Chapter 31 The Plague of Mad Insects
Could it be that the so-called ghosts are biological weapons created by the Lost Ones?
Just like the biochemical world that created zombies, the Lost Ones civilization here also lost to another kind of man-made monster?
Although these ghosts are not very capable in terms of individual ability, and only a few points are given to those who die at the hands of Ruger,
he does not mean to underestimate them.
Think about it, they are all rampant.
Is it more difficult to deal with zombies transformed from humans, or these biochemical insects of various shapes?
Facing enemies like zombies, humans can still build a fortress surrounded by fences and barbed wire, and use cold and hot weapons.
But if faced with these insects that can drill out from any gap and kill people by drilling into their mouths while they are asleep...
Well, no wonder the Lost Ones died so cleanly, and the surviving population is not as many as the living people in the fragments of the dark world.
Facing enemies with unpredictable shapes such as amoeba and highly toxic|paralyzing leeches, incendiary bombs are really the best.
No wonder the shadow lynx, whose memory is declining like Alzheimer's, didn't remember anything else, but only remembered to ask Tia to make more incendiary bombs.
Thinking of this, Luger suddenly became curious.
Before, he was so foul-mouthed and guarded against his old noise like a pervert. Why hasn't he been noisy for a long time?
"Huh? Luge, why are you looking for it? I finally have some peace and quiet..."
Although Tia looked reluctant when she heard this, she still reached out and patted the shadow that had been shrinking on her shoulder.
As a result, the cat's head shrank to the size of an apple, and except for a few hesitant sounds, there was no reaction at all.
"Hey, noisy, what's wrong with you?"
"Did you eat something dirty and start losing your memory again?"
"What?" Ruger added some fuel to the fire around him and asked, "You said 'again'?"
"It has been like this before?"
"Is that how its memories became incomplete?"
"Yeah," Tia looked at the kitten's head on her shoulder and nodded worriedly, but shook her head again.
"It's not quite the same."
"It fell asleep normally those few times and didn't get up on time,"
"It slept for several days in a row and started forgetting things when it woke up."
"Really? Is it because of a stomachache?" Ruger nodded thoughtfully, "What did it eat?"
"Well, what does it usually eat?"
"Gemstones," Tia said, "Those magic gemstones."
Oh, the shadow pet eats magic stones, what a classic setting...
Ruger complained in his heart and subconsciously glanced at Tia's bag.
He remembered the spoils he had stuffed into Tia before.
"No, those magic gems are not missing, it didn't eat them."
Tia also quickly understood Ruger's worries and hurriedly opened the bag to check.
Hmm, it's not those gems, then could it be...?
Ruger looked at the bodies of the soft-bodied slugs in the sea of fire, but he didn't see any trace of magic gems at all.
That's right.
He nodded silently.
These ghosts are not in the same system as the dark monsters above, and they shouldn't drop magic gems after death.
But if so, why is Lao Gua Zao like this now?
Just when his thinking was deadlocked, Lao Gua Zao, who had been unconscious, suddenly yelled like a dream,
"Be careful, there are new enemies coming!"
"What?"
Ruger and the others hurriedly raised their guns and heard a scratching sound from the direction of the mud that poured into the pipe due to the landslide.
Soon, a slender worm with a pink body and a pointed head emerged from the mud.
To say it is slender is only relative.
This thing is almost as thick as a python.
But it is obviously not a snake. There are no snake scales on its smooth and tender body.
Instead, there are some tiny bristles. With the help of the secreted mucus, it can run freely in the soil.
Yes, although the body is much bigger and the head is very strange, Ruger quickly confirmed the true identity of this guy.
Earthworm, a big earthworm that has been enlarged dozens or hundreds of times!
What will be the attack method of this thing?
Spray venom, acid or paralysis?
However, contrary to Ruger's expectations, this guy quickly straightened up his upper body, caught the developed muscles and pointed his pointed head at Ruger.
"Hiss~"
As the sound of the noise sounded, a high-energy ray with a little pink in red shot out from the tip of the earthworm,
"Are you kidding?"
"Laser? Earthworms shoot lasers?"
Ruger was in a bad mood.
Under normal circumstances, human eyes cannot see lasers.
Most of what can be seen are particles floating in the air illuminated by lasers.
I don’t know if the particles in the sewer pipes are more special than those in the atmosphere,
but it illuminates the laser path shot by the earthworm very clearly.
Lasers are also light, and they travel at the speed of light.
It is impossible to dodge this thing with human reaction speed.
Even though Ruger wanted to dodge to the side immediately after being shocked, he was hit in the chest by the laser before he finished charging.
Then...
Nothing happened.
What is this...?
What happened?
Could it be that his heavy combat suit can also protect against lasers?
He was curiously looking at his chest, but he felt a burning sensation on his arm.
He turned his head and found that the laser beam he had just dodged was swinging over like a spear.
At this time, it was chasing him from the arm to the chest.
It turned out that as he jumped away from the spot, the earthworm that fired the pink laser also turned its head.
Ha, that's it!
What else did Luger not understand?
Power, power!
That earthworm can fire lasers, um, amazing.
But how much energy does the laser consume? The power of the laser fired by it alone is not enough to instantly penetrate his protective suit.
It can only penetrate the weak part of the sleeve without armor and cause some burns to himself.
Well, the laser is scary at first glance, and the five pairs of weights are closer... No, it's just for scar removal.
No wonder Luger was a little scared, but Tia didn't react much from beginning to end.
Whether it's relying on her Nephalem physique or the skills to enhance defense in shadow training, it's easy to parry this weak laser.
With this power, is there any need to hide?
Ruger, who always wore tactical goggles, was not afraid of being exposed to the sun.
So he simply jumped up from the ground, picked up the shotgun and pulled the trigger at the pink earthworm.
Boom boom boom~
A bunch of deer bullets were thrown like metal rain.
The earthworm whose head was transformed into a laser transmitter is indeed very technologically advanced.
But relatively speaking, its defense is...
I really don't know how this thing survived.
Could it be that the person who made it is an environmentalist who pursues biodiversity mechanically and dogmatically?
As Ruger complained, the 00-grade steel balls with hundreds of joules of energy easily penetrated the earthworm's pink body,
and instantly broke it into several sections.
