, resembling a spinal cord, crawling out of F-14’s body, attempting to get into the drone’s wreckage. “Bang!” With another gunshot and a high-explosive projectile, the “Bone Insect” and the drone wreckage were both blown to dust! “These worms, truly cannot be guarded against!” Even Qin Peng, Lei Yuanfeng, and other generals felt a chill within. If it had been based on human combat experience, this wave would have surely cost lives! “No wonder!” A general who was witnessing the live simulated battle for the first time exclaimed, “I didn’t understand before why the Blade Squad is our elite team yet hasn’t succeeded in simulated battles. It turns out our enemies are so terrifying and dangerous!” With target F-14 completely eliminated, Blade Squad continued their operations. Half an hour later, they discovered targets F-15 and F-8. Two small squads acted simultaneously to eliminate them. These targets were merely simple mutants, which were not hard to eliminate with firearms. Everyone watched patiently as targets were identified one by one. When there were only five targets left out of fifteen, the mutation occurred! F-7 emitted an infrasound wave before dying. This was a sound wave with a frequency below 20 Hz, with long wavelengths that were not easily attenuated and were difficult for water and air to absorb. Certain frequencies of infrasound waves could also resonate with human organs, leading to death invisibly! If infrasound waves at a certain frequency were released into the atmosphere, they could even spread across an entire planet! Human ears couldn’t hear infrasound waves, and standard combat weapons wouldn’t guard against them. But this time, the squad was alerted in advance. “Get into the armored vehicle immediately!” Zhang Xiaolong was unclear about the function of F-7’s emitted infrasound waves, so he ordered the team to hide in the armored vehicle, which had sound wave protection layers. The infrasound wave quickly disappeared without causing any organ resonance, but the Blade Squad noticed another phenomenon. The remaining five targets, including the most ferocious F-1, were all converging toward the location where the infrasound wave was emitted! “This infrasound is a communication signal! F-7 revealed our position before it died!” Zhang Xiaolong immediately understood. “No wonder we often get discovered and besieged by the Zerg during previous operations!” “Quickly set up traps and find ambush points!” The squad began preparations, and sure enough, the five mutants quickly reached the point where the infrasound wave had been launched. They didn’t attack each other before but harmoniously followed F-1 as the leader, obeying its commands. Upon seeing this, He Xingzhou said, “Just as we speculated earlier!” “The Zerg have a strict hierarchical structure and functional division. Sometimes they attack each other, but when they enter combat mode, those with a lower level of evolution obey the commands of those with a higher level!” The generals’ expressions changed. Lei Yuanfeng said in shock, “Does this mean once a large number of Zerg gather, they naturally form an army that obeys orders?” “Exactly!” He Xingzhou affirmed. At this time, the Blade Squad had already begun attacking, setting up multiple ambush points. At one of the ambush points, five sniper rifles fired simultaneously, taking out two targets. Of the remaining three, F-1 got shot, leaving a bloody hole but still capable of moving freely. F-3 collapsed on the ground, while F-4 actively “detached,” similar to a gecko or sea cucumber, sacrificing a body part to survive. The three Mutant Creatures charged toward three separate ambush points! “Snipers, retreat!” Zhang Xiaolong shouted over the communicator, “Machine gunners, gunners, fire!”

Chapter 78 - 78 78 The Terrifying Insects

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