#2841 - Emergency
Zaka and the others also received the game prompt and were gathering outside the mine.
"Boss Fang, the ship is under attack, what should we do?"
"Gather everyone, we will return to the ship immediately in ten minutes to provide support."
"Okay! I'll go and inform them right away."
Wein and the group of players finally felt relieved upon receiving the news, and they all equipped themselves neatly and gathered together. Soon, they followed Fang Heng into a new underground cave.
"Buzz…"
Fang Heng took the lead in entering the cave passage, releasing an energy light sphere to illuminate the entire underground passage.
Wein and his group looked at the passage leading to the depths ahead, and couldn't help but fall into a brief silence.
So…
They were going back to the ship?
Had Boss Fang already dug out the passage back to the ship in advance?
Before they could figure it out, lickers were already pulling wooden boxes with pulleys quickly past them on both sides, rushing forward along the passage and disappearing into the darkness.
"Let's go, follow me."
The crowd stopped thinking and took out their energy crystal skateboards, following Fang Heng quickly along the passage.
Until more than half an hour later.
Wein realized that the terrain of the passage ahead was gradually rising.
"We're here."
Fang Heng took the lead in stopping the energy crystal skateboard, signaling everyone to stop.
Wein looked at the dark area ahead of the passage.
Looking closely, a dense mass of gray-brown alien insect creatures was gathered ahead of the passage.
Fang Heng said, waving his hand forward.
"Chirp! Chirp chirp!!!"
The licker swarm gathered in the darkness immediately climbed up the surrounding walls and began to dig!
…
Ship area.
After a burst of chaos, it gradually quieted down.
Zolan couldn't vent the anger in his heart and couldn't help but heavily knock on the combat panel.
"Bang!!!!"
"Who can tell me what exactly is going on! Why did such a big accident happen in the experimental area! Who told me that it was 100% safe?!"
Faced with Zolan's anger, everyone shrank their necks and dared not speak.
A guard walked in from outside the door and found that the atmosphere in the control room was heavy. For a moment, he stood in place, not knowing whether to advance or retreat.
"Speak! What is it!"
"Captain, the mapping radar has detected a large number of alien insect creatures continuously approaching the ship area. The first batch of creatures has already attacked the ship's area. The energy of the defense barrier is rapidly depleting. At this rate, I'm afraid…"
The guard glanced at Zolan carefully, hesitated for a moment, and continued, "The ship's main brain has determined that the probability of the ship being destroyed this time is extremely high, and recommends withdrawing from this world."
Withdraw?
Are you kidding!
Mind Stone ore areas are extremely rare. If we withdraw, where can we find another ore area?
Not to mention the deployment of the Mind Clan's teleportation channel after the ship landed. The remaining ship energy is not enough for him to teleport again to find a new world.
Zolan asked, "Has it been reported to the higher-ups in advance?"
"It has been reported to the higher-level departments. The first batch of support teams has already joined the battlefield, and subsequent teams will continue to join. However, our current energy is insufficient to provide effective equipment and weapon support, which has a great impact on combat effectiveness."
"Report!"
Another new soldier rushed into the command hall, "Urgent news from the Federal Military Department in the Western District. The Federal Investigation Committee has learned of this alien insect leakage incident. The Federal Supervisory Department has appointed a member to conduct full monitoring and crisis assessment. They are expected to arrive in 10 minutes."
"In addition, the Lanxing ship will teleport to provide support. It is expected to arrive via teleportation within 3 hours. The commander has ordered that the Lanxing ship will take the lead in carrying the crystal worms away."
Supervisory Department!
Investigation Committee!
Zolan frowned tightly.
Multiple factions within the Western Federal Government check and balance each other. The military department has full control over this star map plan. Many factions are dissatisfied with this. Now that the Xinghe ship is facing a destructive crisis, the Investigation Committee has found an excuse to intervene.
However, this matter is very strange.
Why is the Federal Investigation Committee moving so fast?
It's as if they were prepared in advance.
Chloe!
Zolan immediately thought of Chloe's uncle, Minister Zachary.
Chloe used to be mixed up with Joachim. This matter was probably leaked by Joachim.
"Joachim, you better hope I don't find out you did this…"
Zolan muttered to himself, squinting his eyes and quickly calming down.
In any case, military orders are like mountains.
The military department's mission has already been issued, so follow the orders first. At least before the support arrives, the ship cannot have problems!
"Fully adjust weapon output, hold the ship area, and completely seal off the research institute area!"
"Yes!"
Zolan quickly issued instructions, observing the external battle situation through the monitoring screen.
The federal soldiers on the ship, with their backs against the defense barrier, continuously swept the dense areas of alien insects outside.
The situation is very bad.
These are just the first few batches of alien insect creatures, and the ship's defense barrier energy consumption has already been greatly reduced. According to the detection display, subsequent alien insect attacks will only be stronger!
Huh?
What is that?
Zolan's gaze focused on the screen.
A strange bulge suddenly appeared in the sand below the ship area.
Immediately afterwards, an alien insect creature covered in gray-brown spines emerged from the ground!
"Swoosh! Swoosh swoosh!!!"
The licker swarm burst out from the ground and quickly launched a massacre towards the surrounding alien insect swarm!
The two insect swarms quickly collided and attacked each other.
The surrounding bone-eating ant colonies were no match for the spiny alien insects!
A one-sided slaughter!
Zolan's pupils dilated sharply.
That is…
Suddenly, he thought of the special alien insects mentioned in the previous report.
So it's them!?
The alien insects controlled by Fang Heng?
Zolan had seen the description of this alien insect in the report, knowing that this kind of alien insect creature had extremely strong individual strength, and also had the ability to sneak underground, and could launch surprise attacks from the ground, making it impossible to defend against.
He didn't expect to see it with his own eyes. The strength of the alien insect swarm was even more terrifying than he expected!
In a short moment, a dark hole with a diameter of about two meters appeared below the ship, and new alien insect creatures continued to emerge from the hole, launching attacks on the surrounding alien insect creature swarm.
The soldiers also saw this strange scene for the first time, and they all looked at the screen.
The expressions of the crowd changed from initial surprise to seriousness, until a hint of shock appeared.
Good fellow!
In just five minutes, the spiny alien insect creatures had forcibly killed a circular safety zone with a radius of more than twenty meters around the ground hole!
The spiny alien insects formed a circle, blocking the external bone-eating ant swarm!
What kind of alien insect is this?
Never seen it before! And it can suddenly emerge from the ground?
The soldiers standing on the ship and frantically sweeping the area below with energy weapons were also stunned.
