#2835 - Shovel Transport Team
So, the reason we couldn't see the sand-burrowing sand locusts in the desert before was because they were all wiped out by the mutated summons...?
Even...
Wayne couldn't help but glance towards the depths of the forest.
This explained why so many entrenching tools were needed and why they could get so many contribution points!
Just as Wayne was marveling at Fang Heng's special ability, not far away, a group of players transporting entrenching tools escorted the tools back to the forest.
Entrenching tools were still being continuously transported here.
It seemed like there weren't enough shovels.
Just how many summons does Boss Fang actually have?
Wayne swallowed.
He had a premonition.
The number of Boss Fang's summons was definitely a terrifying number.
Of course, all of this was his speculation.
How to verify this speculation?
Got it!
Wayne took a deep breath, pondered, and opened the surveying instrument to carefully check.
If he guessed correctly...
As expected!
Seeing the energy fluctuation reaction on the surveying instrument, Wayne raised an eyebrow.
The ore reaction fluctuation intensity in the entire mining area had decreased a lot!
So, counting from when the mining area was discovered, in less than half a day, more than one-tenth of the mining volume had already been completed...
Moreover, it was foreseeable that the mining speed was still rapidly increasing!
The more Wayne thought about it, the more alarmed he felt.
At this rate, perhaps the entire mining area would be completely mined out before tomorrow?
A subordinate hurried over, interrupting Wayne's thoughts, "Boss Wayne, something happened over there."
Wayne raised his head and looked at his subordinate, "What?"
"It's an infected insect. We found an infected insect."
"Take me there!"
Upon hearing this, Wayne's heart skipped a beat. He quickly stopped the sorting work at hand and followed his subordinate to check.
On the outskirts of the forest area, the player team that had just completed the entrenching tool transport mission was in some turmoil, with a group of people gathered together.
The player surrounded in the center was pale.
A pool of foul-smelling green mucus remained on the ground.
When Wayne saw this viscous substance, his expression suddenly changed.
Crap!
Infected alien insect!
"Quick! Go invite Boss Fang!"
Before everyone could run to notify him, Zaka and Su Guantong saw the commotion outside and hurried over to check the situation.
"What happened?"
"It's an ancient infected insect." Wayne questioned the player, "When were you infected?"
"I don't know."
The infected player was scared half to death and shook his head repeatedly after calming down.
"I swear, I've been with everyone recently and have never approached an infected insect."
Zaka felt strange seeing everyone so nervous and asked, "What is an infected insect?"
Wayne took a deep breath and explained, "You guys just entered the game not long ago, so you may not know how terrifying infected insects are. You can roughly understand them as a type of ancient alien insect creature in this game world."
"Some time ago, we were on a mission with the Federation team, and we discovered a field of dormant ancient insect eggs while exploring an underground ruin."
"After the insect eggs hatch, they can release tiny alien insects to infect the human body. Once the larvae are developing, they will release a large amount of pheromones, which will attract a large number of alien insect creatures."
Wayne said, "This place is very dangerous. Soon, alien insect creatures will gather in large numbers towards the pheromone location. There's still some time, so we need to immediately report to Boss Fang and execute an evacuation."
Zaka listened and exchanged glances with Su Guantong beside him.
Evacuate?
Is it that exaggerated?
Wayne didn't seem to be lying.
It was just a little strange.
Infected insects didn't seem to be something you could find everywhere.
Why did it appear here so coincidentally?
Su Guantong asked, "Where's the infected insect?"
"We killed the infected insect as soon as we found it. Now it's too late. The pheromones have already leaked, and this area has been locked onto by the alien insect swarm. The insect swarm is already on its way."
"Boss Fang is dealing with something urgent right now and told us not to disturb him when he left." Zaka looked at everyone, paused, and continued, "I don't think this little matter will disturb Boss Fang. If an insect swarm really comes, we can ask for Boss Fang's opinion then."
Upon hearing this, the faces of the other players changed slightly.
They had seen the terror of insect swarms.
Stay?
Wasn't that just courting death?
Wayne was anxious and looked at Acrylic, "Acrylic, say something. You were there at the time. Alien insect creature swarms aren't as easy to deal with as they think."
"Um..."
Acrylic pondered for a moment upon hearing this.
Alien insect creature swarms were indeed terrifying.
You should know that the current Federation ships are constantly attacked by a large number of alien insect creatures, not only because of the invaders but also because some pheromone residue was left on the ships.
The Federation had scrubbed and cleaned hundreds of times, trying to clean up the pheromones, but there was still a small amount of residue, causing a continuous stream of alien insect creatures to attack the ships.
But...
How could an alien insect swarm compare to the Old Ancestor?
It shouldn't be a problem.
Acrylic shook his head and said sternly, "Before 'Boss Fang' gives new instructions, please continue to follow the arrangements and sort the ore."
Huh?
Wayne was really stunned when he heard Acrylic say this.
What kind of medicine did Boss Fang give Acrylic? Making him unafraid of even death?
"Alright."
Zaka looked at Wayne, "Since you're so worried, form a team with me and take a look at the outer edge of the desert. If we encounter any trouble, we can come back and ask Boss Fang for instructions."
"This..."
Wayne thought that if they really encountered an alien insect swarm, would they have time to come back and report?
Would they still make it in time!?
"Okay! We'll set off immediately."
Wayne didn't have time to think too much.
Having time to react was better than staying here and waiting to die, so he nodded and agreed.
Zaka and Su Guantong exchanged glances, quickly selected personnel to form a seven-person team, and stepped onto the energy crystal skateboards to quickly approach the edge of the desert.
...
Ten minutes later, the group approached the edge of the desert.
Zaka narrowed his eyes slightly.
Outside the desert, large patches of black-red shadows appeared in the distant forest.
Damn! They really came!
Zaka cursed inwardly.
It was the bone-eating fungal ants that he had seen on the ship before.
A large number of dark red ant colonies gathered together, covering the ground in a dark mass, rapidly approaching the desert side, as if the ground was covered with a red-black curtain.
Wayne's heart was pounding even more wildly when he saw this, and he quickly suggested, "Most of the ant colony is coming from the northwest. Let's go back and report immediately. We should still have a chance to escape by evacuating from other directions."
